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re: Analyzing Bo Jackson's 40 yard dash
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:00 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:00 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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Bolts time measured at 40 would be around 4.1 according to the math.
That's not how that works, 100m sprinters don't run at uniform speed.
Bolt's initial 40 yards clocks about 4.35.
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Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:00 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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So you think Bo Jackson could have beat Bolt in the 40?
Yeah, I do.
Again, Bolt doesn't win the 100m at the start, he does it in the 2nd 50 meters. His starts are actually pretty average for a sprinter.
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Bolts time measured at 40 would be around 4.1 according to the math. We are saying that a football player with no track record of world record speed ran a 4.12 40 in 1986 with hand timed 40s on old equipment.
Terrible logic. Especially considering Bolt tends to fall behind at the start of most races. That means all those runners ahead of him at the 50 meter point ran sub-4.00 40's.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:01 pm to Tigerman97
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And yet he did.
Of course he did, Never mind he was never clocked under 4.2 any other time in his life and his track record would make him an average ncaa level sprinter.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:02 pm to RB10
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Yeah, I do. Again, Bolt doesn't win the 100m at the start, he does it in the 2nd 50 meters. His starts are actually pretty average for a sprinter.
Then you are dumber than you look. And Bolt turns it on when he needs to. Do you think he would struggle with NFL athletes that run 4.2/4.3 ....NO he would blow them out. He's the greatest sprinter of all time. You're just being dumb now.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:03 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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Christian Okoye ran a 4.4 and he easily had 30 lbs on Bo.
Get out of here with your facts.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:04 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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Then you are dumber than you look. And Bolt turns it on when he needs to. Do you think he would struggle with NFL athletes that run 4.2/4.3 ....NO he would blow them out. He's the greatest sprinter of all time. You're just being dumb now.
You're the one equating a 40 yard dash to the 100m. I think we all know who the dumb one in this thread is.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:05 pm to RB10
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You're the one equating a 40 yard dash to the 100m. I think we all know who the dumb one in this thread is.
You just said Bo Jackson could beat Usain Bolt in a 40 yard sprint.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:05 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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He's the greatest sprinter of all time. You're just being dumb now.
First, it is highly likely he is doing something illegal or that will eventually be illegal to achieve the heights he has achieved. History has taught us that in a sport like sprinting.
Second, Bo ran a 4.12.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:05 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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So you think Bo Jackson could have beat Bolt in the 40?
He could and still can whup his arse, in any arena.
Makes no difference what his times were in the 40. He could bulldoze and out run anyone that choose to get in his way. So could Herschal.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:06 pm to Tigerman97
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First, it is highly likely he is doing something illegal or that will eventually be illegal to achieve the heights he has achieved. History has taught us that in a sport like sprinting.
Lots of sprinters have been caught cheating but their times are actually accurate and done on a world stage.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:07 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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You just said Bo Jackson could beat Usain Bolt in a 40 yard sprint.
Yeah, I do. I'm sorry you're too obtuse to understand the difference between a 40 yard dash and 100m sprint.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:08 pm to Themole
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He could and still can whup his arse, in any arena.
Bo Jackson ran track. He was never timed anywhere close to suggesting he could run a sub 4.2 40. When he retested he ran a 4.22 which is much more believable.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:08 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
Bolt would not run the 40 in 4.12. There are plenty of NFL players that could beat him in 40 yards. None in 100m
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:08 pm to RB10
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Yeah, I do. I'm sorry you're too obtuse to understand the difference between a 40 yard dash and 100m sprint.
No, I understand that an olympic level gold medal sprinter wouldn't magically be slower than a football player at 40 yards.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:09 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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You just said Bo Jackson could beat Usain Bolt in a 40 yard sprint.
Bo in his prime probably could.
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:09 pm to bamafan1001
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Bolt would not run the 40 in 4.12. There are plenty of NFL players that could beat him in 40 yards. None in 100m
False
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:10 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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Lots of sprinters have been caught cheating but their times are actually accurate and done on a world stage.
This confuses me.
The answer lies here. LINK about 22 seconds in.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:12 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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Bolt would not run the 40 in 4.12. There are plenty of NFL players that could beat him in 40 yards. None in 100m
False
Nice rebuttal.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:12 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
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No, I understand that an olympic level gold medal sprinter wouldn't magically be slower than a football player at 40 yards.
No, you're just too dumb to understand that someone with Bolt's length isn't going to hit full stride until 25-30 meters while someone with Bo's length does so in 10-15 meters.
it's the same reason world class 200m sprinters aren't always world class 100m sprinters and vice versa.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:12 pm to Prettyboy Floyd
Bo beat out a routine grounder to second base in his first week in the majors. He could fly. I have no doubt he could run a 4.12
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 1:13 pm
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