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re: SEC athletes who are considered tGOAT in their sport
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:07 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:07 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
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SEC athletes who are considered tGOAT in their sport
I think to many people don't know what GOAT means (including the OP). There are prob no former SEC athletes that are the GOAT of any sport unless you separate college from the pros then Pete Maravich is the GOAT of college basketball.
The GOAT is one person per sport. There can't be multiple GOATs unless you break it down more.
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:11 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Greatest rented mule: Cam Newton
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:14 pm to poncho villa
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Tm7 smokes dat kush better than anyone from Colorado
I have family in CO that would smoke Tm7 into a coma. Mountain folk have a weird kind of tolerance.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:18 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Veronica Campbell Brown is the most decorated woman sprinter in T&F history.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:25 pm to Hawgeye
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Veronica Campbell Brown is the most decorated woman sprinter in T&F history.
Good call, forgot about her. LSU has more girls with better NCAA careers but none with the international success Campbell has. She and Omar Brown are going make a really fast kid.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 12:30 pm to Hawgeye
As far as Americans go, Tyson Gay is the fastest American ever. His 9.69 100m is the best time ever by an American.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:04 pm to ntgreek00
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He was the best power hitter in the 90s by a pretty good stretch.
belle was one of the best, but he was not better than griffey, thomas, bonds, and mcgwire.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 1:26 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
PP7 will be best cb of all time when its all said and done
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:03 pm to SammyTiger
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Phelps has more records overall
Lochte has more individual world records than Phelps currently... and Phelps hasn't broken a record since the suit ban.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:05 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
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SEC athletes who are considered tGOAT in their sport
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Emmitt Smith
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:06 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
I'm not sure about any of these, including anyone mentioned in the replies except on a positional basis in football. There are a few reasonable suggestions for those in this thread.
Shaq was strong, but if we're talking contemporaneous domination by a center, Wilt was far more dominant in his era, and, sorry, Jordan is still the GOAT as a basketball player in general. Pistol Pete is criminally underrated by modern fans, granted, mainly because most of them have never bothered to actually watch a lot of old tape on him. But I still wouldn't call him GOAT.
And so on. Granted, I don't know much about the less-heralded college sports (T&F, swimming, baseball, tennis, etc) but since people who certainly know more than me haven't been able to come up with a consensus GOAT so far in this thread, I'm dubious. Some, like gymnastics, are absolutely not going to come from a college, and others, like golf and tennis, are less likely to be former college players. Sure you have the occasional Tiger Woods/Stanford, but sports where people go pro early without restrictions by the governing body aren't going to attract as many straight to college.
Shaq was strong, but if we're talking contemporaneous domination by a center, Wilt was far more dominant in his era, and, sorry, Jordan is still the GOAT as a basketball player in general. Pistol Pete is criminally underrated by modern fans, granted, mainly because most of them have never bothered to actually watch a lot of old tape on him. But I still wouldn't call him GOAT.
And so on. Granted, I don't know much about the less-heralded college sports (T&F, swimming, baseball, tennis, etc) but since people who certainly know more than me haven't been able to come up with a consensus GOAT so far in this thread, I'm dubious. Some, like gymnastics, are absolutely not going to come from a college, and others, like golf and tennis, are less likely to be former college players. Sure you have the occasional Tiger Woods/Stanford, but sports where people go pro early without restrictions by the governing body aren't going to attract as many straight to college.
This post was edited on 5/1/14 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:08 pm to lsufball19
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belle was one of the best, but he was not better than griffey, thomas, bonds, and mcgwire.
Are we dividing into "juicers" and "non-juicers" though?
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:15 pm to randomways
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Are we dividing into "juicers" and "non-juicers" though?
are you saying belle didn't juice?
he'd still be below mcgwire (don't think bonds was juicing yet in the 90s). you could also make a case for jeff bagwell in the 90s as being a better power hitter. point being, the assertion that belle was the best and "by a lot" is ridiculous.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:15 pm to JDHLaw
Dermontti Dawson. GOAT NFL Center.
Dwight Stephenson would like a word...
Dwight Stephenson would like a word...
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:34 pm to lsufball19
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are you saying belle didn't juice? he'd still be below mcgwire (don't think bonds was juicing yet in the 90s). you could also make a case for jeff bagwell in the 90s as being a better power hitter. point being, the assertion that belle was the best and "by a lot" is ridiculous.
I should probably have said "admitted juicers" and "non-admitted juicers," heh.
I don't follow baseball very closely, so I actually have no opinion on which one is the best. Just not a good enough fan to offer an intellectually-valid one.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 2:45 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Dwight Stephenson would like a word...
Sorry man.
Dawson has more Pro Bowls, more All-Pro selections, and the Steelers haven't reissued #63 since his retirement in 2000.
GOAT.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 5:39 am to JDHLaw
I'm sure the fact DS's knee was wrecked (by a former Bama teammate, no less) has nothing to do with the amount of Pro Bowls.
He made the Pro Bowl 5/8 seasons (1983-1987). A streak that was only halted by his career ending knee injury.
Elected to the Hall of Fame after only an 8-year career - almost impossible for an interior lineman. Speaks to his greatness.
Stephenson>Dawson
He made the Pro Bowl 5/8 seasons (1983-1987). A streak that was only halted by his career ending knee injury.
Elected to the Hall of Fame after only an 8-year career - almost impossible for an interior lineman. Speaks to his greatness.
Stephenson>Dawson
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