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re: Rudi Johnson Has Died

Posted on 9/23/25 at 12:45 pm to
Posted by jt33
Member since Aug 2017
5175 posts
Posted on 9/23/25 at 12:45 pm to
Football is an unhealthy sport for people to play and probably unhealthy for our society. Just so many people walking with some degree of brain damage.. from the pros to HS.. maybe even middle school and rec leagues. I love the game, but the negative effects continue to add up..

RIP Rudi. I hope for the best for his family and friends right now.
Posted by auburnnyc94
Member since Nov 2017
9903 posts
Posted on 9/23/25 at 1:00 pm to
I remember watching the highlight hundreds of times on some AU fan media site. Anybody remember what it was called because I don't? Lots of nostalgia in that video all the way down to the camera panning to the big Healthsouth ad underscoring Bo Jackson

RIP Rudi, an Auburn great.
Posted by auburnnyc94
Member since Nov 2017
9903 posts
Posted on 9/23/25 at 1:01 pm to
Anytime a football player, especially a running back, commits suicide it's hard not to wonder. Tragic.
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
13977 posts
Posted on 9/23/25 at 1:49 pm to
Football is an unhealthy sport for people to play and probably unhealthy for our society. Just so many people walking with some degree of brain damage.. from the pros to HS.. maybe even middle school and rec leagues. I love the game, but the negative effects continue to add up..
I played in 8th grade - a combination of dislocating my knee and just my general level of unathleticism made sure it is as only foray into the sport other than as a fan - and I remember the first thing we did after getting helmets was to walk around giving each other headbutts.

I told my wife after watching the Netflix SEC documentary, it's a beautiful game when played at a high level, but no way is our son ever going to put on pads and a helmet; his life and long term health is too valuable.
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
Member since Nov 2013
14295 posts
Posted on 9/23/25 at 2:20 pm to
That was the first Auburn game I went to as a freshman.
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
20277 posts
Posted on 9/23/25 at 3:44 pm to
quote:

The tale is that they were going to some two-year community college in Kansas scouting a Quarterback, trying to remember, maybe the kid from Marietta?


Wasn’t it Daniel Cobb?

No I do not want any tots.

I’m just asking was it him.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
18530 posts
Posted on 9/23/25 at 10:21 pm to
Man this hits damned hard. One of my all time favs
Posted by Johnnycrane
Birmingham
Member since Dec 2022
1291 posts
Posted on 9/23/25 at 11:07 pm to
frick this week
Posted by 88TIger
Member since Nov 2012
3366 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 10:54 am to
‘Help me!’: Horrifying 911 calls from Rudi Johnson’s suicide released

THIS IS NOT THE CALL but a story of what happened.
This post was edited on 10/2/25 at 7:40 pm
Posted by aubiecat
Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
5856 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:02 am to
I'm not listening to that shite.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
50073 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 2:16 pm to
Aint clicking either.

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