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Posted on 10/28/24 at 9:12 pm to CNB
the best college player I ever saw in person was a South Carolina player.
Sterling Sharpe. Could not stop him, could not even contain him. The only thing that stopped him was the South Carolina coaching staff. Georgia had no one on defense that approached his ability. So, for whatever reason, the Gameco*k coaches decided not to throw to him.
Anyway, Lattimore was awesome but he was a bit after my time. Sterling Sharpe was the best college player I ever saw in person.
Sterling Sharpe. Could not stop him, could not even contain him. The only thing that stopped him was the South Carolina coaching staff. Georgia had no one on defense that approached his ability. So, for whatever reason, the Gameco*k coaches decided not to throw to him.
Anyway, Lattimore was awesome but he was a bit after my time. Sterling Sharpe was the best college player I ever saw in person.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 9:15 pm to CNB
Vol fans and players showed a lot of respect that day.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 9:19 pm to CNB
I went to the 2010 Georgia/South Carolina game. Besides unbearable heat, the one thing I'll always remember about that game was 18 year old Lattimore getting about 40 carries between the tackles in his first SEC game. Dude was a man amongst boys.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 9:21 pm to CNB
Watched it live and nearly cried. He was so damn good.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 9:29 pm to lewis and herschel
Was/is there some stigma about our field? Or did you think it was at Tennessee?
Enjoyed a lot of the posts in this thread. Thanks for sharing them
Enjoyed a lot of the posts in this thread. Thanks for sharing them
This post was edited on 10/28/24 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 10/28/24 at 9:36 pm to CNB
Apparently he was such a good guy that San Fran gave him a $300k signing bonus despite the injury. He could've hung on as a back up but if he played 4 or more NFL games it would void the disability insurance policy for $1.7 million. San Fran let him keep the money and collect his policy by retiring at age 23. If he invested wisely, he should be comfortable for the rest of his life.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 9:40 pm to SCLibertarian
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Didn't know at the time how bad it was.
It was so bad that they considered an emergency amputation at the ER that day. In addtion to tearing every ligament in his knee he also tore one of the main arteries that supplies blood to the lower leg.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 10:44 pm to CNB
My Son and I, (he was only 13 at the time and wearing a Lattimore jersey), were sitting four rows up on the 50 yard line behind the Gamecocks bench.
We heard Latti scream .
Women were crying. Men were praying. When the dust settled and everyone saw the way his leg was turned ... people gasped.
He's a good guy. That thing that happened with the traffic stop in Oklahoma changed him some. That was an unfortunate thing.
We heard Latti scream .
Women were crying. Men were praying. When the dust settled and everyone saw the way his leg was turned ... people gasped.
He's a good guy. That thing that happened with the traffic stop in Oklahoma changed him some. That was an unfortunate thing.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 12:10 am to scrooster
Awesome player. Better dude. Absolutely hate what happened, but he doesn’t and I respect the hell out of him.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 2:29 am to CNB
One of those things that I remember exactly where I was when it happened.... at a Georgia Florida game tailgate with the game on TV. Heard our crowd groan and start taking about it.
I've never watched a replay.
Even before it happened, he was one of my favorite SEC players. The way he has responded and lived his life makes him one of my favorite sports figures all time regardless of sport.
I've never watched a replay.
Even before it happened, he was one of my favorite SEC players. The way he has responded and lived his life makes him one of my favorite sports figures all time regardless of sport.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 5:46 am to CNB
His mother lives in our neighborhood. We see him from time to time. He still hangs around this small town and is extremely humble. Great guy!
Posted on 10/29/24 at 6:06 am to CNB
Such a great player. Hated playing him, loved watching him.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 6:15 am to CNB
This is a very surprising interview. I did not picture him to be this thoughtful and low key style of a person.
You can tell that's he's much happier as well being away from being the football limelight. It takes a real A type personality to love all the public appearance BS.
I commend him for talking about that side of it in a negative manner because i completely agree with him.
His injury was terrible BTW. None of us Vols at least no one i know were rooting for that. It's nice to see he is living a good life now.
You can tell that's he's much happier as well being away from being the football limelight. It takes a real A type personality to love all the public appearance BS.
I commend him for talking about that side of it in a negative manner because i completely agree with him.
His injury was terrible BTW. None of us Vols at least no one i know were rooting for that. It's nice to see he is living a good life now.
This post was edited on 10/29/24 at 6:18 am
Posted on 10/29/24 at 6:50 am to CNB
I was listening to it on the radio when it happened. You could tell by the tone that it was serious, and that everyone on both sides of the field were concerned and praying for him. He is just one of those guys that has character and personality that everyone respected, (and still do). Loved watching him run...and dreaded playing against him.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 6:57 am to scrooster
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traffic stop in Oklahoma
It was Nebraska, but yes.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 7:11 am to CNB
Sad day, I liked the kid and helps work ethic
Posted on 10/29/24 at 7:18 am to CNB
One of CFB's great injustices is that Marcus never made it to New York for a Heisman Trophy selection. He was a generational running back, and an absolute class act throughout his career.
I get why he needed to leave SC. I'm happy that he's made a new life in Oregon. He'll probably always keep Carolina at arm's length for a whole hose of memories and issues, and I understand that. But man, I cannot imagine how loud the crowd would be for him if he was featured before a game, standing on the sidelines.
Forever to Thee, indeed.
I get why he needed to leave SC. I'm happy that he's made a new life in Oregon. He'll probably always keep Carolina at arm's length for a whole hose of memories and issues, and I understand that. But man, I cannot imagine how loud the crowd would be for him if he was featured before a game, standing on the sidelines.
Forever to Thee, indeed.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 7:53 am to CNB
He was damn good.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 8:40 am to CNB
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He's a better person than I could ever dream of being.
He’s a woke piece of shite that moved to Oregon to escape the admiration of his “racist” fans.
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"I don't miss the circus at all," he says.
By his own admission, Lattimore needed to leave South Carolina so that the people there could see him with fresh eyes. What he discovered was that when did so -- when he left South Carolina behind -- he saw South Carolina, itself, with fresh eyes too. Not just the circus of football, though that's part of it.
He saw, with fresh eyes, that he had played for the Byrnes Rebels without ever interrogating the nature of that name or the banner under which they played. James F. Byrnes, his alma mater's namesake, was a staunch segregationist who once wrote that "unless we find a legal way of preventing the mixing of races in the schools, it will mark the beginning of the end of civilization in the South as we have known it."
He saw, with fresh eyes, how -- on the rare occasion back in high school when he wasn't immediately recognized -- if he walked into a restaurant, the white person at the counter turned obsequious only once it became clear he wasn't just another Black teenager; he was a football player, and an exceptional one, at that.
He saw, with fresh eyes, the bounds of his admirers' good will once he shrugged his football persona all the way off, like an old sweater that grew stretched out and misshapen. When Lattimore publicly challenged one longtime Byrnes employee -- a former coach of his -- on his vocal support for Donald Trump in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, he was resigned to, but hurt by, the fallout. "I lost a lot of fans," he says. "It was ... new, not to be loved by everybody."
He sees his home with clearer eyes now. And he sees his home in his future. Not yet. Probably not anytime soon. He and Miranda are exactly where they need to be. "Who we are here, we love," he says. "We're just a lot more comfortable here. Comfortable with who we are."
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Hope they stay comfortable in Portland.
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