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re: Bo Jackson vs. Herschel Walker

Posted on 7/7/21 at 6:59 pm to
Posted by meansonny
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Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 6:59 pm to
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Bo played in Dye's wishbone. If


At UGA, the defense would key 11 guys on Herschel. If

Lol
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
59740 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 7:08 pm to
No disrespect to Hershel but Bo Jackson by a good margin. It’s like comparing Earl Campbell to George Rogers. They may have seemed similar to some at one point but they’re not that close in reality.
This post was edited on 7/7/21 at 7:10 pm
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
46785 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 7:47 pm to
They are both great but Bo is more the Percy Harvin type. Supremely gifted athlete, always dinged up though. Herschel is more like a Derrick Henry type who can carry the ball a million times and keep on chugging.

Bo was great, but he usually didn't have great games against Florida. Only playing well in his sophomore game.

Freshman - 23 yds
Sophomore - 196 yds
Junior - 16 yds
Senior - 48 yds

Herschel killed us to death.

Freshman - 237 yds
Sophomore - 192 yds
Junior - 219 yds

He also scored 8 TD's in 3 games. By the way his number of carries in those 3 games were 37, 47, and 35.

This post was edited on 7/7/21 at 8:53 pm
Posted by armtackledawg
Member since Aug 2017
13556 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 7:59 pm to
47 carries. Damn
Posted by Tridentds
Sugar Land
Member since Aug 2011
22372 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:16 pm to
I'm a big Bo fan but gotta give Hershel the nod here.
Posted by cajunbama
Metairie
Member since Jan 2007
33080 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:33 pm to
Herschel.
Posted by Pastor Mike
Florida
Member since Dec 2020
6042 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:40 pm to
quote:

Bo Jackson vs. Herschel Walker


I like them both
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30819 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:41 pm to
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Total athlete, Bo
Running Back, H.W.

I couldn't honestly pick one. Bo was an excellent pro baseball player, too, but Herschel was an Olympic bobsledder and a very good MMA fighter.
Herschel may have been the best conditioned athlete on his time.
Posted by droliver
Member since Nov 2012
976 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:43 pm to
They're both among the GOAT in the SEC at RB, but it's Herschel Walker and it's really not close here.
Posted by dirty bastard
Delacroix, Georgia
Member since Aug 2020
2484 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:49 pm to
If you said Bo, you didn't watch them play. It's Herschel and NOT even close.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
14160 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:51 pm to
Ironically, both are Bo's. Bo was Herschel's nickname as well.
Posted by GruvenDawg
Member since Jul 2018
1128 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:54 pm to
I love Bo, but I don’t think I’m being a homer to pick Walker

5,259 yards and 49 touchdowns in just 33 games (3 years no bowl or playoff stats). Still the SEC all time rush leader.
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Member since Jun 2017
15598 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:55 pm to
Herschel.
Posted by iamjethro
Member since Mar 2015
71 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 8:57 pm to
To quote John Wayne in "Rio Bravo", "I would hate to live on the difference."
Posted by BrotherDawg84
Member since Dec 2020
3103 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 9:11 pm to
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Who wins (then)? Is best? At their SEC prime

Who wins (now)? Today, right now...in a field that splits AL and GA.


This is a subject that’s never been brought up before. It’s a decently close contest, but it’s Herschel > Bo in nearly every subjective study, then and now.
Posted by Dalosaqy
I can't quite re
Member since Dec 2007
12766 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 10:14 pm to
Bo. No contest.
Posted by Harry Rex Vonner
American southerner
Member since Nov 2013
43406 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 10:15 pm to
Herschel
Posted by Hulk Hogan
Member since Jun 2008
2475 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 10:19 pm to
In Tecmo Bowl Bo
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
26005 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 10:50 pm to
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I couldn't honestly pick one. Bo was an excellent pro baseball player, too, but Herschel was an Olympic bobsledder and a very good MMA fighter.
Herschel may have been the best conditioned athlete on his time.


Herschel was a stud in track and field. Consistently coming in 2nd place behind Carl Lewis in sprints at meets. Herschel finished 7th place in ncaa nationals... at 220 pounds. 1st place still being Carl Lewis.
Posted by KingOfTheWorld
South of heaven, west of hell
Member since Oct 2018
6843 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 10:58 pm to
Bo. Dude was a freak. Greatest natural athlete I’ve ever seen. Watched him at the state indoor track championship at the old track in Montgomery in 80 or 81. Won the long jump then 5 minutes later won the 60 yd dash. He was fvkn Tarzan.
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