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re: Old timers: what was it like watching BC20?
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:45 am to Honkus
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:45 am to Honkus
Billy Cannon was a freak athlete and if he came along in this generation, he'd be even more of a beast.
Watch:
LSU RBs 1958
Watch:
LSU RBs 1958
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Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:48 am to N.O. via West-Cal
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i believe he ran a 9.3 or 9.4 100 yard dash.
And he was the shot-putter on the track team. Set the SEC record at that also iirc.
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equates to a 4.3 - 4.4 forty time.
these times are done with football gear, right?
they didn't record 40-yd times back in the day.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 11:26 am to LSURussian
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Many people today don't realize those guys played both ways.
Cannon's fourth down goal line stop of OM in the same Halloween Game cemented "the return"; otherwise, it would be just another highlight. He lived an interesting life between signing a contract with the NFL and AFL for the same season, becoming a dentist, going to prison and then working at a prison.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 11:37 am to ChineseBandit58
For some time now times have been measured by the 100 meter distance and not 100 yards. A 9.3 100 yard dash is the equivalent of 10.17 in the 100 meter dash. The world record is 9.58 100 meter dash held by H. Bolt. So if that was Cannon's time in the 100 yard dash, he was pretty damn fast, but I question whether that timing is correct. Who knows? Are there old stats posted somewhere from LSU with his race times?
Posted on 9/26/14 at 11:43 am to Triggerduckman
bc 20? People had names back then
Posted on 9/26/14 at 12:50 pm to BabyTac
What was it like when you graduated from a pacifier,just kidding he was a man.
This post was edited on 9/26/14 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 9/26/14 at 12:53 pm to BabyTac
Before my time, but i once heard Boots Garland talking about Cannon- he said only Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson compared to his combination of speed and size.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 12:57 pm to TDTGodfather
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the only thing i know is that i'm 38 now and know i could play right now for LSU in olden times.
yeah I'm sure you would have been as bad arse and as tough as a Ray Nitsche type.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 1:06 pm to LSURussian
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Jerry Stovall, for example, played running back, defensive back, punted and returned punts and kickoffs.
and got screwed out of the Heisman trophy
Posted on 9/26/14 at 1:08 pm to DanglingFury
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Whoever started this method of identifying players needs to be drug out into the street and shot.
Hand to G-d, I wasn't sure if we were talking about a rapper, a headache powder, or just WTF until I clicked into the thread.
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BC20
Posted on 9/26/14 at 1:11 pm to BabyTac
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BC20
Seriously?
Posted on 9/26/14 at 1:13 pm to TN Bhoy
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Seriously?
How about this: "Cannon" is only 2 more characters than "BC20" and there would have been zero confusion on this board.
2 characters. The fricking twitter generation is destroying written communication, I tell you what.
#getoffmylawn
This post was edited on 9/26/14 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 9/26/14 at 1:14 pm to Ace Midnight
He ran a 9.3 100 as a member of the LSU track team in a meet.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 1:17 pm to DanglingFury
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Whoever started this method of identifying players needs to be drug out into the street and shot.
Agreed; If you ask the "old folks" about shite then you get what you get. BC20 = lazy.
This post was edited on 9/26/14 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 9/26/14 at 1:18 pm to gemlsu
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He ran a 9.3 100 as a member of the LSU track team in a meet.
He ran a 9.4 in high school (and the 100 is 100 yards, a subtle difference, but an important one. And 9.3/9.4 is still pretty good, particularly for the time.)
A (probably apocryphal, but, at I've heard it at least 40 years) track and field coach reportedly said that if Cannon were to lose 15 pounds, he would be an Olympian in the 100 and if he gained 15 pounds, he would be an Olympian in the shot put. But he has to stay where he is for football, because that's how he is going to make a living.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 1:18 pm to BabyTac
He was a man among boys. I first saw him in high school and then play as freshman on frosh team. He was damn good and played linebacker on defense.
He was a freak. Solid runner and pass catcher a great blocker.
Cannon also won SEC 100, 220 dash and shot putt in track.
He signed with Houston in AFL and was first MVP of league. He later signed with Oakland and played tight end for Madden.
LSU platooned at the time so he did not play the entire game but he was the best player I ever saw.
He was a freak. Solid runner and pass catcher a great blocker.
Cannon also won SEC 100, 220 dash and shot putt in track.
He signed with Houston in AFL and was first MVP of league. He later signed with Oakland and played tight end for Madden.
LSU platooned at the time so he did not play the entire game but he was the best player I ever saw.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 1:27 pm to LagdonCG
A friend of mines dad played with Cannon in high school. He told me in practice one day that he went in too high for a tackle and Cannon's helmet hit him square in the testicles, sending one of them back up into his body......that hurts just thinking about it. 
Posted on 9/26/14 at 3:06 pm to BabyTac
There was more noise an enthusiasm in the stadium back then, and it lasted THE WHOLE DAMN GAME!
Posted on 9/26/14 at 3:12 pm to damnstrongfan
People didn't leave early???
Posted on 9/26/14 at 3:15 pm to Ace Midnight
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How about this: "Cannon" is only 2 more characters than "BC20" and there would have been zero confusion on this board.
2 characters.
Respectfully, two is only "2" more characters than "2" and would have been grammatically correct.
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