I’ve been a fan and followed his career since I was in high school, he inspired me in so many ways, I still read his book at least once a year.He was an amazing athlete and a true badass. There will never be another like him.
Then you didn't know Brian Bosworth my friend. His entire college career was based off steroids. As soon as he was to come off them was the immediate departure from the NFL in many different ways. So how the fuck did he inspire you ???? Don't use gear is the only thing that guy could inspire except false athleticism based off ped's. End of story period. Sounds to me someone's writing a very fuckin stupid ass comment who truly didn't know the guy 😅😅😅😅 dumbass sit the fuck down. Lol he inspired me buahahahahaha
I do know Brian Bosworth and followed pretty much every aspect of his career. I am aware of the steroid issue. Pretty much everyone back then did steroids, The only differenc is he got caught and made an example out of in front of the entire nation what others got a small slap on the wrist. Also remember they were viewed quite differently than they are now in most cases weren’t banned substances. Doctors prescribed them to most major college athletes. For you to say the steroids made him the player that he is is a cop out and one of the oldest knocks against Brian Bosworth.
In some ways I judge someones football knowledge when Brian Bosworth comes up in conversations. Because if you take away the hype and all the non football attention this guys was a GREAT LB. So light on his feet. See guys like Tom Rathman and others that were known to be really good blockers and Boz could just slip and move past and through blocks and get to the ball. very very fast. The Bo play of course was famous but on Bos 90 yd run earlier in that game Bo breaks it there is Boz running with Kenney Easley and the other Seattle DBs down field. Yes it all got carried away and the focus became Boz and not Brian the ball player. But hell when I was 21 and I had all that on me I probably wouldn't have made all that many good decisions either. met him a couple of times. Way back in the 80s with my high school team and he spoke to us about our grades and becoming good men. Years later my young son and I met him and he had a great talk with my son. Cant say enough good things about the man he has become . AND ABSOLUTELY FUN to watch him play !!!
As soon as he was tested his athleticism was diminished buddy. I grew up with him also and I played college and pro ball. As soon as the gear was gone so was he. Period end of story. I also used through my junior and college years as did 70% of my teammates. You get focus, explosive strength. Many false things come with steroid abuse. Recovery time , play injured ect. I can go all-day. Yes he was a great athlete. Not one of a kind nor remotely. As soon as the juice was gone he was gone. Unfortunately his entire career was based on that. Had a high football iq yes on gear he was a Savage yes. When it was gone he was a fuckin disaster. A flash in the pan. Period end of story.
The 80s was the era of coolness.And Brian Bozworth was our real life Fonz,fact. He was cool and one of the greatest college linebackers of all time,fact.🏈😎
In early days of ESPN, Boz was the influence of watching College Sports ( ESPN was a College Sports Channel only back in 80s) on Saturdays of same approach as kids tuning in Saturday Mornings for the cartoons. It was him and Deion Sanders that made ESPN very popular.
Yeah, and a few years ago, the only thing I was interested in seeing each weekend were Johnny Manziel's highlights. Like when he beat Alabama on Saban's field.
I grew up watching the Boz and all I wanted to do was go to OU and be a Sooner. So in 1995 I became a student at OU and unfortunately for the years 95-98 Boz showing up was a guaranteed loss. And I was a huge fan of the guy. I love seeing him on the sidelines now. His line in there’s only one is when it’s says step up and Boz says or get put down. That’s typical of the madman.
Agree different league what an athlete pure skill and raw super power Its a crying Shame for both athletes, but I know who'd I'd put my money on to become an NFL great Bo
As someone who closely followed Boz's career what I find interesting is how Boz regrets not playing his senior year at Oklahoma because of the t-shirt incident. Had he not played he may have never turned pro if his shoulders were a ticking time bomb. We may have never heard of him and ofcourse his life would have been completely different had that happened. I wonder if he knew the shoulders were shot at that point in college? BTW, behind the neck shoulder presses. The absolute WORSE exercise you can do for your shoulders!! So back to my question. I wonder if Boz ever thought that had he stayed in college he may not have ever turned pro as he may have blew out his shoulder his senior year. Terrible what happened. Great guy, tremendous player and definitely not a bust. In fact he was obviously a future All-Pro.
I agree with you about not using the behind the neck press, they're a real shoulder destroyer - but sports/strength training was really primitive in those days. I wonder if Bosworth would have had a better NFL career if he had not started at Oklahoma before his junior year. He could have played 1 or 2 seasons and then gone pro. Maybe he would have reached his physical peak in the NFL instead of with the Sooners - similar to Clay Matthews.
Some players peak in college, not the pros. Look at Johnny Manziel's highlights. Better than Brady's and Elway's combined in college. College football is its own entity. Boz and Manziel were masters of it.
not so much peaked, but the difference in talent is so condensed in the pros, he was my idol in highschool back in the 80's because his dominance but I 'll admit Bo ran him the f over, it is not fair to compare him with Maniel though, he did not destroy himself, he had major problems with a cronic shoulder injury, he wasn't a self destructive loser like Manziel.
The Boz actually knew he had bad shoulders coming into the NFL. There was talk about it back then, but it never grew any less, and then when he had to retire they crucified him. Made hom sound like it was all new news. I remember it like yesterday even though I was 27. MNF, it wasn't that big of a game going into it. The media did all of that AFTER the game, and it really PISSED ME OFF!!! Bo & Box never had a feud going, and Bo himself will even tell you so. They didn't even know each other, but thanx to the LIARS in the media they became pretty good friends directly after the game. Seattle, didn't do him any favors either. Sure enough, they put pressure on him too by protecting the truth about what I just said. The guy was in a foreign land basically, and the SPOILED him to the point that even he had to tell them to STOP due to the peer pressure from his teammates. He didn't want all that chit, but, and like he always say's, "That's the BOZ, not, Brian." . . . whatever that means.
Ok, the man had impeccable angles, snap anticipation, and ridiculous closing speed. Am I the only one who thinks his tackles were weak AF? 95% are "wrap up and fall backwards".
An effective tackle can't be described as "weak." If he got the job done, what are you criticizing? In martial arts, one of the main lessons neophytes have to learn is not to expend energy by making unnecessarily large movements.
6:38 - Man, OU got jobbed that game. This is the fumble at midfield several plays before the infamous Stanberry INT in 1984. The runner was ruled "down". BS!
He was on roids in college . He was bigger than life with a 3.2 GPA . Got guaranteed 10 million dollars by the Seahawks and invested his money . He knew exactly what he was doing . .
Its like 1 miss or tackle jus wipe away a mans legacy ..... 😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂 but how???? When history Show's it didn't 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Bo & THE BOZ KNO'S 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bo, before his injury, kicked everybody's ass - one of the best athletes ever. Wiki claims: Bo "is the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball and football. Jackson's elite achievements in multiple sports has given him the reputation as one of the greatest athletes of all time."
Brian Steroids. As soon as the NFL began testing his career ended. His facial acne was legendary result of being the biggest steroid junkie of all times.
