Jeff Pearlman on Ricky Bell

What ever happened to Jimbo Elrod or Rod Shoate? We need articles on
them post haste.

 

Please, bitch, let's see a 34-years-later feature on Jack Youngblood and the Super Bowl he started a broken leg with.

 

Complete with x rays of his leg as proof.

Too late now since he's passed but there should have been a story at least every other year on George Sauer.

 

I would like to check in on Lynn Dickey every 18 months or so. He always battled for the Packers.

 

I finally got around to reading the story and thought it was excellent. I was actually sort of a captive audience for this story because, as a kid in SoCal, I first started following college football around 1976, when Bell was the starting TB for USC, and he became one of my first favorite players. I remember how shocked I was when I heard he died, because I didn't know how sick he was. I get a little perturbed by Pearlman at times, but he did a fantastic job on this.

Have one question, though, on the whole Dorsett-Bell thing, as I wasn't too familiar with the NFL pre-draft stuff back then: Obviously, picking Bell over TD never looked good on face value, but, as stated earlier in this thread, Dorsett indicated to the Seahawks that he didn't want to play for them, which brought the trade of the No. 2 pick to Dallas. If Dorsett was willing to play hardball with Seattle to force a trade of the pick to a better team, wouldn't he have tried the same thing if he knew he would be drafted by a team that just went 0-14 and pretty much established themselves as the most inept team of all time? Would Tampa Bay have ever signed Dorsett even if they picked him over Bell?

Perhaps those on this board who are more familiar the situation can shed some light.

 

They could do a broken leg series. Add in Tim Crumrie not Theisman though because
he always finds a way to get in the news.

 

You want x-rays, Boom?

Boom!



http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-top-ten/09000d5d810a6bd4/Top-10-Gutsiest-Performances-Jack-Youngblood

 

I would like current x - rays but that will do. Fantastic.Complete with John Facenda.
Makes me long for that era of The NFL.

I was lucky enough to meet Youngblood a few years ago and he looked like he could still play. No limp so his leg must have healed.

Brings to mind the need for a story on Jim Youngblood ( no relation)

 

I know this comment was probably tongue in cheek but I watched them at Oklahoma so you got me thinking so I googled them.

Shoate died at age 46 after a history of drug problems and spending some time in jail.

http://newsok.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-ou-great-rod-shoate-another-drug-casualty-makes-many-ask-why/article/2673242/?page=2

Elrod has apparently stayed out of jail despite arrests for car theft and drug possession and has a talk show in Oklahoma.

 

Somewhat tongue and cheek but I too followed that OK team. Rod Shoate was one of many dominant players on that team. Came
across an article that reads as sad if not sadder than the Ricky Bell story. Shoate ended up dieing of AIDs.

http://newsok.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-ou-great-rod-shoate-another-drug-casualty-makes-many-ask-why/article/2673242

 

Ok Defensive stats from '73
G Solo A T
Rod Shoate lb 11 71 55 126
David Smith lb 11 48 58 106
Lucious Selmon dt 11 57 36
Dewey Selmon dt 11 42 42 84
Gary Baccus dl 11 43 24 67
Mike Struck de 11 36 28 64
LeRoy Selmon dt 11 37 20 57
Randy Hughes s 11 32 16 48
Gary Gibbs lb 11 31 16 47
Durwood Keeton s 11 26 20 46
Jimbo Elrod DE 11 26 16 42