R.I.P. Rashaan Salaam

Wonder if CTE played a role.

 

A rare time when I don't have snark. Been 22 years but I still remember him torching Wisconsin in Boulder like it was last week.

 

I really don't want to like this, but CWCID.

 

I was born in '86 and Rashaan Salaam was the first guy I was emulating in the back yard. I would be Salaam and my friend would be Kordell Stewart. I lived in Wisconsin but my first college football memory that sticks out was Stewart's Hail Mary in the Big House caught by Michael Westbrook in front of Ty Law. NFL name-dropping I know. It sticks out not just because of the players involved but I was downstairs in the living room watching the game and my dad said What the hell are you watching this for, this game is over." So I went upstairs and turned on the TV up there. A few minutes later I am screaming "OH MY GOD!, UNBELIEVABLE." My dad was mad at me for making so much noise No. 1 but more so that he didn't see it live!

RIP, Rashaan!

 

Don't remember where I heard it, but I caught Rick Neuheisel talking about Salaam today.

Neuheisel said one of the moments he remembered most about Salaam was his block during the Miracle In Michigan game to free up just enough time for Kordell Stewart to launch the ball 70 yards.

 

That might be the shortest post to make me LOL.

We all are sure going to hell.

 

Winner, Winner?

Rashaan Salaam's brother says he had symptoms of chronic head trauma before he killed himself | Daily Mail Online

 

Unsurprising, unfortunately.

Autopsy shows Rashaan Salaam shot self in head