the starter was big. starter played in the NFL. Miles got to play when the starter was injured. Miles started two or three games. they won those games. team went 10-2 and went to the Rose bowl.

By the time Miles got on the field he was a senior. He started with both wrestling and playing football. Wasn't getting anywhere with the football and quit wrestling. We know he was able to get lower than the opponent.

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Posted by Zappas Stache

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Posted on 1/28/16 at 11:43 am to CelticDog

I worked on a project with Dave Manders who was the center of the Dallas Cowboys '72 super bowl team. He is a Landscape Contractor in DFW now. He is not a big guy. Maybe 6' tall and 200 lbs.

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Posted by Scoob

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Posted on 1/28/16 at 11:48 am to CelticDog

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Athletes are much bigger than they were in his playing days

the starter was big. starter played in the NFL. Miles got to play when the starter was injured. Miles started two or three games. they won those games. team went 10-2 and went to the Rose bowl.

By the time Miles got on the field he was a senior. He started with both wrestling and playing football. Wasn't getting anywhere with the football and quit wrestling. We know he was able to get lower than the opponent.

If Miles wrestled seriously enough to make a college team like Michigan (even if he wasn't a star), that's a lot of the answer. Wrestlers have great core strength and understand leverage much better than "just" football players. That explains his love of the Big Cat drills.
It's a shame that wrestling is a vanishing sport

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