re: Here's the Cecil Collins documentary;

Enjoyed it. I’m the type that likes to watch tv/videos with closed captioning. I had a hell of a time trying to figure out what was said for most of the documentary.

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closed captioning. I had a hell of a time trying to figure out what was said for most of the documentary.

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same here.

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He stopped hiding under beds jerking off?

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and i bet YOU started

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Don’t understand the Cecil hype

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You must be a millennial and therefore aren't allowed to even have an opinion.

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brush off his behavior as "the Diesel"

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Guess you have a short memory of "the Honeybadger" of which both instant popularity went to their heads.

Everyone has the right to redemption and Cecil did the crime and the time. Charging someone with burglary when that isn't his m.o. He paid for it.

Let it go.

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ETA - that game you went to may not have been vs BB. I just saw 1996 and remembered playing Leesville in the Semis that year.

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easy mistake - I still get crossed up on football dates on games years ago.

Graduated LHS in 1956 - but my senior year football games were 1955.

Thoroughly enjoyed the documentary. No, don't watch it with the sound off and using closed captions.

To those calling this guy a piece of shite, live long enough and someone close to you will frick up, too, if not yourself. Becoming bitter and dismissive of the frick up is easy if they never admit their wrongdoing and try to change. This guy seems to have at least tried and seemingly been somewhat successful. Props to him for that. I, for one, am surprised at how intelligent he comes across in the documentary. Having seen him at a bar after that Auburn game, he sure didnt seem too intelligent. I doubt many folks that met me at a bar while I was in college thought I was very fricking smart either.

I dont think those that dont get the hype can be convinced, but Ill try.

LSU was top 15-20ish good in the '80s, then became a bottom dweller in the SEC in the early and mid 90's. Around that time, I recall looking at the AP poll and being pumped if LSU got any votes; pumped for being listed in "Others Receiving Votes," i.e., not ranked.

Football was different at that time because a running back was close to being on equal footing as a QB as far as recognition. Prior to the 1997 season, Kevin Faulk was already an All American, all-purpose running back and return man. He was a huge reason the magic was brought back to LSU football. Kevin Faulk was the reason half the crowd was doing the "raise the roof" gesture in the stadium. He finished as maybe the person with the most total yards ever at LSU and the SEC (Im not looking that up, but if he wasnt, he was close.) Keven Faulk was HIM, if that helps you understand how highly he was thought of at LSU.

Collins played a prominent role in a couple games. How good was he in those games? He was being talked about as the best running back in the country on ESPN (which was a beloved TV station at the time) by Kirk Herbstreit. Think Fournette, with better leverage, but slightly less power, combined with Guice's shiftiness in the hole. Collins also had good top end speed.

One guy earlier said Chris Jackson and Collins were the two guys he recalls being most in awe of reguarding athletic ability. Absolutely agree on Chris Jackson. Collins and Fournette as RB's stood out like that to me.

ETA: Does anyone else think Collins sounds like Dave Chappelle?

Well he’s been out for ten years and hasn’t fricked up since

I mean he served his time and paid a pretty substantial price and the hope is he can come out and be a productive member of society and a dad to his kids

Great job by Doucet and the crew