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Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:48 pm to LSU GrandDad
"Hardly ever passed the ball"
Seems like that has been the case @ LSU forever, but I could be wrong.
They called him Alexander the Great for a reason. He was money.
Seems like that has been the case @ LSU forever, but I could be wrong.
They called him Alexander the Great for a reason. He was money.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:50 pm to ByUselves
Thanks for the correction. Too lazy to google.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:50 pm to luismlg
Had lunch with him last week. Great guy !
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:53 pm to Hoyt
He posts here. No lie.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:55 pm to Lsupimp
He was also extremely fast. 4.3 - 4.4
Posted on 11/18/17 at 10:56 pm to Hoyt
When I was in elementary school he owned Alexander's sporting goods on Jones Creek. I used to talk to him all the time. I was probably 12. He had huge calves. I asked him about how he got such huge calves. He said do calf raises. I went home and did over 200 calf raises that night and I literally couldn't walk for 2 days. IB4 cool story bro and keiland's calves.
Eta: he was a great guy. Always had time for kids
Eta: he was a great guy. Always had time for kids
This post was edited on 11/18/17 at 10:59 pm
Posted on 11/18/17 at 11:12 pm to BillF
You obviously know nothing about him. He never played tail back on the NFL. He was drafted By the Bengals who made him a damn blocking back with not that many carries per game. He had plenty of moves and he ran 4-3 to 4.4. And he ran every game into 8 man fronts.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 11:12 pm to TomballTiger
Great guy, used to do business with him in the oil and gas field. Loved going to lunch with him and hearing his stories.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 11:40 pm to Hoyt
The closest I could relate for you would be a George Rogers "type" runner. Upright style, long strides, fast and tough as nails.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:26 am to Hoyt
Damn good.
Went through many a tear away jerseys.
Went through many a tear away jerseys.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:29 am to Izzy Mandelbaum Sr
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No shite. You were around before electricity. When we need to know about Morse code, we’ll email you
I
at this. Im looking at some Karma in 40 years.Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:46 am to Hoyt
He was one hell of a running back during that era. Emerged after Brad Davis and Terry Robiskie (wasn't that impressed with the latter). He was like a bowling ball when he got his momentum. A different brand of Ball was played back then.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 12:48 am to Hoyt
Big, tough, played fullback in the NFL as I recall.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 1:59 am to Hoyt
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Tell me how good he was
He was clearly the best offensive player in the conference for the late 1970s - ahead of guys like Wes Chandler (there was no real standout QB) and, if you count OL, Dwight Stephenson.
A dominant back on a run first team. The last truly great player of the Mac era. You felt like if you had to get 3 yards, Alexander could get them. If you needed to run the ball 40 times, Alexander could take 30 or 35 of those, easily. HE was a great player, despite not playing on particularly great LSU teams. The only analogue I can point you to is Faulk in the past 20 years or so, although they are different kinds of players - Faulk did things in the return game and so forth.
This post was edited on 11/19/17 at 2:03 am
Posted on 11/19/17 at 3:29 am to LSU GrandDad
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LSU hardly ever passed the ball
bullshite. We passed the ball our share in those days and our passing game was a helluva lot better than it is right now.
Bert Jones, Tom Hodson ... those names ring a bell?
Posted on 11/19/17 at 3:38 am to LSU GrandDad
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it was a different era and lsu hardly ever passed the ball.
Not from what I saw in the YouTube video link in this thread. Unless of course, that was every pass in the entire game condensed in those highlights. Looked like a very effective passing game to me.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 3:47 am to alumni95
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Not from what I saw in the YouTube video link in this thread. Unless of course, that was every pass in the entire game condensed in those highlights. Looked like a very effective passing game to me.
You are correct.
That was just another in a long line of LSUGrandad’s bullshite posts which graphically illustrate he doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about but posts anyway.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 5:36 am to alumni95
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Unless of course, that was every pass in the entire game condensed in those highlights
In that video it was Steve Ensminger that threw most of the passes. He was tough as nails too.
Posted on 11/19/17 at 6:05 am to timlan2057
quote:. And don’t forget Carlos Carson who set the record for receiving when LSU best Rice 77-0.
Bert Jones, Tom Hodson ... those names ring a bell?
This post was edited on 11/19/17 at 6:09 am
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