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Is Billy Cannon the original Freak athlete in LSU History?
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:45 pm
Just reading about him a bit. Guy was about 210 pounds, which was as big as most of his linemen in that day, had blazing speed and played tailback even though people at his size were usually linemen (at this juncture).
Is this not akin to someone like LeBron being a 6'9, 265 pound do everything player? Or a guy like Adrian Peterson that is just freakishly fast for his size?
Is this not akin to someone like LeBron being a 6'9, 265 pound do everything player? Or a guy like Adrian Peterson that is just freakishly fast for his size?
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Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:46 pm to OBUDan
His track accomplishments show how much more advanced athletically at the time he was.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:46 pm to OBUDan
probably. but, i remember watching chris jackson sink about 90 percent of his shots and thinking he was a freak athlete. 
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:47 pm to tigerdup07
Chris Jackson is still one of the greatest CBB players of all time.
No one will be able to replicate what he did his freshman season.
No one will be able to replicate what he did his freshman season.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:47 pm to tigerdup07
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probably. but, i remember watching chris jackson sink about 90 percent of his shots and thinking he was a freak athlete.
more of just a freak basketball player. Tourettes killed his career
This post was edited on 4/26/10 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:48 pm to TheCaterpillar
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more of just a freak basketball player. Turrets killed his career.
i had no idea he had tourette's.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:49 pm to OBUDan
I think thats what it was...maybe I'm wrong.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:50 pm to OBUDan
I don't think it is fair to compare the former greats to the current guys.
Athletics are in a new realm compared to then. My uncle played basketball for LSU and he would barely be able to play at a D1 program (probably more like DIII) nowadays.
Athletics are in a new realm compared to then. My uncle played basketball for LSU and he would barely be able to play at a D1 program (probably more like DIII) nowadays.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:51 pm to TheCaterpillar
I was right, SI article from 1993
This post was edited on 4/26/10 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:51 pm to TheCaterpillar
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I think thats what it was...maybe I'm wrong.
no. you're right
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:52 pm to TheCaterpillar
No you're correct, That is what CJ has.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:53 pm to TheCaterpillar
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I think thats what it was...maybe I'm wrong.
You're right. I looked it up, I just never knew that.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:54 pm to lynxcat
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I don't think it is fair to compare the former greats to the current guys.
I'm not really. I'm comparing what he was in his day to what people are now.
He was to CFB during his run as LeBron is to the NBA now. Bigger, stronger, faster, better than his competition.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:55 pm to TheCaterpillar
I always thought that his Tourette's was both a blessing,and a curse. He was so unpredictable with his movements that he could get his shot off almost at will.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:57 pm to lynxcat
I think you can compare Billy Cannon to modern athletes pretty fairly. His size and speed translates to modern running back very favorably.
6'1", 210lbs. He was timed at sub-4.2 40.
6'1", 210lbs. He was timed at sub-4.2 40.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:57 pm to jmath23lsu
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He was timed at sub-4.2 40.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 4:59 pm to TheCaterpillar
You laugh, but the man was fast. How accurate that time is, I don't know. But you have to add 5 tenths of second to it before his speed would be considered a concern in the NFL today.
This post was edited on 4/26/10 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 4/26/10 at 5:00 pm to TheCaterpillar
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He was timed at sub-4.2 40.
Sundials are hard to read sometimes,fwiw.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 5:01 pm to jmath23lsu
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You laugh, but the man was fast. How accurate that time is, I don't know. But you have to add 5 tenths of second to it before is speed would be considered a concern in the NFL today.
back then a 4.5 would be fast as frick. Just look at Olympic sprinter times. Or look at his 100 times compared to modern hundred times. Trindon Holliday is WAY faster than Cannon ever was and didn't run in the 4.2's. I bet Cannon ran a 4.5 or slower.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 5:11 pm to OBUDan
He was working out at Alvin Roy's in High School while most everyone else was doing something else. He built himself up and became bigger and stronger than most any body else.
He worked out a lot more in High School than LSU players did in college.
He worked out a lot more in High School than LSU players did in college.
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