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re: Who's the Ali/Gretzky/Hogan/Jordan/Ruth of pro football?
Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:02 am to USMC Gators
Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:02 am to USMC Gators
All of those players you mentioned either played a sport in which they are the only individual or where one player can make the whole difference.
Football is the only sport that players only play one side of the ball, outside of pitchers and even then that's only half the league.
It is impossible for one football player to make the difference that Jordan made, or that Gretzky made. your talking about 5 starters vs 22. 1/5<1/22
Football is the only sport that players only play one side of the ball, outside of pitchers and even then that's only half the league.
It is impossible for one football player to make the difference that Jordan made, or that Gretzky made. your talking about 5 starters vs 22. 1/5<1/22
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Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:05 am to USMC Gators
Jerry Rice
Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:05 am to VerlanderBEAST
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Replace Hulk Hogan with Stone Cold
Also replace Jordan with King James.
Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:09 am to chalmetteowl
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Ben Hogan, great as he was, doesn't sniff the OP's list... only golfers who do are jack and tiger...
I thought it was Ben Hogan too. But he definitely does sniff this list:
8 majors
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His 8-under par score in the 1948 U.S. Open set a tournament record that was matched only by Jack Nicklaus in 1980, Hale Irwin in 1990, and Lee Janzen in 1993. It was not broken until Tiger Woods shot 12-under par in the tournament in 2000 (Jim Furyk also shot 8-under par in the 2003 U.S. Open, and Rory McIlroy set the current U.S. Open record with 16-under par in 2011).
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In 1945, Hogan set a PGA Tour record for a 72-hole event at the Portland Open Invitational by shooting 27-under-par. The record stood until 1998, when it was broken by John Huston (it has since been surpassed by nine others, including most recently Phil Mickelson's 28-under in the 2013 Waste Management Phoenix Open).[12]
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Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:11 am to JJ27
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Rice was soooooooo much better than any receiver ever. By a wide margin.
Just by his #'s?? Yes. Don Huston was WAY WAY better than anyone else back then its puts Rice to shame....... Just sayin...........
Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:12 am to gideon
[quote]Also replace Jordan with King James.
Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:34 am to VerlanderBEAST
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Stone Cold was the top guy from 1997(when McMahon vs Austin began) to 2001
awesome. 4 years.
Hogan took the WWF from a regional attraction to a global power. He was the greatest babyface of all time, the biggest crossover star of all time, and then he became the greatest heel of all time and took another regional attraction and turned it into a global power... even leading it to beat the WWF in ratings for a significant portion of the monday night wars.
The answer is Hogan, and its not even close.
Posted on 4/25/13 at 9:37 am to VerlanderBEAST
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McMahon vs Austin
Vince was the real star of that feud.
Posted on 4/25/13 at 10:16 am to USMC Gators
I think Otto Graham is the answer
Posted on 4/25/13 at 10:18 am to Master of Sinanju
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Vince was the real star of that feud.
lol Vince was great but Stone Cold was the Perfect face.
This post was edited on 4/25/13 at 10:46 am
Posted on 4/25/13 at 10:20 am to USMC Gators
Jerry Rice
Posted on 4/25/13 at 10:33 am to VerlanderBEAST
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lol Vince was great but Stone was the Perfect face.
you missed the point, again. (shocked face)
Austin needed Vince for his whole character to really rise to stardom.
Hogan did that with a number of counterparts. Hell looking just to the attitude era, the Rock did it with numerous guys.
Posted on 4/25/13 at 10:36 am to USMC Gators
Yeah there isn't one. Surprised no one has said barry sanders.
Posted on 4/25/13 at 12:05 pm to USMC Gators
Walter Peyton?
How about Bill Russell in basketball and Ben Hogan in golf. Woods may ultimayely pass him
How about Bill Russell in basketball and Ben Hogan in golf. Woods may ultimayely pass him
This post was edited on 4/25/13 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 4/25/13 at 12:11 pm to jcole4lsu
rice
montana
walter payton
montana
walter payton
Posted on 4/25/13 at 5:38 pm to Zamoro10
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I hope you're being sarcastic...because otherwise, with this group think internet age - Rice is seriously becoming the most overrated/retro-hyped player in any sport.
Thank you. Rice's aura is becoming the sexy on the internet. He's good, but anyone claiming he's the GOAT in football is a fricking idiot.
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