So he was the man when I was a youngster. As a 10 year old kid watching him do things no one else could on the field was unreal! His time was short, but it was memorable! He is an inspiration.
I remember watching a doc about him when I was about the same age I’d never and have never seen anything like him sense. Should be in the hof of both the mlb and nfl imo
I lived in auburn for about ten years and just about everyone has a Bo Jackson legend they've heard before. I was lucky enough to meet him at a Bo Bikes Bama event in 2022. He was so gracious with everyone. Stopped to take a selfie with absolutely every person that asked. Asked their name, shook their hand, thanked them for being there. 100% pure class. Elite athlete, elite human. ❤
For the amount of talent and athleticism that Bo had, he was very humble and never had any off-field issues. Pure class and one of the best role models of any athlete to ever live.
Bo Jackson was the greatest natural athlete to have ever lived, he didn’t even workout because he said it would make him too bulky, the shape he was in was just his natural physical shape, he was just a beast a super human that this world will never see again
Bo Jackson was the closest thing to a superhero I could imagine what a remarkably gifted talented athlete and of course a very Humble man there will never be another Bo Jackson and if not for injuries he may well have made the Hall of Fame in both football and MLB
I was 12 years old watching that playoff game against Cincinnati when he got hurt, and I burst into tears. Bo was superhuman, and it was an absolute tragedy to see his peak get cut off like that.
I swear SAME!! I was also 12 at the time 4-1-79. Also cried when I heard how serious it was. He would've been mentioned a long with the all time greats in both sports . Imagine making the HOF on both sports?!?! He was that good I believe he could've done it
On the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on Bo, someone made the rather astute observation that Bo Jackson came around at just the perfect time, if he had come along just a couple of years later, everyone would have just assumed he was on steroids.
Bo Jackson is my all time favorite athlete. The man was incredible. If he would not have had the hip problems, he would have had multiple World Series and Superbowl rings
Its not a mystery, just something to acknowledge that sets Bo apart from anyone else - Bo's reaction time / Hand-eye coordination. No one, ever, has been able to match that and everything else. Michael Jordan made an attempt, and that was laughable.
Bo was a juggernaut in both sports. I still remember him rushing for over 100 yards every game I saw him play it seems. Such a shame that injury robbed us from seeing him go on to achieve so much more. The thing I remember most about him though was his humble attitude about his abilities and stardom. He seemed like an everyday person.
Honesty never realized his baseball skill on offense. Should be hall of fame. He makes baseball look cooler. And he brought fans. I'd even argue necessary for story of mlb. Best athlete to ever play the game. And great player with great numbers. Plus he chose baseball when nfl offered him 6x the money. Just my opinion.
The things these talented young men and women dealt with in the time when college sports was becoming national and monetized was deplorable. The multibillion-dollar industry that feeds on their talent and hard work has finally had to pay the piper for the decades of exploitation.
Meh, theyre not the ones even paying. Still slave behavior. Education should be implied with the exploitation of athletic ability. And academic. They don't have to have sports programs. They choose. They should pay out with either booster %, or ticket sales %
Bo's run as a 2-sport athlete was awesome and iconic, but it being cut short by his hip injury also presents a "what if?" scenario. I remember George Brett saying that if he stayed injury free, Bo would have at least reached 300 HRs.
He was dominating 2 sports lol. Deion was good at baseball but not like bo. Carlton haselrig the only other guy I know to dominate 2 sports like that the past 40 years.
His career almost reminds me of Ohtani's, where we're watching someone dominate in 2 facets, albeit Ohtani only plays baseball. Those 2 are one of a kind. Great video!
Even as a Phillies fan, I've always appreciated the 90s Braves teams because even as a kid I recognized the greatness in their pitching rotation with Smoltz, Maddox and Glavine. So when the Phillies beat them in the 93' NLCS it made it that much more special. I was 9 years old and remember going into that series just grateful the Phillies had made it that far but no way they'd beat the Braves... But they did and it was incredible. Funny enough, the Phillies ownership of the Braves during the Postseason, is still alive and well 😆
Bo Jackson is the last superhuman we have seen on Earth. A superhuman is someone who is so athletically gifted they can dominate any sport if they decide to. He was perfectly built genetically for athletics, it was remarkable to see and im glad I got to see it real time, because you dont see people like him usually in your lifetime..
The greatest thing about Bo Jackson is not just the lore. There is talk about Bo’s speed. His explosiveness. His strength. Just everything about Bo that sounds utterly ridiculous to all of us mere mortals. No way he ran a 4.13 40 time. And then there are the people who played with and against him. While the rest of us armchairs said such stuff was impossible? Those people in football and baseball and track and field will talk about Bo and say that everything they say about Bo is not only 100% true but that the stories are moderated in order to maintain some believability. It wasn’t just those of us who witnessed him do it (I got to see him play in person against the Bengals run for a TD of over 90 yards against the Bengals. From those cheap seats at the Coliseum it was clear that he was the biggest and the fastest and the baddest) who were awed. It was the elite pros who said that we mere mortals have no idea just how fast and big and strong he was.
Bo was a one man wrecking machine....with force and flair...a league of his own!!...would had been the first player ever to be in the hall of fame in both sports if he had not been injured!!
I just discovered your series plain awesome. You need to do an series on Deion Sanders. The closest thing to Bo Jackson & not to mention they way he's changing college football in the coaching & recruiting.
I was an LA Raiders season-ticket holder for several years. He was phenomenal! I met him following an Angels game (IIRC, it was against the Dodgers) and asked him to sign an American Library Association READ poster on which he was pictured with Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. He turned me down politely, which is more than I can say for some other athletes I could name!
Love this one, please do others from his era who are under appreciated like Will Clark, Canseco, Bonds, Ruben Sierra, McGwire, Barry Larkin, McGriff, Palmeiro, Matt Williams and Galaraga. I wouldn't even mind shorter videos on guys like Cecil Fielder, Joyner, Bonilla, Kevin Mitchell, Ellis Burks, Devon White, Mike Greenwell, Kruk, Tartabull, Incaviglia.
I was lucky enough to watch Bo as a Los Angeles Raider.. He was truly a beast.. Lynch had nothing on Bo.. Unfortunately I was also at the game that ended his career.. Was a sad day that I'll never forget!! Bo was a bad Ass.. As a side note.. My work often had me around the Raiders practice site and I remember running into Lyle Alzado and Howie Long ,I asked them about Bo and they both said that they would never tackle him during drills!!! They wanted no part of him!! 😂😂
Thanks for doing a vid on a favorite, Bo Jackson. Now Im not counting Dave Justice as complete although i did see the Honarable mention vid loved it. By the way the professor would make a great video too.
Watched him at the driving range at Coghill Golf Course (Tiger won 3 times here) He had a bit of a fade/slice going on... but the ball speed was tour level!
Multiple primes of Barry Bonds video when, or The Beginning of the End of Baseball as we knew it, featuring Adam Dunn, the first/most prolific three true outcome player. (Obviously you could argue other people, but considering he ended up with a career average of .237, its pretty bad. It really felt like he set the stage for everyone else that followed, aka mark reynolds, dan uggla, and any other players who can't hit for average, strike out a ton, mash 20-40 homeruns a year and walk a semi moderate amount each season.) I do enjoy that you look at other players than simply the creme de la creme of MLB history.
Yea you want to get to the Prime truth of the matter: Ted Williams (1946-1949), Mickey Mantle (1953-1958) Willie Mays (1962-1965), Hank Aaron (1962-1967) or more , Joe Morgan (1972-1976), Barry Bonds (1992-1996) or more, Jackie Robinson (1949- 1953), Stan Musial (1946 -1953), Babe Ruth 1920's
Boys and girls, listen up .... Close your eyes and imagine a Lambo Aventador pulling up next to an M1 Abrams tank on a drag strip. And then imagine that M1 absolutely smoking the Lambo without breaking a sweat. THAT was Bo Jackson. The man was not from this planet.
If he wouldn't got hurt He would been the greatest runner ever to handle a football Other teams could not stop him he was to strong and fast he would just run over people
So he was the man when I was a youngster. As a 10 year old kid watching him do things no one else could on the field was unreal! His time was short, but it was memorable! He is an inspiration.
During my research it was hard to fathom his unique skillset! No doubt a generational talent
I remember watching a doc about him when I was about the same age I’d never and have never seen anything like him sense. Should be in the hof of both the mlb and nfl imo
I lived in auburn for about ten years and just about everyone has a Bo Jackson legend they've heard before. I was lucky enough to meet him at a Bo Bikes Bama event in 2022. He was so gracious with everyone. Stopped to take a selfie with absolutely every person that asked. Asked their name, shook their hand, thanked them for being there. 100% pure class. Elite athlete, elite human. ❤
Very well stated and he is quite a man. That's more important than even his incredibly never seen before athletic ability
That's really awesome you had the opportunity to meet him! Thank you for sharing that story
For the amount of talent and athleticism that Bo had, he was very humble and never had any off-field issues. Pure class and one of the best role models of any athlete to ever live.
Bo Jackson was the greatest natural athlete to have ever lived, he didn’t even workout because he said it would make him too bulky, the shape he was in was just his natural physical shape, he was just a beast a super human that this world will never see again
Bo Jackson was the closest thing to a superhero I could imagine what a remarkably gifted talented athlete and of course a very Humble man there will never be another Bo Jackson and if not for injuries he may well have made the Hall of Fame in both football and MLB
For myself, it's hard to believe what he was able to do in NFL without a preseason!
I was 12 years old watching that playoff game against Cincinnati when he got hurt, and I burst into tears. Bo was superhuman, and it was an absolute tragedy to see his peak get cut off like that.
Bo's NFL career ending the way it did is truly heartbreaking. A shame he didn't get more than 4 seasons in the league
Nobody thought it was serious when it first occurred. Such a shame.
I swear SAME!! I was also 12 at the time 4-1-79. Also cried when I heard how serious it was. He would've been mentioned a long with the all time greats in both sports . Imagine making the HOF on both sports?!?! He was that good I believe he could've done it
On the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on Bo, someone made the rather astute observation that Bo Jackson came around at just the perfect time, if he had come along just a couple of years later, everyone would have just assumed he was on steroids.
No because he was already like that in high school
And steroids don’t make you into an athlete at all they just make muscle bigger
Only am idiot would believe that looking at his complete resume.
@@Scottadamsfan3481yup
boz is the perfect example
That play where Bo got injured against Cincinnati remains one of the saddest things I have ever seen in sports. Bo was one of a kind.
Yup and Bengals were cursed after that. They were horrible for the next 25+ years
Bo Jackson is my all time favorite athlete. The man was incredible. If he would not have had the hip problems, he would have had multiple World Series and Superbowl rings
If Bo Jackson would've simply played RB for 10 years he would go down as 1 of the greatest football players of all-time.
Eric Davis needs a vid!! Brian Giles was super underrated too
He has a video on Eric Davis
Goat of all athlete's
Its not a mystery, just something to acknowledge that sets Bo apart from anyone else - Bo's reaction time / Hand-eye coordination. No one, ever, has been able to match that and everything else. Michael Jordan made an attempt, and that was laughable.
Edgar Martinez, story is great
I was a 90’s child, Pro Stars and Bo Knows 👍🏻🔥.
Cartoon!
BO JAKSON !
THE GREATEST ATHLETE OF ALL TIME ! 🏈 ⚾️
( He was an alternate for
The 1988 4x4 Relay Team. )
"Bo, you don't know Diddley!"
😂
Bo was the best Tecmo Bowl player ever
Bo is one of the major things I grew up with. Still have my Bo Knows book and my Jackson Raiders jersey.... RNFL 🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️☠️
Bo was a juggernaut in both sports. I still remember him rushing for over 100 yards every game I saw him play it seems. Such a shame that injury robbed us from seeing him go on to achieve so much more. The thing I remember most about him though was his humble attitude about his abilities and stardom. He seemed like an everyday person.
Bo Knows humility!
Honesty never realized his baseball skill on offense. Should be hall of fame. He makes baseball look cooler. And he brought fans. I'd even argue necessary for story of mlb. Best athlete to ever play the game. And great player with great numbers. Plus he chose baseball when nfl offered him 6x the money. Just my opinion.
Mythical legend, not creature…he’s not a monster but rather a generational talent
I hope you realize that it was a joke...
The things these talented young men and women dealt with in the time when college sports was becoming national and monetized was deplorable. The multibillion-dollar industry that feeds on their talent and hard work has finally had to pay the piper for the decades of exploitation.
Meh, theyre not the ones even paying. Still slave behavior. Education should be implied with the exploitation of athletic ability. And academic. They don't have to have sports programs. They choose. They should pay out with either booster %, or ticket sales %
As a kid this guy was bigger than life. Such an amazing athlete. True legend
There is no question he was the greatest athlete that has ever lived.
Bo did the damn thing.
The way I remember that Deion game was that he made that diving catch. Then he went into the crowd and delivered a baby. That baby was Lebron James.
A Barry Larkin video would be cool…
Canseco first. Best of his era
The Greatest of His Time. An American Legend.
Awesome video. Thank you for taking the time to entertain, remind and inform us.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video
Unfortunate that his injury made him retire early. Dude was an absolute genetically superior individual.
The numbers don't allow for the Hall of Fame but just watching and you could tell he could be the best ever
Bo's run as a 2-sport athlete was awesome and iconic, but it being cut short by his hip injury also presents a "what if?" scenario. I remember George Brett saying that if he stayed injury free, Bo would have at least reached 300 HRs.
One can only imagine what the injury free numbers would look like!
He was dominating 2 sports lol. Deion was good at baseball but not like bo. Carlton haselrig the only other guy I know to dominate 2 sports like that the past 40 years.
His career almost reminds me of Ohtani's, where we're watching someone dominate in 2 facets, albeit Ohtani only plays baseball. Those 2 are one of a kind. Great video!
Agreed, a unicorn type of player! Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🙌🏼
Bo is, undoubtedly, the greatest athlete I’ve ever seen. And I’m old. Really old lol
Even as a Phillies fan, I've always appreciated the 90s Braves teams because even as a kid I recognized the greatness in their pitching rotation with Smoltz, Maddox and Glavine. So when the Phillies beat them in the 93' NLCS it made it that much more special. I was 9 years old and remember going into that series just grateful the Phillies had made it that far but no way they'd beat the Braves... But they did and it was incredible. Funny enough, the Phillies ownership of the Braves during the Postseason, is still alive and well 😆
Bo Jackson is the last superhuman we have seen on Earth. A superhuman is someone who is so athletically gifted they can dominate any sport if they decide to. He was perfectly built genetically for athletics, it was remarkable to see and im glad I got to see it real time, because you dont see people like him usually in your lifetime..
The greatest thing about Bo Jackson is not just the lore. There is talk about Bo’s speed. His explosiveness. His strength. Just everything about Bo that sounds utterly ridiculous to all of us mere mortals. No way he ran a 4.13 40 time.
And then there are the people who played with and against him. While the rest of us armchairs said such stuff was impossible?
Those people in football and baseball and track and field will talk about Bo and say that everything they say about Bo is not only 100% true but that the stories are moderated in order to maintain some believability. It wasn’t just those of us who witnessed him do it (I got to see him play in person against the Bengals run for a TD of over 90 yards against the Bengals. From those cheap seats at the Coliseum it was clear that he was the biggest and the fastest and the baddest) who were awed.
It was the elite pros who said that we mere mortals have no idea just how fast and big and strong he was.
I was born in 87 but Bo was a huge part of my childhood through video games and ESPN 😆
Bo was a one man wrecking machine....with force and flair...a league of his own!!...would had been the first player ever to be in the hall of fame in both sports if he had not been injured!!
Phenomenal talent. Probably my favorite athlete... Bo knows class, and he showed it.
Hey you should do Joe Mauer next. He is my favorite player of all time and he has a great story.
Since you did Bo, now it’s time to do the other 2-way star… DEION “PRIMETIME” SANDERS
Definitely! 😎🫡
A man of integrity. He stuck to his word no matter how much money it cost him.
I just discovered your series plain awesome. You need to do an series on Deion Sanders. The closest thing to Bo Jackson & not to mention they way he's changing college football in the coaching & recruiting.
How about doing a video on the oppositte from Bo. John Kruk. What was his slogan? I am not an athlete, I am a baseball player! ❤
I was an LA Raiders season-ticket holder for several years. He was phenomenal! I met him following an Angels game (IIRC, it was against the Dodgers) and asked him to sign an American Library Association READ poster on which he was pictured with
Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. He turned me down politely, which is more than I can say for some other athletes I could name!
I am so damn happy to grow up in a time period to watch that man play. He was just amazing!
Love this one, please do others from his era who are under appreciated like Will Clark, Canseco, Bonds, Ruben Sierra, McGwire, Barry Larkin, McGriff, Palmeiro, Matt Williams and Galaraga.
I wouldn't even mind shorter videos on guys like Cecil Fielder, Joyner, Bonilla, Kevin Mitchell, Ellis Burks, Devon White, Mike Greenwell, Kruk, Tartabull, Incaviglia.
Unless of course, you don't make vids for PED users, in which case ignore about 80% of the above.
As a Georgia Dawg fan I can tell Bo was great Running back. Bo and Hershel Walker are the 2 best RB in College Football history.
I was lucky enough to watch Bo as a Los Angeles Raider..
He was truly a beast..
Lynch had nothing on Bo..
Unfortunately I was also at the game that ended his career..
Was a sad day that I'll never forget!!
Bo was a bad Ass..
As a side note..
My work often had me around the Raiders practice site and I remember running into Lyle Alzado and Howie Long ,I asked them about Bo and they both said that they would never tackle him during drills!!!
They wanted no part of him!!
😂😂
My hero I had his poster on my wall as a kid ⚾️🏈
Thanks for doing a vid on a favorite, Bo Jackson. Now Im not counting Dave Justice as complete although i did see the Honarable mention vid loved it. By the way the professor would make a great video too.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, and yes Justice needs a vid one of these days
Greatest athlete in human history.
Humility is dope
They should put that on a shirt cause it's true!
His athleticism was Epic.. He was a humble human being but also a Beast!
You should do Reggie jackson
He should do HOFers Alan Trammell, Ozzie Smith and Eddie Murray too!
Good stuff bud! 1st video I've seen from you and I really enjoy your perspective and presentation 👍
Thank you, I really appreciate the kind words!
Got to watch him at the K when I was a kid! He is a awesome guy!
Thank you for the Tecmo throw-back.
New subscriber here…love the video. Definitely would like to see a David Wright, Jose Reyes, or King Felix vid.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed. Welcome to the channel!
Great video!! Well done!!
Thank you, I really appreciate the kind words!
Wilt Chamberlain insane athletic abilities
0:54 MOM!! MOM GET THE CAMERA!! IM FAMOUS!!!
Heck yes dude! 🔥
They forgot to mention his skills on Tecmo Bowl. The best.
Watched him at the driving range at Coghill Golf Course (Tiger won 3 times here)
He had a bit of a fade/slice going on... but the ball speed was tour level!
Why not George Brett? Generational hitter who nearly hit .400
He's certainly going to get one, haven't gotten enough footage for him yet!
I like how he always refers to himself in the third person. I believe Herschel Walker popularized that.
Great video, enjoyed it. Please Albert Belle, Mr. Freeze
Thank you!
@@Cam23 yea man, great channel. I predict Murphy #3 gets in next year.
@@flame-sky7148 I appreciate that! I would love to see Murphy get in next year
Multiple primes of Barry Bonds video when, or The Beginning of the End of Baseball as we knew it, featuring Adam Dunn, the first/most prolific three true outcome player. (Obviously you could argue other people, but considering he ended up with a career average of .237, its pretty bad. It really felt like he set the stage for everyone else that followed, aka mark reynolds, dan uggla, and any other players who can't hit for average, strike out a ton, mash 20-40 homeruns a year and walk a semi moderate amount each season.)
I do enjoy that you look at other players than simply the creme de la creme of MLB history.
Bo Is The Best Two-Sports Athlete In The World 💪
Bo Knows athleticism
Bo is just a remarkable human being. The man has a single minded purpose in anything he does.
Yea you want to get to the Prime truth of the matter: Ted Williams (1946-1949), Mickey Mantle (1953-1958) Willie Mays (1962-1965), Hank Aaron (1962-1967) or more , Joe Morgan (1972-1976), Barry Bonds (1992-1996) or more, Jackie Robinson (1949- 1953), Stan Musial (1946 -1953), Babe Ruth 1920's
And Bo Jackson went to the Real Pirates... the Silver and Black 🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️☠️
Bo was the most fun to watch as anyone
I’d like to see one on the Maddux Brothers. There are Greg but not much about Mike and almost nothing about their childhood.
if Buck Neal was still alive he would hear that sound from Shohei Othani
Do Freddy Sanchez from the Pirates next. He won a batting title.
Big Christmas Johnkensy Noel
He should've just played baseball
We would've been robbed of the Bo knows commercial but he was actually getting better as a player
Boys and girls, listen up .... Close your eyes and imagine a Lambo Aventador pulling up next to an M1 Abrams tank on a drag strip. And then imagine that M1 absolutely smoking the Lambo without breaking a sweat.
THAT was Bo Jackson. The man was not from this planet.
If he wouldn't got hurt He would been the greatest runner ever to handle a football Other teams could not stop him he was to strong and fast he would just run over people
G.O.A.T for real!!❤❤❤❤
Anyone remember "Bo...you don't know Didley."
Joe Carter video please
I would love for him to do Touch'em All Joe!
Ozzie Smith, Sandberg, Eddie Murray, Molitor, Trammell and The Hawk too.
6.8 yards per carry after laying off football for 2 years, what a freak of nature.
PLEASE do The INSANE Prime of Will Clark
IT'S WILT CHAMBERLAIN .. THEN JIM BROWN .. THEN BO JACKSON .. GREATEST ATHLETES EVER ..
Albert belle plz my guy
I'd watch this! Has he done one on Will Clark yet? That guy went out like a boss, even his last stint with STL was amazing.
When Bo was 8 years old, he could throw an apple thru a screen door. Believe it.
You gotta do Yadi bro
*BO KNOWS*
Who is interviewing Bo at18:41?
Cam 23 is a true G.O.A.T 🔥😎🔥
Haha idk about that but I appreciate you Sergio! 😎 🔥
Can you do a video on Mike Mussina
49ers should've drafted bo... That would've been legendary
Bo is The Greatest
Reggie Jackson
Bo knows.
Will “The Thrill” Clark.
Legend