FB: New England Small College Athletic Conference

[Jonny Utah]

Could he consistently run a 4.30/40? If not, he didn't have blazing speed.

He might have I dont know.  I didnt know there was a number for "blazing speed" either though.  What I do know is that the kid did fantastic at the Penn relays......

[mariner75]

Yes, Frank....

I was in amazement myself when I read that anyone would have "blazing speed" in the NESCAC.  However anyone on the Jumbos that would have any kind of decent ability to run FAST (and have decent size) would be a nice change of pace for them.  Thanks for bringing everyone to their senses.

[bant551]

Most ridiculous comment of the day:

***Could he consistently run a 4.30/40? If not, he didn't have blazing speed.***

I'd probably say Santana Moss, Laverneus Coles and many other NFL wide receivers and running backs have "blazing speed", even though they can't consistently rip 4.30 40-yard dashes.

Hell, Darrell Green was at one point the fastest 40-time ever, and he was a shade below 4.3 I think.

['gro]

I didn't know that speed was judged by the same criteria as chicken wings.

[Jonny Utah]

Most ridiculous comment of the day:

***Could he consistently run a 4.30/40? If not, he didn't have blazing speed.***

I'd probably say Santana Moss, Laverneus Coles and many other NFL wide receivers and running backs have "blazing speed", even though they can't consistently rip 4.30 40-yard dashes.

Hell, Darrell Green was at one point the fastest 40-time ever, and he was a shade below 4.3 I think.

Not true.  Jose Canseco ran a 3.9.

[lewdogg11]

I believe Thornton Melon had the diving record back in 1986.

[PBR...]

i believe bo jackson ran a 4.19 or 4.2.....see if i can find it again

[lewdogg11]

I'm pretty sure Happy Gilmore still holds a record for being the only person to try and stab someone with his skate.

[Jonny Utah]

Dont forget about the longest high school completed pass in 1986.  Too bad it ended in an injury..........

[Superfoot Wallace]

I'm pretty sure Happy Gilmore still holds a record for being the only person to try and stab someone with his skate.

Was either Wahle or Chmura that had provision in his contract prohibiting playing jailai.

signed,
Johnny's second round opponent in the Karate Kid

[Jonny Utah]

I'm pretty sure Happy Gilmore still holds a record for being the only person to try and stab someone with his skate.

Was either Wahle or Chmura that had provision in his contract prohibiting playing jailai.

signed,
Johnny's second round opponent in the Karate Kid

Chumura had a contract not to have pics like this hanging around his locker......

['gro]

Mark Chumura supports bring YOUR daughter to MY work day.

[frank uible]

By my standards barely any pro footballers have blazing speed. I do remember that about 1972 there was a WR from Alcorn St. (perhaps Alcorn A & M then) named Willie McGee, who ran his 40s between 4.10 and 4.20. He was drafted by the Chargers and hung on their and other NFL rosters for six years as primarily a kickoff returner (had only 24 pass receptions in 6 years) solely on the potential of his blazing speed - he couldn't play NFL quality football - among other things he fumbled. Olympic finals quality sprinters could run about 4.00 40s (or in a few cases significantly better) if timed as football players are.  Bo Jackson, a major college quality sprinter, at his best probably ran in the 4.30 neighborhood - not blazing speed. The fastest NESCAC footballer, who could actually play NESCAC quality football, whom I can remember but whose name escapes me, was an University of Maine transfer RB at Colby around 1990 (he was the best player in NESCAC his junior year but tore his knee and didn't play as a senior). I expect that he could run about 4.40/40s - again not blazing speed. If someone wants to define "blazing speed" differently than I do, then be my guest.

[lewdogg11]

I don't know what all y'all classify as blazing speed, but 4.3 is blazing speed for a football player.  These guys carry around 25-30 pounds more weight than a professional sprinter.  Let's not get too crazy.

From Wikipedia...
In the electronic timing era, the fastest recorded time at the NFL Combine was 4.24 seconds by wide receiver Jason Vest in 1999. Most times close to 4.0 are untrustworthy because of the use of hand timing, but still many use hand-timed 40s, such as players including Jerome Mathis (4.25) ,DeAngelo Hall (4.15), Michael Vick (4.25),Lee Suggs (4.27), Bo Jackson (4.12), Don Beebe (4.21), Michael Bennett (4.13), Randy Moss (4.25), Darrell Green (4.15, 4.2), and Laveranues Coles (4.2).

[Jonny Utah]

Half of these "40 times" you hear of are hand timed and flawed.  Especially the ones in the 1970s Im going to assume.  Hell, we had some 4.4 guys at Ithaca when I was there.  They werent any good and probably not even that fast but those were the official times........