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BryanOver half the people on the board mention Bo as one of the greatest athletes and you spout off Bo who. Seriously get a clue. Do some research. Bo was a three sport star at Auburn; football (won the heisman trophy), baseball, and track. He would have been drafted number one by the Tampa Bay Bucs but was annoyed at them when they caused him to lose his eligability to play his senior year of baseball. He decided to play pro baseball after that.
Bo was the fastest person on the baseball field and could hit the ball with more power than any non-steriod player could. He did have a tendency to strike out often though. If he focused on baseball he would have been a premier hitter.
He has the best yards per carry average of any player of his time while playing football and his speed was unmatched. His football career became a "flop" because his hip was destroyed in a tackle. Yet that didn't stop him from returning to baseball.
Guess you miss that sort of stuff while growing up in a cornfield in Iowa.