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Oregon Ducks extend scholarship offer to Bo Jackson

The Oregon Ducks have extended a scholarship offer to Bo Jackson, a 4-star RB in the 2025 class.

There’s a headline that might grab your attention.

On Christmas Day, it was announced that the Oregon Ducks extended a scholarship offer to Bo Jackson, a four-star running back in the 2025 class. Jackson is rated by 247Sports as the No. 97 overall player in the 2025 class, and the No. 8 RB.

Jackson stands 6 feet, 205 pounds. Similar to the legendary Bo Jackson, he plays baseball and runs track in high school as well. Jackson ran a personal-best 11.13 seconds in the 100 meters last May. He also ran the 200 meters in 22.24 seconds.

It is still early in his recruitment, so Jackson has not narrowed his list of schools just yet, but he has offers from Oregon, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Wisconsin.

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This NFL rushing stat about Jim Harbaugh and Bo Jackson is blowing everyone’s minds

Seriously, this is wild.

I honestly don’t know where this came from, but it’s an absolutely stunning fact that’s going around social media this week.

If I were to ask you who had more rushing yards in their NFL career between Bo Jackson — a running back who might have been the greatest athlete of this or any generation — and quarterback Jim Harbaugh (remember, he was a decent player before he was head coach), who would you say?

Jackson, of course.

BUT YOU’D BE WRONG.

Harbaugh had a 14-year career with four teams and somehow ran for 2,787 yards despite having a career-high of 338 in 1991.

Jackson, sadly, had just four years in the NFL, with a career cut short by injuries. He ended up with just 2,782 yards.

SERIOUSLY!

And now your head is exploding too, isn’t it?

Texas A&M’s goal line stance keeps Heisman winner out of the end zone and changes the game

A quick look back to 50th Cotton Bowl Classic where a fourth quarter goal line stand changes the game.

With Auburn coming to town, it’s only fitting that we take a look back at one of Texas A&M’s most clutch defensive stops in history.

It was New Year’s Day 1986, and the Aggies and Tigers were in a close battle at the 50th Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, Texas. Heisman winner and one of the greatest college athletes of all time, Bo Jackson, was having a pretty dominant game leading into the 4th quarter.

Up by a slim lead of 21-16, The Auburn Tigers were inside the 10-yard line with four downs and the best running back in college football. No matter the situation, this would be a daunting task for any defense.

There wasn’t a soul in that stadium that didn’t believe that Auburn would score for this distance, but the Aggie goal-line defense was on a mission to deny that touchdown. Auburn ran the ball three straight times with Jackson but came up empty. Being two yards out, the Auburn head coach made a call that changed the course of the fourth quarter. On fourth and goal, Auburn handed the ball to Jackson for a fourth straight time, and he was stopped for the fourth straight time.

Below is what Auburn head coach Pat Dye had to say about that moment in the game.

”I think if we had scored on that fourth-down play, we would have won the ball game,” Dye said, via the New York Times. ”But when they stopped us, it gave them the edge and the momentum.”

The Aggies defeated the Tigers in a final score of 36-16, ending the season 10-2 record and ranked 6th in the Nation. Jimbo has the second hurdle of the season coming up on Saturday, and what we see will show us a lot about where the defense is at two weeks removed from the Miami game.

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Bears stars to attend autograph and photo event in Schaumburg

Bears players, including Justin Fields and DJ Moore, will appear at the Elite Icons Autograph and Sports Card Show in October.

The Chicago Bears will be making their grand return to historic Soldier Field in just over a week, kicking off a 2023 season that is sure to be a rollercoaster of highs and lows. And while Chicago fans enjoy the festivities week in and week out, they’ll have the chance to meet the team’s biggest stars.

Several players will reportedly participate in the Elite Icons Autograph and Sports Card Show, an event that will take place in the Chicago suburb of Schamburg from Friday, Oct. 6 through Sunday, Oct. 8.

According to the show’s official Facebook event page, fans will have the opportunity to receive autographs and take photos with some big-name Bears players: Justin Fields, Tremaine Edmunds, DJ Moore, Darnell Wright, T.J. Edwards and Jack Sanborn. They will be joined by all-time great NFL players such as Zach Thomas, Ladainian Tomlinson and Bo Jackson.

The event provides diehard football fans a rare opportunity to meet the super humans they root for every season. The dates of the event coincide perfectly with a pseudo-bye week the team will be enjoying. They’ll battle Washington Commanders in a Week 5 game on Oct. 5, and they have a mini-bye week before they play a Sunday divisional game against the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 15.

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Notre Dame offers 2025 Ohioan with a recognizable name

Does Notre Dame know something?

We all remember the Bo Knows campaign for Bo Jackson, the two-sport superstar and now [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] has offered a 2025 Ohioan with the same name.

The Cleveland [autotag]Bo Jackson[/autotag] isn’t related to the Bo Knows star but is a very solid prospect in his own right who plays baseball as well. He is ranked as the 7th best athlete and 135th overall prospect by the 247Sports composite.

At 6-foot, 1-inch and 190 pounds, Jackson could end up on either side of the ball, running back or safety. He’s a track star also, as his speed stands out on which ever playing field he is on.

With Jackson tagging head coach [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag], run game coordinator [autotag]Al Washington[/autotag] and defensive coordinator [autotag]Al Golden[/autotag], he is truly being recruited for either side of the ball.

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Bo Jackson smelled a porcupine’s butt to try to cure yearlong case of hiccups

Bo Jackson — yes, that Bo Jackson — is seeking medical intervention for a seemingly endless bout of hiccups.

Look, don’t let me have a run-in with hiccups. After just two minutes of a “hyuck” here and a “hur-up” there, I’m running to find a glass of water to chug.

I’m not even sure if chugging water actually works with hiccups. That’s just what I’ve been told. It doesn’t matter, though — I’m still guzzling. And that’s only after a few minutes.

Now, imagine having hiccups for nearly a year at any point in your life. Yes, exactly. It sounds horrible. It could quite literally be the worst experience ever. And it’s apparently happening to Bo Jackson right now.

In an appearance on McElroy and Cubelic in the morning with former Alabama QB Greg McElroy, Jackson opened up about having hiccups since last July.

He’s now resorting to medical intervention to help:

“I’m getting a medical procedure done the end of this week, I think, to try to remedy it. I’m busy at the hospital sitting up with the doctor’s poking me, shining lights down my throat, probing me every way they can to find out why I’ve got these hiccups.”

And, yes, he’s done all the things they say you should do to get rid of your hiccups already. He’s tried drinking water. He’s tried to scare himself. He even said he smelled a porcupine’s butt — yes, you read that correctly — to try and get rid of the hiccups. And the hiccups just won’t go away.

And, y’all, this is happening to Bo Jackson. Greatest-athlete-of-an-entire-generation Bo Jackson. If it’s happening to him, then what does that mean for the rest of us?

It’s probably not good, folks. Probably not good. Get well soon, Bo.

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Watch: Pete Carroll emphasizes vital importance of multi-sport backgrounds

Few in the business know all of that better than Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, who has a long history of drafting players who have experience playing more than one sport.

The best advice we can offer young athletes is to be as versatile as possible. Simply put, the more positions and sports you play, the more interesting you’ll be in the eyes of coaches, scouts and analysts.

Some of the greatest athletes of all time thrived playing multiple sports, including Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Others, like Michael Jordan, dominated one sport but never really caught on in others. Still, it’s difficult to overstate the value of having a multi-sport background for any athlete.

In many cases, a skillset from one sport can easily translate to another. To name just a few examples, route running for a receiver can be refined by moving without the ball while playing hoops, throwing accurately from shortstop to first base can help quarterbacks and boxing out opponents for rebounds can help tight ends learn to high-point catches in the end zone. There’s also evidence to suggest that playing multiple sports could help reduce injuries related to overuse.

Few in the business know all of that better than Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, who has a long history of drafting players who have experience playing more than one sport.

Speaking earlier this week at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Carroll called having a multi-sport background “vitally important” for draft prospects – a lesson that applies to any and all high school athletes. Watch.

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Steve Young’s hilarious, doomed attempt at luring Bo Jackson to the Bucs

Steve Young tells the hilarious story of his failed attempt to convince Bo Jackson to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

“Who is the worst NFL draft pick ever?”

The answer is an easy one, and yet another slice of Tampa Bay Buccaneers history that fans would love to forget.

Tampa Bay had the No. 1 overall pick in the 1986 NFL draft, and they obviously wanted to spend it on Auburn star running back Bo Jackson.

The only problem? Jackson had no interest in playing for the fledgling franchise, and especially not for then-owner Hugh Culverhouse.

One of Culverhouse’s last-ditch efforts to convince Jackson to come to Tampa came at a private dinner with just one other attendee: Steve Young, who played quarterback for the Bucs at the time, long before his Hall of Fame career with the San Francisco 49ers.

Young recently told Rich Eisen how quickly his recruiting pitch to Bo that night got shut down:

The Bucs spent the No. 1 overall pick on a player who never played a down for them, and hated them so much he decided to play a completely different sport instead.

No bust at No. 1 will ever top that.

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Ohio State offers 2025 Texas speedster running back

This Texan would look great in Scarlet and Gray #GoBucks

The need for a running back is starting to show for [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] in the 2025 recruiting class. The Buckeyes have already sent out an offer to six backs, seven if you count instate athlete [autotag]Bo Jackson[/autotag].

Another one went out to a running back today, as Texas native, [autotag]Tory Blaylock,[/autotag] has been offered by running back coach [autotag]Tony Alford[/autotag] according to the tweet. At 5 feet, 11 inches, and 175 pounds, Blaylock brings elite track speed to the gridiron.

Already holding over twenty offers from the likes of Georgia, Oregon, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and others, Blaylock fits what many collegiate programs are looking for, including the Buckeyes. Still, two classes away from signing, it seems like [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] and his staff are casting a wide net to find a back in the class.

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Auburn set to honor Frank Thomas with statue at Plainsman Park

Auburn Baseball will honor the SEC’s lone member of the Baseball Hall of Fame with a statue this upcoming season.

When college sports fans associate legends with Auburn University, their minds usually go to the three B’s… Bo, Barkley, and the Big Hurt.

[autotag]Bo Jackson[/autotag], who won the Heisman Trophy in 1985, has a statue at the entrance of Jordan-Hare Stadium alongside the program’s other two winners, [autotag]Pat Sullivan[/autotag] and [autotag]Cam Newton[/autotag].

Soon after Jackson’s statue was unveiled, a statue was constructed to honor [autotag]Charles Barkley[/autotag]. That statue now welcomes scholarship donors to Neville Arena on Auburn Basketball game days.

The only statue missing is one honoring [autotag]Frank Thomas[/autotag]. Those days are now numbered.

Thomas, who played baseball and football at Auburn in the late 1980s before enjoying an MLB career that spanned from 1990-2008, will have a statue unveiled at Plainsman Park in his honor on April 8, 2023, according to officials with Auburn Baseball.

Thomas was selected No. 7 overall by the Chicago White Sox during the 1989 Major League Baseball draft and would play for the White Sox from 1990-2005. He spent the final three seasons of his career with the Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays.

During his 19-year career, Thomas hit 521 home runs and drove in 1,704 runs while batting .301. He was also a five-time all-star and a two-time winner of the Most Valuable Player award. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as a first-ballot selection in 2014, and remains the SEC’s lone member.

Auburn Baseball head coach [autotag]Butch Thompson[/autotag] says that Thomas’ statue is a testament to the strong history of the program.

“I think it just gives another degree and shows how good our history is with Auburn baseball,” Thompson said in a recent interview with Auburn Undercover. “There are so many other players that I’m not mentioning, but none are bigger than Frank Thomas. For him to get our first statue, I think it’s in line with the other amazing Auburn men and women that have gotten statues.”

Thomas’ statue will be unveiled during a crucial SEC weekend for Auburn Baseball. The Tigers welcome fellow 2022 College World Series participant, Texas A&M, from April 6-8, and the statue reveal will be the icing on the cake.

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