Just heard on the football game that the Vikings running back ran a 9.95 100m last summer. What the hell are they talking about?
I see he did win the 100m and 200m at Big 10s in 2000. But his best is 10.18 legal and 10.00 wind aided. Where do they get this info?
Hate to be the one to break it to you. Nobody really cares about track. They could have said he has run 9.65 and it would have resignated with about 6 viewers.
I heard the same thing and I assumed that it was hand timed like the 40 yard dash times that are announced. 9.95 hand timed easily lends to a 10.18 FAT which is still very impressive. A legal 9.95 would make him the fastest foorball player ever.
Fat Bastard Dierdorf or Dick "The Elder" Enberg said it. That is part and parcel of these announcers believing that everyone who lettered in track in high school was the proud owner of "world-class" speed. There are lots of fast guys in the NFL, and several threads that address that subject, but these TV shills would have the general public think that each team has 3-5 guys who could wax Tim Montgomery or vintage King Carl.
Who would gain more yards against Miami, Webb or Ritz? TAKE THAT, JASONLOVER!
I'm from Minnesota and unfortunatley subject myself to the Vikings on a weekly basis. They said the same crap a couple of weeks ago. I swear that a couple of weeks ago they even claimed he was a little faster in the 100. They put up the world record and were talking about how close Bennet was to it. It's a joke. He's fast, but not nearly that fast. Like someone said, I think Bennets FAT time is around 10.18 or something. There's no way he's a 9.95 guy.
I personally witnessed Bennett run 10.18, those announcers have their heads crammed way up their assses. I think Bennett is the fastest guy in the NFL on a track, but put him in pads on turf and Moss outruns him every time.
i saw the game too... i was about to try and see what his REAL pb is. but is he faster than that tim dwight guy? whatever happened to him?
Dwight was a 200/400 guy mainly at Iowa. Bennett has much more leg speed than he does. Dwight is playing for someone now as a kick returner. He is a god in Iowa, I always personally thought the dude was hopped up on something though.
we all know Satana Moss is the fastest man in the NFL
I'll take Joey Galloway over Santana Moss anyday.
Dwight wasn't really a 2/4 guy, he won BigTen's in the 100. He's with the Chargers now. Doesn't have PR's as impressive as Bennett's.
Dwight's PRs are 10.51 and 21.18. Nothing incredible, but solid.
DB Darrell Green of the Redskins used to be the fastest NFL burner in the early-to-mid 1990s. Won a lot of NFL 'fastest man' competitions (races were 60 yards).
Yeah Darrel Green was perhaps the fastest ever in the NFL. He's a bit old now.
Uh, there was this guy, Bob Hayes, who could move a bit.
" Darrel Green was perhaps the fastest ever in the NFL. He's a bit old now."
NOLIMIT
I'm not surprised by the 9.95 comments. I don't think most people really understand how fast 9.95 is...much like most people don't understand the pace of a sub 2:08 marathon effort.
This reminds me of the post "Running Brave" movie with actor Robby Benson. I recall Benson jumping in a local road race (shortly after filming the movie), and dropping the hammer during the first mile. Ofcourse, Benson ended up running a respectable effort, but not exactly a "Billy Mills" type effort. At that time I figured Benson had a greater understanding of the pace Billy Mills actually ran his 10k in 1964 (perhaps for at least the first couple minutes or so).
I see a bit of the same thing with this thread. "9.95 for Bennett? Hey, so what....it's pretty close to 10.18 legal, and right at 9.95 with a big enough hurricane wind"...
...then again, I was watching same Vikings game yesterday, and one of the announcers made a comment referring to a late hit..."he was out by a yard and a half before that guy hit him"...a yard and a half? That would be 4.5 feet, but during the replay it was more like a half foot tops.
Perhaps these guy's just stretch actual fact a little bit...
What time are the Raiders playing today? Give me old time Raiders broadcaster Bill King any day....
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...ah, the ignorance of the distance running community...
It's so fun reading distance runners debate about who is a better sprinter, when it means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING when they put pads on and step between the lines.
A 100m time for a running back is probably one of the more useless stats considering the majority of the time they are carrying the ball they are at 85% or so of their top speed (taking the handoff, hitting the hole, cutting back if they are lucky). Dwight's speed is much more of a threat at the WR position than Bennett's at the RB position.
...Ringggg.... Class dismissed.
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...ah, the ignorance of the distance running community...
It's so fun reading distance runners debate about who is a better sprinter, when it means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING when they put pads on and step between the lines.
A 100m time for a running back is probably one of the more useless stats considering the majority of the time they are carrying the ball they are at 85% or so of their top speed (taking the handoff, hitting the hole, cutting back if they are lucky). Dwight's speed is much more of a threat at the WR position than Bennett's at the RB position.
...Ringggg.... Class dismissed.
Actually, no one here was talking about the benefits of being a fast track man as it relates to football. We were talking about the error made on a national telecast. Rather than demonstrating the "ignorance of the distance running community", it shows the intelligence of the aforementioned community in that this community actually knew the PRs of a former Big Ten sprinter and immediately spotted the error of the broadcaster.
Intelligence...I think not...
Despite the rash of sub 10 marks over the last 4-5 years, the 10 second barrier is still a big deal. Therefore, it doesn't take a MENSA member to notice when a broadcaster mentions a NFL player with a sub 10 PB.
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