The more I see Collins talk and be himself...I can see how he wouldn't have fit in with this team, perhaps. Just a different kind of cat. I mean, I'm sure he would have if he came here, and he's super talented and would've succeeded, but I can see how he felt more comfortable at a spot like Arkansas...he's not your typical SoFla kid from a personality standpoint.
I really actually agree with this. I know it's been said on this board over and over for the past few days, but he really doesn't strike me as a "Miami kid." He's obviously a huge talent and I wish he was here, but I don't think he'd fit in at all with the rest of the South Florida guys on this team.
But then again, how the **** is a slightly effeminate black guy gonna do in ****ing Fayatteville, Arkansas?
There's a reason Duke referred to him as Alexis Collins when he decommitted...
That's funny. While I think his mom is unhappy with the selection, and he might still try to come, I had the impression he was a different type of cat. A typical Miami football player does not play lacrosse.
That's a elitist white boy's game if there ever was one. Plus that hair. Now I know a lot of kids have that hair now, like Travis Benjamin, but they don't mix it together with lacrosse. Give me a Miami guy like Duke. Or an outer boroughs kid like Edwards.
Jim Brown disagrees with you.
Didn't know, or didn't remember, that Jim Brown played lacrosse. I seem to have a vague recollection that Jim Brown played sme other sports, maybe lacrosse or soccer, I don't remember. Maybe it was basketball, which girls can play.
Jim Brown, if he were alive today, would not be a typical Miami kid. Tell me, did Jim Brown ever look like he came out of Overtown or Liberty City?
Yeah, Jim Brown was a great football player, I'm old enough to remember him, but he would never have been a Miami kid. Not the type we have now.
For one thing, he was not a blocker.
Now we had a great fullback at the time, who would actually block. Don Bosseler.
No way I could say that Don was the awesome runner that Brown was, but he was still a first round draft choice and a hard-nose blocker in a way that Jim Brown never was.
Back in the day, the post-season all star games meant something. There were very few bowl games, so many great college players played in the Blue-Gray, North-South, East-West, and Senior Bowl. These games had many future pro stars.
Here's a summary of Bosseler's performance in the 1957 Senior Bowl, taken from the Senior Bowl website:
1957
SOUTH 21, NORTH 7
MVP: Don Bosseler, Miami
NORTH COACH: Joe Kuharich, Redskins
SOUTH COACH: Paul Brown, Browns
TOP PLAYERS: Len Dawson, Jack Pardee
The South used a hard-nosed running attack that accounted for a Senior Bowl record 370 rushing yards which still stands, as Miami running back Don Bosseler scored two fourth period touchdowns to carve out a 21-7 South win in 1957. Future Pro Football Hall of Famer Len Dawson of Purdue got the North on the board first with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Michigan's Terry Barr. The lead was short-lived as the South drove 73 yards after the ensuing kickoff, highlighted by Bosseler runs of 32 and 12 yards, and capped off by a three-yard scoring run by Georgia's Del Shofner. After a scoreless third period, the South then exploded for the two fourth period touchdowns for its third straight win and a 5-3 series lead.
Here are a couple of articles:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...MMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EewFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4428,2457992http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19570107&id=yMMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EewFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4428,2457992
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19570106&id=83ccAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9WQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6605,658050
The names of some of the players in that game were mind-boggling: Len Dawson, Del Shofner, Johnny Majors, and many others.
In researching this, I found out that Howard Schnellenberger was one of the top players in the Senior Bowl the year before (1956). I read an article a couple of years ago, I think from SI, that Bosseler was just spraying defenders all over the field. That's how tough he was, I don't think Jim Brown had that kind of toughness in him, as good as he was.
About five or so years ago, i talked to a south Florida rheumatologist who was treating a patient for an old injury sustained when he was playing for South Carolina, fifty years ago. He told the doctor he received the injury trying to tackle Don Bosseler.
You just have to realize that Don Bosseler was that throwback type of fullback. Back then, fullbacks carried the ball a lot, teams often used a full house T-formation. We ran the old Miami "drive" series or belly series, a forerunner of the wishbone or triple option, and Bosseler would go into the line every play. I could never see Jim Brown doing that, suffering that kind of punishment.
Still, I think Alex should come to Miami. I don't know him, but I think he'd stil fit in better at Miami where there is a diverse student body and not all the UM players are from the inner city. I can't imagine him being happy at a place like Arkansas. If he came, there would be a significant role for him. He'd get a ton of carries, and would light up the place.
