BYU's 1984 Championship

[All-American]

Originally Posted by Lisa.Kinzer

hm.

There is quite a body of scholarly work on sports topics. Covering everything from the athletes themselves to the evolution of the game to the motives of donors to terrorism risks at NCAA venues. (I'm not making any of that up.)

Granted, I didn't find a lot on the 1984 Cougars, but I still hold that the Sports Illustrated articles could be used as primary sources for an academically-solid history paper. A really interesting one, too.

One of the things you learn once you get to know SeattleUte is that he'll refuse to recognize any legitimacy, authority, or gravitas of anything associated with BYU or the LDS church. If I were writing a paper about the 2004 Utes, he'd probably have several articles to contribute.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by All-American

One of the things you learn once you get to know SeattleUte is that he'll refuse to recognize any legitimacy, authority, or gravitas of anything associated with BYU or the LDS church. If I were writing a paper about the 2004 Utes, he'd probably have several articles to contribute.

You need to add that anybody who has ever acknowledging looking at a FARMS article is instantly degraded as being scholastic deficient and incapable of reason.

[RockyBalboa]

Originally Posted by Lisa.Kinzer

Indeed. I think my brother still has the #44 Bosworth jersey he wore when we were kids.

Bosworth didn't get to play in the bowl game because he tested positive for steroids...left early for the NFL.

For awhile he was selling himself as a "born again" believer...speaking engagements and stuff...I don't know what he's up to now.

I remember him wearing a t-shirt the night of that Orange Bowl that he was banned from playing in, but was on the sidelines.

The shirt said

N ational
C ommunists
A gainst
A thletes

I even remember reading his "biography". Boz: Confessions of an Anti-Hero.

[Venkman]

Wasn't Boz a movie star for a while. I seem to remember a movie where he was a cop that infiltrated a biker gang. Stone Cold, I think. Cinema at it's finest, I tell ya.

[YOhio]

Boz did an interview in the Monday Night Football booth at one point this year when the Seahawks were playing. I can't remember if it was the game where it rained like crazy or where it snowed like crazy. He gave a good interview.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

I remember him wearing a t-shirt the night of that Orange Bowl that he was banned from playing in, but was on the sidelines.

The shirt said:
N ational
C ommunists
A gainst
A thletes

I even remember reading his "biography". Boz: Confessions of an Anti-Hero.

Yeah, there's class. That's one of the first games I remember. My parents were trying to explain concepts like "Communist" and "steroids."

It was a fun time.

[bluegoose]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Bo's injury is another reason to hate the Raiders. There are many of them, especially for Chiefs fans.

I loved watching him try to beat out a ground ball running to first base. (I wondered, hey, superheroes aren't supposed to play pro ball, who let the Flash run). One of the great pleasures I will be able to share with my children and grandchildren is to say, I was able to watch Bo Jackson play. He was and is a great guy. Strong, fast and fluid.

As a Royals fan growing up in Oakland A's country, one of my greatest baseball memories came in the early 90's when I got to see Bo hit 2 LONG home runs at the Coliseum on their way to a huge blowout of the home team. All of this on the 4th of July before the fireworks display.

He was a amazing player. It was well worth arriving at the stadium early just to watch the guy hit BP.