Herschel has ‘no doubt’ he could play in NFL (but won’t)
Doesn't everybody have abs like Herschel Walker at the age of 48?
So of all the possible ways the Falcons can improve themselves this offseason, would signing a 48-year-old running back fit into the equation?
Yes, Herschel Walker says he could still play football. Yes, he says if he ever attempted a comeback in the NFL, it would be in Atlanta. But before you add one plus one and get 37 — like some in cyberspace are doing — the answer is no: He is not pursuing a return to football.
I bring this up because a headline on an AOL/Fanhouse story Monday read: “Herschel Walker, 48, Ponders NFL Comeback.” It might as well have read, “Elvis spotted at Smyrna Waffle House.” When I informed Walker of the headline, he laughed.
However, the former Georgia and NFL star, turned MMA fighter, didn’t laugh about his potential to still perform at a high level.
“I was asked [on a conference call earlier Monday] if I thought I could still play football, and my answer is yes,” Walker said by phone. “There’s no doubt in my mind. I couldn’t play every snap, but most running backs today don’t play every snap. I joked that when I turned 50, maybe I’ll comeback and be the George Foreman of the NFL. If I played for anybody, it would be for Atlanta, since that’s my home team.”
But is this something Walker actually is entertaining?
“No, it was just a question a reporter asked,” he said. “I haven’t had any thought about it. I’ve been into MMA now for a little over a year and I’m enjoying it. I’m watching [football] games but I haven’t had any thought about playing again.”
I’ll say this for Walker: While Evander Holyfield (also 48) is hurting his legacy by continuing to box, Walker hasn’t embarrassed himself in any of his ventures. He’s 1-0 in MMA and fights again Saturday night. As you can see by the picture, he’s also in pretty good shape. He says he weighs 219 to 220 pounds
“I’m in better shape now than when I played,” he said.
Walker lives in Dallas but he still maintains a home in the Atlanta area, his parents live in south Georgia and he owns a food services company in Savannah. While I had him on the phone, I figured I might as well ask him about a few other subjects:
♦On the recent struggles at Georgia: “One of the things that’s happened is we’ve been losing so many kids coming out of high school to out of state college. They’re not going to the University of Georgia, and I’ve been sort of hurt by it. I’ve talked to coach [Mark] Richt and I’ve spoken to Greg McGarity and I’ve told them I’d like to get involved and help them in any way I can. But I’m not sure what the NCAA would allow me to do.”
♦ On the NCAA: “Sometimes I just don’t understand what they’re doing. They let the kids at Ohio State play [in the Sugar Bowl] and suspend them next year [for selling merchandise] but they suspend A.J. Green for four games right away. They let Cam Newton play and he wins the Heisman and Auburn wins the national championship but they say they’re still investigating. That should be behind them by now. It’s not fair for me to judge what Cam Newton knew or didn’t know, but to me the NCAA should’ve dealt with it and moved on. They shouldn’t be able to go back now and do something. It seems like sometimes the NCAA says, ‘We’re just too busy now.’ They need swift justice.”
♦ On his next career: “I wouldn’t mind getting into a front office in the NFL. Maybe something in personnel, because I know talent and I know the business side of it. Maybe even be a commentator. It’s something I’ve turned down for a long time.”
♦ On the Falcons: “I thought they were going to the Super Bowl. That’s what I was telling everybody. I was shocked when they lost to Green Bay the way they did.”
By the looks of this picture from his last bout, I would put Walker on defense.
Embedding code to Herschel Walker's first MMA bout has been pulled off of YouTube for copyright but this picture tells a thousand words (and punches).
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mike turner
January 24th, 2011
8:48 pm
Herschel is a beast, and is better than Turner probably. At least he would hit the hole with authority.
mike turner
January 24th, 2011
8:49 pm
Turner has twinkle toes.
sheeesh
January 24th, 2011
8:52 pm
Enjoyed watching Herschel at UGA. Not so much in his pro days.
I know he is not seriously considering it, but hopefully the Falcons would not allow themselves (or have to resort to) considering it, either. The Falcons and their fans have had their share of being the dregs of the league. No need to take a step back in that direction.
Slim Chance
January 24th, 2011
8:53 pm
Video link doesn’t work Schultz. Some bs about a copyright claim…
Matt
January 24th, 2011
8:53 pm
Must be another one of Herschel’s multiple personalities, because during the call, he was asked if he was joking about the whole thing, and he said no.
Asheville Dawg
January 24th, 2011
9:04 pm
Herschel can play anywhere he wants to. Still looks like he could gain a hundred yards, easy.
PMC
January 24th, 2011
9:12 pm
That depends….. can he catch passes out of the backfield?
Mike Lum
January 24th, 2011
9:18 pm
Sheeesh: People always forget that Herschel retired from pro football having gained more combined yards than anyone in the history of the game. And he played on special teams!
hbcuclassics
January 24th, 2011
9:19 pm
2011 HBCU Draft Board (7-13)
7. Larry Donnell 6’6, 260 TE Grambling
All-SWAC
8. Arvell Nelson 6’5, 228 QB Tx Southern
2010 SWAC Championship (Iowa transfer)
9. Rico Council 6’0, 254 OLB TN State
All-OVC
10.KJ Black 6’3, 230 QB Prairie View
2009 SWAC Offensive POY
11. Jason House 5′11, 185 FS Southern
10 interceptions in 2009
12. Chris Adingupu 6’0, 189 FS Prairie View
All-SWAC
13. Phillip Sylvester 5’9, 185 RB FAMU
All-MEAC, 5.7ypc, 10TDs, 96.8 ypg
hbcuclassics.com
Bug Zapper
January 24th, 2011
9:29 pm
Jeff, what is it that Herschel wants to do at UGA? Did he say?……It could only be a help to them…..and I’m sure that he may be one person that any athlete over there would look up to and respect his oppinion!
Dooley
January 24th, 2011
9:34 pm
Herschel looks like he could still play..Bo Jackson looks like a hippo!
moron
January 24th, 2011
9:35 pm
sheesh,
your a goddamn moron.
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Jimmy
January 24th, 2011
9:37 pm
hippo………..LOL!!!
PTC DAWG
January 24th, 2011
9:43 pm
As far as Herschel in the Pros…if you took the time to actually dig into his stats, he has TONS of total yardage in the NFL…rushing/receiving/kick off returns…he’s very high in the overall rankings.
RUSS GATA
January 24th, 2011
9:46 pm
Please ask Herschel why Atlanta passed on him in the draft-Cowboys were heads up and drafted him low out of the USFL-and all the times he was traded why they never made a move..
The Birds missed out on talent and gaining local support. Can’t believe but appreciate that he supports the Falcons in any way.
Art Vandaley
January 24th, 2011
9:48 pm
Herschel should be UGA’s new Recruiting Coordinator.
Bug Zapper
January 24th, 2011
9:49 pm
I say hire him as running backs coach at UGA….I think he would accept the challenge…..Can u immagine what any recruit, at any position would think to see Herschel Walker at their door on a recruiting visit!…….Greg McGarrity, get him on board doing anything!
bitter hershal talker
January 24th, 2011
9:50 pm
as you can see, bo dont no sh—, hershal is and always will be THE “MAN”., ALBURN SUX——LOOSERS, CHEATERS, BONAFID FOOLS!!
Andy
January 24th, 2011
9:50 pm
Richt should bring in HW to help with the strength and conditioning program at UGA.
The Most Interesting Man Alive
January 24th, 2011
9:52 pm
Jeff everyone in Georgia just does not get the fact that AJ LIED TO THE NCAA and that is why he got the four games. Last year the same happened to the receiver from OK State who did nothing wrong when he spoke to Dion Sanders but freaked when the NCAA came calling and he lied that he even talked to Dion and when the NCAA found it out he was suspended for the entire season.
DUHHHHHHHH----
January 24th, 2011
9:52 pm
Is it possible that Herschel would make a good strength and conditioning coach? Have you seen his pictures? DUUUUHHHHH…..
Bug Zapper
January 24th, 2011
9:53 pm
Andy, you’re right !……That too!
bitter COOTIES FRIEND
January 24th, 2011
9:54 pm
BRING hershal to my home, ill sign yaaaw, right momma!!!, boy i said i will not sell your soul to the devil, besides alburn payed yo’l father 180,000, you going to auubrn you heara
RAMBLE ON!!!
January 24th, 2011
10:06 pm
Hershel’s been hit in the head a few too many times, but he was dumb as a rock to begin with.
Hurt Kurbstreit
January 24th, 2011
10:07 pm
Looks like Herschel has really let himself go. LOL Man, that guy is a freek. Get him involved at UGA. Let him coach running backs or something.
TechRedNeck
January 24th, 2011
10:11 pm
He’s kept himself in great shape. Surely he’s too smart to play football again. He would get killed.
sheeesh
January 24th, 2011
10:32 pm
Mike Lum, the operative word in your post is “pro football”, as opposed to “NFL football”. Just because a player gets paid to play football does not make his accomplishments comparable from one league to the other. If you try hard enough, you might be able to dig up some stats from a CFL player who’s numbers compare to Herschel’s. So what?
I’m from Augusta. I followed Herschel’s career from his senior year at Johnson County, through the recruiting battle between UGA and USC (So Cal, that is), through his years at UGA, and through his USFL career. I moved to Dallas in 1985, just before Herschel arrived. I lived there until 1989, until I moved to Atlanta, and went to a dozen or so Cowboy games during his career in Dallas. I followed his career closely. I saw him play A LOT.
I don’t want to downplay Herschel’s achievements as a football player. He was a great college back – the best I ever saw in college. He was a very good NFL player, but not great. He might have been a great NFL player, maybe, but he wasted time in the USFL, so we will never know what he could have done. Sure, the USFL had a few players who also had NFL success (some even HOF-level success), but that league was nowhere near NFL-caliber. A lot of the NFL players in that league were washed up NFL veterans just trying to hang on. Many of the others who went on to play in the NFL were guys who took advantage of the NFL strike and played as “scab” players for three weeks before the regular players came back. The USFL only lasted 3 years, with the last two years being a joke with franchises struggling to survive financially. They could not afford to pay many legitimate players. Herschel would have never run up the stats he had in the USFL if those games were against NFL defenses. And don’t forget that the USFL played 18-game seasons. The USFL was fun to watch those three summers they were in business, but it was not NFL-quality of play.
So it is a very weak argument to just talk about his “pro” career. And I am aware of his accomplishments as a kick returner. He was good at it. But you can rack up a lot of yardage in a hurry returning kicks. He was able to do what many starting RBs either can’t or don’t get the opportunity to do. Taking nothing away from his ability there, but it is not a good basis for comparing him to other NFL backs.
Herschel made his decisions for business reasons. He wanted to cash in sooner than later. And he did well at the time. I don’t know if it has paid off for him in the long run. A full NFL career probably would have put him in the HOF by now. But people only remember him as a pretty good NFL running back, who returned kicks, had little impact on the success of the teams he played for, and got traded for a boatload of draft picks that vaulted the Cowboys to three Super Bowl trophies in the 90s.
BravesFan79
January 24th, 2011
10:33 pm
Fedor is the best! The Strikeforce Heavyweight tourney is going 2 be the sports event of the year!! Fedor will destroy all, and then come to the UFC and win the belt.
Sandman053
January 24th, 2011
10:54 pm
Herschel come to UGA and make men out of these young Dawgs. Show them how to do it the right way. S & C? sure? RB coach? ok.
Vince D.
January 24th, 2011
10:57 pm
Doesn’t have one more year of eligibility for me and UGA….
Voice of Reason
January 24th, 2011
11:23 pm
Maybe he could go back to the Athens Thinktank and do the unthinkable and perhaps get a degree?
Seeer
January 24th, 2011
11:57 pm
Hey Herschel! Please come back and play Linebacker for our Falcons! You would be great over on that side of the ball and you can do it!
Ted Striker
January 25th, 2011
12:18 am
Dude. I DID see Elvis at that Waffle House in Smyrna. Swear to god.
JSS
January 25th, 2011
12:19 am
Which darn personality was it that made this declaration? His sister would be an improvement over DeCoud or Moore… Sign her up!
AthensDawg
January 25th, 2011
1:03 am
Herschel is Herschel. He still loves his peas. Big issue is Crowell and Jenkins.
Im just saying
January 25th, 2011
1:05 am
Jeff, are you sure it was Herschel you were talking to? Either way it sounds like he is off his meds.
DodgerDAWG
January 25th, 2011
1:17 am
Walker should be hired as the Offensive Line Coach, running game coordinator and Strength and COnditioning Assistant…
Herschel still the man
January 25th, 2011
1:24 am
Being a fellow alumnus, I love that Herschel’s thoughts on UGA football and the inconsistencies in the NCAA mirror my own.
Any logical person would think that way though.
Captain Allen Waters
January 25th, 2011
2:11 am
As a life long UGA fan, I watched Herschel Walker many games and was always impressed. Can you imagine if he had stayed for his Sr year and won the Heisman twice? All these guys like Stafford & Moreno, AJ and the rest should have learned the $ come later and you should stay for college when offered a scholarship. The pro teams have really changed the college teams and one has to wonder what GA would have done with a Sr Stafford and Jr Moreno with AJ. Please give us a playoff similar to the FCS so all college teams crown their National Champion on the field and not 5 weeks after they finish the regular season.
UGA fan in India
P. Bull Terrier
January 25th, 2011
2:59 am
There is nothing wrong with UGA fans/alumni having different ideas about what is needed to return UGA to the level of success that most of us expect, but difference between the way Herschel Walker and Fran Tarkenton handled their concern about the program illustrates the difference between a man of character, and a self-centered blow hard.
Herschel handled his concerns by speaking privately to Richt and McGarity and offering to help in any way he can. In contrast, Fran Tarkenton decided to go on the radio and trash almost everything about UGA (most likely as a way to generate publicity for Fran Tarkenton and whatever his latest infomercial get-rich-quick scheme happens to be).
I’m glad it’s Herschel who is the face of UGA football and not Fran.
P. Bull Terrier
January 25th, 2011
3:02 am
Thank you for your service, Captain Waters.
jalex49
January 25th, 2011
3:03 am
I do hope the AD at Georgia will find a place for Herschel Walker . He is a legend at Georgia and the people of Georgia really like the guy and what He did for the University of Georgia. It would be a great way for Georgia to gain immediate recognition with quality running backs and football people in general because of what he has accomplished, his love for Georgia football, the model that he has set for being an over-achiever and the commitment he has too keeping himself in shape.
We really need this guy on the campus of Georgia as an assistant to strenght and conditioning coach or I believe as a running back assistant coach. He has a lot of knowledge and experience and could only impact the rb’s in a positive way.
Coach Richt get this guy on board and work with him. He wants to be part of what you have going on and I believe he will make you proud for such a decision. Put ego’s aside and don’t listen to the critics. Everyone deserves a chance to prove themselves if they have something positive to offer.
Thanks for letting me express my thoughts. Best of luck Herschel and thanks for wanting to be a part of the program.
William
January 25th, 2011
3:50 am
What a beast. I wish I had that body. I wish Georgia had someone at tailback with that body.
Stinger2
January 25th, 2011
4:20 am
I agree with the post by sheeesh at 10.32 p:m. Walker had a great career at UGA but he was not great as a pro player. The 3 years in USFL hurt him badly because of its lack of creditabity. That league was in essence a minor league compared to the NFL.
Grim Reaper
January 25th, 2011
4:20 am
Thanks Hushel, so you can still play? There will never ever be another trade where a former Gawga RB is traded for multiple picks and the Gator RB comes in and takes his place and wins 3 Super Bowls and retires as the NFL’s all-time leading rusher! So who are the Broncos trading Know-show Morono to? Whatever RB that takes his place in the trade has a chance to break Emmitts record..
Trot
January 25th, 2011
5:36 am
Voice of Reason,
Hershel finished his degree back in Athens after his first USFL season and owns a food service business that did about 20 million in sales in 2008. He competed in the 1992 Olympics in the bobsled event and has a couple of black belts in various martial arts. Not too shabby for a spoiled, 1/2 wit athlete.
Spike
January 25th, 2011
6:55 am
I would never underestimate him.
From Where I Sit
January 25th, 2011
7:16 am
GA fans are so funny as this is all you guys have to hold on to. It has been 30 years since this guy was on the football field for GA. Dang, give it a rest, and BTW, this guy sucked in the NFL!
Enough Said!!!!
tiger7_88
January 25th, 2011
7:24 am
Herschel said: “It’s not fair for me to judge what Cam Newton knew or didn’t know, but to me the NCAA should’ve dealt with it and moved on. They shouldn’t be able to go back now and do something.”
Maybe you sad, pathetic, envious dawgie fans should take a lesson from the best and classiest player in your school’s history with regard to Auburn.
441North
January 25th, 2011
7:42 am
P. Bull Terrier, very well said.
Trojan
January 25th, 2011
7:55 am
Never doubt the man from Wrightsville GA.
wardenerd
January 25th, 2011
7:56 am
typical UGA mentality. Herschel Alzado tried it and he was juiced. You are too old to take the hits and trust me you wouls see how much you have lost. Stay home and count your money before you are completly addled.
wardenerd
January 25th, 2011
7:59 am
Herschel should go back to UGA and use his last year of eligibility. He is still a freshman although he did “go” for three years. He could pick up that freshman English class he missed and he could channel Jan Kemp for a tutor.
Macclenny_dawg
January 25th, 2011
8:04 am
Since Hershal said is he willing to help I think he should be our strength and conditioning coach!!!
YANKEEGATOR
January 25th, 2011
8:06 am
HW playing today please when u think of HoF running backs it’s not HW. In college he ran cats over when he got to the real football he ran softer than tissue.
righteous
January 25th, 2011
8:22 am
Herschel could play and be effective 4 the falcons. Hell, my grandma could make the first string. The falcons are wussies. losers. football disasters.
Superbowl predict: The pack is back. Greenbay 37 losers 34
A defensive/offensive spectacular, this superbowl will go down as one of the greats. The right teams are in it and make sure the wife delivers plenty of sandwiches and brewskis. After the game, you and your homies can go celebrate at the irish pub whiles the wife cleans up and gits the brats ready for bed. Then, when youze guys stumble home all liquored up, you can just tumble into bed, lights out, and play spin the empty beer bottle wid the ball and chain.
Aw, it’s gonna be great.
and teach your wife how to high five down low, please?
Gary
January 25th, 2011
8:30 am
His own arrogance is gonna get him hurt one day, he’s 50 and you cant reverse mother nature. Maybe slow it down a bit but it’s not reversable.
Lowcountry Bulldawgs
January 25th, 2011
8:45 am
I would bet Walker at 48 has a better 40 time than the “Burner”.
dawgster
January 25th, 2011
8:49 am
I would love to see Herschel on staff at UGA, but i don’t think it would be S&C…As far as i know, he doesn’t do that much with weights or at least he didn’t…Always had a unique workout routine which consisted of approx 2000 situps and pushups a day…I remember him asking in the 9th or 10th grade to a coach what he could do to get stronger and was told, pushups…Obvisously he has done other things to maintain his body in the condition it is in…I know at one time he slept about 3-4 hrs a day and ate pretty much hamburgers or junk type food, but i believe that was during his college days…He is a unique individual, and would be a huge asset to our team in some manner…I think the problem right now is that he stays so busy with his training and taking care of his business interests that he may not have the time, but it sounds like he is open to helping in some manner…go dawgs
Phildo
January 25th, 2011
9:02 am
Give me a break! Yet another formerly great athlete still desperately seeking the limelight, even if he just has to talk about what will not and cannot happen, and which Herschel would it be? These guys just can’t gracefully slip away from the limelight. I’ll say one thing though, the guy is still in good shape and good for him for that, rather than ballooning up like a pregnant moose as so many of them do.
Hal
January 25th, 2011
9:04 am
Every time I see Hershel I just don’t think kids today realize what a great player he was. I remember a Pepper Rodgers quote when he was the Head Coach for the Memphis Showboats and Hershel was playing for the New Jersey Generals who had just beaten them. At the post game interview Rodgers said ” We knew Hershel was tough. We took the defense down to the train yard and practiced on locomotives… we couldn’t stop them either.”
papadawg
January 25th, 2011
9:09 am
Man did I need a good laugh this morning.Sorry HW but your NFL days are way behind you.
Pitiful Dogs
January 25th, 2011
9:13 am
This entire article is a joke, right? The tip-off is when Herschel said he might be a “commentator”….that is one funny line. Have you ever heard this guy talk? What he says barely qualifies as English. Or maybe one of those personalities can actually talk.
anotherdawg
January 25th, 2011
9:18 am
Conditioning would not be a problem, especially if he was not used on every down. But, no way would he have the speed of 25 – 30 years ago. The body does not heal as fast either. But, there’s no doubt that if anyone alive could do it, it would be Herschel. Also, for those who think Herschel did not have a successful pro career, please google his stats. Running backs only have so many great years; many of his were in the USFL, but he was still great in the NFL. Walker rushed for 5,562 yards in his USFL career.[9] His combined rushing numbers for the USFL and the NFL (13,787 yards) would place him 5th All-Time on the NFL’s career rushing list.[10]
In 12 NFL seasons, Walker gained 8,225 rushing yards, 4,859 receiving yards, and 5,084 kickoff-return yards.[11] This gave him 18,168 total combined net yards, ranking him second among the NFL’s all-time leaders in total yardage at the time of his retirement; as of the start of the 2007 NFL season, ten years after his retirement, he still ranks eighth.[12] He also scored 84 touchdowns: 61 rushing, 21 receiving and two kick off returns for touchdowns.[11] Walker is the only other player besides Derrick Mason to have 10,000+ yards from scrimmage and 5,000+ return yards (all of which were on kickoff returns). He is the only player to gain 4,000 yards three different ways: rushing, receiving, and kickoff returns. He is one of six players (Jim Brown, Lenny Moore, Marcus Allen, Marshall Faulk, and Thurman Thomas) to exceed 60 touchdowns rushing and 20 touchdowns receiving. Another NFL record he possesses is that he is the only player with a 90+ yard reception, 90+ yard run, and a 90+ yard kickoff return all in the same season (1994). He is also the only player to record an 84+ yard touchdown run and an 84+ yard touchdown reception, in the same game (December 14, 1986). That same day, he had 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving. Walker is currently ranked eighth all time in all-purpose yards with 18,168, despite spending his first three seasons in the USFL. He was the most dominant college football player I have ever seen play, and if he had come back for his senior season, there’s no telling how many records he would hold. Never had any problems with his behavior either. He was the ultimate team player, and still is, for that matter.
RxDawg
January 25th, 2011
9:23 am
Bo does Hippo …. hehe
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:26 am
It’s very sad that UGA fans and ex-football players can’t let 1980 go. Mr. Walker was terrible in the NFL and if he went back today he’d get his legs/back/arms broken after two plays.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:28 am
“ALBURN SUX——LOOSERS, CHEATERS, BONAFID FOOLS!!”
That line pretty much proves why UGA leads the nation in students who have to take remedial English.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:29 am
“Maybe you sad, pathetic, envious dawgie fans should take a lesson from the best and classiest player in your school’s history with regard to Auburn.”
Nah, that would require humility on UGA fans part.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:32 am
RxDawg
I’ve noticed your snide little remarks about Auburn and Auburn players many times. What’s really interesting is the fact that you judge Auburn players without saying a word about your own schools problem with players going to jail.
If you are a pharmacist, like your handle states, I really do hope I never have to pick up a prescription from Kroger, Walgreens or wherever it is you work. The last thing I want is to get a prescription filled from a UGA grad. Seriously.
Reeves
January 25th, 2011
9:33 am
Crybabie, maybe you should look in the mirror when it comes to sad and pathetic. How old are you anyway? Ten?
joe
January 25th, 2011
9:35 am
As a long snapper, or holder on PAT’s maybe…48-y.o. legs don’t stand a chance against 22 year old DE’s and LB’s…chalk it up to another exaggerated UGA claim…akin to national championship predictions.
Volvo Dad
January 25th, 2011
9:37 am
If I were mr Blanks, I would sign him
Dr. Phil
January 25th, 2011
9:41 am
Herschel’s best season anywhere was his freshman year at UGA. He seemed to hold back a little after that.
Headley Lamar
January 25th, 2011
9:43 am
Maybe you sad, pathetic, envious dawgie fans should take a lesson from the best and classiest player in your school’s history with regard to Auburn.
Maybe you shouldnt have cheated and bought a title.
Enjoy renting it for a few years.
Headley Lamar
January 25th, 2011
9:44 am
The last thing I want is to get a prescription filled from a UGA grad. Seriously.
The last thing I would ever do is step foot in Auburn.
I mean seriously have any of you been to that sh*thole?
Its trailer parks and cow pastures as far as the eye can see.
Headley Lamar
January 25th, 2011
9:47 am
Whats really funny is most Auburn fans are actually gullible enough to believe Cam didn’t know anything about the pay for play stuff.
Talk about naive.
Some of them actually thought he was coming back for his Senior year too. Because he was “family” and they are “all in” or some other crap.
Again naive.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:49 am
“Crybabie, maybe you should look in the mirror when it comes to sad and pathetic. How old are you anyway? Ten?”
Gotta love stupid UGA fans.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:50 am
“Maybe you shouldnt have cheated and bought a title.”
LOL!!!!! Gotta love stupid dawg fans.
“Enjoy renting it for a few years.”
Oh, you mean how UGA rents their logo from the Packers?
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:51 am
“The last thing I would ever do is step foot in Auburn.”
And we care why?
“I mean seriously have any of you been to that sh*thole?”
How’s jail working out for you players?
“Its trailer parks and cow pastures as far as the eye can see.”
The state of GA has more trailer parks than any state in the union.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:53 am
“Whats really funny is most Auburn fans are actually gullible enough to believe Cam didn’t know anything about the pay for play stuff.”
Have fun going 6-7 again next season.
“Talk about naive.”
Naive is shouting “WE’Z GONE WIND US DA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DIS YEAR WOOF WOOF WOOF!” See: UGA 2008 preseason.
“Some of them actually thought he was coming back for his Senior year too. Because he was “family” and they are “all in” or some other crap.”
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn. 14-0, loser. 14-0.
Mike Lynn
January 25th, 2011
9:54 am
I will trade my next 5 number one picks and the entire starting defensive line for him right now..
Dirty Dawg
January 25th, 2011
9:54 am
Hey tiger7 and ward-whathisface…first, Herschel said that ‘he wished’ that the NCAA had made their decision and ‘moved on’, but alas they didn’t and the fact is the ‘investigation’ (driven by the FBI’s investigation of your man Uncle Milty) isn’t yet complete, but as soon as it is and unless Milton cuts a deal with the FBI to keep all the crap they’ll have accumulated about AU’s ‘pay-for-play’ under wraps, the NCAA will make their decision and you guys will have to rely on ‘memories’ of this past season and all the accolades you got – since you’ll be givin’ ‘em back…and as for Herschel coming back to UGA to finish his eligibility, he’ll have to take a graduate course since he received his degree years ago. I mean if the NCAA can have double, triple and more, standards about all their other rules, seems to me that they can establish a ’statute of limitations’ about a guy that turns pro but wants to come back and use any ‘un-used’ college time remaining…come on Herschel, we can use you man.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:54 am
“If I were mr Blanks, I would sign him”
Yeah, I’m sure Mr. BLANK, not Blanks, would really want to sign a running back that sucked in the NFL in his prime. Yep, I’m sure Walker would really run circles around Turner..LOL
Circular Argument
January 25th, 2011
9:55 am
Who’s Herschel Walker?
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:55 am
Dirty Dawg
You shouldn’t pay attention to tigerdroppings. It really does make you look even more dumber than you really are. Just sayin…
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:56 am
“Who’s Herschel Walker?”
He’s the guy 90% of dawg fans talk about because they haven’t had anything good to talk about since 1980.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
9:57 am
“come on Herschel, we can use you man.”
You know a school has hit rock bottom when they wish for the return of a running back who had a great season in college over 30 years ago.
Bad Dawgs
January 25th, 2011
9:58 am
The biggest change that CMR needs to make is to stop recruiting the low-class illiterates and thugs who he seems to think will win for him and keep his oversized paychecks coming in. People like Marcus Dowtin, A.J. Green, Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, and others too numerous to mention are not team players, they’re thug wannabes who are much closer to a gang than a team.
It’s sickening to see felons and goons like these representing the state’s flagship university.
Headley Lamar
January 25th, 2011
10:01 am
The state of GA has more trailer parks than any state in the union.
Not because Auburn didnt try. Also Georgia is about twice as big as Alabama.
Georgia is the biggest state east of the Mississippi river.
Thats why they do. But if your an Auburn fan that would probably go over your head.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
10:04 am
“Also Georgia is about twice as big as Alabama. ”
Which means there are more trailer trash uga fans.
“Georgia is the biggest state east of the Mississippi river.”
Are you talking size or population? If you are talking population you’re wrong. Florida, NY, Penn, Ohio etc all have a bigger population than GA.
“But if your an Auburn fan that would probably go over your head.”
Before you make a crack at someone being “dumb” you might want to check your grammar, moron.
It’s YOU’RE not YOUR. Make sense, Forrest?
Headley Lamar
January 25th, 2011
10:05 am
would really want to sign a running back that sucked in the NFL in his prime
Herschel dominated in pro football. Unfortunately his best years were in the USFL were he routinely rushed for over 2,000 yards.
Even given that he still finished 8th all time in the NFL in all purpose yards.
1. Jerry Rice+ 23,546 1985-2004 3TM
2. Brian Mitchell 23,316 1990-2003 3TM
3. Walter Payton+ 21,803 1975-1987 chi
4. Emmitt Smith+ 21,579 1990-2004 2TM
5. Tim Brown 19,679 1988-2004 2TM
6. Marshall Faulk 19,172 1994-2005 2TM
7. Barry Sanders+ 18,308 1989-1998 det
8. Herschel Walker 18,168 1986-1997 4TM
9. LaDainian Tomlinson (31) 17,727 2001-2010 2TM
Yeah he sucked big time. LOL. Man do Auburn fans know football or what LOL.
Headley Lamar
January 25th, 2011
10:10 am
It’s YOU’RE not YOUR. Make sense, Forrest?
Sure does. Thanks for the grammar lesson on a sports blog. Ill be more careful next time. LOL.
And yes obviously I was talking about size not population. Although Auburn fans have never really been masters of the obvious.
UGA Rules
January 25th, 2011
10:10 am
Did you ask about his trans-am or his mom’s house and whether or not they compare to Cam Newton’s attempt at cash??? Still looks terrific but cheating is cheating.
Headley Lamar
January 25th, 2011
10:13 am
He’s the guy 90% of dawg fans talk about because they haven’t had anything good to talk about since 1980.
Weve been able to talk about whipping Auburn 5 of the last 6 years.
Enjoy your one little blip. Now back to being irrelevant and mediocre.
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January 25th, 2011
10:26 am
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WDE
January 25th, 2011
10:38 am
Gotta love that guy
Interesting comments about Cam Newton
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
10:38 am
“Herschel dominated in pro football. Unfortunately his best years were in the USFL were he routinely rushed for over 2,000 yards. ”
The key to that statement is USFL. Like I said, he sucked in the NFL. He was a bust.
“Even given that he still finished 8th all time in the NFL in all purpose yards.”
Ever wonder why no one brings up Walker in discussions about best NFL running backs?
“Man do Auburn fans know football or what ”
14-0, Forrest. 14-0.
gcs
January 25th, 2011
10:40 am
Back when Herschel was at UGA, I was as big a fan as anyone. However, his NFL career was pretty disappointing. I am glad he has put full effort into getting himself in shape but he stunk in the NFL the first time around.
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WDE
January 25th, 2011
10:41 am
Oh, great, another Auburn vs UGA fight… I guess I’ll hop in.
When did Auburn become irrelevant? You guys strung a few together on us, but look who just ran the table you idiots. Most of those losses to Georgia were pretty close, with a couple exceptions. We lead the series, and guess what- you’re not going to be enjoying the next 4 years. I’m not even talking just against us. I mean, overall. I said it sucks- to be- a Georgia Bulldawg! I said it sucks – to be- a Georgia Bulldawg!
3 undefeated seasons in the last 20 years is not irrelevance.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
10:41 am
“Thanks for the grammar lesson on a sports blog. Ill be more careful next time. ‘
You’ll also notice that it took an Auburn fan to correct a UGA fans grammatical error. LOL
“And yes obviously I was talking about size not population.”
Then be specific in your claim, Forrest.
“Although Auburn fans have never really been masters of the obvious.”
How’s this for obvious, Gump. 14-0.
WDE
January 25th, 2011
10:42 am
Irrelevence* on all the above. Not my favorite word to spell.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
10:44 am
“Weve been able to talk about whipping Auburn 5 of the last 6 years.”
Again with the grammatical errors. It’s WE’VE, not weve, Gump. Oh, and if you want to talk past, fine. Auburn owns UGA in the all-time record.
“Enjoy your one little blip. Now back to being irrelevant and mediocre.”
Irrelevant and mediocre describes UGA football to a T. Considering you gals just had back to back mediocre seasons and all.
Again, we went 14-0, Gump.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
10:45 am
WDE
UGA hasn’t been relevant since 1980. UGA is now the Ole Miss of the SEC Least. UGA can’t even beat Colorado let alone beat a ranked team.
It’s great to be an Auburn Tiger!
gatorman770
January 25th, 2011
10:48 am
He’s as delusional as Holyfield.
Auburn OWNS UGA
January 25th, 2011
10:48 am
UGA fans,
You’re football program sucks. Your coaching staff sucks. Your mascot sucks. Your hedges suck. Your players go to jail. Your coach has no control over his players. Your athletic director was arrested for being drunk. A UGA staff member was arrested for child pornography. Your team was 6-7. Your team didn’t beat one ranked team. Your team went and lost to UCF. Your team lost in the Liberty Bowl. UGA hasn’t gone undefeated since 1980.
So, you still want to trash talk, losers?
Nick Failey makes dawg fans wet their diapers
January 25th, 2011
10:52 am
Hey UGA fans,
Do you still have nightmares about me pile driving Aaron Murray into the ground?
Do you still have nightmares of that 49-31 beat down in Auburn?
Do you still have nightmares of me going number one in the draft?
Do you still have nightmares of me not getting penalized in the AU/UGA game?
Do you guys have nightmares of me winning the Lombardi Trophy?
Do you guys have nightmares of me holding up the BCSNC trophy in Glendale?
Do you guys have nightmares about me winning defensive player of the game?
You guys should stick to women’s gymnastics because it’s the only thing UGA sports is good at.
WDE
January 25th, 2011
10:53 am
It blows my mind that one day Georgia fans are complaining about oversigning and OLine coaches and Bobo sucking, all while continuing to trash the national champions. What the h&&& is going through yalls heads?
Another fans in the SEC aren’t complaining like yall. Try blocking for Murray next year since he’s the only player you’ve got.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
10:56 am
WDE
Some, not all, UGA fans are pathetic. They’re jealous and angry because their own football program is a bottom tier SEC team.
WDE
January 25th, 2011
11:00 am
Here’s a summary of UGA football:
- They think their hedges are the best thing to ever happen to college football (pretty much everyone in the SEC has hedges)
- Don’t even have an original fight song (heck, the rest of the SEC also plays Battle Hymn of the Republic after touchdowns) “Glory glory to Ole Georgia?” Are you kidding me?
- When the above are true, have the audacity to belittle other school’s traditions, such as War Eagle, despite having no unique traditions of their own. It’s no wonder they can’t understand when you try to explain them to woof woof fans
- Offseason arrests (Fulmer Cup baby)
- A coach who’d rather do a triple-tuck off the diving board than compete in the SEC East
- Complain about other SEC schools oversigning, then offer a kid without any scholarships just to attract his teammate Crowell (for the record, Auburn doesn’t have a problem oversigning, but I’m not complaining that others do it)
- Have to go with their 5th choice for defensive coordinator
- Can’t get alumni to come back and coach
- Have a bunch of quitters
- Have a sense of entitlement to instate recruits despite showing they do less with more better than anyone else
- AND: They are the first one’s to preach irrelevence to a team that owns the record and took care of them on the way to a National Title.
If yall can find a way to incorporate all the above into an actual fight song, you’d be moving in the right direction.
Dirty Pimp
January 25th, 2011
11:03 am
What time/channel does Herschel fight?
schmeckdawg
January 25th, 2011
11:12 am
Herschel could go back and play at a Division III school since they don’t have any eligibilty rules. By that I mean you still get 5 years to play four, but, your eligibilty doesn’t start ASAP like in D1 or D1-AA so you can come back at anytime/any age to play your final year(s) and since Herschel only played 3 years @ The UGA, he would still have one year of eligibility remaining. Would love to see #34 between the lines one more time!
WDE
January 25th, 2011
11:17 am
Would the fact that he went pro and lost amateur status not get in the way of that?
UGASlobberknocker
January 25th, 2011
11:19 am
I love Herschel amd he’s a UGA icon, but he has always been a little bit out in the ozone in my opinion..and has always had the same kind of “look at me” thing going as Favre does. Still love Herschel though..
“”My God, A Freshman!!”
HAHA
January 25th, 2011
11:22 am
Get a life ugay fans…. your program is an embarrassment to the rest of the state and has become a laughing stock to TRUE ELITE PROGRAMS. Where else can you turn top 10 recruiting classes into a sub-500 team?!?
By the way… Herschel is a JOKE, he wouldn’t make it through practice.
dean
January 25th, 2011
11:27 am
Oh Herschel we love you, but, when you make statements like that I wonder why you haven’t yet become the FBI agent you said you wanted to be.
It also brings back a Jethro Moment: “I ain’t decided yet , Granny. I’m either gonna be a brain surgeon or a short order cook.”
Ted Striker
January 25th, 2011
11:54 am
Crybabies — I’m impressed at someone posting so frequently on a single blog yet managing to say nothing. Kudos.
tim
January 25th, 2011
11:58 am
Sure…..he could play in the NFL because they still don’t have a rule that players need to be able to read.
Dumb A$$.
papadawg
January 25th, 2011
12:00 pm
If HW wants to do anything he can join the Dawgs as a running back coach and teach our timid running backs how to run
playthatfunkymusicwhiteboy
January 25th, 2011
12:16 pm
Just look at the pic – I’ll be 80% of the current Falcons roster doesn’t look like that without a shirt on. I bumped into Herschel in the airport in Houston about a year ago – and I told someone that I could tell right then he could still play, even with a suit and tie on. And to top it off, he was holding a very polite conversation with a total stranger about the glory days of UGA football. Class act all the way.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
12:23 pm
“I’m impressed at someone posting so frequently on a single blog yet managing to say nothing.”
Not my fault that you can’t read, Forrest.
UGA crybabies
January 25th, 2011
12:23 pm
“I’ll be 80% of the current Falcons roster doesn’t look like that without a shirt on.”
Are you coming out of the closet or something?
haha
January 25th, 2011
12:23 pm
It would be funny if 5 years from now they rule Cam ineligible anfd take back the National Championship lol
Where is Charles Barkley?
January 25th, 2011
12:36 pm
Cam Newton became the first black quarterback to win the Heisman in the SEC yet no one is talking about it.
Sack Shultz
January 25th, 2011
12:38 pm
Hey Jeff,
when are you going to announce the winner of your bowl pics?
Reeves
January 25th, 2011
12:40 pm
I guess crybabie will be on here til Mommie makes him go to bed.
Scooter
January 25th, 2011
12:53 pm
When I read what UGA fans think of Hershel, I can completely understand their love and admiration. He made UGA football. He made Vince Dooley’s career. He won them a title and had them poised to win two more. However, the stupidity of thinking he could walk in and star for the Falcons, coach RB’s, be the S&C coach, etc. is a bit over the top. By the way, those coaches have degrees. As far as his being able to convince any and all recruits to come to UGA, none of these recruits were alive when he played at UGA. They do not even know him from the pros. Do not allow your own longing for a return to UGA’s best days to cloud your judgement.
Geeves
January 25th, 2011
1:17 pm
Reeves
Speaking of crybabies, did you guys ever get over Nick Fairley destroying your entire offensive line?
tiger7_88
January 25th, 2011
1:30 pm
Dirty Dawg: Whatever makes you sleep better at night thinking about your irrelevant football program, brother. Don’t stop believin’!
Headley Lamar: Don’t be jealous because you know you’re a fan of a program that’s going nowhere at mach speed. I would say come’on over to the good (Auburn) side, but the collective IQ of the Auburn Family would take quite a hit if you did. So you just stay right where you are taking your remedial English classes from the Athens Community College for Thugs and Misfits, mmK?
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1:51 pm
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Matt "CHOKE" Ryan
January 25th, 2011
2:04 pm
Just read an article on the AJC. A survey was conducted and asked the following question:
If you had to make a choice, would you dump your significant other or your pet?
A large majority said they would dump the significant other (The Human).
You dog lovers are some serious “Sick” puppies
MountainDawg
January 25th, 2011
2:38 pm
Herschel is in phenominal shape for a 28 year old…much less being 48. He’s a top notch athlete, but he’s still too green to face top tier fighters in MMA. Strikeforce is feeding him tomato cans like Nagy & Carson, because he’d get smoked by top HWs like Barnett & Fedor.
GIVE ME A BREAK
January 25th, 2011
3:27 pm
These old athletes just don’t think their sport can go on without them. Kind of sad.
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January 25th, 2011
3:44 pm
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righteous
January 25th, 2011
3:58 pm
I have a nursing home bound aunt who could kick hershel walker’s you know what. He’s a prima donna who never was any good4 nuthin’.
I was a great football player, but the coach was too busy looking at the cheerleaders to notice anything I did. It’s not fair!!!
The world is filled with Hitlers!!!
RussDawg
January 25th, 2011
4:15 pm
I’d like to see him in Athens coaching the O’Line !
Good grief it would have to be an improvement.
npgator
January 25th, 2011
4:20 pm
Do it!
Herschel Walker
January 25th, 2011
4:21 pm
I would love to play football for them there Falcons! I could use another black Trans Am though I don’t think they could pay me as much as Vince did.
gdawginkalamazoo
January 25th, 2011
4:32 pm
Yes, make Herschel the recruiting coordinator. Take every 5* from the state of Georgia and make them get into the ring with Herschel. If they can last 3 minutes they can go anywhere they want to. If not they are UGA bound.
He was the greatest running back in the history of college football so far. Hands down. Barry Sanders was the best NFL RB to date.
Craigus
January 25th, 2011
6:07 pm
Let somebody…anybody…say the name “Herschel” and the Dawgs start yelling what a great NFL player he could still be. Herschel had his chance at UGA but took money under the table. He had his chance in the NFL but got drunk on Donald Trump’s wine. He got a second chance in the NFL but couldn’t cut it. So now ya’ll want him to line up in the Falcon’s backfield and he’ll be 49 this year?? Those 50-year old bones would snap like a pretzel.
Gatorman
January 25th, 2011
6:11 pm
I respect the career Herschel had at UGA, and even in the pros. However, he left the pros because of his diminished skills, decades ago, but now he recaptures what he had before those diminished skills. Give me a break, just a publicity hound.
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January 25th, 2011
6:31 pm
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January 25th, 2011
6:45 pm
[...] Holyfield’s constant attempts at coming back to the sport that defines him. But Walker insists he was only playing along with a reporter’s question and has no intention of returning to pro [...]
blord
January 25th, 2011
7:06 pm
I believe Steve Spurrier could take HW down.
Jimmy
January 25th, 2011
8:54 pm
zoo JIM BROWN was the BEST running back ever………
Ted Striker
January 25th, 2011
9:10 pm
Crybabies — It’s closing time and you’re still the fat girl going home by herself.
TCCB
January 25th, 2011
9:25 pm
any help!!!!! would be great!!!!!!!
WorDuP
January 25th, 2011
9:39 pm
For people who most likely never played the game I understand you hating the fact that Walker could still play. He’s a freak of nature.
old man
January 25th, 2011
10:08 pm
walker wasn’t that good when he played the first time. He needs to head to the old folks home and give it up.
Herschel Walker the goalline stalker
January 25th, 2011
10:47 pm
Everyone downing Herschels NFL career forget that Minnesota traded their whole team for him. He had no offensive line and was watsed at Minnesota. Meanwhile Emmitt Smith benefited tremendously from the outstanding O-line at Dallas. I truly believe that Herschel would have put up monster numbers had he been the) at Dallas instead of Emmitt.Even with all the bad teams he was with he finished 8th in total yardage in the history of the NFL. He was a once in a lifetime athlete and hands down the best college running of all time. No argument!
YAD
January 26th, 2011
2:55 am
HW is a legitimate MMA fighter. Strikeforce is taking his budding career seriously and lining up top competition. Still, Herschel will defeat his next opponent with one personality tied behind his back.
“Former NFL star Herschel Walker’s second mixed martial arts bout will come against a 4o-year-old heavyweight with one fight in the last 10 years.
Walker will take on Scott Carson, the promotion confirmed Monday. The 48-year-old Walker made his MMA debut in January with a decision over Greg Nagy.
Carson has a 4-1 record, but he was out of competition for nine years because of an ailing back. His return to competition in June saw him knocked out in the first round against Lorenz Larkin on a regional show in Los Angeles.”
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DawgByte
January 26th, 2011
2:12 pm
I don’t think the NCAA can prevent UGA from creating billboards with Hershel promoting the football program. UGA should have those type of billboards all over the state.
I think Hershel would make a great ambassador for UGA and McGarity should leverage him as much as possible.
Regarding Hershel’s ability to play in the NFL today. I have no doubt he could be a very productive running back. We’re not talking about your average athlete here. Hershel is one in a billion… a total freak. The guy can do anything he sets his mind to.
Matt "CHOKE" Ryan
January 26th, 2011
5:31 pm
“MIKE SMITH COACHING THE PRO BOWL”
He finally gets to see what a “True” Elite qb really is on his side.
He might have a heart attack when he sees a pass completion over 30 yards
Carmichael
January 29th, 2011
7:26 am
People across the SEC and beyond continue to be livid about what transpired with the NCAA and Auburn this year mainly because their programs were severely punished for rules transgressions. A few held out questionable players from games for fear of the NCAA which was certainly a mistake.