Blast From The Past: Brian Bosworth
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Writer Danny O’Neil searched in vain for Brian Bosworth, but he failed to find him. My how times have changed. It used to be Bosworth was everywhere.
Despite it, O’Neil writes a lengthy piece and rehashes how Bosworth created one of the more popular sports personas in the ’80s, then it started to crumble when Bo Jackson ran through him on an unforgettable touchdown run on Monday Night Football in 1987. Less than 3 years later, Bosworth would be out of the NFL.
O’Neil writes an excellent piece, but allow me to expand on some of it. For starters, O’Neil mentions many of the legal problems Bosworth has incurred recently, but he misses the DUI Bosworth got in L.A. in March 2009, when he got popped riding his Harley down Hollywood Boulevard.
There also is a classic story about Bosworth, who was then an All-American at OU, admitting to Sports Illustrated about his negligent work habits during his employment at the now-closed General Motors plant in Oklahoma City. People would have killed for those jobs, so you wonder how he got one. Right, right.
And of course he had a Corvette to boot.
No wonder Barry Switzer said here’s your hat when Bosworth decided to leave OU early. The list of transgressions were even more than the normally laid-back Switzer could tolerate. And there would be more idiots with similar and worst behavior at OU that would eventually lead to Switzer’s demise as coach.
But don’t mind me. I just couldn’t resist throwing in my 2 cents. It’s the copy editor in me and someone who enjoys retelling Sooner stories, especially the ones about the more colorful characters.
Regardless, O’Neil writes an outstanding piece even without Bosworth cooperating.
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