Recruiting Football Talk VII

[SugarCC]

On March 8, 1971,


In the first of three fights between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, Frazier defeated Ali by decision in what was billed as “The Fight of the Century” at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Ali dominated the first five rounds, peppering the shorter Frazier with rapier-like jabs that raised welts on the champion's face.

Ali was visibly tired after the sixth round, and though he put together some flurries of punches after that round, he was unable to keep the pace he had set in the first third of the fight. At 1 minute and 59 seconds into round eight, following his clean left hook to Ali's right jaw, Frazier grabbed Ali's wrists and swung Ali into the center of the ring; however, Ali immediately grabbed Frazier again until they were once again separated by Mercante.

At 2:10 of the eleventh round, Frazier staggered Ali with a left hook, Ali's knees buckling—only bouncing off the ropes keeping Ali from again hitting the canvas. For the remainder of the round, Ali stumbled around the ring backing again and again into the ropes and grabbing at Frazier as Frazier continued battering him until the fighters were separated by Mercante at 2:55 into the round.

Heading into round 15, all three judges had Frazier In the lead (7–6–1, 10–4–0, and 8–6–0), and Frazier closed convincingly. Early in the round, Frazier landed a left hook that put Ali on the canvas. Ali, his jaw swollen noticeably, got up at the count of four and managed to stay on his feet for the rest of the round despite several terrific blows from Frazier. A few minutes later, the judges made it official: Frazier had retained the title with a unanimous decision, dealing Ali his first professional loss.

Frank Sinatra wasn’t able to get ringside seats for the Fight, so he arranged to take photos for Life magazine so that he could be close to the action.

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Joe is my favorite heavyweight of all time...and, a big reason for that, is this fight.

 

[Brillovol]

Page 5000+, morans. We talk too much.

 

[peaygolf]

My uncle liked to give me riddles to figure out when I was younger. Once, he asked me which weighed more, a pound of water or a pound of butane. I was ready for that one. I told him that the is answer is clearly butane because it is a lighter fluid.

A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded.​

 

[volinexile17]

Ice cold take, but Shaq was the exact same. A big, strong body who just pushed his way around the court.

You’re thinking of 30-year-old Shaq. Younger Shaq was an unbelievable athlete who was quick off the floor and had one of the fastest, tightest spin moves in the game.

 

[Glitch]

My uncle liked to give me riddles to figure out when I was younger. Once, he asked me which weighed more, a pound of water or a pound of butane. I was ready for that one. I told him that the is answer is clearly butane because it is a lighter fluid.

 

[Glitch]

Page 5000+, morans. We talk too much.

 

[UTSuave’]

Besides a re match with Illinois, nothing too scary with this bracket.

 

[butchna]

Majors.

It wasn’t even illegal back then.

 

[UTSuave’]

My uncle liked to give me riddles to figure out when I was younger. Once, he asked me which weighed more, a pound of water or a pound of butane. I was ready for that one. I told him that the is answer is clearly butane because it is a lighter fluid.

@TN-POSSUM you know what to do

 

[UTSuave’]

My uncle liked to give me riddles to figure out when I was younger. Once, he asked me which weighed more, a pound of water or a pound of butane. I was ready for that one. I told him that the is answer is clearly butane because it is a lighter fluid.

 

[butchna]

Yeah...I was the one that brought him up.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

My uncle liked to give me riddles to figure out when I was younger. Once, he asked me which weighed more, a pound of water or a pound of butane. I was ready for that one. I told him that the is answer is clearly butane because it is a lighter fluid.

 

[knoxvol52]

My uncle liked to give me riddles to figure out when I was younger. Once, he asked me which weighed more, a pound of water or a pound of butane. I was ready for that one. I told him that the is answer is clearly butane because it is a lighter fluid.

, great stuff keep it coming

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

My uncle liked to give me riddles to figure out when I was younger. Once, he asked me which weighed more, a pound of water or a pound of butane. I was ready for that one. I told him that the is answer is clearly butane because it is a lighter fluid.

The answer is clearly water because butane is a lighter fluid. Duh!

 

[volinbama256]

Saw where a 5* Basketball kid from IMG I think who'd committed to Indiana just got released from his NIL and is opening things back up.... Hmmmm...

 

[UTSuave’]

Rigging 2 games out of the year seems profitable

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[DD4ME]

Me glossing over negative posts when BasketVols are playing.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Ice cold take, but Shaq was the exact same. A big, strong body who just pushed his way around the court.

Apparently someone never watched Shaq at LSU.

 

[rikberry31]

The use of fur clothing dates to prehistoric times. For example, Neanderthals and Denisovans wore animal hides. As civilization developed, fur became a luxury item, and a symbol of wealth and social status.

It started in the Garden.

 

[jakez4ut]

Saw where a 5* Basketball kid from IMG I think who'd committed to Indiana just got released from his NIL and is opening things back up.... Hmmmm...

believe it was down to IU and KU when he committed. not sure if we're involved or not....would like to be.

 

[jakez4ut]

Thinking back on that game, man, that was just over 30 years ago. I want to say that was my freshman year at UT. Seems like a lifetime ago.

i was a sophomore.

 

[jakez4ut]

I was too young to remember the Allan Houston years, but how were we THAT bad with Allan Houston on our team? Was Wade just that sh*tty of a coach?

the best thing he did for TN Basketball.....brought his son with him. a bit harsh, sure. he wasn't gawd awful...but he was far from great. Mears and Davoe were what i grew up on, though too young to recall much about Mears....thru 90's we were not good most of the time. and outside the Helton years, we weren't much to talk about in baseball either. i think as a student i went to maybe a handful of basketball games and only a couple baseball games.....the entire time i was there.

i'm a little jealous of the students today.....Err'thing school has to be a lot of fun.

 

[Glitch]

, great stuff keep it coming

 

[SugarCC]

believe it was down to IU and KU when he committed. not sure if we're involved or not....would like to be.

Duke was the third finalist.