Justin Hunter

#126
#126
flowd82 said:
-TOS.

Once he perfects his form he will be unbeatable. A ridiculous athlete and we are very lucky to have him. He will definitely have a shot at the 2012 Olympics.
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No doubt AT ALL that he will qualify for the Olympics. I just hope people dont get mad at him for missing alot of time with football, when he does. College can wait, while he pursues his dream.
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#127
Escape Goat said:
No doubt AT ALL that he will qualify for the Olympics. I just hope people dont get mad at him for missing alot of time with football, when he does. College can wait, while he pursues his dream.
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I completely agree. But me and you both know that UT fans will get upset over it. UT football is legend around here, but the Olympics are something special. Hunter should be allowed to pursue his dream.

Hunter missed some of football camp this year and it obviously didn't hurt him in the long run. Hunter is a great athlete. He can miss some time for track and still be an elite WR at UT.
 
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#128
Escape Goat said:
No doubt AT ALL that he will qualify for the Olympics. I just hope people dont get mad at him for missing alot of time with football, when he does. College can wait, while he pursues his dream.
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Not exactly. Though his performance so far has been very good, he is still short of making the A standard of 26-11 (2008 standards, 2012 not yet released) required to go to the olympics. He needs to add nearly a foot to go to hit a qualifying standard, which for someone who has been doing this as long as he has is pretty difficult to do. Someone new to the sport can add feet in a hurry, but for someone who is relatively trained and coached up, you are talking inches in gains unless he has a terrible flaw somewhere.
He also must finish top 3 at the olympic trials which will take 27 or more feet.
 
#129
#129
Heard they timed all the guys in the 40 yesterday and did all the combine events broad jump and vertical included.Do anyone heard about the times of the guys and did Neal confirm his 40 time again.
 
#130
#130
Hope he doesn't hurt his knees jumping. It happened to me. Takes a toll on cartilage and could strain liagaments. Running track races is different. It wouldn't surprise me if we see him nursing sore knees in the future if he continues to do jumping events in track. Hope not. He needs to stick to football, that is where his ticket is.
 
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#131
valoisvol said:
Hope he doesn't hurt his knees jumping. It happened to me. Takes a toll on cartilage and could strain liagaments. Running track races is different. It wouldn't surprise me if we see him nursing sore knees in the future if he continues to do jumping events in track. Hope not. He needs to stick to football, that is where his ticket is.
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he's been doing them for a long time so I doubt it will suddenly pop up next season
 
#135
#135
JH is probably one of the few best atheletes we've had at WR. For so long we had outstanding atheletes at WR (Willie, Pickens, etc) and its been a while since we've had one. I hope he lives up to his ability. I'm definitely excited about watching him and Bray this year!
 
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#136
utvolpj said:
I have a history of doing that. Seems like every time I turn a game on late the other team suddenly goes on a run. I may just have to give up following UT sports for the good of the program
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Why is that - I seem to have the same problem? There have been times I've sworn off watching games until they were over (DVR) because I felt like I bring bad luck. It all started with me attending UF games in the 90's. When I stayed home, we won, when I attended, we lost. I went for several years and they lost, then stayed home our championship year. Haven't been back to a UF home game since. :loco:
 
#138
#138
4.32 is absolutely blazing. And to be 6-4 and jump the way he does. That is actually scary.
 
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#142
OrangeVol79 said:
Let me break it down for you- If a short armed midget has a 50 inch vertical it will do him no good.
Except at the circus!
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Thought I responded to this before, but:

According to Jimmy Winslow of Vermont, the simplest method to measure an athlete's vertical jump is to get the athlete to reach up against a flat wall, with a flat surface under his/her feet (such as a gym floor or concrete) and mark off the highest point he/she can reach flat-footed (this is referred to as "standing reach"). Then, instruct the athlete to take several jumps from a standstill, marking off the highest point he/she can reach. Next, measure the distance between the two. This is the athlete's standing vertical jump and this can be monitored to track any increases in vertical jump.
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Vertical jump - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The reach of one's arms are included in the vertical jump measurement. Therefore, a midget with a four ft height and with a 50 inch vertical would be able to reach higher than a 6 ft guy with a 24 inch vertical.

Like I said, I don't think you know what a vertical is.
 
#143
#143
patrickbrownTFP
Hunter's competing in the NCAA Indoors tmrw night at Texas A&M. he told me he'd do the Olympics AND the NFL - his two dreams - if he could.

patrickbrownTFP
Hunter also said he's set the end of his sophomore year as a the point where he'll probably have to pick one or the other.
 
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