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Aug 31, 2015
3:06:28pm

BearsandBulls

There were several times last year where he caught the ball in space and was

unable to break away from defenders. There was one time in particular (against UVA), though, where he caught the ball with several yards of separation and got run out of bounds from behind by a safety.

you can see that play at about the 1:55 mark in the highlights linked below.

Watch this video on YouTube

There's no way a 10.5 second 100 meter guy gets run down by that safety under those circumstances. To put this in its proper context, Both Ted Ginn and Terrell Owens were consistent 10.5 second 100 meter guys in High School...there's no way Ted Ginn or Terrell Owens gets chased out of bounds by that guy on that play. There's just no way Blackmon is a 10.5 guy. He's not even close.

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Time

Will Blackmon live up to the hype?

TNT

8/31/15 8:23am

I think the hype died last year

8/31/15 8:24am

agreed. hype died when he was caught from behind

8/31/15 9:28am

Stressed hammy most of the year. You could see him pull up on that play.

8/31/15 11:32am

Maybe - wasn't limping or compensating during stride

8/31/15 1:36pm

Will O'Neill Chambers?

Bronoc

8/31/15 8:24am

Blackmon >>>> Chambers

8/31/15 8:32am

who is a byu player who catches kickoffs and punts above his head, alex?

8/31/15 8:40am

I'm guessing not because of route running (unless that's somehow improved)

QuickCoug

8/31/15 8:25am

Good point

TNT

8/31/15 8:26am

He's also too tentative & doesn't run strong. Would love for a switch to flip.

mantis mutu

8/31/15 8:30am

He showed some flashes in the Cal game last year

QuickCoug

8/31/15 8:43am

Agreed, Signed Todd Watkins

icecougar

8/31/15 11:48am

Thank you. I had pointed out this same thing last year. I have no problem

8/31/15 12:20pm

No.

8/31/15 8:37am

i declared him to be a non factor on the day he signed

BlueFrog

8/31/15 8:39am

Really. Link?

TNT

8/31/15 8:40am

RE: Really. Link?

BlueFrog

8/31/15 8:42am

Verified.

foofcoug

8/31/15 8:48am

Nah. Given our depth at WR, I'd be surprised if Blackmon made any sort of impact

8/31/15 9:00am

Blackmon has speed

donnerstag

8/31/15 9:07am

I believe Blackmon's speed has been greatly exaggerated.

8/31/15 9:33am

Blackmon is a track guy

donnerstag

8/31/15 9:36am

I know he's a track guy, and I've heard him claim a 10.5 sec. 100 meter, but...

8/31/15 9:53am

did he get run down from behind once or was there a pattern of it?

icecougar

8/31/15 2:32pm

There were several times last year where he caught the ball in space and was

8/31/15 3:06pm

Alright...I did a little more research. The guy that ran Blackmon out of bounds

8/31/15 3:48pm

You can't seriously be trying to assign Blackmon a new 100 meter time based

donnerstag

8/31/15 4:07pm

Really? He was chased down and pushed out of bounds by a known 11.5 to 11.7

8/31/15 4:26pm

While it may be true that Blackmon is not a 10.5 100 meter guy

donnerstag

8/31/15 4:39pm

I've seen him work out on carpet, too (at the IPF)...

8/31/15 4:51pm

I have no firsthand knowledge to say whether Blackmon is or isn't a 10.5 guy but

icecougar

8/31/15 7:44pm

There's a brief pause as he cathches the ball, but he had several yards of....

9/1/15 8:38am

I don't think Blackmon knows what the 100 meter times are of his opponents

donnerstag

9/1/15 9:10am

He was running full speed. He didn't back off until the very end.

9/1/15 9:27am

Looking at his track profile, I don't see any 100 meter times either

donnerstag

8/31/15 2:37pm

spending time thinking vs reacting can impact speed on the field...

icecougar

8/31/15 11:57am

I like Juergens but he had some issues last year...

icecougar

8/31/15 8:08pm

Blackmon will be a factor this year

donnerstag

8/31/15 9:06am

Did he have a redshirt available? He was a 2011 guy.

bluescholar

8/31/15 9:12am

That's right. I think he was a 2 and done player

donnerstag

8/31/15 9:16am

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