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[Footballnut]

I mean in the scope of things... Damon Benning was just an average RB who was just lucky to be running behind the pipeline when they were still the real pipeline. He'll tell you that himself. Like the guy a lot, and he was a good player. Very articulate, but gets carried away in hyperbole waaaaaaaaay too often. He'd be perfect for a fox broadcast. Oh wait...

he was no Clinton Childs, Lawrence Phillips or Ahman Green, but he was a good back.

 

[Brasky]

he was no Clinton Childs, Lawrence Phillips or Ahman Green, but he was a good back.

Yeah I corrected myself quickly. Poor word choice. He wasn't average, he was good.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

I like Damon Benning. I could listen to him talk for hours, even though he gets carried away from time to time.

 

[Brasky]

Can we look up his stats though?? I get the feeling they reflect what is actually a pretty average college career outside of that Orange Bowl MVP.

 

[it'sHuskers4me]

Damon was a very good punt and kickoff returner also.

 

[Footballnut]

Can we look up his stats though?? I get the feeling they reflect what is actually a pretty average college career outside of that Orange Bowl MVP.

Damon played 4 years (as a True Freshman):

Year Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1993 55 323 5.9 4 4 27 6.8 0 59 350 5.9 4
1994 67 367 5.5 5 5 68 13.6 0 72 435 6.0 5
1995 63 407 6.5 4 2 40 20.0 0 65 447 6.9 4
1996 85 465 5.5 7 1 -1 0 86 464 5.4 7

Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds TD
Career 270 1562 5.8 20 12 134 11.2 0 282 1696 6.0 20

 

[jedburks]

What kind of player he was doesn't matter. He is great on the radio and is a phenomenal guy!!! First class!!!

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

True.....

Damon was never the type to toss any gates around or anything like that

 

[Brasky]

Damon played 4 years (as a True Freshman):

Year Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1993 55 323 5.9 4 4 27 6.8 0 59 350 5.9 4
1994 67 367 5.5 5 5 68 13.6 0 72 435 6.0 5
1995 63 407 6.5 4 2 40 20.0 0 65 447 6.9 4
1996 85 465 5.5 7 1 -1 0 86 464 5.4 7

Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds TD
Career 270 1562 5.8 20 12 134 11.2 0 282 1696 6.0 20

WEAK

 

[Brasky]

So he was like.... the Brandon Jackson of his time, without the Super Bowl ring...

And yeah, he's well spoken, but he has a corny/lame sense of humor and he (like we said) gets carried away with the hyperbole.

I like the guy as a person though. Pretty much the only non-scumbag at 1620 right now.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Damon had a lot of other fellers running along with him though......

That was back when we could choose between 4 different I-backs whenever we felt like it.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

I'll still never forget my favorite combo...........

Derek Brown and Calvin Jones.

Those were the days

 

[Brasky]

I retract my previous statement about Benning. I was right initially. He was mediocre.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

This is so very fun to watch....

 

[blkflagmafia]

Gates were involved.......

You don't want to know anymore than that, trust me. It was a digusting ordeal

Apparently that blogger had a good scoop on the story

He said suttles and brown jumped a team mate at the party and santos went to try to break it up and suttles rewarded santos actions with a beer to the head.... And I think he needed stitches

That kind makes since why bo kicked them off ESP suttles for using a beer bottle. Don't know why they decided to jump who ever that player was or what the reason was for it. One on one is ok but jumping teammates that ain't cool and divides a locker room up similar to what happen to USC after the bowl game.

This is just what I heard so if wrong don't shoot the messenger but that dude seem to have an inside scoop. Sucks this happen guess we will never know how good they could have been just happy I didn't involve a lot of key defenders.

 

[Exorbitant]

The only way someone is getting booted off the team, however, is if they did something pretty fuckin wild......

Like pulled out a knife or a gun or something like that.

Nobody is getting kicked off the team for beating up another player. That would just be ridiculous. Suspensions would happen no doubt........but nobody is gonna be sent packing for getting into a wrestling match.

Or maybe showing off their telly to a woman who didn't appreciate seeing that ugly thing?

 

[Exorbitant]

True.....

Damon was never the type to toss any gates around or anything like that

Or furniture like Jamaal Lord did! Or a woman around like Scott Baldwin and Lawrence Phillips did!

 

[Exorbitant]

Apparently that blogger had a good scoop on the story

He said suttles and brown jumped a team mate at the party and santos went to try to break it up and suttles rewarded santos actions with a beer to the head.... And I think he needed stitches

That kind makes since why bo kicked them off ESP suttles for using a beer bottle. Don't know why they decided to jump who ever that player was or what the reason was for it. One on one is ok but jumping teammates that ain't cool and divides a locker room up similar to what happen to USC after the bowl game.

This is just what I heard so if wrong don't shoot the messenger but that dude seem to have an inside scoop. Sucks this happen guess we will never know how good they could have been just happy I didn't involve a lot of key defenders.

Some players sure know how to FUCK UP a great opportunity! Bye bye assholes!

 

[OregonDucks]

you guys don't want these thugs on your team. Your team will be better without them. My guess would be, these dudes probably weren't great for team chemistry to begin with if things escalated to this. so them gone might be a good thing for you guys. IF they were going to be an essential part to your success this year, then kudos to your coaching staff for giving them the boot. But either way, in the end you are probably better off without them.

 

[BigRedMoe]

Word is that Brown had had a few "incidents" prior to this. Anybody know what that is in reference to?