OT: "You Don't Know Bo" one of the best 30 for 30 I've seen since the Fab Five story.

He was only in the NFL for 4 years!!  He also was only in MLB 6 years prior to his injury.  He really didn't last long enough to accumulate a HoF career.  His legend will never die though

And those 4 or 6 years are a hell of alot longer then most make it. Nevermind the fact he was playing two sports that most struggle to start, let alone shine, in just one. Agreed he wasn't the second coming of Jesus, but don't diminish his career because he didn't last two decades as a pro. Remember he played both in college as well. The guy was the greatest pure athlete of our era. Period.

...here is an example of just how elusive and effective he was in the rushing game - he ate an entire quarter of clock on this one:

In all reality, it was a pretty good show though. At least  for me, there is always a question of "what could have been" with Bo Jackson. The hip injury effectively ended both careers, but it would be interesting to think about where he might have taken each if he had been able to stay at it. It was also pretty cool that he choose to finish his degree after he left professional sports. He seems like he has done well enough for himself since then, which statistically few athletes could say in some sports. 

It was not apart of the 30 for 30 series, but still comes out of the ESPN Films pipline

Really enjoyed The U and You Don't Know Bo tonight, but my favorite was probably Pony Excess. SMU was probably deserving of the Death Penalty and I don't think there was any other way to stop their systemic corruption, but I doubt we will ever see that severe of a penalty handed down to any program making them irrelevant for nearly 30 years.  

Agreed, way too many metaphors. Seemed like he was trying to make Bo seem like some greek god from the Odessy instead of a freak of nature athlete.

I thought the same thing about too much Klosterman.

My reactions to him went from, at first, "Why is he even in this?" to, "Ok, I get it.  Bo was a cultural icon that transcended sports and having Klosterman here isn't so bad," to, "Wow this guy is trying to turn Bo into something that feels really forced and contrived." That point was really cemented in the part at the end where he tried to frame Bo as an "anti-authoritarian" figure because Bo did the non-conformist thing of excelling at multiple things... that conclusion and his rationale was just really a stretch.  

Overall great documentary though.  I have a vague memory of Bo but was still pretty young when he was around so didn't know as much as what the documentary said....  all the personal stuff was really cool, like the stuff about his relationship with his mom, and just hearing him speak, how soft-spoken and well-grounded he is, and just how really he's kind of a normal guy, into hunting, his man cave, etc.  He just seems like a very down-to-earth, genuinely good, kind, likable person.

The escobars was on the same level