Herschel Walker NFL comeback: Former running back 'may even try out for football again'
by Jesse Holland on Jan 25, 2011 3:57 PM EST
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That's according to the chicken mogul and budding mixed martial artist on yesterday's Strikeforce conference call:
"I left not only my home in Dallas but also my company. I’ve left my company to my top guy and I’ve come out here to [San Jose] to train. I moved into a hotel in July to begin training. And then the fight came along and I first asked my trainers and the fighters and they said yes you can do it. And that’s the only reason why I’m back doing it. How long can I do it? Who knows. I tell people I may even try out for football again and show people I can do that one more time. I’d be the George Foreman of football and come back and do that one more time."
While I don't know how much his skills have deteriorated, his 48-year-old physique certainly hasn't. Maybe Walker will inspire a generation of forty-somethings to switch to his meatless diet, which consists of eating soup and salad once a day. If the former NFL running back can get past Scott Carson at Strikeforce: "Diaz vs. Cyborg" on Saturday night (Jan. 29) in San Jose, does anyone want to see him take another shot at the gridiron? And having not played since his retirement in 1997, would he even make the cut?
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I'm in my 40s
The only ripples I have are when I jump up and down.
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
i'm trying to get rid of my ripples before i hit 35 next year. but chips are on sale this week and so is pop
just when you try to get out, cheap salt and vinegar chips and coke pull you back in
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 25, 2011 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
I seem to have convinced myself
that I can eat the way I did when I was 25.
Well, I can, if I don’t mind the extra 10 pounds a year :)
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
oh you can
You just have to make a few “small” substitutions (or so I am told).
Soda= water
chips = fruit
Wait a minute….
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
I am more red meat and carbohydrates than man.
I think I had a lime wedge in my beer.
I took it ourt so nobody would think I had switched teams.
I may get scurvy.
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
Don't fruit the beer Hank Hill wouldn't approve.
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
i want steak now i saw hank
i still have red meat. i just have it on a wolewheat tortille with lots of veg, ugh. and i have a piece of dry toast with eggs in the morning…and water instead of pop. i need to get married so i can stop caring
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 25, 2011 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
I bought a quarter cow this year.
Some of the most fun I had was stacking 140 pounds of beef in my freezer adn imagining the meals I would eat.
JB JB JB JB!! (For all the bass ackwards BJ Penn fans that actually think he will not get blanketed by Fitch.)
YES!
I grew up my whole life with my dad working at one of the world’s biggest stockyards so all our beef and pork came straight from the butcher. One winter he found a cow that had slipped on the ice which is not sellable then since its legs split out and the first person to find it gets the cow. Just had to pay a gift tax and we had inch and quarter thick steak all winter mmm mmm mmm lol.
by Edgecrusher71 on Jan 25, 2011 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
I once saw Hank Hill
get the lid of his WD40 unstuck using a smaller WD40 bottle on his belt.
Now that is manly.
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
You know you are Merican
when you watch an old pirate movie and think “I may be coming down with that, maybe I should eat an orange”.
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
junk food tax will slim you down. it the way to pay off america's 13.9 trillion dollar debt.
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
The 44 million Mericans on food stamps would riot
like they are doing in Egypt today (no bullshit)
JB JB JB JB!! (For all the bass ackwards BJ Penn fans that actually think he will not get blanketed by Fitch.)
My buddy's ex is a single mom on food stamps and she told him to come over the other night cause she was gonna get some crab legs for dinner.
That’s Merica right there, god damn greatest country in the world.
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
my friends sister is on food stamps, has a section 8 housing and has 4 kids by 4 different men
she gets support from three of them and she is hunting down the the last guy with the help of her latest boyfriend she appears quite sweet, pretty and only 22 years old. her version of the american dream. any takers?
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
pass
The only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.
by Andrew Keller on Jan 25, 2011 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
ditto
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
i saw the census the other day. almost 310 million americans.
i think the number is much higher. illegal aliens add 5 million. people who don’t play the census number game(me, filling out some form and not answering doors) another few million. plus maybe a million who don’t want to be found. crime is rampant. i would say we are closer to 320 million people. all of which will soon be rabid mma fans according to dana.
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
yep and 1 in every seven is on food stamps
and 1 in every 10 is unemployed.
But Oprah just found out about a long-lost sister!!! Nothing to see here, move along…
JB JB JB JB!! (For all the bass ackwards BJ Penn fans that actually think he will not get blanketed by Fitch.)
scary numbers
and there are at least a million illegals in Arizona alone, so those numbers are much, much higher, but you are on the right track wolfy.
Crab Legs + Food Stamps = me getting seriously fucking pissed off. I eat crab on special occasions, when I have saved some dinero. Thanks for reminding me that I am helping others to eat crab too. Fucking a.
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
haha socialist country canada must have it backwards
you have to be indian or have bastard children to get onto the welfare program
"Your fucking out!!"- Kenny Powers
"MMM, sticky female bumholes"
at least HALF a million in AZ
typo…but, who the hell really knows.
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
I think your first guess was prolly closer to the truth.
But I don’t think Illegals are the ones buying crab legs.
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
nope
they aren’t eating that stuff. But illegals aren’t kicking in for our education system down here in Zona, and this is a big reason why our school systems are over budget and why teachers are finding other fields to work in. I have nothing against Mexicans. You could replace Mexicans with Canadians. The nationality doesn’t matter. What matters is that they aren’t being budgeted for and our state is suffering because of it. We have no dinero!!!
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
In AZ school is funded through property tax right?
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
not as much as other places
we depend on a variety of sources, but not as much on property tax, personal income tax is a big one as well as corporate income tax, less so with sales tax. There is a constant debate about doing it like most other states and basing it mainly on property taxes, there is a large faction that believes this will lead to major differences in educational standards depending on what neighborhood you live in, but man, we suck compared to ALL neighborhoods right now. When business isn’t booming, education is the first to take the hit in AZ.
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
Sales tax seems the most logical choice if you want to get everyone to pay.
Here in Texas we have (or had I haven’t been to a titty bar in a while) a sin tax that was going to help pay for education where they charged you an extra 5 bucks to go into strip clubs. I believe it was Perry’s idea
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
Most estimates put the number of illegals at 12 million minimum, and as high as 20 mil. Between free education, school lunches, subsidized housing, free health care, food stamps, falsely filed tax refunds, visits through the court system and the myriad other social services, I wonder how many billions they cost us every year.
Our lives change like the weather, but a legend never dies.
As a Vet one of my concerns about the illegals
Is say we have an actual major war, one that requires the draft to be initiated. They would all get passed by while citizens go first. That’s where I get tiffed.
by jestermarcus on Jan 25, 2011 7:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
it could have been fake crab which imo actually tastes better. (if they mix it up with the right ingredients)
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
for sure
but that is still expensive, they should be eating chicken, roman and Mac and Cheese.
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
Thats called college deuce. you remember, right?
The only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.
by Andrew Keller on Jan 25, 2011 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
for sure
When you are broke, you don’t eat crab. Food stamps = broke. Seems simple enough to me. But, then again I am not the irresponsible one having 4 kids when I don’t have any money to support them.
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
nor am I trying to screw everyone over
by having more kids, because it will up the check I get, so that I don’t have to work.
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
yep.
The only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.
by Andrew Keller on Jan 25, 2011 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
you could help out octomom by taking a few whips to the backside? (tmz, video)
her 12-16 kids must cost the state of california a half a million dollars a year.
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
By the way I did hear Vivid is paying her mortgage
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
they are trying to get her to do some "real" porn.
i think maybe only ron jeremy might step up for that one.
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
I didn't think she looked as bad in the coursett as I would have imagined.
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
i think her v-jay jay might look as bad as we think?
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
for sho
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
peanut butter and jelly and baloney sandwiches too.
a hobo’s 2 course meal.
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
wat a tangent!
lets get back to the old, buffed, rich, black guy.
okay i think his soup would have to be spiked with deer antler powder.....
for him to beat anybody that anybody has heard off. his best days were at the university of georgia.
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
He still holds the record for most yards from scrimmage I think for HBs anyway.
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 5:26 PM EST up reply actions
In the NFL I mean
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 5:26 PM EST up reply actions
i'd like him to try out at FUCKING OFF
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 25, 2011 4:03 PM EST reply actions
he would be crushed by todays bigger and faster athletes in the nfl.
stick to the freakshow in strikeforce. i hope he has fixed his circling fighting stance.
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 4:04 PM EST reply actions
Who doesn't like the Circus?
C’mon Tickleberry…..you know full well that Walker is the P4P greatest.
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
i like sideshows
i think if we have to watch him, then lets go japanese. it’s a non fight, we know it. either give him legit competition or make it a proper spectacle. make him fight a giant. or a really fat man. make him fight two disabled guys at once. maybe make him fight two blind guys while he has to have cat bells strapped to his neck and limbs so they can hear where he is
that i’d like
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 25, 2011 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
He could go Andy Kaufman
and fight women.
That’d pack em in, Give him Cyborg and The Olson Twins. All at once. Now that’s good television
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
Cyborg would crush Walker
and then skin the Olsen Twins alive…. just for the fun of it.
Albino Mormon 4 Life
The one with the big sunglasses seems kind of badass
Didn’t she beat Heath Ledger to death?
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
i'm pretty sure that's how it happened
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 25, 2011 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
If she can kill The Joker
She could whup Walker.
Even Batman couldn’t kill The Joker and he’s REALLY TRYING
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
He doesn't really try to kill people
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 4:26 PM EST up reply actions
maybe he should start then all these people wouldn't keep breaking out of the asylum then killing civillians
fuck batman.
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 25, 2011 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Never much of a DC guy myself.
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
He probably should
He kills 10 or 15 guys…….Joker Killer Croc etc and Gotham would be a lot more relaxed.
No killing sprees?
And he thinks he’s DARK??
Pfffftt
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
Bye the way
We all get to see Anne Hathaway in a cat suit now.
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
See?
That’s just good stuff.
I couldn’t be more pleased!
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
watched love and other drugs the other night with my girl
got to see lots of anne hathaway out of a cat suit…and any other type of clothing
she has a very old face…slightly disturbing
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 25, 2011 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
glad tom hardy is bane though
his villian potential shone through in bronson
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 25, 2011 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
Her face is banging as well she's just all around fucking fine.
I grew up having a thing for Barbara Feldon (Agent 99) watching reruns on tv and now that Anne Hathaway is Agent 99 I’m in love.
Is Bronson as cool as it sounds cause I’ve been wanting to see it just because I’m a huge Charles Bronson fan. (I know it has nothing to do with Charles)
This fight for the fish is a fight to the death!
by doonerthesooner on Jan 25, 2011 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
Agent 99 was on Cheers once
She was still a slammin hottie and she had to be in her late 50s
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
agent 99?
yeah bronson is cool. i liked it, a quirky take of him.
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
by sir.tickleberry on Jan 25, 2011 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
let him fight that midget with no arms or legs
"Your fucking out!!"- Kenny Powers
"MMM, sticky female bumholes"
PROPER SPECTACLE"""
JAMES TONEY VS HERSCHAL WALKER!!
I WANNA C IT!!!!!!
Fuck it
Lets do it, throw in Kimbo while we are at it.
by jestermarcus on Jan 25, 2011 7:18 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Japanese know how to do a freakshow
Even their game shows trouble me.
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
Friggin love their gameshows
They have a lot more fun then us.
American gameshow:
Japanese gameshow:
I am not even going to try to figure out what is happening there….
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
I can't decide if I'm being tricked when I see it
but I’ve come across Japanese game shows that end up as porno.
It doesn’t seem fake.
If Bob Barker started layin down the porn with Barker’s beaties, I’d remove my own eyes with a rusty fork
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
How do you think the Beauties got and kept their jobs?
Our lives change like the weather, but a legend never dies.
Bob was nailing Dian Parkinson
She was the hottest one ever.
Bob was almost 300 years old and he was hittin that. What a world.
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
by Scottidog on Jan 25, 2011 9:47 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
But he has big muscles
So he must be awesome, Jay.
Don’t hate, man
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said aarg" – GSP
is that white guy in the corner with the hat and sunglasses his next opponent?
On february 5th 2011 at UFC 126 Jon "Bones" Jones will show the world that their was no need for the MMA community to hype this man because this guy is a beast with many skills and i personally will feel Ryan "Darth" Bader's pain after this fight. SB Nation's public enemy #1.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 25, 2011 4:26 PM EST reply actions
now that is funny
Likely though.
"I never post my opinions on here. I bring facts that are official as can be." <-- How Maniacs all feel about their posts.
No he cant go back to NFL but
I would have loved to see how great Hershal could have been if he would have went straight to the nfl and not played 3 years usfl. He is only 35th on the all-time rush list in the NFl but he was still one on the greatest runners I have ever seen. What is amazing is how well his body is after all those hits. Walker can juked anyone, he ran them over. That is also why he did not run the ball well the last 5 years of his career. His body was wore out.
I wonder how much he pays AKA?
I bet hes spending alot of money on private lessons and working out with the Pros in the afternoon.
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