I met him in 1980 on the Williams-Brice field as the Gamecocks were in shorts about to have a walk-thru practice, it appeared. I was a teen having finishing a 10K road race at the 50-yard line; and i asked someone which player among the crowd was George Rogers. Someone pointed him out with, "that's him over there in the purple shorts". He was the only one in purple shorts, which i thought a little odd given that USC's colors were garnet & black. I approached him and asked for an autograph and I'll never forget his immediate reply BEFORE signing------he said, "you want all these other guy's autographs too don't you?"-----and he motioned his hand all around at his teammates. THAT, to me, IS George Rogers! It taught me a huge lesson in humility with greatness that i obviously never forgot. Thank you Mr. Rogers for representing yourself and Gamecock football with such power & grace. P.S. Not quite 30 years later, my young son is getting George Rogers's autograph and we're getting to hold his Heisman Trophy before a game at Williams-Brice again........and I mentioned the above story to George, and mentioned those purple shorts........he smiled that big familiar George Rogers smile and laughed as he said, "Yeah i DID have purple shorts then; i forgot all about those!" Thanks again for allowing me to share these small but marvelous memories.
Big George had 22 STRAIGHT 100 YARD PLUS RUSHING GAMES over the 1979-80 seasons. Included in that was over 100 plus Yards rushing against Southern Cal, Georgia, Michigan , Clemson and Pittsburgh in 1980 !!! 1980 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER !!!
George let his feet do the talking. My dad still paid for season tickets at that time and I went to about 4 home games the last season he played. It is said that you are good at your profession when you make it look so easy that anyone looking on says or thinks, "I can do that."
IN 1981 was the # 1 Pick in the NFL DRAFT. LED the NFL IN RUSHING IN 1981 and set the ROOKIE RUSHING RECORD. Was picked ahead of RONNIE LOTT and LAWRENCE TAYLOR in the 1981 NFL DRAFT !!!!!!
They are showing all of the great runs but usually he would pick up like 2 yards or something. I remember vividly when he used to play. They literally gave him the ball every single play and then everyone was surprised when he had rushed for like 100 yards by the end of 4 quarters. I'm sure I'll get a lot of hate for this comment but it really didn't seem so impressive back then or today. 2 yards x 50 plays is 100 yards.
I met him in 1980 on the Williams-Brice field as the Gamecocks were in shorts about to have a walk-thru practice, it appeared. I was a teen having finishing a 10K road race at the 50-yard line; and i asked someone which player among the crowd was George Rogers. Someone pointed him out with, "that's him over there in the purple shorts". He was the only one in purple shorts, which i thought a little odd given that USC's colors were garnet & black. I approached him and asked for an autograph and I'll never forget his immediate reply BEFORE signing------he said, "you want all these other guy's autographs too don't you?"-----and he motioned his hand all around at his teammates. THAT, to me, IS George Rogers! It taught me a huge lesson in humility with greatness that i obviously never forgot. Thank you Mr. Rogers for representing yourself and Gamecock football with such power & grace.
P.S. Not quite 30 years later, my young son is getting George Rogers's autograph and we're getting to hold his Heisman Trophy before a game at Williams-Brice again........and I mentioned the above story to George, and mentioned those purple shorts........he smiled that big familiar George Rogers smile and laughed as he said, "Yeah i DID have purple shorts then; i forgot all about those!" Thanks again for allowing me to share these small but marvelous memories.
Wow! They just don't make docs like this anymore. We'll always love you, " Big George"!
It's John Faccenda. The voice of NFL films.
Big George had 22 STRAIGHT 100 YARD PLUS RUSHING GAMES over the 1979-80 seasons. Included in that was over 100 plus Yards rushing against Southern Cal, Georgia, Michigan , Clemson and Pittsburgh in 1980 !!! 1980 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER !!!
Was lucky enough to have my picture taken with Sir George and The Trophy.
He was the best Gamecock to ever play and i had my bedroom walls covered in George Rogers articles and I also still have some of them!
My dad say he is the best Carolina football player there will ever be
Big George my favorite college running back of all time!! HGUERRA
George let his feet do the talking.
My dad still paid for season tickets at that time and I went to about 4 home games the last season he played.
It is said that you are good at your profession when you make it look so easy that anyone looking on says or thinks, "I can do that."
Proud to have him as a family member
IN 1981 was the # 1 Pick in the NFL DRAFT. LED the NFL IN RUSHING IN 1981 and set the ROOKIE RUSHING RECORD. Was picked ahead of RONNIE LOTT and LAWRENCE TAYLOR in the 1981 NFL DRAFT !!!!!!
And he fell off
top 5 college fight song ever
He busted your asses, you knew we were running too. We had no passing game.
And you had like 7. 1st round defensive players. Jeez
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They are showing all of the great runs but usually he would pick up like 2 yards or something. I remember vividly when he used to play. They literally gave him the ball every single play and then everyone was surprised when he had rushed for like 100 yards by the end of 4 quarters. I'm sure I'll get a lot of hate for this comment but it really didn't seem so impressive back then or today. 2 yards x 50 plays is 100 yards.
Lowest YPC average he had was 4.4 - highest was 6.0 in 1980. Try again.
@@strimbimmin328damn you cooked this man