The signing of Ron Simmons put FSU on the map. The NFL thought he was too small, but he was an awesome college NG much like Rob Waldrop at Arizona in the Desert Swarm defense and Steve Emtman from Washington's awesome 1991 defense. These guys were unblock able.
Na bud Bobby dadgum Bowdens is FSU all the way But I figure the older Cane's fans watched Ron DAMN Simmons the same way younger FSU guys watched Dwayne the Rock Johnson ... Shit was cool I hate Miami but I spent way too much time trying to figure out how he lifted the people's eyebrow and I'd be lying if I told you I didn't run around telling my little brothers to shut their mouths and know their roles which I found out was actually something Simmons would tell people back stage and the Rock was just smart enough to see the genius in it and took it into the ring ... The Rock was the shit we all loved Rocky and I'm sure that's how Cane's fans feel about Simmons
My buddy from back at FSU in 1979. I love the fact that these highlights are played to the tune of “Break on Through” by The Doors, whose lead singer, Jim Morrison, also attended FSU in 1962.
I saw something once where Godfather and Mark Henry were talking about who were the strongest guys in the business back in the day and they both said Simmons was a monster he could out lift almost everyone on the roster at the time and the funny thing was nobody ever saw him in a gym ... When folks talk about big corn fed country boys their talking about guys like Ron Simmons
Talking to a guy today at car wash. Didn't know him, just shooting the breeze. He left to get his car , came back in asked if I was a FSU fan (tag on my car). He said he was an FSU fan because Ron Simmons was his uncle. Nolenation!!
I played football at Tenn. Tech, a Div. 1-AA school, and one of my team mates played against Simmons in the North-South all star game at SW DeKalb HS in '77 (first televised then). My Cuban room mate from Hialeah, FL injured his knee and transferred to FL ST, and wrote me a post card telling me how awesome Simmons was. I think he said that Simmons ran a 4.5 forty, and benched around 520 max. I played high school in the middle Georgia area, and grew up in Warner Robins. I heard about him my senior year. Moving him from linebacker to noseguard freed this beast of a player from having to diagnose plays, to just ripping and destroying...which he did in fine fashion.
I saw him bench 550 at Warner Robins High when he was on break from FSU. I don't doubt the 40 time, the guy was fast. Your analysis is spot on. Having to diagnose plays, drop into coverage and other things LB's must do would have slowed him down. His specialty was literally seek and destroy. Watch the video closely and on several plays after he busts through the line at full speed he grabs the RB with his right hand and a fraction of a second later has the QB in his left hand neutralizing both players. I believe I saw him cause 2-3 fumbles in the video doing that. He was just an absolute beast and one if the most fun to watch defensive players ever. Probably THE MOST fun interior defensive lineman to watch.
True.....I was a 5' 10'', 210 lb. wrestler who went to FSU right out of the Navy in 1962.....some 5 years later, still in shape, I stood with 19 year old Ron for a snapshot......I looked like a 90 lb weakling alongside 'Big Bad Ron'.......I still display the pic, tho....just not prominently.
1:08 that tackle! Good old fashion football. I am disappointed that he didn't make it in pro football, but sometimes you just cant make it out of College. I'm glad he was able to find a profession in Professional Wrestling though.
And he was very fast. Look how many plays he made along the line of scrimmage near the sidelines. I think it was too late in NFL to learn all a LB has to do when in college they just cut him loose to wreak havoc (which he did).
Main reason he didn’t make it was because he tore up his knee when he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns and once your knees go, so goes any hopes of making it in the NFL, especially when you are a rookie with such a debilitating injury . Otherwise he would’ve made a great MLB.
Simmons was jacked.. His upper body alone weighed 238..Heard alot of pro wrestlers talk of his brute stength in the gym.. Dude was a powerhouse for his size..
Holy shiii this is the greatest highlight tape song actually.. this officially dethrones weezy- bill gates as the best highlight song of all time… the doors babbyyy
& I thought Ron was big & ripped as a wrestler! I wonder if he was stronger in college as well? Either way he was great on the gridiron & wrestling ring.
@@joemckim1183fired… Bowden didn’t not willingly retire. he was told by Jan. 2011 hed have to leave. and they were renewing his contracts annual at the end of the 2009 regular season he was offered two options (1) be an Ambassador head coach for the 2010 season, he wouldn’t be allowed to coach on the field, and Jimbo would be the head coach. or (2) they wouldn’t renew his contract. that’s a firing no matter how you put it. Bowden even says he was forced out which is a firing.
What a specimen!! It's too bad that they didn't keep him at inside/middle linebacker - which is what he originally was before they moved him to the Defensive Line. If he had developed his skills as a linebacker in college, it likely that he would have had a better NFL career - as the Cleveland Browns DID move Simmons to inside linebacker, but he was too raw.
Ron's change of direction ability wasn't what it needed to be as a middle linebacker.comingvfrom samevtown and HS I wanted it as much as anyone (not named Ron Simmons)
@@gskessingerable Yeah, you're probably right. Ron was a really good athlete but size wise he didn't really have a good place to play in the NFL. He's too undersized to play Nosetackle in the NFL, not tall enough to play DE and probably not fast enough to play LB.
Weadfreek lol absolutely not. Some people do just have a natural physique though, he was said to never workout regularly but still be able to bench 600 pounds
@@kp7309 Genetic lottery man. Believe me, if he was on steroids, it would've made sense for him to bulk up. He played and excelled as an undersized 245-250 pound nose guard. If he had been 270 or 280, he would've had an NFL career no doubt.
He went to my high school and would come to town during FSU breaks and work out with us. He was an ANIMAL. Best was his car. He'd pull up in a TransAm with an airbrushed picture on the hood. It was a pict6of him holding up a huge sword or axe with a gorgeous woman on her knees, arms draped around his legs. Absolutely classic! Made the mistake of sitting right behind him at a movie. It was very hard to see around him, his shoulders were wider than anyone's I had ever seen and since (with about a 34" waist no less). Absolute beast, loved watching him play.
He was injured his Junior year, as I recall it was an intentional illeagal crackback block, where he was stood up and a tight end hit him in the legs. Even playing from the bench at times, he was a consensus all American. There's a line in "Big Bad Ron" were he comes in to help make a final stand... Also at a time when weight lifting was not a big part of College football, a big point was made of us playing the strongest team we would face, OU in the bowl, Oklahoma had 14 players who benched over 300lbs... Ron was benching 500! and was also one of the fastest players on the team, not he is Nose Guard and several of the tackles in this are on the sidelines.
He was seen as an undersized d-tackle. It does make you wonder why someone didn't try to play him at LB or even defensive end. Shit, Tom Landry had Randy White at middle linebacker his rookie year.
He was an absolute monster on the field. One of the greatest ever at his position.
Back when the only folks saying "Damn!" was opposing Offensive Coordinators and QBs.
The signing of Ron Simmons put FSU on the map. The NFL thought he was too small, but he was an awesome college NG much like Rob Waldrop at Arizona in the Desert Swarm defense and Steve Emtman from Washington's awesome 1991 defense. These guys were unblock able.
Small? Dude is huge...
As a Canes fan and a wrestling fan this is awesome to have watched Ron was a beast, and by the way Bobby Bowden belongs to all of us Floridians.
Na bud Bobby dadgum Bowdens is FSU all the way
But I figure the older Cane's fans watched Ron DAMN Simmons the same way younger FSU guys watched Dwayne the Rock Johnson ... Shit was cool I hate Miami but I spent way too much time trying to figure out how he lifted the people's eyebrow and I'd be lying if I told you I didn't run around telling my little brothers to shut their mouths and know their roles which I found out was actually something Simmons would tell people back stage and the Rock was just smart enough to see the genius in it and took it into the ring ... The Rock was the shit we all loved Rocky and I'm sure that's how Cane's fans feel about Simmons
Fellow Canes fan watching this. Ron was a beast and Bobby is college football royalty.
West Virginian here: we let y'all borrow Mr. Bowden.
You're welcome. 😊
(I'm kidding, obviously lol)
My buddy from back at FSU in 1979. I love the fact that these highlights are played to the tune of “Break on Through” by The Doors, whose lead singer, Jim Morrison, also attended FSU in 1962.
I knew Morrison was a navy brat from Florida but I didn’t know he was a Seminole. Thank you
That’s dope !
I went to the same highschool as the keyboard player Ray Manzarek. St. Rita Chicago IL. Go NOLES
the steve austin podcast w/mark henry brought me here. ron was a beast. and i'm a canes fan. respect.
I saw something once where Godfather and Mark Henry were talking about who were the strongest guys in the business back in the day and they both said Simmons was a monster he could out lift almost everyone on the roster at the time and the funny thing was nobody ever saw him in a gym ... When folks talk about big corn fed country boys their talking about guys like Ron Simmons
The Broken Skull Sessions episode with Ron Simmons that dropped today brought me here! 😂
Talking to a guy today at car wash. Didn't know him, just shooting the breeze. He left to get his car ,
came back in asked if I was a FSU fan (tag on my car). He said he was an FSU fan because Ron Simmons was his uncle. Nolenation!!
ron simmons is my uncle too
Ron Simmons is everyone's uncle. When he played football at FSU he was everybody's daddy. That includes the opposing QB's.
I played football at Tenn. Tech, a Div. 1-AA school, and one of my team mates played against Simmons in the North-South all star game at SW DeKalb HS in '77 (first televised then). My Cuban room mate from Hialeah, FL injured his knee and transferred to FL ST, and wrote me a post card telling me how awesome Simmons was. I think he said that Simmons ran a 4.5 forty, and benched around 520 max. I played high school in the middle Georgia area, and grew up in Warner Robins. I heard about him my senior year. Moving him from linebacker to noseguard freed this beast of a player from having to diagnose plays, to just ripping and destroying...which he did in fine fashion.
I saw him bench 550 at Warner Robins High when he was on break from FSU. I don't doubt the 40 time, the guy was fast. Your analysis is spot on. Having to diagnose plays, drop into coverage and other things LB's must do would have slowed him down. His specialty was literally seek and destroy. Watch the video closely and on several plays after he busts through the line at full speed he grabs the RB with his right hand and a fraction of a second later has the QB in his left hand neutralizing both players. I believe I saw him cause 2-3 fumbles in the video doing that. He was just an absolute beast and one if the most fun to watch defensive players ever. Probably THE MOST fun interior defensive lineman to watch.
Hey I’m from Hialeah, FL. I’ve probably run into your friend if he still lives down here
So I'm listening to A Jim Morrison song after I just watched Wayne's World and have been watching nation of domination videos . This is incredible
This dude...!!! I see where he came up with the catchphrase. He looked in a mirror at himself back in the FSU days, and was like...DAMN!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣
Ron Simmons was a dominant player at FSU!
College football hall of fame!!! And #50 retired at FSU!!!! I think that's safe to say
Ron is the OG Debo Damn he was built like a Greek God
Ron Simmons was an absolute beast! Lord Have Mercy🔥🔥🔥🔥👍
True.....I was a 5' 10'', 210 lb. wrestler who went to FSU right out of the Navy in 1962.....some 5 years later, still in shape, I stood with 19 year old Ron for a snapshot......I looked like a 90 lb weakling alongside 'Big Bad Ron'.......I still display the pic, tho....just not prominently.
Those years don't add up. Ron graduated HS in 1977 so would have been 19 in '77 or '78
Best song choice for a video ever! All hail the former World champ!!
1:08 that tackle! Good old fashion football.
I am disappointed that he didn't make it in pro football, but sometimes you just cant make it out of College. I'm glad he was able to find a profession in Professional Wrestling though.
He was too small to be a domiant interior lineman, he wouldve had to move to DE or LB
And he was very fast. Look how many plays he made along the line of scrimmage near the sidelines. I think it was too late in NFL to learn all a LB has to do when in college they just cut him loose to wreak havoc (which he did).
Main reason he didn’t make it was because he tore up his knee when he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns and once your knees go, so goes any hopes of making it in the NFL, especially when you are a rookie with such a debilitating injury . Otherwise he would’ve made a great MLB.
@AlanBrownSugar he made it to the nfl, but he didn’t make it in the nfl. There’s a difference.
Not true. Ron NEVER had a knee injury in college or pro football
Man Ron was a unit!!!
Ron Simmons was an absolute stud in college football.
DAMN!
Great to see Saul in there towards the end I met him a few times he was hilarious
6'1" , 238? He looks at least 250 to me.
Simmons was jacked.. His upper body alone weighed 238..Heard alot of pro wrestlers talk of his brute stength in the gym.. Dude was a powerhouse for his size..
You arguing with Ron?!
Every bit of it. I wonder if he’s really like 5’10” lol. He’s huge
@@letsssgooo4618 Yeah He 6ft plus
@@letsssgooo4618i believe he is sub 6 feet tall which is the only reason he didn't have a real pro career
How did Ron not have a huge pro football career? Dude was a savage
Bad knee injury ruined his chances of a promising career in the NFL so he went to pro-wrestling in FL where he made a pretty decent living.
Too small
Undersized at the pro level, even for the early 80's.
HAAH One guy asked Ron if the other wrestlers messed with him and he just stared at him. Enough said
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 they would’ve moved him to the edge
looked like a Greek God.Damn
GREAT VIDEO!!!
The future world's heavyweight champion. bad ass
Damn, he was big as hell..lol…i went to highschool with his son in the late 90’s….
Ron was the man ! Go Noles
Every time tackles you, you just had to go “DAMN!!!”
I was wondering the same thing, it sure does look like him!
Holy shiii this is the greatest highlight tape song actually.. this officially dethrones weezy- bill gates as the best highlight song of all time… the doors babbyyy
.......... DAMN! ..........
Freak of nature. Wow!!!! Built like a brick wall
Back when a 238lb nose guard could dominate…
Damn he was jacked
Damn dude was an absolute unit even in college wtf
& I thought Ron was big & ripped as a wrestler! I wonder if he was stronger in college as well? Either way he was great on the gridiron & wrestling ring.
The epitome of what "nose tackle" stands for. He is FSU blue-blood.
The start of FSU football.
FSU just hasn't been the same since Bowden retired.
@@joemckim1183fired…
Bowden didn’t not willingly retire. he was told by Jan. 2011 hed have to leave. and they were renewing his contracts annual at the end of the 2009 regular season he was offered two options (1) be an Ambassador head coach for the 2010 season, he wouldn’t be allowed to coach on the field, and Jimbo would be the head coach. or (2) they wouldn’t renew his contract.
that’s a firing no matter how you put it. Bowden even says he was forced out which is a firing.
...DAMN!
What a specimen!!
It's too bad that they didn't keep him at inside/middle linebacker - which is what he originally was before they moved him to the Defensive Line.
If he had developed his skills as a linebacker in college, it likely that he would have had a better NFL career - as the Cleveland Browns DID move Simmons to inside linebacker, but he was too raw.
Ron's change of direction ability wasn't what it needed to be as a middle linebacker.comingvfrom samevtown and HS I wanted it as much as anyone (not named Ron Simmons)
What a savage he was. Too short for his respective position in the NFL, but Ron Simmons did alright...
Wow! Thanks so much for posting this. Where did you get this footage?
jesus what a specimen
Lmao that looked like a real “Waterboy”. Damm he is a BEAST!
That's a grown Fuckin man right there.
My one take here is Ron Simmons was a monster and I clearly don't understand American football.
He was fucking huge
DAMN
238lb nose guard?!? Thats insane to think about since they typically tend to be pushing 300lbs and as wide as 2 plane seats
He's my new english teacher at my school now.
Trent U for real?
DAMN!
What new word are you learning
DAMNNN
DAAAMMMNN!!!
Damn!
2:17
When you realize your crush is looking at you
Daaamn!!!
DAMN!!! A.P.A rules.
That's not a student, that's a grown ass man.
Is that Sol at the 2:42 mark??
Yes it is!
Damn!! 😂
Simmons was probably undersized to play nosetackle in the NFL. Should've tried to switch to Defensive End in the NFL.
He should have stuck to linebacker
Way too short for DE in the NFL.
@@gskessingerable Yeah, you're probably right. Ron was a really good athlete but size wise he didn't really have a good place to play in the NFL. He's too undersized to play Nosetackle in the NFL, not tall enough to play DE and probably not fast enough to play LB.
Jesus, you rarely see noseguards with a physique that cut...
Rarely, as in once in history...Ron Simmons
College players ain't supposed to be that shredded. Sheesh!
Lol..tell me they tested for PED's back then...DAMN
Weadfreek lol absolutely not. Some people do just have a natural physique though, he was said to never workout regularly but still be able to bench 600 pounds
Travis Smith you just answered the PEDs question then. Never worked out somehow stays in shape?
@@kp7309 Genetic lottery man. Believe me, if he was on steroids, it would've made sense for him to bulk up. He played and excelled as an undersized 245-250 pound nose guard. If he had been 270 or 280, he would've had an NFL career no doubt.
That all fatback and greens/ beans and cornbread
He went to my high school and would come to town during FSU breaks and work out with us. He was an ANIMAL. Best was his car. He'd pull up in a TransAm with an airbrushed picture on the hood. It was a pict6of him holding up a huge sword or axe with a gorgeous woman on her knees, arms draped around his legs. Absolutely classic! Made the mistake of sitting right behind him at a movie. It was very hard to see around him, his shoulders were wider than anyone's I had ever seen and since (with about a 34" waist no less). Absolute beast, loved watching him play.
I think if he came a little later he could've been a proto Jevon Kearse, playing at DE instead.
Like a Wakandan God
Ron looked like that and still went home every night to raise his parents right
Big as fuck dam
6 1 was too small for NFL?
dammmm
so why didnt he do good in the nfl?
he did play in the NFL, he was drafted in the 6th round by the browns. played in the USFL as well
+Jamille Mendoza if he went in the 6th round that must have been one incredible draft. I'm thinking he would be 1st round.
He was injured his Junior year, as I recall it was an intentional illeagal crackback block, where he was stood up and a tight end hit him in the legs. Even playing from the bench at times, he was a consensus all American.
There's a line in "Big Bad Ron" were he comes in to help make a final stand...
Also at a time when weight lifting was not a big part of College football, a big point was made of us playing the strongest team we would face, OU in the bowl, Oklahoma had 14 players who benched over 300lbs... Ron was benching 500! and was also one of the fastest players on the team, not he is Nose Guard and several of the tackles in this are on the sidelines.
Undersized.
@Domini478 But he weighed only 240 while other NG weighed 275-280 at the time.
That dude is a kid... jeez.
How In God's name he didn't go pro in the NFL he was a first round draft pick LB caliber
He was seen as an undersized d-tackle. It does make you wonder why someone didn't try to play him at LB or even defensive end. Shit, Tom Landry had Randy White at middle linebacker his rookie year.
unreal now a days a coach would have found a position for him he oozes with explosive potential
he was caught in between stylistic eras
Look at that dude!!!! Wtf??? Haha.
bro thats my great grandfather
Respect bro
238 My ass.
238's ass lol
Damn!
DAMN!!!!
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DAMN
................ DAMN!
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DAMN!!!