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Will Ted Ginn race this HS kid ?

Manny in CA : 5/18/2019 11:20 pm

https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/05/18/matthew-boling-challenges-ted-ginn-jr-race-saints

It's lose-lose for Ted. (If he believes can beat any other NFL player, he should have been specific).
I dont think it's a lose lose  
kes722 : 5/18/2019 11:26 pm : link
He is racing the fastest kid in the country.

He wins... he is fast

He loses...he gave the kid a shot

As long as he does it with grace he wins
That kid is crazy fast.  
mattyblue : 5/18/2019 11:43 pm : link
I don’t think Ginn would really be able to beat him, but what do I know. Ginn is a football player, that kid is an Olympic hopeful. Ginn really comes out in win-win in my mind. He loses nobody really expected him to beat this kid, he wins and he is faster than anyone thought. The better question is what will the NCAA do to “white lightning” if he wins $10,000 in a bet?
OK, I get it , kes ...  
Manny in CA : 5/18/2019 11:46 pm : link

Still, I don't think this is what he had in mind. If he doesn't accept the challenge, does he embarrass himself ?
I expect Ginn to win ...  
Manny in CA : 5/18/2019 11:52 pm : link

He's a grown man (and claims he's run a 4.22 forty). If lets some high school kid beat him, that can't be good for his bravado.
RE: I expect Ginn to win ...  
Deejboy : 5/19/2019 3:07 am : link
In comment 14448475 Manny in CA said:
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He's a grown man (and claims he's run a 4.22 forty). If lets some high school kid beat him, that can't be good for his bravado.

Ginn would get destroyed and he knows it. Ginn ran a 4.38 at the combine in his prime. He didn't get faster at 34. His track records are a little dubious given his hyperbole about his career. He claims to have beat Usain Bolt in a relay race but the source of that is Ted Ginn. No one can find actual evidence of it. I have seen an 10.2 and less impressive and more likely 10.5 100m times listed for Ginn. Whatever the case that was like 15 years ago.

Meanwhile Bowling just ran a high school record 10.13. That was be the 36th fastest time in the world this year. His best is a 9.98 which would be the 7th best time this year. This kid is a serious Olympic hopeful and would easily beat Ginn.
RE: I expect Ginn to win ...  
Koldegaard : 5/19/2019 8:00 am : link
In comment 14448475 Manny in CA said:
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He's a grown man (and claims he's run a 4.22 forty). If lets some high school kid beat him, that can't be good for his bravado.


Hey Manny

No disrespect but what does being a grown man have to do with it?

That Bowling kid is faster than any NFL player not named McCourty og Tyreek Hill. (Imo)
At 100m That is  
Koldegaard : 5/19/2019 8:05 am : link
40y dash is a diffefent story
Aha!!  
gtt350 : 5/19/2019 8:53 am : link
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Ginn May have run that speed  
UConn4523 : 5/19/2019 9:13 am : link
but that was 12 years ago. Who gets faster in their 30’s?

This kid probably beats him easily.
It's just fun  
since1925 : 5/19/2019 9:37 am : link
Ginn wants to see how fast the kid is. I suspect he will be looking at the kd's rear end in 10 meters.

Don't worry. I'm sure some sports association will find a way to spoil the fun and stop the race.
"that kid has a high motor"  
Moondawg : 5/19/2019 10:13 am : link
-ESPN Pundits
be fun to watch, i hope they make it and event  
gtt350 : 5/19/2019 10:57 am : link
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if they wear cleats and pads  
Cool Down : 5/19/2019 11:01 am : link
who wins/
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MBavaro : 5/19/2019 11:03 am : link
In comment 14448577 Moondawg said:
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-ESPN Pundits


This made me chuckle. Is that wrong???
RE: Ginn May have run that speed  
jnoble : 5/19/2019 11:49 am : link
In comment 14448549 UConn4523 said:
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but that was 12 years ago. Who gets faster in their 30’s?

This kid probably beats him easily.


"Probably"? A high school kid in his physical prime with freakish speed against a man in his 30s?
Ginn is going to get smoked!

RE: RE: Ginn May have run that speed  
Stan in LA : 5/19/2019 12:55 pm : link
In comment 14448645 jnoble said:
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In comment 14448549 UConn4523 said:


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but that was 12 years ago. Who gets faster in their 30’s?

This kid probably beats him easily.



"Probably"? A high school kid in his physical prime with freakish speed against a man in his 30s?
Ginn is going to get smoked!


Yup.
Even if Ginn beats him  
Somnambulist : 5/19/2019 4:23 pm : link
It won't make his hands any better.
RE: Ginn May have run that speed  
since1925 : 5/19/2019 6:02 pm : link
In comment 14448549 UConn4523 said:
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but that was 12 years ago. Who gets faster in their 30’s?


Carl Lewis ran his fastest time in his 30s.
RE: Ginn May have run that speed  
Vanzetti : 5/19/2019 6:47 pm : link
In comment 14448549 UConn4523 said:
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but that was 12 years ago. Who gets faster in their 30’s?

This kid probably beats him easily.


A guy who was really fat in his 20s but then lost the weight in his 30s. Like Jared
He is young and it is a lot of money.  
TMS : 5/19/2019 10:33 pm : link
But he better win or he will wear this around his neck forever. I would counsel no. The other guy is already a has been win or lose.
RE: RE: Ginn May have run that speed  
Deejboy : 5/20/2019 5:03 am : link
In comment 14449064 since1925 said:
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In comment 14448549 UConn4523 said:


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but that was 12 years ago. Who gets faster in their 30’s?



Carl Lewis ran his fastest time in his 30s.

In 1991 he had his peak year at 30 and would never win another 100m or 200m race after that. So after 30 he not be the same sprinter.
That would be dumb and dumber.  
TMS : 5/22/2019 4:21 pm : link
He wins who cares, if he loses who cares. Get a life after FB.
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