I covered Brian Bosworth in college. I had some extremely interesting interviews through the years with him, including on the sideline at the Orange Bowl when he was banned because of steroid use. He went after the NCAA pretty hard. He never denied steroid use. But he just thought everyone else was doing it, too. He may have been right at that time. It was sure being used at a lot of SWC schools, all across Texas. That’s where he was from. His thought was that he first used it when he had shoulder surgery. He was supposed to stop at a point, but didn’t. He saw the benefits and got faster and stronger. He never denied that to me.
Ahh . . . I was focused on the Les Miles angle. Thanks.
Full disclosure. I’ve seen those commercials (about the refs moving in, etc.) and thought that the sheriff looked familiar. Reminded me of Kurt Russell, but not old enough to be him. Never dawned on me that it was Bosworth, with that make-up on (and it looks like he’ls slimmed way down).
I thought the sheriff was Kurt Russell. I know the Boz was in a couple of bad movies when he was younger, but I thought he actually was good in those commercials.
speaking of the Dr. Pepper commercial, who ended up stealing the championship trophy. I’m curious enough to ask, but wasn’t curious enough to watch through them.
I loved the Larry Culpepper character, although I thought the commercials were best during the first year when everyone in the commercials found him annoying. I agree all the Larry commercials were better than the Fansville commercials.