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Thunder & Lightning

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 8:00 am
by msudawg8087
Anybody catch it last night? I thought it was really good. Grew up hearing those stories about those two and the '83 through '85 teams so it was cool to actually see a documentary about them. Didn't realize there was that much separation between the two so I enjoyed learning about that aspect of it.

Re: Thunder & Lightning

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 9:11 am
by Greenhead22
30 years later it's still the same in my eyes. Raffy rode Will's coattails at State. He always wanted to be better than Will, and it took a needle to do so. He was shooting up and got busted.

Re: Thunder & Lightning

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 11:58 am
by eSJay
but.....but........according to him, he was taking vitamins :shock:

Re: Thunder & Lightning

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 7:19 am
by tombstone
Been looking forward to seeing it; hate I missed it. I will catch it one of the next 40 times it airs though.

Re: Thunder & Lightning

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 7:56 am
by donia
eSJay wrote:but.....but........according to him, he was taking vitamins :shock:
"the b12 i took must've been tainted..."

i forgot how small he looked along side the gorilla ballers at the congressional inquiry.

Re: Thunder & Lightning

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 8:33 am
by eSJay
Yea, he was pretty small (at the time). So was Will (who is now "swole").

So which one was Thunder & which one was Lightning? If I had to guess, I'd say Raffy / Will respectively.

I know several teams have had their own version of T&L, but it seems like I remember Ole Miss having a couple of running backs nicknamed Thunder & Lightning in the 80's or 90's. Anyone remember who they were?

Re: Thunder & Lightning

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 9:02 am
by donia
raffi said he thought will was thunder, powerful swing, and he was lightening due to his quick bat speed.

Re: Thunder & Lightning

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 10:14 pm
by bigwater
Sj

That thunder & lighting duo for um football in early 80's
U ask about????

They were from west pernt I think

Comparing their career to Clark & raffy
We should rename them wind cutt and dust devil