Can't say for sure, but it's up there. 1981 BU @ Arkansas.

This hit and interception by the Baylor defense against Arkansas in 1981 🤯 pic.twitter.com/noMtrbk6GY

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Morton's hit on Sterling was the biggest I can remember. Think it got flagged for targeting but the hit clean was as can be.

IowaBear said:

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Morton's hit on Sterling was the biggest I can remember. Think it got flagged for targeting but the hit clean as can be.

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It was glorious. After review he was allowed to continue. He wasn't that big but he was like a piece of iron. He had a good career in Canada football I believe.

ronnie lee's hit on the Arkansas kicker on the kickoff was a classic.
Another was Sepulveda's hit on the punt returner.

Ahmad Dixon, Sam Holl, Eddie Lackey, Clay Johnson come to mind as guys within the last decade who laid some pretty big hits

In the 1974 "Miracle on the Brazos" game, BU safety Ron Burns lit up UT quarterback Marty Akins on an option play that caused a fumble we recovered and if memory serves also knocked Akins unconscious. It was one of the hardest legal hits I've ever seen in a BU game (at least it was legal in 1974). I later read that Akins was so beaten up during that game that he had to be carried off the field at the end of it.

How many broke helmets like Mike Singletary?

Michigan St on our kicker in the Cotton Bowl gets my vote.

I thought he was dead.

Corey Coleman absolutely killed a dude as a lead blocker one time. I think it was a game against Kansas

IowaBear said:

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Ahmad Dixon, Sam Holl, Eddie Lackey, Clay Johnson come to mind as guys within the last decade who laid some pretty big hits

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I had a racquetball class with Eddie Lackey and Levi Norwood. Not big guys at all. Lackey could not have been taller than a 5'9", maybe 5'10"

And I always felt kind of bad for Sam Holl. His girlfriend sat behind me in one of my classes, so I always heard about his concussion count. Think he had like four or five during his playing career

Yeah Norwood on Tv always looked tiny. He couldn't have been more than 185. Lackey definitely looked short but was absolutely shredded. Tough to hear about Holl I remember him missing time for 2 concussions. But 4-5!! We're talking permanent issues

IowaBear said:

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Yeah Norwood on Tv always looked tiny. He couldn't have been more than 185. Lackey definitely looked short but was absolutely shredded. Tough to hear about Holl I remember him missing time for 2 concussions. But 4-5!! We're talking permanent issues

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Yeah IDK, I don't want to go telling tales but my eavesdropping led me to believe that he had had a handful

Stefano DiMera said:

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Michigan St on our kicker in the Cotton Bowl gets my vote.

I thought he was dead.

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That is what I was expecting to see when I opened into the thread. Connor Martin right?

IowaBear said:

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Morton's hit on Sterling was the biggest I can remember. Think it got flagged for targeting but the hit clean as can be.

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Back when the rule was so stupid -- pretty sure it only lasted that year in 2013.

For context, if a player was called for targeting, it was a 15-yard penalty and ejection. But if a targeting call was reversed, the player could still play but the 15-yard penalty remained.

It was a gross over-attempt to mitigate targeting and help prevent injuries...glad they changed course.

Robby44's hit on. USC receiver in 1985 was darn good.

It occurred in May of 16.

For me? It was being in Northern Michigan, sitting at a bar during lunch, and having ESPN announce that Briles had been fired!

IowaBear said:

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Morton's hit on Sterling was the biggest I can remember. Think it got flagged for targeting but the hit clean as can be.

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EatMoreSalmon said:

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Robby44's hit on. USC receiver in 1985 was darn good.

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bu vs usc '85

Youre a clown said:

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Corey Coleman absolutely killed a dude as a lead blocker one time. I think it was a game against Kansas

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West Virginia

IowaBear said:

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Ahmad Dixon, Sam Holl, Eddie Lackey, Clay Johnson come to mind as guys within the last decade who laid some pretty big hits

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Do you remember Jordan Lake? He would wear red contacts I think and look to take someone's head off

I do! Jordan and Joe pawalek (spelling) were absolute studs on bad teams

Sepulveda on that guy from Northwestern State. Just...BOOOOOM!

OsoCoreyell said:

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Sepulveda on that guy from Northwestern State. Just...BOOOOOM!

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Think that was North Texas in 2004

Mike Hicks had a lot of devastating hits too

Yeah Mike was a thumper. Kid played with some serious swag too

Johnny Bear said:

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In the 1974 "Miracle on the Brazos" game, BU safety Ron Burns lit up UT quarterback Marty Akins on an option play that caused a fumble we recovered and if memory serves also knocked Akins unconscious.

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One week later against Tech Burns made what I thought was even harder hit on QB Don Roberts. I could hear it up in the stands and it knocked him cold for several minutes. That may have been the turning point of the game.

Anyone remember Mike Welch? James Francis? Robert Blackmon? Absolute beasts in the late 80s!

The Sepulveda hit was the first one I thought of

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IowaBear said:

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Morton's hit on Sterling was the biggest I can remember. Think it got flagged for targeting but the hit clean as can be.

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Back when the rule was so stupid -- pretty sure it only lasted that year in 2013.

For context, if a player was called for targeting, it was a 15-yard penalty and ejection. But if a targeting call was reversed, the player could still play but the 15-yard penalty remained.

It was a gross over-attempt to mitigate targeting and help prevent injuries...glad they changed course.

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The things that always killed me about that play were:

1) it was a clean hit, so it should have ended the drive there. No penalty whatsoever.

2) Dixon took his helmet off afterwards and got another 15 yards tacked on. If the drive was over, like it should have been, he takes his helmet off and goes to the sideline anyway. No additional penalty.

3) Shepard controlled the ball, then was separated from it when he got lit up like a Christmas tree. It was a clear fumble with an immediate recovery by Dixon. Our ball at that spot, no penalties, no further need to even review the play.

Extreme gross negligence in officiating and a couple of stupid rules that compounded the situation.

KD Cannon decleated Sam Carter as Goodley scored our 1st touchdown of the day in the legendary 61-58 victory over tcu.

A briles RB knocked an osu defender out cold. That was cool

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EatMoreSalmon said:

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Robby44's hit on. USC receiver in 1985 was darn good.

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Watters hit on Rusty Hilger in the Bluebonnet Bowl against OkSt belongs here, too.

Mike Welch had a massive hit on TCU receiver Stephen Shipley. Shipley said it was the hardest hit he'd ever received. He got a pretty bad concussion on that play.

Baylor Hit

LB Tommy Tubbs (?) goal line hit on Aggie RB (Rodney Thomas or Greg Hill perhaps) at Floyd Casey. No video found.

Ahmad Dixon hit on Boykins when he was a WR, at TCU. Patterson went crazy.;

Non-Baylor Hit
Quentin Coryatt (A&M stud LB) on TCU WR