Scot Brantley has Alzheimers

[Marianna-FL_Gator]

Damn
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23574175

 

[T REX]

Sorry to hear...Gator great.

 

[MJMGator]

Horrible news for a great Gator. His poor family has some bad days ahead.

 

[MertzJay26]

Sad stuff man. What a terrifying disease :(

 

[BNAG8R]

I keep telling you guys. Football is over....it’s Bruce Willis in “The Sixth Sense”...dead but doesn’t know it yet. eSports, softball, quidditch, debate, and squash are the future. Foley was a renaissance-man....he’ll probably be the 4th statue.

Well, after they convert BHG to a quidditch stadium.

 

[78]

No real surprise other than not seeing the initials CTE in the story. Sadly, his brain was toast a while back.

Scot suffered the mother lode of head injuries, a knee to the head, in the '79 home opener. Doctors warned he could die if he went back on the football field. That wasn't about to derail him. He played on.

You can't talk all-time best UF linebackers without talking #55.

 

[divits]

If anyone was going to suffer from CTE it would be Brantley. He was a fierce hitter and used to lead with his head a lot. So much so that it ended his career at Florida when he got a severe concussion that knocked him out. That hit should have ended his career all together but the dude loved football too much.

 

[78]

If anyone was going to suffer from CTE it would be Brantley. He was a fierce hitter and used to lead with his head a lot. So much so that it ended his career at Florida when he got a severe concussion that knocked him out. That hit should have ended his career all together but the dude loved football too much.

Total badass on the field.

 

[MidwestChomp]

Sad to think that Alzheimer and dementia sufferers don't remember the good times. As Scot's mind goes we all know deep down he has Orange and Blue in his veins.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

One of the sickest hits on a qb you will see. I was in the stands that day at the sombrero, about 80 rows up on that side of the field on the 20 yard line on the other end of the field, you could hear it.

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

One of the sickest hits on a qb you will see. I was in the stands that day at the sombrero, about 80 rows up on that side of the field on the 20 yard line on the other end of the field, you could hear it.

That left a mark.

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Damn, what a horrible disease.

 

[78]

One of the sickest hits on a qb you will see. I was in the stands that day at the sombrero, about 80 rows up on that side of the field on the 20 yard line on the other end of the field, you could hear it.

Leeman Bennett's first season. They ran a 3-4 with Brantley at IRLB.

 

[divits]

Total badass on the field.

He played my HS in my junior year when I was out for the season with a knee injury (thank God). Ocala Forrest won the state championship that year and he was a beast. I got to see the way he hit up close from the safety of the sidelines. There was one play when our equally big and tough all state fullback met him head on. It was like watching a high speed crash. It was pretty much a draw.

I mentioned that hit to him in the Nickel's Alley bathroom when I ran into him in Gainesville. He remembered it right away and told me it was one of the hardest hits he'd ever experienced.

 

[78]

He played my HS in my junior year when I was out for the season with a knee injury (thank God). Ocala Forrest won the state championship that year and he was a beast. I got to see the way he hit up close from the safety of the sidelines. There was one play when our equally big and tough all state fullback met him head on. It was like watching a high speed crash. It was pretty much a draw.

I mentioned that hit to him in the Nickel's Alley bathroom when I ran into him in Gainesville. He remembered it right away and told me it was one of the hardest hits he'd ever experienced.

Speaking of not remembering things. Nickel beer night at Nickel's Alley.

 

[divits]

Speaking of not remembering things. Nickel beer night at Nickel's Alley.

Yup. I'd always splurge on the "Big Nic" for 25 cents and toss the bartender a nickel for his trouble.

 

[deuce]

Ka-Boom!

 

[GatorJ]

One of the sickest hits on a qb you will see. I was in the stands that day at the sombrero, about 80 rows up on that side of the field on the 20 yard line on the other end of the field, you could hear it.

Jesus. He hit him helmet to helmet and hit him out of bounds.

 

[NVGator]

One of the sickest hits on a qb you will see. I was in the stands that day at the sombrero, about 80 rows up on that side of the field on the 20 yard line on the other end of the field, you could hear it.

I like that the announcers added “That was a good, clean hit. He was inbounds.”

 

[NVGator]

Jesus. He hit him helmet to helmet and hit him out of bounds.

I guess you didn’t watch it to the end and hear the announcer?