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New member here. Not really sure why I'm posting this except maybe for nostalgia. I grew up in a small dusty west Texas town about as far away as one can be from Miami hurricanes football. Flat land. Oil fields. Wind. Tumbleweeds. About all there was. Little did I know I was going to grow up with a Hurricanes legend and another guy who should've been. I lived 5 houses down from Tory Mitchell and one street over from Bubba Franks. Growing up we would play street football with Bubba, Tory and all the neighborhood kids. In fact, I almost singlehandedly ended Bubba's football career before it started. We were in the street one day him and I throwing passes to each other. He went deep and ended up running into the intersection where an old El Camino sped by and hit Bubba as he was jumping for the ball. He cartwheeled a good five feet into the air. I thought he was dead lol. He miraculously popped back up with only a slight limp. Honestly there was nothing at that time that made me think Bubba would end up in Miami, let alone the NFL. As far as street ball was concerned, he wasn't really very good at all. Go figure.
Tory o the other hand, that guy could've been something. He was talk, skinny, fairly quiet. Did a **** of a Michael Jackson dance impression and boy was he FAST. He was a son of a ***** to stop at two hand touch street ball. He had some juke to him, but that straight line speed was otherworldly. Even as kids, I knew he wasn't normal. Kids, **** adults didn't run that fast. He still may be the fastest kid to ever play QB at any level. As a DB in high school, I saw him run down future Bills RB Shaud Williams from 35 yds back. And Shaud was no slouch. Sorry, I know this is long. I often wonder what might've happened with Tory if things had worked out at Miami. If he hadn't come home, perhaps he wouldn't be been murdered by the coward who shot him in the back. Anyway, RIP Tory Mitchell, from Bluebird St back in Big Spring bro.
Tory o the other hand, that guy could've been something. He was talk, skinny, fairly quiet. Did a **** of a Michael Jackson dance impression and boy was he FAST. He was a son of a ***** to stop at two hand touch street ball. He had some juke to him, but that straight line speed was otherworldly. Even as kids, I knew he wasn't normal. Kids, **** adults didn't run that fast. He still may be the fastest kid to ever play QB at any level. As a DB in high school, I saw him run down future Bills RB Shaud Williams from 35 yds back. And Shaud was no slouch. Sorry, I know this is long. I often wonder what might've happened with Tory if things had worked out at Miami. If he hadn't come home, perhaps he wouldn't be been murdered by the coward who shot him in the back. Anyway, RIP Tory Mitchell, from Bluebird St back in Big Spring bro.