Florida state receiver commitment Marvin Bracy sets the 55-meter indoor high school record with a time of 6.08. From the author:
"At first I thought he had false started while I was filming this and just wasn't called on it with the jump he got on the field. After replaying my video at the meet in slow mo and frame by frame it can clearly be seen that Bracy begins to move the 3rd frame after the puff of smoke from the gun. Since my camera shoots at 30 frames a second, I would estimate around a .1 reaction(or anticipation) to the gun."
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Bud Elliott
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Amazing to blow away the feild in such a short race
He definitely anticipated that gun. A reaction time like that is something that means the sound has not even reached you yet. Thats amazing. Fast is to slow a word to describe this kid
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If I am correct, at the international level, isn't any reaction time less than one-tenth of a
second automatically considered a false start?
Come and see the violence inherent in the system!!!
nooooooooooooooooooooot a clue
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by caine115 on Jan 30, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
These jokes are really getting old.
Give them a break.
by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jan 30, 2012 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
John Kreese are the ACC Refs.
We will show them NO MERCY!! By bloodying their knuckles and honking their noses before throwin them onto the ground! (Cue the asian type flute music!)
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The ACC Refs are getting old.
Give us a break…
I just don't understand what all the fuss is about.
by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jan 30, 2012 5:51 PM EST up reply actions
Same as elite body parts, “TWSS”, etc. Once it’s threadbare and entropy has had its way with all potential energy in the universe, it will have lost its appeal. Until then, simply inhale deeply.
I'm just tired of the unfair criticism.
Wish people would just get over it.
by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jan 30, 2012 6:03 PM EST up reply actions
And while we're on this
Swofford is CLEARLY a genius and not biased in any way.
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we be trollin trollin trolliun
DKN in a troll Tn mood lol
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And you ruined it.
Could’ve been an epic troll job, because you know someone was gonna bite.
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He was selling it so hard
I started questioning myself.
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Started out honest enough
Then folks wanted to argue. Couldn’t resist.
by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jan 30, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Double secret trollin...
Sheriff Branford: The fact that you are a sheriff is not germane to the situation.
Buford T. Justice: The god damn Germans got nothin' to do with it!
started out honest?
“Give them a break.
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Sweet! Help support the cause.
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by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jan 30, 2012 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
Read that wrong at first
thought you said “celebrity death march” and I thought, “man, I want to see that!”
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by DownByTheRiverWalkinOnWater on Jan 30, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
nope, it is a tenth of a second:
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question702.htm
Come and see the violence inherent in the system!!!
Last I checked
If you leave before the go its a false start, don’t look to deep into it, just enjoy the fact that Marvin plays/runs for FSU
However, if you leave less than one-tenth of a second after "go," that is,
one-tenth of a second after the gun goes off, then you have a false start. Takes that long for the athletes to react to the sound of the starting gun. Thus, caine115 is correct in the initial post, this race was as much about Marvin’s reaction time as it was about his speed.
If his reaction time is that good on off the hike on his “Go” routes, then no one will catch him, thats for sure.
Come and see the violence inherent in the system!!!
Noboby was even close
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Holy cow!
If he can get off the line like that as a receiver, it will be scary. He was at full speed almost immediately.
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Very nice Bud
Clears up the facts, but he had to time the gun, nobody has reactions of .1 of a second.
In track and field you are trained to time the gun
everybody is different but for the most part its always “one-one second, two”
He blew those other guys away which I am sure are pretty fast in their own right.
On the football field he will be lined up against CBs that will start out backpedaling and then flip their hips and then…….Bracy will be by them by 20 yards catching a TD pass.
Our DBs like to line up 10 yards off the WR at times. Does anyone think opposing DBs will start the play in full sprint away from him in hopes of keeping up?
Dont Worry, about a thing. Every little thing, is gonna be alright.
The crazy part is Darby would have done well in this race also.
Bracy is the best though hands down. This kid has a shot at the olympic team
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What was the time...
of Bracy and the guy in second place?
Even without the ancipitated start there was no way he loses.
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by GeoNole94 on Jan 30, 2012 3:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
2nd place was .4 slower
pretty sick for a short race
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by stevegrizzle on Jan 30, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
I would be just fine having
3 or more FSU sprinters in the Olympics.
Walter Dix, Mashuka, and possibly Bracy
Saw Peter Warrick play once. The rest is history...
I can see the special teams TDs in my mind already and they are glorious.
Everybody relax, I'm here.
Even if he does
What a great addition to the track team (assuming he doesn’t go pro in track right away).
Is the poster known as FSU actually Terry Saban? And why does TN not want you to know?
Unbelievable - he gets a boost from his quick start, but he cleared field maybe 3-4 yards from the start, and jetted away another 5-6 yards from his speed.
He is THAT fast. He opened it up the whole way. He gets up to speed fast, has a top speed, and it translates pretty well to the field.
The football potential is just disgusting.
Nice of them to put that wall 10 feet past the finish line.
by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jan 30, 2012 3:59 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
at least it's padded?
Knowing is half the battle, the other half is violence.
by onebarrelrum on Jan 30, 2012 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
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The next time we play UF 1,092 days will have passed since they have been able to hold our jock strap.
by kmp9494 on Jan 30, 2012 4:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
is that the O-dome?
looks like it…stupid complex. not fun to run there.
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the same as everyone else's.
only faster.
by PeachTreeNole on Jan 30, 2012 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
branding a "hater" as a hater is hating
don’t deny it :-)
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The same as if you planned a menage a trois with two fat chicks on a speed boat.
Yeah it would slow down…but that’s still a bad motha
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by Scalpemall on Jan 30, 2012 7:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That was like watching a ferrari race volkswagons.
by KnoxNole on Jan 30, 2012 4:05 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Sign and drive THIS
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by xfactor159 on Jan 30, 2012 7:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
or yugo's!
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Too bad Volkswagen owns Bugatti..
Ferrari vs. Veyron = No contest.
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I was going to post . . .
that I wish you would’ve pointed out which one was Marvin so I could focus on that runner before the race started. That was not necessary, it was quickly evident which one he was.
Smoke from the gun - and till in the blocks.
by Aussierat on Jan 30, 2012 4:26 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
yeah
But he is clearly already thinking about moving.
Knowing is half the battle, the other half is violence.
by onebarrelrum on Jan 30, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
A Road Runner amount Wile E. Coyotes
Even if those guys had ACME Rockets strapped to them….they were still gonna look slower than molasses in December compared to him.
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Damn!!
We haven’t had speed like this since . .
Neon Deon!!
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See ya later gator hater
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Holy crap.
Why did the other guys even show up?
I’m going to reveal my ignorance and admit that I never heard of the 55m.
Well, a couple UF and CU kids
were clearly seen going after the puff of smoke in frame 6.
Why did the other guys even show up?
by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jan 30, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Holy freakin crap he's fast!
I think Sheldon Cooper will dress up as Marvin Bracy next Halloween…
by TonySopraNOLE on Jan 30, 2012 4:43 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I wonder why they dont put little red, yellow and green LEDs in the track to give the runners better reaction times
Like they have for drag racing. The race should be about the players speed not reaction time, though it will always play some part.
He's fast but can he catch??
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by xfactor159 on Jan 30, 2012 7:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, right. Like EJ knows what a go route is.
by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jan 30, 2012 7:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Everyone knows what a go route is
You yell go…or hike…or….maybe this is why we have so many false starts….
It's one of those things that follow the houdini-spin-move-that-every-ACC-defensive-lineman-has-figured-out
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It is all technique
Running the hurdles well is all about technique. In the high hurdles, you take 7 steps to the first hurdle and 3 steps the rest of the way. Screw up your steps or lose correct form going over the hurdle ( chest touches knee on lead leg and rotate hips to get trail leg over) and you lose seconds. This becomes even more true in college since the hurdle height goes up from 39" to 42". This running discipline should translate well to WR.
Think Leonardio Decaprio in that silly gunslinger movie with Sharon Stone.
“Boy was that fast.” I saw it above in this thread. It was said that he can catch. If that is true, with the other complementary receivers that will be lined with him, then everyone else better get ready to jump back if most of the other kids sign with the noles on NSD.
The Quick and the Dead...
It’s funny, while reading the story I was actually thinking about how Bracy might have been one of the fastest guns in the Old West with such a fast reaction time, even if it was anticipated.
by Renegaded on Jan 30, 2012 9:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
russel crowe also gave sharon stone
A heads up about the tick of the belltower BEFORE it would hit the hour mark…. Maybe Bracy was given a similar tip!!
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by slc.nole on Jan 31, 2012 12:11 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I had to watch the Bracy race three times.
Kept blinking and missing it.
by Tonto's Revenge on Jan 30, 2012 9:12 PM EST reply actions
Unfair
that’s what this kid is. Aside from the ridonkulous speed, he has super body control and great hands. This kid is about as close to “can’t miss” as I’ve seen in more than a few seasons of recruitnikin’.
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This may be the Pappy Van Winkles talking, but...
That guy is fast.
A few DB recruits just eliminated ACC schools
Fearing they may have to cover “Racy” Bracy. This kid could litertally turn off the lights a s get in bed before the room gets dark.
by CCDFSU07 on Jan 30, 2012 10:36 PM EST via mobile reply actions
uhhh... a meter is 1.09 yards... 60.148 yards in 6.08s
40 yards in 4.04s?
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Since he is accelerating from a stop,
you can’t use simple distance ratios to calculate 40 yard times. Don’t know if Rusty the Rabbit at the Greyhound dog track could clock a 4.04 out of the gate.
hence the question mark
I knew I was missing something. Most of the 6.08, he spends getting out of the blocks and up to full speed. If he had a running start on the 40, then you could translate.
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No, but a LEGIT 4.3 should be the expectation.
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If he run a 6.08, then why is the...
clip 38 seconds long?
see, this is what a like about TN
a thinking man’s site
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For reference, Ben Johnson's 9.79 100M included a 6.37 60M - which converts to a 5.83 55M
And this kid’s just a senior in HS.
Bracy has the potential to be an Olympic medalist… and his speed translates on the field
Before or after he did steroids?
by Tuffgong5 on Jan 31, 2012 9:01 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
The 9.79
was definitely after. So that’s 9.79*
- - juiced up.
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the 9.79 was
from the 1988 Olympics
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