When McFadden, Bush, and Fargas Was Simply No. 34

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Published: May 23, 2009

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... Raiders in the late 1980s, he is also probably the reason.

Like the Baby Boomer generation following World War II, there is a Bo Jackson generation of Oakland Raiders fans.

I am one of them.

My dad was somewhat of a Jets fan. His parents had rented a beach house to Mickey Shuler of the Jets for several years when I was young. If not for Mickey he probably would never have been a football fan at all.

I loved sports and as a five year-old kid my parents turned an Eagles' Mike Quick jersey into a Shuler jersey. I wore holes through that jersey until I was nine.

It was at that age that I watched Bo Jackson for the first time. I haven't cared about a Jets game since.

I was so young, but even a kid recognizes excitement. While the world was idolizing Michael Jordan, my room was covered with posters of Bo.

What I now realize about my childhood hero:

Bo Jackson was the most remarkab...

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