GEORGIA SOUTHERN WR DIES IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

by Orson on Jul 6, 2006 10:12 AM EDT

Georgia Southern wideout Teddy Craft dies in a motorcycle accident Tuesday night in Statesboro, Georgia.

We won't tell you that riding a motorcycle is a bad idea. But Craft was wearing a helmet, and as someone who's skid across pavement into the side of a black sedan after laying a bike down, there's no safe way to do it. None. It's like playing football with rhinoceroses; if and when you get hit, you will lose to whatever else is out there, and you will lose badly.

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Is there anything you haven’t done, Orson?

by I'm a Realist on Jul 6, 2006 10:15 AM EDT reply actions

Never been to me—does that count?

by Orson Swindle on Jul 6, 2006 10:17 AM EDT reply actions

Is Georgia Southren where the Waterboy played?

Momma say’s riding motorcycles is for the devil.

by Odell 51 on Jul 6, 2006 10:55 AM EDT reply actions

When I look back upon my life, I hope I can say that I lived life the way Orson Swindle would have lived it…balls out.

by I'm a Realist on Jul 6, 2006 11:00 AM EDT reply actions

Is Georgia Southren where the Waterboy played?

I believe that was something along the lines of Northwestern Louisiana State.

Georgia Southern is where Paul Johnson (Navy’s Head Coach) won a Div I-AA National Championship. The school is still considered a powerhouse in Div I-AA.

Terrible news by the way…

by Adam on Jul 6, 2006 11:21 AM EDT reply actions

Geez, never ride a motorcycle, but NEVER even think about it in Middle Georgia. We lost too many Allman Brothers in those parts. Duane was a BADASS and died at 24! If only he didn’t ride a damn motorcycle. What is it with these celebs?

Georgia Southern has a great football tradition. I would compare it to Troy St in Alabama or Southern Miss. Very similar in the STD department as well…

by Erik on Jul 6, 2006 12:48 PM EDT reply actions

Woke up this morning, had them Statesboro blues.
God Bless son. R.I.P.

by Coolhand Mike on Jul 6, 2006 2:23 PM EDT reply actions

georgia southern’s a great team, but they’re no purple paladins.

by adam on Jul 6, 2006 4:05 PM EDT reply actions

Realist-

I protect Orson’s balls by keeping them in my purse.

Just kidding!

When he laid the bike down, the tailpipe burned a scar in the exact shape of Taiwan on his calf. No lie.

by The Conscience of a Nation on Jul 6, 2006 8:33 PM EDT reply actions

i’m a trauma surgeon – there is no safe way to ride a motorcycle

by skinnyb on Jul 7, 2006 12:53 AM EDT reply actions

I recommend, if you ride a sportbike, take it to the racetrack. After riding on the racetrack, I started feeling much more unsafe on the street than on the track, despite the higher speeds.

While I’ll agree that there’s no safe way to ride a motorcycle, at least on the track you’re taking a lot of unknowns out of the equation, oncoming traffic, cliffs, spilled oil, gravel, telephone polls, etc. I highsided at 75 mph on the track and had nothing more than scrapes and bruises…

by Brad Warbiany on Jul 7, 2006 8:59 AM EDT reply actions