Budda Baker

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since we all know you're gone after this season, thank you. Seriously. you could have followed the path of every other big time in state recruit at the time and left, but you didn't.

You'll be remembered for a long time
 
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I was too young to really analyze Milloy's game, but it's hard to imagine a safety as good as Budda.

He's hardly even a safety. Just a chess piece that snuffs out passes in the flat better than anyone I've ever seen. He blitzes very well, is a great open field tackler, and has crazy quicks. The pick where he landed on the sideline was unreal.

My only regret about today is he missed a kill shot opportunity on Sefo that would have been amazing.

He was always good, but the past 4-5 games he's been incredible and really cemented his legacy.
 
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I was too young to really analyze Milloy's game, but it's hard to imagine a safety as good as Budda.

He's hardly even a safety. Just a chess piece that snuffs out passes in the flat better than anyone I've ever seen. He blitzes very well, is a great open field tackler, and has crazy quicks. The pick where he landed on the sideline was unreal.

My only regret about today is he missed a kill shot opportunity on Sefo that would have been amazing.

He was always good, but the past 4-5 games he's been incredible and really cemented his legacy.
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There are members of the 1991 team that say Milloy would not have started on that team. That he wasn't sound fundamentally, and became much better as a pro.
 
I watched Milloy closely. Different player. But Budda is very special. He and Shelton are easily the best players I've seen at UW since Saint Marques.
 
I was too young to really analyze Milloy's game, but it's hard to imagine a safety as good as Budda.

He's hardly even a safety. Just a chess piece that snuffs out passes in the flat better than anyone I've ever seen. He blitzes very well, is a great open field tackler, and has crazy quicks. The pick where he landed on the sideline was unreal.

My only regret about today is he missed a kill shot opportunity on Sefo that would have been amazing.

He was always good, but the past 4-5 games he's been incredible and really cemented his legacy.
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There are members of the 1991 team that say Milloy would not have started on that team. That he wasn't sound fundamentally, and became much better as a pro.
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91 team did have good safeties. I will say I watched a replay of the 93 or 94 game against ASU. Some of the hits Milloy was making were unreal. He was slamming guys.
 
I was top young to appreciate 91. The only player I knew was napoleon kaufman. I thought he was the greatest football player of all time and I wanted to be like him when I grew up. Shame about my disability (whiteness)
 
I was too young to really analyze Milloy's game, but it's hard to imagine a safety as good as Budda.

He's hardly even a safety. Just a chess piece that snuffs out passes in the flat better than anyone I've ever seen. He blitzes very well, is a great open field tackler, and has crazy quicks. The pick where he landed on the sideline was unreal.

My only regret about today is he missed a kill shot opportunity on Sefo that would have been amazing.

He was always good, but the past 4-5 games he's been incredible and really cemented his legacy.
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There are members of the 1991 team that say Milloy would not have started on that team. That he wasn't sound fundamentally, and became much better as a pro.
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Interesting, and completely disagree.

You should PM me, DJ - lots of dates/facts incorrect.

Or Irish Doog - your call

 
In the annals (lol) of UW lore, when people talk of the rebirth of the program they will start with Haden and Petersen. Then Budda. Then everyone else. He's been that important.
 
I was too young to really analyze Milloy's game, but it's hard to imagine a safety as good as Budda.

He's hardly even a safety. Just a chess piece that snuffs out passes in the flat better than anyone I've ever seen. He blitzes very well, is a great open field tackler, and has crazy quicks. The pick where he landed on the sideline was unreal.

My only regret about today is he missed a kill shot opportunity on Sefo that would have been amazing.

He was always good, but the past 4-5 games he's been incredible and really cemented his legacy.
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There are members of the 1991 team that say Milloy would not have started on that team. That he wasn't sound fundamentally, and became much better as a pro.
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By chance were their names Shane and tommie that told you that? Milloy was awesome but had freedom to play center field and ad lib a lot.
Kidding aside I have a feeling that the coaches would have found a way make him more fundamentally sound if that was what it took to get him on the field.
As it turned out our secondary from the 91 team was not that good in the pros, apparently it was not that hard to cover people for 1.5 seconds while the rest of college football figured out how to attack the 46 defense and block Stan empertan.
 
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Keeping Budda here for Pete, was as important as coach James keeping Joe Steele here back in the day. The lifeblood for this program will always start with keeping the local kids home. Thank you young man, you will be a dawg legend forever.
 
Keeping Budda here for Pete, was as important as coach James keeping Joe Steele here back in the day. The lifeblood for this program will always start with keeping the local kids home. Thank you young man, you will be a dawg legend forever.
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This. Budda is the Joe Steele/Paul Arnold of the Petersen era. But he's had a greater career (due in part to injury avoidance) than either of those guys.
 
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