[CMI Interview] Interview with Reggie Bush

[tigermission1]

Anyone seen this interview with the likely #1 pick for the Texans? It was nice, had a chance to hear him talk about everything from the Rose Bowl to his background to his doubters and those who question his durability in the NFL and all that stuff...one nice thing that came across to me was the fact that this guy seems very confident of himself.

The interview was on FSN this week, not sure if it's available somewhere online.

Did anyone else get a chance to see it?

Anyways, this link has an excerpt of the interview, and they did talk about the Texans picking him as #1 among other things...

http://msn.foxsports.com/story/5261484

"I feel like if I would have made the pitch and we'd scored, it would have been the greatest play in college history."

- Bush, on his controversial failed Rose Bowl lateral

Emmy-winning broadcaster Chris Myers' popular series, CMI: THE CHRIS MYERS INTERVIEW, returns to FSN for a second season on Sun., Jan. 22 at 10:30 PM local. The new season consists of 13 original episodes, airing weekly without interruption, and kicks off with an in-depth interview with superstar USC RB Reggie Bush.

In the season two debut, Myers sat down with the already legendary 20-year-old just one day after he declared himself eligible for the 2006 NFL Draft. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner opens up about his whirlwind experience with the two-time National Champion Trojans, his recent decision to turn pro and his thoughts on being selected as the likely number one pick by the struggling Houston Texans. Bush also defends his highly-criticized, failed lateral against Texas in the Rose Bowl, touches on the now-famous Matt Leinart end-zone-push against Notre Dame and candidly discusses his biggest fear about playing in the NFL.

Following the debut episode, CMI airs every Sunday at 10:30 PM local through April 16, with each episode repeated throughout the week. Upcoming episodes feature Seattle Seahawks RB Shaun Alexander, who currently holds the NFL's single-season touchdown record (Sun., Jan. 29), former Dallas Cowboys QB and current NFL ON FOX analyst Troy Aikman (Sun., Feb. 5) and Hall of Fame QB Joe Montana (Sun., Feb. 12).

The 30-minute interview-show features Myers sitting down with some of the most controversial and compelling figures in the sports world. However, in a departure from traditional interview formats, FSN airs each CMI episode virtually live-to-tape, with little editing, allowing them to be seen in the natural flow in which they happened.

The first CMI season profiled such intriguing sports personalities as Phil Jackson, Charles Barkley, Jose Canseco, Bud Selig, David Stern, Drew Bledsoe, Tony Stewart, Randy Moss, Danica Patrick, Pete Carroll, Jon Gruden, Jeremy Roenick, Tiki Barber and Reggie Jackson.

Excerpts from this episode:

Reggie Bush (on his failed lateral against Texas in the BCS championship game): "I play on pure instincts…I remember being surrounded by three guys getting ready to tackle me, and I saw one of my teammates off to the right by himself, and I tried to pitch the ball to him. That's the type of player I am. I play fearless and I'm willing to score at all costs. I feel like if I would have made the pitch and we'd scored, it would have been the greatest play in college history."

Bush (on his biggest fear about going into the NFL): "The first thing you think of is, ‘Am I big enough? Am I strong enough? Am I fast enough?' You've just really got to prepare yourself to your comfort level and at the same time not try to worry about everything as far as the physical aspects of the game."

Bush (on his impressive level of play): "I surprise myself sometimes."

Bush (on his favorite moment with USC): "Honestly, a favorite moment that I have is not actually me. It's when I pushed Matt [Leinart] into the end zone at the Notre Dame game."

Bush (on working out with Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson): "Man, it was tough work. It gave me the chance to see what it takes to be the best player, to see what it takes to be the best running back at the next level, and I was grateful for the opportunity."

Bush (on how important being selected first in the NFL draft is to him, and how it affected his decision to turn pro): "I think that might have swayed my decision to stay or go. For me, I think it's important for me to be the top pick."

-FSN-

[Rocket River]

Anyone seen this interview with the likely #1 pick for the Texans? It was nice, had a chance to hear him talk about everything from the Rose Bowl to his background to his doubters and those who question his durability in the NFL and all that stuff...one nice thing that came across to me was the fact that this guy seems very confident of himself.



Confident or Cocky?

Rocket River

[tigermission1]

Confident or Cocky?

Rocket River

I didn't think it was cocky at all...although I do like a bit of cockiness in players, but that will probably come along once he has some success in the NFL.

[swilkins]

The only problem I have with the #1 pick is the fact that you take such a big hit money-wise. If the player becomes worthy in his NFL skills and ability, fine. If they don't, then it's a mess and can do more damage than good for the team.

I like Bush/Young, because they are both very confident competant players.

[tigermission1]

The only problem I have with the #1 pick is the fact that you take such a big hit money-wise. If the player becomes worthy in his NFL skills and ability, fine. If they don't, then it's a mess and can do more damage than good for the team.

I don't think that's going to be a problem with Bush, the kid is a phenom, plain and simple; you can't go wrong with this kid, I think he's going to bring a lot of excitement to the Texans next season, it should be fun to watch.

[swilkins]

I don't think that's going to be a problem with Bush, the kid is a phenom, plain and simple; you can't go wrong with this kid, I think he's going to bring a lot of excitement to the Texans next season, it should be fun to watch.

I'm not really worried. I think the Texans are in a unique situation where either could be productive.

[Blatz]

Confident or Cocky?

Rocket River

It depends, do you want him or not?

[Mr. Clutch]

It depends, do you want him or not?

LOL. I don't want him so he's cocky.

[LongTimeFan]

He's right though. If he would've landed that lateral, USC probably wins the game and that highlight goes down in history. Oh well. :p

[tierre_brown]

Bush (on his favorite moment with USC): "Honestly, a favorite moment that I have is not actually me. It's when I pushed Matt [Leinart] into the end zone at the Notre Dame game."


He admits it! ND fans have even more reason to bitch!

[mogrod]

He's right though. If he would've landed that lateral, USC probably wins the game and that highlight goes down in history. Oh well. :p

That's what I always thought as welll. I loved the play. Didn't like the result (if I wasa USC fan) but I loved the attempt. That showed he is willing to do anything to get his team a TD. I thought it was funny how he was blasted for that while Young was heralded for his lateral play. I understand one worked and one didn't, but they were essentially the same play and Young was labeled "smart" and "creative" while Bush's play was called "boneheaded". It didn't make sense to me.

[Groogrux]

There was a huge difference between Bush's failed lateral and Vince's aside from the fact that one was successful while the other one was not.

That's like saying you don't understand why people bitch about Brett Favre throwing a crappy interception into triple coverage when no one bitched at Tom Brady for throwing a pass into single-coverage that was caught. They're both essentially the same play.

[reggietodd]

There was a huge difference between Bush's failed lateral and Vince's aside from the fact that one was successful while the other one was not.

The other difference you failed to mention is that Bush's knee wasn't down when he tossed his. :p

[gucci888]

One thing not mentioned in the article about the failed lateral was that Bush had said he had done it in high school before so he tried it again. Not a big deal but he should even know there is a HUGE difference between high school games and the National Championship game vs. a top 5 defense.

[DonnyMost]

One thing not mentioned in the article about the failed lateral was that Bush had said he had done it in high school before so he tried it again. Not a big deal but he should even know there is a HUGE difference between high school games and the National Championship game vs. a top 5 defense.

It's just one of those plays where if it goes wrong, you're a total dumbass, and if it goes right, you're a flippin' genius.

[gucci888]

It's just one of those plays where if it goes wrong, you're a total dumbass, and if it goes right, you're a flippin' genius.

Agreed. Like he said, if completed, it probably would have been one of the greatest plays ever. Big risks equal big rewards, unfortunately for Pete Carroll, I'm sure he didn't want to take such big risks at that point of the game.

[SamCassell]

When you lateral to a guy who is in no way expecting the ball and thus has no realistic chance to catch it, it's a bad play. Saying "it would have been great if he made it" is like saying that a contested 3 pointer by a poor shooter with lots of time left on the clock is a "good shot" if it goes in. Vince's lateral was to a veteran running back who was ready for the pitch. Reggie's toss, in contrast, was to a freshman receiver who hadn't touched the ball all year. Regardless of the result, it was a very bad decision on his part.

[gucci888]

When you lateral to a guy who is in no way expecting the ball and thus has no realistic chance to catch it, it's a bad play. Saying "it would have been great if he made it" is like saying that a contested 3 pointer by a poor shooter with lots of time left on the clock is a "good shot" if it goes in. Vince's lateral was to a veteran running back who was ready for the pitch. Reggie's toss, in contrast, was to a freshman receiver who hadn't touched the ball all year. Regardless of the result, it was a very bad decision on his part.

I kind of disagree, I don't think anyone was expecting laterals to either players so being a veteran back or whoever doesn't really make a difference, no one saw it coming.

Either way, one worked out, one didn't. I think both Mack and Carroll will tell you they would rather see you tuck it and go down rather than try to make a superman play.

[underoverup]

"The first thing you think of is, ‘Am I big enough? Am I strong enough? Am I fast enough?'

Vince Young does not have these fears.

[Master Baiter]

Vince Young does not have these fears.
Of course not, so sayeth underoverup!!

:rolleyes:

[Desert Scar]

Not an impressive interview at all. He doesn't sound like he has humility at all.

-More excused than owned up to a bonehead play.

-Sounds like he has excelled all due to natural talent and speed in his own mind. It is going to take more than that in the NFL.

-Why does he care if he is the overall #1 pick, he already has a trophy that rightfully belongs to Vince? :confused: ;)

I will say I thought Reggie Bush showed a lot of class after the Rose Bowl (ton more than ML), some I heard with my own ears in live interview and some via VY interview (Bush came over congratulated him, etc, VY returned props to him, etc). So I take those things a lot more for what it is worth than the above interview that I don't think paints RB very positive, with who knows what parts omitted and re-arranged.

[reggietodd]

Not an impressive interview at all. He doesn't sound like he has humility at all.

-More excused than owned up to a bonehead play.

-Sounds like he has excelled all due to natural talent and speed in his own mind. It is going to take more than that in the NFL.

-Why does he care if he is the overall #1 pick, he already has a trophy that rightfully belongs to Vince? :confused: ;)

I will say I thought Reggie Bush showed a lot of class after the Rose Bowl (ton more than ML), some I heard with my own ears in live interview and some via VY interview (Bush came over congratulated him, etc, VY returned props to him, etc). So I take those things a lot more for what it is worth than the above interview that I don't think paints RB very positive, with who knows what parts omitted and re-arranged.

:rolleyes:

If VY answered similar questions the exact same way you'd say he's such a class act and is confident in his abilities and cocky=confidence. Good job on bashing Bush every chance you get. You'd make a great politician.

[IC2000]

Not an impressive interview at all. He doesn't sound like he has humility at all.

-More excused than owned up to a bonehead play.

-Sounds like he has excelled all due to natural talent and speed in his own mind. It is going to take more than that in the NFL.

-Why does he care if he is the overall #1 pick, he already has a trophy that rightfully belongs to Vince? :confused: ;)

I will say I thought Reggie Bush showed a lot of class after the Rose Bowl (ton more than ML), some I heard with my own ears in live interview and some via VY interview (Bush came over congratulated him, etc, VY returned props to him, etc). So I take those things a lot more for what it is worth than the above interview that I don't think paints RB very positive, with who knows what parts omitted and re-arranged.


Is that why he has already been working out with the best RB in the NFL (because he thinks he can survive off just skills :rolleyes: )? Reggie won the heisman in a landslide. It would belong to Vince if it was a trophy for 2nd. Leinart and Bush both went into the UT locker room to congratulate them. They should have showed some class like everybody's favorite Retarted QB "Who the real heisman? Who the real heisman?", I must have missed when Vince congratulated Reggie when he won the heisman. He looked like somebody shot his dog on the TV, it was bad.

[reggietodd]

Is that why he has already been working out with the best RB in the NFL (because he thinks he can survive off just skills :rolleyes: )? Reggie won the heisman in a landslide. It would belong to Vince if it was a trophy for 2nd. Leinart and Bush both went into the UT locker room to congratulate them. They should have showed some class like everybody's favorite Retarted QB "Who the real heisman? Who the real heisman?", I must have missed when Vince congratulated Reggie when he won the heisman. He looked like somebody shot his dog on the TV, it was bad.

Desert Scar's posts are getting humorous. I put him on my ignore list after this one. U should probably do the same, save yourself some stress.

[RocketManJosh]

When you lateral to a guy who is in no way expecting the ball and thus has no realistic chance to catch it, it's a bad play. Saying "it would have been great if he made it" is like saying that a contested 3 pointer by a poor shooter with lots of time left on the clock is a "good shot" if it goes in. Vince's lateral was to a veteran running back who was ready for the pitch. Reggie's toss, in contrast, was to a freshman receiver who hadn't touched the ball all year. Regardless of the result, it was a very bad decision on his part.

I think the Bush pitch was a horrible play. There is a reason that players are not coached to do that ... It is greedy and high risk. In both situations the teams would have had 1st and 10s in the Red Zone. It's not worth the risk.

To me, the only thing dumber that Reggie trying to pitch that ball, was Vince Young trying to pitch the ball back not too much longer after just watching Reggie Bush's failed attempt. He should have learned from Reggie's mistake. Yes he scored, but there was a decent chance that someone could get a hand on that ball because Vince had no idea who was coming from behind. Way too much risk.

Both were bonehead plays, but one team got lucky in having both pitches go their way. Those two plays were definitely the difference in the game.

[IC2000]

I think the Bush pitch was a horrible play. There is a reason that players are not coached to do that ... It is greedy and high risk. In both situations the teams would have had 1st and 10s in the Red Zone. It's not worth the risk.

To me, the only thing dumber that Reggie trying to pitch that ball, was Vince Young trying to pitch the ball back not too much longer after just watching Reggie Bush's failed attempt. He should have learned from Reggie's mistake. Yes he scored, but there was a decent chance that someone could get a hand on that ball because Vince had no idea who was coming from behind. Way too much risk.

Both were bonehead plays, but one team got lucky in having both pitches go their way. Those two plays were definitely the difference in the game.

great post

[mogrod]

There was a huge difference between Bush's failed lateral and Vince's aside from the fact that one was successful while the other one was not.

That's like saying you don't understand why people bitch about Brett Favre throwing a crappy interception into triple coverage when no one bitched at Tom Brady for throwing a pass into single-coverage that was caught. They're both essentially the same play.

OK, maybe I am misunderstanding you but...

Are you kidding me?

You are either calling me stupid or saying I know nothing about football.

Please enlighten me about all the differences between the two plays.

They were both long run plays that the ball-carrier was being brought down in the redzone when they saw a wide open teammate in their peripheral vision and pitched to that teammate seeing that it would lead to an easy TD. The ONLY difference is that one teammate caught it and the other didn't.

IMO, both were great, "high risk, high reward" (and also boneheaded) plays by great, ulra-creative football players.

[Desert Scar]

Desert Scar's posts are getting humorous. I put him on my ignore list after this one. U should probably do the same, save yourself some stress.

RT, you would be on my ignore list long ago, except I need some comic relief. You didn't even read the most important part. I'll try again, to paraphrase, I hold a lot more regard that the class Bush showed after the Rose Bowl in the live press interview I saw in their entirety than some patched together FSN interview.

IC, the Heisman is supposed to go to the best college football player, no? You can argue Bush is the better pro prospect than VY if you want, but the argument who was the best college football player is over by a landslide to anyone with his or her eyes open and clear on Jan 4th. Those that watched enough of both players and knew the game of football well enough didn't need the Rose Bowl to tell them this, sadly most Heisman voters don't qualify.

Some of you guys act like Vince Young shot your dog. Seriously guys, get a grip.

RMJ, the Bush play and VY play were different. The Texas play was an option, a well runned option always has the back ready and running almost parallel to the QB (slightly behind), even if downfield. But yes, VY's knee was down, I give you that one. What no one else talks about is the pitch was forward too. Shows how much the media, like Heisman voters, are on top of things.

[IC2000]

RT, you would be on my ignore list long ago, except I need some comic relief. You didn't even read the most important part. I'll try again, to paraphrase, I hold a lot more regard that the class Bush showed after the Rose Bowl in the live press interview I saw in their entirety than some patched together FSN interview.

IC, the Heisman is supposed to go to the best college football player, no? You can argue Bush is the better pro prospect than VY if you want, but the argument who was the best college football player is over by a landslide to anyone with his or her eyes open and clear on Jan 4th. Those that watched enough of both players and knew the game of football well enough didn't need the Rose Bowl to tell them this, sadly most Heisman voters don't qualify.

Some of you guys act like Vince Young shot your dog. Seriously guys, get a grip.

RMJ, the Bush play and VY play were different. The Texas play was an option, a well runned option always has the back ready and running almost parallel to the QB (slightly behind), even if downfield. But yes, VY's knee was down, I give you that one. What no one else talks about is the pitch was forward too. Shows how much the media, like Heisman voters, are on top of things.


The heisman was given out before the rose bowl, that game had nothing to do with the trophy. Bush was the most outstanding player in the regular season in my opinion and in the opinion of the voters. Oh thats right the voters are idiots :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Groogrux]

Just because both guys pitched on a play doesn't make them exactly the same. On Bush's pitch, he was being it by two Horns from the side and the front and he basically tried to pitch it through their arms. On Young's pitch, he was brought down from behind and there wasn't a Trojan within three yards in the space between the Youngs.

Obviously, one worked with disastrous results and one worked with great results. Is there a certain amount of luck that goes into plays like that? Sure. However, it wasn't just luck that caused the difference in the results.

And yes, I just fast forwarded through my saved copy to watch both plays.

BTW, I find you Bush supporters putting Desert Scar on your ignore list hilarious. He's no more biased for VY than you are for Bush. Give me a break.

[RocketManJosh]

RMJ, the Bush play and VY play were different. The Texas play was an option, a well runned option always has the back ready and running almost parallel to the QB (slightly behind), even if downfield. But yes, VY's knee was down, I give you that one. What no one else talks about is the pitch was forward too. Shows how much the media, like Heisman voters, are on top of things.

An option way down the field like that? I don't think so. In the option the defense is generally in front of you and the QB is aware of where defenders are. VY was well past the first line of defense and had no idea of who could have been coming from behind.

Even if I concede that it was a "well runned" (sic) option, the idea is to pitch it before you get hit, not after you've been hit and are falling to the ground (or in VY's case on the ground) because otherwise it is too risky.

Both were risky plays, and I'll bet you both of them will be told by their new coaches in the NFL not to do that at the next level.

[Desert Scar]

The heisman was given out before the rose bowl, that game had nothing to do with the trophy. Bush was the most outstanding player in the regular season in my opinion and in the opinion of the voters. Oh thats right the voters are idiots :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

The Heisman was based on the perception of voters, many of whom didn't watch enough of the players games and/or enough of the plays by the players in the games they did watched. It is not the first time flash (Des Howard, C. Woodson, Tim Brown) or systems (lots of examples) won over sustained dominance/excellence by greater individual college players.

Was there any doubt who was the best college football player after Jan 4th?

Do you think Reggie Bush was a better college football player than Vince Young?

An option way down the field like that? I don't think so. In the option the defense is generally in front of you and the QB is aware of where defenders are. VY was well past the first line of defense and had no idea of who could have been coming from behind.

Even if I concede that it was a "well runned" (sic) option, the idea is to pitch it before you get hit, not after you've been hit and are falling to the ground (or in VY's case on the ground) because otherwise it is too risky.

Both were risky plays, and I'll bet you both of them will be told by their new coaches in the NFL not to do that at the next level.

The plays were entirely different. The design was different (option), other factors were different (the position of the receiving player in the sideline versus open field, etc.), and the execution was obviously different.

I do agree VY in the pros shouldn't be doing those kinds of plays, nor should OC's design such plays for him.