Former Dallas Cowboys RB Marion Barber found dead in his apartment by Frisco police

[gophersfan]

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Very sad news. Thoughts and prayers to his family.

 

[WriterGoph]

This is the worst! So sad.

 

[Ope3]

Oh dear. That's just heartbreaking.

 

[BleedGopher]

Absolutely awful news. He was an absolute legend in maroon and gold, a beast with the Cowboys and unfortunately dealt with a lot of issues post-playing career.

My gosh what awful news.

 

[tikited]

Fuck...

 

[STPGopher]

Condolences to the Barber family. They are all hard to take, but this is an especially hard one.

 

[BroncoRedux]

So very sad.

 

[GringaGopher]

Such a devastating loss . Friends and teammates had expressed concerns about his mental health. He was 38 but I will always remember him in the backfield with Laurence Maroney.

 

[WAGopher]

Shocking news. Prayers for family and friends.

 

[GoForGold]

Such a devastating loss . Friends and teammates had expressed concerns about his mental health. He was 38 but I will always remember him in the backfield with Laurence Maroney.

That may have been the greatest backfield ever for the Gophers.

 

[SanDiegoGopherFan]

This sucks :-/ Condolences

Also, its the III right? I got confused when I read the headline then saw the pic

 

[stocker08]

Very sad.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

Man, what incredibly awful and sad news. RIP to a Gopher great.

 

[BleedGopher]

If I see Tweets from former Gophers I'll post them in this thread.


Go Gophers!!

 

[Ewert86PC]

This is awful news. Condolences to his family.

 

[GoldMedalCounty]

So sad…my deepest condolences to his friends, teammates and family.

MBIII arguably had one of the greatest 3 yd runs in NFL history when he was knocked back into his own end zone against the Patriots and escaped 5-6 tackles.

 

[highwayman]

Friends and teammates had expressed concerns about his mental health.

The worst part is that even with possible congenital or injury-related mental issues, you can’t help someone unless they want to be helped. “Help” in the person’s mind turns into denial or paranoia and the person often turns to self medication or worse. It’s a viscous cycle.

 

[PeoplesFront]

I remember the thread related to the tweet by Dez below on here awhile back. Those that knew, knew I guess. Despite the assumed help, It’s too bad nothing resonated with him. RIP MBIII.

 

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[Governor Sibley]

Noooo

RIP

 

[GoForGold]

That may have been the greatest backfield ever for the Gophers.

Also, too often forgotten, it was a thing of beauty in 2003 with Thomas Tapeh at fullback opening up holes for Maroney and Barber.

The Running Men: Running backs Marion Barber III and Laurence Maroney - University of Minnesota Athletics

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[XMan]

Man terrible news. RIP Marion

 

[cheeseheadgophfan]

I’d be shocked if we don’t come to learn that he suffered with CTE…..

RIP

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[GophersInIowa]

This sucks. He was one of my favorites.