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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: SI All-time College Football Team
« Reply #70 on: December 28, 2023, 03:56:57 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 28, 2023, 03:14:37 PM
don't see his name on the all-time records list, but he was a few years back
Here's one from a long time ago.....

Highest average rushing yards per game, career (minimum 2,500 yards)
FBS: 174.6 – Ed Marinaro, Cornell, 1969–71, 4,715 yards in 27 games[10]


He had Ivy League blocking, but against Ivy League defenses.
Is his very pedestrian 5.1 ypc for his career acceptable with such a high volume?  He was basically the Herschel Walker of the Ivy League.
But if someone has 900 carries for 5000 yards at Georgia vs Cornell, isn't that a big difference?
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Re: SI All-time College Football Team
« Reply #71 on: December 28, 2023, 04:02:51 PM »
Fun fact on Barry Sanders' record-setting 1988 Heisman season:
he averaged 7.6 ypc!!

His backup averaged 7.9 ypc.
lol
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Re: SI All-time College Football Team
« Reply #72 on: December 28, 2023, 04:50:46 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on December 28, 2023, 03:36:00 PM
Walter played RB, LB, KR and PK for Jackson State.
almost as impressive as Nile Kinnick
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Re: SI All-time College Football Team
« Reply #73 on: December 28, 2023, 05:00:32 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2023, 04:02:51 PM
Fun fact on Barry Sanders' record-setting 1988 Heisman season:
he averaged 7.6 ypc!!

His backup averaged 7.9 ypc.
lol
this happened often at Nebraska and Oklahoma
the 2nd or 3rd string RB would come in in the 2nd half with a fresh O-line after the opposing defense was beat down and run wild breaking big plays.
the opposing defense wasn't laughing out loud
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Re: SI All-time College Football Team
« Reply #74 on: December 28, 2023, 05:02:27 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2023, 04:02:51 PM
Fun fact on Barry Sanders' record-setting 1988 Heisman season:
he averaged 7.6 ypc!!

His backup averaged 7.9 ypc.
lol
a perfect case of lies, damned lies, and statistics
his backup MUST have been better
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Re: SI All-time College Football Team
« Reply #75 on: December 28, 2023, 09:48:47 PM »
The real answer why is small sample size.  

But narratives are more fun.
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Re: SI All-time College Football Team
« Reply #76 on: December 29, 2023, 06:51:24 PM »
Instead of old-timey vs recent all-time teams, we could have:
high volume team (Dayne, Herschel, etc)
low volume team (B.Sanders, Manziel, etc)
lower-division team (G5 and below)
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Re: SI All-time College Football Team
« Reply #77 on: December 29, 2023, 08:01:29 PM »
You want to make it easy???
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