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I sure wish either Brees or Orton had a Calvin Johnson to throw the ball to, though... For all that could be said about "basketball on grass" being a pass-happy offense, Tiller never really seemed to bring in the class of WR talent that you thought would be expected given that his system showcased the WRs so much.

I think these 'offensive genius' coaches don't worry about the talent of their WRs too much.  They're so confident that if they can get their QB to do what they want, anyone could be running the routes and the system would work.  Spurrier was kind of like that.  Before Hilliard and Anthony, Florida's best receivers in Spurrier's first 4 years were a TE, a 5'8" guy, and a white kid that probably ran a 4.8 forty.  
The better the passing system, the less talented the working parts are required to be.

voted Barry, not a tough decision

my favorite Husker I-back wore #21 - kid from Iowa

career numbers don't put him on this list, but he was obviously a great back

The clear trend today with RBs is to limit them to around 20 carries per game, with a few exceptions.  With 20 touches and 7 ypg, well, you do the math, a great game but not beyond the pale.

The "Pale" interesting, perhaps, is the area around Dublin, Ireland.

Is it more impressive to have 20 carries and 7 ypc or 35 carries and 4 ypc?  It depends.

What Sanders did in the League is tough to ignore.  He did not exactly have an all Pro line up there.

The clear trend today with RBs is to limit them to around 20 carries per game, with a few exceptions.  With 20 touches and 7 ypg, well, you do the math, a great game but not beyond the pale.

The "Pale" interesting, perhaps, is the area around Dublin, Ireland.

Is it more impressive to have 20 carries and 7 ypc or 35 carries and 4 ypc?  It depends.

What Sanders did in the League is tough to ignore.  He did not exactly have an all Pro line up there.

Barry did have 35 carries against a pretty good Nebraska defense that season, but averaged 5.4
I'd guess most games he had fewer carries and more yards.
Causes me to wonder how Penn State would have finished last season if Saquon Barkley would have doubled his rushing attempts from 16 per game to 32?

Barry did have 35 carries against a pretty good Nebraska defense that season, but averaged 5.4
I'd guess most games he had fewer carries and more yards.
Causes me to wonder how Penn State would have finished last season if Saquon Barkley would have doubled his rushing attempts from 16 per game to 32?

Double his rushing attempts?  You increase his carries by that much, he probably would have been just about the worst back in the Big Ten, if not the nation.  Temple wouldn't even have him at that point.

Double his rushing attempts?  You increase his carries by that much, he probably would have been just about the worst back in the Big Ten, if not the nation.  Temple wouldn't even have him at that point.

you don't believe in OrangeAfro's silly opinion that any RB's average will go down as number of carries goes up?

so, you feel Barkley wouldn't have held up physically or Penn St's offense simply wasn't built with the O-line and scheme to be successful running the ball 30 times a game?