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« Reply #1638 on: January 08, 2021, 10:02:37 AM »
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« Reply #1639 on: January 08, 2021, 11:22:40 AM »
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« Reply #1640 on: January 08, 2021, 09:44:19 PM »
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« Reply #1641 on: January 09, 2021, 02:05:17 PM »
I like this list.

But, it's just a subjective list

https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-football-best-players-all-time-Herschel-Walker-Bo-Jackson-Barry-Sanders-Archie-Griffin-158871761/#158871761_7

oddly, the list doesn't include Archie's ypc or Emmitt Smith
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« Reply #1642 on: January 09, 2021, 02:22:48 PM »
I like all lists, but I'm against all over generalizations.
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« Reply #1643 on: January 09, 2021, 03:53:15 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on January 09, 2021, 02:05:17 PM
I like this list.

But, it's just a subjective list

https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-football-best-players-all-time-Herschel-Walker-Bo-Jackson-Barry-Sanders-Archie-Griffin-158871761/#158871761_7

oddly, the list doesn't include Archie's ypc or Emmitt Smith
Sure, it's a traditionalists' safe, consensus list. 
Jim Brown, one could say, is on these lists for his NFL career and eventual reputation....that he was merely a 5th-place Heisman RB for a school with no tradition is ignored.  If he'd gone on to fizzle out after 2 years in the NFL and become a car salesman, he wouldn't be ranked on any college football list.  But human beings have some sort of blind spot when it comes to differentiating college and NFL. 
It's incredible.

Here, forget all that.  I hadn't looked at the title of the article.   To propose 9 of the 10 best players were running backs is flat out stupid.  You'd have to be a stupid person to suggest such a thing.  A 7 year old would make a list like that.
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« Reply #1644 on: January 09, 2021, 03:57:52 PM »
well, there's also this......


Brown was a consensus first-team All-American on the gridiron as a senior and finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting. He set school records for highest season rush average (6.2) and most rushing touchdowns in a single game (6).  

you could easily put the 5th place finish for Hypesman (which has been discussed)  as "for a school with no tradition"
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« Reply #1645 on: January 10, 2021, 11:02:56 AM »
I'd pick Sanders for my RB if I had a mediocre OLine over HW.

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« Reply #1646 on: January 10, 2021, 11:47:39 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on January 09, 2021, 03:53:15 PM
Here, forget all that.  I hadn't looked at the title of the article.  To propose 9 of the 10 best players were running backs is flat out stupid.  You'd have to be a stupid person to suggest such a thing.  A 7 year old would make a list like that.
I'd guess that many times the RBs are the best athletes on the team

combination of strength, speed, agility, quickness, and toughness
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« Reply #1647 on: January 10, 2021, 11:54:48 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on January 10, 2021, 11:47:39 AM
I'd guess that many times the RBs are the best athletes on the team
Lots of athletes aren't players.As Jimmy Johnson always said "But can he play"
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Re: In other news ...
« Reply #1648 on: January 10, 2021, 12:24:11 PM »
I suspect by and large the running backs are the best overall athletes on a football team by position, wide receivers can be freaks as well.

If you put them in just about any other sport at an early age, many would have done well.  I know a lot of WRs were very good BBall players in HS.  Maybe that group would be better overall but not at bobsledding.
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« Reply #1649 on: January 10, 2021, 12:29:43 PM »
Herschel was good at bobsledding

Herschel Bobsledding | Bobsled team, Herschel, Walker
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« Reply #1650 on: January 10, 2021, 12:57:47 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on January 09, 2021, 02:05:17 PM
I like this list.

But, it's just a subjective list

https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-football-best-players-all-time-Herschel-Walker-Bo-Jackson-Barry-Sanders-Archie-Griffin-158871761/#158871761_7

oddly, the list doesn't include Archie's ypc or Emmitt Smith
Is Archie Griffin even one of Ohio State's 10 best football players of all time?
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« Reply #1651 on: January 10, 2021, 01:32:21 PM »
I'll defer to true Buckeye fans, but Archie didn't suck
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