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Topic: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse

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OrangeAfroMan

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Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« on: May 11, 2023, 09:36:43 PM »
Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below. - Grantland Rice

So they were 4 offensive players - QB, 2 RBs, and a FB.
What are some more recent 4-somes that may earn the moniker today?
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Immediately coming to mind are 2019 LSU's Burrow, Edwards-Helaire, Jefferson, and Chase.
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Maybe a brief 94-95 Nebraska quartet of Frazier, Phillips, Green, and Schlesinger/Mackovicka? 
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Maybe one of those WV teams in the mid-2000s?  I'd have to look it up. 
Do you guys have any off the top of your head?
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2023, 09:46:09 PM »
Turner Gill, Irving Fryer, Mark Schellen, Mike Rozier

FB Schellen,

Set a Nebraska fullback record with nine touchdowns in 1983
Held Nebraska's all-time bench press record with a best of 475 pounds

Schellen was a key part of the 1983 Husker Offense, scoring 9 touchdowns, which was a Nebraska fullback record at the time.  He gained 450 yards on 77 carries as a senior,
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2023, 09:47:05 PM »
Fun question. Do they all have to be in the backfield?

Not college but maybe QB Troy Aikman, RB Emmitt Smith, TE Jay Novacek, and WR Michael Irvin?.  Or you could maybe sub in RB Darryl Johnston for TE Jay Novacek.  Or maybe they had 5 horsemen..?
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2023, 09:51:06 PM »
the NFL thread is that way>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2023, 09:54:52 PM »
Ok, okay.

So then, Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, Robert Newhouse, and Drew Pearson.

Yup, that'll do the trick.
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2023, 10:22:56 PM »
So that's recent? Hell your dad was younger than you are now when those fossils were kicking up chalk
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2023, 10:34:27 PM »
Can we have all posts with "Not college, but..." deleted on non-NFL specific threads?  :)
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2023, 10:36:45 PM »
I don't see any reason they all have to be in the backfield, hence the 2019 LSU example.
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The 08 Gators have Tebow, the midgets (Rainey & Demps) and Harvin.  That's like 3 cheetahs and a sledge hammer.
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2023, 01:37:45 AM »
07 WV
Pat White
Steve Slaton
Noel Devine
Owen Schmidt (the Beer Truck)
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2023, 06:41:38 AM »
2005 USC

Matt Leinart
Reggie Bush
Lendale White
Dwayne Jarrett
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2023, 06:53:38 AM »
2007 Arkansas

Darren McFadden
Felix Jones
Peyton Hillis
Marcus Monk

I remembered the loaded backfield for Arkansas and seemed to remember a stud WR but couldn’t remember his name.  When I looked it up I saw Monk only had 16 catches for 144 yards and thought maybe I just remembered him as being better than he was.  But the year before Monk had 50 catches for 962 yards and 11 TDS.

In 07 he only played in 7 games but so I’m assuming he was injured.
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2023, 06:59:38 AM »
I’d have to think in the last several years Ohio St, Bama, and Clemson have had some combinations at QB/RB/WR/WR that would definitely qualify.  Oklahoma as well.
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2023, 07:04:28 AM »
2012 Wisconsin:

RB James White
RB Montee Ball
RB Melvin Gordon
FB Derek Watt
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Re: Recent 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2023, 10:56:43 AM »
the PSU offense in 94 broke some NCAA records

Ki-Jana Carter - RB, Kerry Collins - QB,  Kyle Brady - TE,  Bobby Engram - WR
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