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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #210 on: March 26, 2020, 08:18:30 PM »
the draft isn't much better than recruiting high school talent
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #211 on: March 26, 2020, 08:33:14 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 26, 2020, 08:18:30 PM
the draft isn't much better than recruiting high school talent
It would be interesting to look at the statistics, somehow.  I know there is a decent correlation between number of stars and who is drafted later.  But, how many drafts are busts I don't know.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #212 on: March 26, 2020, 09:55:37 PM »
Recruiting rankings and draft pick success is so all-over-the-place, because of all the variables involved.  Even if talent/ability evaluation was 100% accurate (it's not), you'd still have whiffs and busts and diamonds in the rough because of all the other things that play into it.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #213 on: March 31, 2020, 07:20:07 AM »
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #214 on: March 31, 2020, 08:41:18 AM »
I think it "ironic" that Sony Michel went higher in the draft than Nick Chubb.  Both were very good obviously.  Gurley played in college 2012-24, I'm a bit surprised he didn't make that list somewhere, maybe he didn't play in enough games.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #215 on: March 31, 2020, 10:23:19 AM »
Well if he played 12 years, you'd think he'd have gotten on the field enough...:57:
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #216 on: March 31, 2020, 10:24:21 AM »
Does anyone here think the guys at 24/7 sports spend more time doing college football "stuff" more than I do?
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #217 on: March 31, 2020, 10:37:23 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 31, 2020, 10:24:21 AM
Does anyone here think the guys at 24/7 sports spend more time doing college football "stuff" more than I do?
I'd hope so. They get paid to do it full time.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #218 on: March 31, 2020, 11:04:16 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 31, 2020, 10:23:19 AM
Well if he played 12 years, you'd think he'd have gotten on the field enough...:57:
Ha, yeah, that would be extended eligibility for sure.

I thought Gurley and Chubb were neck and neck in college with Michel perhaps a tad back.  Gurley got drafted highest of course and Chubb lowest.  Both had knee injuries, Chubb's was unusually bad.  And D'Andre Swift may be positioned to be the first RB taken in the draft, which means .... more money for him.

Now they have Zamir White probably being Number One.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #219 on: March 31, 2020, 11:08:22 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 31, 2020, 10:24:21 AM
Does anyone here think the guys at 24/7 sports spend more time doing college football "stuff" more than I do?
In total for sure. They have a lot more guys than you.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #220 on: March 31, 2020, 11:28:50 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on March 31, 2020, 10:37:23 AM
I'd hope so. They get paid to do it full time.
Right, they do it for work, then go home and do whatever else.  I go home and do college football stuff - for leisure and with the game, get paid.  Now that I'm teaching from home, I have more hours to devote to it.
Meh.
No list is "right".  
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #221 on: March 31, 2020, 11:30:44 AM »
I'd say no "ranking" is right, a list can be a fine thing I think - even if some argue about others who should be included.

Obviously, the 247 and ESPN "experts" HAVE TO generate "copy" fairly often, so they sit around pondering what they could write that would get attention and clicks.  "We" LOVE rankings.  It's fascinating, and it's on my list of things I hate at number 7.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #222 on: March 31, 2020, 11:57:47 AM »
I assume most of these types of things are just given to a guy and he's instructed to either play it safe or be outrageous on purpose.  Nothing actually genuine or in-between those extremes.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #223 on: March 31, 2020, 01:00:27 PM »
Or perhaps they are like pro wrestlers were a long time back, either Good or Bad, and they play a similar role.  But you get more clicks if your "way too early top 25" has Clemson at #20 and Syracuse at #7.  Who cares whether it makes any sense?

And publishing something virtually the same as everyone else?  Meh.  No clicks.

Look how much work ELA has put into his rankings.
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