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Topic: 100 RBs who had lots of carries and didn't stink

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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #98 on: March 12, 2020, 12:00:22 PM »
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #99 on: March 12, 2020, 12:02:56 PM »
for a career is overrated

for a single game - impressive

for a single season - impressive
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #100 on: March 12, 2020, 12:06:12 PM »
The reason why UW was able to land Ron Dayne is that they told him he'd play tailback. Every other school wanted him as a fullback.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #101 on: March 12, 2020, 12:48:03 PM »
And for all the Barry Sanders worshippers:
Sanders: 
7.6 ypc on 344 attempts in 1988
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Meanwhile...
7.8 ypc on 631 career attempts:  Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin
7.8 ypc on 518 career attempts:  Travis Etienne, Clemson
7.7 ypc on 386 career attempts:  Felix Jones, Arkansas
7.6 ypc on 348 career attempts:  Ty Johnson, Maryland
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I guess they just didn't juke and jive enough.
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Indiana's Levron Williams had the same career ypc average as Sanders.  Is anyone suggesting his OL was better than Sanders' was???  Was Tevin Coleman's???
This is an obvious case of a player being put up on a pedestal.  
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #102 on: March 12, 2020, 12:50:45 PM »
Melvin was certainly big, powerful and very fast.

Bo Pelini is probably still having nightmares.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #103 on: March 12, 2020, 12:57:51 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 12, 2020, 11:22:40 AM
I'm ok with Barry at #1

he was much better than Ron Dayne or Ricky Williams
He was definitely better than Ron Dayne, that guy sucked.

But Ricky Williams?  Nope. 
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #104 on: March 12, 2020, 12:58:02 PM »
I'm always amused by this. Perhaps more than any other sport, football is played as a team. Yes, there are those among them who are truly the best of the best, but deciphering them from among this list is pretty silly. How on earth could we know how Barry Sanders would do behind the Badger offensive line, and with the Badger play calling of 2014 (or whenever)? Or vice versa.

I like the Badger backs. We've had several elite ones. But more than that, we've had several elite running teams. I'm fairly sure that Darren McFadden, Bo Jackson, or Charles White would have had amazing numbers for a modern era Badger team. Not to take anything away from Gordon, Ball, Dayne, or Taylor--all fantastic backs. But who's to say who was better? All you can do is pick your set of statistics, and go with that (and remember that you are rewarding the offensive lines, and offensive systems as much as the individual backs).

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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #105 on: March 12, 2020, 01:23:51 PM »
Right, none of this is about who was truly "better" - because there is no correct answer.  The funny bit is where I post and alter rankings based on what actually happened, and people get all snookered about it.
Just going by what happened on the field, sorryyyyyy!  And it's just for fun.  It's the off-season!
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #106 on: March 12, 2020, 01:24:03 PM »
I like the Badger play calling in the 2012 CCG against Nebraska best of all games.
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« Reply #107 on: March 12, 2020, 01:37:14 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on March 12, 2020, 01:24:03 PM
I like the Badger play calling in the 2012 CCG against Nebraska best of all games.
You'd enjoy the 2nd half of the 2012 LSU @ Florida game.  The Gators ran the ball on 17 of 18 plays for 2 scoring drives, then closed out the game with 25 straight runs.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #108 on: March 12, 2020, 01:43:03 PM »
Nobody loves that kind of play calling more than the O Line.
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #109 on: March 12, 2020, 01:45:19 PM »
hah, I remember the Huskers doing something like that to the Gators

and the Gators were undefeated and ranked #2 at the time
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #110 on: March 12, 2020, 01:46:39 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on March 12, 2020, 12:48:03 PM
Indiana's Levron Williams had the same career ypc average as Sanders.  Is anyone suggesting his OL was better than Sanders' was???  Was Tevin Coleman's???
This is an obvious case of a player being put up on a pedestal. 
one reason is from watching some film

load up Levron's highlight reel, I'll load Barry's
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Re: Top 100 RBs of All-Time
« Reply #111 on: March 12, 2020, 02:56:10 PM »
Exactly!  Highlights.  That's all people care about.  Sorry Levron, you were just as productive as Barry Sanders, but you weren't entertaining enough.  ffs
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