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OrangeAfroMan

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Best #48
« on: July 11, 2018, 09:12:33 AM »
Another shorty, but goodie.  
I'll post #46 later, as I've only found 2 guys I'd even think of listing.....I'm sure I'll find a few more.  I'm driving cross-country right now, and I've got 900 miles of Texas to cover today.
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2018, 12:05:55 PM »
Two-time All American at Kansas, best back in the Big 8 in his first season. Has to be Sayers.
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2018, 12:16:35 PM »
Graham's 2,132 career passing yards was a Big Ten record at the time he graduated.  No clue where that is on the list now, I can't find a list that goes down that far.  Jim Everett's 3,256 yards is now #25 in Big Ten history...for a single season.
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2018, 12:44:08 PM »
Sayers is the best running back/returner I've ever seen (film, of course) of any, anywhere.
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2018, 02:03:28 PM »
There is a line of thought that losing him to KU was what ultimately doomed Bill Jennings at Nebraska, paving the way for the hire of Bob Devaney a few years later. 
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2018, 02:05:40 PM »
Additionally, KU's all-time backfield would probably be:

QB: Nolan Cromwell
FB: John Riggins
RB: Gale Sayers

...not too shabby.
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2018, 02:12:45 PM »
Todd Reesing would not be a bad choice for their best ever qb either..
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2018, 02:15:12 PM »
Wouldn't matter.  Why would they ever put the ball in the air?
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2018, 02:55:40 PM »
3 huge names in history

gotta go with the kid from Omaha
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2018, 02:56:51 PM »
Quote from: ELA on July 11, 2018, 02:15:12 PM
Wouldn't matter.  Why would they ever put the ball in the air?
exactly why you go with Cromwell, if one of the backs fumble Nolan can pick it up and run or make the tackle
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2018, 06:57:05 PM »
Some things:
We have 2 contemporaries, which is rare for this series.  Bertelli won the '43 Heisman, Graham finished 3rd.  
Bertelli had three top-6 Heisman finishes, but he didn't pass a ton, didn't run much...I'm wondering why he was so highly thought-of (besides being ND's QB).
KU's coach must've been a moron....his first year, he averaged 7.1 ypc.  He never had as many carries in a season as he did that first year.  WTF?
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2018, 07:05:19 PM »
He must have figured if he reduced his carries his ypc would be even better.

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Re: Best #48
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2018, 07:07:05 PM »
Quote from: ELA on July 12, 2018, 07:05:19 PM
He must have figured if he reduced his carries his ypc would be even better.

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Damn, ELA, why'd you beat me to it? 
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Re: Best #48
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2018, 07:14:45 PM »
Ah, except his backups didn't average higher ypc.....
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