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The Power Four => Big Ten => Topic started by: OrangeAfroMan on October 08, 2025, 07:47:20 PM
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Let's try something. Yes, this belongs in the offseason, but whatever.
This is not 'Nam, this is bowling, there are rules.
WHAT TO DO: You quote the post above yours and add ONE and ONLY ONE player to the team.
After 25 posts, the thread is closed and we have an all-decade team.
Got it?
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has to be Herschel Walker at RB1 and that's the only valid answer, then debate rages at RB2 but I'm taking Barry Sanders.
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jesus, Barry is WAY a head of Herschel
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jesus, Barry is WAY a head of Herschel
I’ll take Herschel and Bo.
Barry RB3.
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I’ll take Herschel and Bo.
Barry RB3.
you are entitled to your opinion
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jesus, Barry is WAY a head of Herschel
Barry was a better RB and had the greatest single season any RB has ever and will ever have- but Herschel was 1,600+ yards and 15+ TD's for 3 years straight in the SEC- true frosh to jr year- just banging out All-American seasons. you doing an all-decade team- that matters. Barry had one insane year- Herschel Walker had 3 awesome years.
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you know that Barry would have had 3 better seasons had Thurman not been in the way and the NFL draft
we ALL know
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Barry was a better RB and had the greatest single season any RB has ever and will ever have- but Herschel was 1,600+ yards and 15+ TD's for 3 years straight in the SEC- true frosh to jr year- just banging out All-American seasons. you doing an all-decade team- that matters. Barry had one insane year- Herschel Walker had 3 awesome years.
Lord have mercy.
(https://i.imgur.com/9RAQ8sC.png)
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This is great - like a baseball lineup. No one person can exceed the input of anyone else.
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Walker played 3 years, ending in 1982.
Here in 2025, no other SEC RB has run for as many yards, even in 4 seasons. 43 years. An extra season.
No one has come within 500 yards of him (490, specifically).
It's obscene.
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you know that Barry would have had 3 better seasons had Thurman not been in the way and the NFL draft
we ALL know
If only he had another season with 100+ carries that we could look at.....
105 carries, 5.7 ypc
As a backup, he had normal stats.
So no, we do not know that.
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Also, maybe anticipating 25 different people posting on this thread was ambitious, lol.
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Also, maybe anticipating 25 different people posting on this thread was ambitious, lol.
I'll contribute, I'm just thinking. Not many obvious Texas players here in the middle of that decade of suckitude, so I'll have to look harder around the country.
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hint::: look north in Stilwater
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hint::: look north in Stilwater
Eh. I'm not gonna get in the middle of the running back debate. I think all three of the guys mentioned were pretty special in their way.
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besides, who wants to pick Mr. Obvious?
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besides, who wants to pick Mr. Obvious?
Ed Zachary!
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Also, maybe anticipating 25 different people posting on this thread was ambitious, lol.
I wasn't really watching CFB in the 80s, so I don't want to interject player picks with my ignorance.
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Okay, this one's for @FearlessF (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=10) !
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I already made my pick but I would like to nominate Andre Tippet, who played DE, and was a consensus all-American for Iowa. Even though he is most famous for being an NFL hall of famer at LB.
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I already made my pick but I would like to nominate Andre Tippet, who played DE, and was a consensus all-American for Iowa. Even though he is most famous for being an NFL hall of famer at LB.
If you could pick 25 times, would the team be completely loaded with all Hawkeyes? ;)
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Eh. I'm not gonna get in the middle of the running back debate. I think all three of the guys mentioned were pretty special in their way.
So I hink the 3 RBs mentioned so far are Hershal Walker, Barry Sanders, and Bo Jackson. I would like to add one more suggestion that should be included in the debate
Marcus Allen
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Vinny Testaverde? Troy Aikman? Andre Ware?
No. No. No.
It's Chuck Long.
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Vinny Testaverde? Troy Aikman? Andre Ware?
No. No. No.
It's Chuck Long.
Doug Flutie, obvi.
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Vinny Testaverde? Troy Aikman? Andre Ware?
No. No. No.
It's Chuck Long.
Yes, Doug Flutie
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So i think the 3 mentioned so far are Hershal Walker, Barry Sansder and Bo Jackson. I would like to add one more RB that should be included in the debate
Marcus Allen
Agree. Mike Rozier also comes to mind. I didn't see much of George Rogers.
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Okay, this one's for @FearlessF (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=10) !
I respect the player's talent and paly on the field
good pick
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I already made my pick but I would like to nominate Andre Tippet, who played DE, and was a consensus all-American for Iowa. Even though he is most famous for being an NFL hall of famer at LB.
I thought Tippet was most famous for offering to show his "Patriot Missile" to a female locker room reporter.
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Doug Flutie?
I thought about him, but man, they didn't really play much of a schedule. They lost to just about every ranked team they played.
Ware only had that one great year, so he's out.
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I thought about him, but man, they didn't really play much of a schedule. They lost to just about every ranked team they played.
Ware only had that one great year, so he's out.
The 80's were definitely the decade of the RB's --- QB offerings are slim pickens.
Flutie or Testaverde, I guess ?? Sheesh.
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Vinnie by a landslide over Dougie
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Full on homer pick. Deal with it.
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Full on homer pick. Deal with it.
Paul Gruber, LT.
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You don't quote MY post, but the one previous to yours. @Gigem (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1706) you better hurry!
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I already made my pick but I would like to nominate Andre Tippet, who played DE, and was a consensus all-American for Iowa. Even though he is most famous for being an NFL hall of famer at LB.
Over Larry Station??
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Vinny Testaverde? Troy Aikman? Andre Ware?
No. No. No.
It's Chuck Long.
An option QB makes sense to me, for the 80s. Everyone was still running the ball 80% of the time, outside of Miami, Provo, and Houston.
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Potential Florida guys:
RB Smith
WR Nattiel
OT Lomas Brown
DE/LB Richardson
LB Marshall
S Oliver
K Raymond
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I like it WAY better than Dougie
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Potential Florida guys:
RB Smith
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DE/LB Richardson
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you had your pick, Boomer
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Wisconsin had 3 first round picks in 1984.
Darryl Sims, Al Toon, Richard Johnson
Plus 8 more drafted.
They were 7-4-1.
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On offense the Horns were a total mess in the 80s. There were a (very) few elite level defensive players. These are probably the only guys I'd nominate for an all-decade list.
Kenneth Sims, Defensive Tackle: Lombardi award in 1981, overall #1 NFL draft pick 1982
Jerry Gray, Safety: Two time Consensus All American 1983, 1984
Tony DeGrate, DL: Lombardi winner in 1984, consensus All American 1984
And then maybe Eric Metcalf as a kick return specialist.
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To be honest I hardly know anyone from the 80’s. I didn’t watch CFB at all. Nobody in my immediate family did.
I always heard Ray Childress was a beast on the field. He had a productive NFL career. Outside of that I couldn’t tell you much. I heard Kevin Murray ( Kylers dad) was a helluva QB until he broke his leg.
A&M was really good from the mid to late 80’s. Total garbage before that.
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Because I don't know the 80s CFB very well, I just have one request for anyone who does:
If there's a Notre Dame player that's a surefire can't miss #1 pick for one of these positions...
...please identify #2 and submit them before the ND player can be added :57:
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Tim Brown comes to mind for the Irish. Rocket Ismail for return man (although he goes into the 90s). Todd Lyght at CB, and Chris Zorich (DT) are the others that come to mind, but DT is already filled up.
I'm disappointed that I can't find a nice, short clip of the "phantom clip" that called back the Rocket's return in the waning moments of the Orange Bowl, helping Colorado win half of a national championship. And I'm pretty sure most of you aren't interested in a 4:30 clip from Notre Dame's propaganda department. :-)
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Terry Hoague Safety.
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ND sucked in the mid-80s, including the infamous 58-7 loss @ Miami (under the HS HC).
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A compromise on Barry Sanders could be as the returner. In '87, he had 2 KR TDs and 2 PR TDs.
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But maybe some of you will appreciate this instead:
The Rocket at Michigan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGK8SU7qe4g)
And yes, ND was not good in the mid 1980s, but until the advent of the college football playoff's expanded format, the 1988 MNC season was among the best that any championship team ever had.
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Ehhh....Cleveland Gary had a TD. And Major Harris got hurt on the 3rd play. But I get what you're saying.
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ND sucked in the mid-80s, including the infamous 58-7 loss @ Miami (under the HS HC).
Yeah, but if you're really looking for a way to get under an ND fan's skin, remind them that in 1989, down 17-10 in the third quarter, they gave up a 3rd and 43 conversion to Miami. Miami ended up scoring a TD on that drive, burying ND's national title hopes.
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Ehhh....Cleveland Gary had a TD. And Major Harris got hurt on the 3rd play. But I get what you're saying.
Yes, and it wasn't just one bad call and the game against WVU. They beat (final AP rankings):
#7 USC
#5 West Virginia
#4 Michigan, and
#2 Miami (and there were bad calls to go around in that game, not just the phantom fumble (which, for the record, was a bad call)--that was football at the time; see the Phantom Clip noted above.) :-)
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There were a (very) few elite level defensive players.
Tony DeGrate, DL: Lombardi winner in 1984, consensus All American 1984
this guy
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this guy
He worked with my mom for the State back in the 90s and I got to meet him and hang out a couple of times. Incredibly nice guy, you'd never know how badly he terrorized offenses back in the day.
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LB- Chris Spielman.
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Okay, let's open it up to no more than 3 selections per poster.
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Okay, let's open it up to no more than 3 selections per poster.
OK but can we agree we've certainly already reached our quota of Iowa players?
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OK but can we agree we've certainly already reached our quota of Iowa players?
It's up to you guys. We won't produce an all-time best all-decade team, but it'll be really great and it'll be ours. So far, it's beautiful.
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Kind of blown away Anthony Carter hasn't gotten a mention...
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Well, Michigan fans are well known for their humility...
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It's up to you guys. We won't produce an all-time best all-decade team, but it'll be really great and it'll be ours. So far, it's beautiful.
Well I'm trying my best to pick the best players for an all-decade team, not just stock it with homer picks.
Otherwise you jackwagons would already be desperately searching the internet for who the eff Rob Moerschell is.
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I think we can have a blend of homerish, qualified guys.
Iowa sort of peaked in the 80s, reaching the top 10 in 5 of 6 seasons under Fry. Also, this is incredibly low-stakes, lol.
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Well I'm trying my best to pick the best players for an all-decade team, not just stock it with homer picks.
Otherwise you jackwagons would already be desperately searching the internet for who the eff Rob Moerschell is.
I think Sims and Gray belong. Texas' early 80s defenses were no joke.
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Over Larry Station??
Andre Tippett played DE at Iowa. Larry Station played LB at Iowa. So they are not competing for the same spot.
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The 80's were definitely the decade of the RB's --- QB offerings are slim pickens.
Flutie or Testaverde, I guess ?? Sheesh.
BYU had some good ones. Jim McMahon. Steve Young.
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BYU had some good ones. Jim McMahon. Steve Young.
Also there were those that were ok in college but had pretty good NFL careers John Elway, Dan Marino.
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I was going to mention Elway, Marino, Jim Kelly, Boomer Esiason, Troy Aikman.
Quite a few really good NFL guys.
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Okay, let's open it up to no more than 3 selections per poster.
slacker
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OK well, Someone was gonna come up with Dave Rimington
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Quite a few really good NFL guys.
Can we please not?
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ND sucked in the mid-80s, including the infamous 58-7 loss @ Miami (under the HS HC).
Didn’t they win the MNC in 1988? Not sure if 1988 qualifies as “mid” 80’s, but it was sure close.
Kind of makes me wonder…how do you determine what constitutes “early, mid or late” decade? Obviously something like 1980-1982 is early 80’s. 1984-86 is definitely mid 80’s, and 1988-1989 is late 80s. So what do you consider 1983. Is it mid 80’s, or early 80’s. What about 1987?
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let's get serious people and bang out this roster.
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1983 was a great season for NCAA offensive records
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let's get serious people and bang out this roster.
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good one
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Can we please not?
Not what?
Mention that there were lots of studs that don’t qualify for the greatest college QBs of the 80’s?
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John Elway was a great college quarterback who played for a bad team. His Heisman standing, for a player on such a mediocre team, shows how good he was.
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Not what?
Mention that there were lots of studs that don’t qualify for the greatest college QBs of the 80’s?
He's asking that we not make a greatest all-time college list based primarily on NFL success. I agree.
John Elway was a great college quarterback who played for a bad team. His Heisman standing, for a player on such a mediocre team, shows how good he was.
But I do think there's room for guys who were great in college but on bad teams, and then flourished in the NFL.
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Oh and as much as I loathed him, Bosworth is a great pick at LB.
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Ten years, divided by 3.......yields 3-4-3. "ND sucked in the mid-80s" because they had a shit HS coach. Then they hired Holtz and didn't suck anymore.
Early: 80-82
Mid: 83-86
Late: 87-89
Easy. It's math.
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Early: 80-83
Mid: 83-86
Late: 86-89
Easy. It's math.
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Early: 80-83
Mid: 83-86
Late: 86-89
Easy. It's math.
AOM had logic, but I like this better.
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mine also has logic, just different
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Yeah I'm with fearless. 83 could be early or mid. 86 could be mid or late.
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in spirit of the rivalry, adding 1 player from each team.
QB - Chuck Long, Iowa
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I don't know how you do it for decades, but for age...
Early 40s: 40-44
Mid 40s: 45-47
Late 40s: 48-49
B/C you have to put off that "mid" and "late" as long as you can... I'm getting damn close to my late 40s.
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Late 40's - just a baby.
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Chuck Long would have been just fine in the NFL except he was picked by the Lions.
Even with that handicap, he stuck around for 8 years or so.
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are you simply poking OAM?
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Just generally poking.
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are you simply poking OAM?
Are you upset he's trying to steal your gig?
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nah, I'll take the help
there's only so much one man can do
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in spirit of the rivalry, adding 1 player from each team.
QB - Chuck Long, Iowa
RB - Herschel Walker, UGA
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I was tempted, just to provoke the Iowa haters, to pick Jay Hilgenberg (or was it Jim, Joel or Jerry?) at Center, but jeesh, Remington has the fricken trophy, for best center in college football, named after him.
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Added Bennie Blades, and Rocket Ismail.
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How about Derrick Thomas at LB.In the conversation for the best I've ever seen play
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Let's just add guys every so often, with no one person taking over. We have more decades to play with!!!
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DE - Danny Stubbs, Miami
DE - Reggie White, TN
DT - Ray Childress, A&M
DT - Tim Krumrie, WI
LB -Brian Bosworth, OU
LB - Chris Spielman, Ohio State
LB - Derrick Thomas, Ala
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RB - Herschel Walker, UGA
RB - Bo Jackson, Auburn
WR - Anthony Carter, Michigan
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T - Bill Fralic, Pitt
T - Jim Covert, Pitt
G - Dean Steinkuler, NEB
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DE - Danny Stubbs, Miami
DE - Reggie White, TN
DT - Ray Childress, A&M
DT - Tim Krumrie, WI
LB -Brian Bosworth, OU
LB - Chris Spielman, Ohio State
LB - Derrick Thomas, Ala
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I know Bo Schembechler got a lot of grief for never winning it all, but as a program, Pitt is the #1 "how did you never win a NC" in the country, by far.
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Just leaving off the returner so you don't have to acknowledge the Irish? :-)
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I know Bo Schembechler got a lot of grief for never winning it all, but as a program, Pitt is the #1 "how did you never win a NC" in the country, by far.
And another one of those programs that leads one to wonder: where'd they go?
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And another one of those programs that leads one to wonder: where'd they go?
To an off-campus stadium.
Kickers: Morten Andersen, Kevin Butler, Jeff Jaeger, David Tredwell, Jason Hanson.
I'd pick Butler out of those. I'm out of picks though.
Someone pick Rod Woodson out of Purdue please.
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For WR I was thinking Michael Irvin or Tim Brown. I've already taken my homer pick, but Tim Brown did win the Heisman trophy (and I'm sure he got an ND bounce in the voting). That guy was good. And so was Irvin (as much as I didn't like either the college or the pro team he played for).
Anyway, I'd take one of those guys.
For the second safety spot, as much as I loathe USC, Mark Carrier would be a good choice, or Terry Hoage, but I didn't see the latter play). Woodson played CB in college, I think, and safety in the pros? I feel like a lot of those guys moved to safety after being corners in college...
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(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BfWb_-jcjvc/sddefault.jpg)
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He's worthy.
"All he ever does is catch touchdowns."
- Buddy Ryan on Carter, after cutting him (oops...)
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Just need someone to plug them in. Hoage was nominated earlier. There's also Lott or Easley.
But I like our all-decade team to not necessarily be a existent, consensus-type thing. Some alternative, worthy players + some homerism.
It's great.
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QB - Chuck Long, Iowa
RB - Herschel Walker, UGA
RB - Bo Jackson, Auburn
WR - Anthony Carter, Michigan
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T - Bill Fralic, Pitt
T - Jim Covert, Pitt
G - Dean Steinkuler, NEB
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DE - Danny Stubbs, Miami
DE - Reggie White, TN
DT - Ray Childress, A&M
DT - Tim Krumrie, WI
LB -Brian Bosworth, OU
LB - Chris Spielman, Ohio State
LB - Derrick Thomas, Ala
CB - Deion Sanders, FSU
CB - Rod Woodson, Purdue
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P - Reggie Roby, Iowa
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I know Bo Schembechler got a lot of grief for never winning it all, but as a program, Pitt is the #1 "how did you never win a NC" in the country, by far.
You mean besides the NC Pitt won in 1976? With Tony Dorsett at RB and Johny Major as the coach?
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Pitt is the #1 "how did you never win a NC" in the country, by far.
Um 1976,Johnny Majors and Tony Dorsett send you an invitation to read up on that year in CFB History
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You mean besides the NC Pitt won in 1976? With Tony Dorsett at RB and Johny Major as the coach?
Beat me to it i saw that quote and started typing not scrolling down
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I guess they "should have" won more than that one, which was from out of left field. Thanks for the correction.
They went 33-3 from 79-81 and didn't win a NC. Their all-time individual players would suggest more than one NC.
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QB - Chuck Long, Iowa
RB - Herschel Walker, UGA
RB - Bo Jackson, Auburn
WR - Anthony Carter, Michigan
WR - Tim Brown, ND
TE - Keith Jackson, OU
T - Bill Fralic, Pitt
T - Jim Covert, Pitt
G - Dean Steinkuler, NEB
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C - Dave Remington, Nebraska
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DE - Danny Stubbs, Miami
DE - Reggie White, TN
DT - Ray Childress, A&M
DT - Tim Krumrie, WI
LB -Brian Bosworth, OU
LB - Chris Spielman, Ohio State
LB - Derrick Thomas, Ala
CB - Deion Sanders, FSU
CB - Rod Woodson, Purdue
S - Bennie Blades, Miami
S - Terry Hoage, UGA
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K - Kevin Butler, UGA
P - Reggie Roby, Iowa
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Anyone got a guard?!?
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QB - Chuck Long, Iowa
RB - Herschel Walker, UGA
RB - Bo Jackson, Auburn
WR - Anthony Carter, Michigan
WR - Tim Brown, Notre Dame, but Michael Irvin would be next.
TE - Keith Jackson, OU
T - Bill Fralic, Pitt
T - Jim Covert, Pitt
G - Dean Steinkuler, NEB
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C - Dave Remington, Nebraska
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DE - Danny Stubbs, Miami
DE - Reggie White, TN
DT - Ray Childress, A&M
DT - Tim Krumrie, WI
LB -Brian Bosworth, OU
LB - Chris Spielman, Ohio State
LB - Derrick Thomas, Ala
CB - Deion Sanders, FSU
CB - Rod Woodson, Purdue
S - Bennie Blades - Miami
S - Terry Hoage - UGA
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P - Reggie Roby, Iowa
Ret - Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame
Alright, fine. You made me add Tim Brown. And to even that out, I would have added an SC guy at Safety, but OAM beat me to the punch.
I thought about Ronnie Lott, but ruled him out because half of is time with SC was in the 70s.
Looks like we still need a guard and a kicker.
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Looking at the annual AA teams and award winners....you could make 3-4 REALLY good teams from the 80s.
Based on not knowing if other decades seem similar at all, I'd say it has good depth, lol.
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WR - Tim Brown, Notre Dame, but Michael Irvin would be next.
I've now seen 2 separate videos calling him "Michael Irving" - both of ESPN.
I'm worried that'll be his name 50 years from now, officially.
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And Mark Carrier was a DUDE, for sure.
Hoage had a 12-INT season, tho.
One guy who NEVER gets mentioned is a DT from USC - Tim Ryan. Dude had 20 sacks one year. But no one seems to care.
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QB - Chuck Long, Iowa
RB - Herschel Walker, UGA
RB - Bo Jackson, Auburn
WR - Anthony Carter, Michigan
WR - Tim Brown, Notre Dame, but Michael Irvin would be next.
TE - Keith Jackson, OU
T - Bill Fralic, Pitt
T - Jim Covert, Pitt
G - Dean Steinkuler, NEB
G - Bruce Matthews, USC
C - Dave Remington, Nebraska
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DE - Danny Stubbs, Miami
DE - Reggie White, TN
DT - Ray Childress, A&M
DT - Tim Krumrie, WI
LB -Brian Bosworth, OU
LB - Chris Spielman, Ohio State
LB - Derrick Thomas, Ala
CB - Deion Sanders, FSU
CB - Rod Woodson, Purdue
S - Bennie Blades - Miami
S - Terry Hoage - UGA
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K - Kevin Butler, UGA
P - Reggie Roby, Iowa
Ret - Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame
Added Bruce Matthews at Guard--USC was underrepresented. Bastards.
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And it's based on his college play only!?!? :96:
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For Matthews? He was integral to student body right, John McCay called him one of the best lineman he'd ever seen, consensus two-time all American, and was drafted #9 overall, presumably based on his college output. That's a pretty solid for a guard.
But if you want someone else, won't hurt my feelings. I hate USC. Even more than Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan, and Alabama.
Barry Sanders is the biggest snub here, and John Elway is the next most deserving, IMO.
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Thank you for the resume. The team is set!!
And for all the Elway apologists, look up Tom Ramsey, his direct contemporary at UCLA.
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Not a single Longhorn, the 80s were just so dismal for us. I couldn't even put one on there, although I think Kenneth Sims and Jerry Gray were worthy. They didn't have the name brands that some other guys at the same position did.
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Not a single Longhorn, the 80s were just so dismal for us. I couldn't even put one on there, although I think Kenneth Sims and Jerry Gray were worthy. They didn't have the name brands that some other guys at the same position did.
Screw name brand, every other all-decade team has that and sometimes only that. Put the guys in you want in, going forward.
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Screw name brand, every other all-decade team has that and sometimes only that. Put the guys in you want in, going forward.
I hear ya. It wasn't a great decade for my Horns. If there were guys that non-partisans thought deserved to be on there, then they would be on there.