CFB51 College Football Fan Community

The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: OrangeAfroMan on December 27, 2019, 11:51:34 PM

Title: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 27, 2019, 11:51:34 PM: ESPN (a la Sports in Spanish, aka The Ocho) re-released its all-time team. I'm not going to piss about it, just post theirs and 2 others to see similarities and such. ESPN's team is a poop sandwich, btw.
.
So these are from ESPN, CBSSports, and FWAA. I'll list them in that order, by position.
QB - Staubach/Frazier/Staubach
RB - Walker/Walker/Walker
RB - Brown/Sanders/Griffin
WR - Rice/Moss/Rice
WR - Fitzgerald/Carter/Fitzgerald
TE - Ditka/Newsome/Jackson
C - Bednarik/Rimington/Rimington
OL - Pace/Pace/Pace
OL - Hannah/Hannah/Hannah
OL - Fralic/Yary/Yary
OL - Parker/Odgen/Shields
.
DE - Green/Green/Hart
DE - White/White/Hendricks
DT - Selmon/Selmon/Selmon
DT - Nagurski/Suh/Suh
LB - Nobis/Nobis/Nobis
LB - Butkus/Butkus/Singletary
LB - Taylor/Thomas/Thomas
CB - Sanders/Sanders/Sanders
CB - Woodson/Woodson/Woodson
S - Lott/Lott/Lott
S - Tatum/Reed/Tatum
.
K - Janikowski/Janikowski/Butler
P - Guy/Guy/Guy
AP - Rodgers/Rodgers/Rodgers

.

I will share one little factoid:
Staubach's season stats the year after he won the Heisman:
4 TD, 10 INT........-1 yard rushing for the season. But he was the best ever.
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 27, 2019, 11:55:59 PM: I'll humbly say that I wouldn't consider where a guy was drafted or care about even one down of his NFL career for this. I guess I'd be in the steep minority.
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: Hawkinole on December 28, 2019, 12:14:58 AM: I don't see Bubba Smith's name here. Oversight???
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2019, 01:01:33 AM: He's on some 2nd teams, but I just listed the 3 different 1st teams.
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: Hawkinole on December 28, 2019, 07:09:07 PM: Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2019, 01:01:33 AM
He's on some 2nd teams, but I just listed the 3 different 1st teams.
I was just giving you a hard time. He's my all time favorite DE, and I remember the game of the century although I can't recall the year; I was about 9-years old. He was a big man who could move, and hit hard.
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2019, 07:13:52 PM: 1966
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: CWSooner on December 31, 2019, 10:47:52 PM: Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 27, 2019, 11:55:59 PM
I'll humbly say that I wouldn't consider where a guy was drafted or care about even one down of his NFL career for this. I guess I'd be in the steep minority.
I'm with you. NFL success or lack thereof should have no impact on whom we consider the greatest in CFB.
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: bayareabadger on January 02, 2020, 03:04:34 PM: FWIW, Staubach got hurt the first game of his last year, and missed 40 percent of the season (probably wasn't healthy the rest of the way).
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: Cincydawg on January 02, 2020, 03:15:23 PM: Is Herschel over rated? Hmmmmm.
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: MarqHusker on January 02, 2020, 04:01:08 PM: Quote from: Cincydawg on January 02, 2020, 03:15:23 PM
Is Herschel over rated? Hmmmmm.

I don't think so.
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: Entropy on January 02, 2020, 05:06:57 PM: Was rice that good in college or is that a based upon his professional career?
Title: Re: All-Time All-American Teams
Post by: bayareabadger on January 02, 2020, 05:22:27 PM: Quote from: Entropy on January 02, 2020, 05:06:57 PM
Was rice that good in college or is that a based upon his professional career?
Yes, but on a lower level. This is DQing in OAM's mind, but IRRC he set a mess of records and was ninth in Heisman voting on a 1-AA team.