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re: Who's the 5th best running back in SEC history?
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:20 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:20 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Rush for more yards than Herschel in a single season*. And that only gets him to 4th not saying he's better than walker
I admittedly sold the guy short, because I wouldn't have thought of him as Bama's best.
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Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:22 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Rush for more yards than Herschel in a single season*. And that only gets him to 4th not saying he's better than walker
So the other guy who did it takes 5th then. Sounds settled.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:26 am to RB10
You don't get points for 2nd place. If Henry wasn't there sure. Plus Henry didn't disappear in big games or take his last season off. He actually worked harder taking his team to a natty but putting alot of miles on his legs probably causing him to drop out of the 1st round because of it. Guess some guys just care for their school more than others
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:26 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
Derrick henry? Wtf
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:27 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
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You don't get points for 2nd place. If Henry wasn't there sure. Plus Henry didn't disappear in big games or take his last season off. He actually worked harder taking his team to a natty but putting alot of miles on his legs probably causing him to drop out of the 1st round because of it. Guess some guys just care for their school more than others
So, the criteria of "better season than Herschel" doesn't get applied to all players. Seems legit.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:28 am to BoarEd
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Chase Hayden is going to make a case for this list in the near future.
Dang, I want some of this koolaid.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:29 am to RB10
Well like I said he also won the Heisman and actually raised his level of play unlike some players who seemed to shy away from the moment
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:32 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Well like I said he also won the Heisman and actually raised his level of play unlike some players who seemed to shy away from the moment
Ah so it's an arbitrary set of criteria that you're just making up. Got it. That being the case, Henry isn't 4th due to lack of career numbers. Glad that's now settled.
So, it looks like this discussion needs to be expanded to "Who's the 4th and 5th best running backs in SEC history?"
This post was edited on 8/4/17 at 10:34 am
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:33 am to RB10
Obviously numbers play a part as Well as big game performance and overall career work.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:34 am to WG_Dawg
That's the point of me saying what I did. Of course his NFL career overshadowed his college career, still doesn't take away the fact that he was 3 time all sec, sec player of the year, single season rushing leader at UF, most rushing TD's at UF and a unanimous All-American
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:35 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Obviously numbers play a part as Well as big game performance and overall career work.
Obviously not. You're just making shite up as you go.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:44 am to RB10
Look man I don't make the rules. I'm sorry LF just wasn't as good as Henry it's best if you just except it and move on
This post was edited on 8/4/17 at 10:44 am
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:45 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Look man I don't make the rules. I'm sorry LF just wasn't as good as Henry it's best if you just except it and move on
I never said he was. In fact, I said he was 5th (behind Henry) based on your own criteria, which you then had to change.
You're going to have to try harder.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:48 am to RB10
The list based on total yardage is misleading. Remember up until the 70s it was a 10 game season, and 90s an 11 game season and now a possibility of 15 games. Plus Bowl yardage didn't count toward those numbers until the late 80s.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:48 am to RB10
He's a good back don't get me wrong. He's just not quite there. More like 7-15 range. I mean Kevin faulk, Todd Gurley, Shaun Alexander, Cadillac Williams are all ahead of fournette. All fournette has is the 1 great season and not enough performances to make that 1 season worth top 5 status. But it says alot about him that just tgat 1 season puts him in the top 10 he should be proud of that
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:51 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
Nick Chubb after he takes over second place all time in sec rushing yards.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:52 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
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All fournette has is the 1 great season and not enough performances to make that 1 season worth top 5 status.
All Henry has is one season and their numbers are almost identical on a per game and per carry basis. In fact, Fournette's career numbers are better than Henry's so the "1 great season" argument hurts Henry more than Fournette.
You need to find a criteria and apply it across all players considered or you're going to keep looking ridiculous.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:53 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Gurley, tre mason, Kevin faulk, mark ingraham, Shaun Alexander, Cadillac?
Emmit Smith
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:54 am to RB10
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You need to find a criteria and apply it across all players considered or you're going to keep looking ridiculous.
Or just not try to put the #14 all time rusher in the top4 greatest backs
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:54 am to RB10
But look at what Henry did in big games compared to fournette you Keep ignoring this part. Plus it hurt Henry's stats early in his career having to play behind eddy lacy
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