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Why do Auburn fans think Bo Jackson was a better running back than Herschel
Posted on 7/7/17 at 3:31 am
Posted on 7/7/17 at 3:31 am
I mean he was a better all around athlete, I will give you guys that, However experts say that Herschel is the number one college athlete over the past 50 years.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 3:42 am to UGADawg912
Bo doesn't even come close according to stats Herschel Vs Bo Stats
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:00 am to DoubleBubbleTrouble
Please explain to me why you think that? Other than being an Auburn homer.....
Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:01 am to DoubleBubbleTrouble
They were both badasses. This is the kind of dick measuring contest that you have to use a caliper.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:04 am to DoubleBubbleTrouble
I mean the numbers don't lie right? they are separated by almost 1000 yards and Herschel didn't play his senior season. I mean honestly Nick Chubb is only 879 yards behind Bo Jackson? What's your argument there? Chubb splits carries and missed time due to injury. I just don't get why you guys think he is the best running back ever?
Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:04 am to UGADawg912
Because he played for their team and it's not like it's a ridiculous notion. This isn't rocket surgery.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:11 am to northshorebamaman
All I'm trying to do is hear there case, I just don't get why Auburn fans think this. I work with a few Auburn fans, and they swear up and down that Bo was better, however they can't never seem to back it up. They always just say "because he was"
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:13 am to UGADawg912
Let's be honest. Neither were as good as Derrick Henry or Mark Ingram.
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:18 am to CCTider
Did either of them break Herschel's records? I missed it if they did.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:54 am to CCTider
[quote]Let's be honest. Neither were as good as Derrick Henry or Mark Ingram[/quo
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:04 am to UGADawg912
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:11 am to ImayGoLesMiles
like I said. I will give yall the better athlete part. However, if I had to pick one to be my runningback I would pick Herschel. That's not me being a UGA homer. I mean the stat sheet speaks for itself to me....
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:12 am to ImayGoLesMiles
What you meant to say was
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but you're 100% correct if you believe Herschel was hands down better then Bo. He was
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:17 am to UGADawg912
Probably because Herschel had like 300 more carries than Bo so maybe total yards isn't a great comparison.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:23 am to UGADawg912
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I mean the numbers don't lie right?
You're right.
Bo averaged 1.3 more ypc in college and 1.2 more ypc in the NFL than Herschel did.
In fact, Bo averaged more ypc in the NFL than Herschel did in college.
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they are separated by almost 1000 yards and Herschel didn't play his senior season
Yet Herschel had 344 more carries than Bo. A season and a half worth of carries for most backs.
Actually the most carries Bo had in any season at Auburn was 278 in his Senior season.
So let's say Bo didn't miss most of his Junior season wuth injury and gets a modest 190 more carries (would still be 1 less carry than his Senior year), and still matches his career average of 6.6 ypc, then Bo finishes his career 5564 yards or 304 more yards than Herschel on 153 less carries.
And it could have been even worse for Herschel, because the few games that Bo did play in his Junior season he played injured and essentially hobbled. His ypc was by far the lowest of any season in his career at only 5.4 ypc. Funny enough that's still higher than Herschel's career average
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I mean honestly Nick Chubb is only 879 yards behind Bo Jackson? What's your argument there? Chubb splits carries and missed time due to injury
So did Bo.
As already mentioned, Bo missed almost his entire junior season. Shorter seasons back then too.
Bo split time with better RBs too. He shared the ball with 4 other NFL RBs in his career at AU (potentially a 5th if not for injury to one). And Bo did it from the wishbone, meaning there was another NFL back on the field at the same time as him, not just one coming off the bench to spell him.
-Brent Fullwood: Pro Bowler
-Lionel James: set then NFL records for most All-Purpose yards in a season and most receiving yards in a season for a RB
-Tommie Agee
-Tim Jessie
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I just don't get why you guys think he is the best running back ever?
Apart from the stats I just hit you with. YPC being the best indicator of a RBs ability. There's this little thing called using your eyes. Herschel was an unprecedented workhorse, but Bo was far and away the more dynamic and skilled RB.
They went to the NFL and Hershcel was just an average RB, nothing special about him at all. Bo walked in halfway through the season in baseball shape, to come to his off-season hobby that he didn't care about which was football, and split time with a hall of famer and was STILL good enough to be considered one of the best RBs in NFL history. Imagine if football was Bo's passion and only focus. The sky was the limit for Bo. We saw the limit for Herschel and it was middle of the road.
Open your eyes, take off your red and black glasses, and watch some highlights. The answer here is obvious. A lot of RBs could have gotten up Herschel numbers with almost 1000 career carries (although I'll give Herschel credit, there aren't many who could stay healthy for 1000 carries in 3 seasons.) But there is still nobody that has had Bo's combination of skills (speed, power, and moves all at his size)
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:26 am to UGADawg912
Idk, yeah, that's a tough decision to pick one over the other. Kinda like comparing a Ferrari to a lambo. They were both great runningbacks. Herschel did have better stats in college though. Damn thats a tough one. Couldn't go wrong either one imho. I could definitely see your point that herschel was the better back for sure.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:34 am to BowlJackson
Who was that who had a cartoon, of the greatest players of their entire sport at the time, with Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan? Bo knows..
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:36 am to ImayGoLesMiles
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Herschel did have better stats in college though.
Not really. He just carried the ball more.
Is that really an accomplishment?
That credit goes to his coaches, not Herschel.
Bo averaged 6.6 ypc to Herschel's 5.3 ypc.
Bo also ran for a TD every 15 carries compared to Herschel who scored every 20 carries.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:37 am to UGADawg912
I think Bo and Herschel needs to meet at the nearest Sonic, and have a UFC fight night to settle this once and for all.. Pay per view would be must see tv to SEC fans..
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