re: Herschel Walker is the best player in SEC history

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Herschel
Never lost an SEC game
3 SEC Championships
1 National Championship
Heisman (should have had two)

Bo
1 SEC Championship
Heisman

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Hershel played only 1 team that ended up in the top20 in 1980. And that was #7 Notre Dame. Against Notre Dame, he was gifted the points he scored by the Notre Dame offense(Georgia defense if you prefer) turning the ball over multiple times.

Walker wasn't able to drive the field and score a single time otherwise in that game.

Perhaps the easiest schedule a NC has ever won on, in competition with 1984 BYU.

In 1981, Walkers 2nd year, he played 2 teams that ended in the top20. Lost to both of them. Failing to even score against Clemson

In 1982, Walker played again only 2 ranked teams all year. They won 1 of them and lost 1. However, the game Georgia won - Walker was only used as a decoy.

So in his 3 year career at Georgia, he faced a total of 5 teams ranked at the end of the year. In his entire career, he never once faced another ranked SEC team, as Georgia would rarely play the good teams of the SEC - a tradition that still continues.

Bo Jackson faced 6 top20 teams in 1983 alone, and beat 5 of them. Walker only had 1 top20 win that he was a factor in over his entire 3 year career.

Bo > Walker