re: Official In-Season Practice, Injury Reports and Press Conferences Thread: 12-0

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There’s a social media trend across college football showcasing a battle for bragging rights among position groups. Fans of schools like Florida and LSU (and even the programs themselves) go back and forth with stats, highlights, recruit rankings and NFL draft picks to strengthen their argument of which school should be crowned “DBU” (Defensive Back University). I’ve seen similar arguments between schools like Tennessee and Clemson for “WRU” (Wide Receiver University).

When it comes to running backs, though, schools like Georgia, Texas or Oklahoma may have some room to gloat, but there is no “RBU” like the one in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

The Tide’s lineage of elite backs under Nick Saban is not only royal with awards, All-American honors and Heisman trophies, but also deep in history. Players like Mark Ingram, Trent Richardson, T.J. Yeldon, Eddie Lacy and Derrick Henry all have paved the way for a new crop of players to assume the throne in 2016.

This week we got a glimpse of a three-way crown that is taking shape in Title Town. True sophomores and former 5-star prospects Damien Harris and Bo Scarbrough were already on the national radar, but true freshman Joshua Jacobs made sure the party didn’t go on too long without him as he broke through early in the game last week versus Arkansas.

Over the weekend, the three combined for 235 yards and averaged 10.2 yards per carry as a trio. Each player had at least one highlight reel run — a weekly occurrence. Those bursts remind us of how special each player is and how rare it is that they’re all on the same depth chart.

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