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re: Best Running Back in SEC History?
Posted on 5/29/22 at 1:55 pm to Neyland TheGreat
Posted on 5/29/22 at 1:55 pm to Neyland TheGreat
It's only Bama fans so far.
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Posted on 5/29/22 at 1:59 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Clueless homers they are.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 1:59 pm to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
frick you
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:02 pm to Neyland TheGreat
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Walker was a freak of nature.
And Derrick Henry isn't?
He's the only RB in the history of the game to post 2,000+ yard seasons in high school, college, and the NFL. Look...I have never once argued that Henry was a better RB than Walker. However, there are many people in here who don't even put the guy in the SEC's all-time Top 10 despite being the only RB in the league's history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season.
This post was edited on 5/29/22 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:06 pm to RollTide1987
Henry is an athletic specimen for sure, but Herschel was a once in multi generation type athlete. So was Bo Jackson.
I think Henry doesn't get much praise though because of the fact he played for Bama and Saban who churns out high number RBs left and right.
I think Henry doesn't get much praise though because of the fact he played for Bama and Saban who churns out high number RBs left and right.
This post was edited on 5/29/22 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:07 pm to Neyland TheGreat
Where is Alahunter these days?
This is just the perfect thread for him to mention that Mark Ingram > Bo Jackson.
This is just the perfect thread for him to mention that Mark Ingram > Bo Jackson.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:14 pm to Neyland TheGreat
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Henry is an athletic specimen for sure, but Herschel was a once in multi generation type athlete.
Based on what? Walker was a great RB but he played in an era where you lined up, hat on hat, in the I-formation and pounded the rock 85% of the time.
Barry Sanders played in the same era and in one season cemented himself as a Top 5 all-time RB. That's a once in a multi-generational type athlete.
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I think Henry doesn't get kuch praise though because of the fact he played for Bama
Should have stopped here.
This post was edited on 5/29/22 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:17 pm to RollTide1987
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Based on what?
Why is he a multi-generational athlete? You serious?
He did a lot more than dominate the football field
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:25 pm to lsufball19
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He did a lot more than dominate the football field
Herschel Walker? What else did he do? If we're talking about Bo Jackson then I agree. He might be the best athlete to ever come out of the state of Alabama.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:28 pm to RollTide1987
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What else did he do?
Ran track and field, was an Olympic bobsledder, is a black belt in Taekwando, won MMA professional matches in his 50s (undefeated), and even performed in the Dallas ballet. He’s a freak athlete
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If we're talking about Bo Jackson
Yes, he is too
You can argue all you want about who was a better college football player, but questioning whether Walker was a multi-generational athlete is just a non-starter
This post was edited on 5/29/22 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:36 pm to RollTide1987
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I think we can all agree that 1980 Georgia just might be the second worst national champion of the modern era just based off their schedule
That's a dumb take. A weak schedule doesn't make you a bad team.
And playing games tight doesn't prove anything. I mea should we go down the list of close games some great Alabama teams played against weaker competition? Sometimes more than one or two in the season? Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:37 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
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I never once said UGA couldn't or shouldn't claim 1980 but you went off anyhow
I "went off"? I agreed with everything you said.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:42 pm to RollTide1987
Henry got fed a lot in 2015, and that's nice, but there were about 10 other RB's that year that would have performed better on Alabama's team.
You take an objective stat, like yards per carry, and Henry wasn't even top 10 among RB's who got at least 200 carries.
He's done okay in the NFL, a league that doesn't build defenses to stop big running backs anymore, but he's not elite.
You take an objective stat, like yards per carry, and Henry wasn't even top 10 among RB's who got at least 200 carries.
He's done okay in the NFL, a league that doesn't build defenses to stop big running backs anymore, but he's not elite.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:44 pm to RollTide1987
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Herschel Walker? What else did he do? If we're talking about Bo Jackson then I agree. He might be the best athlete to ever come out of the state of Alabama.
You probably shouldn't even be in this conversation. No offense, dude, but....seriously?
ETA
Something a lot of people don't realize that even though he played several years in the USFL, he is still #12 all time in All Purpose yards for the NFL.
This post was edited on 5/29/22 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:52 pm to Neyland TheGreat
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Herschel was a once in multi generation type athlete. So was Bo Jackson.
Agreed and it boggles the mind that they played football at the same time for a couple of years in college.
Something i have already mentioned that some people don't realize is that for a year (Maybe two?) Bo played in the wishbone.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:54 pm to DawgsLife
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You probably shouldn't even be in this conversation. No offense, dude, but....seriously?
So he did nothing outside of football as far as major collegiate/professional sports goes? Got it. Look...the dude is definitely in the running for #1 all-time greatest RB in conference history, but let's not try to elevate him to some kind of once-in-a-generation talent. Bo Jackson and Barry Sanders both played in the same era. Both are in the same tier as Walker and both were arguably better overall athletes than Walker.
This post was edited on 5/29/22 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 5/29/22 at 2:54 pm to RollTide1987
Herschel also abused his wife, stalked and threatened to kill her and her friend. Lied about graduating from college and about the size and profitability his businesses. And according to his book has multiple personalities, went searching for a car salesman who didn’t get his car to him on time with the intent of killing him and once attempted suicide. He may be a sports icon but he is one troubled fellow
Posted on 5/29/22 at 3:22 pm to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
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Some of y’all might disagree and it's understandable as only recently has cable/satellite tv been available in trailer parks.
Yes so you are just now seeing how great the SEC is and how mid pack UT Austin will be when they join the big boys. There is not one Big 12 RB on your list that I would put at the top of the SEC.
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Us Texans (real Texans from Austin) will do our best to educate you backwoods country folk on the history of Red River football.
Most Texans consider Austin another state and Red River Rivarly please you are talking about a game that is supposed to be so big its played in the middle of the season and no one cares about.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 3:35 pm to RollTide1987
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So he did nothing outside of football as far as major collegiate/professional sports goes?
You mean beside MMA? Not as far as professional. Unless being a 5th degree Black Belt or in the Olympics counts as being athletic? isn't that what this is about?
Nobody is downgrading Bo Jackson or anybody else, but for you to contend that Herschel was not athletic is asinine.
quote:Maybe I missed all the different sports Barry Sanders played? I mean that is what you wanted to use as a benchmark, right? Other professional sports?
Barry Sanders
quote:I'll wait until you come up with the other professional sport Barry Sanders played. Are all Alabama fans going completely daft these days?
both were arguably better overall athletes than Walker.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 3:35 pm to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
Walker or Bo.
Then . . . Henry, McFaddon, E. Smith, & S. Alexander.
Then . . . Henry, McFaddon, E. Smith, & S. Alexander.
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