re: Best Running Back in SEC History?

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Once again, the way YPC works is that most runs a back makes are shorter than their average. 2 or 3 yards at best. It's the big runs for 10+ yards or even longer that carries and raises the YPC/total yards. Those few explosive plays.

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The less space there is, the less a rb is expected to get.

The more space there is, the more space a rb is expected to get.

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the majority of the time, the runs are short.

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Define short. Some are shorter than others.

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Because if you keep getting up on the line, the running back will get that big run and run for even more if your defenders are on the line. AKA, the 17%.

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You are talking about Exceptions to the rule.

The % of exceptions gets lower or higher depending on factors like amount of space available, which is partially dictated by how many wideouts run downfield. It’s taking players out of the way.

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you put the ball on the offenses own 1 yard line, with 99 yards of field in front of them.

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This hypothetical is too unrealistic to have any merit. This isn’t how football is played.

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almost like no matter the formation, in the end it's always a numbers game and the entire point of the offense play calling is to find/create situations that create uneven numbers.

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1. Arizona University Head Coach Rich Rodriguez, one of the first Spread offense innovators, says, “The hardest thing to do [in football] is to tackle in the open field.”

2. Defenses that are successful in keeping offensive players in a smaller contained space often have two, three, four or more defenders prepared to make a tackle.

3. However, if the offensive formation can extend or even overextend a defense, or maintain a leverage advantage, then the defense is less likely to be able to have numbers at the point of attack.

4. Instead of having to face multiple tackling threats, a ball carrier might only need to make one defender miss a tackle in order for a play to be successful.

5. fact, it is for this very reason that the Spread offense was created. Defenses must choose which sections of the field they wish to defend.

6. If they choose to defend at or near the line of scrimmage, they remain susceptible to quick passes to the outside or deep strikes down the field.

7. If the defense chooses to protect against these outside and deep passes, that leaves less players to defend the middle of the field against running plays.

8. Instead of having to defend a smaller, more confined area of the field, a defense must defend the entire width of the field—the entire 53 1/3 yards—leaving more space for offensive players to get free and score.

Top 5:

Walker
Jackson
Sims
Campbell
Rogers

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1. Arizona University Head Coach Rich Rodriguez, one of the first Spread offense innovators, says, “The hardest thing to do [in football] is to tackle in the open field.”


2. Defenses that are successful in keeping offensive players in a smaller contained space often have two, three, four or more defenders prepared to make a tackle.

3. However, if the offensive formation can extend or even overextend a defense, or maintain a leverage advantage, then the defense is less likely to be able to have numbers at the point of attack.

4. Instead of having to face multiple tackling threats, a ball carrier might only need to make one defender miss a tackle in order for a play to be successful.

5. fact, it is for this very reason that the Spread offense was created. Defenses must choose which sections of the field they wish to defend.

6. If they choose to defend at or near the line of scrimmage, they remain susceptible to quick passes to the outside or deep strikes down the field.

7. If the defense chooses to protect against these outside and deep passes, that leaves less players to defend the middle of the field against running plays.

8. Instead of having to defend a smaller, more confined area of the field, a defense must defend the entire width of the field—the entire 53 1/3 yards—leaving more space for offensive players to get free and score.

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Alabama didn't run a spread offense in 2015. Alabama was more of a play action team, using the run to set up the pass, not the other way around.

The spread offense is based on distributing the ball to many offensive players. The space is mostly used by WR's, not the RB. So you have the players spread out, you get the WR the ball quickly and then he has space. This is not the same for a RB, which again will always come down to the numbers.

A spread based running game is based on misdirection.

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The ball carrier isn't a quantum physics wave function where he goes through all the holes at the same time

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Ok professor, I think physics agrees that Going through a 10 foot hole is easier than going through a 5 foot hole.

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That is why you see defenses crowd the line more and more the closer you get to the goal line, but almost never see it on 1st and goal from the opponents own 1.

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The d formation and personnel is dictated by offensive personnel and formation.

If the goes bunch with extra tight ends and fullbacks, the D reacts.

Is the O spreads the field, the D reacts.

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You're one of those people who you can't instill common sense in, and you'd argue with a stop sign. So you believe, or pretend to believe, whatever you want, but the vast majority of college football experts proclaim Herschel Walker as the greatest running back in the history of all of college football, not just the SEC. Keep your head up your arse, or wherever you keep it, but Herschel was the best ever. Now go argue with stop signs.

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That's a long winded way of saying you're going to believe whatever you want to believe and have no desire to support the reason why you believe it.

As if I really thought a Georgia fan was going to change their mind no matter what I said. Georgia fans aren't the ones whose minds will get changed by looking at the actual circumstances, but they sure as hell provide a great platform to highlight these things.

Because I think playing 1 ranked SEC team over a 3 year period is kind of significant. As you've demonstrated, so many people just up and assume the SEC was as strong 40 years ago as it is today(it wasn't), or that the better teams of the SEC automatically played each other at some point(they don't).

Now that it's been pointed out to you, you just want to stick your head in the sand, and that says it all.

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Well finally you recognize this. Thanks.

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This is why your hypothetical is useless as that’s not how football is played.

A benefit to spreading the field is to give play makers space to gain yards.

Do you recognize that?

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This is why your hypothetical is useless as that’s not how football is played.

A benefit to spreading the field is to give play makers space to gain yards.

Do you recognize that?

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Once again, Alabama didn't run the spread in 2015.

The spread in the way you are talking about is when you are distributing the ball to multiple play makers, and the benefit would only be in limited carries for a RB. When you get into the number of carries for Walker/Henry, such advantages in YPC will disappear.

Georgia choose the formations they ran because it's what they thought gave them the best chance.