re: Bo Jackson or Herschel Walker?

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Which is of course untrue. Bo couldn't have held up physically. And before any if you idiots get your panties in a twist look at the injury history for both.

Everyone on both teams knew Herschel was getting the ball and they couldn't stop him. He was Georgia's entire offense against Notre Dame and even hurt he carried them.

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Bo was hurt twice during his career at AU. One time after a long run when he fell on his shoulder on the hard astroturf in TX and when he took a hard hit on his knees during the TN game. He wasn't injury prone and returned to play well before the normal person. Running out of the I you are less likely to take the below the knee hits that a wishbone RB took. Your eyes where more on the Line then those backs that had to wait for a pitch, which made the body more vulnerable. You saw what Bo did in the NFL running the ball as a hobby, if Pat Dye would have used him like that there wouldn't be an argument about who was the best.

Why pick? I'll take them both. Can you imagine having both of them in one backfield?

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Great logic, guess you would take Casey Kennum over every other qb to play CF.. screw Dan Marino, Teboew, Cam, Manning, Stafford, should I keep going?

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I would argue with your logic for comparing QB's to RB's.

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If Bo played for any other team that didn't run the wishbone, he would still hold the rushing yardage record. His best season was his Soph year and some games he barely had 15 carries:

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No sir, her wouldn't because he was a pussy and couldn't hold Herschel's jockstrap.

Herschel had more carries his freshman and sophomore years than Bo did in 4 years and Bo was the one who was always hurt. He took himself out of the Fla game his senior year with a thigh bruise in the 2nd half. A fricking thigh bruise. Auburn ended up losing 14-10. There is no comparison as to who the better football player was.

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Did you know that Herschel separated his shoulder early in the first quarter of the National Championship game against Notre Dame and still played the whole game?

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Bo had broken ribs and played the entire IB. Info got Frank Broyles fired from ABC.

Walker's stats:

33 Games
994 rushing attempts
5,259 rushing yards
5.3 YPA
49 TDs

Finished first in the SEC in rushing yards all three years playing. Finished top 3 in the NCAA in rushing yards all three years at Georgia. 3x SEC player of the year, 3x consensus All-American, 1982 Heisman Trophy, 1982 Maxwell, 1982 Walter Camp.

Walker and Georgia went 3-0 against Auburn (1980-1982). During that span, Georgia went 33-3-0 during that span. 1-3 in bowl games with all three being the Sugar Bowl. Georgia won the national title in the 1980 Sugar Bowl. Finished first in the AP in 1980 and finished 6th in 1981 and 4th in 1982. An interesting note from these three seasons, Georgia went 18-0 in the SEC and their three losses came from Clemson, Pitt, and Penn State.

Jackson's stats:
45 games
650 rushing attempts
4,303 rushing yards
6.6 YPA
43 TDs

Finished 3rd (1982), 1st (1983), and 1st (1985) in the SEC. Finished 8th (1983) and 2nd (1985) in the NCAA. 2x consensus All-American, 1985 SEC player of the year, 1985 Heisman Trophy, and 1985 Walter Camp.

Bo and Auburn was 3-1 against UGA (1982-1985). During that span, Auburn was 37-12-0. 3-1 in bowl games including the 1983 Sugar Bowl. Finished in the AP 3x, with highest being ranked 3rd at the end of the 1983.

Herschel: 3-0 against UF
Bo: 2-2








Peyton: 0-4

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herschel couldn't make it as a running in the NFL, he was moved to wide receiver. primarily because he ran too erect and was getting beat up pretty bad. he was strong-willed but didn't have the athletic abilities Bo had.

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I can’t tell if you’re kidding

I never realized Bo played for 4 years. Just assumed it was 3 like HW. Goes to show what an extreme freak HW was at the collegiate level.

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Jackson's stats:
45 games

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Not sure on the other stats but guessing you are pulling stats from sports reference like the other uga fans did in the Chubb thread but it’s wrong. FWIW.