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re: ITT we decide once and for all who RBU is
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:01 am to RB10
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:01 am to RB10
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Man I'm just arguing with you to pass time until my next meeting.
Hahaha me too, really. Anyone who actually gets irritated at arbitrary rankings splitting hairs has their own issues.
Like I said, Fournette is great. He deserves to have a big last year and finish out near the top of the record books (as long as he has another 30 yarder against Alabama, of course).
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Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:02 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Like I said, Fournette is great.
Please...guy can't even break 100 yards on Arkansas.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:03 am to Hawgeye
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.guy can't even break 100 yards on Arkansas.
18 attempts, 77 yards
6 attempts, 13 yards
12 attempts, 26 yards
That is one bum of a stat line, whoever it was
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:04 am to Tuscaloosa
quote:Pro Bowl alternate, and has only rushed for 1,000 yards once since high-school...his Heisman winning year.
Mark Ingram - Pro Bowl, 2nd contract $4M/year
quote:Really good player that could be even better if he got his weight in control and stopped going feastmode. That could prevent him from being benched in favor of lesser players again.
Eddie Lacy - Pro Bowl, 2nd Team All-Pro, NFL Rookie of the Year, Top 100 players in 2014 and 2015 as voted on by NFL players.
quote:He was fricking terrible. No way around it.
Trent Richardson - Was at one point ranked in the Top 100 players in the NFL (2013), broke Jim Brown's rookie records at Cleveland before busting.
quote:Not a huge accomplishment, but again, I think he can be good.
TJ Yeldon - led Jaguars in rushing and TDs in his Rookie season
quote:No, he retired early to go into ministry, and was then arrested on gun charges. THEN he went into the Army.
Glen Coffee - retired early to join the Army
quote:Decent? He had 408 total rushing yards during his 4 years. He didn't belong.
Kenneth Darby - had a decent 4 year career as a backup
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:09 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Arkansas gets extra points for D-Mac alone, because he was the best college football player I ever saw (along with Cam).
I remember when Arkansas came in in 2005 with him and Felix as freshmen and they ran wherever they wanted to go (on a defense filled with dudes STILL playing in the NFL). That guy was amazing.
Ya they were a awesome pair, I think overall what still shocks me the most is Felix's ypc
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:11 am to TTsTowel
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Mark Ingram
Average NFL back
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Eddie Lacy
Has shown he can be upper level back, has his own issues that he has to fix to determine whether he will go the T-Rich route or go back to being a feature back
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Trent Richardson
Biggest bust of the Saban era
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TJ Yeldon
Had a great rookie year, I think may end up being the best all-around of all the backs
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Glen Coffee
Incomplete grade
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Kenneth Darby
Not an NFL back
I'd add LeRon McClain before Ken Darby. He had a great NFL career. And Jalston Fowler is going to have a long, long career in the NFL as an H-Back/Fullback.
This post was edited on 2/23/16 at 10:13 am
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:12 am to SummerOfGeorge
Agreed.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:14 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Had a great rookie year, I think may end up being the best all-around of all the backs
Really was impressed with him this year. Did some work for me in fantasy football as well
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:15 am to rockiee
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Really was impressed with him this year. Did some work for me in fantasy football as well
I always thought his skill-set would make him more valuable in the NFL than he even was at Alabama. Good out of the backfield, never gets hit cleanly, blocks well, is versatile. I think that for some reason he always got shat on when he was at Alabama (by our people more so than the outside world).
This post was edited on 2/23/16 at 10:16 am
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:16 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Such a meh stat. It's like bragging about hitting .280. 1,000 yards means you averaged 77 yards per game over a 13 game season.
Well, not all seasons are 13 games. Just as Henry had 15 games this season to get his yards.
DMac's freshman year, Arkansas only played 11 games. So, he averaged more than 77 yards per game.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:19 am to Hawgeye
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Just as Henry had 15 games this season to get his yards.
Yea, but he ended up with 1,797 yards and 22 TDs after just the 12 games, led alone the 13th in the SECCG (which most teams play a 13th game these days). He averaged 148 a game including the 15 games.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:20 am to rockiee
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I think overall what still shocks me the most is Felix's ypc
Felix Jones is the most underrated RB in college football history. He had to share the load with one of the greatest RB's in college football history. I remember thinking at times that he was actually a better RB than McFadden, and I'm not even including consideration for how awesome of a kick returner he was.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:22 am to Jon Ham
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Felix Jones is the most underrated RB in college football history.
Yea, he did get shafted there. If he played on most other teams in other eras or even was a year behind D-Mac he would have a lot more recognition. He just happened to be in the exact same class as D-Mac.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:24 am to Jon Ham
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10 years is a nice round number.
And it's also right around the time Arkansas decided to throw away all passing plays and run almost exclusively out of the wild cat.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:25 am to logjamming
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And it's also right around the time Arkansas decided to throw away all passing plays and run almost exclusively out of the wild cat.
Well, when you have McFadden, Jones, and Hillis in the backfield, isn't that what you should do? And this is SEC football, all the other big name RB schools have traditionally run the ball a ton.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:27 am to logjamming
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And it's also right around the time Arkansas decided to throw away all passing plays and run almost exclusively out of the wild cat.
What are you talking about? DMAC threw TDs as well
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:28 am to Jon Ham
I think you're underestimating Dmac in the wildcat. Everyone keyed on Dmac, and still couldn't stop him. Jones was very good, but he was the beneficiary of everyone focusing on McFadden.
Jones was the perfect fit to run the Wildcat with McFadden too. He was through the line and into the secondary before anyone even realized he had the ball. At that point, it was game over as he had great speed.
Jones was the perfect fit to run the Wildcat with McFadden too. He was through the line and into the secondary before anyone even realized he had the ball. At that point, it was game over as he had great speed.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:30 am to RB10
There is no doubt that Felix greatly benefited from having Dmac in the backfield with him but he would of had a great career on his own as well.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:32 am to rockiee
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There is no doubt that Felix greatly benefited from having Dmac in the backfield with him but he would of had a great career on his own as well.
I agree. He'd have more yards and TDs, but that insane YPC he has wouldn't be quite the same if he were on any other team though.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:33 am to Tuscaloosa
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Auburn hasn't had a dominant running back since Cadillac. More than a decade ago.
Tre Mason says "Hi"
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