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re: SEC's greatest DLinemen - a fairly recent phenomenon?

Posted on 5/2/13 at 12:14 pm to
Posted by Billy Mays
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 12:14 pm to
Melvin Ingram from USCe had a ridiculous season in 2011 - it was David Pollock esque.

He was also a Top 10 draft pick in 2012.
Posted by scrooster
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 12:21 pm to
Updated
Posted by LanierSpots
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 12:27 pm to
LINK


I could do about 11 of these in a row while I
Posted by CNB
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 12:35 pm to
Yeah and only one of those times we were the better team.

I don't get why people laugh at south Carolina's history and then use it against us in an argument. Like we don't know. It doesn't really mean much.
Posted by LanierSpots
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 12:48 pm to
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I don't get why people laugh at south Carolina's history and then use it against us in an argument. Like we don't know. It doesn't really mean much.



Kinda like ignoring one of the best DTackles in the past 20 years...

Cause nobody takes it too seriously.


For the record, USC is my favorite East team...

Posted by scrooster
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 1:09 pm to
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Kinda like ignoring one of the best DTackles in the past 20 years..


I'm older ... I don't like thugs. I'm set in my ways. He's been put on the list but I managed to make a point in the process. Nick Fairley is an incredible talent, as is Albert Haynesworth - but they are both thug POS.

I guess I'm old school where "All-American" meant not just on the football field, but in life as well. Someone for the kids to look-up to as doing it the right way.

Nothing personal against Auburn in the least, but Fairley was a dirty player. Some of the cheap shots he put on Aaron Murray were inexcusable. He should have been thrown out of the game. He could have permanently crippled Murray. And since you wanna do the youtube thing ... here you go: Nick Fairley
Posted by AMM AU9893
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 2:57 pm to
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Nothing personal against Auburn in the least, but Fairley was a dirty player. Some of the cheap shots he put on Aaron Murray were inexcusable. He should have been thrown out of the game. He could have permanently crippled Murray.

Some of the greatest players in sports history were dirty players. It doesn't change that they were great players and always deserve to be in discussions about great players
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:01 pm to
How many personal fouls did Fairley have for being so dirty?
Posted by 6nmylifetime
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:01 pm to
Florida's Ellis Johnson was MVP of the third SEC Championship game and had a productive career with the Colts.
Posted by spacewrangler
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:03 pm to
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y SavageOrangeJug
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Reggie White

Everybody else


Fixed


He was the best defensive line and possibly the best defensive player ever in the SEC. It's a toss up between him and D.Thomas.
Posted by whodidthat
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 3:45 pm to
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Nevis was solid and a good NFL player



He was also one of the best DT's in the country his junior and senior years. 106 tackles, 24 for loss, 10 sacks.

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Kyle Williams


THIS for sure. Huge career at LSU, even better in the pros. During his pro career he's consistently been considered a top 5 DT in the NFL.
Posted by scrooster
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 4:09 pm to
Updated.

I'm feeling pretty good about the original post though apparently only having omitted and/or forgotten a total of six possibilities for the list.
Posted by jchamil
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 4:23 pm to
Although he only started for one year (maybe two?), Marcel Dareus could be in the discussion
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 4:23 pm to
This is completely irrelevant and doesn't matter, I know...but Pollack was a DE, not DT.

Posted by pvilleguru
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 4:27 pm to
Does Derrick Thomas count as a DE?
Posted by jchamil
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 4:27 pm to
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Dire Wolf


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Nevis was solid and a good NFL player

Spears, Hill, lavalais and Kyle Williams in 2003


That 2003 LSU D-Line is probably the best I've seen in person, or maybe the '92 Bama line with Copeland/Curry. I remember going to the Ole Miss/LSU game in 2003 and seeing Lavalais (and probably every other LSU d-lineman) beating Ole Miss rb's to the edge on just about every outside running play, it was unreal how big and fast that entire line was

This post was edited on 5/2/13 at 4:28 pm
Posted by beatbammer
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 4:27 pm to
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quote:

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Reggie White

Everybody else


Fixed.


He didn't say the NFL's greatest lineman... he said the SEC's.

Reggie White LINK

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Awards and Honors
1983 Consensus All-America
1983 SEC Player of the Year


Tracy Rocker LINK

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Awards and Honors
1987 Consensus All-America
1988 Consensus All-America
1988 John Outland Trophy
1988 SEC Player of the Year
1988 Vince Lombardi Award

Posted by CockInYourEar
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 4:27 pm to
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.but Pollack was a DE, not DT.


and this is why I read the most of the threads before responding. That's what I was about to say.

SCRooster, that's a good list, and I agree, SEC DL Dominance isn't a new thing at all. I think the issue is that Unite is by "the younger crowd" for "the younger crowd" so their memory only goes back so far.
Posted by beatbammer
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 4:30 pm to
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Some of the cheap shots he put on Aaron Murray


"Some"????
Posted by beatbammer
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 4:31 pm to
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Some of the greatest players in sports history were dirty players.


Hell, UF has one of the dirtiest sumbitches I've ever seen on the college football field in their damn Ring of Honor.

Wilber Marshall was one helluva LB though.
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