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Texas has had some damn fine tailbacks over the past decade or so. Are they most famous in Texas for solely their performances, or were they for the fact that they stuck around for 4 years? Benson and Williams are great backs, but I scratch my head at previous stars in the past century.
How do you quantify RB U? Most running backs drafted? NFL production? Most Doak Walker winners? Heisman winners? Most 1000 yard rushers?
I'd have to give the edge to USC. Allen, Simpson, C. White, Bush, L. White, etc.
Texas, Auburn, Ohio State, and Miami probably round out the top 5 (in no particular order). Throw Nebraska in there too, although very few (one?) of them have had much of a pro career.
Although I am a bit partial to this string of 1000 yard rushers:
1995- Shon Mitchell (Ricky Williams finished with 990 as well)
1996- Ricky Williams
1997- Ricky Williams
1998- Ricky Williams
1999- Hodges Mitchell
2000- Hodges Mitchell
2001- Cedric Benson
2002- Cedric Benson
2003- Cedric Benson (Vince finished with 998)
2004- Cedric Benson and Vince Young
2005- Vince Young
Vince Young wasn't a runningback btw.
in your initial post, you might want to lay out all of the ground rules, and post some sort of opinion of your own if others have to be very specific. Personally, I can't ignore pro careers when evaluating RB factories (Enis and Carter greatly hurt PSU's 'RB U' ranking in my book due to being huge busts in the NFL... LJ on the other hand helped their prestige). If pro careers are ignored, then the pac-10 is going to be filling up the 'offense U' lists, due to the lackluster D played in that part of the nation.I said NFL careers don't matter in this discussion. Only what they did in college. Vince Young wasn't a runningback btw.
Emmitt went to UF.Like Auburn, Miami is also listed for the last 20 years. Just a decade really, if you count Edgarrin James, Clinton Portis, Willis McGahee, and pre-injury Frank Gore. Were there any notable running backs between Emmitt and the aforementioned?
I was just about to mention this. OSU has produced some good to great running backs, some good to great linebackers, etc ... etc ... But if I have to pick a single position, it's either CB or WR.I will bestow upon the Buckeyes the title "WR U of traditionally running schools". I was just thinking about all the NFL WRs that have come out of 3 Yards and a Cloud of Dust University. That's like BYU producing a bunch of good running backs.
No one will ever agree on any of these.