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Would You Consider Us "Runningback U"?

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Are We "Runningback U"?

  • Yes

    Votes: 14 18.9%

  • No

    Votes: 60 81.1%
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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
 
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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.
 
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daddyphatsacs said:
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.
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Earl Campbell was pretty good, but one guy doesn't make you RB U. Auburn is also a pretty recent occurance (20 years) as well.
 
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Over the decades I would definitely put us in contention for RunningbackU, but over the last decade, I don't think anyone can argue with Miami's production at the position. Historically, I'd say it's us and USC.

As far as other positions go...

I would absolutely slate us as LinebackerU (PSU ha) and perhaps CornerbackU considering the insane amount of talented corners we've been pumping into the league as of late alone.
 
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EngineerHorn said:
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
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I said NFL careers don't matter in this discussion. Only what they did in college. Vince Young wasn't a runningback btw.
 
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BuckeyeKid789 said:
Vince Young wasn't a runningback btw.
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He was in 2004 when everyone was saying he couldn't pass.:biggrin:

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.

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?
 
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I've heard Oklahoma State refer to themselves as RB U before (Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas). I'd put OSU in the top 3 for sure for the title of RB U, but I'd consider us LB U with valid arguments for RB's and DB's (in that order).

And 10 years from now, we'll have arguments for K's. I mean hell, we have a 3rd string walk-on K who could start for 2/3 of college football teams this year! (Jonathan Skeete) ::insert Skeete joke here::
 
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BuckeyeKid789 said:
I said NFL careers don't matter in this discussion. Only what they did in college. Vince Young wasn't a runningback btw.
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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.
 
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EngineerHorn said:
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.
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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.

Woody Hayes molded OSU into a national power through the 50s, 60s, and 70s with 3 yards and a cloud of dust. That image persists to this day, despite Cris Carter, Joey Galloway, Terry Glenn, David Boston, Michael Jenkins, and so on and so forth. A popular jibe here at the "Florida speed schools" is that if a kid really wants to go to the NFL as a WR, he should come to OSU.

Here's an odd one though: OSU will (presumably) have it's last three consecutive centers all starting at the C position in the NFL this season, LaCharles Bentley, Alex Stepanovich, and Nick Mangold.

This is a good time in Buckeyeland. It's conceivable that OSU will see as many as 11-12 players go in this years draft, with up to six players being considered 1st round picks (Hawk, Holmes, Carpenter, Mangold, Whitner, Youboty) depending upon which draft projections you believe.

OSU will have ultimately placed over 30 players who suited up in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl in the NFL, not counting UFAs. This drawfs any other school right now.

I'd be quite content with the title "NFL U."
 
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All of these monikers are pretty much worthless anyway...they don't prove anything. Penn State fans laugh when we say we're LBU, Miami laughs when we call ourselves NFL U (because of course football started in 1983), Notre Dame fans laugh when anyone other than them calls themselves anything. We've probably had as many good RBs as USC, Notre Dame has probably had as many good QBs as Miami, Alabama has probably had as many good QBs as Notre Dame, Illinois says they have had as many good LBs as we have...the list goes on forever. No one will ever agree on any of these.
 
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I think I'd give the honor to USC but my opinion shouldn't be taken too seriously because I'm only 16. I don't have a good sense of history yet. Maybe USC, Ohio St., and Texas could share the honor. Notre Dame has had successful runningbacks too so they should be in the mix. I don't think Miami has had a long enough history of producing good runningbacks to be a nominee. Once again, this discussion is probably best left to the "older" folks.
 
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