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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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Based on college only my top 5 would be:

1. USC
2. Auburn
3. OSU
4. Texas
5. Georgia

It's really hard to leave off Oklahoma State though considering they produced Barry Sanders and Thurman Thomas. Miami is probably 6th and Nebraska 7th. Wisconsin should also be mentioned in there somewhere.
 
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Are we basing this off of college? FSU WR-U?

I think Michigan is WR U and it's a longshot really. Anthony Carter (3-time All-American), Desmond Howard (Heisman winner, All-American, #4 pick overall in an NFL Draft), Derrick Alexander (All-American, 1st rounder), Amani Toomer (1st team All-B10), Tai Streets (1st team All-B10), David Terrell (All-American, #8 pick overall in an NFL Draft), Marquise Walker (All-American), Braylon Edwards (All-American, #3 pick overall in an NFL Draft), and just last year Jason Avant (1st team All-B10).

Seems like every 5-10 years or less Michigan has had a great receiver. Carter, Howard, Terrell, and Edwards were truly great. The others weren't that bad, but those four, while in college were the shizznit- I mean every one of those four guys dominated on another and for the most part could just could not be stopped.
 
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Cwood24 said:
Seems like every 5-10 years or less Michigan has had a great receiver. Carter, Howard, Terrell, and Edwards were truly great.
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Personally, I think Michigan gets way too much pub at WR. Sure they've had some top-shelf guys, in college, but a lot of them have not panned out in the pros. Howard was not a dominant WR; an outstanding returner and very good speedster, but at the wideout position he was hardly peerless. Do they really pull away from OSU at that premiere position at UM? Amani Toomer vs Santonio Holmes, Terry Glenn vs Anthony Carter, Joey Galloway vs Desmond Howard, Michael Jenkins vs David Terrell, Braylon Edwards vs David Boston, Tai Streets vs Cris Carter.
 
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Let's keep in mind that before '05 w/Pittman, our last 1,000 rusher was MoC in '02. And those two years were some pretty dreadful ones to watch from a running game perspective IMO. I think if you said to a non-OSU fan that we're Running Back U, they'd laugh.
 
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i think nfl U is probably the most fitting. seriously, how many positions could we honestly throw out there? rb U? yep. wr U? yep. o-line U? without question. d-line U? yep. lb U? obviously. cb U? without a doubt. kicker U? not to shabby there either. we could even make an aruguement for safety U. the only positions we haven't placed a large number of highly sought after players in the nfl for is te and qb.
 
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jwinslow said:
Personally, I think Michigan gets way too much pub at WR. Sure they've had some top-shelf guys, in college, but a lot of them have not panned out in the pros. Howard was not a dominant WR; an outstanding returner and very good speedster, but at the wideout position he was hardly peerless. Do they really pull away from OSU at that premiere position at UM? Amani Toomer vs Santonio Holmes, Terry Glenn vs Anthony Carter, Joey Galloway vs Desmond Howard, Michael Jenkins vs David Terrell, Braylon Edwards vs David Boston, Tai Streets vs Cris Carter.
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Are you kidding me? Howard not a dominant WR? Wow, that's news to me.

so.- 63 catches, 1,025 receiving yards, 11 touchdown receptions (16.3avg)

jr.- 65 catches, 985 receiving yards, 19 touchdown receptions (15.9avg)

Howard had 2,000+ receiving yards and and 30 touchdown grabs in two years. The guy barely played as a freshman, so had he stayed for his senior year he'd own every Michigan receiving record, not Braylon Edwards. Keep in mind this was back in '91 and Michigan wasn't exactly a passing offense back then. Howard was as dominant a WR in college as I've ever seen.
 
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