ZippyMorocco
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Mike Rozier was a good RB, but his stats were bloated due to running behind a great offensive line (including Rimington, who is on this list and deserves it) and by virtue of playing for a coach who was never shy about running up the score. He shouldn't be #29.I actually agree with most of the top 10-15, but There are some doozies on that list. Ron Dayne might be the most overrated college football player of all time.
Belue threw 5 picks against Clemson.Mike Rozier was a good RB, but his stats were bloated due to running behind a great offensive line (including Rimington, who is on this list and deserves it) and by virtue of playing for a coach who was never shy about running up the score. He shouldn't be #29.
I don't have a problem with Herschel being #1, but where was he vs Clemson and Pitt in 1981 and then Penn State in 1982? He wasn't unstoppable.
Belue threw 5 picks against Clemson.
IIRC, he had 124 yards against PSU.
Here he is against Pitt. This is an All American linebacker he decleated. You may have heard of him, Sal Sunseri
Pretty clear they factored in team success and how decorated the players are when making the list. Mike Reid and Testaverde both had more decorated careers (more awards) and had more team success than Reggie and Peyton did.One of the worst lists I’ve ever seen
Some Penn St scrub over Reggie White and Doug Atkins? Vinny Testaverde over Manning? Not even worth the click
For what it's worth, Peyton Manning's college career record as a starter was 39-6. Vinny Testaverde's college career record as a starter was 21-3. Neither won a National Championship. It's tough to sell Testaverde as a better college player than Manning, especially when you look closely at how absolutely putrid Testaverde was in his two bowl games, which both had National Championship implications.Burrow being that high I think is some recency bias. Burrow had an absolutely incredible season, perhaps the best by a QB in the history of the sport, but it was one season. The other season he had was very pedestrian. I wouldn't have ranked him ahead of some of the others on that list.
Also, as much as I dislike Georgia, it is really difficult to argue that Herschel Walker isn't the single greatest CFB player ever.
Pretty clear they factored in team success and how decorated the players are when making the list. Mike Reid and Testaverde both had more decorated careers (more awards) and had more team success than Reggie and Peyton did.
Surely, you jest. Sanders was a phenomenal player whose only fault was that he was waiting on playing time behind Thurman Thomas at Okie State.
LMAO.Any list that has running backs in it better start with Bo.Not even up for discussion .
LMAO.
Herschel - 5259 yards, 49 TDs in 3 years
Bo - 4303 yards, 43 TDs in 4 years
Herschel was voted 1st string on the All Century Team and Offensive Player of the Century. He was briefly the world record holder at 60 meters and 5th fastest in the world at 100 meters, at 19, at 225#, while playing football. He made the 1980 Olympic team in the 100 and 4 x 100. Carter refused to let the team compete in Moscow.
Like I said, they factored in team achievements and decorations into the ranking. Testaverde won a Heisman and played in the midst of a run of dominance for the Miami program.For what it's worth, Peyton Manning's college career record as a starter was 39-6. Vinny Testaverde's college career record as a starter was 21-3. Neither won a National Championship. It's tough to sell Testaverde as a better college player than Manning, especially when you look closely at how absolutely putrid Testaverde was in his two bowl games, which both had National Championship implications.