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WriterVol said:
"I'm sure there are other backs if you go back farther."

Like Johnny Majors?

It'd be hard to put him above Henry or Stephens. I think it's more the way those two would carry their teams at times. Stephens was so focused and determined that year. Henry in 98 just skull-drug Arkansas to close out the game. It helps that they had way better o-lines, and it's not to knock Hurd. We just have the tint of nostalgia on those other guys.

Really, I'm just glad we have a guy like Hurd that we can even compare to Tennessee's best.
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Yes, like Majors. I've never seen Majors play though beyond the occasional highlight so I can't really compare him to Hurd.

It remains Hurd's really good. His YPC is down a bit from the others but I think that's largely driven by the line. I'd take him over Henry and Stephens but it's really close. Garner, Webb, and Lewis were all more explosive than he is so I like them better.
 
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triadvolfan said:
Yes, like Majors. I've never seen Majors play though beyond the occasional highlight so I can't really compare him to Hurd.

It remains Hurd's really good. His YPC is down a bit from the others but I think that's largely driven by the line. I'd take him over Henry and Stephens but it's really close. Garner, Webb, and Lewis were all more explosive than he is so I like them better.
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I won't lie Hurd is probably my favorite RB to watch run at Tennessee. Not saying he's the best but I like watching Hurd run the football when he runs downhill. I was a big Coker fan as well.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
I won't lie Hurd is probably my favorite RB to watch run at Tennessee. Not saying he's the best but I like watching Hurd run the football when he runs downhill. I was a big Coker fan as well.
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I've still got a soft spot for Monterio Hardesty. I see a little of him in John Kelly.
 
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Volnukem said:
I loved the I-formation stuff because I believe Hurd is more comfortable with it. However, it was so successful because NU had not practiced for it at all.
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All season? In their Spring practice game? Against Stanford? Against Big 10 opponents. I think it was more that Tennessee ran it well and mixed it with the spread. When you get outperformed, cry surprise.
 
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walkenvol said:
Are you saying nobody NU played all season ran the I-formation as I thought that was the offense run by the majority of the Big10 teams? Doesn't NU run the I themselves? Wouldn't they have practiced against it all season?
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Didn't see this one before I typed my post...I'd add Stanford...they run it pretty well. :)
 
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butchna said:
All season? In their Spring practice game? Against Stanford? Against Big 10 opponents. I think it was more that Tennessee ran it well and mixed it with the spread. When you get outperformed, cry surprise.
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We definitely beat their doors off but I think they were built to stop the spread. They had a 210lb ILB and we have a 240lb RB. I'm not sure who was chasing who by the third quarter.
 
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RockyTop85 said:
We definitely beat their doors off but I think they were built to stop the spread. They had a 210lb ILB and we have a 240lb RB. I'm not sure who was chasing who by the third quarter.
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Kamara's first touchdown against NU is kinda hilarious to rewatch. They put a linebacker on him and he blows the guy's doors off getting to the edge.
 
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butchna said:
All season? In their Spring practice game? Against Stanford? Against Big 10 opponents. I think it was more that Tennessee ran it well and mixed it with the spread. When you get outperformed, cry surprise.
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Maybe I should use the word gameplan instead of practice. I know they faced the I-formation, but that's not the same thing. They spent a month working on keys and assignments based on us running a spread based offense. Every I-formation is not same, either. I'll leave it at that.
 
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Volnukem said:
Maybe I should use the word gameplan instead of practice. I know they faced the I-formation, but that's not the same thing. They spent a month working on keys and assignments based on us running a spread based offense. Every I-formation is not same, either. I'll leave it at that.
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Ours was apparently stellar. I give Fitzgerald more credit than he gives himself. I don't doubt he was caught off-guard, but apparently coaches would rather cop to being outcoached than outmanned. They knew what was happening...just couldn't do anything about it. :aggressive:
 
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walkenvol said:
Henry should be very up your list then - dude was a human wrecking ball both on the field and in the bedroom!
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Lol I liked Henry but Lewis and Stephens were two guys from that era I liked more. Gerald Riggs Jr. as a junior was another one I enjoyed watching run the rock at Tennessee.
 
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butchna said:
Ours was apparently stellar. I give Fitzgerald more credit than he gives himself. I don't doubt he was caught off-guard, but apparently coaches would rather cop to being outcoached than outmanned. They knew what was happening...just couldn't do anything about it. :aggressive:
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The flex ACE style of offense caught them off guard but they got mauled in the second half like everybody we played all year when the coaches stayed aggressive. Hurd even wore Bama down in the second half. Watch his TD run late where no one touched him. You don't ever see Bama like that. And they weren't on tired legs. Those dudes are 23 and under they were fine. We just played up to our talent level.
 
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So we had two VFL's playing bball against each other tonight, Jordy and Tobias. Jordy scored 5 points in only about 1 min of mop up duty, including the 20th 3-pointer of the game for Cleveland which tied an NBA record in a playoff game.

VFL basketball representin.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
Lol I liked Henry but Lewis and Stephens were two guys from that era I liked more. Gerald Riggs Jr. as a junior was another one I enjoyed watching run the rock at Tennessee.
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Henry goes top 3 for me. There is nothing like watching him run after the Stoerner Stumble. I know the line was doing work, but napalm or sharknados would not have denied him from the end zone
 
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Does anybody else find it disturbing that Nick Saban is opening a Mercedes Benz dealership in Nashville?
 
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Mullins2010 said:
Makes it easier to give to players
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Absolutely. Talent level in Middle TN is on the rise and what do ya know, Nick Saban has found a reason to come to Middle TN a lot........."and if recruits just so happen to show up at my dealership while I'm there.....well, you know....I just can't not talk to them."
 
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BaldBiker said:
Does anybody else find it disturbing that Nick Saban is opening a Mercedes Benz dealership in Nashville?
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Very. It's an extremely odd location too. Who drives by Briley on I-40, sees Hotel Preston, and says "You know what? That looks like a perfect spot for a Benz dealership."

Nick Saban evidently.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
The flex ACE style of offense caught them off guard but they got mauled in the second half like everybody we played all year when the coaches stayed aggressive. Hurd even wore Bama down in the second half. Watch his TD run late where no one touched him. You don't ever see Bama like that. And they weren't on tired legs. Those dudes are 23 and under they were fine. We just played up to our talent level.
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So, with your trained eye, watching us run out of the spread all season? No problems with opposing D's seemingly camped out and forcing Hurd to break tackles IN THE BACKFIELD for minimal gains. You don't see those 1100 yards and wonder if the defense wasn't essentially waiting for our man, how many yards could he have accrued? Running with a full head of steam out of the offset I or against a discombobulated team in the spread, I'm being conservative with 1500 plus. Give our feature back a season like that and we'll land similar marquee names in recruiting IMO.
 
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