re: Will Burrow reach Maravich status at LSU?

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Greater than Maravich. He led the greatest college football team in history. 15-0

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Absolutely no. Stupid take.
Cannon achieved more in his last 2 years. He won a title, played for another and should have won 2 Heismans.
Cannon lost 1 game (his last) in his final 2 years at LSU and was no doubt the most dominant player in college football for 2 years.

Maravich dominated EVERYONE he played for 4 years. EVERYONE.

He would own LSUs assist lead had he had any talent there his soph and Jr years.

He was bigger than ANYONE ever in college basketball including EVERYONE during that time as far as his popularity. He was on TV, he signed the HIGHEST ever rookie contract.

Burrow had 14 fellow Tigers drafted with him. 4 were on defense in the first 2 rounds and that was controversial IMO because I though that there should have been at least 1 in the first with Fulton or Delpit. But hey it was all about the offense this season EXCEPT when the money time came the last 5-6 games of the season. OU, Clemson, TAMU and Bama felt it. Throw out OM with people sitting and that huge lead that the defense played a part in by stopping OM those first series.
I mean then came the Oline and more defense. So you see, a TEAM won with great coaching and great talent. Cushenberry called plays at the LOS just like Burrow, defensive players called plays.
I mean, I’m not sure what else to say about how football is different than basketball to explain the how dominating an individual like Pete was.
Nearly 1400 points and almost 200 assists in ONE season ONE. It could have been a lot more with a 3 pt line and shot clock with everyone trying to stop him.

THE OPPOSING FANS CARRIED HIM OFF THE COURT!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS LIKE?? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ANYONE DOING THAT, ANYTHING LIKE THAY IN MAJOR COLLEGE SPORTS?

Many draft experts rated Chase Young higher than him this past draft, but don’t mention that shite on here.

YOU DIDN’T LIVE THEN SO DON’T think you understand what the hype was that surrounded him when he was in school and without social media.

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Maravich dominated EVERYONE he played for 4 years. EVERYONE.

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How did he do when he had to play black guys?

Here is a summary of Bill Walton from his sophomore year, where the best players he had on his team were Keith Wilkes & Henry Bibby (good but not super players)

"With Walton playing alongside Henry Bibby, Larry Farmer, Wilkes, Lee and Swen Nater, UCLA finished 14–0 in the Pac 8 Conference.[21]

In the 25-team 1972 NCAA Tournament, UCLA defeated Weber State 90–58. They defeated Long Beach State and Coach Jerry Tarkanian in the Western Regional Final 73–57 to reach the Final Four. Playing 20 minutes due to foul trouble, Walton had 4 points and 12 rebounds in the victory over Weber State, taking only one shot. He had 19 points and 11 rebounds against Long Beach State.[21][22]

In the 1972 Final Four, Walton had 33 points and 21 rebounds, on 11 of 13 shooting and 11 of 12 free-throws, against Louisville in the NCAA Semi-Final, as UCLA won 96–77. In the NCAA Championship game, he had 24 points and 20 rebounds in the Bruins' 81–76 victory over Florida State. Walton was named the 1972 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player.[22] "LINK

Note him scoring over 20 points and having at least 20 rebounds in both games in the final four. In addition to being a dominating rebounder, he was a great passer. Total player - great scorer, rebounder, passer and defender.

Would also add Jerry West to the list of college players better than Maravich. West was a great scorer and defender. (4 time all star on defense in NBA, which Maravich could never come close to) Here is wiki on West's final season in college "In his final collegiate season (1959–60) West enjoyed several career highs, such as scoring 29.3 points per game, a 134 season-assists, 16.5 rebounds per game, and a shooting average of 50.4% from the field, 76.6% from the free throw line."

Ask the players. Here is LeBron talking about him almost 40 years later... they hated him because he had more moves than EVERYONE that played when he entered the league. He also signed the biggest contract ever for a player. The Harlem Globe Trotters offered him 1 Million to play when he came out of college.
Google how he dominated
here is how he make one of the all time great . LINK

Earl The Pearl Monroe: ever heard of him with he the Knicks?

"Pound for pound, ounce for ounce, I've always felt Pete was the most talented basketball player around. Some players are known for their defense or their rebounding. Pete can run, pass, shoot, drive, jump ... he can do it all. He is truly a great talent."

Here is from when he dropped 68 on a top defender at the guard position Walt Frazier.
They all begged to be taken out because he embarrassed them all.


Maravich victimized five different Knicks guards: Walt Frazier; Butch Beard; Earl Monroe; Dean Meminger; and Tickey Burden. Frazier was known as one of the best defenders in the NBA but Maravich averaged 35 points a game in his three previous matchups with Frazier. “We tried everything humanly possible to stop him,” Knicks coach Red Holtzman told The Times-Picayune that night. “We double-teamed him, we tried to have guys help out. We tried trapping him. He was just so darned hot, we couldn’t handle him.”

Bob McAdoo, the Knicks starting center and a three-time NBA scoring champion, said, “He was shooting from everywhere: every corner of the court, fast breaks, set plays. The man beat us by himself."

Knicks guard Earl Monroe: “There was no way we could stop him. The Pistol was hot tonight, he was really going off. The thing that came to mind was that he was hitting shots from everywhere. Unconscionable shots”

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Greater than Maravich. He led the greatest college football team in history. 15-0

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after I read a dumb post, I look at the "joined date" and yes it falls between 2016-2019 usually
this one 2018

Pete filled not only our "arena" but that of opponents who wanted to see him play....PERIOD People cam for him even more than the game

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Would also add Jerry West to the list of college players better than Maravich. West was a great scorer and defender. (4 time all star on defense in NBA, which Maravich could never come close to) Here is wiki on West's final season in college "In his final collegiate season (1959–60) West enjoyed several career highs, such as scoring 29.3 points per game, a 134 season-assists, 16.5 rebounds per game, and a shoo

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West and Riley were jealous to the point Pete would drop 50 and hold his guy to 16 and they said he wouldn’t defend.

All the players you mentioned played with a ton of first team AA AND HoF coaches. Plus you y’all about a player that plays center (or PF outside of logo who played in the PROS with the greatest player of all time - Chamberlain AND WAS CARRIED BY HoF Elgin fricking Baylor. West was an excellent basketball player. He couldn’t carry Pete’s jock. He was all fundamentals and scoring inside as opposed to a shooter from deep like Maravich.

As far as Walton, google what he said about Pete and his facilitation I’d how GREAT he was. Walton played for freaking John Wooden at a LOADED UCLA who had all the exposure because of the people that came before him.
Yes, he won awards in college. He wouldn’t have won them when Maravich’s team won 22 games and he dropped 1400 with 200 assists to a bunch of white guys with little talent. You just can’t understand FROM THE GUARD POSITION how dominating he was NOBODY BUT OSCAR came close to him.
A 7’ Center like Walton understood how special he was otherwise he wouldn’t have went on and on about him on numerous occasions.
When he commentated LSU games or was there when his son played at LSU, he was obsessive with Maravich. We have met probably 10 times in the L-club before games (and no I wasn’t an athlete but supported the basketball team for many years).

LINK

The Jazz were 0-14 when this game happened and here is Walton said:
“And the Portland Trail Blazers, we go in there, we had a team, not the Championship team, but had a good enough team, and we were pounding them early, way up at halftime. And Pete, in the second half, just takes over. He goes absolutely wild. He plays one against five. And he is up and down the court, shooting jumpers, hooks, full-court behind the back passes, through the guy’s legs. He did just everything. And in the very last play of the game, we are up one, Pete dribbles up, four of our guys go chasing him, because they know he’s not going to pass it, and he is falling out of bounds, and he shoots it as he is tumbling over the row of fans in the corner. And I am standing underneath the basket waiting for the last rebound, if we’re going to win the game, or not going to win the game ever from the New Orleans Jazz. And the ball swishes through the net!”

Tulane had a black player named Harold Sylvester, pretty good defensive player. Pete dropped 66 on him. So much for black players.

Tiger1988
"The Jazz were 0-14 when this game happened and here is Walton said:..."
I was in the Municipal Auditorium at that game against Portland (first win ever for the Jazz). We were down 23 midway through the 3rd and I turned to my brother, Kenny, and said, "I'll never come to another Jazz game until they prove to me they can win." Then Pete went off. He hit the winning shot from the right corner over Portland's center (I believe it was Lloyd Neal). As Pete fell backwards out of bounds the ball swished through the net. Jazz win 102-101 (just checked; 11/10/1974). For younger Tiger fans, if you could have seen Pete in person, then you would understand his staunch defenders in this thread. All in all, I am ecstatic he, Shaq, and Jeaux were Tigers

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He did fine against the black guys of the NBA. Last white guy to win NBA scoring title. Next question...

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don’t tell the idiots here that.

Burrow has passed Maravich status. How many championships did "Pistol" bring to LSU?