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Barry Sanders 1988 Season
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:28 pm
The best individual season in sports history?
Sanders rushed for 2,628 yards, an NCAA record.
He had 3,249 total yards, an NCAA record.
Sanders scored 39 TDs (37 rushing, 1 kick return, 1 punt return), an NCAA record.
He averaged 7.6 yards per carry.
He rushed for 300+ yards in four games.
That was during the 11-game regular season. In the Holiday Bowl against Wyoming, he ran for 222 yards and 5 TDs. In three quarters. He sat out the fourth, as OSU won 62-14.
Sanders rushed for 2,628 yards, an NCAA record.
He had 3,249 total yards, an NCAA record.
Sanders scored 39 TDs (37 rushing, 1 kick return, 1 punt return), an NCAA record.
He averaged 7.6 yards per carry.
He rushed for 300+ yards in four games.
That was during the 11-game regular season. In the Holiday Bowl against Wyoming, he ran for 222 yards and 5 TDs. In three quarters. He sat out the fourth, as OSU won 62-14.
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Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:29 pm to ACL11190
pretty amazing. how was the competition?
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:29 pm to ACL11190
I would say yes for College Football history of course. It's hard to compare the accomplishment to professional ones though.
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:31 pm to indytiger
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pretty amazing. how was the competition?
He played in a BCS level league.
He was far and away the most deserving Heisman winner in my lifetime.
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:33 pm to H-Town Tiger
It cracks me up when Georgia fans say Herschel Walker is the best college running back of all time.
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:34 pm to ACL11190
That one season is why I've always maintained that Barry Sanders was the greatest College RB of all time. He only played one year after sitting behind All-American and future NFL Hall of Famer for his first 2 years but his quality was unlike anything the college game had ever and still ever seen to this day.
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:35 pm to Roughneck
IMO him and Jerry Rice are the two best football players of all time at any position.
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:37 pm to ACL11190
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It cracks me up when Georgia fans say Herschel Walker is the best college running back of all time.
Nothing funny about the truth.
Walker played 3 years, Sanders 1.
Sanders had the greatest season, Walker the better career.
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:39 pm to ACL11190
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IMO him and Jerry Rice are the two best football players of all time at any position.
This guy would like to have a word with you:
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:46 pm to H-Town Tiger
Herschel Walker also didn't back up an All American. Walker can't hold Sander's jockstrap.
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:47 pm to ACL11190
Yeah Sanders 1988 is unbeatable.
The only thing I can combat that would be Troy Davis 1995-1997 at Iowa St. Back to back 2,000 rushing yard seasons. Never won the Heisman though. But even that, IMO pales in comparison to the greatness that was Barry.
The only thing I can combat that would be Troy Davis 1995-1997 at Iowa St. Back to back 2,000 rushing yard seasons. Never won the Heisman though. But even that, IMO pales in comparison to the greatness that was Barry.
Posted on 11/22/09 at 11:58 pm to ACL11190
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Herschel Walker also didn't back up an All American.
If you are the GOAT, shouldn't you beat out a mere AA?
UGA was 33-3 in Walker's 3 years, 2 of their loses to were to team that won the NC.
ETA: nevermind
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Walker can't hold Sander's jockstrap.
You can legitimately argue Sanders is better, but this is pure tardism. If you are a Bama fan, you sound like a biased tard, hating on UGA fans I'm all for a good discussion if you want, but spare me stupid hyperbole.
Sanders 1 season was so insane you can argue he was better. That he couldn't beat out an older, great player is not a good argument necessarily. When ABC did the top 25 players a few years ago, Sanders was 2, Walker was 3.
This post was edited on 11/23/09 at 12:26 am
Posted on 11/23/09 at 12:00 am to Meursault
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Troy Davis 1995-1997 at Iowa St. Back to back 2,000 rushing yard seasons
even if you throw out Sanders, Davis is not in the discussion of best Big 12 RB's.
Posted on 11/23/09 at 12:01 am to H-Town Tiger
Sander's is obviously the superior running back in the NFL (where it counts IMO.)
I guess college is debatable but if i have the choice to take either back in college i'm picking Barry every single time.
I guess college is debatable but if i have the choice to take either back in college i'm picking Barry every single time.
Posted on 11/23/09 at 12:02 am to ACL11190
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Sanders rushed for 2,628 yards, an NCAA record.
Wish is bullshite because the NCAA doesnt count his bowl game in that total. Add the Bowl game to that year and his season was the following:
373 rushes, 2,850 yards, (7.6 avg), 42 TDs
Greatest Season of All-Time
Posted on 11/23/09 at 12:05 am to SPEEDY
Herschel was the most physically-gifted. Barry was the most talented.
Posted on 11/23/09 at 12:06 am to xenythx
Bo Jackson was fricking physically gifted, just as much as Walker.
Posted on 11/23/09 at 12:07 am to SPEEDY
that year, Barry Sanders
Rushed for more than:
200 yards: 7 times
250 yards: 5 times
300 yards: 4 times
Scored:
3 or more TDs: 8 times
4 or more TDs: 7 times
5 or more TDs: 3 times
Rushed for more than:
200 yards: 7 times
250 yards: 5 times
300 yards: 4 times
Scored:
3 or more TDs: 8 times
4 or more TDs: 7 times
5 or more TDs: 3 times
Posted on 11/23/09 at 12:09 am to ACL11190
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IMO him and Jerry Rice are the two best football players of all time at any position.
I think Jim Brown and Reggie White would like to debate.
Posted on 11/23/09 at 12:12 am to ACL11190
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Sander's is obviously the superior running back in the NFL
The topic of the thread was his 1988 season, he did not play in the NFL in 1988.
Unlike Walker, Sanders was able to go to the NFL as a junior. Walker had to go to the USFL or stay in college 1 more year. He was a beast in the USFL and had a couple of great years in the NFL, but clearly Sanders was a much better NFL RB.
So we need to specify the discussion. I prefer to argue college or pro when discussing great players, not both. If we are talking pros, Sanders was much better than Walker, even UGAtards could not argue that. College its debatable, I'd go with Walker over Sanders, based on length of career. It is impossible to know how teams would have fared against Sanders facing him a 2nd year and knowing what he could do. Walkers numbers don't look as good today as they did at the time and its hard to explain the impact he had if you didn't follow it at the time. Can't really go wrong either way.
The greatest FB player regardless of position is still Jim Brown
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