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re: 2014 Only three Running Backs
Posted on 1/4/14 at 12:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 1/4/14 at 12:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
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LSU RB cycle: emerge freshman or sophomore year to replace upper class RB who is seen as talented b/c he emerged as a freshman or sophomore to replace upper class RB who is seen as talented b/c he emerged as a freshman or sophomore...
There's probably more truth to that in your head than there is actually IRL
Hill led LSU in carries in 2012 but he wasn't a lead back. And as i said, he was a 20 year old Freshman.
shoot, same thing dating back to justin vincent. He was 21 at the end of his FR season.
keiland was also a 20 yr old FR
Posted on 1/4/14 at 12:40 pm to Lester Earl
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Hill led LSU in carries in 2012 but he wasn't a lead back. And as i said, he was a 20 year old Freshman.
hill is also basically the only guy to be lead back 2 years in a row, if memory serves
the RBs who emerged as the primary guy over the year in the modern era of LSU football:
2003: JV
2004: Alley
2005: Addai
2006: Keiland
2007: Hester
2008: Scott
2009: True RGBC...if memory serves our RBs all got hurt that year
2010: Ridley
2011: Ware
2012: Hill
2013: Hill (outlier)
there is tons of roster overlap in those years. in most (not every, admittedly) years, a formerly "talented" upperclassman RB got overshadowed by a young (perception as "talented" created) RB. this is just what has happened for a decade..through miles and saban
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