re: Charles Scott or Cecil Collins

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What are the rumors?

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larry porter and keiland don't exactly see eye to eye

my co-worker read it religiously. that's how i heard about it

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Same with Alley Broussard...he had games BETTER than Collins, but certainly doesn't have the "it" factor that you mentioned earlier.

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Exactly. After the Auburn game, the Heisman race just stopped & everything turned to Baton Rouge. The Akron game was crazy..never seen as many different media types hanging around TS for that time period.

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I remember when this first got out, people were trying to say that a coach would always play whomever could help them win and that a personality clash would never enter into the thinking, which is one of the more naive statements I've ever heard about sports.

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I have no idea what was said, but this can run multiple ways...if the coach and the player don't see eye to eye on work ethic, technique, team focus, etc., then the player has a big problem. If the coach isn't playing him because he doesn't like the music the player listens to, then the coach should be fired. I've also seen coaches play players who have great talent but who are cancerous to the overall team...

I am amazed that after all these years Cecil is still remembered. The link of Cecil's run against Miss St is impressive, but there is something most here seem to forget. During that run, Cecil lost his shoe at the line of scrimmage. He outran those guys with one shoe.

Personaly, I believe the long Auburn run was even better. The stadium was in an absolute frenzy after that play. During the TV timeout, the entire stadium was chanting Cecil, cecil,cecil instead of LSU LSU LSU. To think, with the game on the line,(3rd and 1 near the 50)Dinardo thought it would be better to roll H Tyler out and throw.

Charles Scott..

In my mind, it's not even a question. Cecil Collins, hands down. Yes, he was a train wreck off the field and a waste of humanity, but the dude could play. He's the most talented running back I've ever seen play at LSU (personally seen that is). It was absolutely amazing how he could plow through tacklers, while at the same time had the ability to run around them or past them with his speed.

But look at the numbers:

Scott's career rushing high was 101 yards against Tulane in 2006. His longest run was 55 yards against Kentucky in 2007. His career stats are 601 yards.

Collin's stats for his first three games at LSU are the following: 2006 Miss St. (173 yards), 2006 Auburn (232 yards), 2006 Akron (179 yards). In four games in 2007 his total rushing yards were 662 yards on 72 carries, for an average of 8.3 yards per carry!

No contest. Right now, Collins has the better numbers. That obviously may change with the coming year, but right now I'd take Collins....assuming I could keep him from sneaking through the windows of women's apartments when he wasn't playing.

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To think, with the game on the line,(3rd and 1 near the 50)Dinardo thought it would be better to roll H Tyler out and throw.

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I broke stuff at my house after that play...

If I had a pool a couple of kitchen chairs probably would've landed there...bashing all my wedding pictures with a 9-iron was a big mistake though.

It takes 11 pages to answer this question? Did some of you guys actually see Cecil play? IMO there was no better rb ever to wear the purple and gold. Scott isn't even in the discussion. We're talking better than Cannon, Alexander, Faulk, Hilliard.....the greats.....no knock on Scott, but he isn't even on this list. No doubt in my mind that if Cecil didn't have the character of a mole, he'd have won at least one Heisman, maybe more.