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re: Top 25 LSU players of all time....Is this guy serious?
Posted on 7/26/12 at 1:15 am to N.O. via West-Cal
Posted on 7/26/12 at 1:15 am to N.O. via West-Cal
quote:To be fair, there is also a tendency for some older and/or more nostalgic fans to exaggerate in their own minds the exploits of their heroes of bygone days. I myself felt like Hokie Gajan was the greatest football player ever for several years, just because he was the first cool LSU football name I learned.
I have no idea who is better, but I do think there is a tendency to automatically discount players from previous generations.
Casanova is one of the all time greats, but if you look back realistically on some of the other "all time greats" people bring up they turn out to be simply among the greats of their time (which isn't a bad thing).
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 1:29 am to nitwit
quote:No, he didn't. He didn't play as a freshman (they weren't eligible til '72) and he never led LSU in rushing. This is precisely the kind of distortion that I was talking about earlier.
I know Casanova 1) led LSU in RUSHING as a freshman
Tommy Casanova is legitimately one the greatest college football players ever. But some other guys who are not quite at his level get this same treatment and are remembered better than they actually were. Which is much better than the reverse tendency of remembering less popular players as worse than they were (JaMarcus Russell, for example), but is still a bit of distortion.
Posted on 7/26/12 at 1:51 am to TigerPimpNationTrank
No Stovall
No Cassanova
No Capone
No Estay
No Taylor
No Mike Williams
No PP7
No Cassanova
No Capone
No Estay
No Taylor
No Mike Williams
No PP7
Posted on 7/26/12 at 7:32 am to TigerPimpNationTrank
No offense to the honey badger but how does he make number 7 and patrick peterson isnt even on the list?
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