Greatest college football player you've ever seen?
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Well, they did. It's just that most of them are probably dead now.TexasBama said:
Most of us can only relate to what has gone on in the last 25-40 years. But some great, great college football was played before the modern era even started, which by most is considered to be 1950.
I agree with you, though, about Brian Bosworth. He didn't amount to diddly in the pros(especially after Bo ran him over in their famous meeting), but he was very dominating player in his college days at OU.
Good point...
"Saw" was part of the parameter. That gives us of the OFC an enormous advantage. :biggrin: And even I am not old enough to have "seen" Hutson...
"Saw" was part of the parameter. That gives us of the OFC an enormous advantage. :biggrin: And even I am not old enough to have "seen" Hutson...
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For those of you that really want to get "technical", some of us have "seen" Don Hutson, folks!! :wink: Have you heard of old black and white game reels and the Bryant Museum? There is some amazing footage available of those old 1930's and 1920's Bama teams, much of it including Don Hutson. I personally own one video with quite bit of footage of Hutson, and it is amazing. The guy was one heck of a college football player. :biggrin2:
TIDE-HSV said:
For those of you that really want to get "technical", some of us have "seen" Don Hutson, folks!! :wink: Have you heard of old black and white game reels and the Bryant Museum? There is some amazing footage available of those old 1930's and 1920's Bama teams, much of it including Don Hutson. I personally own one video with quite bit of footage of Hutson, and it is amazing. The guy was one heck of a college football player. :biggrin2:
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An addendum to my last post--
The best college football player that I HAVE SEEN PLAY IN PERSON would have to be Emmitt Smith against us in Birmingham in 1987. He ripped us a new one that day and I will never forget it.....
The best college football player that I HAVE SEEN PLAY IN PERSON would have to be Emmitt Smith against us in Birmingham in 1987. He ripped us a new one that day and I will never forget it.....
me & mrs. exiled came back for HC that day. We were living in Indiana, and were absolutely starving for some good Bama FB. Instead, we saw the Emmit coming out party. Wasn't that his first start?Hawk324 said:
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I was at that Bama v. Penn State game when DT totally whipped arse. It was a good thing he did because our offense was awful that day. However, as much as it pains me to say it I would have to say Bo Jackson. I think he could have been the best running back in history if he had stayed away from baseball and had not been injured. I must also say that I am proud of the way he overcame his learning disability and speech impediment to actually become a decent public speaker and graduate from college. I know this sounds like an Auburn fan, but it is really just that I am proud of the guy being from Alabama. The story could only be better if he had actually played at Alabama.
My father passed away during the Mike Dubose years (that era may have contributed to his death), but he always told me that Harry Gilmer was Alabama's greatest player because he could run, pass, kick, return kicks, and play defense better than anyone he had ever seen.
Harry Gilmer, cowboy hat and all, brought out the game ball at the OU game at BDS in '03. I thought it was a fitting tribute. He definitely was a great player in our history.
Your Dad may have been right. Harry Gilmer was my first BAMA hero, but I never saw him. I only heard about him on the radio and read about him in the newspaper. I think his jump passes turned many a young boy of that time into BAMA fans.Really Big Bama Fan said:
Ricky has his problems off the field, but on the field in college he was simply the best running back...EVER! People forget that he had to wait his turn to start at tailback behind Priest Holmes...That was 2 years worth of splitting time and playing fullback, ie not being the feature back. I give Ricky the nod over Herschel because of over all team talent or lack their of in Ricky's case, he worked harder. Watching him live and seeing how slow he made cornerbacks look, how easily he juked everyone, how effortlessly he ran showed he was a man among boys. Herschel was more like a heat seeking missile that didn't mind going out of his way to hit a linebacker or DB.TexasBama said:
Dat Nguyen & Bucky Richardson have to rank up there in their relative positions. Bennett, DT, and David Palmer single handedly won games for Bama too.
Jay Barker and Major Applewhite get my vote for "use what little god given talent you have and just win baby" award...Those two could lead an offense in college...they just had the knack of it. They definitely made people around them better.
Not really, obviously any more gifted players out there alot named here Lee Roy, Musso, Buscuit, DT etc.... but Jay had that intangeble (sp) like Steve Sloan he just found a way to beat you..... Tony Nathathan were'nt so bad eitherTommyMac said:
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John Hannah, without a doubt the greatest offensive lineman to ever play the game. The greatest I ever saw in person was Archie Griffin; and just as fine a human being. RTR
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