Greatest College Player

The question was asked who was the greatest college player. Many said Herschel. Others were suggested, but few listed why. My reply was a hit: Three time All-America. Finished in the top 3 for the Heisman three times. Broke the freshman, sophomore, & junior rushing records. Won one natty and played for another. Frist college player to go pro early. No other college player has a resume comparable to Herschel. Tim Tebow may come close, and Archie Griffin. Barry Sanders had one good year.

yd/g.yd/yr..rush..total.TD.G..yr

159  1753 5259 5502 52 33 3 Herschel

139  1631 6526 6941 69 47 4 Tony Dorsett

137  1570 6279 7206 75 46 4 R Williams

131  1530 4589 5562 62 35 3 M Faulk

122  1397 5589 5939 27 46 4 A Griffin

119  1185 3556 3720 49 30 3 B Sanders

105  1212 4847 5445 45 46 4 T Thomas

101  1113 4450 4640 48 44 4 E Dickerson

100  1202 4810 5611 47 48 4 Marcus Allen

096  1076 4303 4575 45 45 4 Bo Jackson

087  0697 2091 2211 21 24 3 Jim Brown

081  1056 3169 4470 38 39 3 Reggie Bush   

Jim Brown was great, but only made All-America his senior year…perhaps because he was black. Only finished 5th in the Heisman voting. Only played 8 game seasons – why I ranked the players by yards per game.

Tony Dorsett comes close to rivaling Walker for the best ever crown. Comparable numbers, allocades, and national championships. Tony won the Heisman, but that was his only top three finish.

While Herschel was the first college player to turn pro before his original class graduated, he was not the first player to turn pro with college eligibility remaining. For instance, back during World War II teenagers enlisted in the military after high school. Bud Grant and Norm Van Brocklin did this, then enrolled in college to play football. Both turned pro after three years. There may have been others. After being named all-conference multiple times in both football and basketball, Grant signed with the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBA. Two years later he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, and the rest was history. 

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Tuesday was the last day of the month. Tons to do. Worked until 6:20. Wanted to come home and crash but Winnie was crazy. She knew she was bad, and when I told her and pointed her toward her crate, she would go in without a fight. Four more months of being a puppy.

Friday: breakfast omelets at OK Cafe. Beef stew and salad for supper.

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DUSTY RHODES  [SABR Bio] as a rookie, in his 21st major league game, scored the game-winning run from second base on a ball fielded by the pitcher.  In the bottom of the 15th inning on 05-Aug-1952, Rhodes scored when teammate Don Mueller bounced a high chopper off the plate. It was fielded by Dodger pitcher Chris Van Cuyk, but not in time. During a tour of Japan, he worked on slowing down his swing the better to handle change-up pitches while the Giants toured the Far-East after the 1953 season. Rhodes admitted his weakness, saying, “If I went to the North Pole, even the Eskimos would know enough to throw me change-ups.” The World Series MVP was first awarded in 1955. Rhodes’s performance in the 1954 Fall Classic was the main force behind the Giants’ unexpected sweep of the Indians.

Been hitting the fast food pretty hard this week, working the apps for deep discounts.

4.00 four Wendys bacon egg & cheese biscuits

0.33 McDonalds chicken sandwich

0.33 McDonalds large drink

0.34 McDonalds large fries

0.50 McDonalds chicken sandwich

0.50 McDonalds large drink

0.00 free RaceTrac soft drink

3.00 two Burger King Whopper Juniors

1.00 two Burger King small fries

$10.00 total for 14 items