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imanamerican63

(13,812 posts)
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:20 PM Aug 2022

Hai I know is a sports things, but you will have chuckle anyway!

24/7 Sports has name 50 of best college players ever! Guess who was voted the best of them all?

Yep, non other than Hershel Walker! He may been a good football player (running back) but what a horrible human being and candidate!

I think there was some type chicanery in put this list together?
Walker, the best ever? I am sure there are much better players!

Story from 24/7 Sports.

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Hai I know is a sports things, but you will have chuckle anyway! (Original Post) imanamerican63 Aug 2022 OP
I guess they didn't have the nerve to name O.J. Walleye Aug 2022 #1
He made the list in the 15 . imanamerican63 Aug 2022 #3
No kidding. That's rich Walleye Aug 2022 #4
He BeerBarrelPolka Aug 2022 #2
did Bo Jackson disappear? rurallib Aug 2022 #5
Earl Campbell, Gayle Sayers and many others were much better. imanamerican63 Aug 2022 #6
Bonus points for knowing where they played in College Funtatlaguy Aug 2022 #8
Campbell, Texas; Sayers was the Kansas comet; rurallib Aug 2022 #9
Great job. I'm a huge college football fan. U must be too. Funtatlaguy Aug 2022 #15
Run Herschel Run...please just run away. Funtatlaguy Aug 2022 #7
Jim Brown, Tony Dorsett in football. Kareem, Pete Maravich in basketball. blm Aug 2022 #10
I forget about Maravich every now and then gratuitous Aug 2022 #11
Definitely gone too soon. blm Aug 2022 #12
Otto Graham maxrandb Aug 2022 #18
Otto Graham could do it all. blm Aug 2022 #19
Bo Jackson was a far better back than Walker who... brush Aug 2022 #13
That's just stupid. Barry Sanders rushed for 2600+ yards in one season... SKKY Aug 2022 #14
Vince Young says Hi! dvan Aug 2022 #16
He couldn't hold Barry Sanders jockstrap pecosbob Aug 2022 #17

BeerBarrelPolka

(1,202 posts)
2. He
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:24 PM
Aug 2022

He was also a damn good sprinter and arguably, the fastest man of his bodyweight/size of all time. But otherwise, yeah I agree.

rurallib

(62,448 posts)
5. did Bo Jackson disappear?
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:27 PM
Aug 2022

Just one of many I could think of.

So when Walker was told did he mumble something about a stolen election?

imanamerican63

(13,812 posts)
6. Earl Campbell, Gayle Sayers and many others were much better.
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 08:49 PM
Aug 2022

Walker was fast and could out run ever, but that was it. The others who were better had the vision and agility to out smart the defenses.

blm

(113,085 posts)
10. Jim Brown, Tony Dorsett in football. Kareem, Pete Maravich in basketball.
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 09:21 PM
Aug 2022

Mia Hamm in soccer. Lou Gehrig in baseball. Jim Thorpe.

Gotta add Bo Jackson in football. This is as college athletes, right?

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. I forget about Maravich every now and then
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 09:36 PM
Aug 2022

But then I see a clip of him faking out one, two, even three or four guys before passing to a teammate for an easy basket, and I remember: "Oh yeah, that guy was pretty good." Hell, he even faked me out, and I was sitting on the couch.

maxrandb

(15,350 posts)
18. Otto Graham
Sun Aug 7, 2022, 07:56 AM
Aug 2022

People forget that Tom Brady only tied the record for most NFL Championships by a QB.

Otto Graham won 7 titles, and played in the championship game EVERY year of his career.

He also held the record for highest QB rating at 112, until Joe Montana posted a better QBR.

brush

(53,841 posts)
13. Bo Jackson was a far better back than Walker who...
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 10:08 PM
Aug 2022

couldn't cut very, only ran in a straight line to try to overpower tacklers.

SKKY

(11,821 posts)
14. That's just stupid. Barry Sanders rushed for 2600+ yards in one season...
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 10:12 PM
Aug 2022

...Had he played 4 seasons, he would no doubt be the GOAT of college running backs. But to name Walker the best college player ever? Silly.

dvan

(79 posts)
16. Vince Young says Hi!
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 11:49 PM
Aug 2022

If VY comes back for his senior year, then Texas repeats for the natty, Colt gets another year to get better, and finally…
The Texas Longhorn Dynasty replaces Alabama’s decade of dominance.

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