[Gotham Dark Knight]

Okay, I lets pick a topic which will have mulitple great answers..."Who was the greatest college running back of All-times?"

I have gotten to see some good ones...Bo Jackson, Hershal Walker, Dorsett, Marcus Allen, Earl Campbell, Archie Griffin, Barry Sanders...just to name a few...

I think I remember being in awe more of the power backs...of which Jackson and Campbell were awesome, but I remember thinking that Walker was in a class by himself...I always wondered what kind of stats he would have piled up had he gone to the NFL and not the USFL.

I also remember thinking that the SMU backfield of Dickerson and Craig James was the best combo I have seen (with all due respect to Bush and White of the 2005 Trojans)

[desertrat]

Mike Rozier, Barry Sanders,Billy Sims,Marcus Allen, Earl Campbell, Ricky Williams, Lawrence Phillips, Archie Griffin, Herschel Walker, Bo Jackson, George Rogers, Eric Crouch even though he was QB, Curt Warner, Charles White, Reggie Bush, Wendell Tyler, Freeman McNeil, Ahmann Green, Adrian Peterson, Ron Dayne, Emmitt Smith, OJ Simpson,the list goes on.

Best 1-2 RB duos: SMU pony express with Dickerson and James, Oklahoma State with Barry Sanders and Thurman Thomas, Neraska with Mike Rozier,Roger Craig,and Tom Rathman, Auburn with Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown, Missouri with Tony Galbreath and James Wilder, USC with Reggie Bush and Lendale White. These are just the ones I can name off the top of my head at 3AM. All are from the modern era because I never saw the duo at Army with Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard, though I guess they belong.

[Lefty Noob]

Impressive list so far, narrowing it down would be next to impossible, so I'm going to add to it instead: Ricky Bell, who many thought was robbed out of the 1975 Heisman; Anthony Davis; Tony Dorsett; John Cappelletti; Lydell Mitchell; Marshall Faulk; Steve Owens; Blanchard and Davis; the Golden Boy Paul Hornung... the list could go on and on.

How about some dark horse candidates, such as the the leading rusher in Miami Hurricanes history, Ottis Anderson? Or Avon Cobourne, the leading rusher in Big East Conference history and a guy who amassed, according to WVU, 4 straight 1,000 yard seasons (counting bowl games)? Or how about the first player in NCAA history to rush for 7,000 career yards, R.J. Bowers of Grove City College? Dark horses, I know, but they at least deserve to be in the discussion, if ever so briefly.

[wvuauthor]

You beat me to the punch on Cobourne; he was a great back and the all time leading rusher in Big East history.

And as far as small college football goes, Bowers was the man. I saw him play a couple of times because I am close to Grove City, and he was pretty darn good!

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

How about some dark horse candidates, such as the the leading rusher in Miami Hurricanes history, Ottis Anderson? Or Avon Cobourne, the leading rusher in Big East Conference history and a guy who amassed, according to WVU, 4 straight 1,000 yard seasons (counting bowl games)? Or how about the first player in NCAA history to rush for 7,000 career yards, R.J. Bowers of Grove City College? Dark horses, I know, but they at least deserve to be in the discussion, if ever so briefly.

Color some of those horses pretty dark cause I haven't heard of some of them...

Here is a link to Bowers and his record...who I had to look up...and I usually have a clue on who these guys are...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/...in245024.shtml

If we are going dark horse, maybe Ed Marinaro from Cornell who along Marcus Allen and Barry Sanders is the only other runner who has averaged more than 200 yards per game in a season.

[Lefty Noob]

Bowers was actually a Steeler for a cup of coffee. He's out of the NFL now... he had been signed to play for the AIFL's Steubenville Stampede here in Steubenville, Ohio, but for some reason it didn't quite work out and he never played a single game for us. Don't know where or if he's playing now. And why not throw Marinaro into the mix. The more, the merrier, right?

[william0701211]

How about Amos Lawrence North Carolina '77-'80. Four 1,000 yd years and did not need the bowl games to get there. Kelvin Bryant? three 1,000 yard seasons one of those was while Amos was getting his 1,000. And Kelvin in his senior season only gained 1,064 but only played 5 games. He was injured in the early going of the 4th game after amassing 885 yards and 15 TD's in his first three. No one really remembers either since they played during the Herschel Walker days. But Kelvin went on to win 2 player of the year honors in the USFL while going head to head against Mr. Walker.......Who's the best Eric Dickersom of SMU. Great vision quickness and lateral movement only held under 100 yards 4 times in college

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Hey now, if Kevin Smith stays at UCF and doesn't go pro...he can sneak into the list...the man got 2,400 plus yards this year.

[Geechee843]

sanders, dorsett, jackson, walker

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Geechee843

sanders, dorsett, jackson, walker

A total dis to the great USC runners huh?

[azrael492]

You asked for a dark horse. One of my favorite college runners was Eric Bieniemy from the 1990 Colorado team.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by azrael492

You asked for a dark horse. One of my favorite college runners was Eric Bieniemy from the 1990 Colorado team.

I liked him..."Public Bieniemy #1"...I think he coaches out there now.

i use to think it was barry sanders even though he only played 1 amazing season. but u need 2 look at kansas states Darren Sproles. little as they come but ran with tramendous power. and did it against teams like oklahoma USC Nabraska oklahoma state etc. . .