OT- Greatest CFB Player you ever watched?
Just trying to lighten the mood after the recent recruiting decommits, so who is the best player you have ever seen play college football? It can be from any team, conference position.
Couple quick rules:
1. Must have watched them play at least once (Doesn't have to be in person).
2. Must be centered around actual on field play. This is just to prevent people from saying "Kelly Baraka, but man he couldn't stop smoking weed"
My choice: Cam Newton. I wasn't old enough to watch Woodson (Who I think will garner a lot of votes here). Dude absolutely annhiliated everyone in his path during that season at Auburn. Just one of the most unstoppable players ever. Big moment for me is when he trucked Patrick Peterson and carried him 30 yards in to the endzone. Newton was also the only player on the offense of the 2011 Championship team to play in the NFL. Just an otherwordly player.
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:31 PM ^
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Anthony Carter was special. Electric. Of non-Michigan players, John Elway (somewhat like an earlier day Vince Young, better passer, not quite the runner).
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:31 PM ^
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August 23rd, 2016 at 5:33 PM ^
Kelly Baraka, but man he couldn't stop smoking weed
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:48 PM ^
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:33 PM ^
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August 23rd, 2016 at 5:33 PM ^
Woodson. He was in a different class entirely.
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:34 PM ^
Took out Michigan, OSU, OU, USC in a 14 game span.
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August 23rd, 2016 at 5:49 PM ^
The one that hurt the most was when we were up 10 in the 4th quarter, Texas has a 3rd & goal and he breaks what seems like 7 tackles from the 10 yard line and walks into the end zone standing up. I punched my bedroom door when that happened.
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August 23rd, 2016 at 6:43 PM ^
August 23rd, 2016 at 11:27 PM ^
He was such a fucking horrible fourth quarter coach.
August 24th, 2016 at 8:32 AM ^
*light bulb*
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THAT HOW WHY TIME OUT PFUGPWYVGPYEWVFBPEFU"
August 24th, 2016 at 9:35 AM ^
point. I could not figure out why Michigan players kept sliding off of him. I felt a lot better when he won it all the next year, and put on that show against USC.
I also think we got a hand on the final field goal. Just a tad more, and we win that game.
Side note, I raced back from Michigan to Rhode Island to get back in time to watch the game. Made it in 10.5 hours.
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August 23rd, 2016 at 6:05 PM ^
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I would like to see a breakdown on on Denard's touchdown or turnover per play ratio.
August 23rd, 2016 at 11:40 PM ^
August 24th, 2016 at 1:05 AM ^
Completely agree with the first part of your response, but I wouldn't expect the 2nd response from someone who is over the age of 11. I know the official site policy is that Denard is the greatest and agree that he was electric and the type of player that we never had before. However, he never showed up against good teams, his most exciting plays were against mid-major teams where the athleticism gap was magnified. He was also incredibly frustrating to watch as he got worse every year and regressed as a passer. Tate Forcier would be about as worthy of a selection - at least you could say he was clutch and hasn't driven his car into a lake - yet.
August 24th, 2016 at 2:46 PM ^
You are a moron, and I can't believe I'm even wasting the 30 seconds it takes to type this, but:
Check on youtube for Denard vs ND '10 & '11 & osu in '11. Something more than mid-majors there...
August 24th, 2016 at 2:46 PM ^
You are a moron, and I can't believe I'm even wasting the 30 seconds it takes to type this, but:
Check on youtube for Denard vs ND '10 & '11 & osu in '11. Something more than mid-majors there...
August 24th, 2016 at 12:59 AM ^
That third quarter against Florida State was the greatest that I have ever seen a college QB play, including Vince Young (who could be the greatest player in the history of The Rose Bowl).
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August 23rd, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
wouldn't this be most of the Heisman winners?
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:40 PM ^
Vince Young and Reggie Bush are two all time great players that never won a heisman trophy.
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:48 PM ^
Reggie Bush won it in 2005
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:49 PM ^
Thats weird I don't see it anywhere.
August 23rd, 2016 at 6:20 PM ^
That's because when he got wind of reports that the Heisman Trophy Trust was going to strip it away, he decided to return it.
August 23rd, 2016 at 11:41 PM ^
That's the joke.
August 24th, 2016 at 2:35 PM ^
Gotcha, sorry man, last time I checked jokes were supposed to be funny. Guess I should check again.
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:50 PM ^
no one won it in 2005.
August 23rd, 2016 at 6:43 PM ^
He won it, it was awarded to him in 2005, and he held it until he returned the award in 2010. Anything that suggests otherwise is revisionist history worthy of Winston Smith.
August 23rd, 2016 at 11:29 PM ^
Adults know that Reggie Bush is the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner.
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:37 PM ^
NFL career aside, Tim Tebow was a monster. He just willed his team to victory countless times. Makes our victory over him and Meyer that much sweeter.
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:46 PM ^
Tebow only lost 6 games as a starter.
Only one was non conference. Lloyd Carr baby. That was one of my favorite games ever. The first Michigan team that really captured me was 2006. So seeing all those guys go out together with Lloyd was such an incredible feeling for me. I can't believe that was already 10 years ago. I wish I coud go back an brace myself....
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:54 PM ^
then throw Ken Dorsey in there.... but I wouldn't put him anywhere in the "greats" category. QB wins and losses are a weird stat to track sometimes.
To answer the question - definitely Woodson. Its like anytime the game was close and you needed a big play he was there
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:57 PM ^
trying to use QB losses to justify Tebow being the GOAT, just to show how rarely he and Urban lost. And how amazing the 2007 Capital One Bowl was
August 23rd, 2016 at 11:32 PM ^
Absolute joke of an answer.
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:38 PM ^
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
Has to be Barry Sanders.
Honorable Mention Vince Young and Steve Entman.
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:46 PM ^
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August 23rd, 2016 at 8:58 PM ^
I think he meant to say Barry Sanders which is the correct answer. He was the greatest college football player ever.
August 23rd, 2016 at 5:40 PM ^
Homer answer is Woodson, naturally. But the real answer is Barry Sanders in the 1988 Holiday Bowl. I hadn't turned 5 yet, but this is my first football memory.
During the game, my dad explained to me exactly what Barry Sanders did that made him so much better than literally everyone on that field. Of course, now I know he was full of shit, because there's no way to explain how great Barry is.
August 24th, 2016 at 8:35 AM ^
"You see, son, mortals shouldn't be able...to do... those things."