OT- Greatest CFB Player you ever watched?

Submitted by FatGuyTouchdown on

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.

LBSS

August 24th, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^

I'm too young to REALLY remember Woodson so I'll +1 for Bush. That play where he was running up the sideline and came to a dead stop so the defensive player who by rights should have tackled him went flying out of bounds with an armful of air, then changed direction and sprinted across the field, remains the greatest play I've ever seen live.

WolverineHistorian

August 23rd, 2016 at 5:49 PM ^

*sigh* 300 missed tackles on him in that damn Rose Bowl and if you take away just one or two, things are very different. 298 missed tackles wins the game.

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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Hail-Storm

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. 

Bosch

August 23rd, 2016 at 5:34 PM ^

Homer answer: Woodson.

Actual answer: Michael Vick in the 2000 Sugar Bowl. The Hokies were terribly over matched. Vick kept them in it, and even helped them briefly take the lead until Warrick went Superman in the 4th.

Cali Wolverine

August 23rd, 2016 at 6:05 PM ^

...but he is in that upper echelon of college football players with Woodson and Bush. Vince Young was pretty amazing as well. I probably hate him more than any other college player since I saw him in person single handedly steal victories from Michigan and USC in back-to-back Rose Bowls.

And as much as I like to pretend that the years between Carr and Harbaugh didn't happen...Denard Robinson was a freak athlete on the football field even if he had mediocre teams and crappy coaching. At any moment he could break off for a touchdown, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

OC_Blue

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.

Chitown Kev

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).

901 P

August 23rd, 2016 at 5:34 PM ^

I was at Michigan 1992-96. For me it was Wheatley. He could do things that no other RB could do. Others had good outings, but Wheatley was consistently amazing.

Extending beyond football, I had a chance to watch the Fab 5 against Purdue. Webber was great, but Glenn Robinson--wow. I also saw Respert and he was an amazing shooter. I think he scored something like 35 in a game at Crisler, with all the points coming in the second half except for a first-half buzzer-beater.

itsbigcat

August 23rd, 2016 at 5:35 PM ^

Maybe not the greatest, but that play last year against Oregon state when Peppers lost the receiver, then as soon as the wideout caught the ball, it's almost like he transcended space and time and was right there to not only make the tackle, but hit him so hard he went limp and dropped the ball for an incompletion. It defied science. I was too young to see Woodson and have any idea what was going on. Also, even though I'm a Colts fan, what Tom Brady does week in and out at his position is pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen. I also remember watching an NFL films documentary on Stephen Lynch. I know I didn't see it live, but in retrospect, the hits he'd lay down were like he could transform into a Mack Truck at the drop of a hat.




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FatGuyTouchdown

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....

bgoblue02

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 

BostonWolverine

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.