Best opposing RB to visit Syracuse

[SoBeCuse]

It's that speed in that diesel body. I'll add that Jamal Lewis when he was on Tennessee was a beast too.

 

[jekelish]

Whenever he goes pro, I'm immediately drafting him in fantasy football and predicting he'll go for 1000+ yards and 10+ touchdowns as a rookie.

 

[Crusty]

Whenever he goes pro, I'm immediately drafting him in fantasy football and predicting he'll go for 1000+ yards and 10+ touchdowns as a rookie.

Join the crowd.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Whenever he goes pro, I'm immediately drafting him in fantasy football and predicting he'll go for 1000+ yards and 10+ touchdowns as a rookie.

If he's playing Jacksonville, he could do that in his 1st game.

 

[tep624]

Andre Williams was pretty damn good

We don't think of him because our D shut him the down!

 

[Cusester]

Although not in LF's league, Robert Smith was really good.

 

[Timonen]

All the Miami guys sort of blend together but they were all amazing. James, Portis, mcgahee, gore.

 

[OburgOrange]

Craig "Ironhead" Heyward



He wasn't great, he was good. I just like his nickname.

 

[sutomcat]

since Gayle Sayers came to Archbold.

Jim Thorpe was pretty good too.

 

[Crusty]

Jim Thorpe was pretty good too.

Thorpe played in the dome?

 

[Orangejet]

Curt Warner of PSU ran for 281 yds in the Dome in 1981 (still the Dome rushing record). Had two 1982 NFL 1st round OL selections, Sean Farrell and Mike Munchak, one 2nd rounder, C Jim Romano and a 3rd round TE, Vyto Kab blocking for him. Also, PS had a 5th round FB, Mike Meade. Team was loaded and many of us were truly beat-up after that game...a 41 - 16 loss before 50,037 fans.

 

[MSOrange]

Thorpe played in the dome?

Yes he came back from the dead and ran all over us back in 1983. You missed that?

 

[sutomcat]

Thorpe played in the dome?

The title of the thread is Best Opposing RB to Visit Syracuse.

Thorpe died in 1953, so unless he was privy to a wrinkle in the time-space continuum, he probably never played there.

Carlisle did have a good physics department back in the day...

 

[Crusty]

The title of the thread is Best Opposing RB to Visit Syracuse.

Thorpe died in 1953, so unless he was privy to a wrinkle in the time-space continuum, he probably never played there.

Carlisle did have a good physics department back in the day...

Aha! So, he never played here - flag on the play.
Anything going on that would distract you?

 

[wfschrec]

Aha! So, he never played here - flag on the play.
Anything going on that would distract you?

No Thorpe played in Syracuse but never in the Dome. In fact they played games in Syracuse 1910-1914. Thorpe was with Carlisle 1907-1912.

 

[Toga]

No Thorpe played in Syracuse but never in the Dome. In fact they played games in Syracuse 1910-1914. Thorpe was with Carlisle 1907-1912.

We were their only loss in 1911. They kicked our ass the following year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_Carlisle_Indians_football_team

 

[Crusty]

No Thorpe played in Syracuse but never in the Dome. In fact they played games in Syracuse 1910-1914. Thorpe was with Carlisle 1907-1912.

WOW, as Johnny Carson would say, "I did not know that."

 

[wfschrec]

WOW, as Johnny Carson would say, "I did not know that."

In 1922 SU was the only team to beat mighty Nebraska who in kind was the only team to beat the 4 horsemen of ND. We also beat Nebraska in 1923 who would again go on to defeat ND that same season. A Knute Rockne led ND at that.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I'll go with Butler By'not'e. Not because of his performance on the field (it was teammate Eddie George scoring 3 TDs on us in '92), but because I've always thought he had a cool name.

 

[bee rye]

And humble. I didn't once see him disrespect anyone or showboat. He acted like this is routine.

one of my favorite things about the kid. When he scores, he hands the ball to the ref without celebration. When asked about the heisman talk, he responds with talk about team goals.

 

[buffalorange]

one of my favorite things about the kid. When he scores, he hands the ball to the ref without celebration. When asked about the heisman talk, he responds with talk about team goals.

I noticed and appreciated that #7 let his performance speak. He reminds me of Jim Brown who also played at about 230 pounds and who was also just as likely to pile into a defender as he was to try to dodge the defender.

 

[IComeNPeace]

Best I've ever seen. Huge drop off for them with the backups. Without Fournette, LSU is maybe a 6 win team. He's a once in a generation player.

LSU hasn't won less than 8 games in the past 16 years. So I highly doubt they'd be "maybe" a "6 win team".

 

[Timonen]

one of my favorite things about the kid. When he scores, he hands the ball to the ref without celebration. When asked about the heisman talk, he responds with talk about team goals.

Of course, he *did* catch hell for doing the heisman pose after his first td last year. I could care less and like to see antics/emotion but he did learn from the (santimonious) outcry and seems to have a great handle on the pr aspects of life now.

 

[72Cuse]

since Gayle Sayers came to Archbold.

I agree but Floyd Little may have outplayed him that day with his TD punt returns

 

[orange_in_VA]

LSU hasn't won less than 8 games in the past 16 years. So I highly doubt they'd be "maybe" a "6 win team".

Wow, really? That's pretty impressive for a team that hasn't had good quarterback play in 10 of those 16 years. Ok, then you'd be an 8 win team.