CFB players that were bigger than the game.

[Texas Jefe]

Hah, that's what I thought.

the lighting is too perfect

 

[Wild Turkey]

Cam Newton
Vince Young
Darren McFadden - Best back I have seen since Bo and Herschel with power and speed.

Michael Crabtree - Personal choice but dude was insane in college grabbing anything in his general area.

 

[Texas Jefe]

What about Doug Flutie?

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Jim Brown?

 

[Wamu]

What about Doug Flutie?

He's too short!

 

[Wamu]

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

Never heard of him.

 

[WhiteMamba]

What about Doug Flutie?

How could we have forgot.

In!

So far legit candidates for this topic.

Bo
Boz
Hershel
Tebow
Manziel
Marinovich
Flutie

All first ballot

 

[WhiteMamba]

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

When the movie hit or during his time w/ ND?

 

[TDs3nOut]

What about Doug Flutie?

I think so. In an ironic sort of way, Flutie was bigger than the game.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

When the movie hit or during his time w/ ND?

I don't know about during his time. I wasn't even a twinkle in my daddy's eye then.

 

[Wamu]

How could we have forgot.

In!

So far legit candidates for this topic.

Bo
Boz
Hershel
Tebow
Manziel
Marinovich

All first ballot

Gotta add Barry Sanders to the list. His 2,628 rushing yards in only 11 games may never be broken.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Gotta add Barry Sanders to the list. His 2,628 rushing yards in only 11 games may never be broken.

Not the point of thread.

Goat? Probably. Bigger than the game? No. He was too solid of a person to make the list.

Bo and Hershel are the only guys that didn't have sideshows to go along with their talents on the "in list" so far.

If we were going off greats Archie would be #1. Two time Heisman en sech. Before my time.

I need help from the older crowd on guys pre 1980.

Considering Roger, Ernie, Jim Brown, And Archie. But just don't know. Know they were great, but household names to non sports fans? Not sure.

 

[Wamu]

Not the point of thread.

Goat? Probably. Bigger than the game? No. He was too solid of a person to make the list.

Bo and Hershel are the only guys that didn't have sideshows to go along with their talents on the "in list" so far.

If we were going off greats Archie would be #1. Two time Heisman en sech. Before my time.

I need help from the older crowd on guys pre 1980.

Considering Roger, Ernie, Jim Brown, And Archie. But just don't know. Know they were great, but household names to non sports fans? Not sure.

Fair enough.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Fair enough.

Archie. We need more input.

Can you make the case? I am 39 so I can't. I have read a book where a chapter was dedicated to him. But seems pretty modest. I literally have no idea.

 

[Texas Jefe]

Trying to think of a CFB player on the cover of TIME back in the day...

Some USC player? In the center of the universe in LA... Dont know if OJ was or not.

 

[Wamu]

Archie. We need more input.

Can you make the case? I am 39 so I can't. I have read a book where a chapter was dedicated to him. But seems pretty modest. I literally have no idea.

Like you mentioned in your # 73 comment he's the only 2x Heisman winner. Also he started 4 consecutive Rose Bowls & ran for 100 yards or more in 31 consecutive games.

 

[TDs3nOut]

Not the point of thread.

Goat? Probably. Bigger than the game? No. He was too solid of a person to make the list.

Bo and Hershel are the only guys that didn't have sideshows to go along with their talents on the "in list" so far.

If we were going off greats Archie would be #1. Two time Heisman en sech. Before my time.

I need help from the older crowd on guys pre 1980.

Considering Roger, Ernie, Jim Brown, And Archie. But just don't know. Know they were great, but household names to non sports fans? Not sure.

Their playing days were also before my time, but President Gerald Ford and Supreme Court Justice Byron "Wizzard" White are certainly "household names".

 

[WhiteMamba]

Like you mentioned in your # 73 comment he's the only 2x Heisman winner. Also he started 4 consecutive Rose Bowls & ran for 100 yards or more in 31 consecutive games.

Amazing. It truly is.

I imagine he was a household name that captured America. Need feet on the ground accounts.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Their playing days were also before my time, but President Gerald Ford and Supreme Court Justice Byron "Wizzard" White are certainly "household names".

While they were playing?