CFB players that were bigger than the game.

[Wamu]

believe me i would rather be in denver

I'd rather be in ann arbor!

 

[TheRobotDevil]

I'd rather be in ann arbor!

I hear they girls there average to 300 lbs per each guy. It will be a lock if you move there

 

[Wamu]

I hear they girls there average to 300 lbs per each guy. It will be a lock if you move there

The girls in ann arbor are so big they beep when they move backwards.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

The girls in ann arbor are so big they beep when they move backwards.

that explains the roads

 

[Wamu]

that explains the roads

Exactly.

 

[bamafan4evr12]

Aaron Hernandez?

Didn't he murder (allegedly) some dude while at Florida and it's just now catching up with him. Maybe he falls more under the category of "thinks he is bigger than the game" but actually isn't.

Disclaimer: didn't read every post in the thread

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Aaron Hernandez?

Didn't he murder (allegedly) some dude while at Florida and it's just now catching up with him. Maybe he falls more under the category of "thinks he is bigger than the game" but actually isn't.

Disclaimer: didn't read every post in the thread

did you change screen names?

 

[bamafan4evr12]

did you change screen names?

Nope! Had this same name (different numbers) since the ESPN days

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Nope! Had this same name (different numbers) since the ESPN days

The sig threw me off i think another bama poster uses one like that too

 

[bamafan4evr12]

The sig threw me off i think another bama poster uses one like that too

Yeah I think that's Sabanator....I need a new one fo sho

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Yeah I think that's Sabanator....I need a new one fo sho

thats it sabonator

 

[Across The Field]

I'd disagree, Reggie Bush was the first person that came to mind. Him and Michael Vick transcended college football the most IMO, at least in my lifetime of watching college football.

That's the point... you watch college football. People who didn't watch really didn't know Bush that much. He was never a polarizing media figure, and since being drafted, he's faded from the public by and large. People like Tebow, however, are media draws no matter what and will always be known by people who don't even watch football.

 

[Across The Field]

I live in NY and he was a household name

I'm sure he was, among college football fans. However, where is he now? Ask a 16 year old girl who doesn't know football and she has no idea who that is. However, she knows who Tim Tebow is more than likely. Bush was a big-time player when he was in college, but he was never bigger than the game.

 

[4down20]

I don't think anyone is bigger than the game, but some are big outside and beyond the game.

 

[WhiteMamba]

That's the point... you watch college football. People who didn't watch really didn't know Bush that much. He was never a polarizing media figure, and since being drafted, he's faded from the public by and large. People like Tebow, however, are media draws no matter what and will always be known by people who don't even watch football.

I kind of side with this.

Maybe Bush is in on like 4th or 5th ballot. He was no Marinovich in re: to this category.

 

[WhiteMamba]

I don't think anyone is bigger than the game, but some are big outside and beyond the game.

Philosophy 101 ~~~~> nailed it

 

[4down20]

Philosophy 101 ~~~~> nailed it

 

[ericd7633]

That's the point... you watch college football. People who didn't watch really didn't know Bush that much. He was never a polarizing media figure, and since being drafted, he's faded from the public by and large. People like Tebow, however, are media draws no matter what and will always be known by people who don't even watch football.

I thought this was during their college careers, not what they did after that. Maybe I misunderstood the OP?

Also, Tebow had the advantage of entering the league as Twitter exploded onto the scene, and the coverage of sports has never been as high as it is now, which also helps Tebow. Let's not forget Bush is entering into his 10th NFL season, at his peak, 2004-2007, there may have been only 2-3 more recognizable people in ALL of football. And those years coincided with his last couple years in college and his rookie year in the NFL.

 

[Across The Field]

I thought this was during their college careers, not what they did after that. Maybe I misunderstood the OP?

Also, Tebow had the advantage of entering the league as Twitter exploded onto the scene, and the coverage of sports has never been as high as it is now, which also helps Tebow. Let's not forget Bush is entering into his 10th NFL season, at his peak, 2004-2007, there may have been only 2-3 more recognizable people in ALL of football. And those years coincided with his last couple years in college and his rookie year in the NFL.

I think we must've had two different views of this. I view Bush as a CFB superstar, of course, but he's never been a bigger spectacle than guys like Tebow and Manziel. Usually when I think of guys that are "bigger than the game", I think of guys that are huge names on and off the field.

 

[socaljim242]

Maybe in Socal, but not really anywhere else.

You need to get out of your basement more.