dvdcrr Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Helu (08-10) to Burkhead (10-12) Abdullah (12-14) The Pelini years were blessed at RB. These three guys all belong on a Top Ten list of I-backs in school history. At Nebraska. Pretty cool #5 Career Rushing Yards #6 Career Rushing Yards #2 Career Rushing Yards And they were sharing the backfield with the #9 guy (Martinez) In 2011 all in the same diamond formation backfield. Truly crazy. ..and in 2009 they couldnt score a touchdown to save their @sses. If they could have averaged 24 pts per game against conference they would have been NCs Quote Link to comment
dvdcrr Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 obvious to me that both Derek Brown and Brandon Jackson should be on there ahead of Burkhead. Jackson was a VERY nice running back in the end. What I am saying is if I were picking a team I would take either of those two ahead of Burkhead and not think twice. Quote Link to comment
Scratchtown Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Put Abdullah behind any of those lines that Rozier, Phillips, or Green had and he's number 1. The top 3 were great backs but I'm totally behind the opinion that Abdullah was a transcendent talent without the luxury of playing behind a great line. Combine the two and you just have no idea what kind of records he would have broken. I'm sure I'm in the minority here. Quote Link to comment
dvdcrr Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 You are not wrong. I dont know for sure if Abdullah trumps the other three but he was definitely in the same caliber. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 obvious to me that both Derek Brown and Brandon Jackson should be on there ahead of Burkhead. Jackson was a VERY nice running back in the end. What I am saying is if I were picking a team I would take either of those two ahead of Burkhead and not think twice. Brandon Jackson had one pretty good season where the quarterback was the focal point of the offense and the Big XII Offensive Player of the Year, whereas Rex gutted out an entire career's worth of playing time carrying the team on his back and breaking his body. Longevity and sentiment favor Burkhead a mile over B-Jax, imo. 1 Quote Link to comment
dvdcrr Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 If Rex were the same age as either Brandon Jackson, or Derek Brown and went head to head in camp as classmates he doesnt start over either one. Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Helu (08-10) to Burkhead (10-12) Abdullah (12-14) The Pelini years were blessed at RB. These three guys all belong on a Top Ten list of I-backs in school history. At Nebraska. Pretty cool #5 Career Rushing Yards #6 Career Rushing Yards #2 Career Rushing Yards And they were sharing the backfield with the #9 guy (Martinez) In 2011 all in the same diamond formation backfield. Truly crazy. ..and in 2009 they couldnt score a touchdown to save their @sses. If they could have averaged 24 pts per game against conference they would have been NCswell. Abdullah wasnt here in 2009. Burkhead was a freshman part timing as a quarterback. And the OC at that time didnt know what diamond was. Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Derek Brown was great. This was on my mind too. I agree with Landlord on Burkhead vs Jackson. But i also thonk that guys like Jeff Kinny and Brandon Jackson are over-shadowed by accolades of teammates (Rodgers, Taylor). Quote Link to comment
TITANIC VS LUSITANIA Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Wut about Josh Davis, should be up there imo Quote Link to comment
CheeseHusker Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 I think Jeff Smith was underrated, but he was always kind of in the shadows of those other guys. Nebraska did kind of struggle offensively for a couple years after they lost Gill and Fryar and I think that hurt Smith's visibility a little bit. There was a little bit of a QB funk there for a couple years. Plus DuBose had kind of broken out at the same time. Actually DuBose could have been top 3 or 4 on this list if he'd been healthy. Quote Link to comment
NU jumper alum Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Really think Jeff Kinney deserves a spot here 1 Quote Link to comment
1HuskrFan Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Jeff Kinney is definetly in the top ten all time. Different eras different offenses. Kinney played in Pro style and was a beast. Always difficult to bring down. Great receiver out of the backfield. There are only 4 or 5 on this list that I'd take over Kinney with his talent in his era over others in their era. If you look at what they did during their time not what they would do in another era jmho. I was 21 for the game of the century. No game since has had 1 vs 2 and by the end of first half everyone knew whomever had the ball last with enough time to score would be the winner. Greatest game ever. Don't think there's been a game that matched #1 offense vs # 1 defense and # 2 or 3 offense vs #2 defense. 1 Quote Link to comment
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