Nobody complained when Larry Phillips was getting the bulk of the carries and Ahman, Benning, and Childs were all on the bench.
gotta overanalyze and disagree with ya here.
That statement really only applies to 1 game that year- the Fiesta Bowl- and not the whole season like it is this year.
No one argued Benning/Green/Childs being on the bench for the first 2 games in '95 b/c LP was the easily the clear #1 RB (2006 = no clear cut).
After his reinstatement, the only game where he won a start over the other guys was vs Florida (prior to that he was getting his carries, but in mop up duty).
and, oh yes, people did plenty of complaining about that- it was just for a different reason.
anyway, to your point, none of the complaints centered on who physically earned that start: LP or Green. I think b/c many still saw LP as the #1 guy and Green was simply holding down the fort in his absense.
still, 1995 does provide a 2006 like example, but only after LP's suspension. With LP out of the picture, it became an RB committee with Benning/Childs/Green and arguably even Sims. at first each got a share of the load before, if I remember right, Benning and Childs had injury issues and that was a factor when Green (like BJax) took over and earned the starts and carries.
And you're right, no one really complained when the highly touted true frosh Green was getting the PT over low profile guys like Benning/Childs & Sims. even when they were healthy.
In 2006 its the other way around- Glenn/Lucky are the highly touted guys taking a backseat to the unheralded BJax.
who knows, if the star recruits were getting the carries instead of BJax, maybe there would be less complaining..?
