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Old 10-28-2009, 08:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Who is the most OVERRATED player in CFB history?

For my money it is Wisconsin RB Ron Dayne.

I know he is the all time leading rusher, but he did that by putting up monster numbers vs. garbage teams and would disappear vs. quality teams. Making it worse he should have lost his eligibility while there over the sporting goods store scandal that was going on at Wisconsin when he was there.

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Old 10-28-2009, 08:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Who is the most OVERRATED player in CFB history?

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For my money it is Wisconsin RB Ron Dayne.

I know he is the all time leading rusher, but he did that by putting up monster numbers vs. garbage teams and would disappear vs. quality teams. Making it worse he should have lost his eligibility while there over the sporting goods store scandal that was going on at Wisconsin when he was there.

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246 yds, 4 TDs in the Rose Bowl against UCLA.
200 yds and a score in the Rose Bowl against Stanford.

I think his NFL stint makes people forget what a beast he was in college.

Just my (probably homer) opinion though.
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Old 10-28-2009, 08:14 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Who is the most OVERRATED player in CFB history?

That Stanford team was easily, yes easily the worst BCS team in history.
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Old 10-28-2009, 08:17 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Who is the most OVERRATED player in CFB history?

Ryan Leaf.
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Re: Who is the most OVERRATED player in CFB history?

Ryan Leaf.

Sure, today that sounds funny. But back in the day there was serious debate as to whether him or Peyton Manning was the #1 pick.

The Chargers get laughed at for making the Leaf pick, but truth be told, those were the top 2 QB's/if not players on every teams draft board.

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Brian "The Boz" Bosworth?

There is my pick..."The 'Boz". Cover of SI w/ Super Bowl QB Jim McMahon. Hell, every kid growing up in Oklahoma had a "Boz" haircut.

Before SoonerNation counters w/ Ricky Williams...he had several good seasons, and one monster NFL season. That should seperate him from "the 'Boz" or Leaf alone. And Roy Williams has been dissapointing as a pro, but then again he never generated the "heat" that the "Boz" or Leaf had coming out of college.
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Re: Who is the most OVERRATED player in CFB history?

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Ryan Leaf.
How the hell can anyone say Ryan Leaf was an overrated college player?! He may have been an awful pro and an incredible douche, but the guy was an absolute stud in college.

His junior year he threw for more than 3600 yards (800 more than any other Pac-10 player), a then Pac-10 record 33 TD's, while guiding the Cougs to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 67 years.

Pac-10 offensive POY, 3rd in Heisman voting, first team all-American, and 2nd best passer rating. Plus, they lost to the (split) National Champion in the Rose Bowl by 5 points.

It's pretty widely known that going into that draft, half of NFL GM's had Ryan Leaf over Peyton Manning as the best player on the board.

To say Ryan Leaf was an overrated college player is overrated.
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Re: Who is the most OVERRATED player in CFB history?

James Laurinitis. No idea what all the hype was about him.
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Old 10-28-2009, 08:45 PM   #8 (permalink)
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yea u guys r just speaking from their NFL careers...N I guess the awards n stats say Lil Animal was wack huh? Rite now Id say Jevan Snead is up there...maybe not the MOST overrated rite now but hes making a run for it
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Or Tim Tebow. lol
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Old 10-28-2009, 09:15 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Tim Tebow and it aint even close.
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