re: Best Running Back in SEC History?

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I imagine any of the service academies.

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Yep. And they threw less than Georgia. But Georgia passing attempts were pretty average. Like we keep trying to point out......it was a different era.

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Henry didn't do it. He rushed for 28 TDs. Did Herschel do it?

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Actually Herschel scored 49 TD rushing and 4 passing TDs. He was good enough to play as a freshman and didn't have to sit behind better backs. On the other hand, They played a lot fewer games in 1980 than they did in 2015.

Henry played in 39 games in his career. Herschel played in 36.

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#1 goal of every defense in the country, stop the run.

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Yes. It was in 1980. Not nearly as much today. See the passing leaders in my post above.

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#2 goal of every offense in the country, establish the run.

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Not so much today, but it was back then.

Thanks for proving my point.

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threw for 2,862 in his natty year. He would have to increase his passing yards per game by roughly 100 yards, not bloody likely.

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It’s also less yardage, which proves my point.

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It’s also less yardage, which proves my point.

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I have no idea what the hell you are talking about. Your quote doesn't match what you are replying too.

At any rate, I find it a little odd that the so called "best RB in SEC history" played a total of 1 ranked SEC team in his entire 3 year career, played 6 total ranked teams and carried a .500 record against them.

Doesn't really sound like someone who played many tough teams to me. That's G5 type schedules.

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have no idea what the hell you are talking about. Your quote doesn't match what you are replying too.

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This is the question you failed to answer:

Why do rbs gain less yards when the D brings up extra defenders to stop the run in short yardage?

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Why do rbs gain less yards when the D brings up extra defenders to stop the run in short yardage?

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I answered it twice. You are either too dumb to understand the response, or you just don't want to accept it for some odd reason. It's a numbers game.

Why do you think the offense brings in extra blockers in short yard situations? Because it's a numbers game, duh.

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Do you accept the fact that rbs gain less yards in short yardage situations despite those extra blockers?

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You are once again taking a situation and painting it on a broad general sense.

Those play calls are calls that are usually designed to only get short yards. Are you under the impression that all run play calls are equal?

Going further, they are also often called when on the goal line, there isn't an abundance of yards to get.

However, if you called every play from their own 1 yard line giving them 99 yards of field, and you put the entire defense on the line like it's a short yardage situation, the same RB will have a higher YPC in 100 carries than they would against a defense that was playing normal defense.

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It’s a simple yes or no question, and you still can’t do that. Don’t make this so hard.

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If it's a simple yes or no question, then it's because you lack the ability to examine the topic further, or only want to look at it in a narrow context to ignore facts you don't like.

Either way, it's your problem, not mine.

If you want to line them up on the 1 yard line, call the defense both ways, you'll see much higher YPC/Total yards over say 100 carries vs short yardage defenses. Putting more men in the box will leave it so every break away run is 99 yards, while not putting men in the box will stop most runs much shorter.

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What fact are you claiming I do not like?

This refusal to answer a simple question in simple terms for the sake of progressing the discussion is pathetic, but quite telling.

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Cool story.

Meanwhile, I explained it twice in detail beyond a yes or no and anyone who isn't trying to make excuses can read it.

Maybe your desire to see things in absolutes rather than in proper context explains your ignorance on the topic.

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More details aren’t required for yes or no questions, and exceptions don’t prove the rule, which is a flaw you used while beating around the bush.

You seem to know packing In extra defenders and blockers reduces space and subsequently yards, but you can’t admit it.

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It's not a yes or no question.

And no, it will not reduce the RBs yards per carry, it would increase them as I pointed out. It's not why they do that in short yardage situations.

They do it not because it will reduce the RBs overall yards per carry, but because it gives them best odds that the result of the play will be in their favor.

If you do it over and over the way you are trying to generalize it too, then the RB is going to burn your arse for huge runs and a TD. You are confusing the odds a play will work in that situation with end game stats.

3rd time, and if you don't understand it by now, well just go ahead and keep it to yourself.