Bestest college football player of all time is ....
This shouldn't be keeping me up at night, but for some reason, it has.
ESPN and ABC have been running this feature all season long, a countdown from 25 to 1 to determine the greatest players in college football history.
25. Ernie Nevers
24. Reggie Bush
23. Johnny Rodgers
22. George Gipp
21. Archie Griffin
20. Charley Trippi
19. Dick Butkus
18. Jim Brown
17. Bronco Nagurski
16. Tom Harmon
15. John Elway
14. Hugh Green
13. Glenn Davis
12. Earl Campbell
11. Charles Woodson
10. Vince Young
9. Roger Staubach
8. Bo Jackson
7. Tony Dorsett
6. Jim Thorpe
5. Sammy Baugh
4. Doak Walker
3. Herschel Walker
2.
1.
Those last two? They haven't named 'em yet. They're supposed to do so during ABC's coverage of the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.
So who could it be?
We have no inside knowledge. But if we'd put a wager down, it'd go:
2. O.J. Simpson (pictured in artwork above)
1. Red Grange (pictured here)
So what about Doc Blanchard?
Paul Hornung?
Bobby Layne?
Barry Sanders?
Alan Page?
Jerry Rice?
Lee Roy Selmon?
Byron "Whizzer" White?
Elmer Layden?
Not Doug Freakin' Flutie?
Even Matt Leinart?
Give us your two best guesses and see who's right.
Comments
Who is voting for these guys? Is there anyone alive who actually saw Doak Walker or Sammy Baugh or Jim Thorpe play college football? If not, how can you vote for them? Just based on reputation or name recognition? Ridiculous.
Anyway, Marcus Allen should be on this list somewhere, so I'll use one of my guesses on him. And because Illinois is in the Rose Bowl, I'll go with Red Grange also.
Posted by: PE | December 26, 2007 10:25 AM
Since it's ABC, and since they actived campaigned for the following to win the Heisman:
Vinnie Testaverde and Doug Flutie.
Would doing otherwise make ABC guilty of revising history they created?
Posted by: Jim Thurman | December 27, 2007 1:36 PM
Maybe Ricky Williams?
Anthony Davis belongs somewhere on that list, but Johnny Rodgers should be #1.
Posted by: jerry | December 29, 2007 12:57 PM