How Time & Culture Has Change CFB. WTF Happened to All the Great White RB??

[silver7]

Billy Cannon, John David Crow, Hugh McElhaney (sp), Jon Arnet, etc! Old I know, but there were a lot of em. Can't remember all. Joe Don Looney, may have been the biggest & fastest of all, goofy tho. a white Marcus Duprey??

 

[RunLeeRun]

There is one on the farm.

 

[silver7]

You're SO right about that, love that kid. Injury free, will be a strong Heisman contender!! Reminds of the one from Iowa a few yrs ago. More versatile tho, can.t recall his name. Help!!

 

[RunLeeRun]

Weisman???? Not in the same league as McCaffrey. Nebraska had a white kid at the same time as Weisman, Burkhead. Both play for the Bengals.

 

[silver7]

No, this guy was way b4 those 2. Small 185 or so, mainly a PR, played in NFL. ?? This happens a lot as I get older. LOL

 

[RunLeeRun]

Oh. You mean Tim Dwight.

 

[Conan]

Devon Allen plays for the Ducks and he's a white boy.
They say he's the fastest runner on the whole team.
He looks like a cinch to win the men's 110M hurdles in Rio.

 

[silver7]

Oh. You mean Tim Dwight.

BINGO!! That's the guy, TOL. @ this stage of my life I need lots of help.

 

[cloverleaf]

Joe Don Looney...man he's a blast from the past and he was like his name "looney."

He signed with Texas and made four Fs and one D his first semester. Kicked out and
enrolled at TCU, kicked out and went to junior college. Signed with Oklahoma where
he was an All-American in 1962. He was kicked out of Oklahoma the following year
for slugging an assistant coach.

Regardless of his spotty college career, he was drafted in the first round of the NFL
draft and played for several teams during his career. Joe Don Looney - big white
guy who could run.

 

[silver7]

Conan, looks like the Ducks are piling up some speed again.

 

[sendacash]

RLR, The Broncos are trying to bring back the white RB and the fullback to the NFL when they drafted one of your Corn Pickers, Andy Janovich in the 6th round. A former state champion wrastler who walked on for Cornhuskers. Broncos rated him as their top special teams player on the board. My guess is that he will become a fan favorite in Denver and has a future as a Cabelas pitch man.


http://www.cornnation.com/nebraska-...vich-gangwish-earn-cabelas-sponsorship-satire

 

[Conan]

Conan, looks like the Ducks are piling up some speed again.

The Ducks have a half dozen backs that can start then lose you if you blink. They also have two
quality quarterbacks. Let's see how well Brady Hoke does with their defense this year before you
write them off like everyone seems to have done (again.) They are deep in many areas and their
pass defense has matured a lot since the start of last season.

 

[RunLeeRun]

RLR, The Broncos are trying to bring back the white RB and the fullback to the NFL when they drafted one of your Corn Pickers, Andy Janovich in the 6th round. A former state champion wrastler who walked on for Cornhuskers. Broncos rated him as their top special teams player on the board. My guess is that he will become a fan favorite in Denver and has a future as a Cabelas pitch man.


http://www.cornnation.com/nebraska-...vich-gangwish-earn-cabelas-sponsorship-satire

He's a beast. A little light for a true FB, but a serious special teams weapon.

 

[sendacash]

He's a beast. A little light for a true FB, but a serious special teams weapon.

Yeah, a little light in the caboose right now but he did put up 30 reps at the combine, only 4 OL did more than that. Maybe he could be used in the passing game, since they will likely be introducing a rookie QB (Lynch) at some point this season and he will want to dink and dunk. Throwing to the FB is a sneaky play call in this offense back from the Shanny days that will often turn into a big play.