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Anyone thinking Brock, who is great, is a better football player than Herschel Walker is delusional.
Conner is young so of course he’s gonna say stuff like this. You can’t compare different eras. I’d put Brock about number 6 in my top 10 of all time great Dawgs.
I have lived thru Tarkenton to Walker to Bowers! Tark was so talented and crazy fun to watch make fools out of defensive linemen! Bowers was that guy that you wanted as a son or son-in-law who was an exceptional football player! Herschel Walker had us all in AWE and will always be the greatest player in UGA history!
I knew the moment I saw those clips of BB running up those hills in California that this guy was different and then sending those clips to prospective coaches(if my memory serves me correctly),
"Here's my calling card, this is what I do. This is who I am. THis is who you'd be getting if you give me the chance.
Randy McMichael, former UGA teriffic TE told the story the other day on J 92.9 the game that for the longest time he wouldn't allow his son to get a UGA jersey(I forget what he sais his reasoning for that was) but his son became old enough and he said. OK I'll get you a jersey!
Guess whose jersey his son wanted? Yep, Brock Bowers.
Tarkenton became an All-Pro QB in the NFL but for UGA he threw more interceptions than TD's.
Conner, Conner, Conner. The old Abe Lincoln quote comes to mind. "Better to remain silent and be thought a......
Best player in the history of UGA football. Tough call to say the least. Brock is clearly on the ballot as are Trippi, Tarkenton, and Walker. All great players. It’s tough to avoid generational bias. The under 40 folks will pick someone from their generation. Real old timers will find the choice must more difficult. As one of the latter folks, I will say I never saw a more dominate player than Walker. Speed and strength that are difficult to appreciate unless you saw him play in person. Bowers certainly the best player in college football these last two seasons IMO.
On balance, Herschel was the best player I have ever seen play in college with Auburn great Bo Jackson pushing hard for first place. But as. Dawg, I am going with Herschel. One thing is for sure, Brock and Herschel are DGD’s! Watching them has been great fun.
That's kinda the point, Red....they didn't do a lot of "passing" back then....it was more of a "3yds and a cloud of dust" offensive playing style.
Despite the fact Tark could throw the ball [as proven in the NFL]...ya gotta have some targets to throw to and plays that call for a pass.
It doesn't make him a lesser QB or player.
As far as running up hills.....you didn't see Walker [and many others] do it....because they didn't have all that stylish recording equipment and the internet to post it on, if they did. I assure you...all of em work out before reporting to UGA.
Walter Payton was also known to "run the hill"....and I know of at least 2 former Dawgs that did it, off my HS team [not including myself].
Obviously, some of the younger folk fail to grasp how fast (4.25 in the 40), or how strong ( blocking DL and literally lifting them a foot or more off the ground by simply lifting a shoulder into them) Herschel was. He would be just as fast and strong in any era. He’s literally the fastest running back in UGA history. I don’t care what years you talk about. 4.25 in the 40 is 4.25 in the 40 in any era.