soonerboy_odanorth
5/3/2008, 01:42 AM
So I'm attempting Everest... so what!?!?
OFFENSE
QB-Jimmie Harris. Tough not to vote for our only Heisman guy, Jason White, at the position. And I grew up in the that magical QB wishbone era of Mildren, Davis, Lott, Watts, Bradley, Hollieway, and Thompson. But Jimmie never lost a game. Nor ever tied one. No losses, no ties, all wins....in three years. That's "three" as in 3! Put him in a modern passing system and you somehow quantify a guy like that wouldn't put it all together to do the same. Likewise he was a burner ... You don't think he could either turn it up between defenders or make that last second pitch? Good luck.
RB-Billy Sims. Still the best ever. His injury with Detroit under today's modern medical repair standards would have had him back on the field in a maximum of 18 months. In between the time that he was a TX HS legend and that last year of his career, no RB was ever more powerful and electrifying.
RB-Adrian Peterson. AD... All Day! He is one of the greats. AD is 1A to Billy's 1. And yes, it is open to debate, as in there's a chance he could be considered clear Number 1. He is the perfect hybrid of Billy and Steve Owens. Good gravy I hope he stays healthy in the NFL.
WR-Mark Clayton. Simply electrifying. Defenses could not find him because he was a ghost on the field, popping up out of the turf when you least expected. And as soon as he caught it he just disappeared... until you turned your eye to the EZ, which is exactly where he was. Forgive me Eddie Hinton, Billy Brooks, Tinker Owens and others.
FL (Slot WR)-Tommy MacDonald. NFL HOF... anyone? How about the Golden Boy himself, Paul Hornung, saying Tommy was the guy that deserved the little stiff-arming statuette. There's another guy I probably should put here.... but I have a "Special" place for him... has to do with "smoke through a keyhole."
TE- Keith Jackson. Hmmm, no NE LB or DB could chase down a 268 TE from behind. A Super Bowl Ring. I guess he was ok....
OT (Left) - Jammal Brown. A true dominator. Outland. All Pro. To date he is the best ever at OU. I stand by that.
OG (Left) - Terry Crouch. Two time All-American at OU that would have won all the major award had some dude named Remington not been playing in the NE hinterlands. It's tough to pass over a J.D. Roberts...Outland Trophy winner. But my impression is with even modern S&T methods, J.D. would not have been in Crouch's league. He was that good. Quick... name all the backs that ran through the holes he opened.
C- Jerry Tubbs. I wanted, desperately to put him on D. He may very well have been one of the first modern era NFL-sized LB's at 6'1" or 2" and 205-220(outside of a Nitschke or Nagurski.) But he played in the two-way era. And at Center is where he was a two-time All-American, Walter Camp Player of the Year trophy winner, and UPI player of the year winner. He was ahead of his time for size and speed.
OG (Right) - Greg Roberts. (Ok, two Roberts from Oklahoma with Outland Trophies... <Tracy Morgan> That's CRAZY!</Tracy Morgan> ) All-American dominator, Outland Trophy winner. And see Terry Crouch comment re backs that ran through the holes he opened. That is to say, in both cases, the backs were phenomenal... But how did they get to the second level in the opposing defense where they could display their skills?
OT (Right) - Jim Weatherall. Tough, tough pick... Thought about the U.S.S Vaughn and others.... But the nod has to go to Big Jim. ANOTHER OU All-American and Outland Trophy Winner in the early days of Bud. And to all accounts I've read, absolutley dominating.
PK... Uh.. Uwe Von Schamman. Done.
P/K R... Joe Washington. Done. (psst. Smoke. Through Said Keyhole.)
DEFENSE
LDE - Kevin Murphy. All-American and freak of a performer. He could chase them down from all over the field. Or just stuff the run with some vicious hits. It is hard not giving this to Darrell Reed. But I think Murph is probably the greatest pure Weak Side DE to ever play at OU. Though, there was some dude on the Strong Side below who I think we can agree is probably the greatest defender ever at OU.
LT - Tommie Harris. This All-American and Lombardi Award winner and All-Pro was pretty good, I guess.
RT - Tony Casillas. This All-American and Lombardi Award winner and Super Bowl Ring winner was pretty good, I guess.
RDE - Lee Roy Selmon. Sure... I guess... whatever.
WLB- Rod Shoate. The definitive WLB... 3-time consensus All-American, was one of the most intimidating players of the terrorizing defenses of '72, '73 and '74. If there'd been a Butkus, he would have owned one.
MLB- Brian Bosworth. Boz. The first two time winner of the Butkus. The only two time winner of the Butkus. At this point, given the era, I don't care about the steroids stigma. The man owned the football field. And he did single-handedly at times frighten the opposing team into quitting.
SLB- Teddy Lehman. It is with a great deal of hesitation that I make this pick. Oh yeah, two time AA, Butkus award winner. But I thought long and hard about George Cumby. Teddy's S&T resources were undoubtedly better than Cumby's. So on the surface the comparison is unfair. On the other, given their heights and weights there is little evidence that Cumby could have run with Lehman on a track. Really big. Really fast. Butkus.
RCB- Derrick Straight. Thorpe. Nagurski. And he was so increadibly consistent. Might be the best DB ever overall.
SS- Roy Williams. Superman. Thorpe. I don't know how one could argue against it.
FS- Ricky Dixon. Thorpe. And he was so good... a "shutdown" DB even defending those fancified passing offenses when he was most consistently playing in a "run first, second, and last" league.
LCB- Billy Vessels. And you were gonna Biatch that I left our #1 Heisman guy off the list. Every account I've read states that while he is listed as an RB in his award of the Heisman, the real reason that he won it was he was the most fearsome defender in all of college football that year. I'll break out the word "vicious" again. Apparently he took no quarter.
P- Darrell K Royal. Go ahead and boo. He was one of our greatest ever. He excelled a every skill position on the field. And he was a helluva P by all accounts. Tim Duncan was so very clutch, and a darn good ST player. For my money, nobody ever boomed them as high and as far as Mike Winchester. But Royal gave the punt team a whole diferent dimension.
OFFENSE
QB-Jimmie Harris. Tough not to vote for our only Heisman guy, Jason White, at the position. And I grew up in the that magical QB wishbone era of Mildren, Davis, Lott, Watts, Bradley, Hollieway, and Thompson. But Jimmie never lost a game. Nor ever tied one. No losses, no ties, all wins....in three years. That's "three" as in 3! Put him in a modern passing system and you somehow quantify a guy like that wouldn't put it all together to do the same. Likewise he was a burner ... You don't think he could either turn it up between defenders or make that last second pitch? Good luck.
RB-Billy Sims. Still the best ever. His injury with Detroit under today's modern medical repair standards would have had him back on the field in a maximum of 18 months. In between the time that he was a TX HS legend and that last year of his career, no RB was ever more powerful and electrifying.
RB-Adrian Peterson. AD... All Day! He is one of the greats. AD is 1A to Billy's 1. And yes, it is open to debate, as in there's a chance he could be considered clear Number 1. He is the perfect hybrid of Billy and Steve Owens. Good gravy I hope he stays healthy in the NFL.
WR-Mark Clayton. Simply electrifying. Defenses could not find him because he was a ghost on the field, popping up out of the turf when you least expected. And as soon as he caught it he just disappeared... until you turned your eye to the EZ, which is exactly where he was. Forgive me Eddie Hinton, Billy Brooks, Tinker Owens and others.
FL (Slot WR)-Tommy MacDonald. NFL HOF... anyone? How about the Golden Boy himself, Paul Hornung, saying Tommy was the guy that deserved the little stiff-arming statuette. There's another guy I probably should put here.... but I have a "Special" place for him... has to do with "smoke through a keyhole."
TE- Keith Jackson. Hmmm, no NE LB or DB could chase down a 268 TE from behind. A Super Bowl Ring. I guess he was ok....
OT (Left) - Jammal Brown. A true dominator. Outland. All Pro. To date he is the best ever at OU. I stand by that.
OG (Left) - Terry Crouch. Two time All-American at OU that would have won all the major award had some dude named Remington not been playing in the NE hinterlands. It's tough to pass over a J.D. Roberts...Outland Trophy winner. But my impression is with even modern S&T methods, J.D. would not have been in Crouch's league. He was that good. Quick... name all the backs that ran through the holes he opened.
C- Jerry Tubbs. I wanted, desperately to put him on D. He may very well have been one of the first modern era NFL-sized LB's at 6'1" or 2" and 205-220(outside of a Nitschke or Nagurski.) But he played in the two-way era. And at Center is where he was a two-time All-American, Walter Camp Player of the Year trophy winner, and UPI player of the year winner. He was ahead of his time for size and speed.
OG (Right) - Greg Roberts. (Ok, two Roberts from Oklahoma with Outland Trophies... <Tracy Morgan> That's CRAZY!</Tracy Morgan> ) All-American dominator, Outland Trophy winner. And see Terry Crouch comment re backs that ran through the holes he opened. That is to say, in both cases, the backs were phenomenal... But how did they get to the second level in the opposing defense where they could display their skills?
OT (Right) - Jim Weatherall. Tough, tough pick... Thought about the U.S.S Vaughn and others.... But the nod has to go to Big Jim. ANOTHER OU All-American and Outland Trophy Winner in the early days of Bud. And to all accounts I've read, absolutley dominating.
PK... Uh.. Uwe Von Schamman. Done.
P/K R... Joe Washington. Done. (psst. Smoke. Through Said Keyhole.)
DEFENSE
LDE - Kevin Murphy. All-American and freak of a performer. He could chase them down from all over the field. Or just stuff the run with some vicious hits. It is hard not giving this to Darrell Reed. But I think Murph is probably the greatest pure Weak Side DE to ever play at OU. Though, there was some dude on the Strong Side below who I think we can agree is probably the greatest defender ever at OU.
LT - Tommie Harris. This All-American and Lombardi Award winner and All-Pro was pretty good, I guess.
RT - Tony Casillas. This All-American and Lombardi Award winner and Super Bowl Ring winner was pretty good, I guess.
RDE - Lee Roy Selmon. Sure... I guess... whatever.
WLB- Rod Shoate. The definitive WLB... 3-time consensus All-American, was one of the most intimidating players of the terrorizing defenses of '72, '73 and '74. If there'd been a Butkus, he would have owned one.
MLB- Brian Bosworth. Boz. The first two time winner of the Butkus. The only two time winner of the Butkus. At this point, given the era, I don't care about the steroids stigma. The man owned the football field. And he did single-handedly at times frighten the opposing team into quitting.
SLB- Teddy Lehman. It is with a great deal of hesitation that I make this pick. Oh yeah, two time AA, Butkus award winner. But I thought long and hard about George Cumby. Teddy's S&T resources were undoubtedly better than Cumby's. So on the surface the comparison is unfair. On the other, given their heights and weights there is little evidence that Cumby could have run with Lehman on a track. Really big. Really fast. Butkus.
RCB- Derrick Straight. Thorpe. Nagurski. And he was so increadibly consistent. Might be the best DB ever overall.
SS- Roy Williams. Superman. Thorpe. I don't know how one could argue against it.
FS- Ricky Dixon. Thorpe. And he was so good... a "shutdown" DB even defending those fancified passing offenses when he was most consistently playing in a "run first, second, and last" league.
LCB- Billy Vessels. And you were gonna Biatch that I left our #1 Heisman guy off the list. Every account I've read states that while he is listed as an RB in his award of the Heisman, the real reason that he won it was he was the most fearsome defender in all of college football that year. I'll break out the word "vicious" again. Apparently he took no quarter.
P- Darrell K Royal. Go ahead and boo. He was one of our greatest ever. He excelled a every skill position on the field. And he was a helluva P by all accounts. Tim Duncan was so very clutch, and a darn good ST player. For my money, nobody ever boomed them as high and as far as Mike Winchester. But Royal gave the punt team a whole diferent dimension.