I remember when Dupree got 24X in the Sun Bowl (?) in about 1984.....in less than three quarters, playing with cracked ribs. My God. Had he been fully healthy, and had he stayed in, he could have rushed for 400-500 alone.
I remember when Dupree got 24X in the Sun Bowl (?) in about 1984.....in less than three quarters, playing with cracked ribs. My God. Had he been fully healthy, and had he stayed in, he could have rushed for 400-500 alone.
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Man I couldn't disagree more. I LOVED see Perine getting 30+ carries. He is built to be a workhorse back. He is built to carry it 30+ times. The best thing we could do is go away from the rb by committee, and make Perine our feature back, and just pound people with him.
Sure, it's fun to watch and helps us fans vicariously grow hair on our chests. But backs that carry loads like that either get injured or wear down late in the season. I agree that the definition of a heavy load varies with the RB and Perine's number is going to be higher than most. I don't see 34 as a good thing week in and week out even for a big guy like Perine. Against a 3 man front like WVU's and before a bye week is fine.
The enduring image of Oklahoma was that ridiculous double–middle finger of a game-icing kick. It was probably an accident, which somehow made it more, not less, insulting. It was as though Stoops had partied so hard on the corpse of the SEC that he woke up with an unplanned tattoo.
Perine was at the Hendrickson vs McNeil game last night (along with coach Bobby Jack Wright) ... he was walking around chatting with everyone, everyone was getting their pic taken with him. My kids wanted a pic with him so got a chance to chat for a few minutes with him. Great kid ... huge smile on his face the whole night ... great with all the kids that approached him. He's a talent on the field ... have never heard a bad word about him here in Pville ... and was very polite and friendly meeting face to face. The Sooners got a great one with Perine.
Gig 'Em and God Bless