Barry Sanders - best college football season ever (Roary - this is for you)

""The first time Barry Sanders touched the football in 1988, he scored a touchdown. Fittingly, the final time he carried it for Oklahoma State that season, he scored as well.

Both plays were equally spectacular and bookended the greatest individual season the college football world has ever seen, and 30 years later, Sanders' '88 season remains -- like so many of his runs -- untouchable.

You can argue about a lot of different people, who's the best ever in whatever sport," said Mike Gundy, who before becoming OSU's head coach was Sanders' college quarterback. "LeBron James and Michael Jordan in the NBA. Jim Brown and whoever else in pro football. But college football? There's nobody that can touch the guy. Just can't.
"There's nobody that compares to him."

In '88, Sanders didn't rewrite the records books, he incinerated them. He rushed for 2,850 yards, scored 44 touchdowns and broke 34 NCAA records.

In the years since, offense has exploded in the college game, while the pace has quickened.

And yet, most of Sanders' FBS records remain intact.

"If he were playing in today's offenses, he very well could've rushed for 4,000 yards, easy," Gundy said. "Look at the number of plays that we have on offense today compared to back then. We huddled up, we were slow. And the majority of the games very seldom was he ever touching the field in the fourth quarter because we were blowing teams out."

Outside Stillwater, few in college football even knew Sanders existed when he returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown against Miami (Ohio) to start the '88 season.

Yet by the end, he had captured the Heisman Trophy in a landslide over UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman and USC quarterback Rodney Peete, L.A. darlings who were dual overwhelming favorites at the beginning.

"Honestly, it's just amazing for a kid, who, when he came out of high school, no one would've ever imagined could happen to," Sanders said. "That would've been just unthinkable. But I've certainly grown to just appreciate what happened and I really cherish it."

Through almost two dozen interviews, ESPN goes behind the scenes of Sanders' magical '88 season, which included his penchant for untimely naps, junk food and pick-up basketball, his historic performances against Nebraska and Oklahoma -- both of whom never knew about his mysterious high school highlight tape -- and a bizarre scene in Tokyo, where Sanders found out he won the Heisman Trophy.

Wally Fairway wrote:http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24440133/the-untold-stories-barry-sanders-record-setting-1988-season
Warning - don't click on the link or you'll be ESPN'd

""The first time Barry Sanders touched the football in 1988, he scored a touchdown. Fittingly, the final time he carried it for Oklahoma State that season, he scored as well.

Both plays were equally spectacular and bookended the greatest individual season the college football world has ever seen, and 30 years later, Sanders' '88 season remains -- like so many of his runs -- untouchable.

You can argue about a lot of different people, who's the best ever in whatever sport," said Mike Gundy, who before becoming OSU's head coach was Sanders' college quarterback. "LeBron James and Michael Jordan in the NBA. Jim Brown and whoever else in pro football. But college football? There's nobody that can touch the guy. Just can't.
"There's nobody that compares to him."

In '88, Sanders didn't rewrite the records books, he incinerated them. He rushed for 2,850 yards, scored 44 touchdowns and broke 34 NCAA records.

In the years since, offense has exploded in the college game, while the pace has quickened.

And yet, most of Sanders' FBS records remain intact.

"If he were playing in today's offenses, he very well could've rushed for 4,000 yards, easy," Gundy said. "Look at the number of plays that we have on offense today compared to back then. We huddled up, we were slow. And the majority of the games very seldom was he ever touching the field in the fourth quarter because we were blowing teams out."

Outside Stillwater, few in college football even knew Sanders existed when he returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown against Miami (Ohio) to start the '88 season.

Yet by the end, he had captured the Heisman Trophy in a landslide over UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman and USC quarterback Rodney Peete, L.A. darlings who were dual overwhelming favorites at the beginning.

"Honestly, it's just amazing for a kid, who, when he came out of high school, no one would've ever imagined could happen to," Sanders said. "That would've been just unthinkable. But I've certainly grown to just appreciate what happened and I really cherish it."

Through almost two dozen interviews, ESPN goes behind the scenes of Sanders' magical '88 season, which included his penchant for untimely naps, junk food and pick-up basketball, his historic performances against Nebraska and Oklahoma -- both of whom never knew about his mysterious high school highlight tape -- and a bizarre scene in Tokyo, where Sanders found out he won the Heisman Trophy.

This must all be true because Mike Gundy says so, and so does "the network not to be mentioned"

And for those of you who (rightfully so) won't click on that link

TheReal_LWS wrote:Dude was awesome. Look at the Superbowls he won!

Wally Fairway wrote:

TheReal_LWS wrote:Dude was awesome. Look at the Superbowls he won!

I'm not around here very much, but it is good to know that some things never change.
like Bee still posts like the dickwad that he is.

aualum06 wrote:

Wally Fairway wrote:http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24440133/the-untold-stories-barry-sanders-record-setting-1988-season
Warning - don't click on the link or you'll be ESPN'd



This must all be true because Mike Gundy says so, and so does "the network not to be mentioned"

And for those of you who (rightfully so) won't click on that link

A prime example of why highlight videos should not have music