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Top Eleven College Football Players

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Mr. O. Verrated

Just a cog in the media hype machine
East Coast or West Coast school

Here is O. Verrated's all-time best:

QB: Gino Torretta
RB: Ed Marinaro
OL: Tony Mandarich
OL: Brett Romberg
DL: Gerard Warren
QB: David Klingler
RB: Rashaan Salaam
ATH: Paul Hornung

Team: '81 BYU or '03 OK
Coach: Barry Switzer
Writer: Furman Bisher

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GoBucks89

Insignificant Software Testing Analyst
Ohio State, 1989

<TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=stathead><TD colSpan=2>Best 11</TD></TR><TR class=colhead vAlign=top><TD>POSITION</TD><TD>PLAYER </TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>QB</TD><TD>John Elway, Stanford</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>RB</TD><TD>Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>WR</TD><TD>Lynn Swann, USC</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>OL</TD><TD>Orlando Pace, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>DL</TD><TD>Julius Peppers, North Carolina</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>LB</TD><TD>A.J. Hawk, Ohio St.</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>DB</TD><TD>Ronnie Lott, USC</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>x-RB</TD><TD>Herschel Walker, Georgia</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>x-OL</TD><TD>Anthony Munoz, USC</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>x-DB</TD><TD>Deion Sanders, Florida State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>x-QB</TD><TD>Doug Flutie, Boston College</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

11 Best
Best Team: 1979 USC. Even though they didn't win the NC, I've never seen that much talent on a football team in college. Anthony Munoz, Ronnie Lott, Marcus Allen, Heisman Trophy winner Charles White, All-American QB Paul McDonald, etc. Ohio State put up a good fight and played a nearly perfect game, but they were too much.
Best Season: 2002. Everything worked out just right for Buckeye fans, from Florida's upset victory over Georgia (that cleared the way for us to make it to number 2), to the overtime thrillers against Illinois and Cryami, to the "Holy Buckeye" pass, to the great victory over scUM. What a great year.
Best Game: OSU 31, Cryami 24. An instant classic that kept me up almost all night celebrating.
Biggest Upset: See above.
Best Bowl Game: See above.
Best Stadium: Ohio State's Ohio Stadium. 100,000+ fans and you can actually see the field unlike that ugly bowl of crap up north. Second favorite is LSU's Death Valley.
Best Fans: Tie between LSU and Texas.
Best Uniforms: Other than OSU's home unis, my favorite is Notre Lame's home blue.
Best Book: You Win With People, by Woody Hayes. What, you expected objectivity?
Favorite Coach: Duh. See above.
Favorite Player: Archie Griffin. A classy guy who dominated the field when he played in both high school and college, yet never acted superior and spent many hours signing autographs for anyone who wanted one. We could never ask for a better representative of the university.
 
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JonathanXC

Longtime poster, The Buckeye Planet

<TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=stathead><TD colSpan=2>Cowbell's 11</TD></TR><TR class=colhead vAlign=top><TD>POSITION</TD><TD>PLAYER </TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>QB</TD><TD>Craig Krenzel, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>RB</TD><TD>Archie Griffin, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>WR</TD><TD>Cris Carter, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>OL</TD><TD>Orlando Pace, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>DL</TD><TD>Mike Vrabel, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>LB</TD><TD>A.J. Hawk, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>DB</TD><TD>Mike Doss, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>x-RB</TD><TD>Eddie George, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>x-WR</TD><TD>David Boston, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>x-LB</TD><TD>Chris Spielman, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>x-QB</TD><TD>Troy Smith, Ohio State</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Cowbell's 11 Best
Best Team: Ohio State, 2002.
Best Season: 2002
Best Game: Ohio State 10, Purdue 6, 2002
Biggest Upset: Ohio State 31, Miami 24, 2003 Fiesta Bowl
Best Bowl Game: Ohio State 31, Miami 24, 2003 Fiesta Bowl
Best Stadium: Ohio Stadium, on a late November overcast day.
Best Fans: Miami University Hawkheads!
Best Uniforms: Ohio State
Best Book: Jim Tressel's playbook.
Favorite Coach: Jim Tressel
Favorite Player: Craig Krenzel
 
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Favorite Player: Archie Griffin. A classy guy who dominated the field when he played in both high school and college, yet never acted superior and spent many hours signing autographs for anyone who wanted one. We could never ask for a better representative of the university.
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We asked the panel to name the 11 best players they ever saw, either live or on television, selecting one player from each of the main position groups, then adding four more wild-card choices from any position.

Doesn't the writer from Atlanta own a TV?????? What a homer!! Living down here in the South y'all understand that us Southerns invented football. Football is actually played in other parts of the country? What a concept! Who would have thunk it? Is Jefferson Davis still President? And when is Bear Bryant going to win another national championship? What a buffoon!!!!
 
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AKAKBUCK said:
You can say that again.
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Yeah, you see I was one of those little rascals who went to a shopping mall where he was appearing in order to get his autograph. And this was before they had those tables where the players sit and everyone is organized and handled by security, etc. He was standing and there was just a big mob of little kids and star-struck 12-year olds like myself tying him up for hours. When I finally made it up to him, he calmly signed the paper and handed it back to me with a smile. He will always be my favorite player.
 
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JonathanXC

Longtime poster, The Buckeye Planet

<TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=stathead><TD colSpan=2>Cowbell's 11</TD></TR><TR class=colhead vAlign=top><TD>POSITION</TD><TD>PLAYER </TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>QB</TD><TD>Craig Krenzel, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>RB</TD><TD>Archie Griffin, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>WR</TD><TD>Cris Carter, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>OL</TD><TD>Orlando Pace, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>DL</TD><TD>Mike Vrabel, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>LB</TD><TD>A.J. Hawk, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>DB</TD><TD>Mike Doss, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>x-RB</TD><TD>Eddie George, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>x-WR</TD><TD>David Boston, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>x-LB</TD><TD>Chris Spielman, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>x-QB</TD><TD>Troy Smith, Ohio State</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Cowbell's 11 Best
Best Team: Ohio State, 2002.
Best Season: 2002
Best Game: Ohio State 10, Purdue 6, 2002
Biggest Upset: Ohio State 31, Miami 24, 2003 Fiesta Bowl
Best Bowl Game: Ohio State 31, Miami 24, 2003 Fiesta Bowl
Best Stadium: Ohio Stadium, on a late November overcast day.
Best Fans: Miami University Hawkheads!
Best Uniforms: Ohio State
Best Book: Jim Tressel's playbook.
Favorite Coach: Jim Tressel
Favorite Player: Craig Krenzel
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Jim Tressel over Woody Hayes?
 
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GoBucks89 said:
Yeah, you see I was one of those little rascals who went to a shopping mall where he was appearing in order to get his autograph. And this was before they had those tables where the players sit and everyone is organized and handled by security, etc. He was standing and there was just a big mob of little kids and star-struck 12-year olds like myself tying him up for hours. When I finally made it up to him, he calmly signed the paper and handed it back to me with a smile. He will always be my favorite player.
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I've met Mr. Griffin three times, I beleive... I was pretty star struck at 19 or 21 or however old I was... The thing that struck me about him was how he took the time to really talk to everyone he met, at least any time I was around him. (Well, the second time I met him, I was a little sauced, and he made some reference about hoping sure all my schoolwork was done before I "came out to play", which I thought was classy, too...)
 
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Sloopy's Best 11:

POSITION PLAYER
QB Tommie Frazier, Nebraska
RB Eddie George, Ohio State
WR Terry Glenn, Ohio State
OL Orlando Pace, Ohio State
DL Big Daddy Wilkinson, Ohio State
LB Andy Katzenmoyer, Ohio State
DB Charles Woodson, scUM
x-RB Reggie Bush, USC
x-TE Kellen Winslow, Miami
x-WR Peter Warrick, Florida State
x-QB Carson Palmer, USC

Sloopy's 11 Best
Best Team: Nebraska, 1995
Best Season: 2002, the rollercoaster ride that was the Ohio State Buckeyes
Best Game: November 19, 2005: Ohio State 25, scUM 21. A classic.
Biggest Upset: November 7, 1998: Michigan State 28, Ohio State 24.
Best Bowl Game: January 3rd, 2003: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State 31, Miami 24 in 2OT. One of the top 3 CFB games of all time.
Best Stadium: The Horseshoe
Best Fans: Ohio State.
Best Uniforms: Ohio State, home jerseys.
Best Book: Green Eggs & Ham.
Favorite Coach: Jim Tressel
Favorite Player: Eddie George.
 
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BB73 said:
<TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=stathead><TD colSpan=2>BB73's Best 11</TD></TR><TR class=colhead vAlign=top><TD>POSITION</TD><TD>PLAYER </TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>QB</TD><TD>John Elway, Stanford</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>RB</TD><TD>Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>WR</TD><TD>Larry Fitzgerald, Pitt </TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>OL</TD><TD>Orlando Pace, Ohio State</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>DL</TD><TD>Bubba Smith, Michigan State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>LB</TD><TD>Mike Singletary, Baylor (16 cracked helmets)</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>DB</TD><TD>Charles Woodson, Michigan</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>x-RB</TD><TD>Bo Jackson, Auburn</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>x-DB</TD><TD>Deion Sanders, Florida State</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow vAlign=top><TD>x-RB</TD><TD>Herschel Walker, Georgia</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow vAlign=top><TD>x-RB</TD><TD>O.J. Simpson, USC</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
BB73's 11 Best
Best Team: Nebraska, 1995.
Best Season: 1973
Best Game: 2003 Fiesta Bowl OSU/Miami
Biggest Upset: 1969 Michigan/OSU
Best Bowl Game: 2003 Fiesta Bowl.
Best Stadium: Ohio Stadium
Best Fans: Nebraska (sellouts since 1962)
Best Uniforms: Penn State
Best Book: Haven't read it yet
Favorite Coach: Woody Hayes
Favorite Player: Archie Griffin, Ohio State

Note to LJB - I didn't see your list until mine was done. Spielman and Hugh Green were the 2 toughest guys for me to leave off the list.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
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O.J and Bubba might have made my team, but I'm not old enough to remember them in college. :biggrin:

There were several guys that were tough to omit from the list - Singletary and Barry Sanders especially.
 
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