UL's McGuire surpasses 1,000-yard plateau

[Turbine]

It is a pretty accurate statement. Since 1949 we have had 4 1000 rushers. Now Fenroy did it 4 times Desormeaux, Brian Mitchell once and now Elijah twice.

In the last 66 years our leading rusher has been under 500 yards 30 times and 52 times has been under 750 yards. Please name these other "great" backs that were insulted. I think the reason Boomer stopped at Fenroy because he could name anyone else that had a 1000 yards besides Fenroy and Elijah, because there weren't any.

Two of our 4 1000 yards rushers were QBs, we are not exactly "Running Back U". So lets not kid ourselves about all these 1000 yard rushers.

The point is, what McGuire did is considered "pretty solid" by anyone's standards, not just UL's.

To say otherwise makes light of McGuire's accomplishments.

[MelRock]

nm

[STLMOCAJUN]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...false/count/41

I love McGuire as much as the next guy, but 54 players rushed for over 1,000 yards this year. Two players played for one team. That's 41% of all FBS teams. 7 out of 11 SunBelt teams had a 1,000 yard rusher.

Did McGuire have a good year? Yes.
Is reaching a 1,000 yards this grand accomplishment? Maybe.
Dissecting every word to get your point across about The Advocate? Definitely

[Turbine]

In the NCAA 1000 yards is the #1 measurement of RB success. If that is not achieved, yards per carry becomes the next measuring stick of success.

1000 yards is the universal standard though.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I love how you list non facts as fact

[Turbine]

I love how you list non facts as fact

You are right I needed to step back and see how it sounded.

I should have said I have always thought of 1000 yards as the universal standard.

or jmo

[duggie85]

I love how you list non facts as fact

That is done by just about everyone in every thread!

[Boomer]

What about this stat----yards per carry---touches matter!!! Also too many variables to truly pick the top rusher, but just quickly think #in the box!!!

[CajunSaint]

I love how you list non facts as fact

this has become pretty much universally accepted practice in society today. it's hardly exclusive to turbine.

[CajunEXPRESS]

this has become pretty much universally accepted practice in society today. it's hardly exclusive to turbine.

I do it all the time. What I think becomes the laws of the universe, why can't some see it amazes me