Poll: Best running combo last 10 years
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I’m still mad that we were robbed of a McCoy-Lewis 2009 season. Boy, that woulda been fun.
I always loved watching Ray Graham run-was a real shame when he was injured.
As you listed "as of week 10" for the current tandem.
With POSSIBLY 4 games to go they should easily outproduce the others.
It is interesting, from both the half empty and half full perspectives, that we've had many years of just incredibly productive, sometimes even sublime running backs and running attacks, in the face of having next to zero passing threat to complement them in many of those years. I mean, it wouldn't be quite as uncommon in 1950 or something, when nobody passed. But these are all very recent, and in this modern pass happy era, it really bucks the trends. Tribute to the backs and run blocking, smh for some of the quarterbacks and pass blocking.
But it also helps explain our team struggles in that so rarely do we put it all together at once. Either we get great passing (Walt era) and forgettable running or (post-Walt) almost exactly the opposite.
But it also helps explain our team struggles in that so rarely do we put it all together at once. Either we get great passing (Walt era) and forgettable running or (post-Walt) almost exactly the opposite.
I'd have said one of the Shady years without looking at the numbers. He was capable of making something out of nothing and did not always run behind good lines. Larod was fun to watch too and could do a little of that.
But numbers don't lie and with potentially 4 games to go, their numbers will be way beyond any of the others listed. Even the YPC numbers are way better.
But numbers don't lie and with potentially 4 games to go, their numbers will be way beyond any of the others listed. Even the YPC numbers are way better.
not really much of a comparison...many more yards and much more ypc (7.8 is nuts)...
Shady and anybody, including the Energizer Bunny, would be the top duo to me...
Though Dion and Ray were awesome.
Those guys all made many, many people miss. JC and now Ollie are tough and physical runners - Hall has toughness and adds to it his breakaway speed...
Fun to watch all these guys...
Go Pitt!
Though Dion and Ray were awesome.
Those guys all made many, many people miss. JC and now Ollie are tough and physical runners - Hall has toughness and adds to it his breakaway speed...
Fun to watch all these guys...
Go Pitt!
I know out of range but Dorsett and Elliot Walker in 1975 would probably be the tops all time on a per game basis for Pitt...2589 in 12 games with about a 6.2 per carry.
Listen, I love Hall and Ollison and I am very proud at what they have done.
But they really haven’t been consistently dominant until really this last month. I bet most people on here were looking for the next breakout star earlier in year.
All those other combos have at least one guy that was a multi year star.
Does it mean they were underrated? Sure. But it also means their run of being considered dominant is only very recent.
But they really haven’t been consistently dominant until really this last month. I bet most people on here were looking for the next breakout star earlier in year.
All those other combos have at least one guy that was a multi year star.
Does it mean they were underrated? Sure. But it also means their run of being considered dominant is only very recent.
Ollison had a 1000 yard year as a freshman, then had to sit behind Conner. Potentially, he'd be closing in n 4000-5000 rush yards had Pitt not been so deep at RB.
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