Yeah, I watched the 1997 OSU game last night. Enis was just a bull, with great cutting ability and really good speed.
Curtis Enis was an exciting runner who would just bowl his way over, around and through defenders without regard for his body. That cost him when he tore his knee with the Bears in his rookie season. Another Penn State RB who was a casualty of the ACL career ending or limiting injury. His personal life was marked by poor decisions before, towards the end of and after his Penn State career. I have always felt that we could have beaten Florida in that Citrus Bowl game had Enis not had his agent buy him a suit in Harrisburg for that years Heisman show.
No doubt an incredible running back, cut down by a horrendous injury far too early in his athletic career/prime. I also recall his courageous attempt at coming back from his injury the next season, but simply was never able to regain the burst/quickness he had for such a big, strong RB. He was one of the best we’ve had, when he was healthy, albeit far too brief a time as a Nittany Lion.
Completely agree. We also played without Joe Jurevicius in that game ~ arguably our 2nd best offensive player/weapon that season.
not questioning your choice, but back then we used a FB and Joe gave the FB's a lot of goal line carries
You can add Jon Williams TD's to Warner's and they still don't come close to touching Barkley's numbers.
Prior to his SR season he never averaged 5 YAC. I know he split a lot of carries (never reached 80) but his average wasn't great. 2002 he was off the charts good but I don't think he did enough for a Mt. Rushmore selection.
Dominated the Big Ten and had over 2000 yards, but came up with less than spectacular results in big games against Ohio State, Michigan and even in the Bowl game loss to Auburn. Of course the OLine shared much of that against the best defenses they faced that year. No doubt he had a phenomenal senior season and carried that into the NFL for 3-4 amazing seasons as well.
No doubt that Larry Johnson was a runner with bad intentions
! He was angry on and off the field. That is good as a RB, but not so good as an off-field human being trying to fit into society. If only he had a more likeable personality, he may have been given more credit for his on-field performances. Nobody ever had as good of a year as LJ Jr. had in his final year, but if you watch his tapes, he had a damn good OL opening gaping holes for him!LJ had to run behind some not so great OL’s. The offense was also a mess in 2000 and not much better until late 2001.
Just looked it up. Not one OL on the all BIG team, even honoroable mention. How do you you run for that many yards and not have even one all conference lineman?
Yea I don't remember many good OL on those teams, EZ Smith was probably the best. It wasn't 2014-15 bad but it wasn't far behind.
Yeah that team was the first to win the National Championship with more passing than rushing yards. Lucky enough to see that Championship game in person. Barkley vs. Warner is a lot closer call than some of the younger voters on here think.
