Before Lewis got hurt, he was putting up numbers comparable to Herschel Walker. Pretty incredible to think about.
I agree they were the two best but starting with Johnnie Jones and going through Travis Stephens, the Vols had such a collection of great running backs its dizzying. Jones, Cobb Webb, Garner, Stewart, Hayden, Graham, Bryson, Lewis, and Henry all made the league. Garner, Stewart, Bryson, Lewis and Henry made some good coin at that.
Don't forget that the guy succeeding Stephens ended up an NFL starter for a bit and may have stayed had he gotten his head on straight. Next up Riggs was average but then you have Foster and Hardesty. I guess Poole was long overdue.
I think Billy Joel is an asshole. Doesn't mean he isn't one of the truly great musicians of the last 50 years. Here's the list of SEC backs better than Chuck Webb and Jamal Lewis: Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson.
I don't disagree with you at all. I'm putting Webb and Lewis on my team. I do understand why people might put Stephens, Henry, Majors, Cafego, Feathers, or Lauricella on the team. They are using a standard different than "best player" to select the all-time guy.
Yeah, but Billy Joel didn't use the cover of an injury so he could essentially quit in 99 either like Lewis did. That kills it for me.
I will go to my grave saying we win a national title in 90 if he doesn't go down. Against Pacific of all teams. Pacific.
No one touched him. I remember training my binoculars to the sideline, and watching the trainers work on him. I told my best friend, "this is bad, he is done." He was like, "nobody touched him..he's OK..just a sprain or a pulled muscle." Pacific hasn't even fielded a team in years now. That injury was the catalyst that got rid of that damned turf.
Johnny Majors Show 1990 Pacific Game - YouTube the Webb injury is at the 5:55 mark. The player rolled up on Webb when tackling him from behind.
When he made the cutback, is when it hurt him. Not when he got tackled. That injury was the catalyst for the turf leaving. John Ward said that at a Big Orange Club meeting. I still have the 100% recycled plastic t-shirt he gave me for being his audience 'plant' that was to ask certain questions about the new grass surface. That shirt is one of my most prized Vol collectibles.
Yeah, how dare Jamal Lewis not be superhuman enough to recover from a torn ACL in a year? It's not like the only two SEC titles Fulmer won were greatly achieved on his back. I think we should celebrate a piece of shit like Travis Henry, who never saw the field when Jamal was healthy, or some [uck fay]ing B lister like Jay Graham. That makes perfect sense.
