Pick One - RB
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Troy was so good everyone stood up when he got a hand off because you knew he was gonna bust something off, and more often than not he did.
demoncore1031
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I would love to see what Troy could do in todays game and the style of offense we run now.
Troy was the better college back by a small margin.
Breece will be a better pro back by a large margin.
Breece will be a better pro back by a large margin.
These results just tell me we have a lot of posters in their 20s.
I firmly believe you truly had to see Troy have destructive run after destructive run in person to grasp how unreal he was.
I voted for Troy, he got 2,000 yards behind an o-line that was literally just the biggest guys we could find. Behind an even mediocre O-line, he'd be even more dangerous. And as said before, the D KNEW he was getting the ball.
Agree with the other posters, modern game, modern NFL, Breece should have a great career.
Agree with the other posters, modern game, modern NFL, Breece should have a great career.
In Troy's 2 years as a starter, he averaged 34 carries per game and 5.6 ypc when everybody and their mother knew he was getting the ball. (1995-96: Davis 702 carries; QBs 475 pass attempts)
Breece had 3 games total with 30+ carries, and his career high was 34 against Oregon. His career ypc was just under 5.5 in a much more balanced offense (run vs pass).
Troy had 33 career catches and handled some kickoff return duties.
Breece caught 82 passes.
Troy's OL included Tim Kohn (who made the Raiders' 53-man roster) and Pat Augafa (who was on various NFL preseason and practice squads).
We'll see if/how the rest of Breece's OL work out professionally, but Julian Good-Jones is currently a starter in the CFL.
Breece had 3 games total with 30+ carries, and his career high was 34 against Oregon. His career ypc was just under 5.5 in a much more balanced offense (run vs pass).
Troy had 33 career catches and handled some kickoff return duties.
Breece caught 82 passes.
Troy's OL included Tim Kohn (who made the Raiders' 53-man roster) and Pat Augafa (who was on various NFL preseason and practice squads).
We'll see if/how the rest of Breece's OL work out professionally, but Julian Good-Jones is currently a starter in the CFL.
Yeah, Troy actually had a better run blocking OL than Breece ever did. My vote goes to Breece. Take that, Boomers.
Troy Davis was a better blocker than Breece. He was an excellent blocker and routinely decleated blitzers. Breece went to the bench on passing downs.
I think that what Troy is missing vs Breece is the extra gear and then catching out of the backfield.
I would say Breece and it isn't even all that close. Davis was incredible, but once Breece found an opening he couldn't be tackled. Davis would get tackled after finding an opening because he didn't have the downfield speed of Breece. Davis had a better run blocking line behind him, too. Let's hope in two year's we are having this same debate with the third name being Brock!
Story goes the offense was practicing and discussing the scheme on a certain play and who blocks who. One of the lineman pointed out the coach did not state who would block a certain defender on the play and the coach's response was "that's Troy's guy." Absolute classic.
Stir the pot- best back I ever saw play at ISU was Barry Sanders and that includes J Rogers, and all the stud backs from OU.
