[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

[quote author=ThePOC link=topic=14401.msg153233#msg153233 date=1453001765]
[quote author=Mick link=topic=14401.msg153231#msg153231 date=1453001176]You clearly minimize the skill.  Clearly.  Most great running backs can run, catch and block, not just run and block.

Hardly.  I simply don't see it as a slight that McCaffrey was honored as an all-purpose player, because that's precisely what he is.  Further, we primarily measure a back's contributions by his rushing yards, because that's their primary duty.  That does not mean it is their only duty, mind you.

He was the nation's #2 rusher.  He was #2 in receiving yards (among RBs).  He was the #3 kick returner.  And he had a pair of passing TDs to boot.  And he had more APY than any player in college football history.  If he's not an all-purpose player, who is?
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"He was the nation's #2 rusher. "

That was my only point, poc.  Obviously the #1 AP, but ALSO #2 running back.  To not name him ALSO as first team running back is absurd.
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This thread is about the bowl games.  The fact that McCaffrey was #2 in rushing yards during the season does not, and should not, factor into an "all-bowl team."

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

[quote author=ThePOC link=topic=14401.msg153233#msg153233 date=1453001765]
[quote author=Mick link=topic=14401.msg153231#msg153231 date=1453001176]You clearly minimize the skill.  Clearly.  Most great running backs can run, catch and block, not just run and block.

Hardly.  I simply don't see it as a slight that McCaffrey was honored as an all-purpose player, because that's precisely what he is.  Further, we primarily measure a back's contributions by his rushing yards, because that's their primary duty.  That does not mean it is their only duty, mind you.

He was the nation's #2 rusher.  He was #2 in receiving yards (among RBs).  He was the #3 kick returner.  And he had a pair of passing TDs to boot.  And he had more APY than any player in college football history.  If he's not an all-purpose player, who is?
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"He was the nation's #2 rusher. "

That was my only point, poc.  Obviously the #1 AP, but ALSO #2 running back.  To not name him ALSO as first team running back is absurd.
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This thread is about the bowl games.  The fact that McCaffrey was #2 in rushing yards during the season does not, and should not, factor into an "all-bowl team."