[Redrum]

I don't think the  author's  case  (in linked article) for Barry Sanders has been made at all.  Based on the ooh-ing and ahh-ing since he came to Stanford,  you'd think we'd already uncovered the next Gerhart or Gaffney.  This is what we have this season to date:

                              Carries  Yds                Avg.        Longest   
Sanders,B      1 7     43    0    43 6.1 0 17     43.0
Young,K          1 7     37    0 37 5.3 0 12     37.0

Sample size and game time just too limited.  I wish we knew who was going to be The Man for us, but I don't know.  Against USC's speed,  I can see Sanders'  style and talent not proving to be a decisive factor.  In the end,  it's the runner who can exploit what our rebuilding O-Line will provide for him ...and I don't think the OL's  UC Davis film room time with the coaches today was very much fun.  Maybe sooner than we'd like it will become clear that no back can or will separate themselves from group.  That'd be depressing as hell.

[Redrum]

I don't think the  author's  case  (in linked article) for Barry Sanders has been made at all.  Based on the ooh-ing and ahh-ing since he came to Stanford,  you'd think we'd already uncovered the next Gerhart or Gaffney.  This is what we have this season to date:

                              Carries  Yds                Avg.        Longest   
Sanders,B      1 7     43    0    43 6.1 0 17     43.0
Young,K          1 7     37    0 37 5.3 0 12     37.0

Sample size and game time just too limited.  I wish we knew who was going to be The Man for us, but I don't know.  Against USC's speed,  I can see Sanders'  style and talent not proving to be a decisive factor.  In the end,  it's the runner who can exploit what our rebuilding O-Line will provide for him ...and I don't think the OL's  UC Davis film room time with the coaches today was very much fun.  Maybe sooner than we'd like it will become clear that no back can or will separate themselves from group.  That'd be depressing as hell.