šŸˆ SI lists top CFB players by jersey number

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I can take Staubach over Namath but Bradford over Hutson, total bullshit. They could even bump Harry Gilmer down to alternate. Kiner over Stephenson is also questionable. Especially since the same publication named DS to the all Century team starting Center and Kiner was not even an alternate. Reggie White should be the UTenn played moved from alternate to top.

http://www.si.com/college-football/...test-college-football-players-jersey-number/1

Hit the down arrow on first one to see alternates for each number.
 
You're telling me there hasn't been a better #10 than that dipshit Vince Young?

Some of the older guys can help here, was Joe Montana that great in college? #3 is a big number and I wasn't sure if someone wore it better?
 
Also disappointed that DT didn't even make the alternate for 55. Montana was the real deal but as I recall, he only played some of his Jr and all of his Sr year. Can't think of one off the top of my head to put above him though.
 
BamaFan334 said:
You're telling me there hasn't been a better #10 than that dipshit Vince Young?

Some of the older guys can help here, was Joe Montana that great in college? #3 is a big number and I wasn't sure if someone wore it better?
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Vince Young is mocked now but he was a helluva college football player. He almost singlehandedly beat one of the best college football teams of the past 20 years. He was unstoppable in that Texas offense. He became a bit of a sideshow in the NFL but you can't hold that against him in this list.
 
Barnabus Stinson said:
Vince Young is mocked now but he was a helluva college football player. He almost singlehandedly beat one of the best college football teams of the past 20 years. He was unstoppable in that Texas offense. He became a bit of a sideshow in the NFL but you can't hold that against him in this list.
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Please, Vince Young's stats were pedestrian at best. AJ McCarron schools that guy. He had one season where he managed the weak Big 12. Yes, good game against USC, but I compliment his defense on that one. He sucked in the NFL and is mocked, yes. He was dumb as s rock in college showed civilian type numbers and is no way the best #10 to play college football ever.
 
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I'll admit I forgot about his rushing stats, but we've seen that MANY times before though. He played weak competition and is not nearly the first quarterback to achieve those type of numbers. He ran the ball much better than he threw the ball. His passing numbers were pedestrian, that sound better? My entire point is that the guy is not the best #10 in college football history. Robert Griffin III smoked Vince Young's stats, and for a not so great Baylor team. Substitute a Heisman for a National Championship and I think you have a better #10 in a mere five year time period. I still stand by my comment that Vince Young is not the best #10 to play college football.
 
The first third of the list seems heavily weighted to current era, and then it looks like they decided "we better do some research on this".

They also seemed to give credit (except in Vince Young's case) of pro success in some cases, which should've moved Mean Joe Green ahead of Orlando Pace.
 
BamaFan334 said:
I'll admit I forgot about his rushing stats, but we've seen that MANY times before though. He played weak competition and is not nearly the first quarterback to achieve those type of numbers. He ran the ball much better than he threw the ball. His passing numbers were pedestrian, that sound better? My entire point is that the guy is not the best #10 in college football history. Robert Griffin III smoked Vince Young's stats, and for a not so great Baylor team. Substitute a Heisman for a National Championship and I think you have a better #10 in a mere five year time period. I still stand by my comment that Vince Young is not the best #10 to play college football.
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Didn't RG3 play the same shitty competition as VY?!!?
 
Gideon Swashbuckler said:
Didn't RG3 play the same shitty competition as VY?!!?
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Yes he did, and that is even more to my point. He outperformed Young against the same competition, and that was even after an ACL tear. I called them to both bust in the NFL, but I was just using Robert Griffin III as an example of someone around the same time that wore #10 better than Young. Hell, maybe I sound like a Homer, but AJ McCarron was a better #10 than Young. More Championships, better accuracy, fewer interceptions.
 
If you make a pure stats based argument, I'm sure there's tons of players on the list that need to be changed. Young was absolutely the best player on a national championship team and a Rose Bowl team the year before. He played two of his best games in those games as well.
 
Barnabus Stinson said:
If you make a pure stats based argument, I'm sure there's tons of players on the list that need to be changed. Young was absolutely the best player on a national championship team and a Rose Bowl team the year before. He played two of his best games in those games as well.
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Well stats are factual evidence of performance. Anyone can have a good game, but the best do it every day. And yes, Texas' defense was pretty badass that year and stopped one of the bet teams in college football history. Just because Texas beat USC doesn't automatically mean they were in the rarified air that that USC team was. Just like Ohio State being nowhere near the team Miami was the year they were handed the National Championship. My perception of this list should be the best ever, not who had the one good game that everyone enjoyed.
 
BamaFan334 said:
Well stats are factual evidence of performance. Anyone can have a good game, but the best do it every day. And yes, Texas' defense was pretty badass that year and stopped one of the bet teams in college football history. Just because Texas beat USC doesn't automatically mean they were in the rarified air that that USC team was. Just like Ohio State being nowhere near the team Miami was the year they were handed the National Championship. My perception of this list should be the best ever, not who had the one good game that everyone enjoyed.
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Go through the stats of everyone on that list. In most situations you can find someone with better stats that wore that number.
 
Barnabus Stinson said:
Go through the stats of everyone on that list. In most situations you can find someone with better stats that wore that number.
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So doesn't that undermine the purpose of the list? And no, I'm not saying Quarterback A throws for 6,000 yards and Joe Montana throws for 3,000, so Quarterback A deserves to be in that place, because he may have attempted 1,000 more passes. I'm simply saying there is a better #10 out there by far taking everything into consideration.
 
BamaFan334 said:
So doesn't that undermine the purpose of the list? And no, I'm not saying Quarterback A throws for 6,000 yards and Joe Montana throws for 3,000, so Quarterback A deserves to be in that place, because he may have attempted 1,000 more passes. I'm simply saying there is a better #10 out there by far taking everything into consideration.
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It appeared that your entire argument was based on stats and some personal dislike of Young. Your RG3 argument makes it entirely about stats. AJ was a great QB, but I fail to see how you can make the argument that he was a better college player than Vince Young. You argue that Young won the national title based off his defense, so that argument has to eliminate AJ as well. It could be that 10 is a number that just so happens to not have a ton of all timers on the list. Bleacher Report did something similar a few years back and the runner up to Young for No. 10 was Babe Parilli.
 
Barnabus Stinson said:
It appeared that your entire argument was based on stats and some personal dislike of Young. Your RG3 argument makes it entirely about stats. AJ was a great QB, but I fail to see how you can make the argument that he was a better college player than Vince Young. You argue that Young won the national title based off his defense, so that argument has to eliminate AJ as well. It could be that 10 is a number that just so happens to not have a ton of all timers on the list. Bleacher Report did something similar a few years back and the runner up to Young for No. 10 was Babe Parilli.
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Yeah, I think Young was way overhyped and this was when the SEC was not getting the respect it deserved so of course I'm not high on him. Vince Young had one year where he actually put it together running and throwing, other than that he had crappy passing numbers. AJ threw for more yards, high completion percentage, and a waaay better touchdown to I recreation ratio. Not to mention he is the only repeat BCS Champion, something Leinhart or Young couldn't do. In all honesty. What's the difference in Vince Young and Michael Vick? Young doesn't have the stats in my eyes. Mediocre throwing the ball, but a good runner. I mean, they played a 7-6 Colorado team to win the Big 12 and play USC. I brought Robert Griffin into the fold simply to show another #10 within the same conference that school Young on the field, only difference is Young had a defense and offensive playmakers. So my argument is based off the whole rhelm of the game, not just one game that made his legacy. He doesn't win, he is never spoken of again. Look at David Greene from Georgia and Kellen Moore from Boise State, got the wins and the stats (Moore), but forgotten without a Chanpionship.
 
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