In my lifetime. I was alive and even attended games in '91, but I don't remember shit.
1. Dillon
2. Sankey 3. Kaufman 4. Polk 5. Sheehee
@RoadDawg55 - I just listened to your post Stanford podcast; now with this, I think we share a mind. This is exactly how I'd put it.
Dillon is the fucking Hugh McElhenny of this shit. The King. Dude was so good. If we'd had a decent fucking coach in '96, we would've won the Rose Bowl.
Instead we had LamboFS and we lost to Neu in the San Diego Sea Bowl.
The NFL shouldn't matter on this, but Corey Dillon was a Pro Bowl RB for the Bengals. They were the worst team in the NFL when he played. If he was on a good team he would be a Hall of Famer.
Dillon once held the record for most rushing yards in an NFL game. Nuff said on that.
I love Gaskin and I don't see the similarities. Nip was a very different runner.
Me neither. Sankey, maybe. Or Shehee.
Stylistically, McGrew is closer to Kaufman.
I wondered if anybody else noticed this. McGrew totally reminds me of Kaufman. It's that foward upper body lean, short cuts with quick feet, then A+ downhill speed. REAL excited to see McGrew next year.
Lawyer Milloy & Kaufman are my favorite huskies of all time.
Kaufman and gaskin are listed as the same measurables. Kaufman was benching 400 lbs as a senior not a freshman. Kaufman was a freak no question, his father was a body builder. A rare talent.
Gaskin is the first true freshman to rush for three straight 100 yard games and did it against Stanford, USC and Oregon.
Gaskin is averaging 5.5 yards per carry behind an oline made up of freshman.
Kaufman and gaskin have similar footwork and cutting ability. As someone pointed out gaskin is more of a lateral runner because he has to find holes and he is young. Kaufman did some of that as a true freshman.
Kaufman as freshman ran behind malimala, Kennedy, and Cunningham... he had holes the size of 747's. He had very good lines his whole career and an exceptional blocking fullback in Richard Thomas.
Gaskin already has 748 yards on the year and had minimal carries early in the season. He will be a 1000 yard back this year and no true freshman has ever done that.
If gaskin had wide open holes to run through and just ran straight you would probably see the similarities for the untrained eye.
Are they identical? No. similar? Yes. Just watch their feet.
Lawyer Milloy & Kaufman are my favorite huskies of all time.
Kaufman and gaskin are listed as the same measurables. Kaufman was benching 400 lbs as a senior not a freshman. Kaufman was a freak no question, his father was a body builder. A rare talent.
Gaskin is the first true freshman to rush for three straight 100 yard games and did it against Stanford, USC and Oregon.
Gaskin is averaging 5.5 yards per carry behind an oline made up of freshman.
Kaufman and gaskin have similar footwork and cutting ability. As someone pointed out gaskin is more of a lateral runner because he has to find holes and he is young. Kaufman did some of that as a true freshman.
Kaufman as freshman ran behind malimala, Kennedy, and Cunningham... he had holes the size of 747's. He had very good lines his whole career and an exceptional blocking fullback in Richard Thomas.
Gaskin already has 748 yards on the year and had minimal carries early in the season. He will be a 1000 yard back this year and no true freshman has ever done that.
If gaskin had wide open holes to run through and just ran straight you would probably see the similarities for the untrained eye.
Are they identical? No. similar? Yes. Just watch their feet.
I have Polk ahead of Sankey. Dillon is #1. I have Beno Bryant ahead of Nip. Or is it Nap. Greg Lewis is probably the REAL #2 behind Dillon. The oft forgotten Lewis who graduated after 1990. Going into 91 the running back position was said to be an area of concern. Beno took care of that.
The NFL shouldn't matter on this, but Corey Dillon was a Pro Bowl RB for the Bengals. They were the worst team in the NFL when he played. If he was on a good team he would be a Hall of Famer.
Dillon once held the record for most rushing yards in an NFL game. Nuff said on that.
Dillon is the best rb in husky history.... no question.
I have Polk ahead of Sankey. Dillon is #1. I have Beno Bryant ahead of Nip. Or is it Nap. Greg Lewis is probably the REAL #2 behind Dillon. The oft forgotten Lewis who graduated after 1990. Going into 91 the running back position was said to be an area of concern. Beno took care of that.
Good point on greg Lewis... loved watching him carry the rock... freight train.
Lawyer Milloy & Kaufman are my favorite huskies of all time.
Kaufman and gaskin are listed as the same measurables. Kaufman was benching 400 lbs as a senior not a freshman. Kaufman was a freak no question, his father was a body builder. A rare talent.
Gaskin is the first true freshman to rush for three straight 100 yard games and did it against Stanford, USC and Oregon.
Gaskin is averaging 5.5 yards per carry behind an oline made up of freshman.
Kaufman and gaskin have similar footwork and cutting ability. As someone pointed out gaskin is more of a lateral runner because he has to find holes and he is young. Kaufman did some of that as a true freshman.
Kaufman as freshman ran behind malimala, Kennedy, and Cunningham... he had holes the size of 747's. He had very good lines his whole career and an exceptional blocking fullback in Richard Thomas.
Gaskin already has 748 yards on the year and had minimal carries early in the season. He will be a 1000 yard back this year and no true freshman has ever done that.
If gaskin had wide open holes to run through and just ran straight you would probably see the similarities for the untrained eye.
Are they identical? No. similar? Yes. Just watch their feet.
They're not similar at all. Kauffman was explosive, a force of nature. He wasn't Dwayne Washington or @GrandpaSankey but he didn't have the greatest vision ever. What he did have was the ability to run by you and just destroy arm tackles because of his freakish upper body strength. Early on he was too fast for his own good, as he didn't have great balance, especially as a freshman. Nor was he particularly patient.
Gaskin has terrific vision, patience, and balance. He jukes people out of his shoes thanks to great hips (hi @IrishDawg22), not great explosiveness. As a true frosh Gaskin is a better RB than Kauffman was. He doesn't have Nip's ceiling though. No chance Gaskin's a first round pick.
Gaskin and Kauffman just don't have a similar skillset. Virtually every strength of Gaskin was a relative weakness of Kauffman and vice versa.
Vision - Gaskin great, Kauffman average Balance - Gaskin great, Kauffman above average (below average as a frosh) Straight ahead speed - Gaskin above average, Kauffman elite Strength - Gaskin above average for his size, Kauffman elite for his size
They're just not that similar, no matter how bad you want them to be.
Gaskin is having a year never seen at Washington behind a porous oline.
What if runs for 1300 yards this year?
You think he's running for 550 yards in the next 3 games? Major disagree, major. He's going to finish a little north of 1000 yards, which is a great year for a true frosh.
The line is not that porous of a run blocking unit though. It's not 91 of course, but even if you take out Gaskin our non QB's are averaging 5.44 yards per carry this year, and that's including Dotson and Mickens who have been terrible. DWash averages 6.0 per carry, Coleman's average 5.0 per carry, Cooper's averagint 6.3 - this is not a porous run blocking unit.
Lawyer Milloy & Kaufman are my favorite huskies of all time.
Kaufman and gaskin are listed as the same measurables. Kaufman was benching 400 lbs as a senior not a freshman. Kaufman was a freak no question, his father was a body builder. A rare talent.
Gaskin is the first true freshman to rush for three straight 100 yard games and did it against Stanford, USC and Oregon.
Gaskin is averaging 5.5 yards per carry behind an oline made up of freshman.
Kaufman and gaskin have similar footwork and cutting ability. As someone pointed out gaskin is more of a lateral runner because he has to find holes and he is young. Kaufman did some of that as a true freshman.
Kaufman as freshman ran behind malimala, Kennedy, and Cunningham... he had holes the size of 747's. He had very good lines his whole career and an exceptional blocking fullback in Richard Thomas.
Gaskin already has 748 yards on the year and had minimal carries early in the season. He will be a 1000 yard back this year and no true freshman has ever done that.
If gaskin had wide open holes to run through and just ran straight you would probably see the similarities for the untrained eye.
Are they identical? No. similar? Yes. Just watch their feet.
They're not similar at all. Kauffman was explosive, a force of nature. He wasn't Dwayne Washington or @GrandpaSankey but he didn't have the greatest vision ever. What he did have was the ability to run by you and just destroy arm tackles because of his freakish upper body strength. Early on he was too fast for his own good, as he didn't have great balance, especially as a freshman. Nor was he particularly patient.
Gaskin has terrific vision, patience, and balance. He jukes people out of his shoes thanks to great hips (hi @IrishDawg22), not great explosiveness. As a true frosh Gaskin is a better RB than Kauffman was. He doesn't have Nip's ceiling though. No chance Gaskin's a first round pick.
Gaskin and Kauffman just don't have a similar skillset. Virtually every strength of Gaskin was a relative weakness of Kauffman and vice versa.
Vision - Gaskin great, Kauffman average Balance - Gaskin great, Kauffman above average (below average as a frosh) Straight ahead speed - Gaskin above average, Kauffman elite Strength - Gaskin above average for his size, Kauffman elite for his size
They're just not that similar, no matter how bad you want them to be.
I don't want them to be similar, I just look at their footwork and the insights of greg Lewis.
This oline is not even in the same universe as the lines in the early 90's.
550 yards is a stretch but 400 yards is possible with asu, OSU and WSU left.
You can't say for certainty he won't be a first round back.
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He was a once in a lifetime talent. He'll never be duplicated. Just stop there. I love Gaskin, but he is no Kaufman.
1. Dillon
2. Sankey
3. Kaufman
4. Polk
5. Sheehee
Dillon is the fucking Hugh McElhenny of this shit. The King. Dude was so good. If we'd had a decent fucking coach in '96, we would've won the Rose Bowl.
Instead we had LamboFS and we lost to Neu in the San Diego Sea Bowl.
I loved Chris Polk. The run he made against LSU at husky stadium where he stiff arms two SEC defenders back to back for was beautiful.
One of my earliest memories was at Husky Stadium watching Corey dillon destroy San Jose st. The man was a man.
Dillon may have only been around a couple quarters, but he wasn't Jarrrammmmy.
Dillon once held the record for most rushing yards in an NFL game. Nuff said on that.
#coreydillonpersonalknowledgeofassholicbeahviorsuperiorityguy
DKG:
Kaufman. It's that foward upper body lean, short cuts with quick feet,
then A+ downhill speed. REAL excited to see McGrew next year.
Kaufman and gaskin are listed as the same measurables. Kaufman was benching 400 lbs as a senior not a freshman. Kaufman was a freak no question, his father was a body builder. A rare talent.
Gaskin is the first true freshman to rush for three straight 100 yard games and did it against Stanford, USC and Oregon.
Gaskin is averaging 5.5 yards per carry behind an oline made up of freshman.
Kaufman and gaskin have similar footwork and cutting ability. As someone pointed out gaskin is more of a lateral runner because he has to find holes and he is young. Kaufman did some of that as a true freshman.
Kaufman as freshman ran behind malimala, Kennedy, and Cunningham... he had holes the size of 747's. He had very good lines his whole career and an exceptional blocking fullback in Richard Thomas.
Gaskin already has 748 yards on the year and had minimal carries early in the season. He will be a 1000 yard back this year and no true freshman has ever done that.
If gaskin had wide open holes to run through and just ran straight you would probably see the similarities for the untrained eye.
Are they identical? No. similar? Yes.
Just watch their feet.
Gaskin is having a year never seen at Washington behind a porous oline.
What if runs for 1300 yards this year?
Gaskin has terrific vision, patience, and balance. He jukes people out of his shoes thanks to great hips (hi @IrishDawg22), not great explosiveness. As a true frosh Gaskin is a better RB than Kauffman was. He doesn't have Nip's ceiling though. No chance Gaskin's a first round pick.
Gaskin and Kauffman just don't have a similar skillset. Virtually every strength of Gaskin was a relative weakness of Kauffman and vice versa.
Vision - Gaskin great, Kauffman average
Balance - Gaskin great, Kauffman above average (below average as a frosh)
Straight ahead speed - Gaskin above average, Kauffman elite
Strength - Gaskin above average for his size, Kauffman elite for his size
They're just not that similar, no matter how bad you want them to be.
The line is not that porous of a run blocking unit though. It's not 91 of course, but even if you take out Gaskin our non QB's are averaging 5.44 yards per carry this year, and that's including Dotson and Mickens who have been terrible. DWash averages 6.0 per carry, Coleman's average 5.0 per carry, Cooper's averagint 6.3 - this is not a porous run blocking unit.
This oline is not even in the same universe as the lines in the early 90's.
550 yards is a stretch but 400 yards is possible with asu, OSU and WSU left.
You can't say for certainty he won't be a first round back.
So youth excuse is out the window..