2015 Heisman. Who ya got?

I hope you weren't referring to his Heisman year at Baylor on that.

And if you're referring to his NFL career, that has nothing to do with his college football career.

 

aww, somebody is a little upset.

 

Oh, I don't think awe has anything to do with it.

EDIT: No fair!

 

Ok, you find the record overrated. That's fine. It is more of a talking point anyway. Anytime people get the chance to compare a player to the mighty Herschel Walker, they are going to do that, especially in the SEC.

Ignore the record. Let's just talk about what he did in 2015. This season - and we are only talking about this season, not how it compares to other seasons or backs from previous years - Henry led the NCAA in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns. He rushed for more than 100 yards nine times and more than 200 yards four times. He had at least one rushing touchdown in every game. He carried a team to a conference championship and a shot at a national championship.

This isn't Gino Toretta we are talking about here.

 

As far as SEC defenses not having to respect the pass until 1990, I'd argue it was more difficult to run for big yards back in the day (at least in the I-formation), since every defense played 7- and 8-man fronts and knew who was getting the ball on almost every play.

 

True. But at the same time, in those days the physical disparities between really good offenses and average or worse defenses played themselves out in the running game, just as the spread maximizes those disparities for wide receivers and DBs in the Big 12 today.