Top five biggest college football stars?

Was Staubach a national star in the 60's at the USNA?
Namath was a star like Fluite was a star, you don't have to be the best to be the face of college football, a Star. Flutie was the face of college football

 

Not one hell of a good guy.

 

Yes. Earl was awesome.

And in college, Herschel > Bo.

 

Agreed. Flutie was a national phenomenon.

 

Would he have been anything without that one pass?

 

No. Without that Hail Mary pass, he has less than 10% of the recognition he does now.

 

Freddie Smerlas would say that he put college football on the map in Boston

 

Baylor's LaQuan McGowan is 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 385.

 

Jim Jensen?

 

One reason more current players don't measure up is because too many of them leave early for the pros.

My list would include Red Grange (before my time, but I hear he was HUGE back in the day), Bo Jackson, Herschel Walker, Flutie and OJ Simpson.

It's amazing how many Alabama quarterbacks (Ken Stabler, Joe Namath, Richard Todd, etc.) went on to good pro careers but never got the spotlight in college because Bama didn't throw the ball that much.

 

60's, 70's and 80's were RB centric. 'Bama's RB's of the era were not overwhelming but they
had a lot of them. The 2 best that come to mind are Wilbur Jackson and Johnny Musso .

 

yeah, it seemed like it was a system thing. Same at Oklahoma and Nebraska. Huge offensive lines that just ran over people and whomever was fortunate enough to get the ball would just follow them through.