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  • @redmustangredmustang
    @redmustangredmustang 2 года назад +116

    Imagine if Barry Sanders was a 2 year starter instead of 1. He would have won the Heisman back to back. Rare that you see two running backs back to back become hall of famers in both college and in the pro level.

  • @ThaTitanSpartan
    @ThaTitanSpartan 2 года назад +103

    Best Running Back Ever

    • @emperfectfamily7690
      @emperfectfamily7690 2 года назад +8

      By far not even close

    • @danshowlund
      @danshowlund 2 года назад +7

      I clicked on your comment so I could argue with anyone who tried to disagree with you!

    • @MattPawlowski
      @MattPawlowski 2 года назад +8

      @@danshowlund The best part is there's people that think Emmitt Smith is better. Closest guys are Jim Brown and Walter Payton.

    • @islandvibes9076
      @islandvibes9076 2 года назад +1

      Jim Brown and Barry are tops for me - different backs with different set of skills. I'd probably draft Barry first, though.
      There's a HUGE gap between them and the rest. Emmitt, Payton, Sayers, Dickerson - they're all looking up to those two.

    • @slappxn
      @slappxn 2 года назад

      Lesean mccoy woulda lapped him if he stayed with Philly

  • @pauldezmond3388
    @pauldezmond3388 2 года назад +98

    He averaged 234 yards per game!!!! Best RB in the history of football in my opinion

    • @poopagore
      @poopagore Год назад +6

      not an opinion when it's a fact lol

    • @kaliefwhe82
      @kaliefwhe82 Год назад +1

      Easily

    • @keva6303
      @keva6303 Год назад +4

      And averaged 1,500 yards a season in the NFL over a 10 year span.

    • @billsmith8961
      @billsmith8961 Год назад +4

      Not a shred of doubt.

  • @EMAINIE
    @EMAINIE 2 года назад +120

    39 touchdowns in 11 games! There are quarterbacks that would love to have thrown 39 tds. Incredible.

    • @jacoblavoie8326
      @jacoblavoie8326 2 года назад +6

      And almost 8 yards per carry!

    • @michaelhudson863
      @michaelhudson863 2 года назад +16

      44 touchdowns in 12 games. They didn’t count bowl game stats then, but they do now. So he’s even FURTHUR from the pack then most people realize

    • @PaulJohnson-vn7eh
      @PaulJohnson-vn7eh 2 года назад +7

      Those numbers are video game type numbers. That's filthy.

    • @alant9517
      @alant9517 2 года назад +5

      Scream that to the world. Could you imagine if a running back did this today????

    • @yigyountry
      @yigyountry 2 года назад +2

      @@michaelhudson863 wow i never knew that !!! thank u actually lol

  • @exdemocrat9038
    @exdemocrat9038 2 года назад +55

    Barry Sanders is pure class & a fantastic role model.

    • @nmelkhunter1
      @nmelkhunter1 2 года назад +3

      Yes he is and our society could use a great many more men like him.

  • @cvz14
    @cvz14 2 года назад +73

    Greatest RB of all time .

    • @Stopcommentingthesamecomments
      @Stopcommentingthesamecomments 2 года назад +4

      Imo Adrian Peterson is I mean he was the face of his team and was Minnesota offense for a decade and won mvp during an Era where they throw the ball
      But I won't argue if someone takes Barry over

    • @MiguelAlatorreMusic
      @MiguelAlatorreMusic 2 года назад +6

      @@Stopcommentingthesamecomments personally I'd take a lot of ppl over AP

    • @Stopcommentingthesamecomments
      @Stopcommentingthesamecomments 2 года назад +1

      @@MiguelAlatorreMusic idk man he was that dude but there's been a lot of great backs it's just my opinion

    • @nomaxxin
      @nomaxxin 2 года назад +5

      @@StopcommentingthesamecommentsI’d take LT over AP … equally as good a runner along with a better overall offensive player .

    • @Bigfishfun333
      @Bigfishfun333 2 года назад +1

      Next to Jim Brown, yes.
      But when it comes to pure excitement, Barry is the clear #1 choice. I love to see tough linebackers get juked out of their socks.

  • @TranswarpXL
    @TranswarpXL 2 года назад +22

    Greatest individual season in college football history.

  • @paulkeller6913
    @paulkeller6913 2 года назад +18

    I sold cokes in the stands for Oklahoma University when I was a teenager. I got to see Barry and Thurman in person. Barry was and still is the greatest back I have ever seen.

    • @SSNESS
      @SSNESS Год назад

      Thurman needs to protect the ball more securely when running with it

  • @jotac87278
    @jotac87278 2 года назад +17

    That picture next to Deion in college is incredible.

    • @jgar3185
      @jgar3185 2 года назад +3

      Derrick Thomas is in the picture sort of lol next to number 89 rip DT

  • @snuffysmith6842
    @snuffysmith6842 10 месяцев назад +4

    His performance in his Heisman season has never been surpassed by any player before or after. Of every person awarded the award all fall short in playing at any level superior to him . He is the one who won Heisman that truly deserved it over everyone. There has never been one to surpass his achievements that year & never will . Others were awarded the award in other years & most could have probably seen it awarded to someone else but Barry was epitome of what the only choice in his year should be no other choice.

  • @tonyhill6220
    @tonyhill6220 2 года назад +30

    The amount of games they play today, he would have been the first 3,000 yard Back in college or pro history!

  • @dr.detroit1514
    @dr.detroit1514 Год назад +4

    Barry Sanders, not only the greatest, but the most humble, and a total class act.

  • @reedsawyer5704
    @reedsawyer5704 Год назад +5

    One of the things that nobody mentions is that Barry's father had a roofing company, and he had Barry help him. Specifically carrying heavy stacks of shingles up ladders every day during the summer, (which gave him tremendous strength in his thighs). That work ethic, and the hard work, helped him become the great back.

  • @davidgodbois4456
    @davidgodbois4456 Год назад +1

    Amazing how "Dad" can be such a tool. Truly amazing. I can't understand it.
    You go Barry. The best ever.

  • @EazyyMuthuLovinnE
    @EazyyMuthuLovinnE 2 года назад +8

    The fact Barry Switzer was like we’re good playing Thurman Thomas cause Barry ain’t no joke 😂😂😂😂

    • @Bigfishfun333
      @Bigfishfun333 2 года назад +2

      "We want all-American Thurman Thomas!" - said no coach ever that didn't know Barry Sanders was the backup!

  • @lukeskywalker2834
    @lukeskywalker2834 Год назад +3

    I'm a Dallas fan until death but it's no doubt Barry IS the best running back EVER

  • @WrongedSports
    @WrongedSports 2 года назад +5

    Barry Sanders 1988 season is so insane and won't be matched. He would've had 400 yards in the bowl game if he played all 4 quarters

  • @MrHand-ih4sz
    @MrHand-ih4sz 2 года назад +32

    Best running back, period. And a great guy, too. Tons of respect for Barry Sanders.

    • @nmelkhunter1
      @nmelkhunter1 2 года назад +2

      And the whole world could use a dose of his humility. I’d love to buy him a beer and talk about life for awhile.

    • @louieo.blevinsmusic2011
      @louieo.blevinsmusic2011 2 года назад +3

      @@nmelkhunter1 seeing him next to Deion was like seeing Superman and Bizarro. Polar opposites when it came to the glitz and glam. A super stand up guy for sure

  • @adampatterson5475
    @adampatterson5475 2 года назад +6

    Now that's a hell of a backfield

  • @caiusKeys
    @caiusKeys 2 года назад +1

    Barry is an amazing guy...

  • @tonybarnett1158
    @tonybarnett1158 2 года назад +15

    Imagine Barry behind the Cowboys line of the 90's.

    • @reggieshuford965
      @reggieshuford965 2 года назад +3

      OMFG!!!!!!!! That wouldn't be fair to every other RB that has played period!!!! By no means any disrespect but he would've set the bar out of this world no cap 💯

    • @AndreMcDowell-yl7mz
      @AndreMcDowell-yl7mz Год назад

      Wow That Would've Been Something To C, 4REAL......
      Definitely Would've Average 10Yards Or Better A Carry.......

    • @tbone2071
      @tbone2071 7 месяцев назад +3

      Easily 2000 yards per season!

    • @Cynsham
      @Cynsham 3 месяца назад +2

      He would have rushed for like 2500 yards

  • @kokolovitch56
    @kokolovitch56 Год назад +1

    A dad should be happy and proud of their son going to any college. Supporting your boy is the right thing to do, disappointing and hurting him was the wrong thing to do.

    • @King_Kunta
      @King_Kunta 27 дней назад

      Dad knew how special his son was and knew he wouldn’t start if he went to ok state which he didn’t. Dad wanted him to go to Tulsa so he could be a freshman and possibly win the heisman and have a legendary career. It was a year later but he did it anyway. He just wanted what he thought was best

  • @Dahn.Baern.
    @Dahn.Baern. Год назад +4

    Barry’s 1987 season is simply the most impressive by a player in the history of this game. He actually scored I believe 42 touchdowns in 12 games. His 5 TD’s in the holiday bowl didn’t count toward his record. His records may never be broken by another rusher at a major university.

    • @akadwriter
      @akadwriter Год назад +1

      1988 season

    • @echo3434
      @echo3434 Год назад

      42 rushing TDs plus another 2 on special teams. He returned the opening kickoff of the season 100 yards for a TD.

    • @tylerderdin7691
      @tylerderdin7691 11 месяцев назад +1

      The man averaged almost 4 TDs per game , by himself !
      AND he sat out the 4th quarter in 8 games that season , just incredible.

  • @viviandarkbloom100
    @viviandarkbloom100 2 года назад

    Love ya Barry....a true Gentleman. and simply the most talented ever at the RB position.

  • @gucciblack2257
    @gucciblack2257 Год назад +1

    2600 yards is insane bro

  • @alant9517
    @alant9517 2 года назад +1

    These highlights are literally unreal

  • @killjoycola
    @killjoycola 2 года назад +6

    dont forget OSUs current headcoach was the QB at the time when barry played at OSU...

  • @lonewolf1062
    @lonewolf1062 2 года назад +2

    Never show boated. Just handed the ball to the officials . Class act,

  • @The__Wanderer.
    @The__Wanderer. 2 года назад +3

    They missed the fact that after the OU game, Willian Sanders got to meet Barry Switzer, which was the best part of the night for him, even with Barry putting up 215 yards and 2 TDs in a 31-28 loss.

  • @AL.BUNDY.
    @AL.BUNDY. 2 года назад +38

    Barry is never mentioned in the GOAT talks. But pls tell me which RB has done as well as he did with no offense, no QB, no offensive line and no defense on his side? Herman Moore and thats it. I could be wrong, but didnt he face like 8-9man boxes almost all the time? Barry was amazing.

    • @BigDonch
      @BigDonch 2 года назад +30

      He certainly is mentioned in the GOAT talks

    • @Aztecpwn
      @Aztecpwn 2 года назад +6

      He's 2nd in average rushing yards per game, 4th in career rushing yards, and a 2000 yard season. Who's leaving him out of the conversation besides himself and the people who think Jim Brown is the GOAT?

    • @jasjfl
      @jasjfl 2 года назад +2

      He's never mentioned in the overall GOAT debate but I'd say he's one of the first mentioned in the RB GOAT debate. He's my RB GOAT and hands down the most entertaining to watch.

    • @ckobo84
      @ckobo84 2 года назад +2

      They had three excellent receivers in Moore, Perriman and Morton. Two Pro Bowl offensive lineman in Lomas Brown and Kevin Glover. At least a league average defense with Ball, Spielman and Blades. The offensive line was at least league average as well. Barry was never going to simply run where the play was designed, he was always going to juke around like crazy. Which perhaps gave less discerning viewers the illusion the offensive line sucked.

    • @rtk5847
      @rtk5847 2 года назад

      If he is mentioned, he is the Goat!

  • @s.l.nicholson4240
    @s.l.nicholson4240 2 года назад +87

    Barry Sanders' Dad needs to get some perspective.

    • @33moneyball
      @33moneyball Год назад +6

      This was 40 years ago…I’m sure he’s dead. It was a bad moment born of love for his son. You need to get some perspective

    • @s.l.nicholson4240
      @s.l.nicholson4240 Год назад +1

      @@33moneyball: Hey, that's terrific.

    • @otto5580
      @otto5580 Год назад

      He did the best he could.
      There are plenty of worse dad’s out there

    • @lorenzohaynes3886
      @lorenzohaynes3886 Год назад

      It was a different time.

    • @danschmitt2490
      @danschmitt2490 10 месяцев назад +2

      Kinda funny... Because Barry gives his dad all the cred for his success... his dad was always with him. Guided him and instructed him.. there are clips of his dad on the sideline telling him what to do.. or giving him his thoughts anyways..

  • @overdose956
    @overdose956 2 года назад +1

    Crazy work!😮

  • @daviddiaz2007
    @daviddiaz2007 2 года назад

    Barry Sanders probably the greatest running back of all time. My former boss was playing for Wyoming playing for the WFL and played for the NFl for three years and hurt himself and has a brace for for life. He said Barry Sanders was the greatest. Now for me he was a gentleman to hand the ball to the ref that was especially in the NFl for the Lion's. Now I say this he retired before his time. Emmit Smith played for the Cowboys and he had a good line. Barry didn't probably made the playoffs one time if that
    You couldn't get him for a loss. He juke twist and turn and make it a gain. Emitt Smith couldn't do that.Switch backs and see the results. He was very exciting and was humble. I loved watching him. A great example on and off the Field.

  • @abelaldrich7831
    @abelaldrich7831 2 месяца назад

    Unreal man Thomas and Sanders on the same roster wow

  • @MyUserTubeAccount
    @MyUserTubeAccount Год назад +1

    good grief he was a machine, Playstation numbers!

  • @95NLESS
    @95NLESS Год назад

    Barry is our guy! GO POKES!!

  • @trizzgreenery
    @trizzgreenery 2 года назад

    So humble

  • @carlosbernard5145
    @carlosbernard5145 Год назад

    The GOAT!

  • @words911
    @words911 Год назад +1

    Barry even looks fast sitting down in a picture

  • @muxz
    @muxz Месяц назад

    What still strikes me is that this is probably the greatest RB to ever do it in college and in the NFL but his humility. Well, it's out of this world. The field is littered with egos but this guy just hands the ball of to the ref the same way he just handed his Heisman to his parents.

  • @jacobmeglich6699
    @jacobmeglich6699 7 месяцев назад

    That Thurman Thomas story is one of the best

  • @teddywilliams2083
    @teddywilliams2083 2 года назад

    The true 🐐

  • @AnassMadrinio
    @AnassMadrinio Месяц назад

    Barry Sanders was an incredible athlete. His performance showed no decline as he aged-in fact, his stats improved. Remarkably, he rushed for 2,000 yards at nearly 30 years old. It’s unbelievable, especially considering he did this against the big, strong, and fast athletes of the 1990s.

  • @Mik-xq2co
    @Mik-xq2co 25 дней назад

    Greatest single season college season ever! Even with guys now playing 14, 15 or now even up to 16 games in a single season will be hard to match what Sanders achieved in a 11 game season!!
    He set 36 NCAA records that season, including, 7.6 yards per carry, over 320 total yards per game, 2,628 yards rushing, 3,248 total yards, 234 points, and 39 touchdowns in only eleven games. These totals don't include the five touch downs and 225 yards he had in the 1988 Holiday Bowl.

  • @OkieAllDay
    @OkieAllDay Год назад +1

    Imagine if they counted his bowl game stats - where he rushed for something like 275 and 5 touchdowns!

  • @centrist1008
    @centrist1008 Год назад

    This is a great video

  • @tizzomr
    @tizzomr Год назад +1

    Crazy OSU had two HOF'rs in a row.

  • @brianworkman9954
    @brianworkman9954 Год назад

    Barry did not make the mistake. It is his life. The rest is history. Barry Sanders made the NFL a better place. What a historical career.

  • @patrickthomas8890
    @patrickthomas8890 2 года назад

    Anyone who watched Barry play knows he is the greatest RB ever. Stat-nerds focus on numbers and have no idea about the intangibles. Other players have bigger numbers, but Barry Sanders never had a great O-line, QB, or passing threat to help him out. The Lions just gave him the ball and hoped for the best. I swear you could’ve put a high-school team on the field with him and he’d still light everybody up in the NFL.

  • @robertmeszaros5439
    @robertmeszaros5439 2 года назад

    Iove the old osu logo.

  • @zukusenryu
    @zukusenryu Год назад

    Averaged over 230 yards a game and 3.5 touchdowns per game… definitely the best season by any college player ever.

  • @softballhumanoid
    @softballhumanoid 3 месяца назад

    Barry Sanders was so good that Thurman Thomas led the nation in rushing and touchdowns TWICE at OSU and he's not in the conversation for best RB in OSU history. There's no conversation.

  • @VandellMosley-x5i
    @VandellMosley-x5i Год назад

    Good look pop's.

  • @eugenew6717
    @eugenew6717 2 года назад

    Sanders best rb ever,,,Brady qb,,,all around player Lawrence Taylor

  • @williamcooke6056
    @williamcooke6056 2 года назад

    I went to a Washington Husky football game against OK St. The RB was roasting us. His name was Thurman Thomas. After halftime, I see a new RB lining up, I'm happy they are calling off the dogs, right? Uh, uh! They put in a kid named Barry Saunders, and he tore it up. Long day for my Dawgs, they played well, but two too much HOF RB's to overcome.

    • @Bigfishfun333
      @Bigfishfun333 2 года назад +1

      They didn't call off the dogs, against the dogs, dog-gone it!

  • @johnclements9085
    @johnclements9085 9 месяцев назад

    And they didn't include bowl games back then, and seasons were only like 11 games

  • @kylesanders5999
    @kylesanders5999 2 года назад

    shannon, deion, and barry all in one picture

  • @boombro4705
    @boombro4705 2 года назад

    Who’s the commentator, legendary voice

  • @rtk5847
    @rtk5847 2 года назад

    🐐

  • @G-Blockster
    @G-Blockster 2 года назад +1

    The most exciting run I ever watched was Barry Sanders during his sophomore (1987) year. The defense knew the play call and had it perfectly defended, so Sanders ran sideline to sideline, backwards, and forwards, eluding eight players to turn a negative play into a two-yard gain.

  • @ckobo84
    @ckobo84 2 года назад

    Why wasn't Barry Sanders a bigger success in high school. And if Barry Switzer had such an amazing eye for running back talent how did he go below his radar?

    • @aaronmorton71
      @aaronmorton71 2 года назад +1

      His HS coach wouldn’t play him because he thought he was afraid of contact. Then his sr year they got a new head coach but the previous head coach had told the new head coach that he was afraid of contact. But by the 4th week (if I remember correctly) of his sr year his coach realized what a mistake it was not to play him. Then he took it by storm. He wasn’t recruited heavily because. He didn’t have much tape outside of like 8 games. Plus they ran the double wing t offense (gimmicky) and he was considered undersized. Thus only 2 offers.

  • @j-remy9832
    @j-remy9832 Год назад

    Thinking of Barry Switzer's view & opinion on Barry Sanders. I think he should've went to Tulsa. I think he would've eventually been a Cowboy with rings. Switzer would've got him out of Detroit.

  • @aaronholcomb237
    @aaronholcomb237 2 года назад

    Sportscaster Ed Murray's comment turned out to be a rhetorical question.

  • @chiefgangmusic
    @chiefgangmusic 2 года назад +1

    2,628 YARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @stanleysanders9099
      @stanleysanders9099 2 года назад +1

      only 11 games and bowl games didn't count toward stats

    • @chiefgangmusic
      @chiefgangmusic 2 года назад +1

      @@stanleysanders9099 yeah I saw that, thanks. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around his combined total of 44 TDs. That’s an insane amount. Sometimes It takes QBs two seasons to get to that amount and he was a rb sprinkled in a couple kick and punt returns which I’m pretty sure that has to be the record still to this day. I’d have to look it up to be 100% sure but I can almost guarantee thats still the record. He’s a legend amongst legends. Respect 🫡

  • @ChiefCedricJohnson
    @ChiefCedricJohnson Год назад

    Psalms 119:143
    Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

  • @chief2e1
    @chief2e1 Год назад

    Why does his father at 4:55 look so angry that Barry won the Heisman Trophy?

  • @NoamPitlick-bg8kw
    @NoamPitlick-bg8kw 8 месяцев назад

    Ask Troy Aikman what kind of coach Switzer was.

  • @Bigfishfun333
    @Bigfishfun333 2 года назад +1

    He's even better at being HUMBLE than he was at being a running back.

    • @dennisrobinson8008
      @dennisrobinson8008 2 года назад +1

      Hes actually humble lol

    • @Bigfishfun333
      @Bigfishfun333 2 года назад

      @@dennisrobinson8008 A real hero. Humble. Fast. Can juke a line-backer out of his socks!

  • @tonybaggett1984
    @tonybaggett1984 11 месяцев назад

    Barry Sanders is so humble and nice. But from all the stories I heard his dad seemed like a real as*hole. Sanders definitely had the greatest collegiate season in history. There may never be a better year in college football.

  • @jaymoret7418
    @jaymoret7418 9 месяцев назад

    Today he wouldn't win because they'd say he didn't face "top defenses" or play in the SEC. He'd be considered "over-rated." They'd give it to some one-legged SEC RB.

  • @Bigfishfun333
    @Bigfishfun333 2 года назад

    Barry (uh, Switzer) has a very long shadow.

  • @NoamPitlick-bg8kw
    @NoamPitlick-bg8kw 8 месяцев назад

    For a dad not to support his son is a disgrace.

    • @2011hwalker
      @2011hwalker Месяц назад

      his dad is a weird lame dude, its so clear.

  • @willstar8095
    @willstar8095 Год назад

    They don't make them like that anymore

  • @PoorRick
    @PoorRick 2 года назад +1

    Idk how this dude didn’t win the 2016 election

  • @tew_329
    @tew_329 9 месяцев назад

    What do you mean arguably? 2,600 rushing yards. Even the greatest greats never did that. What argument? You know he's a bad man when opposing coaches wouldn't want an all Americans backup to get on the field.

  • @chewyismycopilot788
    @chewyismycopilot788 2 года назад

    The only thing more impressive than Barry Sanders football talent was his humility. His father did a great job raising him.

  • @williamwatashe8258
    @williamwatashe8258 2 года назад

    Shuky duky

  • @Bigload992G
    @Bigload992G 2 года назад +1

    Watched this FL again and feel 4 BS. I get his Pops his OG, but DAYUUUUM!!!!!!!! One of the BEST ever and his luv for OU and Jim Brown was ridiculous. Only Walter Payton is ahead of Barry to me. Jimmy B isn’t even close to those 2 guys

  • @victorevanssr.5034
    @victorevanssr.5034 Год назад

    Father's can be wrong as well

  • @lightingbolt8148
    @lightingbolt8148 Год назад

    Dad was an ass, it wasn’t about you Dad, it’s about your son.

  • @selfintrest332
    @selfintrest332 Год назад

    What a jerk his dad was

  • @chriswhit44
    @chriswhit44 2 года назад +2

    Horrible father.

  • @kylegoodreau2170
    @kylegoodreau2170 Месяц назад

    its kinda crazy that OU didnt even try to recruit him ...he would've been awesome on the sooners back in the 80's

  • @willsummers1245
    @willsummers1245 Год назад

    Why did he play for osu who sounds like his Dad was the smart one