@@richardtaylor1027Lmfao. Get out of here. Emmitt is not even top 5. He played 15 seasons under possibly THEE greatest offensive line of all-time. Barry Sanders played behind the KNOWN worst line in the entire 1990’s decade. And STILL averaged 5 yards a carry his entire career. Emmitt Smith never ran for no 2,000 yards now did he…. No. He didn’t. AND Sanders did it off the least amount of carries than ANY other 2,000 yard rusher. He’s got the all-time record for most consecutive 100 yard games with 14 AND most 100 yard games in a season, with 14. The year he ran for 2,000 in 97. He won the offensive player of the year twice. And won the MVP that year in 97. He holds the record for most 1,500 yard seasons with 5, and 4 straight. And barely missed his 6th by 9 yards. He cannot be touched…. Emmitt Smith LITERALLY stated that he was “happy and relieved” when Sanders retired, because he KNEW he’d never have the record if he kept playin. Like I said, he played 10 seasons and retired at 30. After his age 30 season. Emmitt played til he was 35. Of sanders played that long he’d be the only player in history with 20,000 yards and that’s not even debatable. Everyone knows it. EVERY all-time great and ALL the coaches and ALL the columnists like literally anyone close to the game of football ALL acknowledge clear as day that Barry was the best running back to ever take a handoff. By far. I think I’ll listen to the likes of John Madden and countless others that clearly say he’s the best to ever do it. Because he is.
Yeah greatest running back ever who spent half his career running backwards!!! Emmitt Smith never ran backwards!! Emmitt Smith never quit! Emmitt Smith played Forever! Emmitt Smith won championships! On an offense that was centered solely around him... Emmitt Smith made Moves also! go watch the highlight videos! I'm so tired of the Barry Sanders bulshit!! the real historians that break down film have even rated Brown, Payton, Emmitt and Tomlinson ahead of him! he ran backwards his whole career he was a killer on third-down!! he was a great "RUNNER" but EMMITT WAS A BETTER "RUNNING BACK"
@@dazdavis7896Sanders was done in his last season. He lost his legs. Only 4.3 yards per carry. He wasn't gonna hang around and show a shell of himself. His shiftiness prevented him from getting hit hard. He had lost a step and wanted to retire healthy.
The best tradition in football ever Barry always got the ball to the ref. What a class act. I got the privilege as a Lions fan to watch this man in awe.
Can’t get my head around that he only played the fourth quarter in three games yet he still put up those incredible numbers in that season , he would have posted numbers that would probably never be bettered had he played the full games , to this day still the best and most exciting player I’ve ever seen .
I remember that season he was literally a threat to score every time he touched the ball....gotta be or at least one of the greatest individual seasons any rb has ever had....best pure runner to play the position ever imo.
That was the greatest season by any college player in history. 2,628 yards in 11 GAMES. Multiple 300+ yard games. That’s unreal. That’ll never be touched. Ever. That’s just not even fair.
@@dazdavis7896 Barry Sanders was My Player before My Player....The real question is what does the opposing D coordinator tell his guys...We can't stop him, I know yall know it, he knows it, the world knows it 🤷🏿♂️😂😂😂
It is 100% the greatest individual season that any college player has ever had. 2,700+ yards, 37 TDs, 35 broken NCAA records, and had he returned punts and kicks during that season, he legitimately could have totaled 3,500+ scrimmage yards with 40+ TDs. That is insane.
In 1988 I lived near the OSU football stadium. Each morning when I was walking to class, I'd pass Barry Sanders as he was going to the stadium workout facility. I didn't know who he was at the time, but he was always wearing sweatpants and it looked like his thighs were feet in front of his torso. I figured he was a running back, because it seemed like it would be impossible to tackle the guy. And he always said hello... his decency is for real.
If he had came back for his senior season he would have blown away the NCAA rushing record. He was the starting tailback only one year as a junior and the back up behind Thurman Thomas as a sophomore before deciding to enter the NFL draft. In his one year as a starter he had a great chance to rush for over 3,000 yards if he'd played more in the 4th qtr of games but the team didn't need him too and he wasn't fishing for accolades or the spotlight.
Barry is the best to ever do it ...his style and grace his shifyness and his elusiveness sat him apart from all running backs in the entire history of football college and professional.
Every time barry ran the ball, he ran amazing. With speed, and control, nobody could tackle this guy. He's juking people at a time when nobody really did that
Unreal. The knock on Barry was that he wasn't a tough enough runner on the goal line in the NFL. He ran goal line in college. So I don't know what that's about. I see him leaping over the pack like Walter Payton. Best ever pure runner. Most complete backs? Passing ,rushing, and receiving? Walter, LaDainian, Marcus, and of course Jim. But I'd still take Barry over anybody, anywhere, anytime.
It was a privledge to grow up watching the greatest runningback ever to play the game! Being a Detriot Lions fan made it extra special for him to play on this team! Unfortunately he never got a deserving Super Bowl ring!
The amazing thing is that he played behind Thurman Thomas who is also in both hall of fames (college and pro) . I mean for Barry this was really his only season to go out there to prove he was the best. Imagine if he was a starter for 3 years. No one on earth would be touching his records.
Back then the NFL didn't allow redshirt sophomores to enter the draft. When Oklahoma State got on probation, the NFL waived it, or he'd have played his redshirt junior year.
This man... He gave every effort, squirmed for every inch, on every play, yet never for his own glory, accolades or stats. I am so proud to have been a Lions fan in the '90s, and all because of B. Sanders. This man... brings tears to my eyes. And I am grateful to see this video.
Thanks for this great reminder of Barry Sanders Heisman trophy season. I remember how hard it was to see his games on the east coast. CBS would show game break highlights, but that was basically it. Cable was not very big where I was, but to see it all in great depth now is still mind blowing even after he has gone into the PRO FOOTBALL hall of fame. The cuts , the slicing up all defenses good or bad it did not matter. There are great backs everywhere, but for the height and weight, and balance,speed, he had it all. Barry is the best, and that is no disrespect to jim brown, Bo jackson, Herschel, OJ, Walter Payton, and on and on and on.He is at the top of all list, I will let others decide who comes first.
The first game the commentator had the best names when describing him, quick as a hiccups, little water bug. He was the best and will never be replicated.
In my eyes, Barry could have been one of the best RBs of all time with just his agility mixed with his acceleration. Then you add his vision, strength, balance, speed and instincts! It really is a good possibility that we never see another RB like him...
Could have been one of the best? Barry is consistently ranked in the top three. Most of the rankings I've seen put the top three as Jim Brown, Walter Payton and Barry Sanders in no particular order. Some make a case for Emmit who has the most yards. Yes, he has the record and that counts for a lot but it doesn't get him into the top three. It's about how you gain the yards that matters when it comes to being the best. What back made the most impact with the least help for the most time? These three guys win these metrics hands-down. Who was the best at fighting the most for the longest time? Look at the footage. It's Brown, Payton and Sanders... It's these three guys. Nobody has better footage. I'd say Peterson and OJ are clearly the next two. It's a toss-up between several guys like Cambell, Dickerson, Emmit and Marshawn for the next 4 spots. Look at this list that has Gayle Sayers as 3rd best with less than 5,000 yards. That's sentimentality. I get it but please... Put him in the HOF but his bad luck puts him out of the running for best back. Bo is another guy that was a shooting star but when we talk about best backs of all time you need a component of durability. Bo and Gayle don't have it. They're not even in the top 10 in my list. On the other side of the coin you have backs who were durable and/or played for amazing teams. If you're getting more yards running behind a stacked line with HOF QBs and WRs that's just statistics. It counts somewhat less because your team is helping you get the yards. Counting championships is also relatively meaningless if the supporting actors don't give the RB a chance. Rocky Bleier and Franco Harris have 4 SuperBowl rings... Nobody counts them on the best-of list. www.nfl.com/photos/gil-brandt-s-25-greatest-nfl-running-backs-of-all-time-0ap3000000815786
In three years at OSU, Barry Sanders averaged 1800+ yards a year rushing for the Cowboys, that's astonishing! Barry Sanders was a special football player, indeed.
No other college back could compare to his junior year. He wasn't playing for a blue blood program like OU, Nebraska, ohio State, Georgia, USC, Texas, Michigan, etc. Oklahoma State had a good team in the upper part of ther big 8 conference but they couldn't as a team get the conference title. Sanders and Thurman Thomas at least gave them a chance. He wasn't the biggest , fastest, or tallest just simply THE BEST EVER. His ability to hesitate and do an instant shake and direction change as well as his balance was inhuman and unfair. What other pro back could have had the NFL rushing record but retired instead with no regrets.
He wasn't THEE fastest, but he was plenty fast. I mean he did run a sub 4.4 with a 40in vert to go along with ELITE quicks, agility, balance, lb for lb strength and vision!!! He was an absolute monster at his size sheesh! Only thing he wasn't elite at was his top end long speed, but he was usually long gone before that became a factor lol.
Yeah Barry was caught from behind a few times but he definitely more than made up for it. Lol :D The amount of ankles he twisted on Jukes to get additional yardage was insane. I think as far as backs Bo might have had the best top end speed. And to be honest might be the 2nd best pure runner next to Barry.
Aside from talent on loan from God, can we talk about his humility. If anyone could be arrogant…it was him. But no… TD and hand ball to ref. Pure class
I have two young boys and I have shown them his highlights and I tell them if/when they score to do it like Barry. I attended OSU from 1986 to 91 and had student tickets. Never missed a home game and traveled to Nebraska. Nebraska fans admired him very much, even though they beat us.
I wished Barry Sanders would've won a Super Bowl because he always gave the football to the ref when he scored a touchdown. Sanders never got a flag from taunting the opposing team's defense or for excessive celebrating.
There should never be another running back to fix their face to say they were the best runner in College Football history. Barry Sanders owns that TITLE.
Now that I think about it all that season it seemed like if you were the opposing defense it was a victory if you kept him under 200 yards running. Back then the big 8 played good tough defense and it usually took more than one player to get him down sometimes just from effort there were some late hits that weren't called but that was football.
Had Sanders played for the 49rs , Cowboys or Parcel's Giants it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine 7 super bowl rings the term goat being a reference to someone other than Tommy. Not at all to lessen the accomplishments of the legendary Tom Brady , just a testament to how great Barry Sanders was on and off the gridiron . Go Hogs
Barry Sanders and Lawrence Taylor, are neck and neck in the Goat conversation. QBs dont get a honorable mention, except maybe Elway. WR's don't make the list either. No two players were spoken of by their colleagues and coaches more highly, than Barry Sanders and Lawrence Taylor. Everybody was in fear and awe of them. As individual players, those two could change a game on any play. QB's and WR's need each other, and a decent o line to make a play. Barry's Lions line was not that impressive, and Lawrence Taylor could disrupt the best offensive schemes. Two Goats on the mountain top
I was a freshman in college with my sports nerd buddies and by about mid-October we started knowing this kids name who put up 189 yards vs. Nebraska. Then something special happened... And this is some really crazy stat lines.... starting the last week of October. 320 yards vs. Kansas St. put him all over ESPN. He followed that up with 39/215 vs. ranked Oklahoma on national TV. Then 37/312. 32/293 at Iowa St. Then there was this weird game in Tokyo ESPN2 broadcast at some weird time: 44 rushers, 332 yards. Breaks the NCAA record for rushing yards BEFORE the bowl game. Then he tacks on 29/229 and 5 TD's on December 30th, which I have to say is the first and LAST bowl game I've ever watched on the 30th of December. I tell everyone. This is what Barry was with a lead blocker and actual tight ends on the field. A running machine that no one could stop. I love me some Jim Brown, but man how I wish I could have watched a prime, 23-year old Barry Sanders on a team actually coached well.
Sanders would probably prove just as good now or better because he could catch the ball out of the backfield as well as return kicks. Imagine the big money NIL deals he could garner these days. Trying to make big hits on him would be futile he had too much shake ,smoothness, and balance in him. More importantly he was a class act. It would be refreshing if more players now were as humble and classy as he was on the field.
This is not just the greatest rb season ever. It’s probably one of the greatest seasons in the history of any sport. No one will ever come close to these numbers at a major d1 school.
That was an extremely painful Holiday Bowl to watch... glad he continued his success in the NFL. I did ask him once where he went to elementary school in Wichita. I caught him off guard but was curious if we might have attended the same school. I went to William A White Elementary but forgot which one he attended.
I remember watching some of these games on late replay on ESPN. "due to time constraints" and it would be Sanders with a big gain. I was a college student and working most saturdays during game times.
Do you know how many talented running backs that have played D1 college football after Barry Sanders last attended Oklahoma State and then got drafted to the Detroit Lions? And those D1 running backs that also made it to the NFL after their collegiate career, and haven't come close to breaking Barry Sanders' all-time single season rushing record? His record has stood the test of time for over three decades now. Barry Sanders was a bad boy on the gridiron 🏈.
Does anyone know his turnover #'s? I honestly can't remember him ever fumbling the ball. No doubt Barry Sanders is the most humble man/ greatest running back ever!!
Watched hi. Play as many did that year and the following, but what made him so special moreso than his playboys his attitude, never ever look at me moment, ever....he hi-5'd hus team mates only because they initiated it....just like the pros...humility made him greater....even defenses didn't try to hurt him when they were able to tackle....other players of humility he was like was Jim Brown, Eric Dickerson and Marcus Allen.... are the only ones that come to mind with that kind of class after big plays.
We dont see RBs of this nature anymore. Every dam year the top RBs in draft were all no namers during the season and just favored within their schools of popularity respect. Every dam year of the draft, we always seeing the RPO types of RBs and they all average football players with a top speed in the 4.5 speeds at the 40. Its more than a QB and WR of great talent but the RPO schemes all more flag football type of players ( A level Flag football players have this vibe of QB and WR game) I really miss the old style of football when they were true football players of specific skill set of their position, today the starters all playing due to the 40 yard dash time which leaves out the other skills we all used to seeing. An all RPO offense sucks due to flag football vibes of scoring fast and often but if the team wins, its all good for their fans. Just game has gone to a level of leaving out players of specific skills over players who made and started due to their 40 with exceptions of the Linemen.
The craziest part about it is when the season started Hart Lee Dykes, was the Heisman candidate going into the season and Barry ripped it away from him and the rest of the nation.
The legend of Barry Sanders only gets better. And it’s real. Mike Gundy ~ “Same thing. Them just not being able to tackle him. I remember him continuously scoring…He didn’t play past the 3rd quarter except for 3 games.” 🤯 I wonder what if…what if Barry could’ve been a full time return specialist throughout his career? Unrealistic and not “smart”, but what if?
So awesome to see a player who doesn't focus on themselves by jumping around like a fool after a good play or touchdown. Parents taught him right even though as the greatest player ever he had every right to do just what I said these idiots do. The best of the best always do it this way.
17:00 "The fact that we didn't win the ballgame kinda cut us off". Story of the Detroit Lions? 20:26 "Who had this crowd ooing and aweing" Also story of Detroit Lions?
i got to see him play that season in stillwater. oSu was recruiting my brother to kick for them and we got free tickets and a tour of the facility. didn't actually meet him until years later when he came out and played the golf course i was working at. nice dude. very humble. doesn't talk a whole lot.
The Best Running Back Ever!!
I think its the single greatest season by a college player at any position. His rushing yards were akin to a QB throwing for 7k yards and 75 TD's.
Greatest running back ever
Emmitt
@@richardtaylor1027Lmfao. Get out of here. Emmitt is not even top 5. He played 15 seasons under possibly THEE greatest offensive line of all-time. Barry Sanders played behind the KNOWN worst line in the entire 1990’s decade. And STILL averaged 5 yards a carry his entire career. Emmitt Smith never ran for no 2,000 yards now did he…. No. He didn’t. AND Sanders did it off the least amount of carries than ANY other 2,000 yard rusher. He’s got the all-time record for most consecutive 100 yard games with 14 AND most 100 yard games in a season, with 14. The year he ran for 2,000 in 97. He won the offensive player of the year twice. And won the MVP that year in 97. He holds the record for most 1,500 yard seasons with 5, and 4 straight. And barely missed his 6th by 9 yards. He cannot be touched…. Emmitt Smith LITERALLY stated that he was “happy and relieved” when Sanders retired, because he KNEW he’d never have the record if he kept playin. Like I said, he played 10 seasons and retired at 30. After his age 30 season. Emmitt played til he was 35. Of sanders played that long he’d be the only player in history with 20,000 yards and that’s not even debatable. Everyone knows it. EVERY all-time great and ALL the coaches and ALL the columnists like literally anyone close to the game of football ALL acknowledge clear as day that Barry was the best running back to ever take a handoff. By far. I think I’ll listen to the likes of John Madden and countless others that clearly say he’s the best to ever do it. Because he is.
Yeah greatest running back ever who spent half his career running backwards!!! Emmitt Smith never ran backwards!! Emmitt Smith never quit! Emmitt Smith played Forever! Emmitt Smith won championships! On an offense that was centered solely around him... Emmitt Smith made Moves also! go watch the highlight videos! I'm so tired of the Barry Sanders bulshit!! the real historians that break down film have even rated Brown, Payton, Emmitt and Tomlinson ahead of him! he ran backwards his whole career he was a killer on third-down!! he was a great "RUNNER" but EMMITT WAS A BETTER "RUNNING BACK"
@@harlorformula8516you are not too damn bright are you?
@@dazdavis7896Sanders was done in his last season. He lost his legs. Only 4.3 yards per carry. He wasn't gonna hang around and show a shell of himself. His shiftiness prevented him from getting hit hard. He had lost a step and wanted to retire healthy.
To this day, I've never seen anybody who could do what Barry Sanders did. His stop and start move is the best ever.
Barry Sanders is the best running back ever. Best athlete Born in Kansas.
The best tradition in football ever Barry always got the ball to the ref. What a class act. I got the privilege as a Lions fan to watch this man in awe.
This is the Greatest Thing on the Internet.
#BarrySanders
Can’t get my head around that he only played the fourth quarter in three games yet he still put up those incredible numbers in that season , he would have posted numbers that would probably never be bettered had he played the full games , to this day still the best and most exciting player I’ve ever seen .
Unbelievable- they couldn’t tackle him, I have never seen another RB even close to as amazing as Barry
I remember that season he was literally a threat to score every time he touched the ball....gotta be or at least one of the greatest individual seasons any rb has ever had....best pure runner to play the position ever imo.
That was the greatest season by any college player in history. 2,628 yards in 11 GAMES. Multiple 300+ yard games. That’s unreal. That’ll never be touched. Ever. That’s just not even fair.
@@dazdavis7896 Barry Sanders was My Player before My Player....The real question is what does the opposing D coordinator tell his guys...We can't stop him, I know yall know it, he knows it, the world knows it 🤷🏿♂️😂😂😂
Hell yeah brother
I agree Barry is the best offensive football player I have ever seen in my life, Lawrence Taylor is the best defensive player.
It is 100% the greatest individual season that any college player has ever had. 2,700+ yards, 37 TDs, 35 broken NCAA records, and had he returned punts and kicks during that season, he legitimately could have totaled 3,500+ scrimmage yards with 40+ TDs. That is insane.
In 1988 I lived near the OSU football stadium. Each morning when I was walking to class, I'd pass Barry Sanders as he was going to the stadium workout facility. I didn't know who he was at the time, but he was always wearing sweatpants and it looked like his thighs were feet in front of his torso. I figured he was a running back, because it seemed like it would be impossible to tackle the guy. And he always said hello... his decency is for real.
Sanders averaged 1500+ yards a season for 10 years in the NFL which is freaking insane.
If he had came back for his senior season he would have blown away the NCAA rushing record. He was the starting tailback only one year as a junior and the back up behind Thurman Thomas as a sophomore before deciding to enter the NFL draft. In his one year as a starter he had a great chance to rush for over 3,000 yards if he'd played more in the 4th qtr of games but the team didn't need him too and he wasn't fishing for accolades or the spotlight.
I absolutely agree 💯
Barry wasn't worried about records. Extreme humble man
Happy 53rd Birthday Barry! You were awesome to watch!🏈
Unbelievable footwork and balance
Unmatched
Barry is the best to ever do it ...his style and grace his shifyness and his elusiveness sat him apart from all running backs in the entire history of football college and professional.
10 Star recruit if he came out of HS today !
It would be ridiculous.
Every time barry ran the ball, he ran amazing. With speed, and control, nobody could tackle this guy. He's juking people at a time when nobody really did that
Being an 11 year old getting into football at the time, I watched every game that season. Saturday's were ridiculous!
Unreal. The knock on Barry was that he wasn't a tough enough runner on the goal line in the NFL. He ran goal line in college. So I don't know what that's about. I see him leaping over the pack like Walter Payton. Best ever pure runner. Most complete backs? Passing ,rushing, and receiving? Walter, LaDainian, Marcus, and of course Jim. But I'd still take Barry over anybody, anywhere, anytime.
It was a privledge to grow up watching the greatest runningback ever to play the game! Being a Detriot Lions fan made it extra special for him to play on this team! Unfortunately he never got a deserving Super Bowl ring!
The amazing thing is that he played behind Thurman Thomas who is also in both hall of fames (college and pro) . I mean for Barry this was really his only season to go out there to prove he was the best. Imagine if he was a starter for 3 years. No one on earth would be touching his records.
Yep, go back and look at those games Thurman Thomas played in and watch the chunks Barry took out when they put him in, AMAZING.
Back then the NFL didn't allow redshirt sophomores to enter the draft. When Oklahoma State got on probation, the NFL waived it, or he'd have played his redshirt junior year.
The Amazing thing is OSU won nothing with those guys
Barry has more " wow " and " imagine if " moments in the history of sports I believe
Wow he even juked the camera person! Thia is what god's are made of!
This man... He gave every effort, squirmed for every inch, on every play, yet never for his own glory, accolades or stats. I am so proud to have been a Lions fan in the '90s, and all because of B. Sanders. This man... brings tears to my eyes.
And I am grateful to see this video.
Barry Sanders and Walter Payton (R.I.P.) are my 2 favorite RBs of all time.🏈🏈
Classic footage,Barry Sanders, respect 💪.
Thanks for this great reminder of Barry Sanders Heisman trophy season. I remember how hard it was to see his games on the east coast. CBS would show game break highlights, but that was basically it. Cable was not very big where I was, but to see it all in great depth now is still mind blowing even after he has gone into the PRO FOOTBALL hall of fame. The cuts , the slicing up all defenses good or bad it did not matter. There are great backs everywhere, but for the height and weight, and balance,speed, he had it all. Barry is the best, and that is no disrespect to jim brown, Bo jackson, Herschel, OJ, Walter Payton, and on and on and on.He is at the top of all list, I will let others decide who comes first.
The first game the commentator had the best names when describing him, quick as a hiccups, little water bug. He was the best and will never be replicated.
In my eyes, Barry could have been one of the best RBs of all time with just his agility mixed with his acceleration.
Then you add his vision, strength, balance, speed and instincts!
It really is a good possibility that we never see another RB like him...
Could have been one of the best? Barry is consistently ranked in the top three. Most of the rankings I've seen put the top three as Jim Brown, Walter Payton and Barry Sanders in no particular order. Some make a case for Emmit who has the most yards. Yes, he has the record and that counts for a lot but it doesn't get him into the top three. It's about how you gain the yards that matters when it comes to being the best. What back made the most impact with the least help for the most time? These three guys win these metrics hands-down. Who was the best at fighting the most for the longest time? Look at the footage. It's Brown, Payton and Sanders... It's these three guys. Nobody has better footage. I'd say Peterson and OJ are clearly the next two. It's a toss-up between several guys like Cambell, Dickerson, Emmit and Marshawn for the next 4 spots.
Look at this list that has Gayle Sayers as 3rd best with less than 5,000 yards. That's sentimentality. I get it but please... Put him in the HOF but his bad luck puts him out of the running for best back. Bo is another guy that was a shooting star but when we talk about best backs of all time you need a component of durability. Bo and Gayle don't have it. They're not even in the top 10 in my list.
On the other side of the coin you have backs who were durable and/or played for amazing teams. If you're getting more yards running behind a stacked line with HOF QBs and WRs that's just statistics. It counts somewhat less because your team is helping you get the yards. Counting championships is also relatively meaningless if the supporting actors don't give the RB a chance. Rocky Bleier and Franco Harris have 4 SuperBowl rings... Nobody counts them on the best-of list.
www.nfl.com/photos/gil-brandt-s-25-greatest-nfl-running-backs-of-all-time-0ap3000000815786
That season was the single greatest dominant performance by any player, ever. Incredible! And the most humble person.
Barry is our idol grew up watching all miss him very much very proud the Hammell Crew
The Greatest!!!
In three years at OSU, Barry Sanders averaged 1800+ yards a year rushing for the Cowboys, that's astonishing! Barry Sanders was a special football player, indeed.
No other college back could compare to his junior year. He wasn't playing for a blue blood program like OU, Nebraska, ohio State, Georgia, USC, Texas, Michigan, etc. Oklahoma State had a good team in the upper part of ther big 8 conference but they couldn't as a team get the conference title. Sanders and Thurman Thomas at least gave them a chance. He wasn't the biggest , fastest, or tallest just simply THE BEST EVER. His ability to hesitate and do an instant shake and direction change as well as his balance was inhuman and unfair. What other pro back could have had the NFL rushing record but retired instead with no regrets.
He wasn't THEE fastest, but he was plenty fast. I mean he did run a sub 4.4 with a 40in vert to go along with ELITE quicks, agility, balance, lb for lb strength and vision!!! He was an absolute monster at his size sheesh!
Only thing he wasn't elite at was his top end long speed, but he was usually long gone before that became a factor lol.
Yeah Barry was caught from behind a few times but he definitely more than made up for it. Lol :D The amount of ankles he twisted on Jukes to get additional yardage was insane.
I think as far as backs Bo might have had the best top end speed. And to be honest might be the 2nd best pure runner next to Barry.
Great to see all that Barry did in college. Amazing.
Aside from talent on loan from God, can we talk about his humility. If anyone could be arrogant…it was him. But no… TD and hand ball to ref. Pure class
I have two young boys and I have shown them his highlights and I tell them if/when they score to do it like Barry. I attended OSU from 1986 to 91 and had student tickets. Never missed a home game and traveled to Nebraska. Nebraska fans admired him very much, even though they beat us.
"hes quick as a hiccup" lmao, Barry is my favorite RB of all time.
Shout out to William thomas, one of my favorite philadelphia eagles linebacker
Did you see that 1 on 1 tackle vs Barry! Very impressive
Tackling him in the open field is hard
It's so unfortunate that his era wasn't filmed in 4k, like it is today!
I wished Barry Sanders would've won a Super Bowl because he always gave the football to the ref when he scored a touchdown. Sanders never got a flag from taunting the opposing team's defense or for excessive celebrating.
There should never be another running back to fix their face to say they were the best runner in College Football history. Barry Sanders owns that TITLE.
Best open feild runner ever..4ever
I wish I could have seen him play live
Now that I think about it all that season it seemed like if you were the opposing defense it was a victory if you kept him under 200 yards running. Back then the big 8 played good tough defense and it usually took more than one player to get him down sometimes just from effort there were some late hits that weren't called but that was football.
I was shocked as hell that he fell to Detroit. I don't care about wins and losses. Detroit had the privilege of Barry Sanders, and Noone else does
Had Sanders played for the 49rs , Cowboys or Parcel's Giants it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine 7 super bowl rings the term goat being a reference to someone other than Tommy. Not at all to lessen the accomplishments of the legendary Tom Brady , just a testament to how great Barry Sanders was on and off the gridiron .
Go Hogs
Barry Sanders and Lawrence Taylor, are neck and neck in the Goat conversation. QBs dont get a honorable mention, except maybe Elway. WR's don't make the list either. No two players were spoken of by their colleagues and coaches more highly, than Barry Sanders and Lawrence Taylor. Everybody was in fear and awe of them. As individual players, those two could change a game on any play. QB's and WR's need each other, and a decent o line to make a play. Barry's Lions line was not that impressive, and Lawrence Taylor could disrupt the best offensive schemes. Two Goats on the mountain top
Greatest of All Time. Every young Boy should get to see how Barry Sanders ConductEd himself. All- World, All- Class. 🙏 Man Of God.
I was a freshman in college with my sports nerd buddies and by about mid-October we started knowing this kids name who put up 189 yards vs. Nebraska. Then something special happened... And this is some really crazy stat lines.... starting the last week of October. 320 yards vs. Kansas St. put him all over ESPN. He followed that up with 39/215 vs. ranked Oklahoma on national TV. Then 37/312. 32/293 at Iowa St. Then there was this weird game in Tokyo ESPN2 broadcast at some weird time: 44 rushers, 332 yards. Breaks the NCAA record for rushing yards BEFORE the bowl game. Then he tacks on 29/229 and 5 TD's on December 30th, which I have to say is the first and LAST bowl game I've ever watched on the 30th of December. I tell everyone. This is what Barry was with a lead blocker and actual tight ends on the field. A running machine that no one could stop. I love me some Jim Brown, but man how I wish I could have watched a prime, 23-year old Barry Sanders on a team actually coached well.
A&M Was in shock
Its never a dull moment watching barry run
Great Mister Barry Sanders .
Incredible
Best ever!
Sanders would probably prove just as good now or better because he could catch the ball out of the backfield as well as return kicks. Imagine the big money NIL deals he could garner these days. Trying to make big hits on him would be futile he had too much shake ,smoothness, and balance in him. More importantly he was a class act. It would be refreshing if more players now were as humble and classy as he was on the field.
He didn’t have great hands in the NFL
This is not just the greatest rb season ever. It’s probably one of the greatest seasons in the history of any sport. No one will ever come close to these numbers at a major d1 school.
Barry is the GOAT!
Barry Sanders is the GOAT in college and the pros!
He was able to juke at max speed
The 3 best running backs ever hands down!!!!
1. Jim Brown
2. Barry Sanders
3. Walter Payton
My top 3 exactly.
sanders is 1 . Bown played when the game was nowhere even close to being a developed game
Best in the business.
Glad to be a fan!
That was an extremely painful Holiday Bowl to watch... glad he continued his success in the NFL. I did ask him once where he went to elementary school in Wichita. I caught him off guard but was curious if we might have attended the same school. I went to William A White Elementary but forgot which one he attended.
The greatest all-time moment for the position of running back.
He got pulled late in games....imagine the numbers if they kept him in the blowout games against tired defenses?
That full back was insane
I remember watching some of these games on late replay on ESPN. "due to time constraints" and it would be Sanders with a big gain. I was a college student and working most saturdays during game times.
Do you know how many talented running backs that have played D1 college football after Barry Sanders last attended Oklahoma State and then got drafted to the Detroit Lions? And those D1 running backs that also made it to the NFL after their collegiate career, and haven't come close to breaking Barry Sanders' all-time single season rushing record? His record has stood the test of time for over three decades now. Barry Sanders was a bad boy on the gridiron 🏈.
Man, the Colonel had some amazing children. Barry and Deion were amazing just like their dad's chicken.
damn.. i was germany that year.. i missed this brilliance
If Barry sanders played the whole game every game in the 1988 season he could of had 5000 yards and 50 touchdowns
Great content.
Does anyone know his turnover #'s? I honestly can't remember him ever fumbling the ball. No doubt Barry Sanders is the most humble man/ greatest running back ever!!
Great running back
#32 incredible too!
Watched hi. Play as many did that year and the following, but what made him so special moreso than his playboys his attitude, never ever look at me moment, ever....he hi-5'd hus team mates only because they initiated it....just like the pros...humility made him greater....even defenses didn't try to hurt him when they were able to tackle....other players of humility he was like was Jim Brown, Eric Dickerson and Marcus Allen.... are the only ones that come to mind with that kind of class after big plays.
Would have had 3000+
The man
It's CRAZY when the camera gets fooled
37 TDs! Think about that.
Derrick Henry had 28 rushing TDs in his Heisman year.
Madden the game got their entire running back moves list from Barry Sanders.
Imagine having Barry sanders on your bench. Ok st might’ve gone undefeated if they used Barry and Thurman at the same time.
barrys 2600+ yards was done in 11 games. that kid from Boise state played 13 so far and is over 144 yards shy.
Barry Sanders didn't play football, he played TAG. And broke a lot of guy's ankles doing it.
We dont see RBs of this nature anymore. Every dam year the top RBs in draft were all no namers during the season and just favored within their schools of popularity respect. Every dam year of the draft, we always seeing the RPO types of RBs and they all average football players with a top speed in the 4.5 speeds at the 40. Its more than a QB and WR of great talent but the RPO schemes all more flag football type of players ( A level Flag football players have this vibe of QB and WR game) I really miss the old style of football when they were true football players of specific skill set of their position, today the starters all playing due to the 40 yard dash time which leaves out the other skills we all used to seeing. An all RPO offense sucks due to flag football vibes of scoring fast and often but if the team wins, its all good for their fans. Just game has gone to a level of leaving out players of specific skills over players who made and started due to their 40 with exceptions of the Linemen.
Mike Gundy had the easiest job in the world
The craziest part about it is when the season started Hart Lee Dykes, was the Heisman candidate going into the season and Barry ripped it away from him and the rest of the nation.
Barry Sanders only played three years at OSU.
Norm Hitzges on color commentary in the OSU vs A&M game.
Allison Gappa is Sooo Pretty!!!
Never spiked the ball.....end of story. No one close to him in college or pro FB.
Best blocking fb. Ahold have win.half the Heisman trophy 🏆
10 yrs with Lions, at the time one of the worst teams in NFL. I think, he still holds rushing records today!
The legend of Barry Sanders only gets better. And it’s real.
Mike Gundy ~ “Same thing. Them just not being able to tackle him. I remember him continuously scoring…He didn’t play past the 3rd quarter except for 3 games.” 🤯
I wonder what if…what if Barry could’ve been a full time return specialist throughout his career? Unrealistic and not “smart”, but what if?
So awesome to see a player who doesn't focus on themselves by jumping around like a fool after a good play or touchdown. Parents taught him right even though as the greatest player ever he had every right to do just what I said these idiots do. The best of the best always do it this way.
17:00 "The fact that we didn't win the ballgame kinda cut us off".
Story of the Detroit Lions?
20:26 "Who had this crowd ooing and aweing"
Also story of Detroit Lions?
Those are some oversized shoulder pads😂. Looks like Thriller video extras. Big guys trying to take his head off but failing miserably. Effortless!!!
Emitt Smith LMMFAO
Right behind MR. BO JACKSON.
Barry had OCD for sure, he just did not like being touched...😂
earl
i got to see him play that season in stillwater. oSu was recruiting my brother to kick for them and we got free tickets and a tour of the facility. didn't actually meet him until years later when he came out and played the golf course i was working at. nice dude. very humble. doesn't talk a whole lot.