Your top 5 collegiate players of the past decade

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sleeper
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Jul 26, 2011 1:33pm
1. Reggie Bush
2. Vince Young
3. Tim Tebow
4. Troy Smith
5. Calvin Johnson

I will admit I was half-tempted to put MoC in this list, but the sickness in my stomach was too much.
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stroups
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Jul 26, 2011 1:40pm
Pretty good list

1. Reggie Bush
2. Vince Young
3. Tim Tebow
4. Adrian Peterson
5. Troy Smith (I struggled with this one)
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Tiernan
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Jul 26, 2011 1:41pm
sleeper you disapoint me with the Tebow pick...but other than that not too bad

Reggie Bush
Kong Suh
Vince Young
AJ Hawk
Colt McCoy
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OneBuckeye
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Jul 26, 2011 1:46pm
1. Nick Mangold SR year
2. Nick Mangold JR year
3. Nick Mangold Soph year
4. Nick Mangold FR year
5. Troy Smith
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MontyBrunswick
Jul 26, 2011 2:02pm
1. Tim Tebow
2. Tim Tebow
3. Tim Tebow
4. Tim Tebow
5. Tim Tebow
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Jul 26, 2011 2:30pm
sleeper;841687 wrote:1. Reggie Bush
2. Vince Young
3. Tim Tebow
4. Troy Smith
5. Calvin Johnson

I will admit I was half-tempted to put MoC in this list, but the sickness in my stomach was too much.

Pretty good list. I must say I'm surprised that it didn't consist of 5 players from Ohio State.
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vball10set
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Jul 26, 2011 2:47pm
1.) Reggie Bush
2.) Vince Young
3.) Adrian Peterson
4.) Ndamukong Suh
5.) Tim Tebow
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Tiernan
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Jul 26, 2011 3:29pm
How does TWHPIH keep getting on everybody's list? ...and no I don't mean Tebow.
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Azubuike24
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Jul 26, 2011 3:31pm
Young, Tebow, Bush and Peterson are locks.
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ernest_t_bass
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Jul 26, 2011 3:39pm
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Jul 26, 2011 5:24pm
1- Reggie Bush
2- Adrian Peterson
3- Vince Young
4- Ndomakong Suh
5- Tim Tebow
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Jul 26, 2011 5:27pm
I'll throw Larry Fitzgerald in as my 5th.
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sportchampps
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Jul 26, 2011 5:40pm
Peterson dominated in college but was always hurt or would be higher. I base these on college only.

1. Vince Young
2. Reggie Bush
3. Mcfadden
4. Tebow
5. Larry Fitz

Highest buckeyes are Aj Hawk top 10 and Lil Animal top 20

Colt McCoy is close b/c of his wins
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Crimson streak
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Jul 26, 2011 5:54pm
1. Reggie bush-the dude was a human highlight reel. I'll never forgot the Fresno game
2. Tim tebow- he was unreal through out his career
3. Vince young- he was fun to watch just over shadowed that year because of bush
4. Ap- although he was hurt a lot he dominated
5. Colt McCoy- most wins in NCAA history. Love colts passion for the game.
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Jul 26, 2011 6:13pm
1. Golden Tate (personal bias because of his clown personality off the field)
2. Jimmy Clausen (still argue that he is the most accurate qb in ND history)
3. Michael Floyd (The consistent jump ball threat that ND lacked from 95-05)
4. Courtney Watson (Guy was a ball hawk and helped the ND defense outscore other teams for the first 8 games of 02)
5. Arnaz Battle (Would've been fun to see what this guy at QB had he not broke his wrist and moved to WR)
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Ty Webb
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Jul 26, 2011 7:13pm
1.Suh
2.Tebow
3.Young
4.Bush
5.Crabtree
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Jul 26, 2011 8:14pm
sportchampps;841977 wrote:Peterson dominated in college but was always hurt or would be higher. I base these on college only.

1. Vince Young
2. Reggie Bush
3. Mcfadden
4. Tebow
5. Larry Fitz

Highest buckeyes are Aj Hawk top 10 and Lil Animal top 20

Colt McCoy is close b/c of his wins

I like your list, but I would substitute Colt McCoy with Fitzgerald. Another name I have knocking on the door is Matt Leinhart (crappy Pro but great college career).
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Jul 26, 2011 8:22pm
athlete37;841992 wrote:1. Golden Tate (personal bias because of his clown personality off the field)
2. Jimmy Clausen (still argue that he is the most accurate qb in ND history)
3. Michael Floyd (The consistent jump ball threat that ND lacked from 95-05)
4. Courtney Watson (Guy was a ball hawk and helped the ND defense outscore other teams for the first 8 games of 02)
5. Arnaz Battle (Would've been fun to see what this guy at QB had he not broke his wrist and moved to WR)
You showed bias with all 5 not just one lol. Depending on how he does Sr year Floyd is the only one who could even sniff top 10 of the past decade, and thats a stretch
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Jul 26, 2011 8:24pm
athlete37;841992 wrote:1. Golden Tate (personal bias because of his clown personality off the field)
2. Jimmy Clausen (still argue that he is the most accurate qb in ND history)
3. Michael Floyd (The consistent jump ball threat that ND lacked from 95-05)
4. Courtney Watson (Guy was a ball hawk and helped the ND defense outscore other teams for the first 8 games of 02)
5. Arnaz Battle (Would've been fun to see what this guy at QB had he not broke his wrist and moved to WR)

Brian Kelly thinks Mardy Gilydard is > than Michael Floyd.

I agree with him.
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sportswizuhrd
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Jul 26, 2011 8:31pm
1.Bush
2.Tebow
3.Maualuga
4.Leinart
5.Ingram
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Jul 26, 2011 9:43pm
1. Tim Tebow
2. Vince Young
3. Cam Newton
4. Reggie Bush
5. Adrian Peterson

Honorable Mentions go to Darren Mcfadden and Ndamukong Suh
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Jul 26, 2011 9:48pm
Hb31187;842157 wrote:You showed bias with all 5 not just one lol. Depending on how he does Sr year Floyd is the only one who could even sniff top 10 of the past decade, and thats a stretch
I don't think he was trying to hide his bias there. LOL
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Jul 26, 2011 10:21pm
killer_ewok;842356 wrote:I don't think he was trying to hide his bias there. LOL
Lol i sure hope not
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Jul 26, 2011 10:46pm
athlete37;841992 wrote:1. Golden Tate (personal bias because of his clown personality off the field)
2. Jimmy Clausen (still argue that he is the most accurate qb in ND history)
3. Michael Floyd (The consistent jump ball threat that ND lacked from 95-05)
4. Courtney Watson (Guy was a ball hawk and helped the ND defense outscore other teams for the first 8 games of 02)
5. Arnaz Battle (Would've been fun to see what this guy at QB had he not broke his wrist and moved to WR)
None of these players are in the top 20 collegiate players of the past decade.


1. Vince Young (Texas)- He singlehandedly won the Rose Bowl in 2005 (06) and won the national title. I am in the group that thinks he should have won the Heisman over Bush. Bush had way more of a supporting cast than Young. Hell, Bush had the defending Heisman trophy winner on his team to help him out.

2. Tim Tebow (Florida)- I don't care if Tebow likes boys, the guy could win games. A Heisman and 2 national title rings puts you on this list.

3. Ndamokong Suh (Nebraska)- Absolute beast. His performance in the Big 12 title game was nothing short of amazing. Guy is literally an animal.

4. Sean Taylor (Miami, FL)- I think some forget how great Taylor was since it was at the beginning of the decade.

5. Larry Fitzgerald (Pitt)- Fitz was one of the best WR I have seen play in college and that was with avg. QB's throwing to him.
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Jul 26, 2011 10:51pm
lol, I do believe that athlete took it as top 5 players of your favorite team.