Heck, assign a summer intern at each school to update that schoolâs bowl stats.Consider this recent rewritten history:Wright makes an important point.
In Dayne's first season he teamed up with Tiki Barber in the backfield to create the tandem known as "Thunder and Lightning," a combination of Dayne's power and Barber's speed.
All Rights Reserved.Dayne passive-aggressively trolled Pumphreyâs moment in December with a congratulatory tweet ending with #7,215.More years, more yards, more postseason numbers to pile up on record holders who had no such advantage.âHopefully my sons and some other kids will get close to it and re-break it,â the Great Dayne said, âGet to a school that wants to run the ball like my coach ran me.ââThey say, âOur guy was punting champion in 1972.â Years later youâre going to say, âWe threw in some guyâs Rose Bowl numbers and youâre no longer the leader?ââAlmost 15 percent of his passing yards and 12 percent of his touchdowns in those years came in the CFP.A lot of folks have.
They want the NCAA to retroactively count all bowl records.Ron Dayne still considers himself the NCAAâs all-time rushing leader. Dayne was selected with the 11th pick of the 2000 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. How can he be the NCAA rushing leader?ââWeâll go ahead and change that because we know what Ron Dayne did in that bowl game,â Wright said rhetorically. But is does count the approximately 500 bowl games since 2002.© 2004-2020 CBS Interactive. Ron Dayne’s greatest performances were always saved for Wisconsin’s bowl games. Get complete game-by-game stats for running back Ron Dayne on ESPN.
What is the impact of Earnest Graham's new contract? Professional career Edit File:Schaub Hands off to Ron Dayne.jpg. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.Free-agent running backs are experiencing a flooded market with camp just weeks away. But how to break the bad news to the likes of all-time greats like Dayne who have to be told their records donât count anymore?âI guess I can still say it, but I donât anymore,â Dayne said.Letâs just say Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson disagrees with that statement.Both can call themselves rushing champions.But officially, Pumphrey is now the NCAA career leader with 6,405 yards thanks to 428 yards gained in four career bowl games.
In the 2000 NFL Draft, Ron Dayne was drafted by the New York Giants with the 11th pick. Ron Dayne still considers himself the NCAAâ s all-time rushing leader.
The NCAA does not count the approximately 960 bowl games from 1937-2001. But as time passes, the argument over career records falling with the aid of postseason ammunition should only increase.Images by Getty Images and US PresswireâI think about it when Iâm with my buddies and somebody says something, âThis is Ron Dayne, the NCAA leading rusher. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. âI donât want to fight and jump around.âFour years after he retired, widely respected former NCAA statistician Jim âJungleâ Wright still hears the outcry.âHeâs really not the NCAA leading rusher,â Dayne said of Pumphrey.
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Itâs just that -- officially and forever -- he isnât.Wright said as recently as the 1970s there werenât complete records of bowl box scores.