Showing my age but Patterson, Baxter and Barnes are the best rb trio since the trio of Mark Higgs, Mark Logan and George Adams. Just my humble opinion. Kinda similar in the 3 styles. The latter group all played pro ball.
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I love this group but I really liked last year’s group too. McGowan, Dowdell and Patterson were pretty good.
Would be my pick. I feel old now.
A good offensive line is the best friend of the rb and qb rooms.
The best backs will struggle with a poor o line. So far, our own line is the definition of our team.
I don't say that to take anything away from our backs. I think we are solid there too.
We came into this game with the plan to dominate the line of scrimmage offensively and run the ball...imposing our will on them. We did just that. That team is no slouch and we wore them down and took absolute control of the game in the 2nd half. We sucked at just about everything in the first half though.
The best thing about this team is the o line. We've got pretty good skill players on offense too. We need a stud wideout that can go make plays...but were pretty solid everywhere on offense.
Combined, were pretty good and should get better with time playing together up front. Just gotta stay healthy.
Gotta improve on defense and get better depth next year.
In the meantime..let's stay healthy and make some noise in the SEC.
The best backs will struggle with a poor o line. So far, our own line is the definition of our team.
I don't say that to take anything away from our backs. I think we are solid there too.
We came into this game with the plan to dominate the line of scrimmage offensively and run the ball...imposing our will on them. We did just that. That team is no slouch and we wore them down and took absolute control of the game in the 2nd half. We sucked at just about everything in the first half though.
The best thing about this team is the o line. We've got pretty good skill players on offense too. We need a stud wideout that can go make plays...but were pretty solid everywhere on offense.
Combined, were pretty good and should get better with time playing together up front. Just gotta stay healthy.
Gotta improve on defense and get better depth next year.
In the meantime..let's stay healthy and make some noise in the SEC.
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Last year's group was better and it wasn't close. McGowan was incredible. Dowdell was really good and Patterson was behind them.
I agree, put those guys behind this line and they'd go bananas. This group is GOOD but what they accomplished today was less about unique talent from the RBs and more about superb blocking. I haven't yet seen anything from the backs to set them apart from several other GOOD running back rooms we've had.
It seems like Kentucky has always been able to get good running backs. This oline is what is different than most years.
What I love is that Stein saw they couldn't stop the run, and made the call at halftime to just keep running it on em. Not complicated.
Stoops seemed to usually have a solid game plan most games, but refused to adjust at halftime and would pucker up his turd cutter and white knuckle it to the finish line.
Make the adjustments at the half and attack them where they are weak. It isn't rocket science. Stein gets it.
Stoops seemed to usually have a solid game plan most games, but refused to adjust at halftime and would pucker up his turd cutter and white knuckle it to the finish line.
Make the adjustments at the half and attack them where they are weak. It isn't rocket science. Stein gets it.
McGowan was excellent, shame his talent was wasted on an overall crappy team (largely due to poor coaching).
Dowdell was mid. Average, not bad. Every good SEC team has 1-2 backs like him for depth.
Patterson was decent last year but very good this year.
In sum, the ceiling for this current group is much higher. Man, if McGowan had another year of eligibility, that'd have been awesome.
Dowdell was mid. Average, not bad. Every good SEC team has 1-2 backs like him for depth.
Patterson was decent last year but very good this year.
In sum, the ceiling for this current group is much higher. Man, if McGowan had another year of eligibility, that'd have been awesome.
Boom/Benny was a good recent backfield. I don’t know the third but it’s in consequential when your top 2 are that level.
2018 we had Benny, AJ rose, CRod, smoke, terry wilson, and Lynn Bowden. Last 2 not running backs but we saw what Bowden did the following year, and terry could run
Adams > McGowan
Higgs>Patterson
Logan >Dowell
Respect your opinion but we will disagree. Better trio in my opinion. Tougher and more durable as well. All home grown. Adams 1000 yards by himself in 84. 13 tds. First round pick if I remember correctly.
All NFL pros.
Your group is way better. My post didn't say last year's group was the best, just that they were better than this group.
Ps i think Baxter should be third string for this year.
Baxter and Patterson are a great thunder an lightning combo . Both play at next level Patterson of he keeps improving could be legit nfl starter
Interesting as I think Barnes has the most potential.
Little, Locke, Dixon, A.Smith was a very talented group in '07 as well.
Jojo was the 3rd. Hard to beat that trio.
Yeah I liked that trio. I really liked watching Boom run.
People forget Smith spent about five years in the nfl. He was there longer than the rest of the group combined iirc.
I still don't understand how and why Stoops couldn't recruit elite RB's the way we featured our backs. And when he had things rolling we ran the ball really well. Overall, Stoops was a pretty good recruiter until the last few years when the wheels fell off but he never recruited RB's at a high level.
Mostly agree but Barnes did some things that really jumped out to me. Interested to see how he progresses.
Gonna pump the breaks on superlatives just 4 games in with 2 of those games being against lower competition.
Yeah and Barnes came in looking like he was trying to prove something himself, running like a madman.
Yeah, I thought the same thing. He came in and played like it was his ONE shot at an audition for the NFL. I'd argue (and probably most anyone else) the biggest thing he can prove for an NFL audition is durability. If he can stay healthy and run like he did Saturday, he definitely bring some extra juice to that room.
That was the best group I saw
The OL is actually the best unit.
Wrs and tes are plenty good enough. If anyone really looks, qb is the weakest link. He had some really good moments vs a&m but still doesn't trust his eyes. Once he starts trusting his reads and they no longer have to scheme everything for him, we will really start clicking.
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