Greatest Player in Iowa FB History (and you can't vote for Kinnick)

[ChosenChildren]

Other than Nile Kinnick, who is the greatest player in Iowa football history?

I think it is a toss up between Chuck Long and Bob Sanders.

I take the Sand Man - going to games since 1960 and I never saw a better player make more big plays.

The forced fumble on a punt return in the Big House against Michigan in 2002 won us a Big Ten title. I was there to see it....

What do others think? Am I wrong here?

 

[hawkfan1319]

Stanzi.

 

[ChosenChildren]

Stanzi.

He was special too. It's hard to pick one

 

[OnLookin08]

Tie:

Bashir Yamini and Epenesa Epenesa

Case closed.

 

[OUTofTOWNHAWK]

Other than Nile Kinnick, who is the greatest player in Iowa football history?

I think it is a toss up between Chuck Long and Bob Sanders.

I take the Sand Man - going to games since 1960 and I never saw a better player make more big plays.

The forced fumble on a punt return in the Big House against Michigan in 2002 won us a Big Ten title. I was there to see it....

What do others think? Am I wrong here?

I was there also.

His senior day game against Minny.....wow. I vote Bob Sanders.

 

[vegashawki]

Tim Dwight was an ok player too, made a play every now and again....

 

[ChosenChildren]

I was there also.

His senior day game against Minny.....wow. I vote Bob Sanders.

Yep. His game against the Golden Rodents in 2003 was about as good as it gets.

Norm wasn't afraid to send him on a blitz........

 

[Cheese]

ed hinkel

 

[ChosenChildren]

Tim Dwight was an ok player too, made a play every now and again....

Loved Dwight. I always thought Hayden should have played him at quarterback and run some type of veer with Shaw and Banks in the backfield.

I thought Matt Sherman was average at best....

 

[vegashawki]

I'd get so ****** when teams kicked it out of bounce so Tim wouldn't get his hands on it. Punter would come out, kick it out of bounce after 5 yd of travel, then go to sidelines and get high fives and pats on the helmet for job well done... B****es. Dwight was electric, he brought it every time he was on the field. One of my all time favorites to watch.

 

[HawkSHOw]

Larry Station was a beast!

 

[bcl20]

Brad Banks

Loved that dude.

 

[HawkPrdatr40]

Andre Tippett or Chuck Long.

 

[tksirius]

Nile Kinnick for sure.

 

[thejumper5]

Randy Duncan: Heisman Runner-Up. #1 Pick in the NFL Draft. Rose Bowl Champion.

 

[Briggs32]

What about Calvin Jones? Outland trophy winner and Iowa's only 3 time 1st team All-American (53'-55). 54' and 55' being consensus 1st team.

 

[kirby]

Duke Slater...only other f-ball player w/ a building named after him.

Duke Slater Facts and Timeline - Duke Slater

Professional player and Iowa Law grad-Judge...all at a time when black people were legally lynched in places like Texas and Alabama.

 

[GrandpaHawk]

In my era it would have to be Chuck Long.

 

[ssckelley]

Chuck Long and it really is not close, he was by far the best quarterback Iowa has ever had. His performance elevated Iowa & Hayden Fry era to one of the best teams in the Big Ten.

 

[brach700]

Paki freakin O'meara.......nuff said.