Although I think AC might have the better skills, no one had a motor like Roth, or the personality. I will never forget the Gator Chomp, or Heisman Pose after sacks.
Clayborn. Roth was a great player. But Clayborn is on a different level.
Clayborn changes games all by himself. Like Suh. Roth made spectacular plays but he never to my recollection altered an opponent's gameplan. GT wouldn't even run to AC's side in the second half.
Based on what? Roth was the "biggest recruit" of that class (next to Blake Larsen that is) Purdue, Nebraska Miami, Florida, Kansas St, and the BADgers were all recruiting him. BTW the three LB's in that class all turned out to be NFL players in Greenway, Hodge and Roth.
Wow! I think it's to early to tell who's better. We'll have to wait to see what kind of season AC has next year. But some of you guys are on crack. Or have extremely short memories. A month ago many of you dogged AC for even considering leaving for the NFL. Now he's the greatest d-end to ever play at Iowa? At this point in his career Roth had better stats and was one the most disruptive lineman in all of college football. And he had a great personality to boot. One of my all-time favorite Hawks.