I was at the fiesta and can still see LP running, and bugging Osborne to keep getting back into the game. He was a downhill, power runner. We had a plethora of those in that era. Childs, Diedrick, Green, Benning. All very similar style runners.
But they couldn't carry LP's jock strap...I was at the fiesta and can still see LP running, and bugging Osborne to keep getting back into the game. He was a downhill, power runner. We had a plethora of those in that era. Childs, Diedrick, Green, Benning. All very similar style runners.
I’m seriously not arguing with you. Lol.I am not going to argue with you about this. Of coarse he cut back some, but that doesn't mean he was really good at it.
But they couldn't carry LP's jock strap...
1950 was his best year, as a sophomore. Then he got injured and never was quite the same.Maybe things get better in retrospect, but the best cut back NU runner I ever saw was Bobby Reynolds. As recall l that was about 1954 or 5. He could also pass, punt, placekick, drop kick and pay well defensively.
He got lime in his eye playing baseball for NU; unfortunate for him and all the fans.
It is absolutely the case that size and height impact cut-back ability in that this is a center of gravity issue. Either lower hips, such as Barry Sanders, or weight below the hips (Robert Newhouse) help out, or a taller person has to be able to drop down as they cut to be effective at it. Physically.Go watch the 46 yd TD run in the Fiesta Bowl. Definitely a cut or two. Also, on that zone handoff, there could be a cutback lane open up. See it all the time. You have 1/2 second to figure it out, and go.
That’s sounds like a fair analysis. Makes sense.It is absolutely the case that size and height impact cut-back ability in that this is a center of gravity issue. Either lower hips, such as Barry Sanders, or weight below the hips (Robert Newhouse) help out, or a taller person has to be able to drop down as they cut to be effective at it. Physically.
But it's more. Vision is essential, and that is comprised of physiologic ability to focus on a wider field of information and the mind's ability to make sense of what it takes in. We are not all equal in this.
You speak of Phillips making cuts as he is confronted with defenders as he is headed upstream. That is a form of shiftiness, and he had plenty. But that is a narrow focus of vision, a one on one confrontation.
The cutback you refer to requires that more broad vision as it requires analysis of many people over a larger area to make reads. This is very akin to a QB seeing the entirety of the defensive backfield or a point guard seeing the whole court. Not everyone is gifted in this way, and in fact, it can be a struggle to find a human to play QB well because of this limitation.
I have not looked at Phillips in this way, so all this might be for naught, but I suspect this is what Pat Jones spoke to.
Well, swampland in Florida it is then!That’s sounds like a fair analysis. Makes sense.
LP mostly ran by or ran over people as I recall. He wasn’t a guy that broke a lot of ankles. In that respect, he was perfect for NU.
As @NUinID said above, he might not have fit some of those zone schemes in the NFL as well as he did TO’s offense. You can’t just run over everybody in the league, so it was probably most notable after he left NU.
But they couldn't carry LP's jock strap...
Green could.But they couldn't carry LP's jock strap...