Emmitt Smith vs. LSU - 10/07/89

[gatorprincess8]

He was all Florida had on offense that year.

[TheGatorfan93]

Well,i know your trying your best at being sarcastic.But,look at sanders playoff game at green bay.Negative yardage?LOL

[panhandle850king]

emmint is from my town...pensacola florida

[jeremytexas]

bad tipper!!!!!! jerk!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thegorn68]

@jeremytexas Are you going to put this on EVERY fucking Emmitt Smith video on YouTube? Maybe you should've given him a better lap dance.

[TheGatorfan93]

Sanders was the most exciting,but NOT the best... period.For all of the exciting runs he made,he cost his team just as much trying to make something out of nothing,instead of taking the sure short yardage.

[JohnnyV123]

@TheGatorfan93 Yeah he hurt his team by losing a yard on first down then gaining twenty on second down. Ouch, hurtful.

[earthshine2k]

@JohnnyV123 yes, barry sanders constantly put his team in 2nd and long / 3rd and long situations. Sure, he had a lot of long runs, and his positives far outweighed his negatives, but Barry Sanders, at the end of the day, was an undisciplined back who resisted running where the plays were designed to be run. He'd pass up holes in search of the breakaway gain. That running style wouldn't have worked in Dallas. Great runner, but not the greatest running back.

[emantabrizi]

@earthshine2k ... Agreed. Too many kids watch a highlight film and think Barry ran for 80 yards on every play. The truth is he would have one long run each game. His other twenty carries would be minus 1 yard, gain 1 yard, minus 5 yards, gain 2 yards, etc.

[rollin92gt]

For you that are saying Barry Sanders was the greatest. How can you say that about a quitter? Yeah...he quit the game.

[Calken54]

Please don't use fred taylor's name with mr. Smith. Thank You!

[TheBrassHole]

GO COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chargerfan1011]

hahanikka how stupid are you thats not fake

[grimmy225]

Emmitt Smith rules...Cowboys Rule.

[hahanikka]

fake

[062082shane]

back when i was only 7 and he went to be the all time leading rusher

crazy to think about some of the players i remember seeing play in college and who ended up in the record books....

[rzaindis]

awsome!

[adamgator96]

I was at this game my freshman year. Last second kick to win it. What an amazing experience in my first trip to Tiger Stadium to beat LSU with 1 second on the clock.

Coach Galen Hall got fired the next day, so that killed the buzz on the ride back to Gainesville.

[sedrick221]

Emmitt Smith is the greatest running back of all time in NFL.

Better that Fred Taylor

[Zeldovich]

No, Fred Taylor was the better back.

[silverblade43]

@sedrick221 emmits great but the greatest has to be barry college and nfl

[Caladesi143]

@silverblade43 based on what facts or records? Barry even said Emmitt deserved the rushing title.

[silverblade43]

@Caladesi143 barry didnt play as long and nearly broke all his records. and as far as college goes he owns the only one ever coming close to his rushing yards was i think kevin smith at ucf but he hasnt done anything in the nfl. barry would say that because he did deserve that and emmit wouldve said the same thing, emmit said im glad barry quit when he did because he knew barry would break his records.

[thesanchezoio]

@sedrick221 fred taylor......is that really your second choice? hahahahah

[Musclebe]

you could drive a truck through that hole!

[Luislopetomaniatico]

finally done w/ my homework ne1 4 chat? 7

[karlmalonesrjr]

im naked ;D t

[Goratory666]

no your a slut.

[KillerBiggieReginald]

Emmitt Smith kicked ass in High School, College, and NFL!

[jocbox123]

EMMITT EPADIMIC

[SFFOOL76]

I wish LSU would wear their PURPLE UNI's all the time, they are so much cooler than the white jerseys. Good Offensive Line or Not, you still need to be a good runner!

[makaveli2193]

he was only good because of the blocking he had in college and the nfl

[parquar]

He had bad blocking in college.

[Greensouled1]

The florda O-line was unreliable at best. He used to find his own holes, His superb vision made a lot of runs in collage look planed when they weren't. He used to say "I can see the defense before the ball was snapped and know where the hole was going to be even if that isn't the way the play was drawn up. Watch the video again he did NOT run through a Designed hole. Great vision not the line.

[thegorn68]

Don't forget high school too! He ran for over 8,000 yards at Escambia High which, at the time, was second best EVER in the nation. I guess that "great O-Line" has just been following around Emmitt his whole life. I heard they taught him some dance moves too for Dancing With The Stars. Only reason he won that as well. His line.

[TheSchubert21]

Really??? High school - 2nd most yards ever in American high school football by a player (at the time). College - finished with 58 Florida school records. NFL - finished with career rushing yards record and career rushing TD's record.

All because of blocking? Even if it was, I'll take Emmitt with a great O-line over anyone else with a bad O-line. You play as a team. You really can't EVER separate a player's success from his team, whether it be Emmitt, Brady, Montana, Rice, Marino, Elway, etc.

[BertReynalds]

while it was a good run because he obviously changed which gap to run through because of where the defenders and the blockers were at, this really isn't that impressive of a run. any current starter in the NFL could do this

[derrville]

NO THEY REALLY CANT....

[smallgoon]

don't forget he's the worst NFL analyst of all time. " I think if they can run it good, and pass it good, and then come up with some interceptions on defense, I think they can win the game"

[topgun57572000]

EMMITT SMITH WAS THE MAN!

[gamedaystud32]

If u get a chance watch "Ryan Senna Mixtape"

The kid runs sick!

[mavericks2thebull]

emmitt smith just plain gets it done nothing too fancy but he does have some great highlights . you right barry wasnt even the best goaline back on his team . not so great . not to mention his most negative yards in nfl history . GO# 22

[Dream23fb]

Not so great dumbass? Miles ahead of Smith. Walter Payton is second in negative yardage, does he suck? Get out of here with your bullshit.

[rickzowie]

And to think the Cowboys ALMOST didn't draft Emmitt...

I don't know why Barry didn't just tell the Lions to trade him. Nobody would've thought less of him. Plenty of guys get sick of losing and tell their teams they want to be traded to a team that wants to win.

[barats1]

Barry wasnt raised like that..he never once celebrated after scoring a touchdown..just scored and gave the ball to the ref..Barry Sanders had 15,000 plus yards in 10 years..were talking 20,000 if he had been picked up by som1 like Dallas..

[rickzowie]

There were many games where Detroit would give Barry the ball 18 times total. Couldn't figure out why.

Green Bay had a shot at drafting Barry but instead went for Tony Mandarich.

[thegorn68]

Barry Sanders career = closest thing a Detroit fan can come close to a Super Bowl. That's why they are commenting on all Emmitt clips on YouTube about "Barry this and Barry that". Get some new material. What a pathetic franchise history. Even Sanders decided to just retire when he still had a few good years left in him rather than play for that sorry ass team.

[SuperDroogie187]

Those Barry fanboys are just bitter that Emmitt is the league's all-time leading rusher, when Barry QUIT on that achievement...not to mention the fact that Barry has ZERO Super Bowl rings! So let those Lions fans mope and grope about Emmitt "stealing" the all-time rushing record from Barry Sanders, and let them play that, "but we beat you in the playoffs in 91" card, or the "we invented Thanksgiving football" card. We have what matters, they don't!

[derrville]

He didnt have the leadership, heart or anything emmitt did

[annana2142]

barry would of broken it but because of walter pantan so barry quite because he respected him

[Greensouled1]

You think Emmitt didnt respect Walter? Walter made Emmitt godfather to his son Jarett. He TOLD Emmitt that he wanted him to break it.Barry was more talented but Emmitt had heart and determination and had to work for so much that you cant help but respect what he did. You may not think he is the best. You dont have to but he never quits until he has achieved his goals.

[vidEvWill]

Jarrett Payton played at the University of Miami in that runner-up season that they had.

[Timota12]

What? Emmit still has records not broken. And don't give me that "but barry retired early" crap. Emmit STAYED, he had the heart to go on. He is in the top 3 RB of all time. Jim Brown and Payton were definately better, but the others, not so much. OK atleast to 5, but not to call him legendary, is just plain dumb.

[Greensouled1]

thank you Dime

[Felixtheperson]

go gators! come on tebow!

[dimebaglvson]

the greatest of all time

[Dream23fb]

Behind Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Gale Sayers, Earl Campbell, Eric Dickerson, Tony Dorsett, OJ Simpson, and Marcus Allen.

Not bad though, still in the top 10, but hardly the greatest of all time.

[both81sareretarded]

You sir, are retarded.

[abudi20]

lol homer. What he said was correct. Don't get offended, Emmitt was great, but not legendary.

[quantae06]

But yet he got over 1,000 yards 10 straight years. Only Barry and Emmitt did that. Emmitt also had some sick ass jukes to go alone with his great vision. Emmitt still holds NCAA records as a Gator.

[GatorTrunk]

IF Barry Sanders was so GREAT , WHY did he come out on 3rd downs and in the redzone?!?

[9erskiller]

exactly finally someone is speaking some common sense if emmitt wasn't so good why did he set records in high school, college, and earn the king of all rushing tittle of them all. "yeah because he had better line then barry" give me a break