NFL guy on our local radio said the opposite. Said he’d play WR and come in as the nickelback on 3rd downs or when needed.
What exactly was your complaint? Danny Wuerffel was at the time the most prolific passer in college football history and playing on the #1 team until the Fiesta Bowl. Davis got a ton of yards in meaningless games against a lot of backup defenses. ISU goes 6-5 and Davis goes for 300 in a win vs. Nebraska or Colorado and he wins. Going for 200 yds in a 30 point loss isn't going to sway voters
Go look at his game splits. For example he goes 34-138 against Nebraska. I can guarantee you most of his yards came against 2nd and 3rd team defense. He never had a superb game against any of the Big 8's best defenses or teams. He just didn't.I don't know where you're getting this.
This would say many of the games were close so he wouldn't have been seeing back ups.
1996 Iowa State Cyclones football team - Wikipedia
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He goes 39-130 against A&m. Where were his big games against good teams? Going 40-150yds in blowout loses takes away a lot of luster. Where was a 250 yd game against K-State or Nebraska?
You are ******* high if you think he was still going against 1st string defenses late in some of those blowout loses.
He was great. Impressive when the other team knew he was getting the ball. The Missouri game was one of the best rushing performances in NCAA history. A lot of the games he was going over 100yds late in games in blowout loses though. I was there.
Jfc dude here is the game splits from his career. . He has most of his yds in 4 games. Honestly other than like a handful of games he averages like 120ypg. I'm sure nostalgia makes it seem like a lot more. I get it.
