Bobby Rainey, whom some on this board consider not D-1 quality, makes preseason Top 25 list of players to watch in 2011.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_...yers-no-24

Rainey is definitely D1 quality, he just isn't as good as Dunbar...

(02-16-2011 07:08 PM)GreekTopper Wrote:  Bobby Rainey, whom some on this board consider not D-1 quality, makes preseason Top 25 list of players to watch in 2011.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_...yers-no-24

Some? I'm pretty sure it was just one MT fan, theboro if memory serves, I'm sure Beed could clear it up...

(02-16-2011 08:01 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(02-16-2011 07:08 PM)GreekTopper Wrote:  Bobby Rainey, whom some on this board consider not D-1 quality, makes preseason Top 25 list of players to watch in 2011.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_...yers-no-24

Some? I'm pretty sure it was just one MT fan, theboro if memory serves, I'm sure Beed could clear it up...

he said bobby rainey wasn't a d-1 running back.

i called an all-american a scrub.

me and the borracho are different sides of the same coin.

i clear nothing up. i'm just funnier than him.

(02-16-2011 08:40 PM)dahbeed Wrote:  

(02-16-2011 08:01 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(02-16-2011 07:08 PM)GreekTopper Wrote:  Bobby Rainey, whom some on this board consider not D-1 quality, makes preseason Top 25 list of players to watch in 2011.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_...yers-no-24

Some? I'm pretty sure it was just one MT fan, theboro if memory serves, I'm sure Beed could clear it up...

he said bobby rainey wasn't a d-1 running back.

i called an all-american a scrub.

me and the borracho are different sides of the same coin.

i clear nothing up. i'm just funnier than him.

I actually just meant could you verify that I was remembering the situation correctly.

(02-16-2011 08:40 PM)dahbeed Wrote:  

(02-16-2011 08:01 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(02-16-2011 07:08 PM)GreekTopper Wrote:  Bobby Rainey, whom some on this board consider not D-1 quality, makes preseason Top 25 list of players to watch in 2011.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_...yers-no-24

Some? I'm pretty sure it was just one MT fan, theboro if memory serves, I'm sure Beed could clear it up...

he said bobby rainey wasn't a d-1 running back.

i called an all-american a scrub.

me and the borracho are different sides of the same coin.

i clear nothing up. i'm just funnier than him.

I hear you clear up certain STD's give atldawg a call

(02-16-2011 07:58 PM)Mean Green Matt Wrote:  Rainey is definitely D1 quality, he just isn't as good as Dunbar...

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Interesting that Rainey is only 24th on a list of non-AQ players to watch? I would've thought him and Dunbar would've easily been top 10 maybe 5. I mean it's not like Bobby piled up a ton of yards against all weak teams, 2 of his better games were against Nebraska and Kentucky. Also with WKU's inept passing game teams could key on Bobby more, same goes for Dunbar. To have the 3rd leading returning rusher in the entire nation as only the 24th player to watch, for non-AQ schools only, is really an insult to me.

(02-17-2011 01:03 PM)Franko Wrote:  Interesting that Rainey is only 24th on a list of non-AQ players to watch? I would've thought him and Dunbar would've easily been top 10 maybe 5. I mean it's not like Bobby piled up a ton of yards against all weak teams, 2 of his better games were against Nebraska and Kentucky. Also with WKU's inept passing game teams could key on Bobby more, same goes for Dunbar. To have the 3rd leading returning rusher in the entire nation as only the 24th player to watch, for non-AQ schools only, is really an insult to me.

Okay I had typed out this long response as to why Rainey is not a top 5 returning non-AQ player, as soon as I posted it, I went back and realized that this list is the top 25 non-AQ players from 2010. Not the top 25 returning for 2011. Now, obviously he would be ranked higher if the list was "players to watch", but he still wouldn't be top five, very possibly not top ten either. Of the top of my head, no brainers for top returning non-AQ players that would be in the top 5 are:

Kellen Moore QB Boise State
Case Keenum QB Houston
Tank Carder LB TCU

Those are just the first three I can think of and Rainey is not in the same category as them.

Just in our own conference I'd put him behind:

Lance Dunbar
TY Hilton
Ladareus Green

Now baring in mind that the list is top 25 players from 2010, not top returning players for 2011 you add in guys like:

Colin Kaepernick
Andy Dalton
Jerrell Jernigan
Titus Young
Austin Pettis
Vai Tua
Bruce Miller

Again those are just off the top of my head.

Going to be interesting to see where they rank TY on this list...cause looks like Eric Page from Toledo (whom a lot of people have compared to TY) is ranked No. 21. So lets see where TY ends up....I guess ESPN is releasing the names one a day.

Good stuff. Congrats to Rainey, and good for the Sun Belt.

Congratulations to Rainey. This is good press for WKU and the Sun Belt. I expect to see more Sun Belt players make this list.

Go Mean Green!!!

(02-19-2011 09:04 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  Congratulations to Rainey. This is good press for WKU and the Sun Belt. I expect to see more Sun Belt players make this list.

Go Mean Green!!!

T.Y. Hilton (FIU) makes the list at #20