It escapes me now. Sometime over the last week I heard a discussion about Notre Dame Fighting Irish running backs, but I can’t remember who was leading the conversation. I do recall the base statements about the Irish “spreading the wealth” in regards to the number of carries its backs got over the years.
While we celebrate names like Julius Jones, Autry Denson, Jerome Bettis, Reggie Brooks, and others; there have been quite a few quality backs that could have started at many other schools in the country. It was a wonderful curse- especially during the Holtz years when Lou would recruit a myriad of backs each year and then figure out what to do with them after their arrival in South Bend.