If you’re a fan of college football, there’s a good chance you’ve used a moniker such as ‘Running Back U’ to describe your favorite football program’s history of producing top-flight talent at a given position. Almost every fan base of every major football program has claimed to be one kind of ‘U’ or another. Schools such as USC, Ohio State, Alabama, Miami and even Texas all have strong cases for RBU status, but there can only be one true RBU, right? Probably not, but we’ll give this a try anyway.
In this year’s Rose Bowl matchup, the playoff semifinal will pit the Georgia Bulldogs against the Oklahoma Sooners — two programs that have a wealth of history at the running back position.