... by declaring that Steve Van Buren of LSU is the greatest SEC running back of all time.

Don Hutson of Alabama is the greatest pass receiver. Doug Atkins of Tennessee the greatest defensive lineman.

"Oh, no," comes the chant from the Peanut Gallery, "those people played a long time ago, they couldn't play under today's conditions."

Doug Atkins and Herschel Walker played 28 years apart. It has been 29 years since Walker hit the scene at Georgia. Jackson played against Walker.

Yes, it is obvious that time dims the memory of some and illuminates the recollections of others.

You know what the great Louisville quarterback John Unitas said about Doug Atkins? "He picks up my linemen and throws them at me."

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