The Ohio State Buckeyes had the most players, along with the Pittsburgh Panthers, on the Associated Press's All-Time All-America Team. And yet, OSU was still sorely underrepresented on the list.
Simply because Archie Griffin didn't appear on the list. Because of that, Eleven Warriors' Chase Brown doesn't even take the AP's offering, which had former Oklahoma State Cowboy Barry Sanders and ex-Georgia Bulldog (and disgraced Peach State politician) Herschel Walker instead, seriously.
"Ohio State and Pitt led all schools with three selections each, while the Big Ten led all conferences with seven selections, two more than the Southeastern Conference," Brown wrote.
"While neither of those facts will shock you, this will: Archie Griffin was not one of Ohio State’s first-team selections. Instead, the AP selected Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders and Georgia’s Herschel Walker as its two first-team running backs.
"It’s hard not to throw out the entire list’s validity when college football’s only two-time Heisman Trophy winner doesn’t earn the highest honors.
"I understand that the word greatest can be hard to define, given factors such as accolades, dominance, impact, legacy and more. But to me, Griffin is the greatest because of the two stiff-arm trophies he can hoist high above his head — though maybe not anymore, as Griffin is 70 and the Heisman weighs over 40 pounds."
OT Orlando Pace, OG Jim Parker, and LB Chris Spielman are all great Buckeyes, but Griffin may as well be "Mr. Ohio State."
To have him excluded from this list the same week TTUN was let off with minimal penalties from their sign-stealing scandal is a Buckeye black pill.
Griffin's greatness can never be confined to a list anyway. Unless that list is the number of multiple-time Heisman Trophy winners throughout the history of college football.
Griffin is one of one. Regardless of whether or not the AP believes he's top-two at his position.