Article Posted Nov 10, 2009 by Clay Travis
http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/10/starting-11-counting-to-five-in-alabama/
"As
for Charlie Weis, I think his era was summed up by this stat, white
fullback Vince Murray carried the ball 14 times for 158 yards against
his team. That's an average of over 11 yards a carry.
Think about that.
A fullback, who started the year in a battle for the second
string spot at a position whose primary job is to bang into things.
Who, in two previous seasons had only seen action against titans Duke
and Ball State. Whose online biography has no stats but lauds him for
playing with "great toughness."
He rushed for 158 yards.
All the talent that Weis has brought to Notre Dame and they
can't stop Navy's white fullback, who by the way played a hell of a
game, on the dive play? Putting those stats into context, that average
per carry was almost twice what the next worst team has allowed him --
Rice gave up 6.5 yards a carry.
If I was a student at Notre Dame, I might make my own anti-Weis shirt. "Notre Dame: White Fullbacks Own Us."
That's an excerpt of the only part that mentions race.
A person commented with "Just out of curiosity, what is the significance of the race of Navy's fullback?" to no response.
More on Murray:
October 7, 2009
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/06/AR2009100602770.html
"After Teich left the Air Force game late in the second quarter, the
Midshipmen (3-2) relied heavily on Murray, who came into the game with
career totals of 19 carries and 78 yards. Murray had a hand in 17 of
Navy's final 31 plays, running the ball 16 times and making one catch.
He finished with 67 yards on 22 carries.
[...]
At Ryle High in Kentucky, Murray was a standout on both sides of the
ball, a rarity in Kentucky's AAAA division; as a senior, he rushed for
1,744 yards and 24 touchdowns as a tailback, and he recorded 115
tackles as a linebacker. East Carolina, Eastern Kentucky and Wofford
recruited Murray as a linebacker, but he wanted a chance to run the
ball. Navy and Air Force were the only schools to offer him the chance
to play fullback.
[Another FB mentioned is Jordan Eddington. Is he black? http://www.navysports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/eddington_jordan00.html ?]
"Eddington, like Murray, is a former linebacker -- only Eddington played
that position his first three seasons at Navy. He was an outside
linebacker as a freshman and sophomore and then moved to inside
linebacker, but most of his playing time came on special teams. With
Navy's depth at linebacker, the coaches asked Eddington to switch to
offense during the spring, in part to take advantage of his size (6
feet, 225 pounds) and speed (he has run the 40-yard dash in 4.44
seconds).
"
same article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/06/AR2009100602770.htmlEdited by: Watcher
http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/10/starting-11-counting-to-five-in-alabama/
"As
for Charlie Weis, I think his era was summed up by this stat, white
fullback Vince Murray carried the ball 14 times for 158 yards against
his team. That's an average of over 11 yards a carry.
Think about that.
A fullback, who started the year in a battle for the second
string spot at a position whose primary job is to bang into things.
Who, in two previous seasons had only seen action against titans Duke
and Ball State. Whose online biography has no stats but lauds him for
playing with "great toughness."
He rushed for 158 yards.
All the talent that Weis has brought to Notre Dame and they
can't stop Navy's white fullback, who by the way played a hell of a
game, on the dive play? Putting those stats into context, that average
per carry was almost twice what the next worst team has allowed him --
Rice gave up 6.5 yards a carry.
If I was a student at Notre Dame, I might make my own anti-Weis shirt. "Notre Dame: White Fullbacks Own Us."
That's an excerpt of the only part that mentions race.
A person commented with "Just out of curiosity, what is the significance of the race of Navy's fullback?" to no response.
More on Murray:
October 7, 2009
</font>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/06/AR2009100602770.html
"After Teich left the Air Force game late in the second quarter, the
Midshipmen (3-2) relied heavily on Murray, who came into the game with
career totals of 19 carries and 78 yards. Murray had a hand in 17 of
Navy's final 31 plays, running the ball 16 times and making one catch.
He finished with 67 yards on 22 carries.
[...]
At Ryle High in Kentucky, Murray was a standout on both sides of the
ball, a rarity in Kentucky's AAAA division; as a senior, he rushed for
1,744 yards and 24 touchdowns as a tailback, and he recorded 115
tackles as a linebacker. East Carolina, Eastern Kentucky and Wofford
recruited Murray as a linebacker, but he wanted a chance to run the
ball. Navy and Air Force were the only schools to offer him the chance
to play fullback.
[Another FB mentioned is Jordan Eddington. Is he black? http://www.navysports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/eddington_jordan00.html ?]
"Eddington, like Murray, is a former linebacker -- only Eddington played
that position his first three seasons at Navy. He was an outside
linebacker as a freshman and sophomore and then moved to inside
linebacker, but most of his playing time came on special teams. With
Navy's depth at linebacker, the coaches asked Eddington to switch to
offense during the spring, in part to take advantage of his size (6
feet, 225 pounds) and speed (he has run the 40-yard dash in 4.44
seconds).
"
same article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/06/AR2009100602770.htmlEdited by: Watcher
