A great injustice that the Joe & Ebo Show won't stand for...
The NCAA doesn't want you to believe that Ron Dayne is the NCAA's
all-time rusher, even though his stats prove that he his... Please read
below:
On December 17th, 2016, San Diego State’s Donnel Pumphrey
broke the NCAA’s all-time record for rushing yards in a career, going
for 115 yards in the Aztecs’ 34-10 win against Houston
in the Las Vegas Bowl. The senior finished his career with 6,405 yards,
topping the previous mark of 6,397 yards held by Wisconsin's Ron Dayne
since 1999.
If you’re thinking to yourself, ‘gosh, Dayne had more yards than that,’ you’re not wrong. While the NCAA says Dayne’s career total was 6,397, the Wisconsin record book puts it at 7,125 yards. Why the discrepancy? Well, the NCAA didn’t start counting bowl stats until 2002, meaning the 725 yards Dayne ran for his four bowl games, including three 200-yard outings, aren’t counted in the official stats.
Sign the petition and let's have the true NCAA All-time rusher, Ron Dayne, be recognized.
Updates
December 20, 2016
I started this because the math just never sat right with me but I had no idea so many of you felt the same way. It is humbling to see people care this much about setting the record straight for Ron Dayne. This belongs to all of you who remember what actually happened on those fields.
December 20, 2016
I am honestly stunned to see so many people remembering Ron Dayne and his rightful place in the record books. This momentum is entirely because of your passion for fairness rather than anything I did alone.
Reached 100 supporters
December 20, 2016
63 Comments
You shouldn't count bowl stats to season stats...the season is over after your last regular season game
The game hasn't changed..in fact it benefits the offense more in today's age. The SDSU kid is great, but the record is truly Dayne's.
If the new record holder gets to add bowl yardage and daynes bowl yardage cant be added to his total then it os an absolute great injustice whether you are a badger fan or not. As a passionate football fan this is absolutely rediculous.
Bowl games count now towards records, should count towards records going back, too. Not too hard to figure out stats; it's a little something called "THE INTERNET!"
If the NCAA's argument against changing the current statistic-keeping method is that they don't want to change history, why did they start including bowl stats in 2002 in the first place? Because breaking records generates $$$. Shame on that so-called non-profit!!
The NCAA reasons are lazy and stupid. Dwayne is the real record holder, and it's not close. Either accept some revisionist history or go back to not including bowls. Anyhting to have a fair comparison.
Be fair. Be equal. Count all the yards for everyone!
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A great injustice that the Joe & Ebo Show won't stand for...
The NCAA doesn't want you to believe that Ron Dayne is the NCAA's
all-time rusher, even though his stats prove that he his... Please read
below:
On December 17th, 2016, San Diego State’s Donnel Pumphrey
broke the NCAA’s all-time record for rushing yards in a career, going
for 115 yards in the Aztecs’ 34-10 win against Houston
in the Las Vegas Bowl. The senior finished his career with 6,405 yards,
topping the previous mark of 6,397 yards held by Wisconsin's Ron Dayne
since 1999.
If you’re thinking to yourself, ‘gosh, Dayne had more yards than that,’ you’re not wrong. While the NCAA says Dayne’s career total was 6,397, the Wisconsin record book puts it at 7,125 yards. Why the discrepancy? Well, the NCAA didn’t start counting bowl stats until 2002, meaning the 725 yards Dayne ran for his four bowl games, including three 200-yard outings, aren’t counted in the official stats.
Sign the petition and let's have the true NCAA All-time rusher, Ron Dayne, be recognized.
Updates
December 20, 2016
I started this because the math just never sat right with me but I had no idea so many of you felt the same way. It is humbling to see people care this much about setting the record straight for Ron Dayne. This belongs to all of you who remember what actually happened on those fields.
December 20, 2016
I am honestly stunned to see so many people remembering Ron Dayne and his rightful place in the record books. This momentum is entirely because of your passion for fairness rather than anything I did alone.
Reached 100 supporters
December 20, 2016
63 Comments
This is an embarrassment to the NCAA that they would bury their heads in the sand and ignore games/statistics that we all clearly saw take place. We aren't changing ancient history here. The records of those games exist and are unquestioned in their accuracy. Do the right thing and let history be accounted accurately
You shouldn't count bowl stats to season stats...the season is over after your last regular season game
The game hasn't changed..in fact it benefits the offense more in today's age. The SDSU kid is great, but the record is truly Dayne's.
If the new record holder gets to add bowl yardage and daynes bowl yardage cant be added to his total then it os an absolute great injustice whether you are a badger fan or not. As a passionate football fan this is absolutely rediculous.
Bowl games count now towards records, should count towards records going back, too. Not too hard to figure out stats; it's a little something called "THE INTERNET!"
If the NCAA's argument against changing the current statistic-keeping method is that they don't want to change history, why did they start including bowl stats in 2002 in the first place? Because breaking records generates $$$. Shame on that so-called non-profit!!
The NCAA reasons are lazy and stupid. Dwayne is the real record holder, and it's not close. Either accept some revisionist history or go back to not including bowls. Anyhting to have a fair comparison.
Be fair. Be equal. Count all the yards for everyone!
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This is an embarrassment to the NCAA that they would bury their heads in the sand and ignore games/statistics that we all clearly saw take place. We aren't changing ancient history here. The records of those games exist and are unquestioned in their accuracy. Do the right thing and let history be accounted accurately