Quote:OK, so what exactly is your point?

Nobody is drafting Tevin Coleman ahead of Matt Jones from Florida if Jones showed the skills that Coleman has.

My original point was that Coleman was better than any Indiana RB I'd ever seen before him, because Indiana players tend to not translate well to the NFL.

 

D6 and I started discussing other IU backs that came before him and IU generally.  Somebody in the thread (I can't recall who at the moment) shook their head at my bias.

 

I don't get the cognitive dissonance here.

 

Nobody has asserted Indiana has produced a bunch of great players over the years.  In fact, D6 supported my argument that Indiana hasn't produced many players.

 

Everybody seems on board with the concept that some programs are more apt to produce NFL caliber players than others.

 

Perhaps people have a problem with the extra "filter" of schools producing by position.  But that could very well be consistent with the "current trend" analysis one of you guys offered earlier.

 

Otherwise I don't get the argument.

 

I don't dispute it's possible to get a great player from a small school.

 

Hell NFL history is replete with examples of great players coming from small schools.

 

But don't ask me to be gung ho about Indiana players when Bethune Cookman has produced more Pro Bowlers over the last 12 years (3:  Rashean Mathis, Nick Collins, Eric Weems), than Indiana has produced in the same time period.

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