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Article: Let's give Dayne credit he deserves
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 14, 1999
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MADISON, Wis. How many yards does it take to silence the critics?
For Ron Dayne, 4,000 yards weren't enough. And 5,000 yards weren't
enough. Even 6,000 yards weren't enough. You think maybe 6,397 yards
will do the trick?
Dayne's 6,280th yard, the one that made him the all-time leading
rusher in NCAA Division I history, came during the first half as part
of a 31-yard run in which he juked, stopped, started, high-stepped
and ran over and through several would-be Iowa tacklers.
"The only thing that would have been better is if he had run into
the end zone," Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez said.
Nice piece of running from a back who too often has heard this:
You're too slow. Or this: You're too ...