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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 830452" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>Two things strike me about Rutherford. One is that guys his size often prove they can play if given a chance but a bias against small size often keeps them from getting a chance. Clint Castleberry was the same size at Tech and may have been our greatest running back ever.</p><p></p><p>People will respond with “bigger players are faster today and better training” yada, yada, yada, but smaller players were not discriminated against until late in the last century. I remember Cecil Dowdy, a 190 pound All American guard at Alabama would went up against guys 40-50 pounds heavier and beat them. Anyway, I love it when guys “who don’t have football bodies” prove conventional thinking wrong. I loved it when CPJ’s “undersized” offensive lines used to push uga defensive lines all over the field.</p><p></p><p>The second thing is I wonder if Rutherford would have gotten attention from other teams if Tech had not shown early and regular love. Sometimes it takes one team showing intense love to give other teams courage to follow their instincts. Anyone remember our “tiny” twin defensive backs, one of which was the hero of the miracle on Techwood? CPJ showed them early love on the recruiting trail and it eventually caused other teams to take notice, including South Carolina who battled us hard for them at the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 830452, member: 1640"] Two things strike me about Rutherford. One is that guys his size often prove they can play if given a chance but a bias against small size often keeps them from getting a chance. Clint Castleberry was the same size at Tech and may have been our greatest running back ever. People will respond with “bigger players are faster today and better training” yada, yada, yada, but smaller players were not discriminated against until late in the last century. I remember Cecil Dowdy, a 190 pound All American guard at Alabama would went up against guys 40-50 pounds heavier and beat them. Anyway, I love it when guys “who don’t have football bodies” prove conventional thinking wrong. I loved it when CPJ’s “undersized” offensive lines used to push uga defensive lines all over the field. The second thing is I wonder if Rutherford would have gotten attention from other teams if Tech had not shown early and regular love. Sometimes it takes one team showing intense love to give other teams courage to follow their instincts. Anyone remember our “tiny” twin defensive backs, one of which was the hero of the miracle on Techwood? CPJ showed them early love on the recruiting trail and it eventually caused other teams to take notice, including South Carolina who battled us hard for them at the end. [/QUOTE]
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