Colton Denning

Thurman Thomas embodies the greatness of Oklahoma State RBs The legacy of running the rock is strong in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State has a storied legacy of running back play, with Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders at the top of the list.

Let's revisit the day Thomas ran wild on No. 12 Washington in the 1985 season opener. #RBRespectMonth

Quentin Griffin owned the Texas Longhorns Texas had no answers for the diminutive Sooners back.

#RBRespectMonth Day Five:

Oklahoma RB Quentin Griffin tortured Texas so badly in his career that Brent Musburger said there'd be a "celebration" in Austin when he finally graduated.

Let's take a look back at Griffin's 2002 masterpiece against the Horns.

Kevin Smith: College football's most disrespected running back Smith deserved better in his record-breaking year at UCF.

#RBRespectMonth, Day Four:

UCF's Kevin Smith ran for 2,448 yards and 29 TD in 13 games in 2007. Yet somehow, he had little Heisman buzz and wasn't even a Doak Walker finalist.

Thoughts on the most disrespected RB season in CFB history

The night Christian McCaffrey became a star A performance that launched a run at the Heisman.

#RBRespectMonth Day 3:

Let's take a trip back to 2015 and recall the night Christian McCaffrey officially became a superstar against UCLA

Fred Taylor and Florida deny Florida State a national title (1997) Magic in The Swamp.

#RBRespectMonth Day Two:

The day Fred Taylor and Florida cost Florida State a national championship for the second time in 11 months

The day Marion Barber and Laurence Maroney took down Wisconsin (2003) Your favorite RB duo's favorite RB duo.

RB Respect Month is back, and there’s no better way to start it than with an ode to Marion Barber and Laurence Maroney - The People’s Champs of great RB duos. #RBRespectMonth

They should run Finn-Nakamura at Wrestlemania just to do it

They brought out danhausen in front of a PLE crowd in 2026. Just an all-time funny moment

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Made some incredible eBay purchases the past couple weeks

RB Respect Month returns to @2stripescpd.bsky.social on Sunday!

Celebrate the legacy of running the rock with 31 days of classic running back highlights on the YouTube channel, with corresponding columns on the website 🏈
#RBRespectMonth

The best throws we saw all night

Final 2025-26 grades for all 136 FBS teams What grade did your favorite team get?

handed out final grades to all 136 FBS college football teams 🎓

That’s one of the shittiest rumbles I’ve ever watched

Re-visiting my 25 preseason predictions for the 2025 CFB season Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe [redacted]

Back in August, I made 25 predictions for the 2025 CFB season.

Now that it's over, it's time to take a look at what I got right (Florida State still being a mess) and wrong (Miami & Texas Tech missing the playoff)

Three plays that sealed Indiana's first national title How the Hoosiers earned their storybook ending.

It wasn’t just great coaching, or a Heisman-winning QB willing his team across the finish line that won Indiana the national title.

It was everyone, in every phase, working together to cement the Hoosiers as the greatest story in CFB history.

Fernando Mendoza just had the ultra rare post-Heisman Heisman moment

Life comes full circle in the 2026 national title game A lot has changed for the Hoosiers and Hurricanes over the past 15 months.

In October 2024, I had a front row seat for Cal QB Fernando Mendoza taking on his hometown Miami Hurricanes. 15 months later, life has come full-circle for Mendoza, Indiana and the Canes.

My national title preview for @2stripescpd.bsky.social

That time of year

Just dropped a new banger on the YouTube channel 🔥

Dante Moore already looking like a true New York Jet