Sure would have loved to see at least one clip of the most beloved running back in the history of Alabama....Johnny "The Italian Stallion" Musso ....Never forget Musso breaking loose after having his tear away jersey torn off and dashing into the endzone against Auburn... the endzone being pelted with oranges as the fans celebrated Alabama heading to the Orange Bowl to play for yet another national title. The University of Alabama, the team with the most storied and richest tradition in college football history.

@alejandrosteele9632

Жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same while watching, sure would like to see video of number 22.

@alexanderyancey7670

8 ай бұрын

Yes, Musso was great. Also, Wilbur Jackson and Tony Nathan. The 70's were a glory time for Bama as well. This film is just the "latest greatest".

Honorable mention ~ Forrest Gump

@12106445

6 жыл бұрын

#16 Soon to be #17 You still mad?

@timglover5358

6 жыл бұрын

V4AR suck it

@drunksteve5068

3 жыл бұрын

Not a running back. He was on “special” teams.

Thanks for including Roy Upchurch. He was a hard working back that lost playing time to Mark Ingram and never complained. He had a really good game against Tennessee when beating Tennessee meant something.

has to have Musso in the conversation

This list is not valid without #22- Johnny Musso!

@waynewalton4061

5 жыл бұрын

thats right he too was a great running back

@morrisonreed1

4 жыл бұрын

or tony nathan

@marketingheavydutytowcompa6996

4 жыл бұрын

!!!!!

@morrisonreed1

3 жыл бұрын

@smoothcollected TONY NATHAN ? ; you might want google that

@morrisonreed1

3 жыл бұрын

@smoothcollected im not saying you don't have a point but tony nathan did well in the NFL ,Musso was bamas work horse and then his number 22 went to his local neighbor tony nathan it was a big deal to the fans, especially the east side of the city

I know there's very little actual game footage to use of him, but Johnny Musso should have been on the list. He should've won the Heisman trophy in 1971 over Pat Sullivan- but Bear Bryant refused to do "Heisman campaigns" for his teams. He considered individual awards insults to the other 21 guys on the field. Back then you needed Heisman campaigns to win the award because voters didn't have film of every game to look at and compare. All they had were 1 or 2 nationally televised games a year, and 10 box score stats from newspapers to use. It was up to the school to fund these campaigns and send out their own game tape to the Downtown Heisman Athletic Club for consideration. But sadly, Coach Bryant didn't believe in it. He thought his personal endorsement of a player during press conferences and interviews should be good enough for those people. Johnny Musso was the real deal back in the day. He was the best player in America in the early '70s. He was the "Italian Stallion" long before Sylvester Stallone ever stole the name for his Rocky Balbo character!

@JRF1961

5 жыл бұрын

@smoothcollected you're saying that the '71 Grambling or Howard football teams could've beaten the '71 Alabama team?

@stevelewis6341

4 жыл бұрын

@smoothcollected what a crock of bullshit. You should go to a black college and stay there

@randolph84brown

4 жыл бұрын

Would Johnny Musso start for any of the Bama teams from 2001 till the present?

@jklmn101

2 жыл бұрын

@@randolph84brown You mean in 2001 with that 7 and 5 season, or maybe 2003 with that 4 and 9? Yeah, he could have.

@thunderballz74

Жыл бұрын

Italian stallion was used way before Stallone or Musso.. but yes Musso was the best running back of that era!!! 🔥🔥 I was more into siran Stacy and Sherman Williams.. but damn seeing the old film roll lets me know just how old I am. 🤪

Kenyan Drake is still my favorite. He is an inspiration. Broke his leg, came back, would get great runs but, could never finish and then, when it mattered most, he did it.

Great tribute to The Snake at the end!! Roll Tide Roll

@slabbusterrtr7690

2 жыл бұрын

The run in the mud in the iron bowl to... man that will stand to the end of time

Where was Johnny Musso, he was one of the greatest running backs at Alabama. I can't believe you forgot The Italian Stallion

@Wgbowronjr

3 жыл бұрын

@smoothcollected are you brain dead, i suggest you go look up the Alabama USC game when Musso was a Junior - Does Sam The Bam Cunningham ring a bell?

You should redo the video and add #22 Musso. I never saw a player give as much as a running back for Bama as he did and I saw him play in person at Legion Field.

I love that this video features T.J. Yeldon early. He is one of my favorite CFB players ever. He was so exciting to watch because of how agile he was and how he could cut back and turn on a dime. And it so awesome to see Shaud Williams on here. He provided excellent leadership to the team during a tough stretch. And of course he was an amazing RB for the Tide as well.

Um, Johnny Musso, Wilbur Jackson, Tony Nathan, Major Ogilvie, Ricky Moore, Murry Hill, just to name a few others who deserve credit.

@leefinley1877

6 жыл бұрын

RedElephantStampede you have to do a complete history. We old guys remember and still love the old guys under Bear

@blakestillinthegame4248

6 жыл бұрын

RedElephantStampede No David Palmer? No Deuce

@Speedrtr

6 жыл бұрын

Palmer was more of an athlete that did a bunch of stuff than a RB, still was great though

@robotunes

5 жыл бұрын

Willie Shelby, Calvin Culliver, Johnny Davis, Siran Stacy, Kerry Goode...

@johncarroll7736

5 жыл бұрын

You're right! The Italian Stallion! Willie Shelby from Pervis MS. JOE LaBue and many more. ROLL TIDE!

How can you overlook Wilbur Jackson. The man still holds the yards per rush record for the Tide. He won a national championship, and a Super Bowl. Oh - and he was the first black man to play running back for Alabama.

I know footage is hard to get maybe, but it would be great to see Tony Nathan and Major Ogilvie in there somewhere. Especially when it is best in history.

Someone I'd like to mention: the much maligned Linnie Patrick. But when coach Bryant faced the Auburn Tigers in 1981 with the most wins in College football on the line, Linnie made the greatest two runs in Alabama history IMO.

@forrestnorris2135

6 жыл бұрын

he was very talented but stayed in Bear's doghouse for some reason

@Speedrtr

6 жыл бұрын

What I was told was that he had a drug problem. Coach eventually kicked him off the team.

@RedElephantStampede

3 жыл бұрын

Forrest Norris Yeah he just didn’t respond well to discipline as well.

great job but......Johnny Mack Brown,Tony Nathan, Johnny Musso, Harry Gilmer the list goes on. I understand limited footage but I have found footage of both Musso and Nathan. Youngsters enjoy but Alabama football started way way way before Nick Saban. There are complete games posted on both Musso and Tony Nathan.

Just in case I simply missed him, I apologize, but I didn't see Johnny Musso in there. You can't leave out The Stallion.

@NVRAMboi

7 жыл бұрын

Not enough available footage of Musso. There's some, but most of it was filmed using a potato looking through an aquarium. RTR. *He was and is one of the greatest ever at Bama.

@RedElephantStampede

7 жыл бұрын

Larkin Huey Damn straight, the man was a bull.

@Britton_Thompson

6 жыл бұрын

Larkin Huey Ah, yes; the original "Italian Stallion"! Long before Sylvester Stallone stole the name to use for his Rocky character.

@Relayer56

6 жыл бұрын

izallgood37 _ Musso was such a fierce competitor. My favorite player, ever. Finished 4th in Heisman voting in 1971.

@tonycrabtree3416

6 жыл бұрын

Major Ogilvie & Tony Nathan. Available film is hard to come by. Great video. Just imagine Coffee having Saban as his head coach his entire time at Bama.

Siran Stacy!!! The reason I started loving Alabama football!

@slabbusterrtr7690

2 жыл бұрын

I use to say its a rap with siran wrap lol he was a great back

Shaun runs for 297 yards his freshman year against LSU!!!!

If he had stayed healthy, Kerry Goode would've been in the top 5.

@keylearning5746

2 жыл бұрын

He set a record that stands today, most total offense yardage in a single half of football. Versus Boston College. He got hurt, and Flutie rallied his team to beat us in Legion Field.

It’s crazy that this video is 4 years old and there is at least 4 more amazing backs that could be added

ken darby i think is the most slept on running back to come out of bama

My top 5 of all time 5. Trent Richardson 4. Mark Ingram 3. Derrick Henry 2. Bobby Humphrey 1. Shaun Alexander

@pacojuanrico7083

6 жыл бұрын

I thought that was a houndstooth hat in your office where u sell propane and propane accessories

@blakestillinthegame4248

6 жыл бұрын

Hank Hill Not bad not bad at all!!!

@blakestillinthegame4248

6 жыл бұрын

Uncle Joe Derrick Henry, mark Ingram, Bobby Humphrey. Ain't trash in the NFL. I have no idea what you talking about. Ingram producing in new Orleans. Derrick doing his thing in Tennessee. And humprey did his thing in the NFL

@tomwolfe6063

6 жыл бұрын

Uncle Joe - That sounds like some hurt feelings. This is about Alabama running backs. What does the NFL have to do with this? The game, coaching and motivations are much, much different. For example, Terrell Davis sucked in college and Trent Richardson was a monster. How does that happen?

@tycalvert9633

6 жыл бұрын

Uncle Joe and what does that have to do with them being at Alabama

What a great video, brought back some memories! All these guys were phenomenal!

Wilbur Jackson and Willie Shelby

I agree, this vid is one of, if not the best you have made. The mixture of the older players, with the ones from the last 10 years or so is terrific. And i was just thinking, having the drake kickoff return would be great, then it came on there LOL. Great job man. Keep them coming.

Not a single season in the past, present, or future that Johnny Musso wouldn't be deserving of the respect that he had during his playing days. Oh, and he could block as well as he could run. To this day, my favorite Bama tailback. He would fall, crawl, claw, twist, and no matter how hard he was hit, his head always faced the goal line at the end of the play. If you don't know much about Musso, you owe it to yourself to dig up some old games from 69, 70, and 71.

a great video with alot of great memories ! thank you

And where is Johnny Musso?

wow the amount of footage!! thanks man again for the best vids

R.I.P to my homeboy one Alabama greats: Ahmad Galloway

These are the best RB's in recent history (last 40 years or so). I'd like to see another of the greatest RB's from farther back but I think that footage would be hard to find. Good Job! I had forgotten about Darby and Shaud Williams. Good to see highlights from them.

@natefoster5360

7 жыл бұрын

what abou Santionio Beard 6 touchdowns vs. Ole miss

Upchurch is among the most underrated. if he matched playing time of Ingram, no telling what kind of damage he would've done.

@tomwolfe6063

7 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding? Mark Ingram played more because he was better....much better.

@keylearning5746

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomwolfe6063 - Mark Ingram STARTED playing more at first because Upchurch received a head injury that led the coaches to stop running him in the middle of the field. He was used as a receiving back from there on. When he caught the pass that beat Auburn, he was 3rd string, but not because of any other reason that the head injury.

The whole video I kept thinking "where is the Upchurch TD against Auburn", and sure enough it was the last clip. Great video!

I know this was a while ago but you are really talented👍

Hell ya. This needs an update. Also do best wide receivers .

I would add Musso and Ogilvie.

@billwilliams774

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Little you know you can't do that.

You left out Johnny Musso 👀

I was there when Snake made his incredible run in the mud.

@downsouthhighlights

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@slabbusterrtr7690

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome.. but your giving away your age 😆

Really? You couldn't include one damn running back from the 1970s when Alabama lived and died by the wishbone. You have Shaud Williams, you have Roy Upchurch, you have Coffee, you have whatever. No Johnny Musso? No Major Ogilive? no Johnny Davis? No Wilber Jackson? Thanks for the memories but you need to do a little more research.

Top Ten 10. Glen Coffee 9. Siran Stacy 8. Tony Nathan 7. TJ Yeldon 6. Trent Richardson 5. Bobby Humphrey 4. Johnny Musso 3. Mark Ingram 2. Shaun Alexander 1. Derrick Henry (The top three can be rearranged)

@Bossrich6287

8 жыл бұрын

Most of you don't remember Wilbur Jackson,1971-73,he was great too.

@juno.1

7 жыл бұрын

Eddie Lacy should be in there

@theevilrev4905

7 жыл бұрын

Speedrtr 1 Derrick Henry 2 Shaun Alexander 3 mark Ingram 4 Eddie lacy 5 Sherman Williams 6 Trent Richardson 7 tj yeldon 8 shaud Williams 9 siran Stacy 10 tony nathan

@Speedrtr

7 жыл бұрын

I left out Eddie for the sake of all of them being relatively new, but Eddie didn't have as good of stats as TJ, and Trent. Like the Williams brothers, but only sherman could crack the list and would still be relatively low. And you can't leave out Humphrey and Musso, come on now.

@Speedrtr

7 жыл бұрын

Forgive me, My list is wrong 10. Siran Stacy 9. Tony Nathan 8. TJ Yeldon 7. Trent Richardson 6. Johnny Mack Brown 5. Bobby Humphrey 4. Johnny Musso 3. Mark Ingram 2. Shuan Alexander 1. Derrick Henry (Again, the top 3 can be swapped around)

Great video man.

Tony Nathan's was amazing

Great video!

nice work

I guess I missed Tony Nathan & Johnny Musso...or did the film? Nathan did not pile up numbers, but the wishbone was designed so you could not key on one back. You can't leave out the Italian Stallion or Touchdown Tony!

Great video Roll Tide!!

Awesome !

Good job mentioning Shaud Williams, Dennis Riddle, and Roy Upchurch. Bad job excluding Johnny Musso, Tony Nathan, Major Ogilvie, Wilbur Jackson, Kerry Goode, and Ricky Moore.

Siran Stacey says hello....... That run against TN

Alexander the Great by far the best Bama ever had. But man Bama with Ingram, Richardson and Lacey all there at the same time, it wasn’t fair. The the 1992 team with Williams and Lassic, equally vicious.

Thank you.

what about Johnny Musso?

I loved it especially when you showed the ruining back from the 1992 squad im old so forgive me

Sorry. Class of 83. You left out Tony Nathan, Johnny Davis, Johnny Musso and Major Ogilvie. I know getting video of these are tough.

It's hard to determine who the best running back to ever play for Alabama. I'm a die harddddddd bama fan and I can't say

@johngardner1290

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you Blake. I've been following Alabama Football for 60 years now. Seen so many good players from each position its hard to say who's the best! I'm just glad the wore the uniform of the Crimson Tide!

In front of every great running back is a great blocker. Roll Tide!

I swear, you post the BEST content!! Always sharing links of your vids to my family. We're all huge bama fans. Always getting me hype!! Roll Tide bro!! #beattheaggies

Talk about sweaty palms. Amazing video as always hope you're staying safe out there man.

Even though he was not a ''pure'' running back, I feel David Palmer should be mentioned. Great do everything player. Roll Tide.

Great video. You left out Musso and oglive

well put together video I must say. #RollTide

Love the Drake!

What could Shaud Williams had been if he played his whole career at Bama In 2 years dude racked up 3500 total yards and 20 plus TDs! One of my favorites, back to back years with 80 yard burst against Arky! And that's when Arky had Ken Hamlin and Ahmad Carroll in the secondary!

Such a great video!!! Thank you for taking the time to make this. Seeing forgotten names like Tarrant Lynch, Chris Anderson, Kenneth Darby, Dennis Riddle, Shaud Williams. My Top 5: 5. Bobby Humphrey 4.Trent Richardson 3.Mark Ingram 2.Shaun Alexander 1.Derrick Henry

That move at 07:13 remember that live will never forget

Yes

Go Bama Roll Tides!

Back when they ran the wishbone-#22...Johnny Musso !

Jonny Musso needs to be on that list period.

Who has a better running back tree than Alabama??? Roll tide roll

@robotunes

3 жыл бұрын

Actually Oklahoma and it's not even close. They had a ton of RBs throughout the '70s and early '80s who would have been stars today too. Here's the amazing Joe Washington, and he's not even their best RB: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6CW17eNqpWvhbw.html

@christophercampbell9154

3 жыл бұрын

@@robotunes I hear you Sooner!!! But it's all about that...Tide!!! You know how we roll!!!!!!!🐘🐘🐘

@robotunes

3 жыл бұрын

@@christophercampbell9154 Oh I'm Bama all the way, baby! I'm just old enough to remember seeing that parade of Sooner running backs and know how they stack up against Bama's. So yeah, OU has a better running back tree but we have the championships! RTR

Glad to see Upchurch and Coffee on there...

What about Johnny Musso?

it will be a thank you bama and a thank you saban chant this year.

Roy Upchurch had some fantastic hands for a running back. I also believe that the runs against Arkansas as a freshman and the big "stutter step run" against Ole Miss were THE 2 runs that got Trent drafted. Everyone knows how he flaked out in the NFL, but I hated it for him. He's one of those like Tebow that will go down as one of the all-time greatest college players with little to no pro career.

IMHO Gene Jelks, Kerry Goode, Kevin Turner

If Bobby Humphrey had stayed out of trouble, he would have been Alabama's first Heisman winner. My favorite

All they did was show all of our starting running backs since the 70s..Ray Hudson & Murray Hill should be listed. Go Elephants!

izallgood37 _ Every last one of your videos is first class. Even the background music can't be beat. Keep up the good work dude. And roll Tide...

Looks more like Best Alabama Running Back Moments but it's all good

Ye go bama

I am a rather young fan and didnt have the pleasure of seeing Bobby Humphrey or Shaun Alexander play so I am referring to the more recent running backs when I say this. 6. Kenyan Drake 5. Trent Richardson 4. Mark Ingram 3. Derrick Henry 2. Eddie Lacy 1. TJ Yeldon I would say most people wouldn't agree with my list and thats perfectly fine as this list is probably pretty controversial. I dont think people give enough credit to TJ Yeldon and what he meant to the bama offense while he was there, although you can say this about every other one of the guys on this list as well. I just think that when it came down to the critical moments, Yeldon always delivered. Out of these guys I definitely think that Derrick Henry will have the best NFL career so long as he stays healthy. He is already starting out great, and the Titans are a young team. Time will tell I guess...

My top 10. 1. Shaun Alexander 2. Eddie Lacy 3. Derrick Henry 4. Mark Ingram 5. Glenn Coffee 6. Trent Richardson 7. Derrick Lassic 8. Siran Stacy 9. Sherman Williams 10. Roy Upchurch

1 mark ingram 2 derrick Henry 3 eddie lacy 4 tj yeldon 5 trent Richardson and soon to come Najee Harris

Eddie Lacey was the best Bama RB to have success in the NFL

Roll damn tide

I was at that game against Ohio State In The Citrus Bowl!!

Bobby Humphrey had them Mad Max thunderdome shoulder pads

Bama has had too many great RBs to count over the last 5 decades - Musso, Ogilvie, Humphrey, Stacy, Alexander, Ingram, Lacey, etc. But if I'm going into OT of a national championship game and had to pick only one RB, I'm picking Derrick Henry 10/10 times. It took him a step to get going, but he could have 40 carries, bludgeon a 4th quarter defense to death, and then run circles around the corpses.

No ORIGINAL Italian Stallion?! CMON!!

Santonio Beard🏈👑🕊💖...

Johnny Musso ?

Surely I missed the Shaun Alexander and Bobby Humphrey highlights surely

You’re missing the Jacobs kid from Oklahoma who really socked it to the Sooners in a CFP

Bear Bryant had some good running backs. They just didn't get the stats because of the wishbone and sharing the carries.

@virgildailey1970

3 жыл бұрын

But yet Roy Upchurch is in the video and he don’t have the stats either.

A travesty that Linnie Patrick was not shown!!! Bear Bryant stated, and I quote.. "He's the best runner I've ever coached" after the 315 win.

Major Olgivie? Musso? Billy Jackson? Ricky Moore? Paul Ott Caruth? Barely saw Riddle

My boy Trent Richardson

where can I find this music used in this video?

Where are Johnny Musso, Kevin Turner, Les Kelley, Steve Bowman, and on and on and on. You do not have any of the great backs prior to 1980, this is a bogus list.

@chrisendsley5724

4 жыл бұрын

don't forget Tony Nathan, Major Ogilvie, Kerry Goode, Steve Whitman, Wilbur Jackson, Brian Steager. so many more. the farthest back they showed was Bobby Humphrey.