Corum/Edwards best NCAA RB duo since...?

Where is Fred Jackson when you really need him???

Michigan has had quite a few great duos but Corum/Edwards is the best combo IMO and that's saying something. We've had:

Gordon Bell/Lytle

Lytle/Huckleby 

Huckleby/Stanley Edwards 

Hoard/Boles

Wheatley/Biakabutuka

Just to name a few.

Since corum edwards last year 

It's too far back and dunno if they were the best, but the 1983 Auburn backfield of Bo Jackson, Lionel James and Tommie Agee was insane. 

Mike Hart / David Underwood

testament to how great Hart really was as a freshmen.... 

Kidding Aside 

Richardson/Ingram Bama

Bush/White USC 

Maroney/Barber 

Thomas/Sanders Ok St

Were all probably better at this stage of what Corum and Edwards have done. Now if they both put up similar or better numbers than last year while playing together all season I think you have an argument to put them in that category.  I expect Edwards to factor into the passing game greatly. I think he is our big play guy in several other roles while Corum grinds you. Edwards will get his carriers as well but good luck covering him and Loveland with LB's. If you bring in an extra DB Corum and this oline going to go ham. Beautiful problem to put on our opponents. LETS GO!

I always loved Moroney/Barber for Minnesota.

Wheatley / Biakabatuka

Wheatleys - 15 c / 225 yd rose bowl while experiencing cramping was beyond belief. Love that superman hands on hips pose!

Biakabatuka - 37 c / 313 yd vs. OSU 

Dickerson / James - SMU

McFadden / Jones - Arkansas - 487 yds vs # 23 south carolina, both 1st round draft picks

Peanut Butter & Jelly 

Sliced bread

How refreshing is it to have two of the best playmakers in the nation at a skill position? We've been waiting a long time for this 🥹

What a time from 2003-2006 to watch running backs though. We got to watch Perry tear it up here in 2003, Hart get going in 2004.

You had Williams/Brown and Adrian Peterson at in 2004. Reggie Bush/Lendale at USC and Darren McFadden/Felix Jones in 2005. 

Blanchard and Davis?

LMAO Cadillac Williams, the man who got a 4 on his Wonderlic test. According Wonderlic, scoring a 10 means you're literate....

McFadden/Hillis/Felix Jones trio

Erick Dickerson and Craig James, SMU

1979 James 761 yards, Dickerson 467

1980 Dickerson 928, James 896

1981 Dickerson 1,428 James 1,147

1982 Dickerson 1,617 James 938

Dickerson 4,450 total, 47 TDS

James 3,742 total, 23 TDS

Can we fully weaponize them?  

This site already has Corum and Edwards as a top 10 Duo in history!

https://bvmsports.com/2023/08/25/top-10-college-football-running-back-duos-of-all-time/

(I'll put my maize & blue hat on for a few minutes...)

There has never, ever been a backfield duo like Blake and The Don.

Go Blue!

Darren McFadden/Felix Jones

CJ Spiller/James Davis

Laurence Maroney/Marion Barber

Clinton Portis/Willis McGahee

I think what makes Corum & Edwards such a great combination is that they are such good complimentary backs. It's not just having two excellent running backs on the roster simultaneously. It's not even having two backs with distinct running styles. Corum and Edwards don't just have different running styles--they can actually play two different positions given Edwards' ability to play WR as well as or better than most actual WRs.

I think the Reggie Bush/Lendale White combo might have been the closest I can remember. Bush, like Edwards, was kind of an all-purpose back on steroids (not actual steroids) and then White was the bruising power inside runner. Corum is certainly a more versatile and dynamic runner than White was; I would say the margin between Bush and Edwards is closer but overall that's a pretty good comparison.

I never really saw the Sanders/Thomas combo in action. That was back in the day when out-of-region games were seldom broadcast, and anyway I was like 11 years old and wouldn't have really understood what I was watching anyway. But seeing as Thomas was one of the greatest all-purpose backs in NFL history and Sanders one of the greatest RBs period, I can't imagine you could do much better than those guys.

I will say that Corum is the most Sanders-like of any RB I can recall watching since actual Barry; Corum dominates college competition the way Sanders dominated NFL competition. If Corum can do the same thing in the pros then someday people might say he was as good as Sanders but for now Corum is plenty good enough.

I mean, Maroney and Marion Barber were amazing at Minnesota, had a good running QB too. 

James White and Montee Ball (?) at Wisconsin as well were awesome and ripped us a new one when we had RichRod. 

Also, McFadden, Peyton Hillis and Felix Jones at Arkansas was an unbelievable backfield and they consisted of 3 guys
 

All these above teams just weren’t championship caliber elsewhere so their incredible running back rooms are overlooked 

I am so tempted to say Curtis Dickey and George Woodard...for those who witnessed the great '77 game against Texas A&M.

Or Eric Dickerson and Craig James....if it weren't for all those dead hookers.

Only one guy but Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch had the craziest pair of legs.

Craig James and Eric Dickerson 

I don't know if they're even the best duo in Michigan history, but the hype is at an all-time high.

Sony Michel and Nick Chubb