The man Pumphrey passed on Madden 19 Coins Saturday for the rushing record is Ron Dayne, the Wisconsin star running back in the 1990s. The NCAA says Dayne ran for 6,397 yards in his four college seasons. Of course, that’s hogwash. Dayne actually ran for 7,125 yards, but 728 happened to e in postseason play. So the NCAA doesn’t count them, and instead of Dayne sitting 720 yards ahead of Pumphrey, he is eight yards behind him for all of eternity. Pumphrey should also be behind Pitt’s Tony Dorsett, whom the NCAA credits with 6,082 rushing yards but factually had 6,526. Pumphrey ran for 528 bowl and conference title yards in buy Madden NFL 19 Coins his career. Those yards count, but Dayne’s don’t. It’s a 1,248-yard swing, in the aggregate. Dayne both recognized the record and pointed out his own actual total.
Congratulations young man #GOAT #7125— Ron Dayne (@Ron33Dayne) December 17, 2016
The NCAA nearly found itself in a similar place in 2014.Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon made a hearty run at Barry Sanders’ single-season rushing mark, set in 1988 at Oklahoma State.
The NCAA recognizes Sanders as running for 2,628 yards in 11 games. He ran for 2,850 in 12, having piled on 222 more yards in a Holiday Bowl win over Wyoming. Gordon ran for 2,587, nearly catching Sanders (according to the NCAA) in Wisconsin’s Outback Bowl against Auburn. Gordon came up 41 yards short of Sanders officially, but factually was 263 yards short. Sanders’ 1988 was singularly incredible, just like Dayne’s entire college career.
