Saw the espn e60 profile with Arian foster

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Arian did NOT fumble the ball frequently. He did fumble on some of the most memorable and inopportune times humanly possible. On the other hand, Arian looked like a very good running back at Tennessee, not the All-Pro caliber performer he has become on the NFL level. Jamal Lewis, by contrast, had the mark of greatness, in terms of physical tools, from the outset.
 
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IIRC, didn't fostermom come on the boards Arian's rookie year and ask VN members to vote for AF for play of the week or some shizz like that? And did we not vote in droves for him? He didn't fumble much but when he did it was at critical times that most definitlely did nothing to facilitate winning...
 
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Foster fan right here. I got a 27 UT jersey and a 23 Texan's jersey. He was one of my favorite players. Just think what he could have done with last years line.
 
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mreed90 said:
Foster fan right here. I got a 27 UT jersey and a 23 Texan's jersey. He was one of my favorite players. Just think what he could have done with last years line.
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Fumbled more? I'm kidding!!!!!

Foster learned to get North/South in the NFL whereas in college he tried to bounce it outside more. With his speed I can understand that but sometimes you take what you can get even if it's only a yard or so.
 
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Roustabout said:
The guy was a flake. Remember the pterodactyl crap?
Yes, he had some costly fumbles, and he was part of the reason for the terrible year that cost Fulmer. He only needed like 400 yards to set the all-time UT rushing record, and couldn't do it. He's a fruit loop and the guy will be forgotten in a year or two.
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Yeah right dude, that's just ridiculous. He just got invited to his third pro-bowl, I don't think he's going anywhere.
 
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Roustabout said:
The guy was a flake. Remember the pterodactyl crap?
Yes, he had some costly fumbles, and he was part of the reason for the terrible year that cost Fulmer. He only needed like 400 yards to set the all-time UT rushing record, and couldn't do it. He's a fruit loop and the guy will be forgotten in a year or two.
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Ignoramus...lets remember this bold statement. I have a feeling you'll be eating your words he's the 5th fastest running back to 5000 yards ever. I doubt he'll be forgotten in a year our two regardless of what he does the rest of his career. Yes he had some costly fumbles, but that doesn't take away from the fact he is one of the best to play on orange. His numbers back that up.
 
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Roustabout said:
The guy was a flake. Remember the pterodactyl crap?
Yes, he had some costly fumbles, and he was part of the reason for the terrible year that cost Fulmer. He only needed like 400 yards to set the all-time UT rushing record, and couldn't do it. He's a fruit loop and the guy will be forgotten in a year or two.
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Idiot
 
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sanddune50 said:
This. Arian needs to stop whining. Sounds like he was more worried about what the fans thought about him than going out on the field and putting in work. And I love the revisionist history on the board seeing as though he is looked at as an elite RB on the NFL level. But Arian had a fumbling problem, that's one of the reasons all of the pro scouts whiffed on him as well. Everyone with 2 eyes saw that Arian needed a lot of work to be successful in the league. And to his credit he worked his butt off and succeeded.

My question to Arian is why wait until you leave Tennessee to display this sort of passion?

As for the message board noise, who cares? It's nameless faceless people on the internet. Like the above poster said, who's to say someone posting disparaging comments about a player is even a fan. His mom should have seen how effortless it was to start a user account when she started her own and recognize not everyone has the program's best interest in mind.

Way to stereotype a fanbase, Arian's mom!

Anyone worried what nameless faceless people think about them on the internet have deeper seeded issues than being booed. Arian and his mom need to step off trying to be martyrs and move on. Seeing as though they like message boards I hope they read this thread, post,etc.

And to Arian's defense the Clawfence was horrible and ultimately cost a long tenured championship winning coach his job. So while Arian's draft status was hurt, another guy lost his job. It's a business, regardless of where you play. If you win, you are cheered. If you lose, cost a team games,etc. you are booed. Pretty simple concept.
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Spot on..
 
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His fumbles were most untimely: either deep in our territory or during a 1st & goal situation. Two or three games lost that way. He didn't gel with Phil either. Great talent though but you have to ask...what in the world is a vegan doing down in Texas?
 
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In a year or two when Texas trades him for some first round picks; then he will channel his bitterness towards them. Didn't he harbor bitterness towards a CA team as a reason for coming to UT? Factor in irony and karma and he will probably get traded to the Titans.
 
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HuntlandVolinColo said:
His fumbles were most untimely: either deep in our territory or during a 1st & goal situation. Two or three games lost that way. He didn't gel with Phil either. Great talent though but you have to ask...what in the world is a vegan doing down in Texas?
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Yea, he fumbled in the endzone of the Auburn game and AU recovered it for a TD. They won 12-14
 
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bluetickhound16 said:
IIRC, didn't fostermom come on the boards Arian's rookie year and ask VN members to vote for AF for play of the week or some shizz like that? And did we not vote in droves for him? He didn't fumble much but when he did it was at critical times that most definitlely did nothing to facilitate winning...
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I seem to remember this as well.
 
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I keep reading that Foster came back for his senior season when he could have gone into the draft. Well, he went undrafted AFTER his senior season. So does anyone think he would have been a 1st or 2nd rounder after his junior year? Because really that's the only reason to leave school early.

I've got no beef with Arian, I think he's a great RB and represents the university well. I'm sorry to hear he has bad feelings towards UT and I believe that will heal in due time. But I don't paint him returning for his senior season in the same light as I do Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck, guys who clearly passed up a years worth of money to represent their school.
 
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OK so I forgot about the second round draft grade. But he was most likely a fourth rounder after his junior season and who knows where he would have landed. At least he got to select Houston as the place that gave him the best chance to succeed.
 
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he didnt care about the program while he was here. i dont know why he would blame tennessee because he didnt care. he gained like 30 lbs between his sophomore and junior season and got fat and slow. one of my walk on friends said he showed up to every practice hungover and just stood there and fulmer let him do it. i dont feel bad for him. he cut his weight that he gained here and now has more money than anyone on this board ever will. give me a break.
 
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zreeves said:
he didnt care about the program while he was here. i dont know why he would blame tennessee because he didnt care. he gained like 30 lbs between his sophomore and junior season and got fat and slow. one of my walk on friends said he showed up to every practice hungover and just stood there and fulmer let him do it. i dont feel bad for him. he cut his weight that he gained here and now has more money than anyone on this board ever will. give me a break.
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Yeah, and that's why he rushed for 1000 yards his junior year.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
He had a few. Some were credited to crompton though.
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it's just that, in my opinion, a lot of people scream "HE HAD A FUMBLING PROBLEM", but then when you ask about his fumbles, they say the Penn State fumble, then struggle past that one. The fact of the matter is that he deserved much more praise when he was here
 
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I wouldn't care about Tennessee either if I was him. Sure there was some very bad timing fumbles, but his biggest ones were when they LEAD the other team. I like how he gets the blame for the team not being able to score anymore in the game and the defense not holding. Everyone whines about the Penn St game. Really? TEN minutes left in the game and you can't score again but allow them another field goal and its Foster who "single handedly lost the game"? Then the Florida fumble. Does no one remember that Ainge had an injured finger and handed the ball off backwards? Despite his injuries and the Clawfense screwing up his senior year (which he didn't jump ship) he was probably the best player people like the least.
 
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Other_Guy said:
I wouldn't care about Tennessee either if I was him. Sure there was some very bad timing fumbles, but his biggest ones were when they LEAD the other team. I like how he gets the blame for the team not being able to score anymore in the game and the defense not holding. Everyone whines about the Penn St game. Really? TEN minutes left in the game and you can't score again but allow them another field goal and its Foster who "single handedly lost the game"? Then the Florida fumble. Does no one remember that Ainge had an injured finger and handed the ball off backwards? Despite his injuries and the Clawfense screwing up his senior year (which he didn't jump ship) he was probably the best player people like the least.
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I'd say Casey Clausen is up there
 
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zreeves said:
racking up yards in garbage time. and had costly fumbles against florida, and south carolina but we recovered that one.
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BS. His highest yardage game was 139 against Miss. State that year. And there wasn't all that much "garbage time" that year. He made UGA and Arkansas his b**** that year. Just admit that he doesn't deserve the crap he receives. He finished second on the career rushing yard list. You don't get that at a place like Tennessee without being good. And as was mentioned, Ainge screwed up that handoff in the Florida game due to his injured finger.
 
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he was good. i really disliked him and i disliked that he got fat. you can say whatever you want about his numbers but he let himself get fat and slow and he looks infinitely faster in the nfl than he did towards the end of his college career
 
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