JOHN WALTERS BREAKS OUT THE TEN-FOOT POLE ON DEBERRY, RACE, AND SPEED
Black people are fast? John Walters comes close to saying that or something equivalent in his latest SI column on DeBerry, race, and speed. Fact: one white running back has led the nation in rushing in the past thirty years.

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Corey says:
Given Air Force’s performance on Saturday, the lack of black players isn’t DeBerry’s problem…it’s the lack of talent period.
Point is a good chef doesn’t blame his utensils. When Fisher was running off 8-9 win seasons diversifying his team wasn’t an issue.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:32 pm
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EDSBS » THE ALL-RACE TEAM says:
[...] With the race card getting tossed around a lot in the blogosphere lately, we thought that maybe EDSBS could get a whole lotta healing going around here by typing something we’ve wanted to do for a while: the EDSBS All-Race Team. If Afro-Americans really are the fastest people on earth, doesn’t every race have something special to contribute to the glorious game that is college football? [...]
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:11 am