NO. 3 PEYTON MANNING VS. NO. 2 HERSCHEL WALKER
How Manning Got Here: Def. No. 15 Danny Wuerffel (87.6%), Def. No. 7 Reggie White (68.2%), Def. No. 2 Bo Jackson (50.8%), No. 1 Steve Spurrier (??%)
How Walker Got Here: How Walker Got Here: Def. No. 15 Emmitt Smith (74.8%), Def. No. 7 Champ Bailey (90.6%), Def. No. 6 SEC Network (71.3%), Def. No. 4 General Neyland (??%)
The general has surrendered.
Former Tennessee great Robert Neyland's defense finally succumbed, giving up a score to Herschel Walker. Can the Vols get revenge?
Though Walker had an underrated pro football career - he compiled more than 7,000 yards of total offense in three seasons(!) - Manning will retire as the greatest statistical quarterback in NFL history. Despite Walker's interesting forays into bobsled and MMA, the workout superhero also is at a disadvantage in terms of visibility and off-field recognition. Manning has been in too many commercials and hosted Saturday Night Live one too many times.
Walker had the more successful college career, though. Manning did get robbed of the Heisman Trophy in 1997, losing to Michigan's Charles Woodson. But Walker won a Heisman Trophy, three SEC titles and a national championship with Georgia.
A very, very good college player, Manning became a legend in the NFL. A very, very good pro player, Walker became a legend in college. Walker has a stronger association with the SEC and is 20 times the athlete that Manning is. Manning is more popular, associations aside, and plays the more prominent position.
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