Who is the greatest WSU bowl game running back?

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

Lunde's career was one game v. Oregon St. Critical to that victory, but he didnt do near enough to justify even being in the sustainer discussion.

42/610/14.5/3 was his stat line for 2003, #2 receiver behind Darling. In 2002 he was 30/364/12.1/1, which isn't bad considering he mostly came in in relief of Gessers #1 target, Jerome Riley.

If you want to knock him for only having one year, fine, but to say he was inconsequential outside of one game is simply not true.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

Reality: Lunde played 1.5 seasons at WSU. But let’s not let details get in the way of shitty Perception.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/scott-lunde-1.html

Lunde was a key contributor in both 2002 and 2003. He also appeared in 19 games his first two seasons but in extremely limited roles and had only catch in those first two years. Don't let the air raid taint your perception of what it means to be a good receiver. Lunde was our best possession receiver on two of our best teams ever.

 

[fingerdisco]

Reality: Lunde played 1.5 seasons at WSU. But let’s not let details get in the way of shitty Perception.

Gardner Minshew only played one season...

 

[AncientCoug]

Gardner Minshew only played one season...

And although his pro career is too young to support any definitive conclusions, his one year at WSU and one year in the NFL have him in the running for WSU’s best ever IMO.

 

[spongeworthy12]

Gardner Minshew only played one season...

Was just getting ready to post just that. And the ghost only played 2. I guess they suck too.

 

[etowncoug]

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/scott-lunde-1.html

Lunde was a key contributor in both 2002 and 2003. He also appeared in 19 games his first two seasons but in extremely limited roles and had only catch in those first two years. Don't let the air raid taint your perception of what it means to be a good receiver. Lunde was our best possession receiver on two of our best teams ever.

Lunde was the no 4 or 5 option on the 2002 team on a team where we used three WR's. Darling, Riley, Bush, Moore, and Henderson all got more reps than him. His stats this year were in garbage time early in the year as evidenced by the fact he had 5 catches for 41 yards from the Arizona game through the Rose Bowl.

Looking through the 2003 season, he had back to back big weeks against OSU and USC and was a primary option down the stretch.

Was he one of the great sustainers? Simply put, no. Even if you disregard Arcanado, Cracraft, Lewis, and Sweet (which I don't think you can), Michael Bumpus leaves Lunde's in the dust. Guys like Trandon Harvey, Jed Collins, and Troy Bienemann are better comps IMO.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

Lunde was the no 4 or 5 option on the 2002 team on a team where we used three WR's. Darling, Riley, Bush, Moore, and Henderson all got more reps than him. His stats this year were in garbage time early in the year as evidenced by the fact he had 5 catches for 41 yards from the Arizona game through the Rose Bowl.

Looking through the 2003 season, he had back to back big weeks against OSU and USC and was a primary option down the stretch.

Was he one of the great sustainers? Simply put, no. Even if you disregard Arcanado, Cracraft, Lewis, and Sweet (which I don't think you can), Michael Bumpus leaves Lunde's in the dust. Guys like Trandon Harvey, Jed Collins, and Troy Bienemann are better comps IMO.

Sammy Moore had 7 receptions in 2002. Henderson had 19 receptions in 2002. Lunde had 30 receptions in 9 games. If Moore and Henderson were so much more important than Lunde, how was it that he had more receptions than both of them COMBINED? 12 of Lunde's 30 receptions happened in either conference games or the Rose Bowl. Henderson had 10 receptions in 3 conference games but no receptions in his last three conference games of the season. Moore had four receptions in conference games in 2002. Now, what's insane is that he gained 176 yards on those four catches, but still, not a guy that you call on to sustain drives. Lunde was clearly the #4 receiver on that team and everyone regarded him as our best possession receiver....so I'm not really sure what benefit there is pretending like he was some scrub who only caught the ball against scrubs. FWIW, Lunde's best game in 2002 was against Ohio State, not exactly some scrub-ass opponent.

 

[spongeworthy12]

Lunde was the no 4 or 5 option on the 2002 team on a team where we used three WR's. Darling, Riley, Bush, Moore, and Henderson all got more reps than him. His stats this year were in garbage time early in the year as evidenced by the fact he had 5 catches for 41 yards from the Arizona game through the Rose Bowl.

Looking through the 2003 season, he had back to back big weeks against OSU and USC and was a primary option down the stretch.

Was he one of the great sustainers? Simply put, no. Even if you disregard Arcanado, Cracraft, Lewis, and Sweet (which I don't think you can), Michael Bumpus leaves Lunde's in the dust. Guys like Trandon Harvey, Jed Collins, and Troy Bienemann are better comps IMO.

Trandon Harvey?!

Were you around to watch these games?

He dropped everything in sight his junior year.

He made the game winning catch his senior yr..and was a really good kid...but his junior year was a disaster and not even close to being as good as Lunde.

 

[etowncoug]

Trandon Harvey?!

Were you around to watch these games?

He dropped everything in sight his junior year.

He made the game winning catch his senior yr..and was a really good kid...but his junior year was a disaster and not even close to being as good as Lunde.

Harvey's jr year was 2004.

 

[spongeworthy12]

Harvey's jr year was 2004.

I'm aware of that...and his Sr was 2005 when he made the game winning catch in the Apple Cup. Not sure what that has to do with the discussion since we have been comparing receivers over the years.