Jim Lynch was incredible on the 1966 National Championship team... but would never have beaten out Manti or Jaylon in the modern era. Hell... there was no middle linebacker position before the 1950's, when teams played 5 or even 6 defensive linemen.
Replies to: "As the game changes so do the requirements for the different positions"
- The wr list was great. How about LB. goat of nd [NT]
- murph92675 - 6:33pm 2/19/20
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- Jaylon, Lynch, Crable; Golic, Stonebreaker and Teo. [NT] - ND521 - 2:01pm 2/23/20
- DuBose, Minor, Manti, Jaylon & Drue are my favorites [NT] - IrishChristopher - 2:40am 2/23/20
- As the game changes so do the requirements for the different positions - Curly1918 - 10:20am 2/22/20
- Interestingly, I believe that JOK has the 2nd most talent at LB that we have ever had(behind Jaylon) - BaronVonZemo - 8:30am 2/21/20
- Kory Minor could definitely "hold a candle" to at least JOK. Jaylon is on a different level. [NT] - IrishChristopher - 2:46am 2/23/20
- Crable, Bob Golic, manti and jaylon Smith [NT] - DonMiller - 12:31am 2/21/20
- Tatum should be on there. Cobbins was good too. [NT] - oldirish - 6:03pm 2/20/20
- Smith, Stonebreaker, Golic. [NT] - Frankx - 3:20pm 2/20/20
- Nick Buoniconti (prob better in NFL than college)? [NT]
- irishone - 2:37pm 2/20/20
- Re: Nick Buoniconti (prob better in NFL than college)? - Frankbuz - 10:55am 2/22/20
- Crable, Lynch, Jaylon Smith, and Manti Teo - ndunabomber - 11:33am 2/20/20
- Agree with those 4. Larkin was well on his way until an injury late in his career. Lynch was great - THEISMANCARR - 2:13pm 2/20/20
- Teo, Dubose, Stonebreaker - Hank Scorpio - 11:32am 2/20/20
- All greats; how about Ned Bolcar, Larkin, Stonebreaker and Furjanic [NT]
- bakedogg - 2:14am 2/20/20
- That Bolcar hit on special teams...I can still hear it. - NedoftheHill - 10:58am 2/21/20
- Furjanic wasn’t special, Bolcar dropped the INT against BC in ‘93, Stonebreaker was great, but - BaronVonZemo - 8:20am 2/21/20
- Bolcar did not drop the interception against BC in 1993 Pete Bercich did. Bolcar's career ended - THEISMANCARR - 12:42am 2/22/20
- Re: Furjanic wasn’t special, Bolcar dropped the INT against BC in ‘93, Stonebreaker was great, but - b2runn - 10:25am 2/21/20
- Wow, quite a crew there [NT] - ColeyO - 9:49am 2/20/20
- 1) Jaylon Smith - not close. 2) Crable 3) Teo 4) Bob Golic [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:58pm 2/19/20
- Lynch then Crable [NT] - Aragoto - 9:38pm 2/19/20
- I’m going with Jaylon Smith. At his time at ND he - faircatchcorby - 9:22pm 2/19/20
- Jaylon had BVG calling defenses and STILL was that great (& single handedly shut down Navy for 3yrs) [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:00pm 2/19/20
- Jim Lynch, Bob Golic, Bob Crable [NT] - ghostwriter - 7:56pm 2/19/20
- Im going with Jim Lynch, he was terrific, and not far behind, maybe his equal before - cubsfanin16 - 7:26pm 2/19/20
- Bob Crable or Lynch [NT] - ColeyO - 6:54pm 2/19/20
- 1. Manti Teo 2. Jaylon Smith 3. Jim Lynch HM. Michael Stonebreaker [NT] - NDavenue - 6:44pm 2/19/20
- Manti teo. My dad would say Jim lynch [NT]
- murph92675 - 6:42pm 2/19/20
- Teo, Crable and Golic. Crable is first all time tackles, Golic #2, Teo #3 I think. [NT] - john4psu - 1:25pm 2/21/20