Yeah I think we wanted for corner. Curtis Johnson recruited him for the Aztecs.
UF wanted Clinton Portis for CB.
Go figure.
Can you imagine Marshall Faulk on the Canes? Turns my stomach when I think about it.
I went to the 1989 SDSU game in the OB. I don't remember what Faulk did in that game. We won pretty handily as I remember. After the game, I got to go to the VIP pressbox where the coaches and ADs from both teams would go to a buffet, along with Golden Canes and other important people. I talked briefly to Curtis Johnson and Bob Bratkowski who was our OC under Dennis. Curtis was coaching for SDSU and he had recruited Faulk from New Orleans. Curtis was originally a Dennis guy, having played and coached under him, as I recall. Later, Dennis brought him to UM and that led to a Golden Age of UM recruiting in Louisiana. It was never the same after he left. I don't know what CJ is doing now. He coached Tulane for a while. I do remember my conversation with Curtis and another SDSU coach, I think. They said they couldn't believe how good our LB was on the film they watched in preparation. That was Mo Crum, they were talking about. I guess Crum didn't have the size for the NFL.
I can't really remember very well who we had at RB in that era. Don't forget--we ran a one-back set for most of Dennis's time at the U. In '89, it probably was Steve McGuire. That would have been a **** of a one-two punch to alternate Steve and Faulk. Wow!
We later had guys like Larry Jones, Donnell Bennett and I think James Stewart playing the single back at one time or another. The coaches really wanted Bennett to switch to LB but he was the only of the three to have any significant NFL time at all at RB.
We could have easily played both McGuire and Faulk in the one-back offense, and given both plenty of carries. People don't remember that the prior year, 1988, Dennis had two 1000 yard rushers on the same Washington State team, yet the team was known for a wide open passing attack with Timm Rosenbach. It was a very effective offense for a while, at least in the Pac-10, where they upset UCLA and knocked them from no. 1 in '88.