I swear I'm going to have to post this right into the beginning of every Bush thread for all these new people that buy into this complete myth that Bush can't be an everydown back and only touches the ball 12-13 times a game.
For the last time (actually probably not, because I'm sure more people will hop onto the not an every down back bandwagon without knowing anything about it so I'll have to repeat it for them too) REGGIE BUSH AVERAGED AS MANY TOUCHES PER GAME THIS YEAR AS SHAUN ALEXANDER AND LADAINIAN TOMLINSON DID. And he did it without any durability or injury problems whatsoever.
Huh?
9/3 @Hawaii W 63-17 12 86 7.2
9/17 Arkansas W 70-17 8 125 15.6
9/24 @Oregon W 45-13 20 122 6.1
10/1 @Arizona State W 38-28 17 158 9.3
10/8 Arizona W 42-21 14 110 7.9
10/15 @Notre Dame W 34-31 15 160 10.7
10/22 @Washington W 51-24 8 51 6.4
10/29 Washington St. W 55-13 17 97 5.7
11/5 Stanford W 51-21 12 113 9.4
11/12 @California W 35-10 17 82 4.8
11/19 Fresno State W 50-42 23 294 12.8
12/3 UCLA W 66-19 24 260 10.8
The Rose Bowl @Texas L 41-38 13 82 6.3
200 carries, or 15.4 per game.
Shaun Alexander? 370 carries over 16 games (23.1 carries per game).
LaDainian Tomlinson? 339 carries over 16 games (21.2 carries per game).
Bush actually had more carries than I thought he did (15.4 vs. 12-13). However, to say that Bush "REGGIE BUSH AVERAGED AS MANY TOUCHES PER GAME THIS YEAR AS SHAUN ALEXANDER AND LADAINIAN TOMLINSON DID" is