Monday, October 27, 2008

Top Performers for Week 9


ACC: Hakeem Nicks (Jr. WR North Carolina) -- After being overshadowed by standout teammate Brandon Tate, until his injury, Nicks used last weekend's game against Boston College to propel himself into the spotlight. Nicks had 8 catches for 139 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also had 31 yards rushing for another score.


Big 12: Graham Harrell (Sr. QB Texas Tech) -- Harrell completed 81 percent of his passes for 386 yards and 5 touchdowns. He also added one score on the ground in Tech's 63-21 beat down at Kansas.


Big East: Mike Teel (Sr. QB Rutgers) -- After being booed by his own fans several times this season, the senior quarterback threw for 361 yards and a school record 6 touchdowns as the underachieving Scarlet Knights upset No. 17 Pittsburgh 54-34.
Big Ten: Brian Hoyer (Sr. QB Mich St) -- Hoyer had his best game of the season in the Spartans' biggest rivalry. He completed 17 of 29 passes for 282 yards and 3 touchdowns.



Pac 10: Jahvid Best (So. RB Cal) -- Best had 17 carries for 115 yards and a touchdown in Cal's 41-20 win over UCLA. He showed that he can be one of the most explosive backs in the country.




SEC: Tim Tebow (Jr. QB Florida) -- Tebow completed 11 of 15 passes for 180 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also had 48 yards rushing and 2 more touchdowns on the ground. With those 2 rushing scores, Tebow tied the school record for most rushing touchdowns in his career with a guy you may have heard of... Emmitt Smith.


Independents/Non-BCS: Ricky Dobbs (So. QB Navy) -- Subbing in at quarterback this week due to injury, he had 224 yards rushing and 4 touchdowns.

Jimmy Young (So. WR TCU) -- He set the school record with 226 yards receiving and 3 touchdowns in TCU's 54-7 win over Wyoming.

3 comments:

E. Van Dril said...

I watched the first half of the Texas Tech-Kansas game, and the Tech offense was really impressive.

I think Harrell might pass McCoy in the Heisman race if he tears up Texas in primetime this weekend.

uisjmc prieboy said...

Harrell's performance was great. That game should put him over McCoy in the Heisman race. Should be interesting to see what happens this weekend when the two face off. I think Tech knocks off Texas.

uisjmc mason said...

Not saying that I think that he should be a heisman favorite...but 2 ESPN analysts named him the best running back in the country. I really feel like he is getting the attention he desrves now, I just hope that he can keep up the performance.