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For all of its non-movement last week, The BlogHawgs Heisman 5 + 1 had movement up and down the board with lots of new faces. You want to impress the +1? Average 200+ yards rushing per game. Approach a quarterback rating of 200. Be someone who can score every time you touch the ball like Tim Brown. That’s how you make this list.
The +1 was highly disappointed with the no-shows and departures of beasts like Montee Ball, Marcus Lattimore and Knile Davis and a “no-so-great” second game from La’Veon Bell. Heck, Geno Smith made the +1 and he didn’t even play last week. How’s that work?
1. Johnathan Franklin, RB, UCLA (431 yards rushing, 10.5 ypc, 3 TD’s; 63 yards receiving, 1 TD) Franklin was nothing more than a blip on the +1’s radar after blistering Rice for over 2-hundy. However, he shoots up to the top faster than even Cam Newton after dropping another 2-hundy on Nebraska.
2. Matt Barkley, QB, USC (559 yards passing, 67.6%, 10 TD’s) Although he threw 1 pick, Matt found the endzone 6 times and a 10 to 1 touchdown to interception ratio is salty. Barkley has a few marquee games against Oregon and suddenly upstart UCLA team where he could really shine as well.
3. Marqise Lee, WR, USC (263 yards receiving, 4 TD’s; 23 yards rushing; 35 yards per kickoff return, 1 TD) Marqise may not even be the best playmaker on his own team, but great overall numbers like these are what gets non-quaterbacks/running backs Heisman attention.
4. Tyler Bray, QB, Tennessee (643 yards passing, 73.8%, 6 TD’s) Tyler has played a legit program in NC State and lit them up just like he did UT’s cupcake opponent Georgia State. He is also sporting a gigantic “King Kong Bundy-esque” 194.8 quarterback rating.
5. Aaron Murray, QB, Georgia (500 yards passing, 60.7%, 6 TD’s) Murray reminds me a bit of Andrew Luck (minus the James Earl Jones voice) He fits in perfect for the Georgia’s conservative and productive offense. However, just like Luck, he’s not going to put up the stats that pop your eyes out and think “That dude’s gonna win the Heisman.”
+1. Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia
Blog Hawgs Stat Geek Weekly Newsletter–On The Davey O’Brien Award’s Tyler Wilson Snub
Posted by Adam Butler on October 24, 2012
In light of the snub, I feel compelled to highlight how well Tyler is performing as a player/coach for the Hogs this season.
While the folks at The Fort Worth Club may not think much of Wilson’s performance this year, he continues to display the talent and skill that make him a probable 1st round draft pick.
Tyler is putting up a statistical performance on par with any in program history. So far this year, playing in essentially 5 games due to missing the 2nd halves of the ULM (injury) and Kentucky (rain) games, Wilson is on pace to surpass his production from last year.
Let that sink in. Due to an injury-riddled defense and rushing production that landed in the bottom 1/3 of the FBS, the Razorbacks leaned heavily on Tyler in 2011 to lead them to an 11-2 record.
He passed for 3,638 yards in 2011 and is currently on pace for 3,886 this year. Wilson is currently 6th in yards per game in the NCAA and makes up of 65% of the Arkansas offense this year (the exact same % as 2011).
Season marks :
· 3,886 would give Wilson the top passing yardage season UA history;
· 3,886 would give Wilson the 3rd best passing yardage season in SEC history;
· Wilson’s current pace would give him 8,195 career passing yards, which would put him 702 yards ahead of Ryan Mallett’s current school mark of 7,493; and
· 8,195 would put Wilson in the 18th spot for career passing yards in the SEC. Wilson is also on track to end up in the top 20 for TD passes in a season and in the top 20 all-time in career SEC TD tosses.
SG+1:
Here is a little perspective on just how horrible West Virginia’s defense has been so far in their inaugural BIG XII season – After 4 conference games, the WVU D has given up a total of 2,259 yards and 212 points.
That averages out to 53 points and 565 yards per game and an average of 7.68 yards per play.
By comparison, Alabama has given up 2,302 yards in the past 13 conference games (a 177-yard per game average going back to the 2011 Arkansas game) and 221 points in the past 19 conference games (an 11.6 points per game average going back to the 2010 Mississippi State game). Those conference games include the LSU BCSNC repeat game.
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