Riverhead wins Rutgers Trophy

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Riverhead Wins Rutgers Trophy

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It was a banner year for the Riverhead football team. Led by Miguel Maysonet – who won the Hansen Award, given to Suffolk’s top player – the Blue Waves were recognized as the best football team in the county.

By a unanimous vote, Riverhead won the Rutgers Trophy last night at the Suffolk County Football Coaches Association dinner at the Hyatt Wind Watch in Hauppauge.

“It’s an honor to win the Rutgers Trophy,” Riverhead coach Leif Shay said. “These guys deserve it. The players knew we had all the ingredients to win a title and they took the leadership roles and guided the underclassmen. It was a great ride.”

Heisman Trophy Watch – Week 15

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Heisman Trophy Watch – Week 15

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Sam Bradford added another Heisman-worthy performance to his resume against Oklahoma State last week.  The Oklahoma quarterback threw for 370 yards on 30 of 44 (68.2%) completions and 4 touchdowns, didn’t throw a pick, and added a TD on the ground.  He’s pulled away from the rest of the competition in terms off passing touchdowns.  His 4 scores through the air give him 46 passing touchdowns on the season 5 more than Texas Tech’s Graham Harrell and 14 more than Texas’s Colt McCoy.  Bradford is third in the FBS in total passing yards with 4,080 (340 per game).  He’s also led the Sooners on one of the best runs in the country, a streak that includes 4 straight games of scoring 60+ points where the Sooners have won by an average of 34 points.  Bradford has been consistently great for Oklahoma.  His worst game?  A 28-39, 387 passing yards, 5 touchdown performance against Texas, if only because his 2 interceptions probably cost the Sooners the game.  The Sooners and Bradford look to stay hot this week in the Big 12 Championship against Missouri.  The Sooners are 16.5 point favorites.  Is there really any doubt that Bradford leads his team to a victory?

Texas quarterback, Colt McCoy keeps leading his team to wins.  The only thing that hurts him is that his stats, other than his FBS-best 77.6 completion percentage, don’t stack up that well against Bradford’s (though you could argue that owns the most important stat: a head to head win over Bradford and the Sooners).  By normal standards, however, Colt is having a great season.  He’s thrown for 3,445 yards, 32 TDs, and just 7 interceptions.  McCoy has also been dangerous scrambling out of the pocket.  His 575 yards rushing are more than Florida’s Tim Tebow, and the Texas QB has added 10 touchdowns on the ground.  If the Heisman Trophy were meant for college football’s most valuable player to their team, you could make a strong argument that McCoy deserves the trophy as there probably isn’t a single Heisman candidate that means more to his team.  The award, however, is supposed to go to the “best” college football player and, for now, that distinction belongs to Sam Bradford.  Sportsbook.com disagrees!  Colt McCoy is currently their favorite to win the Heisman Trophy at even odds.

No clear favorite for Silver Football

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No Clear Favorite for Silver Football

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The season has yet to be completed. The majority of votes have yet to be cast.

And yet it feels as if the Silver Football trophy, awarded each year by the Tribune to the Big Ten’s best player, already has changed hands several times.

The preseason pick was Ohio State’s Chris “Beanie” Wells. But a foot injury ruined his September and cleared a path for Michigan State’s Javon Ringer, whose 198-yard output at Indiana in the Big Ten opener was trumped only by his astounding workload (44 carries).

As Ringer lost feeling in his legs, Penn State’s Daryll Clark emerged as the league’s best quarterback. Sure, he would throw for as many yards in a game as your favorite Big 12 signal-caller did in a quarter, but Clark was efficient, reliable and made terrific decisions.

Then came Nov. 8. Old Man Winter came to Iowa City and delivered a cold-blooded shot to Clark’s gut. Clark threw a fourth-quarter interception that sparked Iowa’s game-winning field-goal drive.

But the band played on after the Nittany Lions‘ loss. Greene Day rocked Kinnick Stadium. Iowa’s Shonn Greene rushed for 117 yards and two scores against Penn State, giving him MVP momentum in the season’s final weeks.

So let’s look at the four top candidates (in alphabetical order):

Daryll Clark

Hand him the trophy: MVP of the league’s best team. Has thrown just four interceptions in 259 attempts.

Not so fast: One week after suffering a concussion at Ohio State, he played in a daze, completing just 9 of 23 passes at Iowa.

Talking point: “You just felt like he was in total control.”—Indiana coach Bill Lynch after Clark led Penn State to a 34-7 victory over the Hoosiers.