Some records are made to be broken. Others are meant to be tied. At least that was the case yesterday at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jahvid Best led the Calfornia Golden Bears to a road victory over the Minnesota Gophers, 35-21. Best’s effort earns my POTW.
Best rushed for 131 yards on 26 carries – an average of 5 yards per carry. But that doesn’t earn the POTW. Best crossed the goal line five times Saturday afternoon tying a school record established in 1921 by Duke Morrison.
The Vallejo, California native scored on runs of 33, 27, and a trio of 2-yard runs.
Thus far, the 5’10” Best has eight touchdowns along with 412 yards on 53 rushes.
Who gets your POTW?
Homer call here, but I’m gonna nominate Jay Cutler. He didn’t have a “great “game, but it was pretty good and efficient as he led the Bears to an upset over the Steelers. More importantly, he bounced back from his scizophrenically bad game vs the Packers the week before under a lot of pressure to perform.
DOH! Homers are allowed here! 🙂 Good call Wally. Patriots and Steelers both 1-1? And both could easily be 0-2.? What’s the world coming to?
I am staying local and nominating Greg Paulus and Mike Williams from Syracuse football team. Paulus was 24 for 35 for 346 with 2 TDs and 1 INT. Williams (yet another Mike Williams who is a WR) caught 11 passes for 209 yards and 2 TDs. Williams passed Art Monk and Rob Moore on SU’s all-time reception list – pretty good company. Williams appears to take on the torch as the next great SU receiver to play in the NFL.
Paulus continues to get better as the QB and maybe picked the wrong sport to play in college after all.
Smitty – great call on Paulus and Williams. And to think Williams passed Monk and Moore considering the anemic SU offense of the last few years. Paulus might have picked the wrong sport, but there is no way he could have played four years of football and then made the transition to hoops. SU head coach Marrone is touting him as a possible NFL prospect. If Paulus makes it, all is well that ends well.
That wasn’t meant to be a knock of Paulus’ decision making. Who knows – maybe 4 years of playing under Coach K is making him a better decision maker at the QB position. But the announcers spoke volumes about the progress he continues to make week in and week out. Some of the throws he made Saturday night – were big time throws.
In the first 3 weeks, SU has played Minnesota, Penn State and Northwestern. What conference are they in?? 🙂
I wouldn’t write off Paulus as a future NFL QB. He’s got the better part of a season left to improve and he’s obviously a great athlete. But most of all, he’s a bright kid and a leader …. and I think at this point, that’s the most important part about playing QB in the pros. I continue to be impressed with QBs drafted in the later rounds who didn’t necessarily go to the pre-eminent football schools and/or don’t have the greatest physical attributes. Joe Flacco, Chad Pennington, Ben Roethlisberger, Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Phil Simms, etc, etc. Meanwhile, you’ve got plenty of the opposites who haven’t impressed us at all in the NFL: Vince Young, Rick Mirer, the bust from Wash St, JeMarcus Russell, Rex Grossman, etc, etc. I bet Paulus makes it and is eventually a decent starter in the NFL.