2011 Who's Hot & Not
Week 9
By
Richard
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10. Oklahoma State RB Joseph Randle
The passing game takes center stage at Oklahoma
State, but Randle, a sophomore, has been on fire on
the ground. After ripping off three straight
100-yard games and seven touchdowns to start the
season, he has been terrific over the last two weeks
running for 138 yards and three scores against
Missouri and 152 yards and four touchdowns last week
against Baylor. On the year he has 842 yards and 16
scores in eight games.
9. Wisconsin LB Mike Taylor
None of the Badgers seemed able to get a clean shot
on Ohio State QB Braxton Miller or RB Dan Herron,
but Taylor did his best to make every stop possible
with 22 tackles and a key broken up pass. He made 13
tackles three weeks ago against Indiana and 14
against Nebraska, coming up with double-digit stops
in four of his last five games.
8. UNLV RB Dionza Bradford
Break up the Rebels. UNLV has found a spark thanks
to Bradford, a shifty and speedy true freshman who
ran for 104 yards two weeks ago in a blowout loss to
Wyoming, but ran for 122 yards and a score in the
win over Colorado State. For the nation's
116th-ranked offense, he's a playmaker to work
around.
7. Arkansas State
The dream season keeps
on rolling thanks to an aggressive defense that's
great at getting into the backfield, and an
effective offense that's averaging close to 450
yards per game. Already the best year in ASU
football history, the 37-14 win over North Texas
upped the winning streak to five games and a 6-2
mark in Hugh Freeze's first year. With the free
space against Florida Atlantic up next,
Louisiana-Lafayette should be all that stands in the
way of a Sun Belt title. 10-2 is possible, and
expected.
6. New Mexico LB Carmen Messina vs. Air Force
The Lobo tackling machine has more than done his job
against the Falcons over the last four years. After
making five stops in his freshman year, he came up
with 19 tackles as a sophomore and 17 as a junior.
In the 42-0 blowout loss on Saturday, he came up
with 15 tackles, giving him 56 career tackles
against one team.
5. East Carolina QB Dominique Davis
After a spotty first few games, he has ripped up
secondaries over the last several weeks, throwing
for 300 yards or more in five of the last six games.
Over the last three weeks has has thrown for 1,072
yards and six touchdowns with a pick in wins over
Memphis, Navy, and Tulane.
4. Missouri vs. the State of Texas
The St. Louis Cardinals completed a miraculous World
Series comeback to beat Texas, but Missouri's
overtime win over Texas A&M might have been even
more shocking. James Franklin threw for 198 yards
and two scores, and ran for 97 yards and two
touchdowns, while Henry Josey tore off 162 yards and
a touchdown. With Baylor, Texas, and Texas Tech up
next, the Show-Me State has more chances to rub it
in.
3. Texas RB Malcolm Brown
The superstar true freshman is starting to kick it
in. He was fine over the first five games, with a
110-yard, one score day against UCLA, but he's been
more effective over the last two weeks with 135
yards and two touchdowns against Oklahoma State and
119 yards and two scores against Kansas. The Texas
offensive line is coming up its most physical game
of the year, and it'll be needed against Texas Tech
next week to keep Seth Doege and the Red Raider
attack off the field.
2. Minnesota vs. Iowa
Apparently, Iowa didn't get the memo that Minnesota
is awful. Last year, the miserable Gophers came up
with a 27-24 shocker against a decent Iowa team, and
this year, the Hawkeyes were taking the game
extremely seriously with the Legends title on the
table. Instead, Minnesota's MarQueis Gray came up
with his best game of the year, throwing for 193
yards with a touchdown, and running for the
game-winning score, while Duane Bennett pounded away
for 101 yards and a score in the 22-21 shocker.
1. Houston QB Case Keenum
All hail the greatest statistical quarterback in
college football history. 139 touchdown passes,
17,692 yards of total offense, 16,805 passing yards.
The numbers are incredible, and he's doing it with
flair, throwing for 534 yards and nine touchdowns in
the win over Rice. His 15 touchdown passes over the
last two games are more than 81 teams have
come up with for the entire season. It
takes two to tango, and senior receiver Patrick
Edwards was the main man on the other end of most of
the big passes against Rice, catching seven passes
for 318 yards and five touchdowns.
- 2011
Who's Not ... Week 9