Quick Kicks

Heisman watch

“I’m going to say it now, and it’s early, but if he doesn’t win the Heisman Trophy, I don’t know who the heck should,” Nebraska defensive coordinator Charlie McBride said Saturday after the Cornhuskers lost to Ricky Williams and the Texas Longhorns. “At times, it was a man against boys. He’s the real deal. I don’t know how many things good you can say about him.”

Williams, who gained 150 yards, moved within 294 yards of breaking Tony Dorsett’s major college career rushing mark of 6,082 yards. Dorsett, who also won the Heisman, set the record at Pittsburgh from 1973-76.

Donovan McNabb was 12 of 23 for 228 yards and ran for 98 yards on 17 carries as Syracuse defeated Pittsburgh.

Cade McNown, UCLA, passed for 254 yards and directed two fourth-quarter scoring drives as the Bruins rallied to defeat Stanford 28-24 and remain undefeated.

Elite company

Denvis Manns, New Mexico State, gained 131 yards against Utah State, which has the nation’s 12th-best rush defense. Manns joins Dorsett and Amos Lawrence (North Carolina) as the only backs in NCAA Division I history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons.

Stingy

Kansas State held Kansas to 44 yards - 41 passing, 3 rushing. Don’t blame the miserable weather, the Wildcats rolled up 556 yards.

Kansas running back David Winbush, who had 268 yards last week against Colorado, had 19 yards on 14 carries against K-State.

Michigan held Minnesota without a pass completion in the first half and to six first downs after the first quarter. But the Wolverines struggled, too, with a total of minus 23 rushing yards - their lowest output since 1966 against Michigan State.

Virginia Tech had four interceptions and four sacks, and stopped West Virginia on two goal-line stands in a 2-minute span in the third quarter in the Hokies’ 27-13 victory.

It’ll be a welcome vacation

When Michigan finishes the regular season at Hawaii, it will come at the end of a stretch in which the Wolverines play No. 10 Penn State, No. 9 Wisconsin and No. 1 Ohio State.

A long time coming

Mississippi posted back-to-back wins over LSU for the first time since 1968-69, when Archie Manning was the Rebels quarterback.

Records, milestones

Western Kentucky quarterback Willie Taggart, with 177 yards rushing, became Division I-AA’s career leading rushing quarterback, moving ahead of Jack Douglas of The Citadel, who had 3,674 yards from 1989-92. Taggart has 3,757 rushing yards. The all-divisions record is 5,128 by Shawn Graves (1989-92) of Division II Wofford.

Northwestern wide receiver D’Wayne Bates, the Big Ten’s leading receiver, had eight receptions for 97 yards, giving him 3,013 yards in his career. He’s the fifth Big Ten player to reach 3,000.

Troy Edwards, Louisiana Tech, caught three touchdown passes to give him an NCAA-record 46 career touchdown receptions.

Streak stopped

Cheyney ended a Division II-record 52-game winless streak with a 40-13 rout of Mansfield. Cheyney also snapped a 39-game losing streak, longest in the nation.

Division I-A stars 200 yards rushing, or close to it

Travis Prentice, Miami, 237 (4 TDs)

Chad Richardson, Rice, 224

Demario Brown, Utah St., 204

Teofilo Riley, Memphis, 190 300 yards passing:

Chris Redman, Louisville, 474

Todd Husak, Stanford, 419

Tim Rattay, La. Tech, 407 (6 TDs)

Shaun King, Tulane, 380

Jamie Barnette, N.C. State, 374

Quincy Carter, Georgia, 368

Drew Brees, Purdue, 362

Andrew Zow, Alabama, 361

David Neill, Nevada 355

Joe Germaine, Ohio St., 351

Daunte Culpepper, C. Flor., 347 (4 TDs)

Chris Weinke, Flor. St., 338

Brandon Streeter, Clemson, 329

Tee Martin, Tennessee, 315

Tim Lester, W. Mich., 312 200 yards receiving, or close to it:

Torry Holt, N.C. St., 219

Tai Streets, Michigan, 192