Quick Kicks
Heisman watch
Ron Dayne, Wisconsin. Remember when naysayers ended his Heisman bid after the Michigan game? Dayne’s easily the leading contender now. He rushed for 222 yards and a 42-yard TD, a Big-Ten record 69th of his career, in Wisconsin’s victory over Purdue. Dayne needs 99 yards next Saturday against Iowa to break Ricky Williams’ year-old major-college rushing record of 6,279.
Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech. His best shot was to keep Georgia Tech in the Top 10. That won’t happen now after Saturday’s loss to Virginia. Still, he became the career total offense leader in the ACC with a 282-yard effort - 233 yards passing, 49 rushing,
Drew Brees, Purdue, passed for 350 yards but generally had a subpar game in the Boilermakers loss to Wisconsin.
Shaun Alexander, Alabama. An ankle injury is killing Alexander’s hopes. He sat out last week’s game and gained only 18 yards Saturday against LSU.
Heisman Trivia: Who is the only player to finish second twice who didn’t win the Heisman?
Quarterbacks who get all the glory
Louisville’s Chris Redman became the first Division I-A quarterback with 1,000 completions and the second to surpass 12,000 yards passing.
At 369 yards a game, Louisiana Tech’s Tim Rattay is the runaway leader as he tries to become the first player to lead the nation in total offense three years in a row.
Chad Pennington threw three touchdown passes for Marshall, increasing his career TD total to 114, tying him with Florida’s Danny Wuerffel for seventh on the all-division TD list.
Utah quarterback knocked out
Utah quarterback Darnell Arceneaux was taken out of Rice-Eccles Stadium in an ambulance during Saturday night’s game against Wyoming after taking a hit to the head and briefly losing consciousness.
Arceneaux was injured when hit by Patrick Chukwurah and Jared Jernigan as he dropped back to pass in the end zone.
Team officials said Arceneaux moved his extremities after he regained consciousness. The injury was announced as “a massive concussion” and Arceneaux was taken to a hospital for an examination.
Weird numbers
East Carolina, averaging 172 yards a game on the ground, managed only 9 yards on 32 rushes in a loss to Alabama-Birmingham.
Hawaii (27) and San Jose State (34) combined for 61 points in the fourth quarter of the Rainbows’ 62-41 victory.
Indiana St. and Southern Illinois combined for 1,192 offensive yards as the Sycamores won 66-45.
Florida was held to one touchdown for only the second time since 1992.
Records
Nevada’s Trevor Insley caught 14 passes for 254 yards, becoming the NCAA career leader in receiving yardage with 4,660, in a loss to Idaho.
R.J. Bowers became the first NCAA Division III player to rush for 2,000 yards in consecutive seasons as Grove City defeated Muhlenberg 31-24. Bowers has 2,098 this season after gaining 2,283 last season.
Division I-A stars
300 yards passing
Tim Rattay, LaTech: 383 (6TDs)
J.D. Barnette, N.C. State: 374 (2TDs)
Vic Penn, CFlorida: 374 (1TDs)
Dan Robinson, Hawaii: 371 (4TDs)
Chris Redman, Louisville: 367 (0TDs)
Patrick Ramsey, Tulane: 360 (3TDs)
Chris Kasteler, San Jose St.: 359 (4TDs)
Drew Brees, Purdue: 350 (1TDs)
Jay StonerWyoming,: 349 (0TDs)
David Neill, Nevada: 317 (2TDs)
200 yards rushing
Travis Prentice, Miami, Ohio: 376 (3TDs)
Ron Dayne, Wisconsin: 222 (1TD)
Thomas Jones, Virginia: 213 (2TDs)
Ketric Sanford, Houston: 212 (2TDs)
150 yards receiving
Trevor Insley, Nevada: 254 (2TDs)
Charles Lee, CFlorida: 203 (1TD)
Arnold Jackson, Louisville: 174 (0TDs)
Adrian Burnette, Tulane: 166 (1TD)
Lavel Bailey, Akron: 153 (0TDs)
Tavarus Hogans, Vandy: 153 (0TDs)
Trivia answer: North Carolina’s Charlie Justice finished second to SMU’s Doak Walker in 1948 and to Notre Dame’s Leon Hart in 1949.