ESPN Names Evan Royster Top Heisman Candidate
by Adam Bittner on Aug 17, 2010 9:25 PM EDT
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PrintWhile he's been flagrantly disregarded as a Heisman candidate in some circles, it seems Evan Royster has gained a degree of respect in at least one national writer's mind.
ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel recently ranked Royster sixth on his list of potential candidates, ahead of names like Arkansas's Ryan Mallett, Pittsburgh's Dion Lewis, Stanford's Andrew Luck, and Iowa's patriot Ricky Stanzi.
6. Evan Royster, Penn State: A veteran line and a young quarterback translate into a lot of responsibility -- and opportunity -- for this senior running back.
Short, sweet, and to the point, that point being that Royster is going to have every chance to run himself into the Heisman discussion in 2010 as Penn State breaks in a new quarterback.
Realistically, Royster is probably going to have to put up eye popping numbers to be a serious part of the equation unless his team manages to fight its way into the national championship race, but most fans would probably settle for their potentially record breaking back being invited to New York.
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Honestly though
If we didn’t post stuff just because somebody beat us to it in the fanshots, we would have almost nothing to post about around here.
Mike
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I can't remember which blog it was
but I remember seeing one where fanposts and fanshots were visible when in the story/comments section. While I still wish they were just combined, that was a nice way of doing things as well, since then the fanshots weren’t only visible on the main page.
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 18, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you think Maisel knows that Royster played lacrosse?
Got schollies to JHU and such?
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
Sorry, I couldn't resist
3. Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State: If the junior QB plays in the rest of 2010 the way that he played on Jan. 1 in the Rose Bowl, then he will attend the Heisman ceremony in December.
Unfortunately for poor old TP, Ohio State isn’t in the Pac-10, and he’ll have to go back to playing Big Ten defenses, where his pass efficiency ratings will once again be among the worst in the conference.
It’s OK though; New York is probably “too city” for him anyways.
by newenglandnittanylion on Aug 18, 2010 12:52 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
We all said the same things about Morelli after the Outback Bowl
by Frank O'Brien on Aug 18, 2010 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
That's mean
You shouldn’t wish bad things on people like that.
by buk110 on Aug 18, 2010 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Morelli-like season
I just had a flash of that one game where Morelli kept scrambling down the sideline like he thought he was Michael Vick, only he ran like Frankenstein and only got 3 yards. The funny part was they defense kept hitting him late after he stepped out of bounds and he got like 50 yards on 2 or 3 plays because of the penalties. It was one of Morelli’s most efficient drives.
McGloin Despite Them
Preaching the McGospel since Aug. 2nd, 2010
I think his numbers would have to be crazy for him to win
I just don’t see Penn State going through the dog and pony show to get him the votes. There are billboards already in Philly for Temple’s Pierce. I just can’t see PSU putting one player ahead of the team like that.
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face
No chance of winning, but getting to New York would be like winning for a Penn State player. He should have ever opportunity to get there.
McGloin Despite Them
Preaching the McGospel since Aug. 2nd, 2010
Exactly
For PSU, finishing second in the vote is an admition that they really should have won it.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Aren't you upset that McGloin is not on the Heisman watch list?
by dontcallmescooter on Aug 18, 2010 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m happy, I predict him as a dark horse candidate.
McGloin Despite Them
Preaching the McGospel since Aug. 2nd, 2010
any word on the rumors
that if McGloin is named starter, you are changing your name to McMillzners?
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 18, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
2000 yards
That’s what it’s going to take for Royster to win the Heisman IMO unless PSU is in the national title picture.
2000+ yards, 30 TD’s, 7.8 ypc, and Joe Paterno pulling out all the promotional stops. Also it wouldn’t hurt if Royster, you know, became very outgoing about his faith and did some circumcisions in third world countries. I’m not saying the circumcisions would win him the Heisman, but he’d get at least one vote for sure.
McGloin Despite Them
Preaching the McGospel since Aug. 2nd, 2010
I know Tebow didn't win it twice
but if he had, then would he get 2 votes? Does Archie Griffin get 2 votes?
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 18, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
In fairness.....
Herbstreet has been singing Royster’s praises for a long time (He had him named as a player to watch going into Royseter’s Sophmore year). Royster’s shot at getting invited to New York not only depends on his numbers but on the numbers of competition around the country. It also depends upon who he puts his numbers up against. A strong game against Bama (100+ yards with multiple TD’s) will put him in the national spotlight from the start. Subsequent strong games at Iowa and OSU makes him a contender. On the other hand if he doesn’t put up big games against Bama, Iowa and OSU and gets all his yards against soft competition, he probably has no shot at a NYC invite.
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
You only have.....
to go back to LJJr’s Great Sr. season when he collected all of the initial hardware and missed out on the Heisman because of “weak” games against tO$U and Mich, I believe…if Joe would have allowed LJ to stay in for 2nd halves, he would have gained over 3000 yds and probably still lost the “race”.
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