Tuesday, July 25, 2006

RealFootball365: In the Pac 10, this is the Year of the Quarterback

The predicted top offensive players in the Pac 10 this season:
QUARTERBACK
(Note: Every Pac-10 quarterback is at least given an "honorable mention" with the exception of Cal, which is absent from the list)


RUNNING BACK1. MARSHAWN LYNCH, CAL. Junior, 5-11, 217, Oakland, CA. Not even bullets can stop this guy -- over the summer, a car in which he was riding was struck several times by random gunfire as Lynch was leaving his sister's graduation, but he didn't get a scratch. A "representative of the shooter" then went to Lynch's mother and apologized. Lynch has his own Web site now, touting him for a Heisman that isn't beyond the realm of possibility. Last season, despite missing two games with injuries, he rushed for 1,246 yards and 10 touchdowns, caught 15 passes for another 125 yards, and averaged 20.8 yards on kickoffs. Most of the preseason football pundits have picked him as a first-team All-American, and he obviously has a running back's mentality -- to the standard question "What four people who you like to have dinner with," he started out with his mother and God, but then added Barry Sanders and DeShaun Foster.
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