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Um, Has Anyone Noticed This?

Sep 25, 2006 – 11:24 PM
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I know it's early, but four games into the season, Garrett Wolfe of Northern Illinois is on pace to break Barry Sanders' single-season NCAA rushing record of 2,628 yards.

Now, granted, Wolfe will probably get 13 or 14 games to do it (depending on whether NIU makes the Mac title game or not), while Sanders did it in 11 games, but it would be an amazing accomplishment nonetheless.

Right now, Wolfe has 828 yards in four games, an average of 207 per outing. Sure, he plays in the MAC, but he has already shown that he can ball with the big boys, as he had 171 yards in the opener against Ohio State.

Wolfe has a very favorable remaining schedule to help him challenge Sanders, who won the Heisman in 1988:

Ball State
Miami (OH)
Western Michigan
Temple
Iowa
Toledo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan

It is within the realm of possibility that he could top the 2,000-yard mark against Iowa, which would give him a lot of publicity heading into his final three games.

All of college football would be watching at that point and he may pick up a ton of Heisman votes as a result. In a doomsday scenario, where the other four main candidates all fall off the map, he could conceivably step right in and capture the Heisman .

I think that, at the very least, a trip to NYC is in the offing for Mr. Wolfe.
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