It may come as no surprise to most of you reading this blog (since most of us are Pac-10 fanatics) but I thought it should be mentioned that five running backs from the Pac have made the Doak Walker Watch List. As most probably know, the Doak Walker Award goes to the nation's best RB. The five RB's that made the list (out of 44 RB's nationwide) from the Pac-10 are: OSU's Jacquizz Rodgers, UO's LaGarrette Blount, Cal's Jahvid Best, Stanford's Toby Gerhart, and Arizona's Nic Grigsby.
I must say, both Best (my pre-season favorite) and Blount have the best chance of getting the award should it go to someone from the Conference of Champions. Best is going to be a terror to stop, particularly since I believe Kevin Riley is going to have a very solid year this season. Blount...well...defending him is like trying to stop a cement truck with a full load. I think with the graduation of Jeremiah Johnson, it will be Blount's time to shine, even if LaMichael James develops or not. For those who think that Blount can't do it without the "lightning"...we'll just see what Masoli has to say to that argument.
One very very large surprise to me was that Penn State's Evan Royster was left off the watch list. Last year he was a semi-finalist so I'm absolutely shocked that he is left off the list for this year. Just some food for thought anyway.
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Nice pick. Blount is now history! Instead of being called the Oregon Ducks, it's now DUCK!
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