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Written by Rene Nadeau | Thursday, 01 October 2009 09:02 | College Football News
The South Carolina Gamecocks lead the SEC with 14 team sacks. The primary culprits are senior linebacker Eric Norwood, ranked 2nd in the country individually with 6 sacks. Junior defensive end Cliff Mathews (6'4-250) has 4 sacks for the season.
The Alabama defense is one behind with 13 team sacks.
Auburn is 3rd in the nation in total offense with 526 yards per game. Alabama is 8th averaging 490.5 yards per game (More rankings).
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LSU and Georgia square off this weekend between the hedges. Turnovers will likely be a deciding factor. The Tigers only have committed 3 turnovers while the Bulldogs have 12.
LSU is 5th nationally with a plus 7 turnover ratio. Georgia is the 115th rated team in the country with a minus 9.
Against Arkansas, Georgia was penalized 3 times for holding and had 6 false starts. The Bulldog offensive line did not create any running lanes for RB's Caleb King and Richard Samuel against Arizona State. Georgia QB Joe Cox threw a pair of interceptions against the Sun Devils. The Bulldog offensive line has been subpar in pass blocking thus far.
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Notre Dame broke a couple of streaks in the 27-21 win over Purdue. Neither was good.
Irish QB Jimmy Clausen had four straight 300 yard games going into the Purdue game. He only had 171 yards passing against the Boilermakers. Also, the Irish had scored 33 points or more in 3 consecutive games - 35 against Nevada, 34 against Michigan and 33 Michigan State. The last time that happened was in 1943 when the Irish also recorded six 33 point games.
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Herschel Walker leads the SEC in touchdowns produced for a career with 49. Tim Tebow is one behind with 48 scores on the ground. Kevin Faulk had 46, Cadillac Williams had 45 and Dalton Hilliard had 44. Bo Jackson is next with 43.
Although he played at McNeese State, former New Orleans Saints fullback Buford Jordan had 45 touchdowns on the ground for his career.
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USC recorded 8 sacks against Washington State. Reshirt freshman DE Nick Perry had two and leads the Trojans with 6. And he's not even a starter.
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Oklahoma TE Jermaine Gresham, out the 2009 season after undergoing surgery to repair cartilage damage to his right knee, is opting out of a chance to redshirt and return in 2010 in order to enter the NFL Draft.The consensus that he has received, according to a story in the Oklahoman, is that Gresham should be a first round draft pick.
Gresham recorded 66 catches for 950 yards and 14 touchdowns in a Sooner uniform.
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J.R. Ferguson (6'3-275), a 4-star recruit out of Frederick, Maryland, will probably line up at DE in college. He has good pass rush skills and had 14 sacks in 2008. He has paired his finalists to Miami, LSU, Notre Dame, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Fla. St.
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An ESPN poll for Heisman candidates lists the top contenders in this order:
-Tim Tebow
-Colt McCoy
-Case Keenum
-Tony Pike
-Jimmy Clausen
-Jahvid Best
-Eric Berry
-A.J. Green
-Jacory Harris
-Ryan Matthews
Ryan Matthews is an impressive sophomore who had 34 carries for 159 yards and 2 scores against Miami. It was his 3rd straight 100-yard game. He now has 492 yards with 8 touchdowns while averaging 5.9 yards per carry after filling in for the injured Darren Evans.
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