Simply The Best

Many, around the country, believe that Reggie Bush is the best running back in college football, right now, but I beg to differ.The best running back plays for the University of Memphis and his name is DeAngelo Williams. Yesterday he surpassed Herschel Walker and several others to move into 7th place in total rushing yards. While there have been a few others, from non-BCS conferences, to do this DeAngelo is extremely special. Coming into the year Memphis fans were very excited about his pontential Heisman bid but those hopes were dashed when he rushed for only 85 yards against Ole Miss. The untold story about this is that on the first offensive series the starting quaterback broke his leg and the coaching staff had to scrap its game plan. Since this game the Tigers have had to chnage their offensive philosophy because of injuries. Memphis is now using it's fourth different staring quaterback of the season, converted wide receiver Maurice Avery. In this time Memphis has lost its second string qb to a broken leg, used a true freshman who is 5' 11' and weighs 185, and have used Deangelo at qb in the single wing. Added to the problems at quaterback is the fact that the Tigers have a completly brand new offensive line that frequently rotates players in and out of the game. With all of this uncertainty Deangelo has step up his game and is averaging 187 yds a game. In his seven games he has rushed for 85 yds: Ole Miss, 205:3 tds: UT Chattanooga, 223 yds:3 tds: Tulsa, 236 yds:2 tds: UTEP, 136 yds: UCF, 198 yds:2 tds: Houston,and 226 yds:2 tds:East Carolina. Mind you all of these defenses are lining up in 8 man fronts to stop him and he is still gaining yardage. He is putting up remarkable numbers in spite of this. This is why I beleive that DeAngelo is better than Reggie Bush; Reggie Bush has not had to face the adversity that DeAngelo has this season. While I am realitic that DeAngelo will not win the Heisman, my only hope is that he is invited to the ceremony. If this happens it will be a huge boost of self esteem to a football program that was a perenial loser until he and Tommy West arrived. You can vote for the Heisman @ http://www.voteforheisman.com. All I can say that while Reggie Bush will get the hype in college, DeAngelo will get the check in the NFL.