Posted by ESPN.com’s Ivan Maisel
- The best thing about the spread offense is that it has given the little back a second lease on college football. Noel Devine, all 5-foot-8, 176 pounds of him, makes breaking off a long run look so easy that you wonder why he doesn’t do it more often. Devine had a 77-yard touchdown run and a 56-yarder that set up another score in the first half alone Thursday night against Colorado. That makes seven rushes of more than 50 yards in the junior’s career.
- Stanford is promoting 235-pound back Toby Gerhart with a photo of him pounding downfield in the rain. What’s striking is a big, strong Stanford player wearing No. 7. That’s John Elway’s number, yet Stanford never retired it. Here’s the stranger thing: Gerhart wears No. 7 not because of Elway, but because of Steve Campbell, a quarterback who preceded him at Norco (Calif.) High. Gerhart did say he’s “honored to share it” with Elway.
- Mike Locksley contributed to Ralph Friedgen’s early success at Maryland and Ron Zook’s success at Illinois. He is known as an A-list recruiter. That’s one of the reasons why New Mexico hired him. In his first year, Locksley has had a sexual harassment complaint filed against him and slugged an assistant coach. His offense is in the bottom-three nationally in five categories and the Lobos are 0-4. They should use Locksley in MBA textbooks. Subject: How not to lead.
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