Heisman hunt still alive
as season winds down
I wo Miami players are among
the favorites in the Heisman
race, which is still going
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
With three of the preseason Heis
man Trophy favorites — Florida’s Rex
Grossman, Michigan State’s Charles
Rogers and Oregon’s own Onterrio
Smith — having fallen from the week
ly tallies, it may seem like the trophy
is going to land in the hands of Miami
quarterback Ken Dorsey or Miami
running back Willis McGahee.
Contrary to this belief, there are
many other candidates, and the tro
phy is still up for grabs. Here is an
overview of those who still have the
Heisman within their reach.
Ken Dorsey
— senior QB, Miami
Last week, Dorsey and the Miami
Hurricanes beat Tennessee 26-3.
Dorsey threw 18 complete passes
of 35 attempts, for 245 yards and
one touchdown.
Dorsey is 152-of-297, for 2,265 yards
on the season. He has thrown 21 touch
down passes and eight interceptions.
Miami hosts Pittsburgh on Nov. 21.
Willis McGahee
— sophomore RB, Miami
McGahee had 30 carries for 154
yards and one touchdown in Miami’s
win over Tennessee.
McGahee has 190 carries for
1,188 yards and 17 touchdowns on
the season.
Miami hosts Pittsburgh on Nov. 21.
Brad Banks
— senior QB, Iowa
Banks and the Hawkeyes beat
Northwestern 62-10 last week.
Banks threw 10 complete passes on
10 attempts, for 197 yards and three
touchdowns. He also rushed for 54
yards and two touchdowns.
Banks is 146-of-241 for 2,269 yards
on the season. He has thrown 23 touch
down passes and four interceptions.
Iowa travels to Minnesota on
Saturday.
Chris Brown
—junior RB, Colorado
Brown and the Buffaloes beat
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Northwest supremacy,
in many ways, will be
won or lost atAutzen
Go ahead, give Washington State
the Rose Bowl. Let them prick their
fingers all the way to Pasadena.
They’ve earned it this season.
But it doesn’t matter. The Pacific
10 Conference doesn’t belong in the
Palouse, or even in California, and
surely not Arizona.
The real conference crown will
be handed out Saturday at Autzen
Stadium.
And it will be
in the form of a
fat paycheck.
Of course,
the Ducks and
Huskies of 2002
have played like
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Northwest —
and ultimately the entire conference
— rests upon this game.
Saturday’s game will obviously
have some implications for the
teams’ seasons and their bowl eligi
bility. The bigger game, though, has
the biggest implications. The game
of power, which encompasses the
donors, the recruits, the facilities, is
what’s at stake here.
A win on the field Saturday will
equal a win in the bank account,
though neither program really needs
more money.
The Ducks have Phil Knight, who
UCLA head coach Bob Toledo earlier
this season called the best owner in
college football. Even after a fallout
with the University more than two
years ago (and the subsequent kiss
and-make-up story), Knight has been
the donor for Oregon sports, including
footing a large chunk of the bill for the
Autzen Stadium expansion.
The Huskies, well, they also can get
whatever they want. Their stockhold
ers probably combine to Mr. Knight’s
worth. After Oregon set the pace with
the Moshofsky indoor practice facili
ty, UW wasn’t about to be dawged, so
they built their own indoor facility,
which opened last year.
Not that everyone else is stand
ing idly by. The Cougars built their
own indoor facility, and the
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