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Most Surprising Player of the Year Award: Darren McFadden
Player of the Year Darren McFadden Although Darren McFadden and the Arkansas Razorbacks never got their first SEC championship, the 2006 season was a very productive one.

Darren McFadden established himself as one of the better running backs in the NCAA.

Being only a sophomore leaves McFadden with years of glory ahead of him with Arkansas (should he choose to stay with Arkansas and not part ways to the NFL draft).

Without the bowl game, here are McFadden’s current stats for the year:

Rushing: 265 ATT - 1,557 YDS - 14 TD - 5.9 AVG - 80 LNG

Receiving: 10 REC - 130 YDS - 1 TD

The 6 foot 2 inch, 205 pounder also sports a nice Quarterback rating, after throwing 3 Touchdowns this year.

With McFadden, WR Marcus Monk, and highly touted freshman recruit Quarterback Mitch Mustain the Arkansas Razorbacks have years of dominance ahead of them.

 
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Gonzaga Scores Top Recruits
Gonzaga University Basketball has announced the signing of four players to national letters-of- intent to join the Bulldogs next fall.

Scheduled to join the Bulldogs next season are:

  • Austin Daye, Woodbridge High in Irvine, Calif.
  • Steven Gray, Bainbridge High, Bainbridge, Wash.
  • Robert Sacre, Handsworth Secondary School, North Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Ira Brown, a junior college transfer from Phoenix College Ariz., originally from Conroe, Texas.

Daye, a 6-10, 190-pound wing, was ranked as the 32nd-best player nationally and as the ninth best small forward of the Class of 2007. He was named to the Hot 100 players for 2007, selected by Sports Illustrated. Daye averaged 16 ppg, 9 rpg and 3.4 blocks/game as a junior in high school.

Gray, a 6-4, 190-pound guard, was ranked as the 52nd best player and the 13th best shooting guard in the Class of 2007.

Brown graduated from Willis High in Texas in May of 2001 and pursued a professional baseball career. He was drafted in the eight round of the 2001 Major League Draft by the Kansas City Royals and played four seasons of minor league baseball, including the 2002 season with the Spokane Indians of the Northwest League. He attended Phoenix College last season, averaging 17.1 ppg, 9.9 rpg, shooting 57.6 percent (253-for-439) and blocking 59 shots.

It's the first time Gonzaga has ever had a recruiting class nationally ranked, being #11 out of all NCAA basketball teams.

 
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Gonzaga defeats North Carolina
Gonzaga Upsets #2 North Carolina in a College Basketball Classic

Gonzaga University’s win over No. 2 University of North Carolina was the highest ranked team the Bulldogs have ever defeated.

Gonzaga has three wins over teams ranked third, but the Bulldogs were 0-4 against teams ranked No. 2 prior to Wednesday’s upset. Gonzaga is 0-1 against No. 1.

Josh Heytvelt was named to the Dick’s Sporting Good NIT Season Tip Off All-Tournament team. He had 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots in Gonzaga’s 82-74 semifinal win over the University of North Carolina, going 8-for-13 from the field against the Tar Heels. He came back with 16 points, 8 rebounds and two blocked shots in the championship loss to Butler University.

Wednesday’s win over the University of North Carolina continued Gonzaga University’s success against the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Bulldogs 8-1 all time against ACC competition.

The Bulldogs have two more games against ACC foes this year, the Bulldogs returning to Madison Square Garden on Dec. 21 to face Duke University, then heading to the University of Virginia for a Jan. 3 matchup. The Gonzaga vs. Duke game comes a year too late, as many fans were hoping for a J.J. Redick and Adam Morrison matchup.

 
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Ohio State Football Stadium built with legos
Ohio State Football meets Legos

The big game is here: #1 Ohio State vs. #2 Michigan.

We live for college football moments like this (1). And once again, another game that’s going to totally throw off the BCS standings. This could be the real championship game.

Now rather than trying to analyze the game, like every other sports blog out there, I figured I post up another interesting game related find.

So, with this week’s game being at Ohio State, I thought the Ohio Stadium built with legos would be a good fitting tribute.

Ohio Stadium made with legos

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Tim Tebow: The future of Florida Gator Football
While I have always believed the Florida schools are overrated (1, 2) a new prize is in the midst in the swamp land. The future is bright with new Florida QB Tim Tebow, who should bring the gators years of BCS bowl appearances.

Although currently Tebow is the backup quarterback behind 4 year starter Chris Leak, there seems to be a little controversy in who should be the starting QB for the Florida Gators. Granted Tim Tebow is still a freshman, he has been very impressive in his game play behind Leak this year. Many sports fans and I myself believe Tim Tebow should be the starting Quarterback for the Gators.

Tim Tebow of Florida Gators College Football

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