Here are a few other articles that mention Toby favorably. What is a Q rating anyway?
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/5302/pac-10-helmet-stickers-week-11
Who stood out in week 11?
Toby Gerhart, RB, Stanford: Gerhart was an
unstoppable force vs. USC. He rushed for 178 yards on 29 carries with
three touchdowns, giving him 19 for the year. He sure looked like a
Heisman Trophy candidate.
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/43327/weekend_wake_up_pacquiao,_jennings,_gerhart_star
Then Fall Carroll. Toby Gerhart should have a
nickname, no? I propose "The Stanford Stake." After all, he was driven
repeatedly into USC's heart on Saturday, and it is clear at this point
that the Trojans we once knew as werewolves in cardinal and gold are
unquestionably dead. The nation's leading rusher went for 178 yards and
three touchdowns in Stanford's
55-21 annihilation
of the Boys of Troy, who were so inept that Jim Harbaugh went for two
up 48-21 to score 50, failed, and made that a footnote when his team
scored their fourth touchdown in a 27-point fourth quarter. More on
this in The Hangover Cure later, to be sure.
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/18061/game-day-part-ii
Fall of Troy</span>
Two years ago, one-win Stanford was a 41-point underdog that edged
out No. 1 USC, 24â€"23, at the L.A. Coliseum, for one of the biggest
upsets ever. In the Cardinal's road rematch against the Trojans this
year â€" in which they were spotted only 11 points by Vegas â€" the results
were arguably even more shocking.
Stanford demolished USC, 55â€"21, to keep Rose Bowl hopes alive just one week after overthrowing Pac-10 favorite Oregon, 51â€"42.
The 34-point loss is the worst suffered by the Men of Troy against
Stanford since the rivalry started in 1918 and USC's worst defeat since
falling 51â€"0 to Notre Dame in 1966.
"I'm not sure I have the right words to describe being humbled like
this,"Â said USC coach Pete Carroll, whose run of seven consecutive
Pac-10 titles is officially over, as the Trojans are now 7â€"3 with
conference losses at Washington (16â€"13), at Oregon (47â€"20) and Stanford
(55â€"21).
"We have fallen apart and given our opponents the opportunity to do
whatever they want. But you have to give Stanford a lot of credit."Â
Stanford senior power back Toby Gerhart overpowered a once-strong
USC stop-unit, with 38 carries for 178 yards and three touchdowns. The
6'1"Â, 235-pound two-sport star, who also plays outfield for the
Cardinal baseball team, has now rushed for 1,395 yards and 19
touchdowns through 10 games.
A combination of Stanford alum John Elway's multi-sport heroics and
Larry Csonka's smash-mouth running style, Gerhart has established
himself as a potential Heisman candidate â€" with a combined 67 carries
for 401 yards and six trips to the end zone in wins over Oregon and USC
over the past two weeks.
The team from The Farm knows how to work the ground, piling up 325
rushing yards, owning time of possession (36:20-to-23:40), winning the
turnover war (1-to-4), converting 8-of-11 third downs as well as its
only fourth down try, and fighting on in a lopsided fourth quarter
(27â€"0) during a violent victory at USC.
"It was just will. The offensive line just moved people. We got
after them and got downhill, and it was just a good offensive day,"Â
said Gerhart. "To do that against a storied program, a perennial power,
it's the greatest feeling in the world."Â
Over Carroll's first season (6â€"6 in 2001) and this year (7â€"3), USC
has combined to go 13â€"9, after posting an 82â€"9 record during his
seven-year reign (2002-08) as by far the best on the West Coast. In
fact, this was the first November loss of the Carroll era.
No wonder Carroll was so upset that quarterback Mark Sanchez went
pro with one year of eligibility remaining. He didn't want to throw
true freshman Matt Barkley in the fire for a three-INT effort in a
historically embarrassing loss to an in-state, Pac-10 rival.
http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/tebow-stumped-on-who-to-vote-for/
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COLUMBIA, S.C. â€" As another Saturday of college football played out, the Heisman Trophy race didn't get any clearer.
Case Keenum played well, throwing for 387 yards and 3 touchdowns.
But Houston lost to U.C.F. That, combined with a loss to U.T.E.P.,
means that the Cougars have too many acronym losses for Keenum to win
the Heisman.
Tim Tebow was his steady turnover-free self in the
Gators' victory at South Carolina,
but certainly didn't move any mountains in completing 14 of 25 passes
for 198 yards and a touchdown. (In Tebow's defense, Riley Cooper had
two potential touchdown passes slither through his fingers.)
Alabama's Mark Ingram was solid at Mississippi State, but he
certainly wasn't overwhelming. Clemson's C.J. Spiller had a big day
with a touchdown pass, catch and run, but do enough voters know who he
is? The best performance of the day likely belonged to Stanford's Toby
Gerhart, who had 178 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns. But will his
relatively low Q rating will hurt him?
After Tebow's postgame news conference, I asked him if he had
decided on who he would vote for. (As a former winner, Tebow gets a
vote.) "I don't know,"Â he said. "I haven't decided yet."Â
Which makes Tebow like just about everyone else in this wide-open
race. Looks like there won't be any clarity until Dec. 5, the last
weekend of the season.
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Edited by: Colonel_Reb 
