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Danny Woodhead Chadron State Needs 699 Yards for NCAA All-Time Rushing Record
Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director, writes at the Chadron State College Eagles Athletic News, that after 290 yards rushing and 4 TDs on 32 carries by Danny Woodhead in the 5th ranked Eagles 34-24 win over the 25th ranked Washburn Ichabods in NCAA Division II football, that he lacks 699 yards during the rest of the season to become the NCAA's all-time leading rusher.
The Quad blog at the New York Times called it euphemistically "A Sickening Performance" because Woodhead had a badly upset stomach during the game.
For his performance against the Ichabods, Woodhead was named the CollegeSportsReport.com Division II Performer of the Week.
Thayer Evans at the New York Times in For Record-Setting Back, Respect Is Earned a Yard at a Time gives a short synopsis of the Woodhead career and points out some additional NCAA records that Woodhead could potentially break this year - most touchdowns scored (he needs 20 more) and most all-purpose yards gained (he needs 1857 yards).
We posted previously about Woodhead and made the prediction for this season that he would break the all-time rushing record sometime in the middle of the 2007 season. If he maintains his normal rushing average per game for the coming games, he could break the record already on September 22, 2007, in the road game against Colorado Mines in their Hall of Fame game, against whom, however, Woodhead in 2006 "only" had 128 yards on 17 carries.
The coming Chadron game is at home vs. Wayne State, against whom Woodhead had 326 yards on 33 carries in 2006. The game after that is a road game with the Northern Colorado Bears in Greeley, Colorado, who were not on the Chadron schedule last year. The Bears do not have an enviable schedule as Chadron and Woodhead, the rushing phenomenon, will follow the Northern Colorado game against Hawaii and the passing phenomenon in the person of Colt Brennan. Thereafter, Northern Colorado plays San Diego, with new coach Ron Caragher, who are ranked No. 1 in The Sports Network's preseason Mid-Major Top-10 poll.
Of course, Woodhead is now a household name not only in Chadron, but also in the State of Nebraska and beyond, so that his fans would probably prefer that he break the record at the homecoming weekend in Chadron, NE in their September 29, 2007 game against New Mexico Highlands. See the CSC 2007 football schedule. It looks like a good possibility to this observer that this will be the game to watch for the breaking of the record.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 8/31/2007 05:23:00 PM
Danny Woodhead Chadron State Needs 699 Yards for NCAA All-Time Rushing Record
Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director, writes at the Chadron State College Eagles Athletic News, that after 290 yards rushing and 4 TDs on 32 carries by Danny Woodhead in the 5th ranked Eagles 34-24 win over the 25th ranked Washburn Ichabods in NCAA Division II football, that he lacks 699 yards during the rest of the season to become the NCAA's all-time leading rusher.
The Quad blog at the New York Times called it euphemistically "A Sickening Performance" because Woodhead had a badly upset stomach during the game.
For his performance against the Ichabods, Woodhead was named the CollegeSportsReport.com Division II Performer of the Week.
Thayer Evans at the New York Times in For Record-Setting Back, Respect Is Earned a Yard at a Time gives a short synopsis of the Woodhead career and points out some additional NCAA records that Woodhead could potentially break this year - most touchdowns scored (he needs 20 more) and most all-purpose yards gained (he needs 1857 yards).
We posted previously about Woodhead and made the prediction for this season that he would break the all-time rushing record sometime in the middle of the 2007 season. If he maintains his normal rushing average per game for the coming games, he could break the record already on September 22, 2007, in the road game against Colorado Mines in their Hall of Fame game, against whom, however, Woodhead in 2006 "only" had 128 yards on 17 carries.
The coming Chadron game is at home vs. Wayne State, against whom Woodhead had 326 yards on 33 carries in 2006. The game after that is a road game with the Northern Colorado Bears in Greeley, Colorado, who were not on the Chadron schedule last year. The Bears do not have an enviable schedule as Chadron and Woodhead, the rushing phenomenon, will follow the Northern Colorado game against Hawaii and the passing phenomenon in the person of Colt Brennan. Thereafter, Northern Colorado plays San Diego, with new coach Ron Caragher, who are ranked No. 1 in The Sports Network's preseason Mid-Major Top-10 poll.
Of course, Woodhead is now a household name not only in Chadron, but also in the State of Nebraska and beyond, so that his fans would probably prefer that he break the record at the homecoming weekend in Chadron, NE in their September 29, 2007 game against New Mexico Highlands. See the CSC 2007 football schedule. It looks like a good possibility to this observer that this will be the game to watch for the breaking of the record.
Permalink : Andis Kaulins : 8/31/2007 05:23:00 PM
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