Monday, October 19, 2009

Devlin put on Peyton watch list


The Sports Network announced today that Hens QB Pat Devlin would be placed on the Walter Payton Award watch list. (http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/indexpic.htm).

After all the hype, the S.E. Pennsylvania high school all-time leading passer and Penn State transfer is actually living up to expectations. After all the hype last year because of a certain Ohio State transfer named Robby Shoenhoft, I was a little weary about getting too pumped about Devlin. But, maybe he really is the next Flacco. All of a sudden Devlin ranks 6th in the nation in total passing yards, and his stats are only getting better. The Hens have won three games in a row, all of which have been offensive gems, and two of which were played in sub-par weather (Maine and Towson). Just imagine what the gunslinger can do on a dry, sunny day. If the Hens continue to perform, Devlin will make a run for the Walter Payton award.

Don't get your hopes up though. In 2007 the Hens featured a quarterback who was drafted in the NFL first round and a runningback who scored more than 30 touchdowns in the season. I was banking on Cuff for the Heisman, let alone the Walter Payton award. Needless to say, neither he nor Flacco won either.

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