Andrew Luck Wins Walter Camp Award As Player Of The Year
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck has won the Walter Camp Foundation's award as college football's player of the year.
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Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck has won the Walter Camp Foundation's award as college football's player of the year.
About the outcome of the Heisman Trophy race or what NFL franchise might select him with the No. 1 overall pick perhaps? No, Luck has other priorities at the moment.
Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Trent Richardson, Tyrann Mathieu and Montee Ball are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy.
Stanford's Andrew Luck has won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, presented annually to the nation's top quarterback who best exemplifies character and scholastic and athletic achievement.
It's been a long, difficult year for the Fiesta Bowl, first with a dud of a game, then nearly losing its BCS status after an investigation into financial improprieties.
With a week to wait to learn the program's postseason fate and the announcement of the Heisman Trophy finalists, Stanford's David Shaw is playing more politics than football at the moment.
Andrew Luck cemented his status atop Stanford's record books, made his final case for the Heisman Trophy and put the program in position for a second straight BCS bowl.
Andrew Luck led fourth-ranked Stanford past No. 22 Notre Dame 28-14 in his home finale Saturday night.
The Cardinal still have a chance to make a BCS bowl and keep alive their faint hopes for a Pac-12 title, and the Golden Bears could wreck Stanford's season and move into a more marquee postseason game.
Stanford's defense preserved its 16-game winning streak by forcing Curtis McNeal's fumble into the end zone to finish a 56-48 victory over No. 20 Southern California on Saturday night.
Two of the nation's top quarterbacks face each other for the third time in their college careers when No. 4 Stanford looks to extend its 15-game winning streak with a third straight victory at the Coliseum over USC.
San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh told me today that the team would look into re-signing players before the season ends. This season is unusual because of the work stoppage which forced free agents to sign last-minute deals, most for one year.
Despite four blowout victories and Andrew Luck piling up highlights for his Heisman Trophy campaign, the Cardinal are back where they started the season, at No. 7 in the AP poll.
The UCLA Bruins were soundly beaten 45-19, by the Cardinal Saturday night in Stanford.
Andrew Luck's beard made a comeback over the bye week when he took a couple days to be a "bum," watching football for a change instead of starring on the highlight shows.
With fall classes beginning this week and sixth-ranked Stanford opening its Pac-12 home slate Saturday night against UCLA, Andrew Luck will be plenty busy the rest of the season.
Stanford rolled over its first two opponents behind touchdown-flinging quarterback Andrew Luck. The next opponent couldn't stop the pass last week, so the sixth-ranked Cardinal should be looking to cruise to another easy win, right? Hardly.
Andrew Luck and No. 6 Stanford will spend a huge chunk of the weekend on an airplane. They want nothing more than a happy flight home.
Stanford fooball head coach David Shaw told John Madden and the KCBS morning crew Wednesday that his team's talent goes far beyond his Heisman-candidate quarterback.
Brett Nottingham and the rest of Stanford's backup quarterbacks figured out how to impress the coaching staff by the end of the first fall practice. All they had to do was mimic Andrew Luck.
With Heisman Trophy favorite Andrew Luck back at quarterback, the Cardinal opened practice Monday with a glare of familiarity that was outshined only by the heightened expectations.
"I was happy with my decision," Luck said, reflecting on his announcement last winter that he would delay his NFL career and play one more season at Stanford. "I'm still happy."
In the midst of the ongoing dispute between owners and players, the NFL draft gets underway Thursday night with speculation swirling around who the local teams will pick.
All those wondering what might change after Stanford's offseason coaching shakeup were given an emphatic answer Saturday.
He knows there will be a ton of pressure and pageantry that will follow him next fall as the presumptive Heisman Trophy favorite, a year after being the runner-up to Cam Newton for college football's most prestigious award.
