Sandbagging of Heisman Proportions

Even great quarterbacks have bad games. For 56 minutes Heisman hopeful Matt Ryan was outplayed by his counterpart on the other sideline, Sean Glennon. Glennon’s not even the best quarterback on his team so not a ringing endorsement for Ryan, who many people say is the best overall pro quarterback prospect. Ryan’s numbers through three quarters were downright horrendous-
1st Quarter- 4-10 for 28 yards
2nd Quarter- 5-11 for 26 yards
3rd Quarter- 5-11 for 47 yards

Through those 56 minutes he had thrown 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Virginia Tech was getting heavy pressure on Ryan the entire game by only rushing four and dropping seven, but their luck ran out in the last four minutes with Matt Ryan scrambling away from linemen to throw two TD’s. On the game-winning touchdown Va Tech dropped 8 into coverage and yet Ryan still found an open receiver.

When the dust settled, Matt Ryan had gone 11-18 for 184 yards in the 4th quarter, including the game-winning touchdown. In a year when there is no clear Heisman frontrunner, Ryan deserves an invitation to New York. He needs to do a lot more to prove he deserves to win though.

And despite how journalists (tv or otherwise) try to paint BC’s win as warm and fuzzy, there are still big questions about a team that’s # 2 in the BCS. It’s a bad sign that VT got heavy pressure with only four rushers, especially if BC plays a better pass defense team down the road (Va Tech had the 40th ranked pass defense coming in). Also concerning that an abysmal Virginia Tech offense put up 116 yards rushing against what was supposed to be the # 1 rush defense. Finally, BC has to be able to rush the ball better if they want to win the national championship. 32 yards on 18 carries isn’t going to get it done against better teams.

Matt Ryan gets points for a gutsy comeback but Boston College needs to do more if they want to stay undefeated.