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Title: Interesting........soft opening for a Heisman Trophy Post by: bama57 on October 06, 2011, 11:16:02 AM 2. Trent Richardson’s impressive start is drawing comparisons to Mark Ingram’s Heisman-winning campaign in 2009. Where is Richardson better than Ingram, and where does he come up shy?
IG: In my opinion, they are very similar players. They both hit holes hard, they both enjoy pounding into defensive players, they both have breakaway speed and they both are humble. The difference this season is Richardson had an opportunity to be the top dog last week with No. 2 running back Eddie Lacy suffering from a sore foot. Richardson set career highs with 29 carries and 181 yards, including two touchdowns. This week, Alabama inserted a note comparing Richardson with Ingram, which I called a soft opening for a Heisman Trophy campaign. There’s still a lot of football remaining, and voters will be looking for big numbers in games such as these............http://blogs.tennessean.com/vanderbilt/2011/10/05/vanderbilt-vs-alabama-five-questions/ Title: Re: Interesting........soft opening for a Heisman Trophy Post by: bama57 on October 06, 2011, 11:19:10 AM 5. Vanderbilt has played Alabama tough on many occasions in the past, but those were not Saban teams. Is there a reason to think the Tide would let its guard down or have an off week following the big win at The Swamp?....http://blogs.tennessean.com/vanderbilt/
Title: Re: Interesting........soft opening for a Heisman Trophy Post by: crtuneman on October 06, 2011, 11:23:48 AM Pretty good analysis, but Ingram does not have breakaway speed. He's fast, but Trent is much faster.
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