Meandering through the maize (and blue): Rise of the freshman quarterback?

Posted on Mon, Sep 14, 2009 : 8:38 a.m.

By Michael Rothstein

Freshmen quarterbacks became the story of the second weekend of the college football season.

Both USC and Michigan won big games against ranked opponents on end-game drives led by rookies. And the New York Times chronicled the rise of Matt Barkley and Tate Forcier.

FOOTBALL:

Must-read story from the Michigan Daily written by Andy Reid about the Pahokee, Fla. players who are at Michigan.

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis isn't happy with the officiating in Saturday's Michigan-Notre Dame game.

Tate Forcier (offense) and Darryl Stonum (special teams) were Big Ten players of the week.

Michigan is also in the Top 25 for the first time since the end of the 2007 season.

Dr. Saturday starts fawning over Forcier.

Former Michigan kicker Phil Brabbs is fighting cancer, writes Chris Stevens in the Midland Daily News.

Did Terrelle Pryor pick the wrong school when he chose Ohio State, writes Stewart Mandel of SI.com.

OTHER SPORTS:

Kim Clijsters won the U.S. Open women's title late Sunday night, beating Caroline Wozniacki.

Roger Federer plays for another U.S. Open title today. This shot helped him do it:

Comments

wavsav

Mon, Sep 14, 2009 : 12:13 p.m.

Thanks for the link to the Michigan Daily article. Well worth the read.