Stanford Athletics has determined that it might take more than a little, uh, good fortune to put starting quarterback ANDREW LUCK over the top in the All-America and Davey O’Brien awards sweepstakes. So they have created a website complete with biographical information, statistics and video highlights. The site also includes quotes such as this one from the New York Times’ Pete Thamel: “Standing out by blending in, Luck has finally given everyone at Stanford a reason to cheer. The university’s best quarterback prospect since John Elway, Luck is a former high school co-valedictorian and a potential top pick in the NFL Draft.” As of Tuesday, Luck was ranked 35th out of 83 candidates for the O’Brien national quarterback award.
If you want to show your own love for Luck, you can vote at least once a day on the O’Brien Award website.
In the official balloting, three finalists will be announced in November and the winner will be announced in December.
Davey O’Brien, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1955) and the Heisman Trophy winner in 1938, led TCU to its first undefeated season following a win in the Sugar Bowl. He is the only football player to be awarded the Heisman, Walter Camp and Maxwell awards in the same season. O’Brien died of cancer in 1977, and the Southwest Conference’s annual award was named for him. It became a national award in 1981.
