On (and off) the Mark

From ESPN.com (Mark Schlabach)

With Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn all but falling out of the Heisman Trophy race after the Fighting Irish's embarrassing 47-21 loss to Michigan on Saturday, college football's premier individual award is up for grabs. Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith and tailbacks Steve Slaton of West Virginia and Adrian Peterson of Oklahoma have to be considered the front-runners at this point, but what about Garrett Wolfe of Northern Illinois?

Garrett Wolfe is averaging 210 rushing yards per game.Wolfe ran 24 times for 263 yards in Saturday's 31-13 win over Buffalo (the eighth 200-yard effort of his career) and leads the nation in rushing with 210 yards per game. Wolfe is averaging 38.3 yards more than Peterson and his rushing average is higher than that of 103 of 118 Division I-A teams, including top 10 teams Ohio State, USC, Auburn, Georgia and Michigan.

At his current pace, Wolfe would finish the season with more than 2,500 rushing yards. Barry Sanders ran for 2,628 yards at Oklahoma State and won the Heisman Trophy in 1988

FYI...if you didn't hear, the Bears signed Dan Sheldon to their practice squad.