Nov 22

Written by: Klink
11/22/2009 12:09 AM

So...due to someone's claim that Gerhart's stats "kill" Ingram's, I decided to take a look. 

	Rushing					Receiving
Player	ATT	YDS	YAC	AVG	TD	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Ingram	205	1399	882	6.8	12	25	225	9.0	3
Gerhart	282	1531	???	5.4	23	9	133	14.7	0

*If anyone can find Gerhart's yards after contact that would be helpful...

So Gerhart has 77 more carries and has 132 more yards.  Is that killing? Methinks not.

He has 8 more total TDs.  This may seem like a lot, but think about the extra opportunities Gerhart has had. Hell, he had 38 carries against Oregon!  The most carries Ingram has had all season was 28 against Ole Miss.

Now, let's look at the wins. Bottom line, Bama hasn't lost, while Stanford has lost 4.  Great players carry their teams on their backs to victory. Without Ingram, Alabama would have lost the South Carolina game...period...

So if you want to tell me that Gerhart is better and deserves the Heisman more than Ingram, I'm cool with that. I can understand your opinion and reasoning behind it. But don't tell me that Gerhart's stats "kill" Ingram's. That's foolishness. 

What say you TBDPITL Nation?

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