Shoelace

Denard "Shoelace" Robinson. If you have not yet heard this name, get ready to hear it a lot. After just two weeks into the College Football season, many analysts have already handed this young man the coveted Heisman Trophy. All Shoelace has done is complete 43 of 62 passes for 430 yards and 2 TDs, and 57 rushes for 455 yards and 3 TDs. He has almost single handily helped carry the University of Michigan back into the Top 25 and bring them back to college football relevance. 

After watching Robinson's first game against the University of Connecticut, I was more than impressed with his showing. To call him fast would be understatement, the way this quarterback runs makes you flashback to Michael Vick in his Virginia Tech days. He takes his time, decides which hole he wants to hit, then he explodes through it. Defensives have to get a solid hit on Robinson or else he will just bounce off the contact and just continue to run. Not only is he dangerous with his legs, but many scouts say his most improved area of his game is his arm. He can make the passes that he has to and that keeps defenses honest, meaning they can not just stack the box and shut down the run. 


Overall, Denard "Shoelace" Robinson is a defensive coordinators worst nightmare. I watched him carve up my team, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, defense and I'm sure he will do it to many other teams. Robinson is on pace to break a number of records and he could be the type of athlete that only comes around ever so often. He leads the nation in rushing yards with 227.5 yards a game and he is averaging 442.5 total yards a game. Absolutely absurd. Although it may sound like I am jumping on Robinson's bandwagon, I am not. I am just impressed with what he has done so far, I mean who wouldn't be?


Realistically thinking, Robinson can not produce these numbers throughout a season, especially in the Big Ten where he will have to play bruising defenses such as Iowa, Penn State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State. Robinson is going to have to learn to either run out of bounds or to take the less-flashy quarterback "slide". Teams are going to key on him and the only way to stop an athlete like himself, is to get solid shots on his legs so he does not have the stamina at the end of the game.

Can Denard "Shoelace" Robinson win the Heisman? Yes. Will he? Only he can answer that question. If he keeps the Wolverines rolling and puts up the numbers that he can, anything is possible. One thing I know for certain, if I were Tate Forcier, I would already start searching for a school for next season because Denard Robinson is Michigan's quarterback.