BillsFever
07-21-2003, 12:44 AM
GREENSBORO, Ga. - (KRT) - Matt Schaub ditched the baseball hat (worn backward, of course), donned a tux (a rental) and screened the baby photographs (nothing from the bathtub).
Ah, the life of a Heisman Trophy candidate.
You didn't know? You hadn't heard that Schaub, the quarterback whom Virginia fans heckled off the field in last season's opener, is contending for college football's most prestigious and overhyped award?
It's true. The school says so.
"Heisman Trophy Candidate Matt Schaub," trumpets the cover of the Cavaliers' media guide.
Schaub4Heisman.com, touts the Web site launched last week by Virginia's sports information office.
So Schaub is arguably the nation's best returning player? No. Not even close.
But he is the reigning ACC Player of the Year, and with a quick smile and degree in economics, not to mention gaudy 2002 stats, promoting him is a natural for a program striving to upgrade its profile nationally and regionally.
"I was all for it," Schaub said here Sunday at the ACC's football kickoff. "It's not often you get to go through something like this."
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/6347191.htm
Ah, the life of a Heisman Trophy candidate.
You didn't know? You hadn't heard that Schaub, the quarterback whom Virginia fans heckled off the field in last season's opener, is contending for college football's most prestigious and overhyped award?
It's true. The school says so.
"Heisman Trophy Candidate Matt Schaub," trumpets the cover of the Cavaliers' media guide.
Schaub4Heisman.com, touts the Web site launched last week by Virginia's sports information office.
So Schaub is arguably the nation's best returning player? No. Not even close.
But he is the reigning ACC Player of the Year, and with a quick smile and degree in economics, not to mention gaudy 2002 stats, promoting him is a natural for a program striving to upgrade its profile nationally and regionally.
"I was all for it," Schaub said here Sunday at the ACC's football kickoff. "It's not often you get to go through something like this."
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/6347191.htm