San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
It took Toby Gerhart only about 10 minutes of the Big Game to steal some of "Touchdown Tommy" Vardell's thunder in the Stanford record book. He stole quite a bit before it was over. He scored on a 61-yard run on Stanford's third offensive play and followed...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Toby Gerhart's four rushing touchdowns tied his career high and allowed him to break two of Tommy Vardell's school records on the same night. With 23 for the season and 39 for his career, he surpassed Vardell's standards of 20 and 37. Gerhart's 61-yard...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Here comes Stanford running back Toby Gerhart, all 6-foot-1 and 235 pounds of him, barreling across the line of scrimmage. So, Cal linebacker Devin Bishop, how exactly will you tackle him? "It's like taking down a bull," Bishop said. "We're going to have to...
Heismanpundit (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
From the New York Times here. Four Stanford graduates have become Supreme Court justices since the football team produced its only Heisman Trophy winner, Jim Plunkett, in 1970. Into this yawning gap burst Toby Gerhart, a senior tailback, who has insinuated himself into the Heisman conversation this month while leading Stanford to consecutive upsets of Oregon [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Here comes Stanford running back Toby Gerhart, all 6-foot-1 and 235 pounds of him, barreling across the line of scrimmage. So, Cal linebacker Devin Bishop, how exactly will you tackle him? "It's like taking down a bull," Bishop said. "We're going to have to...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Even at 6-1 and 235 pounds, Toby Gerhart is not too big to laugh at himself.
Heismanpundit (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... about the intangibles that the individual voters value in a player. Colt McCoy , Mark Ingram and Toby Gerhart have all crossed the statistical threshhold of Heisman-worthiness for this season. C.J. Spiller and Tim Tebow are still trying to get there and may yet do so. But once a player is considered Heisman-worthy in a given season, it is pointless to delve too much into the nuances...
Heismanpundit (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The HeismanPundit.com Heisman Poll, 11/24/09 Total Points, (with first-place votes in parantheses) 1. Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama–58 (10) 2. Colt McCoy, QB, Texas–40 (1) 3. Toby Gerhart, RB, Stanford–33 (1) 4. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida–20 5. C.J. Spiller, RB, Clemson–13 6. Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State–9 7. Golden Tate, WR, Notre Dame–7 (1) Case Keenum,...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... Pac-10 title and lingered all the way into Monday morning."This one was tough," star running back Toby Gerhart said Tuesday. "We really wanted this one. We had big wins against USC and Oregon, but I feel like this would have meant more than those wins. Everybody wanted the Axe back. We wanted the Axe back. Not to get it, hurts. It's disappointing but we have to move on. We have a...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... title and lingered all the way into Monday morning.
"This one was tough," star running back Toby Gerhart said Tuesday. "We really wanted this one. We had big wins against USC and Oregon, but I feel like this would have meant more than those wins. Everybody wanted the Axe back. We wanted the Axe back. Not to get it, hurts. It's disappointing but we have to move on. We have a...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
"This one was tough," star running back Toby Gerhart said Tuesday. "We really wanted this one. We had big wins against USC and Oregon, but I feel like this would have meant more than those wins. Everybody wanted the Axe back. We wanted the Axe back. Not to get it, hurts. It's disappointing but we have to move on. We have a big game this week against Notre Dame on national television....
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
"This one was tough," star running back Toby Gerhart said Tuesday. "We really wanted this one. We had big wins against USC and Oregon, but I feel like this would have meant more than those wins. Everybody wanted the Axe back. We wanted the Axe back. Not to get it, hurts. It's disappointing but we have to move on. We have a big game this week against Notre Dame on national television....
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... running backs, Stepfan Taylor and Tyler Gaffney, have gotten an unexpected amount of action behind Toby Gerhart because Jeremy Stewart has been out since injuring an ankle in Week 4.On the other hand, two wide receivers who had been expected to play more of a role in the offense, Jamal-Rashad Patterson and Drew Terrell, haven't had much of an impact, although Terrell took over as...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... With the out of the picture for Stanford, now 's crew must focus on an upper-tier bowl game. Toby Gerhart leads the Pac-10 in rushing and could claim the national rushing leadership against an Irish defense that ranks 80th in the country.- Matt Murschel, Tribune newspapers (6-5) at Florida (11-0)Saturday, 3:30 p.m., CBSThe buzz: Break out the Kleenex. Saturday's intrastate rivalry...
Bruins Nation (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... winner take all contest. Elsewhere, we had Stanford falling at home to Cal in The Big Game despite Toby Gerhart 's huge game because Shane Vereen had a bigger one. UCLA's win over Arizona St. also gave the conference seven bowl eligible teams. Player of the Week: Jeremiah Masoli , Oregon- Shane Vereen had an outstanding game on a ridiculous 42 carries, but Masoli topped him in the...
