Written by BTN.com staff
The Big Ten Conference announced the three players of the week after a wild and exciting weekend of football. Offensive honors went to Michigan’s Denard Robinson, who led the Wolverines to 28 fourth-quarter points, including two touchdowns in the final 1:12, in a 35-31 win over Notre Dame. The star quarterback accounted for 446 of Michigan’s 452 total yards and had a hand in all five of the team’s touchdowns. See all the honorees inside.
Defensive honors went to Wisconsin’s Mike Taylor, who had a career-high nine tackles, including a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble. Both special teams and freshman honors went to Nebraska’s Ameer Abdullah, who had a school-record 211 kickoff return yards, besting the previous mark of 186 yards. More videos inside.
How do you give a guy who was 11/24 4TD but with 3 INT as a QB that honor? Look at his over-all QB rating and that is not player of the week worthy.
Russ Wilson 17/21 3TD 0 INT
If you actually watched the game, it is clear that Robinson is deserving of the honor despite the picks. Not a Michigain fan, but his heroics late in the game were spectacular. Evaluating a performance is about more than just the stat line.