An update from the ESPN.com box scores:
Former Duck quarterback Bryan Bennett was 13-20 passing for 337 yards and 4 tds in Southeastern Lousiana State’s 56-14 victory over Stephen F. Austin yesterday. Bennett tosses scoring throws of 15, 82, 77, and 85 yards as the Lions improved their record to 4-2, 1-0 in Southland Conference play. One of the losses was to TCU, the other to South Dakota State, both in tough road games.
Bennett also added a 53-yard touchdown run among 5 carries for 72 yards. The junior quarterback could mirror Marcus Mariota at Oregon, as he is putting together a season that makes him a candidate for the Walter Payton Award, the FCS version of the Heisman Trophy.
His team faces another league contest next week versus the 3-3 Northwestern State Demons. It’s a road game for the Lions, at Turpin Stadium in Natchitoches, Louisiana. This weekend Northwestern lost to Oregon victim Nicholls State 33-21. The Colonels are now 4-2, 1-0 in the Southland.
Lache Seastrunk and 5-0, #12-ranked Baylor declawed Kansas State 35-25 in Big 12 play yesterday. Seastrunk was held to 13 carries for 59 yards, which should quiet down Heisman talk in Waco after he opened the year with four straight 100-yard games, including 15 carries for 172 yards and an 80-yard touchdown scamper versus West Virginia last week. For the season he has 65 carries, 648 yards, just decimal points under 10.0 yards a carry, 8 tds. He zoomed 75 yards for a td against Louisiana-Monroe in the Bears’ third game.
The 5-10, 210 speedster has emerged as one of the true stars of college football after being embroiled in controversy and relegated to the bench in his one-year apprenticeship at Oregon. He’s a junior now in eligibility after a redshirt year at Oregon, sitting out 2011 as a transfer, rushing for 1,012 yards as a sophomore at Baylor. Eligible for the NFL draft this spring, Seastrunk has speed that appeals to pro scouts (10.5 in the 100 meters) but has only caught 9 passes out of the backfield in his career, a vital skill for smaller backs. He’s been durable in green and gold, with 196 carries in two seasons.
Bennett and Seastrunk have found soil to bloom in as college stars, but the Ducks have done well without them. Their second acts provide interesting side notes to an Oregon story that keeps getting richer.
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