<p>bet nobody is giving Toby’s parents snarkly comments:</p>
<p>While carrying Stanford’s football team on his back this season, Gerhart was also carrying a 21-credit course load, featuring courses like Prehistoric Archaeology and Integral Calculus. Your average Stanford student takes 15 credits.</p>
<p>Throw in the fact that he’s also the starting center fielder on Stanford’s baseball team. And that he was the valedictorian at his high school. And that he’s majoring in management sciences and engineering. And that he’s the all-time leading rusher in California high school history. And that he leads the nation in both rushing yards and touchdowns this season. You get the picture of an extraordinary individual.</p>
<p>While carrying Stanford’s football team on his back this season, Gerhart was also carrying a 21-credit course load, featuring courses like Prehistoric Archaeology and Integral Calculus. Your average Stanford student takes 15 credits.</p>
<p>Throw in the fact that he’s also the starting center fielder on Stanford’s baseball team. And that he was the valedictorian at his high school. And that he’s majoring in management sciences and engineering. And that he’s the all-time leading rusher in California high school history. And that he leads the nation in both rushing yards and touchdowns this season. You get the picture of an extraordinary individual.</p>
<p>keylyme: You are right about the pressure her son must be feeling - must be a good thing that he is in boarding school and not having to listen to it every day…</p>
<p>pacheight: Thank you - you totally read my mind with my thoughts after this conversation, and you hit the nail on the head…and all I can think is “Thank God for Title IX” and the opportunities it might afford my D! I really appreciate your words :)</p>
<p>Marksc: You are absolutely right of course, and “this too shall pass”…</p>
<p>Guess they didn’t care about Toby’s academic achievements nor what he does in a completely different high level sport. He’s definitely a rare one, to be applauded for his efforts.</p>
<p>OK, so now we are getting OT, but Toby won the Rb of the year award…Does it make any sense then that another RB beat him for the Heisman?! I believe Toby was the best player this year in the nation. Take a closer look and you’ll see that Stanford faced a significantly harder schedule this year than Florida.</p>
<p>My point was that in my opinion he should have won and would have had they taken his academic accomplishments into account . . . I would hope. Anyhow, people vote based upon whatever criteria they think is best. Perhaps in this case, he didn’t get first because his team didn’t do as well as the winner’s.</p>