Q: Does Daryll Clark deserve consideration for the Heisman Trophy?

Jill, York

MUSSELMAN: Jill, Clark has been one of the best players in the Big Ten through the first seven games. He is one of the main reasons why Penn State's offense has been so successful. Florida's Tim Tebow won the award last year as a sophomore and he is in the running again, along with a bunch of other good quarterbacks: Missouri's Chase Daniel, Texas' Colt McCoy, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford and BYU's Max Young. Clark has been just as important to his team's success as those guys have, but I don't see a Heisman in his future -- not this year, anyway. Penn State has only had one Heisman winner in its long history, running back John Cappelletti, and that was 35 years ago.

First Published: October 15, 2008, 5:15 p.m.