Thursday, December 06, 2007

Despite stellar season, UCF standout Kevin Smith misses out on awards

 
Two Florida native sons. Two very different kinds of weeks.

Florida's Tim Tebow has been like a president waiting for his inauguration.

The Heisman Trophy frontrunner's record-breaking year has been on display for a national audience to see in the days leading up to the presentation of college football's highest individual honor.

But here in Orlando, with numbers just as staggering as those of his state neighbor, UCF running back Kevin Smith has had a quiet week.

Smith ended the regular season with 2,448 rushing yards, just 180 yards shy of Barry Sanders' all-time single-season record. Yet Smith, who won't join Tebow in New York as a Heisman finalist, was without much Heisman hype and isn't even a finalist for any of the heavy hardware at tonight's College Football Awards Show.

Kyle Hightower: Orlando Sentinel

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