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OLD DOMINION QUARTERBACK
TAYLOR HEINICKE.
THE GEORGIA PLAYER OF THE
YEAR AS A HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR.
NAMED THE VIRGINIA
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER
OF THE YEAR AS HE TAKES
HOME
THE DUDLEY AWARD.
I'M BRIAN PARSONS IN FOR
BRUCE. THIS SATURDAY AT
FOREMAN FIELD, IN
FRONT OF A NATIONL
TELEVISION AUDIENCE. OLD
DOMINION WILL TAKE ON
GEORGIA SOUTHERN IN THE
QUARTERFINALS OF
THE FCS NATIONAL
PLAYOFFS.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN WAS THE
TEAM THAT KNOCKED ODU OUT
OF THE PLAYOFFS A
YEAR AGO, WINNING A
SHOOTOUT 55 TO 48.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN KNOWN
FOR THAT RUN FIRST TRIPLE
OPTION KNOW WHAT
TO EXPECT AGAINST
HEINKCKE AND THE HIGH
POWERED ODU OFFENSE.
AFTER BEING HONORED AS
THE VIRGNIA COLLEGE
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
LAST NIGHT, HEINICKE IS
ALSO ONE OF THREE
FINALISTS FOR THE
WALTER PAYTON AWARD WHICH
GOES TO THE TOP PLAYER IN
DIVISION ONE
DOUBLE A. CHRIS RECKLING
RECENTLY CAUGHT
UP WITH THE DEANS LIST
ENGINEERING MAJOR FROM
ATLANTA.
JUST TWO YEARS INTO HIS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAREER
AND ODU
QUARTERBACK TAYLOR
HEINICKE IS LEAVING A
MARK THAT FUTURE ODU
QUARTERBACKS WILL HAVE
TROUBLE GETTING PAST.
THIS YEAR ALONE, THE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA NATIVE
HAS THROWN FOR
OVER 4000 YARDS. IN
SEPTEMBER, HEINICKE SET A
DIVISION 1 RECORD WITH
730 YARDS
PASSING AGAINST NEW
HAMPSHIRE. AMAZING
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
, YET HE SAYS HE STILL
HAS A LOT OF ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
"I THINK I CAN. I WORK
EVERY DAY WITH COACH
WICKAM AND WE
STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF
MECHANICS. WE WATCH FILM
EVERY
DAY FOR 30 MINUTES. IF
YOU HAVE BETTER MECHANICS
YOU
ARE MORE ACCURATE AND
LEADS TO LESS TURNOVERS."
WHILE JUST A SOPHOMORE,
HEINICKE IS LOADING UP ON
POST SEASON AWARDS. LAST
WEEK HE WAS NAMED AS ONE
OF
THREE FINALISTS FOR THE
WALTER PAYTON AWARD AND
RECENTLY WAS
NAMED THE CAA PLAYER OF
THE YEAR.
"LOOKING BACK, ITS BEEN
AN AMAZING YEAR AND IT
SHOWS THAT HARD WORK
PAYS OFF." WHILE STILL
VERY HUMBLE, HEINICKE IS
A STUDENT OF THE GAME AND
TIRELESS WORKER AT HIS
CRAFT. HEAD COACH BOBBY
WILDER SAYS
HEINICKE HAS MADE
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS FROM
HIS FRESHMAN TO
SOPHOMORE YEAR. "HE HAS
LEARNED HOW TO MOVE THE
CHAINS AND THAT YOU DO
NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO SCORE.
HE HAS
ALSO LEARNED TO VALUE THE
FOOTBALL."
"EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT
ATHLETES ARE VERY
SUPERSTITIOUS AND THAT
INCLUDES TAYLOR HEINICKE.
HE CAME TO CAMP WITH A
STILL HAS MANY GOALS TO
FULFILL. IN NORFOLK,
TEAMS WILL BE COMPETING
FOR STATE FOOTBALL