Antiono Henton had a big game this weekend. Among the interesting philosophical what-ifs of this year's Ohio State team is what the offense would have looked like but for the questionable legal charges against Henton last year, which effectively eliminated him from the starting QB discussion. Imagine if Henton had won out the starting QB position, and the extra dimension that would have brought to the offense this season, with experience under his belt. Many of the board members here were excited about Henton's prospects at the beginning of last season, ranging from board novices (like me) to board experts (like osugrad21).
Thinking about what the arrest video that was leaked showed to have happened, or rather didn't happen, still [censored]es me off.
Antonio's big game:
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Antonio Henton scored five touchdowns, including the game-winner in overtime, to lead Georgia Southern in a 34-27 win against Northeastern on Saturday night.
Henton accounted for 341 total yards, including two touchdowns and 298 yards on 16 of 27 passing for the Eagles (2-1). The sophomore quarterback also rushed for 43 yards and three touchdowns on 16 attempts.
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Better excerpts from the local paper:
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For the second straight week, it was the Antonio Henton show for the Georgia Southern Eagles."It was like old times (at Peach County)," said Henton, who scored on a 25-yard run on the second play of overtime Saturday night to give the Eagles a 34-27 win over Northeastern.
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The Eagles got the ball first in the overtime, and after Andrews could not pull down Henton's pass in the end zone, the sophomore quarterback took matters into his own hands.
With running back Darell Norman sweeping to the left, Henton pulled the ball back and ran right. There was one player to beat, and he did that easily to score.
"It was a zone read play," Henton said. "When I saw the defensive end squeeze in I pulled the ball down and used my blockers.
"I've been taught since the first day I started playing football not to let one man bring you down, and I wasn't about to let that happen. I knew I could beat one guy. I was fortunate in that I was able to make the big play. I told the whole offense not to give up, and no one did."
Henton wound up with 43 yards rushing on 16 carries as he lost 27 yards in sacks, but he had two other rushing scores, and threw for three, completing 16-of-27 passes for 298 yards. It was the fifth highest single-game passing performance in school history.
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09-14-2008, 08:11 PM
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