Does Toby Gerhart's skin color surprise you?

• SportsAndLady

  

  When you found out that Gerhart was tearin it up this year, and in the Heisman race, then found out he was white, did it surprise you?
• charliehustle14

  Not really. Jacob Hester was a white guy who was a hell of a RB in the brutal SEC a couple years ago....and that was more surprising to me.
• sherm03

  

  Yep...and I also found it ironic his name was Toby. As soon as I heard his name mentioned...I pictured LeVar Burton.
  
  Then white guilt set in...
• BlueDevil11

  

  No, I have seen many white people before.
• DaBrowns41

  Nope. White people have been successful longer anyway. I'm not surprised.
  
  
  
  Big joke.
• paul_banks

  I can't remember the last time a white tailback was considered Heisman material. Another position is a cover corner that is good and a white guy. If they start there, eventually they will be moved to safety because of assumptions.
• newarkcatholicfan

  

  Him being white and getting a shot to be a running back at the D-1 level is what I find shocking.
• newarkcatholicfan

  

  John "Cappy" Cappelletti 1971-1973
  
  There was a white player from Harvard a little later(I think Harvard) that was getting a lot of ink but never wass a serious contender for the H-Trophy.
• hrspeedmerchant

  newarkcatholicfan wrote: John "Cappy" Cappelletti 1971-1973
  
  There was a white player from Harvard a little later(I think Harvard) that was getting a lot of ink but never wass a serious contender for the H-Trophy.

  Not sure, but you may be thinking of Ed Marinaro from Cornell. He got a little Heisman ink and was drafted in the second round in 1972.
• 3reppom

  

  No
• newarkcatholicfan

  

  hrspeedmerchant wrote:

  newarkcatholicfan wrote: John "Cappy" Cappelletti 1971-1973
  
  There was a white player from Harvard a little later(I think Harvard) that was getting a lot of ink but never wass a serious contender for the H-Trophy.

  Not sure, but you may be thinking of Ed Marinaro from Cornell. He got a little Heisman ink and was drafted in the second round in 1972.

  That was him.
  I did have the correct league though.
• dwccrew

  

  I don't see people in terms of the color of their skin. -George Costanza
• Big Gain

  The vast majority of topic starters don't either.
• sleeper

  

  I have to admit I kind of was. I hadn't watched him until the ND game, but I just assumed he was a light skinned black man. When I saw him with this helmet off, I was kind of shocked, but he's easily the best RB in college football. He looks good in Scarlet and White, he'd look even better in scarlet and gray.
• steel_curtain

  Not with a name like Toby.
• butkus51

  After I saw him playing left field for the Stanford baseball team, I was pretty sure what he looked like.
• tcby99

  No not really Stanford always has a nice mix of student/athletes
• Red_Skin_Pride

  

  newarkcatholicfan wrote: Him being white and getting a shot to be a running back at the D-1 level is what I find shocking.

  This. +1
• vball10set

  with a name like Toby Gerhart?? no way...it sounds like a name right out of Leave It To Beaver
• TBone14

  

  I knew he was white because I watched him tear it up last year. This guy isn't a one year wonder..he had almost 1400 total yards and 15 TDs last year and was First Team All Pac-10. And that was only in 10 starts plus Anthony Kimble got 120 carries for 745 yards last year. He could have done this last year as well.
• Soda Popinski

  With a name like Toby, not really.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Yeah well Eddie George doesn't scream black guy lol
• Sage

  

  Yea, I was surprised.
• Soda Popinski

  SportsAndLadies wrote: Yeah well Eddie George doesn't scream black guy lol

  He was black?!?!?! WTF
• bigkahuna

  Somewhat..usually when you think white running back you think of a bruiser FB like Alstott or Schmitt form WVU a few years ago. I honestly can't think of a white guy playing running back and doing that type of damage. Think about it though; he isn't the speedy type back that we are so accustomed to seeing in the game today. He does remind me of a bruising full back with a little bit of gitty up to him