Darren Sproles

SI.com's NFL personnel expert Michael Lombardi evaluates the Chargers' units.

1. It's a sham that the Big East will have a team in a BCS bowl. The top two contenders, West Virginia and Boston College, have lost to middle-of-the-pack ACC foes Virginia Tech and Wake Forest, respectively.

This may sound preposterous, but the diminutive halfback from Kansas State who made everyone's preseason Heisman top five won't win the award with performances like his 221-yard rushing effort last Saturday. Like...

2003 RECORD 11–4 (6–2, 1st in Big 12 North)

Boasting the nation’s best back, the reigning Big 12 champs (take that, Sooners!) go for two in a row