1. Oklahoma center Ty Darlington thought he had no shot at the Campbell Trophy, not with fellow finalist Montana defensive end Derek Crittenden, who has a 4.0 GPA in chemistry and is a Rhodes Scholarship finalist. “I ain’t that smart,” Darlington said. But Darlington and his little ol’ 3.91 GPA in arts & sciences won the award -- given to the top scholar-athlete in college football by the National Football Foundation -- and its $25,000 postgraduate scholarship Tuesday. In his acceptance speech, Darlington said his mother had taught him to “love Jesus, love the Sooners and hate all shades of orange.
3-point stance: Sooners' Ty Darlington named top scholar-athlete
