CINCINNATI (AP) — When Cincinnati’s Isaiah Pead was being recruited by Big East schools, the conference’s legacy of great running backs was part of the appeal.
The league has a history of talented players toting the ball, its record books filled with big numbers put up by Amos Zereoue, Edgerrin James, Willis McGahee, Donald Brown, Ray Rice, Dion Lewis and others.
Pead is keeping it up. Two games into the season, he leads the nation in yards per carry at 11.5. And he’s got company. Pittsburgh’s Ray Graham leads the nation with 161 yards per game. Connecticut redshirt freshman Lyle McCombs has a pair of 100-yard games as a fill-in.
But while they’ve gotten off to fast starts, a lot of other Big East teams are still running on empty.
