MANHATTAN, Kan. — In the freezing cold and icy rain, history was made down in Manhattan, Kan.

It was four minutes and six seconds into the first quarter when Troy Davis needed just one more yard to reach his goal of two thousand. And that is when he made a four-yard run, putting himself over the mark and into the history books.

Davis finished the game against Kansas State with two touchdowns and 225 yards, giving him a career-high 2,185 yards rushing for the season.

“I can’t believe that I did it. I was the first person who did it and it is just unbelievable,” Davis said. “I did something that no one else has ever done before and that is my Heisman right there.”

Davis had made his intentions known on the field, too, as he copped a Heisman pose after making the Cyclones’ first touchdown in the game. The move cost the team 15 yards in a penalty, but no one was upset.

“If I rushed for 4,000 yards, I think that I might be expressive, too,” said Head Football Coach Dan McCarney on Davis’s pose. “He has done something that no one has ever done before. He is a magnificent player and even a better person.”

McCarney stressed the amazing abilities of Troy Davis.

“[Davis] gets so many yards after contact, like he has had in the 22 games that I have coached him, and he does it every week, and he does it against ranked teams, and he does it against top-ten teams,” McCarney said. “It’s consistency week-in and week-out, and that is why there is no question in my mind that he is the best player in college football.

“This is the second year that Troy has done it. No one else has ever done it. To be a part of history like that, to go 4,000 yards in two seasons … two years, 2,000 yards in each of the two seasons, and against two of the toughest schedules in all of college football,” McCarney said. “That’s the measuring stick. Who has he got it against, and who have we got it against.”

McCarney hopes that Troy’s accomplishments do not go unrecognized.

“The Heisman is an individual award on individual achievement, and keep that in mind,” McCarney said. “There is no question in my mind that Troy Davis is a legitimate candidate for the Heisman.”

Even though Davis and McCarney have their sights firmly set on the Heisman, Davis’s future as a Cyclone is in question.

“That decision will be made in time and be made by Troy and his family after we have some time to spend to think about it, talking about it, having a conference, and looking everything through, and looking at every detail for what is best for Troy Davis,” McCarney said.

Everyone hopes that Davis will stay to play another year. “I would [come back], only because of my faith in Coach McCarney, and I think that this program is turning,” said ISU tackle Tim Kohn. “But in Troy’s case, I wouldn’t fault him for going the other way, too. Because what does he have left to prove? I mean, the guy is incredible. The guy does everything we ask him. He is a complete player.”