Heisman Who??

With the second coming of the Bowl Champion Series (BCS) standings this weekend, we are well into the college football season. Being at the halfway point, there are numerous stories to make the second half exciting. Will Boise State University go undefeated and get their shot at the National Championship? Will USC get some help from the top of the standings and make their way to the top? Let’s not forget the two team wrecking crew in the SEC currently in first and second in the BCS standings, Florida University and Alabama University. But out of all the great story lines to choose from, there is one missing. Who is going to win the Heisman Trophy, or for that matter, is there even a frontrunner?
     Oklahoma University quarterback Sam Bradford, last year’s Heisman Trophy winner, announced yesterday that he will undergo season ending shoulder surgery and enter the NFL draft. This stops any chance for Bradford of joining Archie Griffin as being the only two-time winner of the Heisman (1974-75). Florida University quarterback Tim Tebow, who won the award in 2007, could do it. But seeing how his numbers are down from that great year in ‘07, where he became the first quarterback to rush for 20 touchdowns and throw for 20 touchdowns, it does not seem very probable. The preseason pick, University of California running back Jahvid Best, is currently 14th in the country in total rushing, something that will definitely hold him back, not to mention the back-to-back crushing losses to Oregon University and University of Southern California . But if I had a say in this matter, I would pick either Alabama University running back Mark Ingram or Texas University quarterback Colt McCoy.
     Ingram is third in the nation in total rushing, on an undefeated Alabama that seems destined to make up for last year’s 31-17 loss to Utah University in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. He will have to make up some touchdowns though, as he is eight behind Navy University running back Ricky Dobbs. McCoy is absolutely tearing up the field, throwing for more than 1800 yards in this season and averaging 258 pass yards per game. Texas is also undefeated which levels the playing field with Ingram and Alabama. So unless either of these players or an underdog put up some stellar numbers in the final closing weeks of the season, we will have a Heisman Trophy shrouded in controversy.

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Laura

Thu Oct 29 2009 15:09

Steve -- I think we need a picture of you to go with the blog - some formatting to make it look more like a column. Let's work on this with Johnny.

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