Archive for 'September,2004'

Nugent for Heisman?

Jim Tressel responds to talk of placekicker Mike Nugent being touted for the Heisman. Says Tressel: “I’ve gotten letters in the last few weeks telling me I need to do him justice for the Heisman Trophy [...]

Oct. 9th Looms on the Horizon

The games of October 9 are really going to be key in the Heisman race. The glut of huge matchups will be like heaven for a true fan of college football. Here’s how I see them [...]

Morency Musings

A talent consultant in this article talks about how he touted Morency before the season for stardom. If you read my Preseason Top 13 Heisman candidates you will see that I also touted Morency early. Always [...]

The Benson Express

Good analysis here by Chris Dempsey of the Denver Post on Cedric Benson’s Heisman chances. Dempsey writes: “Asked whether he would rather win a Heisman Trophy or beat Oklahoma, Benson, a senior who never has beaten [...]

From the Mouth of a Voter

Here’s an interesting perspective by Heisman voter Scott Faldon of the Fort Smith (Ark.) Times Record. In it, he writes about Arkansas quarterback Matt Jones and the push (among Razorback fans) to make him a Heisman [...]

Latest Scripps Howard Poll

The latest Scripps Howard News Service Heisman poll is out and Matt Leinart has strengthened his lead. The Scripps Howard poll is comprised of actual Heisman voters from every region. It has correctly predicted 15 of [...]

13-0: It Helps, But It Could Also Hurt

Kyle Orton’s big stat right now is a 13-0 touchdown-to-interception ratio. This is a great number to have heading into a marquee matchup vs. Notre Dame. It will be the lead stat when the announcers talk [...]

Ann Arbor, 1965

I’ve had some discussion with people about the SEC and I need help from out there from people who may know. Here’s the question: When was the last time Georgia played a team in the regular [...]

Leinart Stat Change

As told by Matt Leinart at http://www.mattleinartblog.com “It looks like they have changed the ‘fumble’ by Steve Smith back to an interception, so my numbers for the game are 23 of 30 for 284 yard, 1 [...]

SEC Road Warriors

The SEC, as I have mentioned before, is easily the most overrated conference in college football. One of the ploys used by teams from that conference is to play all its non-conference games at home against [...]

On Peterson and White

A good column here by George Schroeder of The Oklahoman. Schroeder makes several good points, though if he saw my earlier post on the history of teammates running for the Heisman and how the votes break [...]

USA Today Weighs In On Orton

This column by USA Today’s Mike Lopresti is right on the mark. As I mentioned last week, Orton’s 13-0 TD-to-INT ratio will be his eye-popping stat heading into Notre Dame. Lopresti is also dead-on when he [...]

MSNBC’s List

Here’s a Heisman list compiled by Mike Woods of MSNBC. I think he he has a fairly accurate Top 10 list and makes a logical rationale for each pick. A good read. [...]

CFN’s Top 10 Players Goofs Up

How is it that Carnell Williams, who ran for 95 yards on 22 carries against 1-AA The Citadel, is No. 2 on CollegeFootballNews.com’s Top 10 Player list? The top criteria for that list is: Where would [...]

Dodd on Rix

Chris Rix’s injury is an opportunity for FSU, as Dennis Dodd notes here. I guess I wasn’t the only one out there who thought that if I were an FSU coach I’d be jumping at the [...]