Heismanpundit

Bradley, who comments on the Scripps Howard Poll down below, is one of our most insightful posters (when he’s not bashing us)…and he asks this great question: Why is there no talk of moving the voting back to after all the bowls have been played? It only seems fair. Then you wouldn’t have any of [...]

Here’s his piece on the USC quarterback. His ballot right now: 1. Peterson 2. Leinart 3. Smith 4. White 5. Benson

Wow.

The latest Scripps Howard Poll is out now and Jason White and Matt Leinart are in a dead heat. (scroll down on the link) The race for the Heisman Trophy could be one of the closest in history. Here is the order– Jason White, Oklahoma, 42 (5) Matt Leinart, USC, 42 (4) Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma, [...]

The Sporting News came out with their poll of 30 Heisman voters…unfortunately, it was for their magazine only. In the poll taken before last Saturday’s games, the top five shaped up like so (first place votes in parentheses): 1. Jason White (14) 2. Matt Leinart (8) 3. Alex Smith (3) 4. Adrian Peterson (2) 5. [...]

For the week of Nov. 30– 1. USC 2. California 3. Oklahoma 4. Auburn 5. Utah 6. Louisville 7. Va. Tech 8. Texas 9. Miami 10. Iowa

Heismanprojection.com is a great resource to track the votes of the Heisman voters. Be sure to check it out daily and come back here for analysis.

With his 400 yard, 5 TD performance against Notre Dame, Matt Leinart has basically wrapped up the Heisman. His and Jason White’s stats are now very close, which means that the last trump card that White had in his Heisman argument–his markedly superior season statistically–is gone. Every other argument he has–that he is leading a [...]

Heismanpundit.com was quoted in this story by Dan Weber of the Riverside Press-Enterprise. But don’t count on the voters to forget one of the “Heisman Commandments” listed on a new Web site, Heismanpundit.com, dedicated to all things Heisman. “The winner will be a junior or senior,” it says, and it always has been and probably [...]

Looks like there is drizzle in L.A. according to reports. Will that affect Leinart’s performance? He’s already played in a heavy fog this year…so it seems the Heisman gods may not be looking kindly his way.