Heismanpundit

Be safe out there everyone. I’ll be back on Sunday with my BCS bowl preview….

After a fairly sleepy start to the bowl season, with most of the favorites coming out on top, the last couple days have seen all hell break loose. Underdog teams have won five of the last eight bowl games that have been played. What’s more, there have been comebacks galore. Nebraska came from 11 down [...]

Bowl season is not only a nice reward for teams after a long season, but also a preview of coming attractions in the Heisman race. A good performance in a bowl can go a long way toward providing that post-season publicity boost that often leads to more pre-season hype heading into the following season. Matt [...]

Jeremy Hermanns was on an Alaska Airlines flight that lost air pressure. So what did he do? He took pictures and, when the plane landed safely, he went home and blogged about the experience. Check it out.

Everybody do the Michigan Rag Everybody likes the Michigan Rag Every Mame and Jane and Ruth From Weehawken to Duluth Slide, ride, glide the Michigan Stomp, romp, pomp the Michigan Jump, clump, pump the Michigan Rag That lovin’ rag! –Michigan J. Frog, Looney Tunes Oh, what it must be like to be a Michigan fan [...]

Good story here by former coach John Mackovic on the spread offense and how it allows teams without much talent to be successful. However, there is an offense being used today by many teams that is far exceeding the hopes of many teams and their fans to challenge anybody. The Spread offense is by far [...]

Here’s some thoughts on what’s going on in college football this Christmas Eve: –First off, I’m very disappointed for my fans, my family and my city that I didn’t win the 2005 Weblog Award. I’m just basically emotionally upset about that. It gives me a little more of an edge to go out there and [...]

Here’s my picks for part two of my bowl preview: Rutgers vs. Arizona State (-10): Rutgers is in its first bowl since most of you were born. I think the Scarlet Knights will just be happy to be there and this is, after all, basically a home game for the Sun Devils. Should be a [...]

That’s bowl season for me. Sure, I get to see game after game while gorging on mom’s holiday cooking, but each bowl reminds me that the college football season is indeed coming to a close. Bowls are often times very hard to predict. There is such a long period of time between most bowls and [...]

For the second year in a row, the Heismanpundit preseason pick won the Heisman Trophy. In 2004, Matt Leinart was my preseason top pick and I said: If (Matt) Leinart ends up anywhere near his numbers last year (2003), when he had 3,500 yards, 38 TDs and only 9 Ints, he’ll win the award as [...]