Archive for 'October,2006'
The Round Up
Just 40 more days remain until the awarding of the 72nd Heisman Trophy. Now, let’s look at what’s going on around college football: What a difference a week makes. Seven days ago I had my worst [...]
USC Lowers The Bar
USC offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin took a note out of Lou Holtz’s book and pumped up Oregon State’s defense in advance of Saturday’s game in Corvallis. “This is the best defense we’ve played by far physically,” [...]
Picking This Week’s Games
Okay, let’s see if I can get back on track this time around after my worst week ever last week. On the year, I am 54-47-2 (.530). All lines are courtesy of Pinnacle Sports.com. Pickings games [...]
Mail Call
A few offerings from the in box: Greetings. I hit your site daily to follow the heisman race. Nice comprehensive work. It amazes me how year after year Tennessee’s heisman entrant gets screwed in this race. [...]
A Letter From Richard Billingsley
Want to read a good rant by one of the BCS computer analysts? Then click here to see Richard Billingsley stick up for the role of computers in the BCS. He also gives it pretty good [...]
Heisman Commercial
Check out this cool Heisman commercial, courtesy of Nissan: I can’t figure out which team is represented by the rolling boulder, though. Maybe it is a giant Buckeye nut. [...]
Latest Sagarin Conference Rankings…
…are out and, once again, the conference with the worst TV contracts is at the top. Even more amazing: A report on how tough the Pac-10 is from top to bottom has actually surfaced in the [...]
Why Not Hart?
That’s the question asked by Angelique S. Chengelis of the Detroit News regarding a potential Michael Hart Heisman candidacy. Here’s why. He leads the nation’s second-best team in rushing with 1,032 yards on 214 carries, the [...]
Heisman History: A Look Back At 1946
Heismanpundit.com continues its series on looking back at past winners. This week we look back at the winner of the 1946 Heisman: 1946 Heisman- Army’s Glenn Davis By Chip Haunss, Special To Heismanpundit.com It is 1946 [...]
The HP Heisman Watch
There are 46 days left until the Heisman Tropy is awarded in New York City. Right now, the race is in a state of suspended animation, as nothing can change fact that there are only two [...]
The HP Top 10 Teams List
Here are my top 10 teams for the week of Oct. 23. This is a power ranking based on how well the teams are playing right now and it is not a reflection on where they [...]
The Round Up
Another week in the books, another week closer to the Heisman Trophy ceremony…. I had my first losing weekend of the season picking games–and it was a bad one (hey, Sports Illustrated said I was the [...]
Quick Hits
Some random thoughts going into the weekend… Wisconsin Coach Bret Bielema thinks that Badger left tackle Joe Thomas should be a Heisman candidate. Of course, the idea of a lineman–or any other non-skill player–winning the Heisman [...]
Picking This Week’s Games
So far this season, HP is a stellar 51-36-2 (.586) picking games against the spread. Here are my picks for selected matchups from this week: Michigan State (-7.5) at Northwestern: The Spartans are reeling after four-straight [...]
Murphy’s Law
Check out this column by Sports Illustrated writer Austin Murphy in which HP is featured prominently: We met at the Starbucks just off the USC campus. HP had an Odwalla orange juice and a chicken sandwich. [...]
An Early Look At The 2012 Heisman Contenders
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Exit Tebow
Apparently so, Al. I guess the religious tyrants need to legislate ev
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Luck Holds Off Weeden and Richardson In Latest Heismanpundit Straw Poll
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Russell Wilson To Wisconsin: The Impact On The 2011 Heisman Race
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