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Archive for 'December,2006'

Picking What’s Left Of The Bowl Games

I love the bowl season, but the wackiness of the it all makes for some difficult game picking. Right now, I stand at 93-78-4 on the season (.543), so I am risking a fairly solid effort [...]

Checking In On The Revolution

Almost a year ago, I wrote that Vince Young is a revolutionary player who would redefine the quarterback position. A lot of people didn’t agree. Some thought that he wouldn’t be able to run in the [...]

Heisman Round Up

My first Heisman ceremony was a memorable one. I arrived at the Nokia Theater at 6 p.m. and, along with ESPN’s Ivan Maisel, was one of only two media members present at the pre-Heisman cocktail reception. [...]

Signs Of Life

Well, I took a little break from HP to recharge my batteries. Then, I wrote up a post-Heisman round up today only to see my computer freeze up before I could save it. Therefore, please excuse [...]

Troy Smith Wins the 2006 Heisman Trophy, McFadden Finishes Second

As expected, the Ohio State University’s Troy Smith won the Heisman, capturing the the second highest margin of victory and the second highest overall point total ever. In a minor upset, Arkansas running back Darren McFadden [...]

Live Heisman Blog

Welcome to the second HP live Heisman blog. I’ll be doing a running commentary during the ceremony. To get the latest comments, just hit ‘refresh’ on your browser from time to time. Feel free to comment [...]

Live Blogging On The Way

We are four hours away from our live Heisman blog…stay tuned. [...]

Reaction To Alabama And Miami Hires

Well, it looks like Bama is going to get Rich Rodriguez as the Tide’s new football coach. I think this would have been a great hire for Bama. The Tide would have had an effective, creative [...]

Heisman Eve Round Up

Read about Troy Smith and his journey to the Heisman here. Shockingly, Smith will be the first true Big Ten quarterback to win the Heisman. Now THAT is one tidbit I missed… Who is Heisman? Find [...]

Dienhart For Smith

Tom Dienhart of the Sporting News explains his vote for Troy Smith here (and plugs HP in the process–thanks Tom!). I went to a lot of games this fall, talked to many coaches and players, read [...]

HP On Radio

I’ll be talking Heisman soon with Greg Brinda on WKNR in Cleveland at 11:10 a.m. ET. [...]

Greetings From NYC

Well, I made it to NYC and am now sitting in my buddy’s living room watching ESPN’s presentation of the ‘rest’ of the college football awards. Troy Smith just won the Davey O’Brien Award, giving him [...]

Off To NYC

I’ll be in New York starting Thursday afternoon and will be blogging from there the rest of the week. Be sure to check back here for my coverage of the 2006 Heisman Trophy presentation. Like last [...]

Some Recent HP Mentions

Check out the following links to Heisman stories that mention HP: Anatomy of a Landslide–Ken Gordon, Columbus Dispatch. Heisman Runaway–Doug Lesmerises, Cleveland Plain Dealer [...]

What McFadden Hath Wrought

Make no mistake, this week is all about Troy Smith, but it is very exciting to see sophomore Darren McFadden included among the Heisman finalists. It is rare for a player from a non-traditional Heisman power [...]