Archive for 'December,2008'
Predictions for the remaining bowls
The bowls are so hard to predict. Sometimes the teams that show up are completely different than the teams you saw in the regular season. But, here goes: Missouri 49, Northwestern 27 (Missou -13) Maryland 24, [...]
The Best Hope
It’s not too often that a player from a school without a whole lot of Heisman tradition can make a real, legitimate run at the trophy. Cal’s Jahvid Best has a chance to do just that [...]
Smart Move By Chizik
A lot of people didn’t like the hire of Gene Chizik at Auburn, but he went ahead and scored a coup by getting Gus Malzahn away from Tulsa. That move pretty much assures Auburn will be [...]
Merry Christmas from HP
Thanks to everyone for another great season. Hope you and yours stay safe and enjoy the holiday season. I’ll be back after Christmas with a look at the big bowl games and some of the internal [...]
The Hubris of Athletic Directors
It’s amazing how athletic directors at major universities just don’t do their homework when it comes to their most important task: hiring, retaining and firing coaches. We’ve already seen ridiculous hires this offseason like Lane Kiffin [...]
The 2008 HP All-American Team–Defense
We did the 2008 HP All-American Offense team on Friday, now the defense: Defensive Ends 1st team–Brian Orakpo, Texas; Aaron Maybin, Penn State 2nd team–Brandon Graham, Michigan; Jerry Hughes, TCU 3rd team–Clay Matthews, USC; Nick Reed, [...]
The 2008 HP All-American Team–Offense
It’s time for the fifth edition of the very prestigious HP All-American squad. First, the offense: Quarterback 1st team–Colt McCoy, Texas 2nd team–Sam Bradford, Oklahoma 3rd team–Tim Tebow, Florida This was a very tough choice, obviously. [...]
Will NFL arrogance do Tebow in?
I just finished watching Mel Kiper say that Tim Tebow could be another Frank Wycheck and that the Florida QB should move to H-back. Of course, that’s just absurd. Why is the NFL mentality so blind [...]
An Early 2009 List
Again, it’s way early, but here’s a list of my front runners right now, with the assumption that Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow (among others) go pro. 1. Colt McCoy 2. Mark Sanchez 3. Terrelle Pryor [...]
The Round Up
What’s going on… —Why are people so upset about Gene Chizik becoming Auburn’s coach? At least he was a college head coach before coming Auburn. If Charles Barkley wants to get riled up, he should be [...]
Under the weather
Been out sick the last couple days. Nasty cold. Will continue later tonight or tomorrow. [...]
Heismanpundit.com/Orlando Sentinel Heisman Poll Most Accurate for 2008
Just a little horn tootin’ here… The Heismanpundit.com/Orlando Sentinel Heisman Poll turned out to be the most accurate Heisman poll of the 2008 season. The top six in the final HP/OS poll were the same as [...]
The Speech, plus: Sims Goes Wild
Thought it was worthwhile to show this video of the announcement again, complete with 1978 Heisman winner Billy Sims chanting ‘Boomer!’ over and over and over…plus Sam Bradford’s speech. [...]
Press Conference Quotes
Here are some more quotes from the post-ceremony press conference: Tim Tebow (on if he felt disappointed) “As a competitor, you’d love to win. But I’m happy for Sam and would’ve been happy for Colt, too. [...]
Back Late Tonight
The bright lights of the big city swallowed me up last night and I never got back to the computer to finish my update. Heading back to L.A. now and will put up the rest of [...]
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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