Heismanpundit

Pitt’s Tony Dorsett, 1976 winner of the Heisman Trophy.  Courtsey of SI’s Vault:

Eric Berry’s 13-year-old younger brother, Evan, has already verbally committed to play for Tennessee.  He’ll be a freshman in high school this fall.  He’ll go to college in the fall of 2013.
I wonder who will be coaching the Vols by then?

For the rest of the position rankings, go here.
1. Syd’Quan Thompson, California–Tough, lockdown corner.  Had 70 tackles, 14 pass breakups and 4 interceptions last year.  Also a very good punt returner.  2nd-team HP All-American in 2008
2. Trevard Lindley, Kentucky–Coming off an outstanding season in which he had 4 interceptions and 11 pass break ups.  Part [...]

Here are my ’surprise’ teams for 2009 (in no particular order):
Illinois–Juice Williams throwing to Arrelious Benn, Jeff Cumberland and Jarred Fayson means that Illinois should have the most explosive offense in the Big Ten this year and one of the best passing attacks in college football.  If Juice cuts his interceptions in half, I think this team wins at [...]

Get all the 2009 position ratings here…
First, the inside guys:
1. Brandon Spikes, Florida–An HP preseason and postseason AA in 2008, he is the Butkus favorite after collecting 93 tackles, 8 TFL and 4 interceptions last year.
2. Rolando McClain, Alabama–Built upon a big freshman year with an even bigger sophomore year.  Led the Tide with 95 tackles [...]

…from our friends over at Football Talent Advisors.  As we’ve been saying a long time, the best way to gauge speed accurately is to utilize track marks instead of 40 times.   And the best way to verify–or discredit–40 times is to also use track marks as a cross reference.  As FTA notes:
Players that run 11.5 in the [...]

As noted in this story on Yahoo:
During a visit to Reggie Bush’s(notes) house in Los Angeles, there was a certain piece of memorabilia that caught the eye of All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson.
“I found myself walking up the steps, and I looked down right at this big Heisman Trophy just sitting in this real nice [...]

So many Heisman winners are well-known to us, but what about the runners-up?  Here’s the list of the all-time 2nd-place Heisman finishers.  Lots of big names, but quite a few we probably don’t remember:
1935–Monk Meyer, Army
1936–Sam Francis, Nebraska
1937–Byron White, Colorado
1938–Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburgh
1939–Tom Harmon, Michigan
1940–John Kimbrough, Texas A&M
1941–Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame
1942–Paul Governali, Columbia
1943–Bob Odell, Pennsylvania
1944–Glenn Davis, [...]

Can you believe it’s been 25 years since Doug Flutie’s Heisman season?  One bit of trivia:  Contrary to popular belief, the miracle throw by Flutie against Miami did not clinch the Heisman for the BC quarterback–the votes had already been sent in.

I’ve an idea.
There’s always some (justified) complaining about how many AP or Heisman voters aren’t really clued in to college football and therefore tend to make uninformed decisions based on mysterious or superficial criteria.
So why not have a voter certification test for media members every year, like the one the NCAA administers to coaches before [...]