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Archive for 'June,2009'

Heisman Pic of the Day

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

Recruiting Note

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 [...]

2009 Preview: Rating the Cornerbacks

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 [...]

Surprise Teams

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 [...]

2009 Preview: Rating The Linebackers

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 [...]

More On Bogus 40 Times…

…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 [...]

Peterson Still Wants That Heisman

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 [...]

Almost Heismans

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, [...]

Heisman Pic of the Day

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 [...]

Voter Certification

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 [...]

Quick Aside: Is San Jose Legit?

Saw a blog posting today from someone criticizing Alabama for scheduling San Jose State in 2010.  The complaint was that the Spartans weren’t ‘legit’, the implication being that ‘Bama was set up for an easy win.  Does the [...]

Site Attack

Sorry for the down time.  HP was attacked by a hacker and it took some time for me to figure it out, but we are back up now. [...]

2009 Preview: Rating the Defensive Tackles

Now, on to the defensive tackles… Go here to see the top quarterbacks for 2009 Go here to see the top running backs for 2009 Go here to see the top wide receivers for 2009 Go [...]

Picture of the Day

Here is HP dressed as Big Foot choking Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 and ‘Smooth’ fame.  This was during the shooting of Thomas’ new viral video soon to be released on YouTube.  Yes, this is HP’s [...]

Sure, But Can You Strike A Pose With It?

The Wall Street Journal has this story on how the Golden Spikes Award–college baseball’s version of football’s top honor–has been a better indicator of professional success than the Heisman has in the last 10 years. Actually, when [...]