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Archive for 'November,2009'

Notre Dame’s Top Recruits

By now, we all know Charlie Weis is out as Notre Dame’s head coach.  I’ll leave all the commentary on this subject to others (and there is plenty of it out there). But I will say [...]

Texas and the Heisman

Here is the list of Texas players who have finished in the top 10 of the Heisman voting: 2008–Colt McCoy (2nd) Note: If McCoy wins the Heisman in 2009, he’ll become the first Heisman runner-up to [...]

More Regionology

Here are the years that voters from the Northeast Region have voted for someone other than the Heisman winner: 2003–Larry Fitzgerald (Jason White) 2001–Ken Dorsey (Eric Crouch) 1987–Don McPherson (Tim Brown) 1985–Chuck Long (Bo Jackson) 1980–Hugh Green [...]

Heisman Round Up

With votes due exactly one week from today, here’s what people are saying about this year’s Heisman race and the players involved: —The Flint (Mich.) Journal attributes Mark Ingram’s easy handling of all the Heisman hype [...]

The HP Heisman Watch

Now for the 14th–and penultimate–HP Heisman Watch of the 2009 season. With one week of games remaining, we finally have clarity in this race.  One player is now the overwhelming favorite to capture this year’s Heisman Trophy, [...]

HP Fantasy Challenge, Week 13 Results

We’ve now completed 13 weeks of the HP Fantasy Challenge and we have a new leader:  Herschel For Heisman.  H4H took over the lead this week thanks to 55 points from Colt McCoy.  With one week to go [...]

HP’s Top 10 Teams

1. Florida 2. Texas 3. Alabama 4. TCU 5. Cincinnati 6. Boise State 7. Oregon 8. Ohio State 9. Oregon State 10. Penn State On the cusp: Houston, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Nebraska, Miami [...]

How The Race Looks Now

The weekend’s games are done and here’s how I think the Heisman race looks right now: 1.  With one week to go, Colt McCoy is the current front runner and likely winner.  Pending a status report on [...]

Ingram Sinks

The Alabama Heisman curse seems to be rearing its ugly head.  Mark Ingram’s hopes for the trophy took a major hit today, as he rushed for just 32 yards on 16 carries against Auburn.  The Tide [...]

Advantage, McCoy

Colt McCoy might have made his Heisman statement with a huge game against Texas A&M tonight. The senior quarterback threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns and added another 173 rushing yards and a score (a 65-yarder). [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I’ll be checking back all weekend to give commentary on Texas-Texas A&M, Alabama-Auburn, Stanford-Notre Dame, Clemson-South Carolina and Florida-Florida State and what it all means for the Heisman. Enjoy the weekend! [...]

Picking This Week’s Games

I didn’t pick any games last week and it’s no wonder–I’ve been absolutely atrocious picking against the spread this year.  I’m going to give it one more try this week and then call it a day [...]

Tebow Says Goodbye

He’s not going to win the Heisman this year, but Tim Tebow still has a chance to go out as one of the greatest players in college football history. [...]

Statistics and the Heisman

I’m seeing way too much emphasis on statistics when it comes to analyzing the Heisman race. That doesn’t mean that stats aren’t important.  They are an essential element of determining the worth of a player. However, an overreliance on stats [...]

The Case For McCoy

Some very impressive numbers and accomplishments provided by Texas Sports Information in an email today:  Note:  I welcome and encourage any other data or material on behalf of the other candidates. COLT MCCOY * UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS [...]