Heismanpundit

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 this:  Whoever becomes the next Irish head man should make the return of Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate to [...]

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 win the award the following year since Herschel Walker did it in 1981-82.  Before Walker, the only players to [...]

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 (George Rogers) 1978–Chuck Fusina (Billy Sims) 1971–Ed Marinaro (Pat Sullivan) 1969–Mike Phipps (Steve Owens) 1956–Jim Brown (Paul Hornung) 1948–Chuck [...]

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 to his solid upbringing. —ESPN.com’s Ted Miller calls Toby Gerhart’s performance against Notre Dame “the most impressive Heisman Trophy [...]

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, though he’s been the leader in this watch for 12 of the past 13 weeks.  1. Colt McCoy, Texas–HP’s [...]

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 and most of the healthy players used up, it looks like he’s going to take home the grand prize [...]

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

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 the health of Mark Ingram, I am close to calling the race in his favor. 2.  With his monster [...]

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 pulled out the game, but he was a complete non-factor in the dramatic win and now he might even [...]

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). The ball is now in Mark Ingram’s court.  Can he return serve? All eyes on Alabama-Auburn tomorrow.