Comments on: Wild Scenario #1

By: The HP Heisman Watch | Heismanpundit

The HP Heisman Watch | Heismanpundit — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:17:29 +0000

[...] Toby Gerhart, Stanford–I wrote earlier last week about the player with the best chance of mounting a late-season run at the Heisman. It was a wild [...]

By: tpm

tpm — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:22:54 +0000

Hmm. Is 178 yards and 3 TDs enough?

By: twgin

twgin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:54:27 +0000

A couple of comments above about Stanford’s number of losses; is the Heisman an individual award or only available to players on undeafeated teams ?

A look at Gerhardt’s stats vs. Ingram’s leaves you scratching your head; TG has the advantage across the board. Not only yards and TDs but in consistency and quality of opposition. Watch a highlight reel and TG looks like the Heisman Statue come to life. Ingram is nowhere close to TG stat wise; it would appear that he a total creature of east coast media hype.

See the following: http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=1035761
for the Stanford student newspaper’s take on the situation.

Surveying the Heisman buzz one gets the impression that the US extends no farther west that the city of Houston. Apparently there is a far west island called USC that is visible most years.

By: CloroxingTheGenePool

CloroxingTheGenePool — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:22:07 +0000

Sorry, but Taylor Mays would cheapshot and take out Gerhart before he could reach 200 yards. In fact, I’d wager money that Gerhart or Lucky leave the game Saturday due to such a incurred hit.

By: Zippy

Zippy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:17:42 +0000

Running up numbers on USC is also a lot more likely than it once might have been.

Would LOVE to see this scenario play out – Gerhart is the epitome of a college football player.

By: JMB

JMB — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:03:26 +0000

It seems a bit late in the season for an “insurgent candidacy”. Also, running up huge numbers on USC is no longer as attention-grabbing as it once might have been given that they are now a 2-loss team that has been torched defensively in 2 of their last 3 games.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:28:06 +0000

If Stanford wins out, he could get in the race. But, they’ve already got three losses, including their only significant non-conference oponent to date, Wake Forest. Either way, he’s going to have impressive numbers, and the Stanford Academic angle is really impressive.

By: ross

ross — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:39:14 +0000

This is about as likely as the BCS deciding to get rid of its current format and just do Pac 10 Matchups in all five of the big bowls, since it is obviously the number 1 conference. This is probably a lock in your mind too