Anyone who doesn’t vote for McCoy will carry around the guilt that they didn’t vote for the best quarterback in college football history, who will probably follow Roger Staubach into the NFL Hall of Fame. The voters know this, they just need some time to admit it to themselves. Once everyone gets past all this micro/nano analysis and see the big picture, The Heisman will have have Horns on it this year.

Further if you’re an NFL team with an OL problem you patch it with a free agent, a scout player or even a retired player. The best you can do if you’re a college team is get a true freshman to play, play your starters in different positions, or get a defensive lineman to switch to offense. Florida has been forced to do all three of these things.

Another measure OL strength is plays per TFL (tackles for loss). From best to worst:
Houston – 25.8 plays/TFL
Stanford – 20.8
Alabama – 15.3
Boise St – 14.5
Texas – 12.3
Clemson – 11.8
Florida – 11.3

This again shows that Tebow, Spiller and McCoy have played behind struggling offensive lines. Against Oregon, Boise State gave up a large number of TFLs, which explains their lower position. But this is consistent with Boise State having one of the best lines relative to the teams they normally face.

I agree that some of the skills possessed by good pass blockers overlaps with those of good rush blockers. But I will stand by my point that 50% of sacks are the fault of the QB, no matter who is guarding him. Some guys are sack takers, and some guys are sack avoiders. Plain and simple.

Case in point.

Marino- routinely one of the least sacked QBs despite attempting more passes than 90% of QBs.

Manning- sacked only 8 times this season with 357 pass attempts. He plays behind an offensive line that is terrible by your logic. They are ranked 29th in rushing. Averaging 3.9 yards per carry.

Rob Johnson- Sacked 140 times with 804 career pass attempts. Thats a sack for like every 6 dropbacks. Just terrible. In his 4 years that he played in Buffalo (where he played 80% of his career snaps), the Bills were in the upper half of rushing offenses 3 times. In the top 10 twice. A solid offensive line by my estimation.

Elway- Been sacked more times than any other QB ever. Toward the end of his career he played with an O-line that churned out 1,000 runners almost without trying. Even then, his sack numbers didn’t significantly decrease.

Sacks/pass is just another data point, but I think it’s meaningful when trying to evaluate offensive lines. Pass blocking and run blocking are different, but it’s rare that you have an OL that’s good at pass blocking and poor at run blocking. You brought up the Dolphins as a possible example, but their offense was geared toward the pass. It’s a big leap to say that the lack of a big rusher was due to poor run blocking. It’s an even bigger leap to say more than 50% of sacks for any qb are the qb’s fault.

Moore- 32-3
Keenum- 31-6

I like how you said: “Moore leads the nation in passing efficiency. That’s all.” Good job discounting the statistic that is designed to encompass all the quarterbacks major stats. It is pretty telling. More telling about how well a QB is performing than his raw yardage. By the way, Moore’s rating is nearly 20 points higher than Keenum’s.

Here is a fact check:

Moore- 203/300 67%
Keenum- 358/514 69%

Moore- YDS/COMP 12.5
Keenum- YDS/COMP 11.7

Moore- YDS/ATT 8.5
Keenum- YDS/ATT 8.1

Moore- Throws a TD on 10.6% of his attempts.
Keenum- Throws a TD on 6% of his attempts.

Moore- 10.6/1 TD/INT ratio
Keenum- 5.1/1 TD/INT ratio
both ridiculously good BTW)

Moore- 91 strength of schedule rank (Sagarin)
Keenum- 93 strength of schedule rank (Sagarin)

Boise State- 10-0
Houston – 8-2

If you wanted stats, there you go.

NOBODY for Heisman!

Thought you would like to have the link of the University of Houston’s Case Keenum for Heisman page.

http://www.uhcougars.com/casekeenum/

Thanks for all your hard work.