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I’ve was asked recently if the Heisman ceremony will include the more traditional number of five finalists this year, due to the race being so wide open.
I actually do think there’s a great chance we have five finalists this year: Mark Ingram, Colt McCoy, Toby Gerhart, C.J. Spiller and Tim Tebow.
But for history’s sake, it’s noteworthy that having five finalists at the ceremony isn’t exactly a common occurrence. Here are the number of finalists each year for the last 20 years. As you can see, it is more common to have four or even three finalists at the ceremony:
2008–three
2007–four
2006–three
2005–three
2004–five
2003–four
2002–five
2001–four
2000–three
1999–four
1998–four
1997–four
1996–four
1995–four
1994–four
1993–four
1992–three
1991–four
1990–four
1989–four
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If Tebow finishes 4th or 5th they will invite at least as many people as needed to make sure he gets to be there. Even if the insiders/pundits/hardcore fans agree he doesn’t have a chance to win it by then, they casual fans won’t and they will want the additional publicity that “Will Tebow win his 2nd Heisman?” would bring.