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 be hurt heading into the SEC title game.
It will take a huge performance against Florida combined with a Colt McCoy tank against Nebraska for Ingram to jump back on top of this contest. And even then, I think we are looking at a squeaker of a race.
As it now stands, McCoy is the strong favorite to capture the 2009 Heisman Trophy.
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Johnny
I watched the Alabama-Auburn game. You should have titled this post “Ingram Stinks”.
mac
Lmfao how many full games did mccoy play this year . do your homework idiots . he sat out most of the 2nd half in 7 games . brown could have left him in and padded those numbers. Like stoops did with bradford last year .So if mccoy played all full games this would not even be a debate .
Shane
I did the homework. No matter your interpretation, there is no way McCoy sat out “most of the 2nd half” in seven games.
He sat out the fourth quarter of four games (ULM, UTEP, Mizzou, Baylor) and played most, if not all, of the third quarter in three of those games. UTEP is the only game where I can see he sat out most (not all) of the third quarter.
I’m not accusing Texas of trying to “pad” his stats, just setting the record straight.
sandymex
Mac -
Here are the quarter totals for McCoy:
La-Monroe 3.0 quarters
Wyoming 3.5
Texas Tech 3.7
UTEP 2.4
Colorado 3.5
Oklahoma 4.0
Missouri 3.0
Ok St 3.1
UCF 4.0
Baylor 3.0
Kansas 3.5
TAMU 4.0
McCoy plays more minutes in blowout games than any major candidate. Against Florida’s three weakest opponents Tebow played 1.5, 2.1 and 2.4 quarters. Had Tebow played as long as McCoy had against such opponents Tebow would have over 400 more yards and 5 more TDs.
The BCS computer rankings tell us that the Big 12 is the 5th best conference this year and that McCoy has faced the worst pass defenses of any of the candidates.
jship
ingram shouldnt even be considered. gerhart tebow or mccoy please. i think they should give it to colt since tebow already has one
mac
Charleston Southern—Troy—Kentucky—-FIU–Mississippi State—Vanderbilt —Florida State Mighty tuff bunch there.
mac
HHAHAAHAHAHAH BCS COMPUTER RANKINGS THATS THE WHOLE DAMN PROBLEM………..
sandymex
Sagarin Top 50 teams beaten:
Ingram 8 (#1 this weekend)
Tebow 8 (#2 this weekend)
McCoy 4 (#25 this weekend)
Gerhart 5 (no more games)