Comments on: The HP Heisman Watch

By: Kblue

Kblue — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:09:42 +0000

Ingram cannot possibly be ranked ahead of Gerhart. He was hardly even on the field during the 4th quarter last week, and trails Gerhart in every statistical category. Toby Gerhart has more touchdowns in November (vs. Oregon, USC, Cal, and Notre Dame) than Ingram has all year.
Watch Toby run over a Notre Dame corner and then carry the entire secondary on his back during the 4th quarter last week – a time when Ingram was on the sidelines after gaining 30 yards for the entire game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bav6LrgaG_o

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:40:15 +0000

Why has everyone completely forgotten how the BIG12 media members completely left TEbow off their ballot to ensure a BIG12 QB won the award? The SEC voters should do the same to Colt this year. The story of college football the past few years has been the SEC dominance. The BIG12 has not been a real factor. The Heisman should be dominated by SEC players and the BIOG12 deserves payback for their bias last year. Colt is a paper tiger. HE has racked up a lot of wins in the regular season but failed to deliver when it mattered. HE lost to Texas Tech when it mattered most.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:17:01 +0000

Sorry that was me with the comment before. It will all be solved in the next weeks. Watch as UT takes complete control over the “Best team of the 2000′s”
-Most Wins
-Tied for Most BSC Championships with LSU and Florida (both of UT will be undefeated though)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:14:31 +0000

CAM is not from Austin or a UT fan. He is just saying that to make him sound more compelling. If he was he would relize that McCoy has done just about a much as Tebow for UT and yet has had a fraction of the praise. Toby has done great but the Pac 10 defenses are terrible as usual. Colt should have won it last year and had the chance to play Tebow in the national championship. I hope Florida can make it to California and Colt can show Tebow and the rest of the Gator nation who the best QB of this Generation truely is…

By: michael

michael — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:43:20 +0000

Gerhart not being #1 and Ingram ahead of him is horseshit.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:43:30 +0000

Does Case Keenum get an invitation to New York this year as a “look forward to 2010″?

By: CAM

CAM — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:12:34 +0000

Good point Sandy. I stand corrected. I see the logic, though I don’t necessarily agree that is a valid basis of comparison/differentiation.

Maybe total times the player has found the endzone, be it on the ground or via a pass, is perhaps a better one. Or better still, how about how each compares to his peers by position.

By: sandymex

sandymex — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:03:31 +0000

CAM -

You might notice that the same stat sheets for ESPN say Tebow has no fumbles in his entire career. To find the fumbles you need to look and extended box scores at the team websites or the play-by-play on sites like ESPN.

Option running quarterbacks have many more opportunities to fumble than running backs. Shotgun snaps, fake hand-offs, pitches, QB sacks and QB keepers. There’s a reason Georgia Tech is leading the nation in fumbles this year.

By: slippy

slippy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:33:13 +0000

Johnny, the stats do lie. When using offensive or defensive rankings, it’s a huge chicken egg situation. I guarantee if you look at the offenses that Texas’ opponents and Florida’s opponents played, that UT’s opponents would be higher ranked, hence the lower ranking defense. So where do we draw the line? Are SEC defenses really that good? Or are the offenses that bad? Or are the defenses just above average against average offenses. You see my point?

The only time a higher team statistical ranking means anything is for teams that have played the same schedule (or very close to it).

By: Floridan

Floridan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:57:53 +0000

Of all the contenders, Ingram is the most questionable. An excellent running back, but he does not have many rushing TDs considering his yardage gained (among the top ten yardage running backs, only one has scored fewer times than he has).

In any case, Tebow and Ingram will split the southeastern vote.