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Archive for 'December,2009'

Leach Gone

It’s not a good week for coaches, as Texas Tech’s Mike Leach has been fired from his perch following an accusation that he mistreated Tech player Adam James, the son of ABC broadcaster Craig James. I’m not [...]

Top 10 Heisman Moments of 2009

Here are HP’s top 10 Heisman moments of the year (in order of their importance in determining the outcome of the race): 1. Ndamukong Suh’s domination of Texas–This was the game that ended up determining the Heisman winner.  Before [...]

Meyer Out

Urban Meyer is out at Florida, with the reason given being health concerns. Obviously, this is going to have a huge impact, not only in the SEC, but in the recruiting and coaching worlds. I don’t [...]

Merry Christmas From HP

Gonna pack it in here ’til after Christmas.  Hope everyone has a safe and joyous holiday season. HP [...]

Picking the Bowl Games

Here are my bowl picks, against the spread: Oregon State (-2.5) vs. BYU–I think the Rodgers brothers are too much for the Cougars to handle and the Beavers cover. Oregon State 34, BYU 24 Utah (+3) [...]

HP Ranks This Decade’s Heisman Winners

Based on brilliance of performance (relative to the competition)  in the year they won: 1. Tim Tebow, 2007 2. Reggie Bush, 2005 3. Sam Bradford, 2008 4. Matt Leinart, 2004 5. Troy Smith, 2006 6. Carson [...]

HP’s All-Decade Team

Other outlets are doing it, so I thought I’d put in my two cents.  QB Matt Leinart, USC Leinart gets the nod due to his record: 37-2 as a starter (including 34 in a row), 2 [...]

Heisman More Popular Than Ever

Last Saturday’s Heisman show on ESPN was the network’s highest-rated ever. ESPN’s Heisman Trophy telecast (Saturday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m. ET) averaged a 4.1 rating, 4,045,000 households and 5,990,000 viewers, marking  increases of 32% (vs. [...]

HeismanPundit.com Watch List: 17 for 2010

Here is my early, early Heisman Watch list for 2010 (again, it’s my list of guys who have the best chance to actually win, not a list of how they will finish in the voting).  Some of these players are true [...]

The 2009 HP All-American Team–Defense

We did the offense on Tuesday, now for the All-American defensive squad: Defensive End 1st team–Jerry Hughes, TCU; Brandon Graham, Michigan 2nd team–O’Brien Schofield, Wisconsin; Derrick Morgan, Georgia Tech 3rd team–Jeremy Beal, Oklahoma; Sergio Kindle, Texas Notes: [...]

The 2009 HP All-American Team–Offense

Now for the sixth edition of the very prestigious HP All-American squad.  First, the offense: Quarterback 1st team–Case Keenum, Houston 2nd team–Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame 3rd team–Colt McCoy, Texas Note: Obviously a very difficult decision on [...]

The HeismanPundit.com Heisman Poll Review

My personal prediction for the Heisman was off, but the The HeismanPundit.com Heisman Poll–which was the most accurate of all the polls in 2008–looked pretty good in 2009, too, despite having to project an obviously close and [...]

Wrapping it all up

The race for the 2009 Heisman Trophy was a seminal one in the award’s history. What started out as a battle royale between three star quarterbacks ended up as the tighest race ever between two running [...]

Voting Wrap Up

Here is the breakdown of the regions: Northeast Mark Ingram, 238 Toby Gerhart, 219 Colt McCoy, 179 Ndamukong Suh, 104 Tim Tebow, 83 This was a mystery region going in and it ended up mirroring the [...]

Heisman Aftermath

I’ll have expanded thoughts on this year’s Heisman race tomorrow and will put up more pictures and information from the weekend when I get back to Los Angeles on Monday.  I will say this, though: the [...]