Comments on: From a Voter

By: DannyAdelante

DannyAdelante — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:33:04 +0000

How many games do Stanford win without Gerhart? How many would Nebraska win without Suh? Clemson without Spiller?
Heck, even Washington without Jake Locker?
If you’re going to go that route, include every team, not just the yeams with last year’s heisman finalists.

I don’t think Gilbert is that bad. He’s the 2008 High School player of the year and he’s been decent when he’s actually had a chance to play. No different than McCoy in my opinion.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:36:55 +0000

SEC voters need to remember how the BIG12 voters left Tebow off their ballots last season. They should do the same to Colt too.. the story in college football the last few years has been the SEC.. not the BIG12.. the same is true this year.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:34:49 +0000

This is an extremely flawed way of looking at things.. great players make the players around them look great.. why doesn’t McCoy? Do you think Scottie Pippen would have looked as good as he did without Jordan around? Tebow draws so much defensive pressure from opposing defenses it makes all the players around him much more explosive. Also, imagine if Tebow was playing on Texas. Tebow would put up numbers against those BIG12 defenses that no one in history would ever come close to matching.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:51:36 +0000

So Tebow is penalized because he has a good backup? This has got to be one of the dumbest methods of deciding who to vote for. No wonder Bradford won last year. The voters do not have brains.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:50:38 +0000

If you took Gerhart out of Stanford they would be lucky to win half of their games. It will be a shame if he does not win it all.

By: sandymex

sandymex — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:14:09 +0000

Geoff said -
“…its kind of hard to win national or conference championships when you’ve never been to one!”

I don’t think this is a selling point for McCoy. Here are games that would have won the division for Texas:
In 2006 Texas was poised to win the division and McCoy threw three INTs against Texas A&M in the last game. The worst was at the A&M 1 yard line in the 12-7 loss.
In 2007 Oklahoma scored to make it 28-21 and McCoy responded by throwing an interception at the Oklahoma 28 and Texas never came close to scoring again.
In 2008 McCoy threw a pick 6 against Texas Tech that was the difference in the game.
In 2009? McCoy could be Texas toast if he fails against Nebraska or plays poorly in a win.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:31:30 +0000

I hardly think you can blame Toby for the losses… In the Wake game, a phanton clipping call cost Toby a 35 yard run that iced the game in the 4th quarter. Instead, Stanford had to punt (it would have been first and goal) and Wake marched down and scored to win the game. Toby would have gone over 100 in that game too. Against Oregon State, Stanford was playing from behind in most of the game – down 31-7 at halftime, meaning Toby didn’t get many carries. Against Arizona, on 4th and 1 inside the 10, Harbaugh threw the ball instead of giving to Toby, for reasons NO ONE understands. And again against Cal, on 1 and 10 at the 13, with 1:45 to go, he again put the game on his Frosh QB instead of giving it to Toby to win the game… Honestly 3 of 4 losses could have been avoided, and 2 surely would have been avoided if Toby had been more involved, but a young coach who thinks with his heart not his head got in his way.

Toby’s numbers speak volumes, he has put up huge numbers against some solid defenses. Stanford is outmatched athletically in most games, but with Toby’s will/heart/drive, a team with a Frosh QB, a young O-Line, and a suspect Defense, has gone from 1-11 to 8-4 in just 3 seasons. The reason is simple: Toby Gerhart, the Nation’s Most Outstanding Football Player in 2009.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:45:05 +0000

well, I would like to see more stats that include passing defense too. See, if pac-10 teams score fast on poor defenses, It forces the other team to pass and not run.ie USC of the past….therefore at the end of the game (in this example) USC winds up with a stout run defense; Wow, we gave up 80 yds rushing…looks great on paper, but the other team could not afford to run…..these stats really don’t take each game scenario into account.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:17:44 +0000

Haha, I love the Colt-bashing…I guess the 45 school records, 4 NCAA records, and 12 National Awards are all just bogus…lol, some of you are pathetic!!

Make your case for your favorite candidate, but to say any of these players are anything less than great is just naive.

Sandymex’s comment – “McCoy still needs to prove he can win the big game since he’s failed in 3 previous years to win a conference or national championship.” – ummm yeaaa, its kind of hard to win national or conference championships when you’ve never been to one! Instead, McCoy has won every post-season match-up he’s played in.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:06:22 +0000

If you break down the rush defenses of the pac 10 and the SEC, it is evident that the rush defenses are much better in the pac 10. How can it be a conference of bad D?