Quickie Voting Notes

By on December 12, 2009 in General CFB

There are three weeks of Heisman voting.

Week one saw just 11 ballots (1%) returned.  Week two saw 89 ballots (10%) sent in.   Colt McCoy got the strong majority of the early ballots.

However, 89% of ballots were sent in the third and final week, after the conference title games.  Ingram won those votes, followed by Gerhart, McCoy, Suh and Tebow.

Of the 926 available ballots, 904 (97.6%) were received.

Ingram was on 68% of the ballots, Gerhart on 67%, McCoy on 61%, Suh on 43% and Tebow on 26%.

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4 Responses to Quickie Voting Notes

  1. Geoff December 12, 2009 at 7:17 pm #

    …all the more reason the Heisman should be voted for a few weeks after the end of the bowl season. I can’t help but think that the time bias that comes with this type of voting clearly screwed over Colt McCoy 2 years in a row.

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  2. Bill Freeman December 12, 2009 at 8:07 pm #

    The heisman has been disgrace. It was clear during the broadcast a they did not want a QB or def. Lineman to win. Ingrams numbers do not meet the standard of any RB going back to ’98. Because of the lack of honor and honesty I hope the recent curse of losing the championship game is alive an well. Which means the heisman is the 2nd place trophy. The voters should be ashamed of yourselves.

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  3. Conner December 13, 2009 at 1:16 am #

    Ingram didn’t get but 29 touches in the 3 cupcake games. He had about 70 less caries than Gerhart. Ingram carried his team when his QB couldn’t produce, and He kept Bama undefeated. When USCe knew what was coming in the 4th Quarter, he went straight through them for a 68 yard drive all on his shoulders. He could have racked up 400 yards on UTC, but only touched it 11 times. He has over 300 yards receiving this season. Let’s be honest, the SEC is much more physical than the Pac-10, and Ingram would have straight run through the Pac-10. I know statistically the Pac-10 has better rush defenses, but outside of Gerhart, does anyone else even have a down-hill runner? If Gerhart plays for Bama, he might see the field as an H-Back/TE, but if Ingram runs for Stanford, he has over 2,000 yards. Ingram was the best there was to offer this year, and he got what he deserved.

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  4. Kari Chisholm December 13, 2009 at 1:29 am #

    Exactly 97.6% of the ballots were returned this year? That’s rather odd. That’s the exact same percentage as the number of ballots that were returned in 2008. (Scroll to bottom.)

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