Archive for 'May,2010'

Cam Newton Ready to Go for Auburn

I think it’s only a matter of time before an Auburn quarterback has a monster season in Gus Malzahn’s offense.  It looks like Cameron Newton could be that guy in 2010.  Here’s a good read on [...]

Top 10 Overrated Coaches for 2010

This compilation was pretty popular and created a lot of discussion last year, so I thought I’d bring it back again. Keep in mind that I’m not necessarily saying these guys are bad coaches (though in [...]

Top 10 Receivers for 2010

Summer is just about here, so that means it’s time to start our preseason rankings here at HP.  First, the top 10 receivers for 2010: 1. Michael Floyd, Notre Dame–When healthy, he’s the most dominant receiver [...]

Heisman News Round Up/Pic of the day

—Mark Ingram will be honored by his hometown of Flint, Mich. on Saturday. —Tony Barhart wonders if Reggie Bush should lose his Heisman if found to be ineligible in 2005. —ESPN’s Heather Dinnich scouts the Heisman [...]

Surprise Teams for 2010

My surprise teams list for 2009 scored some direct hits (Alabama, Arkansas, Stanford) and some ugly misses (Illinois, Michigan).  Here are my surprise teams for 2010.  They aren’t necessarily title contenders, but these squads should do [...]

Return of the PR Hacks

Word got out last year that the WAC hired a PR firm to lobby for a BCS berth for Boise State.  Then we heard that the BCS itself hired Ari Fleischer’s PR firm to improve that organization’s [...]

Sophomoritis

We are in a new Heisman era, as the last three winners have all been sophomores. Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that the trend continues.  If we were to look at the pool of [...]

Post Spring Top 10 Teams

Where I’d rank the teams now: 1. Alabama 2. Ohio State 3. Miami 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Florida 7. TCU 8. Cincinnati 9. Arkansas 10. Stanford On the cusp: Virginia Tech; Auburn; Georgia Tech; [...]

Locker’s Campaign is Underway

The Jake Locker for Heisman campaign has begun, with a blog-based web site and a mailing that has gone out to the media. I like the approach here by Washington–start early, get the buzz going, put [...]

The Tedford Mystery

It has been a recent college football truism that Jeff Tedford produces great quarterbacks. If you go back and look at it, the line of signal callers tutored or developed by the Cal head coach has been impressive: Trent Dilfer, Fresno State, [...]