Archive for 'September,2010'

Picking This Week’s Games

Another week, another 6-4 record against the spread.  I was a just couple points away from being 8-2.  Over the last three weeks I am 18-12 (.600) and am 21-18-1 (.538) overall on the year.  So, [...]

Heisman Pic of the Day

He won’t win it, but this is a sweet pic of Patrick Peterson nonetheless: [...]

5 Thoughts On A Wednesday

This, that and the other thing… —I think it’s wonderful that LSU is pushing Patrick Peterson for the Heisman.  He’s a great player and he clearly wants the trophy, which is always nice to see.  But [...]

Heisman News Round Up

The latest from around the net: Betting against an Ingram Heisman repeat? Bad idea LSU defensive back Patrick Peterson knows odds are against him in the Heisman race Heisman Trophy Betting Update – Update After Week [...]

The Heismanpundit Heisman Poll, Week 4

Total Points (with first place votes in parentheses) 1. Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan – 34 (9) 2. Terrelle Pryor, QB, Ohio State – 20 (3) 3. Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State – 18 (1) 4. Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama – [...]

The HP Heisman Watch, Week 4

Go to this great sportsbook for the latest betting odds, but in the meantime, it’s time to look at the state of the Heisman race. Here is my list of the players who currently stand the best [...]

HP Fantasy Challenge, Week 4 Results

Full results and leaderboard here. [...]

HP’s Top 10 Teams, Week 4

1. Alabama 2. Ohio State 3. Oregon 4. Boise State 5. TCU 6. Stanford 7. Nebraska 8. Arkansas 9. Miami 10. Auburn On the cusp: Arizona, Oklahoma, Florida, Utah, NC State [...]

Heisman D-Day No. 1: Ryan Mallett and Alabama

Setting the table for today: There are currently four major candidates for the 2010 Heisman Trophy and several minor candidates behind them trying to gain traction. As the race now stands, the leader (if the vote were [...]

HP for Mobile

I’m slowly but surely catching up to the times here, or trying to. You can now access Heismanpundit on your mobile phone and the site will actually be readable, instead of a mish-mash of jumbled text [...]

Conferences vs. Conferences

Since the subject of conference vs. conference has been broached again, I thought I’d share some data that never gets mentioned in the mainstream media. As most sentient beings would acknowledge, the default mentality out there is [...]

Picking This Week’s Games

I’m on a roll, baby.  Hitting at a 60 percent pace against the spread the last two weeks (12-8).  15-14-1 overall on the year.  Time to get cocky.  All lines courtesy of Doc Sports. Miami (-4) at [...]

Heisman Candidate Situational Stats

In a follow up to the stats from CFBStats I posted yesterday, here is a comparative  look at the top four Heisman candidates in the Heismanpundit Poll in various categories: Sorted Pass Efficiency Ratings First Half [...]

Heisman Pic of the Day

Again, with Herschel Walker, but this one is too good to pass up.  Here’s the 1982 Heisman winner getting beat in the 60m dash by Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis, despite his SEC speed (photo courtesy of SI.com): [...]

Soothing the Beast

Just in case it hasn’t been made clear that the mainstream sports media will bow down lower to the SEC than even Obama will to an Arab tyrant, here is today’s column from Ivan Maisel, who by writing this has most [...]