Archive for 'October,2010'

HP’s Top 10 Teams, Week 9

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

Picking This Week’s Games

Went 4-6 last week to run my season total against the spread to 36-42-2.  Now for another go at it.  All lines courtesy of DocSports. Purdue at Illinois (42 points) — OVER – I like these [...]

Heisman Pic of the Day

The first back-to-back Heismans…1936 and 1937 winners Larry Kelley and Clint Frank of Yale. [...]

Heisman News Round Up

Just to clarify, I wrote in May that Cameron Newton could be a dark horse candidate in 2010. Ingram ‘wouldn’t have no problem’ giving Heisman vote to Cam Auburn’s Cam Newton maintains lead in USA TODAY [...]

Running Quarterbacks and the Heisman

Cameron Newton is the Heisman front runner thanks in large part to his talent carrying the ball, so I thought it’d be worthwhile to go back and look at which quarterbacks rushed for the most yards in [...]

The Heismanpundit.com Heisman Poll, Week 8

Total Points (with first place votes in parentheses) 1. Cameron Newton, QB, Auburn – 38 (12) 2. LaMichael James, RB, Oregon – 18 3. Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State – 17 (1) 4. Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan – 2 5. (tie) Matt Barkley, QB, USC – 1 [...]

Biletnikoff Update

Lost in the shadow of the Heisman race is a collection of receivers having monster seasons while vying for the Biletnikoff Award, which honors the nation’s top wide out. Leading the way is Oklahoma State’s Justin Blackmon, [...]

The HP Heisman Watch, Week 8

Now for my list of the players who currently stand the best chance of actually winning the Heisman.  This is not a predicted order of the final vote, nor the order of how the vote would go [...]

HP Fantasy Challenge, Week 8

Full results and leaderboard here. Raw file of results here. [...]

Cameron Newton and the Heisman Trophy

Eight weeks into the season, Auburn’s Cameron Newton is the front runner to win the 2010 Heisman Trophy. Playing well in big games in front of big audiences is the key to winning the Heisman and [...]

HP’s Top 10 Teams, Week 8

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

Random Thoughts Heading Into The Weekend

There’s no doubt that Thursday night games are prime opportunities for Heisman candidates to highlight their abilities.  LaMichael James helped himself considerably last night by rushing for 123 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries in [...]

Picking This Week’s Games

I turned things around last week, going 6-4 against the spread–and was just a hair or two from going 8-2–and on the season I’m now 32-36-2.  Now for another go at it, all lines courtesy of DocSports. [...]

The State of Alabama and the Heisman Trophy

  When it comes to the Heisman, no state is hotter than Alabama. In late September of last season, I predicted that the Crimson Tide’s Heisman drought would soon come to an end thanks to the amazing [...]

Heisman News Round Up

Auburn’s Cameron Newton takes lead in USA TODAY’s Heisman Watch Newton now the Heisman favorite Heisman Hype: Why Cam Newton Won’t Last Mark Podolski: Heisman stage has a spot available for Stanzi Heisman Trophy winner Jason [...]