Heismanpundit

Here are the finest players in all the land:
OFFENSE
Quarterback: Vince Young, Texas
It’s his time. He earned it. His stats are great–over 2,500 yards passing and almost 800 rushing, and a combined 30 touchdowns–and his team is undefeated. Plus, he’s a revolutionary, once-in-a-decade type of player. And, despite what they say, [...]

–I find this particular piece on USC’s leaky defense to be pretty funny. Leaky D May Be Thorn In USC’s Side it says. Sorry, but this story might have made sense in September, when plenty of games were still to be played. We are now at the end of November and the [...]

When a player’s high school highlight tapes start appearing in the New York Times four or five years after the fact, you know he is probably a legend in the making.
Click here to read the story about Reggie Bush’s prep career and see his incredible highlight reel.

At Helix, nostalgic faculty members play it for laughs. [...]

Despite what South Bay Daily Breeze columnist Mike Waldner writes here, the race for the Heisman is over and it won’t be close.
What if the unthinkable happening includes the Bruins, who have appeared unable of stopping your grandmother from gaining yards on the ground, slam the door on Bush, holding him to, say, 25 yards, [...]

Check it out in animated form.
Pretty cool stuff.

Stats can be tricky things.
Not so much with the Heisman though. Not if you don’t make them tricky.
How many times this season did you read a random columnist mention one player or another’s statistics to justify that player winning or not winning the Heisman?
A bunch, that’s how many.
In fact, you hear it almost every [...]

Some random thoughts on the weekend:
–The Reggie Bush for Heisman avalanche continues as he is a unanimous leader in the ESPN poll. Can’t say that I’ve ever seen that before.
–Any hope for Vince Young that Bush would have a lackluster game against UCLA just went into the trash with the injury to LenDale White. [...]

We’ve already called the race for Bush and we pretty much know what the order of the vote will be, but if you are interested in keeping track of the total from a pretty reliable source, be sure to check out Stiff Arm Trophy.com (formerly Heismanprojection.com), which utilizes voter sampling methods to project a winner.

Here’s how it would look:
1. Reggie Bush
2. Vince Young
3. Matt Leinart
4. Brady Quinn
5. Michael Robinson
6. Drew Olson
7. DeAngelo Williams
8. Marcus Vick
9. Elvis Dumerville
10. Maurice Drew

It is worthwhile now, with Bush on the verge of winning this year’s Heisman, to look at the amazing run USC has been on when it comes to the most prestigious award in sports.
When Bush wins, it will be the first time ever that a school has won three Heismans in four years.
It [...]