Heismanpundit

My latest CSTV column is up and, with signing day approaching, it touches upon some of the recent Heisman winners and their recruitment:
Signing Day is just a week away and soon we’ll know where some of the top prospects in the country will be playing their college ball.
Those who follow recruiting know it is an [...]

We are in the embryonic stages of the race for the 2007 Heisman, but it’s not too early to start cobbling together a list of the players out there who will at least get a whiff of legitimate consideration.
As seen first at CSTV.com, here are the top 20 candidates (as of this writing) for the [...]

Last year, my early top 10 had Notre Dame at No. 1 (yuk), but Florida was No. 2 (yay!).
Here’s my very early look at 2007:
1. USC–The Trojans have the most talented 85-man roster in college football. The question–at least on offense–is whether it has any idea what to do with it. John David [...]

It’s a little late, but here’s my final top 10 for 2006:
1. Florida (12-1)–The new superpower in college football. Hot coach, great mix of talent and scheme.
2. Ohio State (12-1)–Still a very good team. It just ran into a buzzsaw in Glendale.
3. Boise State (13-0)–On a neutral field, I like their chances against almost [...]

I’ve been preaching for a while now that Urban Meyer’s hiring at Florida was going to have a profound effect on the SEC–and hence, college football–thanks in large part to the addition of his exotic spread scheme to what was, for the most part, a vanilla conference on the offensive side of the ball. [...]

…on the heroes and zeroes of bowl season is up.

Now that he had one of the worst–if not THE worst–bowl game performance in Heisman history, calls are coming now that Troy Smith somehow was a fraud and that he did not deserve the trophy.
Hogwash.
Who should have received it, if not Smith? Darren McFadden? His team lost its last three games and he [...]

…the new Sagarin rankings are out below, but let’s not go overboard, okay SEC?
I am referring to the following quotes, as reported by Stew Mandel:
“That’s the SEC,” said Gators defensive tackle Joe Cohen (referring to the game). “We have the speed and power.”
“Honestly, we played a lot better teams than Ohio State this year,” [...]

…and guess which is the top conference for 2006?
Discuss.

Well, I have been wondering why there have been no comments left of late and just today I saw that I had a database problem.
It’s just been fixed, so feel free to comment away again. Lots to talk about this week and, in honor of recruiting season, I will have a special [...]