colt-mccoy-girlfriend-rachel-glandorfThis Heisman race, while the winner is ultimately going to be as obvious as Who Shot Mr. Burns (I actually had that as Hans Moleman that entire summer), has at least been as crazy as the 2000 Presidential election. (After the jump, there’s a video of Dan Rather from early that night. Can’t find the classic, but at around 3 am he was screaming, “Gore’s back is up against the wall! His shirttails are on fire and the tax collector is banging down the door!” It was literally that bad.) Side note on the 2000 election: the night before was Antonio Freeman’s sick-ass catch on MNF. Here’s video of that. That’s the last time we’ll mention a WR for the remainder of this post, I’d bet.

1. Colt McCoy, QB, Texas: I don’t think McCoy’s performance against Okie State was awesome, and I do think he’s kinda fucked by the inability to have a “Heisman moment” in November – since most of Texas’ games won’t be on anyone’s radar. But, I do think he’s the front-runner right this second, because Tebow already has his Heisman and if the BCS title game does come down to UF vs. Texas, members of media want to open their columns with: “Two men. Two Heisman trophy winners. Two men. Two of the winningest QBs in college history. Two men. Two fine, upstanding citizens. Two men. And tonight, only one of them can walk out a champion.” Whoever called me a cheap Pat Forde in the comments last week was utterly and completely right.

2. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida: SEC numbers not against Georgia are fairly pedestrian. Side note, if you want to know how my Halloween went: I don’t remember the end of UGA/UF. I did wake up by the end of USC/Oregon, though. Nice.

3. Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama: The only way he gets this is if he shreds LSU for 120+ and 2 TDs, then goes 100+ and 2 TDs on Florida in the SEC title game, complete with a huge-ass stiff arm of Brandon Spikes at some point during that contest. That might be enough.

4. Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre Dame: Numbers are really good. Plays for a program that virtually everyone in America has some form of opinion on. Is on TV every week. All that is good. The bad: his two highest-profile games of the year, Michigan and USC? Losses.

5. Jonathan Dwyer, RB, Georgia Tech: I’m just going to use slots 5-7 to make arguments, because in all honesty, it’s going to be one of the guys listed 1 or 2. Here’s the argument for Dwyer: it seems either Georgia Tech or Clemson is going to the BCS from the ACC, right? So let’s compare Dwyer and Spiller for a hot second. Kiper and McShay both have these dudes around 12-13 in the 2010 Draft. OK, so they’re close in that regard. I take Dwyer because he’s beast, or at least more beast than Spiller. My other concern with Spiller: how long has this dude been at Clemson? Did he room with the Fridge? I swear I was in 4th grade when he was red-shirting.

6. Terrelle Pryor, QB, Ohio State: Won’t sniff this list. However, check this out: If he totally goes off in his next three games (PSU, Iowa, Michigan), runs a 3-0 record, puts about 220 on the ground and 600+ through the air… you wouldn’t even consider inviting him to New York? Now, now… he likely won’t do any of that, and OSU might actually go 1-2 in those three games (2-1 is more likely), but can you think of a more important three-game stretch for Tressel and any of the QBs he’s ever had than this one right here?

7. Bernard Pierce, RB, Temple: Won’t sniff it either, but the two best rise-from-the-ashes stories in CFB this year are Temple and Duke, with Oregon as a more mainstream third contender. Pierce has been, with apologies to Kanye, “beasting … off the Reisling,” including a couple of 200+ performances. [Ed. He's only a freshman!] Wouldn’t mind seeing this cat get more love at the very least; hoping his YouTubes at Temple can someday replace arguably the most famous Temple YouTube of ‘em all: