It’s Nice to Have a Heisman Trophy Leader
College Football October 20th. 2008, 4:30pmLast week, there was no leader; now, Texas QB Colt McCoy is out front. By a considerable margin. Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow need a Texas loss to warrant serious consideration.
1. Colt McCoy, QB, Texas. The Missouri defense has always been best-described as a sieve, which is why Colt’s 29-for-32, 337-yard, two-TD clinic Saturday night in Austin is no surprise. That being said … there isn’t a ballot in the country in which the SI coverboy isn’t the leader.
2. Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma.
3. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida. If he beats Georgia and FSU in nationally-televised games, and positions the Gators to win the SEC title and get in the BCS title game … then maybe he’s got a case, even if Texas is unbeaten.
3. Graham Harrell, QB, Texas Tech. He’s this year’s Colt Brennan, and if he can make an unbeaten regular season happen, sure, we’ll get on board. Stats are impressive.
Smell you later:
Javon Ringer, Michigan State. Game of the season and he goes for 67 yards on 16 carries. See you in the fifth round in April, guy.
Chase Daniel, Missouri. Nice stats. Nice career. Too bad he doesn’t have a running back. Or a defense.
Sorry we even mentioned him:
Derrick Williams, Penn State. Two catches for 16 yards against Michigan? Desmond Howard, he’s not. Unless he does it against Ohio State …
Hate to do this, but he could be in the discussion this time next week:
Chris Wells, Ohio State. Because the cynic in us thinks that maybe if the Buckeyes beat Penn State, and then run the table … yes, they’ll be back in the title game. And Pryor, as good as he’s been, cannot be considered here. Next year though, TP might open as the favorite.
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October 20th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Only in Texas can a HS player get endorsement deals.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Harrell deserves some kind of trophy for those stats and even stats throughout his career. Just not a heisman.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
heavy on the college football today, eh TBL?
it’s never a bad thing.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
if crabtree’s ankle doesnt heal up those numbers will drop some even though he has killer distribution. not his best game against a not great a&m team.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I really hope McCoy doesn’t win, for no reason other than my hatred for everything from the state of Texas not named Lance Armstrong.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Doesn’t getting paid for an advertisement make you lose your amateur status? How does this work, I though you couldn’t get paid for being a player, even in HS.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Harrell and TT will lose 2, if not 3 games this year meaning those stats will amount to dick. I know the Heisman only goes to the best player on the best team (unless someone a la Tebow puts up #s that cannot be ignored) but Bradford has had a better season than McCoy as it stands now. I still think Beanie and Knowshon could get into the mix…we still have 6-7 games left for most teams. What happens if UGA wins out as does OSU? Both will be the keys to that winning meaning that they could vault themselves into the competition.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
You can only lose eligibility if you make money for the sport you are playing collegiately. Believe me, I’m way more versed in terms of eligibility than I’d ever desire to be after my freshman year of college.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
and why do you hate to do this? he’s the best player in college football. just because he was hurt during the ONE osu game you watched doesn’t mean he’s not as good as advertised.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
How does this work, I though you couldn’t get paid for being a player, even in HS.
They probably just threw him a couple oxycotin.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
There’s so many loopholes in the NCAA eligibility standards it’s absurd. I’ve made money winning road races, and get paid under the table. The NCAA is a fucking joke. I hate them.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
shit zibikowski made money as a prize fighter but was able to play football because its a different sport.
yet the olympic skier / wideout gets fucked
October 20th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
it would have been funny if he passed out during the shot. and is it okay in texas to just keep giving kids medicine until you got the right mix? what if the kid went into convulsions or somethin? would the pharmacist just shrug his shoulders and go “maybe i put too much in there.”
October 20th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Que?
October 20th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
So you went to OSU, I kid, I kid. Thanks for the info, I guess I should have assumed since the NCAA was involved the rules would make no sense.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I’d have gone to community college before OSU haha. And only because of my hatred of their sports teams. But yeah, it’s easy to sneak by. The NCAA needs to hire recent former NCAA athletes to revise their rules, guarantee it’d be 10x better a week after the hiring. So much ass-backwards bullshit.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Billy – totally agreed on NCAA rules. As a reporter, it makes me crazy trying to keep that shit straight. Something tells me he didn’t get paid for this commercial, though, since it was his family’s store. And I will have to forever disagree with your hatred of all things Texas, for obvious reasons.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Fair enough haha. I guess, assuming the rest of college and the next few years go to play (there’s no reason to think it will at all whatosever, that last 4 years since senior year of high school have been wacky), I may have a foot up in sports writing in terms of knowing a lot of the ins and outs of this shit. They should really hire me and pay me a ton of money, that’d be nice. God, I’m broke.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
billy, why do you hate texas?
October 20th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
“Texas QB Colt McCoy is out front. By a considerable margin.” He shouldn’t be.
Big 12 QB #1
Patt Pcomp Int Pyds Ydspatt TDs TDpct Rating
238 170 5 2520 10.59 26 10.92 192.2
Big 12 QB #2
Patt Pcomp Int Pyds Ydspatt TDs TDpct Rating
197 160 3 1894 9.61 19 9.64 190.8
October 20th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
pretty sneaky, len.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
It’s like I’ve been bread to. Beside my old roommate being there and hating him, I hate the President, I don’t like UT-Austin, I don’t like Houston and Dallas sports teams, and the guy from Texas who assaulted my father because of his job as a gun control lobbyist, all in all, not a fan of Texas. To say I hate all things Texas is a bit extreme, but I’m not big on the state. But not absolutely everybody and everything. Obviously, all that doesn’t encompass the whole state.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
We all know Heisman races are pageants, not stat breakdowns. And if QB 2 beats QB 1, he’ll be ahead in a category that matters more than a lot of those other ones.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Billy – To each his own. For the record, I don’t own a gun and may never want to, even if I ever get the money to buy one. But UT-Austin isn’t as bad as many people think. Definitely a fun place to spend four years.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
I agree that Colt should be ahead. But not “by a considerable margin.” The way I see it is that Bradford is 2 (albeit bad) INTs from being the definitive frontrunner. But then again, I don’t have a vote. And the only Heisman guarantee any of us can make is that whoever wins will blow in the NFL.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
those actually look like good reasons billy. texans for the most part are generally friendly incl. the pres. i don’t own a gun either but i am ok with it as long as proper checks are in place.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Yeah, I’m sure a majority of people from Texas are good people, I just kinda had my taste soured. And I don’t doubt UT is good times, I just don’t like the Longhorns haha. And Bush is like this, he might be a fun guy to get hammered or stoned with, but otherwise, a fool and I despise him.
But hey, I’ve never spent significant time there, so I can’t make a final verdict. You guys seem like good people, even though I don’t know you at all haha.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
So you guys don’t think Colt McCoy might have done the advertisement for James McCoy drug store for free??
October 20th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Throwin – That’s what I said.
I was surprised people thought otherwise, too.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
If Malcolm Jenkins caught a couple of TD passes he’s be a top candidate. He might just be the best defensive player in the country right now. Better than Malugalgooga.