Heisman
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award (often known simply as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman), named after former college football player and coach John Heisman, is awarded annually to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the U.S. (From Wikipedia)
The most outstanding collegiate football player in the U.S. is the only listed requirement.
Eliminated :
Tom Brady (New England Patriots) - having a great year, but is in the NFL - NOT Collegiat
Erik Glavic (St. Mary's Huskies) - had a great year, but in Canada - NOT in the U.S.
In consideration:
Tim Tebow
Darren McFadden
Dennis Dixon
Chase Daniel
Rational discussion to follow in the comments
The most outstanding collegiate football player in the U.S. is the only listed requirement.
Eliminated :
Tom Brady (New England Patriots) - having a great year, but is in the NFL - NOT Collegiat
Erik Glavic (St. Mary's Huskies) - had a great year, but in Canada - NOT in the U.S.
In consideration:
Tim Tebow
Darren McFadden
Dennis Dixon
Chase Daniel
Rational discussion to follow in the comments
posted by John at 11:28 AM
3 Comments:
If I were a voter, on Saturday morning I would have flipped a coin between McFadden and Tebow, with Tebow as 1 and McFadden as 1A.
After Saturday, it's Tebow 1, McFadden 2, everyone else comes later. Dennis Dixon had a great year as did Chase Daniel. Only one of the two can be invited to NY, and based on the injury to Dixon, I think it should be Daniel.
My Heisman ballot would be:
1. Tim Tebow (aka Superman)
2. Dennis Dixon
3. Chase Daniel
Daniel would have a chance to move up to #2 based on the Big XII title game this Saturday.
McFadden would likely be #4 on my list and get a trip to NYC but I think voters only list the top 3 on their ballots. McFadden has just been too inconsistent this season and has had too many sub-100 yard games. Unlike Tebow, who never had a bad game, McFadden did not show up in a couple of Arkansas's 4 losses, which means those count against him more than Florida's 3 do against Tebow. Also consider this: in their 7 games against common opponents, Tebow accounted for 30 total TDs. McFadden had seven (6 rush, 1 pass). People are also forgetting that despite 206 yards rushing and 4 total TDs against LSU, McFadden had 3 fumbles making it a good but not great performance.
Daniel is surging but will have to have a spectacular game in a win on Saturday to have any chance at catching Tebow, who has 15 more TDs and a passer rating over 20 points higher than Daniel, while doing it against tougher competition.
Dixon's importance to his team was clearly seen again as UCLA shutout Oregon Saturday. I think he right now is deserving of runner-up based on just 9 1/2 games.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegefootball/heisman
All 5 CBS sportsline writers have Tebow first with Daniel and McFadden splitting the 2nd/3rd place votes. No excuse for Pat White being ahead of Dixon.
ESPN, SI, heismanpundit.com, and Scripps-Howard polls pending.
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