Heisman Thoughts

My rankings of the finalists and why:

5.) Anyone who legitimately casts a vote for Tebow this year, even for 3rd place, should have his voting privileges suspended for at least two seasons, and that includes Tebow himself. Great college player, no doubt, but there is no chance he earned this award this particular season.

4.) When you decide to play for a team of Standford's caliber, you implicitly agree to remove yourself from any Heisman talk. The same goes for any non-BCS conference, and let's be honest, the PAC-10 and Big East are marginal at best. This theory has nothing to do with bias; when you accept that position at a lesser football school, your competition is much, much easier, both for earning a spot and when playing. Sorry, Gerhart; great season, but you made your bed when you signed that letter. However, he does earn bonus points for actually being a student.

3.) The SEC championship game proved one thing for Alabama: they don't have a truly dominant player, which is a good thing. See the scoreline for proof. Ingram had a great season and merits some votes, but that entire team contributed to his success.

2.) Perhaps a bit of homerism, but I can't fathom how the all-time leader in QB wins won't have a Heisman on his resume. I'm also sick and tired of hearing about how he had a bad game against Nebraska; the award is for the most outstanding player during the season, not during the last week of the season. He still led all BCS quarterbacks in completion percentage and is right up there in yards and touchdowns. Would win in any other season except that...

1.) I don't possibly see how anyone could say that the most dominant player this season wasn't Ndamukong Suh. Why did McCoy struggle? Suh was in his face the entire game, netting 4.5 sacks and stopping the run behind the line of scrimmage around 6 times. Except for a most unfortunate series of events, including a kickoff out of bounds, a lucky tick of the clock, and the narrowest field goal make I've seen all season, he would have virtually single-handedly beaten one of the top 5 teams this season. I have never seen a more dominant defensive performance, and the announcers said the same. He was tied for third in sacks and had an interception as a DT. The majority of his games netted five or more tackles. If there is any justice, he will win tonight and become the first purely defensive player to do so.