Tuesday, December 9, 2008

All Eyes on the Heisman


After many fun-filled weekends of college football, the regular season has finally ended. With the regular season ending, many of the individual awards will be handed out to many deserving individuals. The second Saturday of December always brings about the biggest of these awards. This weekend the spotlight won't be on any college football stadium, but rather New York City. The 74th annual Heisman Memorial Trophy will be given out to one lucky young man. Like every other year there are always outstanding candidates for the award, but only one can bring the trophy home. This year is no different. This is the year of the Big 12 quarterbacks in the Heisman race, plus the reigning Heisman Memorial Trophy winner.

After many weeks of speculation, this year's winner will be chosen Saturday night. The candidates for the 2008 Heisman Memorial Trophy are: Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma; Colt McCoy, QB, Texas; Graham Harrell, QB, Texas Tech; and Tim Tebow, QB, Florida. This is a stellar class with any of these players being a great winner of the award. Sam Bradford has led his Oklahoma Sooners to the National Championship, while leading the nation in touchdown passes (48), and only throwing six interceptions. Colt McCoy is the leader of the Texas Longhorns football program. Let's just say that without McCoy, the Longhorns wouldn't be 11-1. McCoy leads his team in passing and rushing and has accounted for a total of 42 touchdowns, while closing in on the all-time record for completion percentage. Graham Harrell is key that starts the Cotton Bowl bound Texas Tech Red Raiders. Harrell is second in the nation in passing yards and has thrown 41 touchdowns compared to only 7 interceptions. Harrell has the defining moment of the season with his last second touchdown to Michael Crabtree to beat the Texas Longhorns. How can you count out our last guy, Tim Tebow (pictured above). He is once again near the top of the Heisman race. Tebow has thrown 28 touchdowns to only 2 picks and has rushed for 12 touchdowns. Sure, its not close to the numbers he put up last year as the Heisman Memorial Trophy winner, but he has led the Florida Gators to their second national title game in three years and is arguably the best leader in college football. As of right now I would say that the favorites are Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy, with Tim Tebow lurking. This should be a great race, and I can't wait to see who brings home the hardware.

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