Friday, November 7, 2008

Heisman Watch, Week 11

After last week's games, we've seen massive movement in the Heisman rankings.

(1) Michael Crabtree, WR, Soph., Texas Tech
(2) Graham Harrell, QB, Sr., Texas Tech
(3) Colt McCoy, QB, Jr., Texas
(4) Sam Bradford, QB, Soph., Oklahoma
(5) Tim Tebow, QB, Jr., Florida

Tebow makes his way back onto the list not on personal numbers, but on the success of his team and his entire offense in surging for the last four weeks. Sam Bradford has been a constant here pretty much the entire season, and could certainly still win the award if things break Oklahoma's way. Colt McCoy drops out of the top spot by virtue of their loss to TTU last week, although he did play a solid game. Graham Harrell made play after play, none of them spectacular, and all of them solid, for the Red Raiders, as he has done for his entire career. And Michael Crabtree tops the list on the back of his amazing touchdown to win the game against the Longhorns.

On another note, I'm 99% certain that these will be the five finalists by the time we get to the end of the season (although we could see a Penn State player pop on here as well). And further, we haven't seen a Heisman crop as EVENLY spaced as this in many many many years. Last year, it was clear it was either Tebow or McFadden. While I've ranked the top 5, it is far from clear that it will be a 2-way race this season.

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