Choosing the Heisman winner is like a search on Where's Waldo

Where oh where is our Hesiman trophy winner this week?  Well how about this for a list.

Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow, Kellen Moore, Case Keenum, Mark Ingram, Ndamukong Suh and Toby Gerhart all get to be a part of the discussion.

Let’s start from the bottom up.  Gerhart rushed for 223 yards in Stanford’s upset of Oregon Saturday.  It’s not like he’s an unknown.  The 235 pound sledgehammer is second in the nation in yards per game with 135.  He’s had two 200 yard games, been held under 100 yards twice with 82 and 96 and is second nationally with 16 TD’s

Last season he rushed for over a thousand yards and and this weekend he can make another statement against USC.  We’ll be watching.

I said a couple of weeks ago Suh might be a great defensive lineman, but he’s not the Hesiman winner.  Well, he’s doing everything he can to change my mind.  He continues to disrupt games in all facets defensively.  He’s a ferocious pass rusher and run stopper, he’s exceptional in batting down passes at the line and he can even drop back in pass coverage.  He won’t win but he’s something to watch.

Ingram had 144 yards on the ground against the LSU Tigers, 106 in the second half.  He’s averaging 6.6 yards per carry.  But he has half the touchdowns of Gerhart.  Still, he plays for Alabama and the Tide have never had a Heisman winner.

Keenum can’t do anything else to make a statement for the trophy.  Last week he led a two touchdown rally against Tulsa in the final 21 seconds of a one point win.  He also threw for over 500 yards for the second straight week.

Moore led unbeaten Boise State as they held off an upset bid from Louisiana Tech.  The quarterback who leads the nation in passing efficiency at 169, threw for 354 yards and three TD’s. On the season he has an incredible ration of 27 TD passes to just 3 interceptions. 

Tebow is still the quarterback on the number one team in the country and their most valuable player, but he’s not having an exceptional season, even though he’ll be sitting in New York when they make the announcement.

Colt McCoy still holds the slightest of edges right now for me.  He was helped last weekend by having a non conference game where he threw for 470 yards and connected with Jordan Shipley for a school record 273.  He has a chance to add to his numbers this week against Baylor.