This week’s Heisman watch hasn’t changed much in my eyes. Last week I ran through six players who all deserved mention for the award. A couple fell back because their performances didn’t overly impress or their teams lost.
Case Keenum saw his Houston team be upset by Central Florida 37-32 and despite throwing for 377 yards, most of it was late with his team well behind. He’s finally out.
Ndamukong Suh had a quiet day in a win against Kansas and an offensive line that had been struggling to protect their quarterback. Still, I think he deserves a ticket to New York.
TimTebow led his unbeaten Florida team to another victory against South Carolina and rushed for his 53rd career touchdown in addition to passing for 199 yards, but it wasn’t an awe inspiring performance. His passing efficiency rating two years ago when he won the Heisman was 172, this year it’s 154.
Everybody’s hot choice, Mark Ingram of Alabama carried the ball 19 times for 149 yards and two TD’s including a 70 yarder against Mississippi State. I’m just not convinced this is the best college player in the country though.
Toby Gerhart had his second huge week in a row against a top 10 team gaining 178 yards on 29 carries against USC. His three TD’s gave him 19 for the season and his Stanford team put 50 plus points up against a top 10 team the second straight week. He’s more of a sledgehammer than Ingram, but he’s hot and getting hotter.
I’m still on the Colt McCoy boat. He became the winningest quarterback in BCS school history with the Texas win over Baylor. He only had 181 yards and two TD’s, but he had his team up 40-0 at half and didn’t need to throw much. He’s hitting 72 percent of his throws and McCoy leads the Big 12 in passing efficiency at 148, but that number would have ranked 7th in the league just a year ago. Goes to show that defense is back in the Big 12.
If I voted today I’d go McCoy, Tebow, Suh, Ingram and Gerhart,
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