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Heisman Trophy Watch – Week 15

Written by Steve Janus

Sam Bradford helped his team dominate against last week in a 62-21 victory over Missouri in the Big 12 Championship game. Bradford has now lead the Sooners to 5 straight games of 60+ points and he continues to lead all of FBS with 48 passing touchdowns. Bradford is also third in total passing yards and first in all of college football in QB rating. He’s lead his team to the National Championship, something only Tim Tebow on this list can claim as well. Bradford has been consistently the best player in college football this year and should be considered as the favorite for the trophy, which, according to SportsBook.com, Bradford is the favorite, at -400 to win the Heisman Trophy this year.

Colt McCoy is a victim of circumstance this year. His team missed out on the Big 12 Championship and a bid to the BCS Championship game because of a 3-way tie in the Big 12 South, in which the tie-breaker went to the Oklahoma Sooners, even though McCoy and his Longhorns were the only team to beat Oklahoma this year. In addition to missing out on a national title, McCoy also lost a chance to improve on his Heisman resume. While Bradford and Tebow lead their teams to impressive victories on national television, McCoy was nowhere to be seen, his team idle this weekend. I would still contend that no single player in college football has meant more to his team than McCoy, but things simply didn’t line up right for him to win the Heisman in 2008. McCoy certain had a Heisman-worthy year, passing for 3,445 yards, 32 touchdowns, and completing an improbable and impressive 77.5% of his passes. It’s just too bad for Colt that Sam Bradford’s team ended up with all of the BCS luck this season. McCoy lost out to Bradford for both the Big 12 Player of the Year and First-Team Big 12 QB honors, and it appears he will also fall second to Bradford in the Heisman voting as well.

The hype around Tebow to win his second consecutive has been growing for some time now and while that would certainly make for a good story, Tebow hasn’t had a season on par with McCoy or Bradford. That isn’t to say that Tebow’s credentials aren’t impressive. He’s thrown for 2,515 yards and 28 touchdowns and added 563 yards and 12 more touchdowns on the ground. As I’ve mentioned before, Tebow has the “it” factor. His coaches always call his number when the Gators need a big play and he almost always delivers. He’s lead his team to the National Championship game and has been able to do it through some very difficult circumstances, not the least of which was last week’s win over the then-#1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. Tebow is one of the best college football players we’ve seen in a long time, but he doesn’t have the raw stats right now to contend with Bradford, or even McCoy for the Heisman Trophy.

Just a few short weeks ago Graham Harrell was on everyone’s list as the favorite for the Heisman Trophy. Since then, however, Harrell has fallen from graces as his team has fallen out of the National Championship race. Harrell has 4,747 yards, 41 touchdowns, just 7 interceptions, and has completed 71.5% of his passes, and he’s playing for an 11-1 football team. In just about any other year, those numbers would make Harrell a sure-thing for the Heisman Trophy. In just about any other year. This year, Harrell is considered a long shot at +3000 odds to win the 2008 Heisman.

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