Heisman race will be decided today
Colt Brennan. Chase Daniel. Tim Tebow. Darren McFadden. One of these four players will likely win the Heisman Trophy next weekend. These four should indeed be the favorites, and it’s hard to ignore the stats: 3,732 yards, 33 TD and a 11-0 record for Brennan at Hawaii, 3,951 yards, 36 TD and a #1 ranking for Daniel at Mizzou, 29 passing TDs and 22 rushing TDs for Tebow @ Florida, 1,725 rushing yards and a 206-yard performance @ then #1 LSU for Arkansas’ Darren McFadden. That stats are utterly amazing.
People base their Heisman votes on many things, but here are a few I expect to see and hear about:
- Consistency. Consistency has to be on the side of Tebow, the Florida QB who has amazingly had at least one passing TD and one rushing TD in every game this season, a statistic difficult to even produce on a video game.
- Career. Career stats and success have come into play in the past; see 1997 and Peyton Manning. Colt Brennan has put together an amazing career at Hawaii throwing for over 13,500 yards in three seasons and 126 TDs.
- Big game preformer. The biggest of the big game performances may not have happened yet as Daniel leads #1 Mizzou against #9 Oklahoma, but Arkansas RB Darren McFadden’s 206-yard performance @ then #1 LSU is about as big as big gets considering Arkansas defeated LSU 50-48 in OT.
Today we will see two of these four in action. Personally, Tebow is the favorite in my opinion coming into today, but a perfect 12-0 record for Brennan @ Hawaii or a Big 12 Championship and appearance in the BCS National championship for Mizzou and Chase Daniel.