THE HEISMAN TROPHY GOES TO...

by Jack Cobra, Cobra Brigade

I'm not much of a college football fan when Notre Dame isn't good, so....I didn't catch as many games this season as I usually do. Still, I'm intrigued by how the Heisman Trophy winner rarely seems to pan out in college and how everyone thinks 'their guy' should win it. I've seen a lot of biased reactions throughout the blogosphere, but none as strong as when it comes to this trophy.

I firmly believe the Heisman Trophy is an overrated award that goes to the player with the most hype in college football. Of course the player has to put up good stats, but what it all comes down to is name recognition and hoping that there isn't anyone in your region good enough to steal votes from you. Yeah, those are my feelings.....

Anyways, the four finalists for the Heisman were announced and they are....QB Tim Tebow (Florida), RB Darren McFadden (Arkansas), QB Colt Brennan (Hawaii) and QB Chase Daniel (Missouri). Yeah, nothing new there. To me it looks like one, and maybe two, of these guys will actually have a productive NFL career....Pretty lethargic group there. I would have liked to have seen Glen Dorsey from LSU invited, but I don't have a vote. Still, I feel the need to run down to finalists for you.

Blah, blah, blah....Tebow is going to win this award. He is the most visible player in college football and he has the stats to back it up (22 rushing and 20 passing touchdowns). Florida isn't playing for the national championship or anything like that, but Tebow has carried this team through an extremely difficult SEC schedule. He'll win this year and probably next year too. Also, he's left handed, which means you can't trust him

McFadden won't win the award because Arkansas wasn't that good this season, although he'll probably be the best NFL player out of this bunch. He was the runner-up for the Heisman last season and he'll be heading into the NFL Draft this Spring, so he'll miss out on carrying around this ridiculous trophy. Good for him. Something that most people don't know about McFadden is that his favorite meal is Chicken McNuggets.

Brennan is a product of the system he is playing in. David Klingler, Akili Smith, blah, blah, blah....all the same. It's great that he led his team to an undefeated record, but his stats as a Junior were better than his stats this season. He'll be drafted and get a chance to start a game or two in the NFL but that's about it. Brennan has also impregnated 14 women while in Hawaii for college.

Daniel is the darkhorse in this race. A player that most people hadn't heard of before this season, he went out and helped lead Missouri to a #1 ranking before they lost to Oklahoma. Daniel is only 6 feet tall, so he's not going to make it in the NFL. A little know fact here, Daniel owns a race horse and it's name is Eugene.

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(Originally published 12/6)