The Heisman Trust normally invites 4 or 5 players to New York for the award ceremony at the Downtown Athletic Club. The last two seasons there were only three invitees, but this year I'm sure there will be five if not six.
I have yet to compare my two top finalists enough to determine a winner, but after last week's action I have decided firmly on my top five: Darren McFadden, Tim Tebow, Colt Brennan, Dennis Dixon, and Pat White.
Last week, Pat White and Chase Daniel had poor games while losing, dropping White out of the top three and Daniel out of my top five. Colt Brennan had perhaps his best game of the year, and Hawaii remained undefeated, moving him into third place. Dixon moves up to fourth.
Top 5 Candidates:
1-1-1-1-2-1-1- 33rsh 195yd 5.9av 2TD 1fmb; 3rec 16yd 0TD; 27ret; (L@Alab)
1-1-2-2-2-1-1-? 29rsh 173yd 6.0av 1TD 0fmb; 2rec 10yd 0TD; 25ret; (L Ky)
19rsh 138yd 7.3av 2TD 0fmb; 0rec 0yd 0TD; 0ret; (W NTex)
25rsh 122yd 4.9av 1TD 2fmb; 0rec 0yd 0TD; 0ret; (W Chat)
17rsh 43yd 2.5av 0TD 0fmb; 1rec 5yd 0TD; 29ret; (L Aub)
22rsh 110yd 5.0av 0TD 0fmb; 2rec 10yd 0TD; 0ret; (W@Miss)
19rsh 61yd 3.2av 4TD 1fmb; 3rec 22yd 0TD; 19ret; (W FIU)
34rsh 321yd 9.4av 1TD 0fmb; 1rec 4yd 0TD; 30ret; TD pass (W SCar)
22rsh 117yd 5.3av 0TD 0fmb; 3rec 17yd 0TD; 39ret; (L@Tenn)
28rsh 88yd 3.1av 0TD 0fmb; 4rec 50yd 1TD; 24ret; TD pass (W MsSt)
32rsh 206yd 6.4av 3TD 1fmb; 0rec 0yd 0TD; 49ret; TD pass (W@LSU)
304rsh 1725yd 5.7av 15TD 5fmb;21rec 164yd 1TD;283ret;4TD pass
1. Tim Tebow 13-17 76% 300yd 3TD 0INT; 8rsh 38yd 4.8av 1TD 0fmb (W WKy)
x-x-10-9-8-8-8- 18-25 72% 236yd 3TD 0INT; 17rsh 93yd 5.5av 2TD 0fmb (W Troy)
10-8-8-7-5-3-1-? 14-19 74% 299yd 2TD 1INT; 18rsh 61yd 3.4av 2TD 0fmb (W Tenn)
20-34 59% 261yd 2TD 0INT; 27rsh 166yd 6.1av 2TD 0fmb (W@Miss)
20-27 74% 201yd 1TD 1INT; 19rsh 75yd 3.9av 1TD 0fmb (L Aub)
12-26 46% 158yd 2TD 1INT; 16rsh 67yd 4.2av 1TD 0fmb (L@LSU)
18-26 69% 256yd 4TD 0INT; 20rsh 78yd 3.9av 1TD 0fmb (W@KY)
14-22 64% 236yd 1TD 0INT; 13rsh -15yd -1av 2TD 1fmb (L GA)
22-27 81% 281yd 3TD 1INT; 6rsh 35yd 5.8av 2TD 0fmb (W Vand)
22-32 69% 304yd 2TD 1INT; 26rsh 120yd 4.6av 5TD 0fmb (W@SCar)
25-34 74% 338yd 3TD 1INT; 11rsh 31yd 2.8av 1TD 0fmb (W FAU)
19-28 68% 262yd 3TD 0INT; 13rsh 89yd 6.8yd 2TD 0fmb (W FSU)
217-317 68% 3132yd 29TD 6INT;194rsh 838yd 4.3av 22TD 1fmb
3. C. Brennan 34-40 85% 416yd 6TD 0INT; 3rsh 23yd 7.7av 0TD 0fmb (W NColorado)
5-2-2-1-1-2-2- 43-61 70% 548yd 4TD 1INT;11rsh -8yd -.7av 1TD 2fmb (W@LA Tech)
4-4-3-3-3-4-4-3 26-32 81% 298yd 2TD 0INT; 9rsh 19yd 2.1av 3TD 0fmb (W@UNLV)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- (W CharSo) DNP
30-49 61% 369yd 3TD 5INT; 5rsh -2yd -.4av 1TD 0fmb (W@Idaho)
19-25 76% 219yd 1TD 0INT; 3rsh 7yd 2.3av 0TD 0fmb (W UtahSt)
44-75 59% 545yd 4TD 4INT;15rsh -1yd -.1av 1TD 0fmb (W@SJst)
29-46 63% 425yd 6TD 1INT; 4rsh 13yd 3.3av 0TD 1fmb (W NMexSt)
28-39 72% 396yd 2TD 1INT; 6rsh 5yd 0.8av 1TD 1fmb (W Fresno)
2-2 100% 21yd 0TD 0INT; 0rsh 0yd 0av 0TD 0fmb (W@Nevada)
40-53 75% 495yd 5TD 2INT; 9rsh 18yd 2.0av 1TD 0fmb (W BoiseSt)
42-50 84% 442yd 5TD 0INT; 8rsh -9yd -1av 0TD 1fmb (W Wash)
337-472 71% 4174yd 38TD 14INT;73rsh 65yd 0.9av 8TD 5fmb
4. D. Dixon 9-15 60% 134yd 2TD 0INT; 15rsh 141yd 9.4av 1TD 0fmb (W Houston)
x-x-9-8-4-4-3- 16-25 64% 292yd 3TD 0INT; 16rsh 76yd 4.8av 1TD 0fmb (W@Mich)
2-2-1-1-1-2-6-4 14-20 70% 139yd 2TD 0INT; 8rsh 59yd 7.4av 1TD 0fmb (W Fresno)
28-37 76% 374yd 4TD 0INT; 9rsh 8yd 0.9av 1TD 1fmb (W@Stanford)
31-44 70% 306yd 1TD 2INT; 8rsh 17yd 2.1av 1TD 0fmb (L Cal)
21-28 75% 287yd 3TD 0INT; 7rsh 16yd 2.3av 1TD 0fmb (W WashSt)
19-30 63% 196yd 1TD 1INT; 12rsh 99yd 8.3av 1TD 0fmb (W@Wash)
16-25 64% 157yd 0TD 0INT; 17rsh 76yd 4.5av 1TD 0fmb (W USC)
13-22 59% 189yd 4TD 0INT; 11rsh 57yd 5.2av 0TD 1fmb (W ASU)
5-8 63% 62yd 0TD 1INT; 2rsh 34yd 17av 1TD 0fmb (L@Ariz)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- (L@UCLA) DNP
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- (L OreSt)DNP
172-254 68% 2136yd 20TD 4INT;105rsh 583yd 5.6av 9TD 2fmb
5. Pat White 10-18 58% 192yd 2TD 0INT; 9rsh 97yd 10.8av 2TD 0fmb (W WKy)
10-8-7-7-7-9-7- 13-18 72% 149yd 2TD 0INT; 17rsh 125yd 7.4av 1TD 0fmb (W@Marsh)
9-9-9-9-7-5-3 8-13 62% 95yd 0TD 0INT; 11rsh 22yd 2.0av 1TD 1fmb (W@Mary)
18-20 90% 181yd 2TD 0INT; 9rsh 42yd 4.7av 2TD 0fmb (W ECar)
12-18 67% 100yd 0TD 1INT; 9rsh 36yd 4.0av 0TD 0fmb (L SoFLA)
12-15 80% 148yd 1TD 0INT; 14rsh 89yd 6.4av 1TD 0fmb (W@Syr)
8-12 67% 61yd 2TD 1INT; 5rsh 89yd 17.8av 1TD 0fmb (W MsSt)
10-16 63% 144yd 0TD 0INT; 22rsh 156yd 7.1av 1TD 0fmb (W@Rut)
16-25 64% 181yd 2TD 0INT; 24rsh 147yd 6.1av 1TD 2fmb (W@Lou)
13-19 68% 140yd 0TD 1INT; 27rsh 155yd 5.7av 2TD 2fmb (W@Cin)
9-13 69% 107yd 1TD 1INT; 16rsh 186yd 11.6av 2TD 0fmb (W Conn)
5-10 50% 50yd 0TD 0INT; 14rsh 41yd 2.9av 0TD 1fmb (L Pitt)
134-197 68% 1548yd 12TD 4INT;177rsh 1185yd 6.7av 14TD 6fmb
The players in my top three are set; the only thing left is deciding on a winner. There will be enough about that later. Colt Brennan was at his best Saturday, completing 84% of his passes. True, it was only against Washington, but look at who else played Washington and how they did: Dixon had only 1 TD pass and 1 interception against the Huskies; USC's John David Booty had 1 TD pass and 2 interceptions. And going undefeated this year is a unique accomplishment; only two other teams even finished with a single loss. Brennan's stats are even more impressive for basically being accomplished in 10 games.
Dennis Dixon deserves a spot in the top five. Healthy, he probably would have won it, and I have already declared him the Most Valuable Player. Pat White's loss to Pittsburgh pushed him out of the top three, but he still had a great season, rushing for over 1,000 yards.
I never warmed up to Chase Daniel as a Heisman candidate. If he had led his team to the national title game, he'd be in the top 5, probably even the top 3, but he had a poor game reminiscent of the first time Missouri lost to Oklahoma this year, only with fewer completions and yards. Attempting more passes than anyone this side of Graham Harrell, it's hard to see him as more than a system quarterback like so many others are derided for. In the four games leading up to Oklahoma he was magnificent, however.
C. Daniel 37-54 69% 359yd 3TD 0INT; 11rsh -6yd -.5av 0TD 1fmb (W@Ill)
x-x-x-x-x-x-x- 31-42 74% 330yd 5TD 0INT; 11rsh 55yd 5.0av 0TD 0fmb (W@Miss)
x-x-x-x-9-7-5-x 27-46 59% 328yd 2TD 2INT; 5rsh 60yd 12av 1TD 0fmb (W WMich)
21-34 62% 294yd 3TD 2INT; 1rsh 7yd 7.0av 0TD 0fmb (W IllSt)
33-47 70% 401yd 2TD 0INT; 11rsh 72yd 6.5av 2TD 0fmb (W Neb)
37-47 79% 361yd 1TD 2INT; 13rsh -1yd -.1av 0TD 1fmb (L@Okla)
14-19 74% 210yd 1TD 1INT; 7rsh 11yd 1.6av 0TD 0fmb (W TTech)
28-37 76% 250yd 1TD 1INT; 4rsh 11yd 2.8av 0TD 0fmb (W ISU)
26-44 59% 421yd 5TD 1INT; 6rsh 24yd 6.0av 0TD 0fmb (W@Colo)
27-35 77% 352yd 3TD 0INT; 10rsh 15yd 1.5av 0TD 1fmb (W TexAM)
28-41 68% 284yd 4TD 0INT; 7rsh 4yd 0.6av 0TD 0fmb (W@KSt)
40-49 82% 361yd 3TD 0INT; 7rsh 6yd 0.9av 0TD 0fmb (W=KU)
23-39 59% 219yd 0TD 1INT; 11rsh 26yd 2.4av 1TD 0fmb (L=Okla)
372-534 70% 4170yd 33TD 10INT;104rsh 284yd 2.7av 4TD 3fmb
Soon, I will figure out who my 2007 Heisman winner is, and therefore the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places votes that I would cast. Soon.
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