The Heisman finalists will be announced this evening and at this point it is anyone's guess as to who will be the winner of the most prestigious award in college sports. The Scripps-Howard Poll has Texas QB Colt McCoy edging out Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford, with Tim Tebow third. But the Gainesville Sun Poll has Tebow and Bradford tied for first and McCoy third.
StiffArmTrophy.com (which is like the FiveThirtyEight of Heisman projections) projects Bradford winning on the strength of second and third place votes. And the votes that have come in so far show that. Tebow, not surprisingly, is getting a large number of votes from the Southeast and Northeast. But beyond that, he is no where to be seen. Some Midwest and West voters leave him completely off the ballot. Of those voters, some do it because they only pick their winner and some do it to screw over a player. Several voters have Bradford-McCoy and no third place listed. At this point, it is very possible Tebow has the most first place votes, but loses because he is listed on fewer ballots.
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Terrible.
These people should take their privledge more seriously. But, that’s the problem with the human element in college football voting: people just don’t put much effort into their votes or display the slightest measure of integrity sometimes
ejruiz - December 10, 2008
Yep.
bdalebs - December 10, 2008
I would take Tebow, bias aside.
I just think that Tebow is close as it is, and if he played the pathetic defenses the other two played, his stats would be close to theirs. I still dont think he would top their stats given the conferences, but it would be enough to push his all around skills above them both.
Slica - December 11, 2008
Also if he was kept in games.
Blame our defense too.
bdalebs - December 11, 2008
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