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P.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 14
By Paul Myerberg // Dec 1, 2011
Is there anything left to prove? Have you made your pick? For some, there’s no more work to be done: Andrew Luck’s season is over, for example, and we won’t see Stanford’s quarterback again until bowl play, when the Cardinal will likely face off against the Big 12 winner in the Fiesta Bowl. But others won’t spend December solely on the awards banquet. Robert Griffin III gets another shot at Texas this weekend. Landry Jones and Brandon Weeden face off in Stillwater in prime time. Case Keenum and Houston meet Southern Mississippi in the Conference USA title game. So while a few stand pat, other contenders still have a chance to make a final, lasting impression. Now, This Date in Heisman History:
Tags: Andrew Luck, Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, David Wilson, Denard Robinson, Kellen Moore, Landry Jones, Matt Barkley, Montee Ball, Robert Griffin III, The Heisman Trophy, Trent Richardson
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P.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 13
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 25, 2011
After months of relative certainty – Andrew Luck was going to take home the Heisman, most thought – we’re down to only one guarantee when it comes to this season’s winner: the winner, when he is selected, will be a quarterback. Guaranteed, lock it in, set in stone, this we know for sure: a quarterback. It’s going to be one of Luck, Jones, Weeden, Griffin III, Moore and the like, and it won’t be any player not under center. This is guaranteed. Well, I’m fairly sure that’s guaranteed. And now, another installment of This Date in Heisman History:
Tags: Andrew Luck, Brad Wing, Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, David Wilson, Kellen Moore, LaMichael James, Landry Jones, Matt Barkley, Montee Ball, Robert Griffin III, The Heisman Trophy, Trent Richardson
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P.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 12
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 17, 2011
I thought it was over. Done deal, lock it in, make space on the mantle: Andrew Luck was taking home the Heisman Trophy regardless of whether Stanford won or lost against Oregon on Saturday. Then the Cardinal lost, and what was once a one-horse race is now a three-horse race, if not more. In propelling the Oregon offense to its highest point total in nearly two months, LaMichael James has reentered the Heisman race with a bang. After playing nearly flawless football against Texas Tech, Brandon Weeden has become the leader — ahead of Luck — in the minds of many voters. And in a nice bounce-back Saturday, Trent Richardson grinded out 127 yards in leading Alabama past Mississippi State. The Heisman race is on — better late than never. And now, another installment of This Date in Heisman History:
Tags: Andrew Luck, Brad Wing, Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, David Wilson, Kellen Moore, LaMichael James, Landry Jones, Robert Griffin III, Sammy Watkins, The Heisman Trophy, Trent Richardson
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P.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 11
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 11, 2011
We see it in the national polls: top-heaviness. There are seven great teams in college football; there are 15 very good teams in college football; then there’s a great gap of space from No. 16 through No. 120. It’s a seven-horse race, in essence. The Heisman race is even more top-heavy. How many players have a legitimate chance at bringing home the Trophy? One? Two? Three? I see five, maybe six at most, and that’s being very generous to those outside the top two or three. This may very well be a one-horse race, should Stanford get past Oregon on Saturday night. And now, another installment of This Date in Heisman History:
Tags: Andrew Luck, Brad Wing, Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, Kellen Moore, Landry Jones, Robert Griffin III, Sammy Watkins, The Heisman Trophy, Trent Richardson
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P.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 10
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 3, 2011
So we still don’t know the answer to whether Andrew Luck’s Heisman campaign could survive a loss, and we may not know for sure — if at all — until Stanford hosts Oregon in two weeks. The bigger question might be whether Kellen Moore could survive a defeat: it doesn’t seem likely that his team will drop a game in the regular season, but Boise State did lose to Nevada last fall when few thought the Broncos would be upended on their road to the Rose Bowl. Even with that loss, Moore still came in fourth, a distant fourth, in last year’s voting. Would he still be invited to the Heisman ceremony if his team loses to T.C.U. in November? And is any running back other than Alabama’s Trent Richardson have any chance of taking home the hardware? Before addressing these pressing concerns, here’s another installment of This Date in Heisman History:
Tags: Andrew Luck, Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, David Wilson, Kellen Moore, Landry Jones, Rex Burkhead, Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, Sammy Watkins, Tajh Boyd, The Heisman Trophy, Trent Richardson
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P.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 9
By Paul Myerberg // Oct 26, 2011
It’s not about numbers, as if it was then Colt Brennan would have won the Heisman back in 2007, Case Keenum would have won it in 2009 and Texas Tech’s parade of prolific passers would earn an invite to Manhattan every December. It’s about wins, first and foremost — make that losses, first and foremost, as while wins allow one to tread water a loss can put a quarterback’s Heisman hopes and dreams on permanent vacation. So it will be with Keenum, if and when his Cougars finally lose a game; so it will be with Brandon Weeden, I think; and so it may be with Russell Wilson and Landry Jones, who are still firmly in the Heisman race but now have the ultimate black mark on their resumes. You never forget your first loss, and neither do the Heisman voters. And now, let’s turn the clock way, way back for This Date in Heisman History:
Tags: Andrew Luck, Brandon Weeden, Case Keenum, Keith Price, Kellen Moore, Landry Jones, Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, Sammy Watkins, Tajh Boyd, The Heisman Trophy, Trent Richardson, Tyrann Mathieu
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P.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 8
By Paul Myerberg // Oct 19, 2011
We’re still waiting for that moment, the single play that catapults a player from inside the Heisman conversation to the top of the heap. Name your play: Sam Bradford going high over the pylon against Oklahoma State; Eric Crouch catching a touchdown pass against Oklahoma; Desmond Howard’s touchdown return… the list goes on. We haven’t seen that yet, though it’s coming. I hope so, at least. Is Andrew Luck too mechanical — too Manning-like in his perfection — to give the Heisman voters such a moment? That may be the case, though his body of work should be enough. Could Kellen Moore ever have such a moment against Boise State’s weak remaining schedule? Probably not. Will a 90-yard touchdown pass against Michigan State be the play for Russell Wilson? I wonder. And now, This Date in Heisman History:
Tags: Andrew Luck, Case Keenum, Denard Robinson, Keith Price, Kellen Moore, LaMichael James, Landry Jones, Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, Sammy Watkins, The Heisman Trophy, Trent Richardson, Tyrann Mathieu
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P.S.R. Heisman Watch: Week 7
By Paul Myerberg // Oct 12, 2011
What are the odds that this year’s Heisman is won by a non-quarterback? Pretty slim, if you ask me. If it’s not Andrew Luck it’ll be Russell Wilson. If not Wilson it’ll be Landry Jones. If not Jones it’ll be Kellen Moore, if not Moore it’ll be Robert Griffin III and so on down the line. How deep do you need to go to find a non-quarterback? I think at least four quarterbacks – by my count, though the national perception seems to differ – would need to stumble in order for Alabama’s Trent Richardson to come in and swoop away with the Crimson Tide’s second Heisman Trophy since 2009. And Alabama’s second altogether, which is still the most amazing fact associated with the award. And now, a new feature: This Date in Heisman History.
Tags: Andrew Luck, Case Keenum, Denard Robinson, Kellen Moore, LaMichael James, Landry Jones, Marcus Lattimore, Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, The Heisman Trophy, Trent Richardson, Tyrann Mathieu
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