With the College Football regular season winding down it’s time to look at who is going to win the Heisman Trophy and what schools will be playing in BCS Bowls come January. Let’s start with the top Heisman candidates:
Top 5 Heisman Candidates
5. Toby Gerhart, RB, Stanford: Gerhart had the ability to soar up to the number 1 candidate had his team won against Cal. He still is putting up incredible numbers for a power rusher and deserves some Heisman love.
4. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida: Tebow doesn’t have the numbers for the Heisman; he is however still a great player on arguably the best team in the nation. He’s a great leader and definitely deserves Heisman consideration.
3. Jordan Shipley, WR, Texas: If Shipley’s quarterback wasn’t Colt McCoy; he would have even more Heisman consideration. His work as a wide receiver and on special teams is remarkable. He’ll unfortunately not get a lot of votes due to his roommate, McCoy.
2. Colt McCoy, QB, Texas: At the beginning of the season this was supposed to be a race between Tebow, McCoy, and Sam Bradford. McCoy has been solid all season, providing the only source of offense early in the season while Texas was starting off slow. He’ll likely get a few votes taken away from him due to some voters voting for his teammate.
1. Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama: This really has become Ingram’s award to lose. He’s putting up dominant numbers against tough defenses in the SEC. He’s doing this while defenses know that he’s Alabama’s main offensive threat. In a year where it took a long time for a player to claim the top spot in the Heisman race, but Ingram has and he’s as good as any previous winner.
BCS Bowl Projections
National Championship Game: Alabama - Texas
Rose Bowl: Ohio State – Oregon
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech – Cincinnati
Sugar Bowl: Florida – Boise State
Fiesta Bowl: TCU – Iowa
The way the selection order goes is the bowls that lose their automatic qualifiers pick first and the bowl that loses the #1 team gets to pick first, so after all the automatic qualifiers are paired up with their bowls the order will go: Sugar Bowl, Fiesta, Orange, Fiesta, and finally the Sugar Bowl. The Sugar Bowl will undoubtedly pick the loser of the SEC Championship game as its replacement team. The Fiesta Bowl’s replacement pick is where it gets interesting. The Fiesta can choose to honor its Big 12 tradition and pick Oklahoma State if they beat Oklahoma next week or they can pick TCU, Boise State, Iowa, Penn State, or even the Big East Champion. I see the Fiesta taking TCU and then Iowa. With the Sugar Bowl up next I see them taking an undefeated Boise State team to play Florida. That leaves the Orange Bowl to take the Cincinnati Bearcats to matchup against the ACC Champ, Georgia Tech. And the one BCS bowl that has two Conference ties, the Rose Bowl getting Ohio State and Oregon.
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