Heisman Ballot

No, I don’t have one that was sent to the Downtown Athletic Club.  But I was contacted by Shotgun Spratling, who runs a blog called The Blue Workhorse, and they were polling sports bloggers to name the Blog Heisman.

So, I dutifully sent in my ballot earlier this week.  Click here for the results. 

And here is my ballot:

1. Colt McCoy – The junior completed nearly 80% of his throws in addition to being the leading rusher of the team that beat both Big 12 title game contestants.
2. Tim Tebow – He made an outrageous claim after the loss at Ole Miss, then he backed it up the rest of the season, landing the Gators in the NCG.
3. Michael Crabtree – the award is supposed to go the ‘best’ player in college football, and he is a better player than everybody except for the two guys above him.

Here are some randome, poorly thought-out rationalizations:

•  McCoy is the only all-Big 12 player on that offense, Bradford has 7.
• Some of my pro-McCoy feeling is my personal distaste for Stoops this year, and my impression that the Sooners have been less than impressive in bowls over the last few years.  But Texas did beat OU, and McCoy completed almost 80% and led the ‘Horns in rushing.  I just can’t get past that right there.
• Tebow just absolutely carries that team, all the time.  And they are in the NCG.
• Crabtree is just a man.