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Heisman Watch – Week 13

Written November 19, 2008 by Steve Janus

Texas Tech’s quarterback, Graham Harrell remains at the top spot in the Heisman watch this week. Harrell was off last week, but nobody on the rest of the list did anything to dethrone him. So far Harrell has amassed some incredible numbers. He’s thrown for 4,077 yards, completed 72% of his passes, and thrown 36 touchdowns to just 5 interceptions. In addition, his team knocked off Texas and Oklahoma State in back to back weeks to earn Tech the #2 spot in the BCS polls. Harrell can all but lock up the Heisman based on his performance against Oklahoma this week. He’s not out of it if the Red Raiders lose, but a win over the Sooners would ensure everyone realizes what a great talent he is.

Colt McCoy has to be #2 on any Heisman list. You could make an argument that Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford deserves the spot, but McCoy beat Bradford, plus has better stats than the Oklahoma QB in everything but passing yards and passing touchdowns. He makes up for it in other ways. Colt is stilling at 3,134 passing yards with 30 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. He continues to impress with his accuracy, completing 77.2% of his passes, well on his way to breaking the all-time season completion percentage rating held by Dante Culpepper. What a lot of people forget about McCoy when they see his great passing numbers, is that he’s been extremely effective scrambling as well. He’s racked up 527 yards on the ground this year and accounted for 8 rushing touchdowns. Texas has a bye week this week. Want to take bets on what game he’ll be watching on Saturday?

Believe it or not, Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford still has a legitimate shot at winning the Heisman. Bradford is second on this list in passing yards only to Graham Harrell and he’s thrown for more touchdowns than anyone else on the list. His 67.9 completion percentage isn’t as eye-popping as Colt McCoy’s, but it is certainly impressive. For Bradford to move up the list there’s no doubt he has to lead the Sooners to victory this week against Texas Tech and Heisman rival Graham Harrell. A good performance in a game as huge as this one is shaping up to be would go a long way in swaying Heisman voters.

Graham Harrell and Sam Bradford are actually tied at SportsBook.com with +150 odds to win the Heisman Trophy this year.

Michael Crabtree may be the second best Heisman candidate on his team, but he is the best wide receiver in the nation. This season he’s collected 1,010 receiving yards on 78 catches and scored 18 touchdowns. Similar to his quarterback, Crabtree needs a great performance, and a win, against the Oklahoma Sooners this week. With at least five catches and one touchdown, he’ll tie Larry Fitzgerald as the only other wide receiver with at least five receptions and at least one touchdown in 14 consecutive games. Crabtree isn’t a serious threat to win the Heisman, simply because his quarterback will always rank ahead of him, but he deserves to be on this list as he has put together an incredible year.

Florida is on an incredible run and Tim Tebow has been a major part of that, not to mention he is last year’s Heisman winner. Tebow doesn’t have close to the numbers as his three competitors, but he has played a crucial roll in the Gator’s sudden success. There are probably some guys that, based purely on stats, deserve to be on this list more than Tebow, but you can’t deny his importance to his team. I don’t think there is any way that he repeats as the winner of the trophy, but he’ll likely be invited to the ceremony.

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