Heisman Trophy Watch – Week 15

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Heisman Trophy Watch – Week 15

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Sam Bradford added another Heisman-worthy performance to his resume against Oklahoma State last week.  The Oklahoma quarterback threw for 370 yards on 30 of 44 (68.2%) completions and 4 touchdowns, didn’t throw a pick, and added a TD on the ground.  He’s pulled away from the rest of the competition in terms off passing touchdowns.  His 4 scores through the air give him 46 passing touchdowns on the season 5 more than Texas Tech’s Graham Harrell and 14 more than Texas’s Colt McCoy.  Bradford is third in the FBS in total passing yards with 4,080 (340 per game).  He’s also led the Sooners on one of the best runs in the country, a streak that includes 4 straight games of scoring 60+ points where the Sooners have won by an average of 34 points.  Bradford has been consistently great for Oklahoma.  His worst game?  A 28-39, 387 passing yards, 5 touchdown performance against Texas, if only because his 2 interceptions probably cost the Sooners the game.  The Sooners and Bradford look to stay hot this week in the Big 12 Championship against Missouri.  The Sooners are 16.5 point favorites.  Is there really any doubt that Bradford leads his team to a victory?

Texas quarterback, Colt McCoy keeps leading his team to wins.  The only thing that hurts him is that his stats, other than his FBS-best 77.6 completion percentage, don’t stack up that well against Bradford’s (though you could argue that owns the most important stat: a head to head win over Bradford and the Sooners).  By normal standards, however, Colt is having a great season.  He’s thrown for 3,445 yards, 32 TDs, and just 7 interceptions.  McCoy has also been dangerous scrambling out of the pocket.  His 575 yards rushing are more than Florida’s Tim Tebow, and the Texas QB has added 10 touchdowns on the ground.  If the Heisman Trophy were meant for college football’s most valuable player to their team, you could make a strong argument that McCoy deserves the trophy as there probably isn’t a single Heisman candidate that means more to his team.  The award, however, is supposed to go to the “best” college football player and, for now, that distinction belongs to Sam Bradford.  Sportsbook.com disagrees!  Colt McCoy is currently their favorite to win the Heisman Trophy at even odds.

A pig, tomahawk, bucket and wooden box at stake in Big Ten rivalry games

A pig, tomahawk, bucket, and wooden box at stake in Big Ten rivalry games

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Rivalry week has arrived in the Big Ten, and spaces are being cleared in trophy cases stretching from Minneapolis to State College.

At stake Saturday: a bronze pig, a tomahawk, a bucket and a giant wooden box celebrating the nation’s two oldest land-grant universities. OK, so the last one is a little lame, but this year, the Penn State-Michigan State clash is even more important than The Game (Ohio State-Michigan). Not only will the winner hoist the Land Grant Trophy, but also the hardware everyone covets — the Big Ten championship trophy. Two of the other games have major bowl implications, while Purdue will bid farewell to its all-time winningest coach. Here’s a closer look at the Big Ten’s four trophy games Saturday.