Ok so a couple of days ago i posted who i felt would be the top ten Heisman contenders for this season of college football, and now that week one is in the books it it time to see how they did.
1.) Tim Tebow- 1st of all is Tebow who played vs. Hawaii on Saturday and posted mediocre numbers completing 9-14 passes for 137 yards and 1 td and carrying the ball 9 times for a total of 37 yards. All in all not a bad day but nothing heisman worthy either.
2.) Chris Wells- vs. Youngstown St.- Wells started off the day looking as heisman worthy as we all thought he would as he amassed 111 yards on only 13 carries and 3 catches for 10 yards. Unfortunately for Wells, he went down in the 3rd quarter with a foot injury. The severity of the injury has not yet been given to us.
3.) Michael Crabtree- vs. Eastern Washington – Crabtree played well on saturday but still did not really put up superstar numbers. He was however able to make it into the endzone as he fiished off the day with 9 catches for 73 yards and a score.
4.) Chase Daniel- vs. Illinois – Daniel opened up his season on saturday night against a tough Illinois team but they were not tough enough as Daniel was able to show us why he is one of the top Heisman contenders this season as he completed 26-45 passes for 323 yards 3 toughdowns and 1 pick.
5.) Pat White – vs. Villanova – Saturday was truly a great day for Pat White as he showed doubters that he able to drop back and pass the ball and that he feels he can play QB at the next level. After watching the game i notice that he still has alot to work on as he was only playing vs. Villanova and not a top defense, but still his numbers are on White’s side as he threw 33 passes completing 25 of them for 208 yards 5 TD’s and 1 INT. White also showed his value as a runner as he was able to accumulate 63 yards on only 9 carries.
6.) Matthew Stafford- vs. Georgia Southern – This was a gimme game for Georgia which is something we all knew from the start and Stafford used this game to start himself off on the right foot in true Heisman form. Stafford went 13-21 for 275 yards with two TD’s and 0 picks. NOTE: he would have had higher number if they ahd played him the whole game
7.) Sam Bradford- vs. Chattanooga – Bradford fell into a similar situation as Stafford where as the team he played against was so awful that they only needed him for about 1 half of football. Bradford was still able to make it count though as he went 17-22 for 183 yards and 2 scores with 0 ints.
8.) Knowshon Moreno- vs. Georgia Southern – Due to the fact that Georgia was beating on Georgia Southern, Moreno like Bradford and Stafford only played for about a half. He was able to find the endzone three times though as he rushes the ball 8 times for 59 yards and the three touchdowns. He also added another 53 yards on 2 receptions.
9.) Hunter Cantwell- vs. Kentucky – Now starts my two sleeper picks for Heisman and unfortunately for both Cantwell and myself, things did not go as well as i had hoped. Cantwell Struggled to complete a majority of his passes as he never seemed to look truly comfortable as he only completed 20-43 passes for 152 yards with 0 scores and 3 picks…Not looking very Heisman worthy so far but we will se if this talented QB can turn his season around
10.) Josh Freeman- vs. North Texas – I am happy to say, that my pick for Heisman winner put on a great show on Saturday vs North Texas. Freeman showed a combination of stellar pocket prescense and great mobility on his way to completing 18-24 passes for 252 yards and 3 TD’s. He also added 23 yards on 5 carries and 2 TD’s, so far he has looked the best but the season is still oyung and there is alot of fotball left to be played.
Check back next week to see how our Heisman predictions fared against their week 2 opponents,
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
What’s your opinion on quarterback Kevin Craft for UCLA after throwing 4 INT’s in the first half vs. Tenn. and then stepped it up in the second half to upset the Vols?
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
hopefully beanie wells injury isn’t anything serious.
That would be bad news for ohio state.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Craft is a filler QB, he was never even supposed to play because UCLA had two good QB’s already who were fighting for the starting job in Patrick Cowan and Ben Olson but both of them went down with Injuries giving craft the job basically by default. He definitely stepped up last night but i would say all in all he is an average QB and hopefully he can at least keep playing ok enough to get UCLA rolling
September 4th, 2008 at 2:07 am
I think teams, going all out to get their “stars” big numbers right out of the gate against weak comp.is just FOOLISH.I hope they don’t have a “beannie” moment in their lust for the HEISMAN. I think coaches and players make a mistake putting to much focus on the trophy this early in the season against poor comp. Tebow did it the right way last year He just went out and focused on winning the game he was in, and the Heisman was a result.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I mean i kinda agree with you, however i also believe that teams give themselves poor opponents in week one to get the teams confidence up very high before they have to play top competition later in the season