Update: Tim Tebow did end up winning the Heisman and he has now become the only player to win the trophy in his sophomore season. And McFadden is the only player to finish runner up two straight seasons.
I will start with McFadden because it is almost too easy. The Heisman is supposed to be given to the player who has the best SEASON. It is not to be given to the player who had the best three game stretch, and it should not be given to the player who best deserved it in previous years. The trophy is not a Most Valuable Player award, it is an award that celebrates all that is good in college football. McFadden may have given all of us as fans some of the most electric plays for any one player, and he may be the Rookie of the Year next year in the NFL, but that is not what the Heisman is about. Although McFadden was the top rusher in the arguably the toughest conference in America, that does not warrant winning the Heisman Trophy. Now although McFadden put up astounding numbers, his team did lose four games. In three of those loses McFadden had some of his best games, going for over 150 yards in the three loses. It is the loss against Auburn and victory over FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL that I believe should be the reason why McFadden loses the Heisman. In both of those games McFadden had under 100 yards. If the Heisman is to be awarded for the player with the best SEASON then those two games would be the downfall for McFadden.
Tim Tebow is a little bit more difficult because he has put up the numbers week in and week out to be regarded as the favorite. If people are going to discredit what Colt Brennan is doing out in Hawaii then Tebow should be in the same position. Granted that Tebow has put up ridiculous numbers from the quarterback position, and it is probably something we may never see again. To put it best Tebow is the best dual-threat quarterback that is alive right now simply because he is a legit passing threat as well as a running threat. Are the stats that Tebow is putting up a product of the system? I am under the opinion that he is a product of the system he plays for. If Brennen won't win the Heisman because of the system he plays in, then neither should Tebow.
The only logical choice for Heisman is Colt Brennan. Not only is he the quarterback of the only undefeated team in the country, but he has put up the best numbers for any quarterback EVER. He won't win though because everyone will knock the system he plays in, or the conference he plays in, and the fact that he plays in Hawaii and no one gets to see him play. He is by far the best player in college football, and it's does not end with the numbers. When he has a bad game his team struggles. No matter how poor he plays in the first three quarters he someone is able to gut it out and have a tremendous turnaround in the fourth quarter.
While the trophy presentation will probably be as anti-climactic as A-Rod winning the AL MVP I really hope it is not a similar situation. The voters are going to vote for who they saw the most, which is going to take deserving votes away from Colt Brennan, which is a shame.
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