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Your 2009 Heisman Winner Is…Mark Ingram
Posted by Monty in College Football, Football on December 13, 2009
Alabama's First Ever Heisman Winner...RB Mark Ingram
Mark Ingram is the third consecutive sophomore to win the award, and he becomes Alabama’s first Heisman Trophy winner in the closest Heisman race ever. Was it close because there were a handful of great resumes like last year’s race between Colt McCoy, Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow? The answer is a resounding no. There wasn’t a really dominant player this season, in terms of a Heisman winner. There were four good resumes, but each had flaws.
Stanford’s Toby Gerhart had a bunch of TD’s and rushing yards, but played a relatively weak schedule with few strong defenses.
Texas’ Colt McCoy completed 70% of his passes and threw for over 3,500 yards, but threw 12 interceptions on the season, he struggled vs Oklahoma, and vs. Nebraska in the Big-12 championship game.
Nebraska’s Ndamukong Suh had an outstanding season, but at the defensive tackle position, he had a tough battle to fight. Alex Karras’s 1957 season at Iowa earned him 2nd in the voting, the highest position by a DT ever. The only DT to finish in the top 5 in the past 20 years was Steve Emtman, when he finished 4th in 1991.
Alabama’s Mark Ingram had a strong year but finished behind Dion Lewis of Pitt and Gerhart in rushing yards and trailed Gerhart by 11 TD.
Fourth Podcast
Posted by Monty in College Football, Football, Miscellaneous, Podcast on December 10, 2009
Chris was too busy texting to be part of Podcast #4
Chris Cwik took this week off and Rene Delombard filled in as co-host.
Our latest podcast was a college football based as Rene and I broke down the following topics…
1. Brian Kelly to ND
2. Would Urban Meyer have been a good fit in ND?
3. Who should win this year’s Heisman Trophy?
4. Does the final week of the college football season have a huge impact on the Heisman Trophy?
5. Alabama-Texas National Championship
6. Bobby Bowden’s last game on Jan 1st
7. Lack of playoff system
8. Do non-national championship bowl games matter?
9. Who wins the BCS championship?
Bama Beats LSU 24-15, Secures SEC West
Posted by Monty in College Football, Football on November 8, 2009
Alabama running back Mark Ingram helps Bama run past LSU for the first time in Tuscaloosa since 1999
Saban Bowl III lived up to the hype and LSU made their old coach sweat a bit more than he would have liked too Saturday afternoon. The #9 LSU Tigers led most of the game and had some opportunities to continue their winning streak at Tuscaloosa, but couldn’t pull it out.
Since I give myself some time to write these recaps, I get a chance to read other articles about LSU’s games to see how my thoughts stacked up. A common key play among writers was the incomplete pass, that appeared to be a Patrick Peterson interception to everyone south of the Mason-Dixon line, that Greg McElroy threw with about 7 minutes left in the game. As a result, Alabama took more time off the clock and kicked a field goal, giving the Tide a nine point lead with 3:04 left. Now people can whine till the cows come home about the call and the SEC officiating this season and they can, but think about this.
IF McElroy’s pass was ruled an interception, here is what would have been the situation.
1. LSU ball on their 31 with 6:26, trailing 21-15
2. Jordan Jefferson was out of the game, so Jarrett Lee would have to lead the charge
3. Charles Scott was also knocked out of the game
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