I’m sorry, but all that play shows is Bradford made an ill-advised scramble/jump. First off, it was a 3rd and goal and the QB should always be looking for that TD play no matter what it takes. Sure, he managed to escape that pass rusher and at least made a pump fake (whether it was a decoy or not). However, on that jump, Bradford managed to fumble (luckily for him it went out of bounds, but he basically just let go of it). So, what did Bradford accomplish on the play? He failed to convert a 3rd down for his team and fumbled the ball (out of bounds).

As for the actual Heisman consideration, I’ll say this: The award is meant to determine the Most Valuable Player of the most successful teams on the season. However, most voters just look at stats and hardly ever watch the teams play. With all the playmakers around Bradford, he can hardly be considered the MVP of the team, especially since the team relies so much on the run game. When Texas shut down the run threat of OU, Bradford still had a huge game and lost. If you look at the Texas-TT game and say Colt relied on the run as well, the fact is that Colt was the run game (leading rusher). So, in OU’s only loss on the season (to date) Bradford had a huge game but the team still lost meaning he wasn’t the MVP. Meanwhile, in UT’s only loss on the season Colt was pretty much shut down passing/running (mainly due to dropped balls) and was still able to lead his team on a ‘would-be’ game winning drive before the defense faltered at the end (something Bradford failed to do in his loss). In the end, I’d like to think Colt is more of an MVP than Bradford, but voters will just see stats and probably vote Bradford. So again, this is how I think the Heisman is supposed to be looked at, but the voters undoubtedly see it in a different light.

I see Bradford as more deserving of the O’Brien award rather than the Heisman based on my views above.

As I always mention when posting on opposing teams’ blogs and because many bring it up as accusation anyway, this is an opinion and is therefore biased. Just my view of the incident. I don’t intend to add any more fuel after this initial post either, as this is just meant as an alternate viewpoint to the main post and I have nothing further to say. Let’s just hope most people read the post this far so they don’t respond with questions that aren’t rhetorical.

What did Bradford accomplish on that play? Hmmmm…let’s see here. He avoided the rush keeping the play alive on third and goal. Chose not to run out of bounds with defenders closing in on him, made a sprint to the end zone when there wasn’t an open receiver and took a big hit while making an effort to get across the goal line. Pretty much looks like he was looking for "that TD play." You sound like you would have given him more credit if he’d run out of bounds, thrown the ball away or made an ill-advised pass.

You are wrong! The Heisman is an award to recognize the best college football player in America and not the MVP of a top team. It isn’t a popularity contest! The argument that Bradford is only putting up numbers because of his surrounding cast is ludicrous. Let’s go ahead and discredit Tom Brady for having Randy moss, Troy Aikman for having, Michael Irvin and Dan Marino for having Mark Clayton. Emmit Smith wasn’t any good because he had a massive offensive line and Barry Sanders, well…he really was the greatest ever. I know I’m comparing pros to college but the point is great players make those around them great and there is no denying Bradford’s greatness.

Seriously, at what point do you guys let go of the 45-35? Bradford has 635 more passing yards and 18 more touchdowns than McCoy and so far he has only thrown the ball 18 more times than McCoy and yet you give McCoy the edge because he beat OU. How is it that Bradford is at fault when the Sooner defense gives up 45 points but McCoy gets a pass when the Texas defense gives up a game winning drive to Tech? Neither quarterback was at fault in the team’s losses.

I’ll give McCoy his due and also would like to point out that he has been more than impressive with his legs this year. He has been the key to the Longhorns success but no more so than Bradford for the Sooners.