Can Sam Win Heisman?

by bravesooner10 on Jun 15, 2008 1:54 AM CDT Comment 8 comments

In 2007 Sam Bradford had one of the best freshman campaigns for a quarterback in college football history. Bradford threw 36 touchdown passes, breaking the old freshman record of 29. He was also amazingly accurate with a 69.5 completion percentage, while throwing for 3,121 yards and only giving up eight interceptions. The Freshman also led the nation with a 176.5 QB rating.

With a new no-huddle offense being implemented in hopes of creating more offensive plays per game, Bradford will be given the opportunity to surpass last years numbers. The addition of a healthy DeMarco Murray in the backfield will give him a dangerous option to throw to out of the back field.

The competition for footballs most highly touted individual award will be stiff. Last years winner, QB Tim Tebow will return for another season in Florida. Missouri QB Chase Daniel, who finished fourth in the the Heisman race last season, is also back.

My top five Heisman candidates are:

1. QB Tim Tebow (Florida) - Being the defending champion could be both a positive and a negative.

2. QB Sam Bradford (Oklahoma) - A year under his belt, and no-huddle offense will help.

3. QB Pat White (West Virginia) - Big play maker will make weekly highlight reels.

4. QB Chase Daniel (Missouri) - Not playing Oklahoma in the regular season will help.

5. RB Chris Wells (Ohio State) - Will be the focus of the Buckeye offense.

Poll

Who will win the Heisman in '08?

Tim Tebow

21 votes

Sam Bradford

52 votes

Pat White

5 votes

Chase Daniel

15 votes

Chris Wells

7 votes

DeMarco Murray

7 votes

107 votes | Poll has closed

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Yes!

I think Bradford can win the Heisman but not this year. They just don’t make a habit of giving the trophy out to sophomores. I think that the Big 12’s best opportunity for a Heisman is Chase Daniel.

by ccmachine on Jun 15, 2008 10:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

sam

I think that Tebow will be heavily favored to win it because there just aren’t alot of really big names to compete against. But if he goes down to an injury or his team lets him down by losing some games, it becomes a wide open race. Sam has a great chance to put up some really big numbers, and if OU wins the big 12 and contends for the national title he will have a big advantage over Daniel. The only advantage Daniel will have over him is he’s older, but after the season Sam had last year and the fact that his team will get more attention throughout the year, age won’t make a difference.

by bravesooner10 on Jun 16, 2008 2:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Florida Gets A Running Back

Then it will affect Tebow’s numbers. You make some great points about Bradford and I do agree that he could have an amazing season but I just can’t shake the age issue. A perfect example is A.D. his freshman season. He was the most deserving candidate but didn’t get it because he was only a freshman.

by ccmachine on Jun 16, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah but,

It has alway been known that age plays an issue in the Heisman race, but that has always pertained to freshmen. In AD’s sophomore year, he would have won had he not had injuries and would have had the same type of season he had in his freshman year. Besides, Tebow won it last year as a Soph. So what it comes down to is this; what is more likely to happen, a sophomore winning it or a repeat winner? I truly believe it will come down to who has the best year and who has the best team.

One more thing. The only reason that there are so meany JR and SR winners over the years is that for many, many years, freshmen couldn’t play on the varsity team. and sophomores had to be pretty special to get to play.

by bravesooner10 on Jun 17, 2008 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Beanie Wells

Ohio State, despite their recent trend of humiliating bowl experiences, will more than likely start the year ranked in the top three. They only have one losable game (against USC) and plenty of bad Big 10 defenses for Wells to run up his stats. Despite the situation at quarterback, which should improve, Wells was impressive in the BCS National Championship (20 Rush, 146 yds, 1 td) against the vaunted LSU defense and finished with over 1600 yards for the season. Even with a loss to USC and the fact that he is a sophomore, Wells deserves to be higher on the list.

by SoonerDutch on Jun 17, 2008 5:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

wells

You may be right, but if you look at polls around the country, mine has him higher than most do. The only reason I don’t have him 3rd, is because he isn’t quiet as proven as Pat White and Chase Daniel. What I mean by that is that he is the newcomer to this race. People have been thinking about White and Daniel for Heisman since last year, and that will go a long way towards who they vote for this year. It will be a few weeks into the season before people start to take notice of him. By then these other guys will already be towards the top of the list and Wells will have to really do something special to overtake them, unless they falter and lose games.

by bravesooner10 on Jun 17, 2008 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bradford Has To Have All Of The Chips Fall Just Right

I do believe the Sooner team has enough talent to help Sam win the Heisman, but the Sooners are going probably going to have to win all of their games and Bradford will have to put up gaudy numbers to beat the likes of Tebow. Will Bradford have a slump after a good year like McCoy did at tu? Too many variables right now.

by DallasSooner on Jun 21, 2008 5:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs