Read Sports Geek’s argument that Colt McCoy is the Heisman frontrunner and Bleacher Fan’s argument that Sam Bradford is the Heisman frontrunner.
Kickoff to the 2009 college football season is less than three weeks away! It has been a long time since last year’s BCS Championship game! Every offseason seems long, but this year’s seems really long. Maybe it is because three high profile quarterbacks chose to return to school instead of chasing after the fame and fortune of the NFL. Those three profile quarterbacks will be profiled today as we debate who has the inside track to becoming this season’s Heisman Trophy winner. I believe that Tim Tebow is a step above Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy.
The Florida Gators are a consensus number one. They play an exciting style of football in the country’s best conference (sorry, Bleacher Fan). Depending on how the season shakes out, they are sure to be on national television virtually every week. Therefore, exposure is not a question and never has been, not when Tim Tebow and Chuck Norris are often used in the same joke sometimes. (You know you have all gotten those email forwards comparing the two with Tebow’s name being inserted in the place of Norris! If you haven’t gotten the email, here is a list of Tebow jokes! It is pretty funny.).
Tebow’s credentials speak for themselves. He won a national championship as a freshman and as a junior. As a sophomore, his team struggled somewhat with so many underclassmen on defense, but Tebow flourished, easily winning the Heisman trophy. He made a late charge last year, but Bradford was just having too strong of a season, as was McCoy.
This season, he is almost (thanks to Steve Spurrier or his director of football operations Jamie Spernois) a consensus all-SEC pre-season coach’s pick. Coming off a season in which he accounted for 42 touchdowns (30 passing and 12 receiving), how could you not rate him as the preseason favorite? Since January 11th, when he announced he was returning for his senior season, he was been perceived as one of, if not the, favorite to hold the trophy up in December. But, Tebow will tell you he did not come back for the Heisman. He did not come back for individual trophies and records. He came back for one and only one reason. He came back to win his third BCS Championship. If he wins a third national championship, and has an outstanding senior season, he has to be considered perhaps the greatest college football player ever. Perhaps that is a debate for early next year.
I know there are a lot of Tim Tebow haters out there. Some of them live in Athens, Georgia. Some of them live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Heck, they are scattered all across the nation, as some feel Tebow gets too much love from the national media. But, love him or hate him, there really is not any question as to who the pre-season Heisman favorite is for the 2009 college football season. His numbers and his play completely back up that assessment.
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