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Our Thoughts

Brian – Vince Young definitely didn’t take advantage of his national stage on Friday, but I see no reason to move him from the top of the list. The national writers who claim he blew his chance and declared Reggie Bush, had made their decisions before last Friday. Where was Reggie’s huge game against Washington, Washington State, Cal, or Stanford? He’s allowed to have 4+ games that aren’t Heisman-caliber, but Vince can’t have one? I know we live in a “what have you done for me lately?” society, but if you look at each player’s complete body of work you’ll see Young has been more consistent, more impressive, and more important throughout the year.

Robert Hubbard? Who’s Robert Hubbard you ask? Well he had 146 yards (at 9.1 yards per carry) and 3 touchdowns for Nevada against Fresno State Saturday. If one 294 yards and 2 TD’s suddenly makes you the unanimous Heisman winner, then Hubbard’s performance should definitely earn him a trip to New York.

Matt – Looks like the top 4 of our Heisman ballots are pretty similar. I still feel that Vince Young is the top candidate, mainly because his past performance is really his only subpar game this year. And is it just me or are you tired of seeing Reggie Bush highlights during the middle of the week on SportsCenter? It is like they are bored and feel like, hey, why not promote Reggie Bush for no reason at all.

Related Links

• Last week’s Heisman poll
• ESPN Experts Poll

Barry Switzer even said the Texas job was the best out there.

Our Thoughts

Brian – The only movement in the top 15 is a several spot drop from Notre Dame after their thoroughly unimpressive performance against Stanford. Despite the win, they fall two in my raknings to number 10. I’m downright shocked to see that both the AP and coaches finally dropped the overrated Irish behind Ohio State at least.

Numbers 20 – 25 are a crapshoot every week, and three teams I had their last week went down. This week I’m throwing in a bunch of random non-BCS schools in there. Don’t really think 4 or 5 loss teams from the Big 12 etc. are worth it, so might as well give the little guys some love.

Matt – Talk about a scare with that Texas game against Texas A&M. But the amazing part about the whole thing is that even though Texas probably played their worst game possible, they still scored 40 points on the road. The Ohio State/Michigan game was also amazing, and somehow Ohio State came back to give me the miracle cover. Thankfully Michigan has no defense.

All of this Notre Dame and BCS talk is making me sick and I went on a little rant over at Sports Four. I really don’t see any logical arguement for why Notre Dame should go ahead of both Oregon and Ohio State, other than money/ratings.

Hopefully Texas and USC will take care of business this weekend so we can have a Rose Bowl for the ages. Although I wouldn’t mind seeing USC lose, that way Rose Bowl tickets would be a lot cheaper.

Related Links

• Last week’s rankings
• Harris Interactive Poll (PDF, 28 KB)
• Master Coaches Survey

Constant Texas basher thinks Vince should win the Heisman, of course he’s just trying to be a contrarian.

ESPN’s Pat Forde hands out awards to several Longhorns and really lays into the Aggies a couple ot times.

Started off a little slow, but of course there was never any doubt.

Mack Brown, Vince Young, Jamaal Charles, and Brian Orakpo receive additional honors.

I think (hope?) the team won’t overlook anyone after the Aggie game.

Texas LB Rashad Bobino makes second team.

Texas stays #1 in Stewart Mandel’s power rankings.