Ingram's lead grows in Heisman poll
Eagle-Tribune
It appears that Alabama's Mark Ingram is two weeks away from making history. The sophomore running back built on his lead in this week's Heisman Trophy poll. Picking up five of 10 first-place votes, Ingram now has a 20-point lead and has no...
Pete Carroll vs. UCLA
Los Angeles Times
2002: The seventh-ranked Trojans scored in the first 16 seconds, Palmer's Heisman Trophy push gaining steam as he passed or four touchdowns in a 52-21 victory over the No. 25 Bruins at the Rose Bowl. "I'm jealous of our freshmen," Palmer sa...
Dream season: Will somebody please wake Tide's Ingram when it's over?
Everything Alabama Blog
In his wildest dreams, Ingram didn't imagine winning the Heisman Trophy this season. And yet here he is with two games to go, running in front of others. He comes into the Iron Bowl with 1,399 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns. He needs 73 ya...
Can a Good Guy Fix College Football's Worst Thing?
Time
See the top 10 Heisman trophy winners.) By championing the BCS system, created a decade ago by a cartel of college presidents and commissioners from the country's elite athletic institutions, Hancock is essentially defending the OPEC of col...
Siblings Rahim Alem, Chad Jones have taken big steps at LSU
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Al Jones was principal at Desire Street Academy, the school founded by former Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel, Patti Jones was at NASA's Michoud facility, and Rahim was a student at St. Augustine desperately hoping to get a solid lick ...
UC thankful for 16 seniors
Collegebaseball.rivals.com
Some may remembered his intercepting last season’s Heisman trophy winner (Sam Bradford) at Oklahoma, but others will remember a polite young man that always accepted his role on the team. Gave the Bearcats some much needed stability at cent...
Big 12 mailbag: My invitees to the Big 12 'Heisman Awards'
ESPN.com
Here are some questions I received over the last several days from readers. Enjoy them, and enjoy the games this weekend. It should be a good weekend of football action across the Big 12. The players who nearly made my list also were strong...
Texas Longhorns attuned to high stakes in Texas A&M matchup
Dallas Morning News
Colt McCoy's drive back into Heisman contention as the most likely alternative to Alabama's Mark Ingram could get a huge boost on the ESPN telecast. Texas also carries a sense of unfinished business. The senior class at Texas is just 1-2 ag...
Is another Tim Tebow Heisman Trophy win a possibility?
St. Petersburg Times
The numbers do not argue his case. At least, not very loudly. Most days, they just sort of whisper from a distance. The surveys do not offer much hope. After all of those days of being a frontrunner, he has become an afterthought. The analy...
It's time for MLB's awards process to step into the 21st century
CNN Sports Illustrated
The Heisman Trophy has 870 experts voting on the award. I would make the case that several hundred voters could be added to baseball's pool while keeping the expertise of the voters constant. Having the benefit of these voters' opinions wou...
Put a Heisman in Stanford Back’s Juggling Act
New York Times
STANFORD, Calif. — Four Stanford graduates have become Supreme Court justices since the football team produced its only Heisman Trophy winner, Jim Plunkett, in 1970. Into this yawning gap burst Toby Gerhart , a senior tailback, who has insi...
2009 Heisman Trophy Race Continues to Heat Up
Bleacherreport.com
There are only three weeks left in the regular season, and after Alabama’s big win, running back Mark Ingram remains in the lead in this edition of Dan Malkin’s Heisman watch. Ingram has cruised past all other candidates in the last few wee...