Heisman Voting by Electoral College

An ESPN Poll asked readers to pick their Heisman trophy winner between the four finalists. Hawai'i Quarterback Colt Brennan, Missouri Quarterback Chase Daniel, Arkansas Runningback Darren McFadden, and Florida Quarterback Tim Tebow and broke down the results by state. Unlike most of these polls, the results proved to be quite interesting. Here are the results as of 9:00pm Wednesday night.

 

 

If you can't read it that gives:

Brennan: Hawai'i, California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, South Dakota, Maine, Washington, Delaware

 

Daniel: Missouri

 

McFadden: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Kansas

 

Tebow: Oregon, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virgiinai, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire

 

Too Close to Call: Alaska, New Mexico

 

If the Heisman were decided by the Electoral College this poll would give Electoral votes in the following:

Brennan 94

Daniel 11

McFadden 160

Tebow 255

Too Close to Call 8

 

While the Heisman Trophy is not decided by Electoral College, it is decided regionally which should be interesting in the closest race in a long time

College Bowl Mania

With the upcoming Bowl Season approaching, my competitive itch needs to be scratched.

Therefore I have started a group in ESPN's College Bowl Mania

Click Here to see the group I started called "Pride and Pageantry".

If the link doesn't work (and chances are it won't), just type Pride and Pageantry in the search bar, this is a public group.

Whether you are a friend, regular reader, casual reader, or Google sent you here in your search for Song Girl Pics, consider yourself welcome to play along.

Brennan WAC Offensive Player of the Year

Colt Brennan was named WAC Offensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row.

This was no surprise as in addition to winning WAC Offensive Player of the Year last year, Brennan won several WAC Offensive Player of the Week awards.

Boise State Running Back Ian Johnson was second in voting for WAC Offensive Player of the Year.

In addition, Hawaii's Wide Recievers won a new award given for WAC Offensive Unit of the Year.

Fresno State linebacker Marcus Riley won WAC Defensive Player of the Year in an announcement that did not receive a giggling response.

Bowl Matchups: Quick and Initial Thoughts

There will be plenty of time to talk about these games, the snubs, the system, Plus One's, playoffs, etc. Here are my thoughts on each matchup in one sentence or less...

Allstate BCS Championship Game
LSU vs. Ohio State
It would kill Michigan fans if Les Miles game plan beats the Buckeyes as bad as Urban Meyer's did.

FedEx Orange
Virginia Tech vs. Kansas
I'll spend four weeks getting the image of Mark Mangino in South Beach out of my head.

Tostitos Fiesta
Oklahoma vs. West Virginia
If you can't score more than 9 points on PITT, I have to wonder if you even belong here.

Rose Bowl presented by Citi
Illinois vs. USC
It may be a three touchdown romp but at the least the rest of the year can go on with me knowing the Pac Ten AND Big Ten were represented, carrying on one of college football's more arcane traditions.

Allstate Sugar
Hawaii vs. Georgia
There are some vague similarities between this year's Georgia team and last year's Oklahoma team.

Capital One
Michigan vs. Florida
Lloyd Carr goes out with a reminder of what did him in at Michigan, the spread offense.

AT&T Cotton
Missouri vs. Arkansas
Missouri got jobbed not because it lost the Big XII Championship game, but rather because their fans went.

Gator
Texas Tech vs. Virginia
Just remember "The chicken's involved, but the pig's committed".

Outback
Wisconsin vs. Tennessee
If Tennessee does that Orange jerseys, Orange pants thing again, that won't be good for my hangover headache.

Chick-fil-A
Clemson vs. Auburn
Same mascot, same colors, same perennial underachievement.

Pacific Life Holiday
Arizona State vs. Texas
Always a fun one and this should be no different as the points should go up pinball style.

Valero Alamo
Penn State vs. Texas A&M
San Antonio, where underachievers go to finish out the string, has its ideal matchup.

AutoZone Liberty
UCF vs. Mississippi State
Can Sylvester Croom hold Kevin Smith to under 250 yards rushing?

Brut Sun
South Florida vs. Oregon
Matchup of the two ugliest uniforms in football.

PetroSun Independence
Alabama vs. Colorado
Nick Saban will probably call this a "war" just to prove he has no perspective.

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Kentucky vs. Florida State
Cha-Ching!

Champs Sports
Boston College vs. Michigan State
In a way, BC can credit their notoriously bad traveling fanbase for their seven game bowl win streak.

Insight
Indiana vs. Oklahoma State
Indiana's a feel good story but it'll be tough to root against "I'm 40!"

Meineke Car Care
UConn vs. Wake Forest
Chris Paul's a real talent but UConn's got too much on the frontcourt.

Emerald
Maryland vs. Oregon State
Wouldn't a nut company want their bowl BEFORE Christmas, the only time most people eat nuts?

Pioneer Las Vegas
UCLA vs. BYU
Since this is their third year in a row in this game, the BYU in Las Vegas jokes still don't violate the "Rule of Threes".

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia
Utah vs. Navy
As long as Navy is bowl-eligible they will play in this game for the next three years.

Motor City
Purdue vs. Central Michigan
Rematch of a 45-22 Purdue win on September 15.

Papajohns.com Bowl
Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati
Unless Brian Kelly leaves before this game, the Golden Eagles have no chance.

Sheraton Hawai'i
Boise State vs. East Carolina
Hopefully we'll see more Chrissy Johnson than the last time she was in Hawai'i.

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Memphis vs. Florida Atlantic
FAU gets to play in a bowl against a team ranked 99th in my computer rankings.

Texas
TCU vs. Houston
Appropriately named but I'd give anything to bring back the Bluebonnet Bowl.

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
California vs. Air Force
So how many hippies you think are going to make the trip to Fort Worth for this?

International
Rutgers vs. Ball State
A chance to bet against an "Unhappy to be here team".

Roady's Humanitarian
Georgia Tech vs. Fresno State
A chance to bet against an "Interim Coach Team" and an "Unhappy to be here team" at the same time.

GMAC
Bowling Green vs. Tulsa
One day before the National Championship which is too much anticipation for me.

New Mexico
Nevada vs. New Mexico
Its difficult to take this "bowl" seriously when the only Mountain West team it invites to play in it is New Mexico.

Pumpin' for Thursday: Week 14

This is the final PFT for the 2007 season, but worry not problem gamblers, "Bertuci's Bowling for Bowls" begins Thursday, December 20. I don't know what I'm missing here but it looks like the oddsmakers are giving us a Holiday present for this the final edition of a pick segment that has had mediocre results at best...

Rutgers (+2.5) at Louisville, Over/Under 60

Vegas Algebra says: Louisville 31.25 , Rutgers 28.75

Thoughts: Rutgers is undefeated midweek and having already accepted a bid to the International Bowl (below preseason expectations) is looking for a statement conference win to the end the year, its Pitino season in Louisville and the team isn't healthy and Steve Kragthorpe has been shooting down coaching rumors the past two weeks.

Suggestion: I like Rutgers, Ray Rice, and Ray Rice's mom huge over a Louisville team which may mail it in. Rutgers likes to run first and throw when necessary so I can't expect them to light up the Louisville secondary the way others have, which is why I like the Under

Hello...still...Greg Robinson

In news that comes as little surprise to those who know Syracuse football but turns some heads nationally, Greg Robinson will be back as Syracuse's Head Coach in 2008.

The move has less to do with anybody's pleasure with Robinson's performance in his three years at Syracuse (at 7-28, 2-19 in the Big East, how can it be?) but rather a reluctance to buyout Robinson's contract (a buyout was projected at $3 million, a little steep for a private school but it could've been done) and a greater reluctance to give Athletic Director Daryl Gross the autonomy to head another football coaching search.

There is also a sentiment that Robinson has been a victim of timing from the day he was hired and that his young team should improve in 2008.

Still, the empty seats in the Carrier Dome and the emergence of football powers throughout the Big East are making Robinson's Pollyanna act at Syracuse wear thin and another losing season will seal his fate undoubtedly in 2008.

The Pride and The Pageantry Index: November 28, 2007

Rank Team Conf W L OW OL OOW OOL TPTPI
1 West Virginia Big East 10 1 69 61 799 732 0.623127624
2 Missouri Big XII 11 1 73 70 834 733 0.617468218
3 LSU SEC 10 2 78 65 888 798 0.612733204
4 Georgia SEC 10 2 75 67 852 699 0.609748595
5 Florida SEC 9 3 80 61 819 724 0.60388399
6 Virginia Tech ACC 10 2 76 67 803 769 0.601771161
7 Ohio State Big Ten 11 1 67 76 816 747 0.593950635
8 Tennessee SEC 9 3 79 64 867 814 0.592664883
9 Boston College ACC 10 2 72 70 807 745 0.591848017
10 Arizona State Pac Ten 9 2 63 62 755 677 0.588354114
11 Oregon Pac Ten 8 3 70 55 724 708 0.58821483
12 Oklahoma Big XII 10 2 71 72 875 819 0.585717313
13 Illinois Big Ten 9 3 77 66 793 774 0.583246404
14 South Florida Big East 9 3 74 64 757 733 0.582629365
15 Clemson ACC 9 3 74 69 812 750 0.576202846
16 Kansas Big XII 11 1 59 83 837 716 0.57165236
17 Brigham Young Mountain West 9 2 63 66 667 703 0.57044683
18 Auburn SEC 8 4 77 66 830 725 0.56933795
19 Texas Big XII 9 3 71 72 874 820 0.5647364
20 Southern California Pac Ten 9 2 56 70 781 648 0.563401687
21 Cincinnati Big East 9 3 67 70 769 715 0.561574065
22 Texas A&M Big XII 7 5 82 60 780 768 0.56053472
23 Virginia ACC 9 3 69 74 876 808 0.558806247
24 Penn State Big Ten 8 4 76 67 853 846 0.557915941
25 Michigan Big Ten 8 4 74 68 803 746 0.556829789
26 Kentucky SEC 7 5 79 62 801 738 0.556092136
27 Connecticut Big East 9 3 65 74 789 711 0.55281295
28 Wisconsin Big Ten 9 3 67 76 806 754 0.550932401
29 Oregon State Pac Ten 7 4 65 60 673 624 0.548813345
30 Florida State ACC 7 5 77 67 926 782 0.548733086
31 Wake Forest ACC 8 4 71 71 889 794 0.548722519
32 California Pac Ten 6 5 70 55 747 685 0.546775648
33 Michigan State Big Ten 7 5 79 64 843 854 0.546246856
34 Oklahoma State Big XII 6 6 83 58 770 770 0.544326241
35 South Carolina SEC 6 6 82 61 820 740 0.543123543
36 Mississippi State SEC 7 5 74 68 838 715 0.541296907
37 Rutgers Big East 7 4 65 62 683 670 0.541197456
38 Arkansas SEC 8 4 67 73 824 703 0.540857424
39 Alabama SEC 6 6 82 61 803 760 0.540152186
40 UCF Conference USA 9 3 66 78 833 882 0.538095238
41 UCLA Pac Ten 6 5 67 58 763 665 0.537942068
42 Nebraska Big XII 5 7 87 55 848 830 0.536845577
43 Hawaii WAC 11 0 43 84 564 643 0.536109897
44 Colorado Big XII 6 6 81 62 856 837 0.534619618
45 Texas Tech Big XII 8 4 67 76 820 748 0.531672197
46 Utah Mountain West 8 4 67 72 803 816 0.531670155
47 Maryland ACC 6 6 77 63 793 735 0.529744764
48 Boise State WAC 10 2 57 82 686 789 0.529640491
49 Georgia Tech ACC 7 5 71 71 826 726 0.528887457
50 Tulsa Conference USA 9 3 62 80 807 887 0.524906671
51 East Carolina Conference USA 7 5 73 70 818 894 0.520529023
52 Air Force Mountain West 9 3 57 81 746 741 0.519442048
53 Troy Sun Belt 8 3 55 74 679 698 0.518271712
54 Purdue Big Ten 7 5 70 73 798 769 0.517901916
55 Indiana Big Ten 7 5 70 73 794 776 0.517021699
56 Fresno State WAC 7 4 60 67 633 704 0.513673386
57 North Carolina State ACC 5 7 80 62 795 761 0.51358817
58 Louisville Big East 5 6 69 60 715 657 0.511362481
59 Washington Pac Ten 4 8 81 55 800 757 0.509579603
60 Arizona Pac Ten 5 6 66 58 669 622 0.509316132
61 New Mexico Mountain West 8 4 61 79 736 768 0.506864235
62 Vanderbilt SEC 5 7 77 66 836 730 0.506858483
63 Kansas State Big XII 5 7 75 67 809 737 0.499072648
64 Washington State Pac Ten 5 7 71 64 797 739 0.496849682
65 TCU Mountain West 7 5 64 77 818 831 0.496798242
66 Mississippi SEC 3 9 87 55 793 758 0.496658789
67 Iowa Big Ten 6 6 69 75 881 828 0.493459869
68 Miami (Fla.) ACC 5 7 73 70 911 800 0.492520715
69 Northwestern Big Ten 6 6 67 75 792 765 0.488083123
70 Pittsburgh Big East 4 7 69 59 683 683 0.485440341
71 Wyoming Mountain West 5 7 74 67 781 871 0.484768087
72 Ball State MAC 7 5 63 79 724 830 0.484137936
73 Bowling Green MAC 8 4 56 87 754 816 0.482534557
74 Notre Dame Independent 3 9 82 58 819 821 0.480204704
75 Central Michigan MAC 7 5 61 81 737 818 0.479110812
76 Southern Mississippi Conference USA 7 5 61 82 745 831 0.477298981
77 North Carolina ACC 4 8 74 69 830 732 0.474917102
78 Houston Conference USA 8 4 51 91 781 779 0.471404388
79 Navy Independent 7 4 48 80 676 696 0.469768752
80 Louisiana Tech WAC 5 6 60 68 648 699 0.468278624
81 Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 6 5 53 77 774 742 0.467848313
82 Iowa State Big XII 3 9 80 63 789 782 0.46777725
83 San Diego State Mountain West 4 7 66 64 673 703 0.467029954
84 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 6 6 61 78 721 782 0.464351273
85 Syracuse Big East 2 10 83 57 826 812 0.464163614
86 Western Michigan MAC 5 7 68 74 737 819 0.462015883
87 Stanford Pac Ten 3 8 65 60 750 678 0.459484339
88 Toledo MAC 5 7 69 74 700 867 0.457103774
89 Miami (Ohio) MAC 6 6 60 84 837 867 0.456132629
90 Akron MAC 4 8 74 69 769 928 0.455362748
91 Army Independent 3 8 70 60 661 741 0.45527992
92 Baylor Big XII 3 9 75 67 780 775 0.451986436
93 San Jose State WAC 5 7 63 74 667 782 0.449173039
94 Marshall Conference USA 3 9 84 70 773 923 0.449171848
95 Ohio MAC 6 6 58 85 730 836 0.444336156
96 Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 5 7 62 76 686 806 0.443750729
97 UNLV Mountain West 2 10 80 60 753 885 0.442307692
98 Nevada WAC 5 6 54 75 647 714 0.441785126
99 Memphis Conference USA 7 5 50 93 762 811 0.441764675
100 Duke ACC 1 11 84 59 847 845 0.439687381
101 Buffalo MAC 5 7 61 82 816 881 0.437665519
102 Texas-El Paso Conference USA 4 8 69 74 698 865 0.436236348
103 Minnesota Big Ten 1 11 84 58 730 830 0.433595161
104 Colorado State Mountain West 3 9 69 71 754 767 0.432860195
105 Temple MAC 4 8 66 76 762 921 0.42891843
106 Arkansas State Sun Belt 5 7 57 82 766 872 0.426113505
107 Eastern Michigan MAC 4 8 64 78 721 831 0.42482591
108 UAB Conference USA 2 10 76 67 739 843 0.424183486
109 Tulane Conference USA 4 8 62 80 737 819 0.420055789
110 New Mexico State WAC 4 8 61 78 613 741 0.415940955
111 Kent State MAC 3 9 67 76 722 847 0.411807162
112 La.-Lafayette Sun Belt 3 9 63 76 704 802 0.405984575
113 Rice Conference USA 3 9 64 79 722 857 0.40058908
114 Utah State WAC 2 10 68 73 759 871 0.399212461
115 North Texas Sun Belt 2 9 60 68 607 760 0.390839055
116 Florida International Sun Belt 0 11 71 59 703 819 0.388549985
117 Southern Methodist Conference USA 1 11 70 72 735 947 0.376557153
118 Idaho WAC 1 11 61 66 598 743 0.372474781
119 Northern Illinois MAC 2 10 59 83 703 835 0.363684927
Football Champ Sub 0.1 1 10