Heisman

Congratulations to Robbert Griffin the 3rd who won the 77th Heisman trophy!! He beat out early season favorite Andrew Luck who is sure to be the number one pick in this years draft by showing off his ability to not only throw, but to run the ball effectively and led his team back to national rankings. He is one of very few juniors to win this prestigious award!

While all five candidates were very good choices, i personally believe that Montee Ball from the University of Wisconsin should have won the award. Both Montee and Russell Willson were prolific players, Montee finished just behind Barry Sanders for most touchdowns in a season by scoring 38 times!! That is an average of just under3 touchdowns a game!! On top of all that, Montee averaged 6.5 yards everytime he touched the football! That is over half of a first down everytime he touches the ball, and he ended the year with 1,622 total yards!! I also believe Russell would have been another good choice as he had the difficult task of changing schools and learning a new offense, and he excelled at it. Willson threw for a total of 2,692 yards and 28 touchdowns passes, while rushing for 325 yards and five touchdowns.

Next on the schedule is the Rose Bowl!! The badgers will face the always tough Oregon ducks who are lead by their coach Chip Kelly and their running back LaMichael James who has had 3 straight 1,500 rushing yard seasons. Last year in the Rose Bowl the badgers lost a heart breaker to TCU, but this year i think they have the talent to put it to Oregon and come away with a huge win for the Big 10.

Tim Tebow!!!

I want to talk about the Denver Broncos. They are now have 8 wins and 5 losses and have won 7 of their last 8 (with the one loss by the lions!!) game all with a quarterback that nobody thought could win games in the NFL. Tim Tebow has been criticized about how he throws the ball since he was in college, but yet he somehow still manages to win games. The wins have not been pretty, most by less then 7 points and even a few in overtime but somehow he manages to find a way to win games. Most teams attempt between 25-40 passes in the course of a game, but Tebow has thrown games where he was only attempted 8-10 passes!! This is unheard of in a game in which there has been more and more passing every year in attempt to make more explosive offenses, but still he find a way to win. The wins have not been all because of Tebow, most games the opposing team has been held to less than 15 points! That is amazing for a defense to be so good for so many games in a row to allow their team to come away with a win. The Broncos have 3 games left against the Patriots, Bills, and Cheifs and look like a sure bet to win their division. I personally hope the Broncos make a deep playoff run just to show everyone that a super star quarter back is not needed to win games, but instead defense can win you the game.