I am shocked and a bit disgusted that so many columnists and sports talking heads are endorsing the likes of Colt McCoy, let alone Mark Ingram or Toby Gearhart for Hesiman. What a joke!

Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the fact that Colt McCoy has had an outstanding career and especially the fact that he has not only had a wonderful senior season this year but that he, like Tebow, is a devout Christian and follower of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ of Nazareth, however he is not deserving of this year’s Hesiman trophy, at least not as deserving as Mr. Tebow is!

As for the two aformetioned running backs, Mark Ingram and Toby Gearhart, they are even less deserving. Gearhart has had a great individual year, should undoubtedly win the Doak Walker award and also should most definitely finish ahead of Mark Ingram in the Heisman trophy race, but neither player should finish higher than Colt McCoy who impacts a game far more from his position of quarterback than wither of these two players could hope to from the runningback position, let alone higher than Tim Tebow.

The above said, this year’s Heisman trophy race is a two man race between McCopy and Tebow, yet only one man (Tebow) should even be considered for the top spot.

Tim Tebow has a much higher passer rating (160.7 to 152.9), far better yards per pass attempt (8.9 to 7.7), far better TD to INT ratio  (4.25/1 to 3/1), higher percentage of TD’s per pass attempt (7% to 6.25%) and lower percentage of INT’s per pass attempt (1.64% to 2.08%)! That said, in merely pure pocket QB terms, Tim Tebow should win the Hesiman over Colt McCoy and we all know that running is Tebow’s strong point!

When one factors in the rushing aspect, Tebow stands head and shoulders above Colt McCoy as the Heisman favorite.

While Colt McCoy has put up respectable rushing numbers, thanks in large part to one huge game against Texas A&M’s porous run defense, his numbers pale in comparison to Tebow’s. McCoy has rushed for 368 yards and 2 TD’S while Tebow has rushed for a whopping 796 yards and 13 TD’S. You may want to look at that stat line again. Colt McCoy is a great QB who can run now and then. Tim Tebow is a QB and RB all at the same time; the guy is basically playing two positions on the football field!

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Tim Tebow plays in the dominating and rugged SEC while McCoy plays in the almost defense-less Big 12. That is a huge difference folks.

For the same reason no one is talking about Kellen Moore (who has better stats than either McCoy or Tebow and is leading an unbeaten team to a BCS bowl appearence) winning the Hesiman, no one should seriously be considering voting for McCoy over Tebow. Simply put, Colt McCoy is playing and putting up inferior statistics in an inferior conference.

Giving McCoy the Hesiman trophy this year over Tebow would be like giving the NFL MVP Award to the best QB in the CFL over Brett Favre, even though the CFL QB has inferior statistics! It would be that preposterous!

Imagine for a moment, if the QB’S qere simply switched. Tim Tebow would be running the show in Texas and Colt McCoy would be running the spread offense in Florida. If such were the case I can honestly see Tebow throwing for close to McCoy yards, but more TD’S and less intereceptions, while amassing over 1,000 yards rushing and close to 20 TD’S, all the while dominating the competion. If that were happening there would be no discussion as to who should win the Hesiman whatsoever. On the flip side I could see McCoy throwing for a few more yards and TD’S in Florida than Tebow has, but far more interceptions as well, rushing for far fewer yards than he has at Texas and worst of all, losing 2-3 games as well as this weekend’s SEC championship game.

All of the above said … TIM TEBOW IS THIS YEAR’S HESIMAN TROPHY WINNER, HANDS DOWN!

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