Heisman Preview: Can Tebow Repeat?

Tomorrow night the 2008 Heisman Trophy winner will be crowned. Only three players were invited to the ceremony this year: Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford, Texas QB Colt McCoy, and Florida QB Tim Tebow, who won the award a year ago as a sophomore. Mike Leach's boys at Texas Tech have a legitimate beef with this as QB Graham Harrell amassed more yards than Bradford (and won as many games) and WR Michael Crabtree may be the most talented player in the country (or Percy Harvin, who isn't here either). The NCAA leaders in rushing yards (Donald Brown, UConn, 1822 yards), receiving yards (Austin Collie, BYU, 1419 yards) and passing yards (Case Keenum, Houston, 4,768 yards) are also nowhere to be found.

Also staying at home are both of the highly-touted Georgia Bulldogs who were projected to be in the mix before the season. In fact, Knowshon's 1338 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns both fall short of Michigan State's Javon Ringer, who he'll be facing in the Capitol One Bowl. The three guys that were chosen, however, were the best players in the country this season. But wouldn't it have been nice to have invited a couple more guys? I'm sure its a great feeling to get the call to that ceremony.

Before I give my pick, here's the stats for the Heisman invitees:

Sam Bradford (QB, Oklahoma): 4,464 passing yards, 53 total touchdowns (5 rush), 186.29 rating
Colt McCoy (QB, Texas): 4,021 total yards (576 rush), 42 total touchdowns (10 rush), 179.20 rating
Tim Tebow (QB, Florida): 3,079 total yards (564 rush), 40 total touchdowns (12 rush), 176.74 rating

My pick: Colt McCoy.
Why? He beat Bradford head-to-head. Bradford's out. He has better stats all-around than Tim Tebow (including rushing yards!). And for good measure, Tebow won it last year when he had a better year, so he shouldn't win it again. Call it McCoy's consolation prize for not being given a chance to play for the National Championship.

We'll find out the winner tomorrow night at 8pm. In the meantime, go vote in our poll!

*It should be noted that today Tim Tebow received the Maxwell Award, given to the best all-around player in the country. He won this award last year, and is now only the second player in history to receive the award twice. Could this be foreshadowing tomorrow night's ceremony?