Saturday night in New York, there were arguably the three best players in college football and it was decided that Sam Bradford, quarterback was the best player in the nation for 2008.
Before I get started, I think that if Colt McCoy or Tim Tebow won instead it would of been just as good. All of these guys were deserving of the Heisman. If you look at pure statistics, then Bradford is your Heisman which I am assuming many voters looked at when they were voting. Also, he lit up scoreboards brighter than Clark Griswald's Christmas display. Bradford can just chuck the ball all over the field, had 50 touchdowns and 9 of them were over fifty yards. I wouldnt say that Bradford was clutch more so feared. Reason I say that is because when you watched Oklahoma during the end of the season, everyone believed that Bradford would match them down the field for what looked to be an easy touchdown. Bradford never made any mistakes and really did catch some bad breaks in the lost to Texas.
Alot of people were upset Graham Harrell was not in attendance with these three guys but in my opinion, it was the right choice. The reason being is he "crapped the bed" against Oklahoma on the big stage on the road. He was comfortable against Texas because he had the home-field advantage but in the opinion of voters, that showed he couldnt cut it outside of Lubbock. In addition, Bradford had a monster game to overshadow Harrell throughout the game.
Now we have a battle of two Heisman quarterbacks Sam Bradford vs. Tim Tebow. This is the first championship game in a couple years I am excited for. It will be interesting to see if Bradford gets the same protection against a tough Florida defense and if he is able to cut it against SEC defense.
-Charlie.
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