Heisman studs: Gerhart, Spiller, Ingram, Suh

Those four guys are the best spotlight players in the country this year. After last night's results, I believe that any more than a few token votes for Tebow or McCoy are evidence of a broken Heisman system. Toby Gerhart didn't play this week, but in four killer games down the stretch he ran over, around and through the opposition for something like 800 yards and at least ten touchdowns. He is a favorite among "cultural conservatives" of college football because he also plays baseball and is going to graduate early with a legitimate degree (from Stanford of all places.) His team has four losses, but so did Tebow's when he won it and TG has carried his team to its first bowl game in nine years. Ingram was pretty good against a good Florida defense - I don't think good enough to go from forgotten to a winner but enough to get in the conversation. He plays hard when he's healthy. (His Gator chomp taunt was not a good move in my opinion and tarnished his image.) I had thought CJ Spiller was overrated, but I have changed my mind - he was spectacular against Georgia Tech, keeping Clemson in it for 60 minutes and rushing for over 100 yards in EACH half of the game. He has great power and also great direction-changing ability. Colt McCoy has been a media favorite mostly because he didn't get it last year, but this season's campaign is not as impressive. McCoy was nowhere near the best player on the field last night, let alone the country. He's been up against a ridiculously weak schedule this season and the two good defenses they played (OU and Nebraska) made him look silly. Texas scored 29 points combined against those two teams. It's easy to look good running up the score against Oklahoma State (who got blasted by OU last week) and Texas A&M; it's another matter against strong, competent defensive squads. Tebow has been above average this year but not spectacular, he looks less productive without studs like Percy Harvin around him and his stock had been helped by being undefeated, which is over - and that 12-0 record had been helped by some seriously bogus calls. Almost all non-Florida fans can agree that Tebow has been massively overexposed and excessively fellated. He already has a Heisman Trophy for a much better season two years ago. Does he really need votes for another one with all these more productive players around him.