Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Top Two Teams Switch Rankings, So Do The Heisman Contenders

I unlike many people have LaMichael James as my number one now.  I personally watched Oregon play on ESPN the other night and James was relentless.  He went off and proved to much of the nation that he and Oregon are for real now.  He ran for about 250 yards in a win over Pac-10 rival USC.  James also scored three times en route to an all around perfect performance.  James threw off the USC defense with his balance on the field.  Runs up the middle and down both sides, that is what James did all night to them. If James keeps this up he will be on the top of many boards at the end of the year.  I am hoping that the analysts will come to their senses and recognize LaMichael.  With Oregon jumping Auburn in the BCS Standings, I had the Oregon candidate jump the Auburn candidate.
Cameron Newton led his Tigers to a win over Ole Miss.  It was not an impressive win, nor did Newton play up to my expectations.  I expected him to run all over the Ole Miss defense, he didn't.  Newton was held to less than 50 yards running but he did have that bad of a passing game.  Newton has racked up almost identical running and rushing statistics and he has twenty nine total touchdowns.  Auburn took a setback in the recent BCS Rankings and Newton took a backseat to James. 
At the end of the year it will be interesting to see if Auburn will play for a National Title and if Newton will take home the trophy.  It will be a tough decision to make if both Oregon and Auburn are one and two at the end of the year.  Where will the award go to?  Both players need to have nearly perfect games to finish out the season.