The Heisman Trophy candidates for 2009 according to ESPN are the following Student Athletes

Mark Ingram        RB    Alabama           Sophomore

Jimmy Clausen      QB    Notre Dame        Junior

Tim Tebow          QB    Florida           Senior

Colt McCoy         QB    Texas             Senior

Kellen Moore       QB    Boise State       Sophomore

Case Keenum        QB    Houston           Junior

C.J. Spiller       RB    Clemson           Senior

Jacquizz Rodgers   RB    Oregon State      Sophomore

Noel Devine        RB    West Virginia     Junior

Dan LeFevour       QB    Central Michigan  Senior

Jordan Shipley     WR    Texas             Senior

Golden Tate        WR    Notre Dame        Junior

Ndamukong Suh      DT    Nebraska          Senior

Ryan Mathews       RB    Fresno State      Junior

This years Heisman Hunt has many great players. We hear about Mark Ingram, Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy the most because they play for the top 3 teams in the country. But there are lots of great players  from a lot of great Football programs. Jimmy Clausen from Notre Dame. He is playing well every week. He plays for one of the most storied programs in the country that has been on a down swing lately. He has helped to bring them back to prominence. Kellen Moore plays for Boise State who at the time of this writing was 7-0. He is the Nation’s top-rated passer and leads the country with 21 TD passes. And he’s thrown only two interceptions. Boise State’s schedule may work against him. Lets be honest Boise State is a very good team and Kellen Moore is a very good player but to compare them to teams like Florida and Alabama that play the competition they have to play week end and week out is not a very fair comparison. If Boise State wants to be thought of with these teams they should have started working years ago when this controversy first came up to get into a better conference or do what ever it took to create the competition on their schedule until they do this there really is not a case here. Case Keenum from Houston even though they probably play a little tougher schedule than Boise is going to end up having the same problem. C.J. Spiller, Jacquizze Rodgers, Noel Devine all play for great programs but they may be too far down in the pack at this late date to be able to make up for lost ground. And lets be honest maybe the best football player in the entire bunch is Ndamukong Suh from Nebraska but can a lineman really compete in the Heisman Trophy Hunt. Well he ought to be able too if our voters were as good as they think but because they are mostly journalist which have a lot less knowledge of what the game is about than most people think. It is highly unlikely the Suh will receive the justice he deserves. So in reality it is probably going to boil down to Tebow, Ingram and McCoy who are all very excellent candidates from very excellent programs. And they really do deserve some extra points for playing the type schedules that these teams play. I would not be ashamed of any of the three.