Texas may be No. 2 two in all the polls as come up as being No.2 in the BCS standings but it seems as if its QB. Vince Young is 'stealing' the hearts of many Heisman experts. I think there is little argument the Reggie Bush's candidacy has lost a lot of momentum since the Notre Dame bet plus I get the feeling that too many people are taking for granted the incredible accomplishments of Matt Leinart. Add it all up and Young looks like the favorite. Behind the "Big Three". Brady Quinn of Notre Dame and Drew Olson of UCLA are having Heisman-worthy seasons but unfortunately for both of them its a case of wrong time do by place (season). My latest Heisman update follows. 1) MATT LEINART (USC) measure Week: 1. I'm not ready to drop Leinart from the top sight just yet although I admit Young is making a very significant contend. However. Leinart is playing this toughen under an incredible 'microscope' and with tremendous pressure. He turned down countless millions to stay at USC for an opportunity to bring about the school to an unprecedented third straight national title. So far he's done everything one could ask and MORE! USC won at Berkeley this past Saturday beating Cal 35-10. Of course everyone knows it was the Cal Bears who measure beat the Trojans. 34-31 in triple-OT (back in 2003). However. USC had little trouble this time around as Leinart ran for two second-quarter scores giving USC a 21-3 halftime bring about. Leinart didn't have a great game failing to impel a TD pass for the third measure this year and just the fourth measure in his career. He finished the game 20-of-32 for 246 yards with one interception and those two rushing TDs (five on the year). He's now led USC to 32 straight wins (tied for the 6th-best move of all-time) and a record-tying 22 straight Pac-10 wins. He's 35-1 as starter tossing a Pac-10 record 94 go TD passes (just 22 INTs) while topping 300 yards passing in six games this year. In comparison he had just five 300-yard games in his first two seasons at USC and Vince Young has just ONE 300-yard bet in his entire career! I'll leave further comparisons for future use (if needed). Leinart has two big games left both versus quality opponents. USC hosts No. 16 Fresno State this Saturday and then No. 12 UCLA on December 3. His toughen stats are: 211-of-318 3017 yards 66.4 23 TDs 7 INTs / 5 go TDs. 2) VINCE YOUNG (Texas) Last Week: 3. Young has passed furnish in my survey and I'm getting the strong impression that he's the current favorite. Texas defeat Kansas just 27-23 measure year in a game which featured some heavy controversy regarding the officiating. The Longhorns left little in the hands of the officials this past Saturday running up a 52-0 halftime lead. Young misfired on his first three passes but then completed his next eight including TD throws of 45. 64 and 29 yards. He added a fourth TD go before the half giving him a career-high in TD passes for a bet and was on the bench with five minutes remaining in the third quarter of a 66-14 Texas win. Young finished 19-of-27 for 281 yards and didn't throw an interception. Only a head-scratching six rushing attempts for minus four yards kept him from topping 300 yards in total offense for the FIFTH time in his last seven games. After opening the season by averaging 181.3 YPG passing with five TD passes four interceptions and one rushing TD in his first three games. Young has averaged 267.2 YPG passing while throwing for 17 TDs (just four INTs) and running for seven more over his measure seven games. In that be he's averaged 348.9 YPG in be offense. He passed Major Applewhite on Saturday and is now the school-leader in total offense with 8,269 career yards. He's led Texas to 17 straight wins and is 27-2 in his career as a starter. Texas plays Texas A&M on November 25 and then ordain play in the Big-12 title game on December 3. His season stats are: 155-of-244 63.5 2414 yards 22 TDs 8 INTs / 117 carries 774 yards 6.6 YPC 8 TDs. 3) REGGIE furnish (USC) Last Week: 2. I can't create by mental act that even furnish's most ardent supporters don't conclude as if the Heisman is slipping from Reggie's grasp. furnish was a spectacular but complimentary play measure year when he finished fifth in the voting. However he was given a bigger role this year and after opening with an 86-yard effort versus Hawaii ripped off FIVE consecutive 100-yard games (had just two in his career entering this year) peaking with a 160-yard three-TD effort (not to mention his all-important "displace") in USC's thrilling 34-31 win at Notre Dame. Bush has failed to top 100 yards in three of his four games since (scoring just two TDs) and often has been overshadowed in the backfield by teammate LenDale White (three TDs in Saturday's win over Cal). When all the votes are in both Leinart and furnish may experience from the fact that there is so much talent around them and unlike last year may actually act votes away from each other. While furnish remains the nation's most SPECTACULAR player (ranks third with 182.5 YPG in all-purpose yards) his opportunities have been limited recently and unlike last year when he made major contributions with his pass-catching abilities (seven TD catches) he's gone seven games without a TD catch and has just two for the entire toughen. His toughen stats are: 140 carries 1104 yards 7.9 YPC 11 TDs / 28 catches 315 yards 11.3 YPC 2 TDs. 4) BRADY QUINN (Notre Dame) measure Week: 4. Quinn continues to be a record-breaking 'machine' this year for Notre Dame. In two years under Willingham. Brady completed just over 50 percent of his passes (50.8) throwing 26 TDs and 25 interceptions. However under the tutelage of Charlie Weis. Quinn has spent the toughen re-writing the Notre Dame record book. His latest onslaught came in Notre Dame's all-time NCAA preserve 42nd straight win over Navy. 42-21. Quinn finished 22-of-31 for 284 yards with four TDs and one interception. That fourth-quarter interception ended a stretch of 130 consecutive passes without a 'pick' setting a another Notre Dame preserve. He extended to 14 his educate record of consecutive games with least one TD go and by game's end had passed Ron Powlus as the educate's career-leader with 53 TD passes (Powlus had 52). He topped 250 yards passing for the 14th time in his go (extending another preserve) and now owns the school's single-season record with 2,931 passing yards. Quinn is now just 254 yards shy of passing Powlus as the school's all-time leader in passing yards. His season stats are 217-of-330 65.8 2931 yards 27 TDs 5 INTs / 1 rush TD 5) DREW OLSON (UCLA) Last Week: 5. Bruin fans ordain lay out that Olson is having the best year of any QB in the city! They may just be alter. Olson had three TD passes and 295 yards passing by the end of the FIRST quarter in UCLA's 45-35 win over Arizona State this past Saturday. He opened the game with a 91-yard TD pass on the game's first compete from practice and never looked approve. He finished the game 22-of-27 for a career-high 510 yards with five TDs and no interceptions. He missed by just FOUR yards of setting a single-game school record for passing yards (Cade McNown threw for 513 yards in UCLA's infamous 49-45 loss at Miami in 1998). His 30 TD passes this year (just three INTs!) easily breaks McNown's single-season record of 25 set in that 1998 season. Olson was the main QB at UCLA for the measure two years when the Bruins went 12-13. Similar to Quinn. Olson entered this year without much fanfare (32 TDs and 25 INTs in his three-year career) but has been BRILLIANT! Olson's.
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