I've been doing a lot of number crunching in an effort to figure out who would get my Heisman vote if I had one. Obviously the Heisman has become as much of a team award (maybe more) than an individual award. I'm still working on the RBs, all purpose players, and defensive players, but Ryan Mallet clearly had the best year of any QB in CFB. Here are the numbers of the 6 top QBs acording to my studies (listed alphabetically).
1. Jimmy Claussen- 161.4 rating, 310 YPG, 28/4 TD/Int, -4 yards/1 TD rush, 79.8 average rank of pass "D" faced
2. Andy Daulton- 159.6, 207, 22/5, 522/3, 54.5
3. Ryan Mallet- 157.8, 285, 29/7, -35/2, 38.6
4. Colt McCoy- 147.5, 270, 27/12, 348/3, 77.3
5. Kellen Moore- 167.4, 277, 39/3, -4/1, 55.0
6. Tim Tebow- 155.6, 186, 18/5, 859/13, 46.2
Claussen can't be considered at all as he didn't face a single top 40 pass "D", only 1 in the top 52 (Purdue), and 6 ranked 94 or lower. Although McCoy's opponents avg. rank was 77.3, you must remember many Big 12 teams rank low because of all the good passing teams in the leaugue. Still Colt faced no pass "D" ranked higher than 22, 9 ranked 72 or lower, and 5 ranked 93 or lower. Moore's opponents avg. is skewed because several opponents rank high in pass "D" only because they are so bad against the run that opponents don't pass. These include Miami, O. (101 rush/26 pass), Fresno (111/32), B. Green (103/34), Hawaii (107/36), and NMSU (115/31). Mallet meanwhile faced 8 of the top 33 in pass "D" and 4 of the top 12. Although his team was just 7-5 they did lead the SEC in scoring (37.7) despite playing the #13 schedule (Sagarin) including road games at Bama, Ole Miss, LSU, and Florida. Those are some gaudy numbers he put up under those circumstances. Not his fault his defense sucked, though they did improve greatly over the course of the year. With 8 starters returning on each side of the ball and most of the tough games at home, the Hogs will be a monster next year. In any event there's no doubt in my mind that at least among QBs, Mallet deserves the Heisman. I will have a later thread discussing the RBs, all-purpose players, and defensive players after I finish my research.