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Wednesday October 28, 2009
Spiller-The Candidate I was wrong on two accounts. First, the quarterback trio of the finalist from last season has not lived up to expectations and their stronghold on the trophy has been diminished. We now know that Bradford will not become the second repeat winner of the award. If Tebow or McCoy win the Heisman it will not be because of what they did on the field in 2009 which is a surprise. At one time I thought one of the three had to out play the other two and win the trophy instead of it being a lifetime achievement award. Because all three have not played as well in 2009, if McCoy or Tebow won it would be based on their career instead of their season. Also I was wrong about it difficult for anyone to get in the race. Alabama’s Mark Ingram has gotten in the picture. Notre Dame’s Jimmy Clausen has also thrown his name in the hat. This week, Spiller joined the party. ESPN's Mel Kiper said if the Heisman was handed out today, he would give it to Spiller. ESPN’s Todd McShay has Spiller second on his current Heisman list. Sports Illustrated’s (SI.com) Heisman expert, Gene Menz has Spiller fourth in his Heisman rankings this week. CBSSportsline.com’s Dennis Dodd has Spiller fifth in the race this week. ESPN.com has fifteen college football experts on their panel for their Heisman Watch and Spiller has climbed to seventh in their composite poll. The Competition Here are what the other contenders have done in 2009: Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen has thrown for 2,050 yards with 16 touchdowns and two interceptions. He also has one rushing touchdown. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has passed for 1,159 yards with eight touchdowns and four interceptions. He has also rushed for 486 yards and six touchdowns. Texas quarterback Colt McCoy has passed for 1806 yards with 14 touchdowns and eight picks. He has rushed for 104 yards and one touchdown. Spiller has 547 yards and three touchdowns rushing. He has 267 yards and two touchdowns receiving. The senior has 182 yards and one touchdown returning punts and 459 yards and three touchdowns returning kickoffs. Spiller’s Case 1-Spiller now leads the nation in all-purpose yards per game with 207.86. He is one of only two players to average over 200 all-purpose yards per game. 2-He is also third nationally in kickoff return average with a 38.2 figure and is tied for first in kickoff returns for touchdowns with three. 3-Spiller has had a 60-yard play, either from scrimmage or on a return, in each of the first seven games this year. 4-He tied an NCAA record for kickoff returns for touchdowns with six with his 90-yard kickoff return at Miami. 5-Spiller broke the ACC record for kick returns for a touchdown with seven (six kickoff and one punt). 6-Spiller now has seven total kick re¬turns for touchdowns in his career, six on kickoffs and one on punt returns. The national record for a career is eight held by four players. Cliff Branch of Colorado (1970-71), Johnny Rogers of Nebraska (1970-72), Derek Abney of Kentucky (2000-03) and Chad Owens of Hawaii (2001-04) all had eight total kick returns for touchdowns over their respective careers. 7-Spiller’s 310 all-purpose yards tie for the most in a game by any player in FBS Division this year. Derrick Locke of Kentucky had 310 against Louisville on September 19. Spiller’s performance broke the previous Clemson record of 282 yards by Justin Miller at Florida State in 2004. 8-Spiller has reached the 100-yard mark in four different areas over his career, the only player in Clemson history to achieve that distinc¬tion. 9-He had 26 carries for 112 yards rushing against TCU, a defense that ranked first in the nation in rushing defense in 2008 and was near the top of the nation entering the game this year. TCU had allowed just 43 rushing yards per game entering the game with Clemson on September 26. 10-Spiller also had 106 yards in the win over Wake Forest and he now has 10 career 100-yard rushing games. Spiller also has three 100-yard receiving games, three 100-yard kickoff return games, and a 100-yard punt return game. He had 3-119 in punt returns against Boston College on September 19 of this year. That is still the third most punt return yards in a game this year by any player. Clemson Records Held by C.J. Spiller (20) The Brad Hughes All-State Insurance Agency
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If he reaches 7,000 all purpose yards as he should with 5 regular season games left , that would make him one of only four players in NCAA history to reach that total - correct? That says even more about how good he is .
Posted by clover65 on October 28, 2009 at 03:35 PM EDT #
Not to mention the fact that he split carries with James for two seasons. If he had been the only RB for the two seasons, his totals would be much higher.
Posted by cutig1 on October 28, 2009 at 03:44 PM EDT #
CJ's career stats are impressive, but I think we should base his credentials on what he has done this year and what he has meant to the team this year, as opposed to over his career. I also think all of the Heisman candidates should be judged this way, and I think this would help CJ.
Right now, the best way CJ can get to NYC is for the team to keep winning, and for him to keep putting up some huge numbers. I say if we win out, and he can get 1,200 yards rushing, 600 yards receiving, and return 3 or 4 more kicks for touchdowns, then he will have a real shot at it. Probably also needs about 2,500 all purpose yards, and 20 total touchdowns, which are both doable if he keeps going at his current pace. The tough part is going to be that teams are not going to kick to him, and the defenses are going to work overtime to keep him from making the big play.
Posted by Locotiger on October 28, 2009 at 04:02 PM EDT #
Unfortunately the record books won't reflect (and the Heisman voters won't credit) CJ for the great field position that he has given Clemson on the many occasions that opponents kicked out of bounds or pooch kicked away from Spiller. I'd say CJ brings Clemson about 60 more yards/game without even touching the ball. I never see other teams get that advantage. (Maybe the Clemson PR crew publish some stats on that.)
Spiller would get my biased vote. But the Heisman voters prefer QBs, and RBs (like Ingram) that get most of their yards rushing, and do it consistently. Check out Stewart Mandel's comments about why the Heisman system is biased against players like CJ.
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/oct/28/spiller-getting-another-heisman-push/
CJ’s best chance is for Clemson to win out, while being CJ.
I wonder if the coaches will let CJ stay in longer than needed in any runaway games to build his Heisman resume. Doubt it.
Posted by Razzmatazz on October 28, 2009 at 04:26 PM EDT #
I think CJ needs to just be CJ. His stats will speak for themselves at the end of the year. Short of playing defense, I don't know what else he could do to be a more complete football player.
The CU athletic department needs to be working the phones and email 24/7. Show everyone how we support our student athletes. There needs to be a weekly update of his statistics with links to see video of his big plays going to all of the major sports outlets. Better late then never.
Posted by clemsonphi on October 28, 2009 at 04:30 PM EDT #
I wondered the same thing about the coaches leaving him in, Razz, but he has put his numbers so far with them keeping him out of those situations. I mean, he only played a little more than a quarter against MTSU, and they kept him out of the last quarter of the BC game. And he STILL averages over 200 yards a game.
Also, I agree with you 100% about how he changes the field position. No one counts those yars, but they are very real, and make a huge difference in the outcome of a game.
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Posted by 150.254.30.75 on October 28, 2009 at 06:34 PM EDT #
Whether CJ wins the Heisman or not, he is the best college football player in the country this year. If he were on the Florida, So Cal, Ohio St., Penn St, ND or many other big programs, he would be the front runner this year, and he probably would have won it last year, too. Doubtful if he wins it, but he should win, hands down. He is the best in the country. No Doubt about it.
Posted by Dugatiger on October 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM EDT #
Considering the types of shcemes and the quallity of DC these days. I say CJ is the best player ever, at what he does.
Posted by tigercrazynut on October 29, 2009 at 12:15 PM EDT #
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Posted by CUinDE on October 29, 2009 at 10:38 PM EDT #
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