Mark Ingram Cries During Heisman Speech

Even though Mark Ingram was crying during his Heisman acceptance speech, my momma told me to never clown a man that is built like a pit bull dog. Ingram won by the slimmest margin in the history of the award, edging out Stanford running back Toby Gerhart, in what amounted to be a winner-by-default type of situation this year. Mark Ingram definitely did work this year in helping ‘Bama reach the BCS title game but Toby Gerhart was a beast all season. Gerhart also put up way better numbers this season than Ingram, leading the nation in scoring (160 points), rushing yards (1,753) and rushing touchdowns (26)…At Stanford no less. At a school known for squares (some a little more freaky than others), Gerhart dominated defenses with an old school style, and a got his team within a few games of a Pac-10 championship.

Colt McCoy went into Championship weekend the favorite, but his nasty performance against Nebraksa was overshadowed by the dominance of Ndamukong Suh, who came a second short of single-handedly getting his team the upset. For his efforts Suh did win the southwest region vote finishing behind McCoy in the overall voting. Even though he didn’t win the most prestigious award in college football, it can be argued that the signing bonus award he’s going to win for being the top pick in the draft, will probably make him feel a little better.

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow received a courtesy trip to the festivities, finishing fifth in the voting after Florida tricked off their chance to be one of the greatest dynasties in college football history. Tebow still has the chance for redemption with a meeting against a Brian Kelly-less undefeated Cinncinati squad, but crowning him the all-time king of college football is all but a memory now.

Ghettooh: Instant Replay Makes Texas Big 12 Champs

Since everyone already knows the BCS is f*cked up like a junky on pay day, it’s a pretty sure bet that Texas will get the courtesy invite to the Natty game after their nasty 13-12 win against Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship game. Texas got the win due to an extra second added to the clock after quarterback Colt McCoy decided to actually try and get a play off with about 6 seconds remaining in the game.

I do believe in the use of instant replay in helping to come to what is deemed the “right” conclusion. But in this case the ruling on the field should have stood, giving Nebraska the huge upset. McCoy’s decision to throw a floater out of bounds that took a few extra seconds to hit the ground was beyond idiotic and should not have been rewarded with an extra second to kick the game-winner. After the game McCoy claimed that he was aware of how much time was on the clock when deciding to snap the ball, but we call bullshit on that one. Generally that type of boneheadery is punishable by a loss, but the Longhorns will now have the chance to hoist the trophy in Pasadena.

But it is what it is, so for all you ‘Huskers fans out there, tis tough. Video of the controversial play after the jump…

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