The Lazarus Heisman campaign
It’s alive! Like Lazarus in the Bible or something out of a George Romero film, Alabama running back Mark Ingram‘s chances at the Heisman Trophy are looking pretty good, a week after it seemed all was lost when Auburn shut him down. Against what was then the best defense in the nation, Ingram put up 113 yards rushing and three touchdowns. But hey, that’s not all. He also caught two balls for 76 yards. That’s 189 all-purpose yards, Broseph, and it could be enough to take Ingram to New York.
The back’s main competition going into Saturday’s games was Texas quarterback Colt McCoy (cue sound of .38s going off). As last week was great for McCoy and horrible for Ingram, this week was a flipped script. Against a rather poor Nebraska team in the Big XII Championship Game, the Longhorn slinger went 20-of-36 for 184 yards. OK, not that bad. Except for the three picks and no touchdowns. Based on the games Saturday, Tide quarterback Greg McElroy looks more like the Macker that should be going for the trophy.
The Heisman ballots have to be mailed off or submitted online by Monday, and next weekend we’ll find out if McCoy or Ingram will be bringing home the goods.
