And they say he is the leader for the Heisman. What I don't understand is this: I know that the Kellen kid is a good QB. But what the fuck are people watching voting him 1st for the Heisman. If you had 1 pick to start your college team, from anyone in the country, are they saying they would choose Kellen over Cam? Seriously?http://espn.go.com/college-football/
The media is sucking on the balls of Boise and TCU. I can't get over it. It's like the world is about to end or something. There are probably 20 other QB's who would put up his numbers against the teams he plays against every week.
This too shall pass.
I was just about to reply with that picture. What a bad ass pic!
The maturation of a quarterbackBy Mark SchlabachESPN.comNewton Emerges To Become A StarFitting in nicely in Auburn's offense, QB Cam Newton has become 2010's biggest star.AUBURN, Ala. -- Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton has led the Tigers to a 7-0 start and a No. 4 ranking in the Bowl Championship Series standings.He's on the verge of breaking several Auburn and SEC records, and has become a front-runner to win the Heisman Trophy in his first season with the Tigers.But if Newton had to do it all over again, he'd still be playing quarterback at SEC rival Florida, where he signed to play out of high school in 2007."If it was up to me, I would still want to be at Florida," Newton said earlier this week. "My heart is still at Florida because of the long-lasting relationships I have with my teammates there. Leaving them was the hardest part."If not for an ill-advised decision Newton made during his sophomore season at Florida, he would probably still be playing for the Gators. In November 2008, Newton was arrested and charged with possession of a stolen laptop computer. According to the police report, when questioned about the theft, Newton threw the computer out the window of his dorm room and into a dumpster below.Newton said he purchased the computer for about $500 from a man selling electronics out of the trunk of his car. He said that while he knew in the back of his mind something was wrong, he needed to replace his computer, which had been recently damaged.Who knew then that Newton's lapse in judgment would drastically alter the SEC's balance of power two years later?After playing last season at Blinn College, a two-year junior college in Brenham, Texas, Newton transferred to Auburn in January and won the team's starting quarterback job during spring practice.With Newton running offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn's high-powered attack, the Tigers lead the SEC in scoring (40.7 points per game), rushing (283.7 yards) and total offense (481.1 yards) going into Saturday's showdown against No. 6 LSU at Jordan-Hare Stadium.Meanwhile, Florida is mired in its first three-game losing streak since 1988. The Gators have struggled to replace former All-America quarterback Tim Tebow, who helped them win national championships in 2006 and 2008.Newton, 21, insists he left Florida on his own after felony criminal charges were dropped. He injured his ankle at the beginning of his sophomore season and fell behind Tebow and current Gators starter John Brantley III on the team's depth chart. When Tebow announced he was coming back to school for his senior season in 2009, Newton decided he had to find another home.Gators coach Urban Meyer has also said Newton wasn't pushed out of Florida."I feel like Coach Meyer had no decision in me leaving," Newton said. "I wasn't kicked off the team. I won't trash his name and he won't trash my name. Everyone thought Tebow was going to leave [after his junior season]. Coach Meyer thought Tebow was going to leave and he wanted me back."Instead, Newton spent last season playing far away from college football's spotlight, at tiny Blinn, which is located about halfway between Austin and Houston. Newton helped lead the Buccaneers to a junior college national championship, and said his season in Texas helped him mature."I think I went through so many stages mentally," Newton said. "I went through a miserable time as far as me being humbled. I went through a period where I was devastated and depressed. I didn't know where my career was going and if I even wanted to play football anymore. I think that was really my resurrection."Newton said he spent many nights talking on the telephone to his father, Cecil Newton, who is bishop of a handful of churches in Georgia."A year earlier, I was playing at Florida and hanging out with Tim Tebow, Joe Haden and Brandon Spikes," Newton said. "I would Google my teammates [at Blinn College] and nothing would come up."It didn't take Newton long to realize he was as anonymous as his teammates at Blinn, too. Few people knew Newton was a former prep All-American from Westlake High School in Atlanta, or that he was once considered Tebow's heir apparent at Florida."Everybody was from Texas," Newton said. "During the summer or weekends, everyone would go home. I'd be the only one there and it was a ghost town. That's when I would think about what I really wanted to do with my life."Before Newton's only season at Blinn in 2009, Buccaneers coach Brad Franchione -- the son of former Alabama and Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione -- required his players to paint the bleachers of the school's crumbling stadium. For several weeks, Newton and his teammates labored through the sweltering Texas heat to finish the job."It was hot and depressing," Newton said. "I told myself, 'Always remember this feeling and it will get you through the tough times.'"There haven't been many tough times for Newton at Auburn. Tigers coach Gene Chizik said he contacted former Gators defensive coordinator Charlie Strong to inquire about Newton's character and work habits, and didn't offer Newton a scholarship until after meeting with the player and his parents in their hometown of College Park, Ga."I was 100 percent convinced after meeting him and his family that it was a no-brainer," Chizik said. "He's a great young man. I believe in second chances if a young man's heart is right. If his heart isn't right, I don't want him. But if his heart is right, I want him at Auburn."It didn't take Chizik and Malzahn long to realize that Newton is a pretty special player, too. At 6-foot-6 and nearly 260 pounds, he's a mismatch for most defenses. Through seven games, Newton leads the SEC in rushing (122.9 yards per game), pass efficiency (180.5 rating) and total offense (305.4 yards). He's completed 65.6 percent of his passes with 13 touchdowns and five interceptions.Newton is on pace to become the first SEC player -- and only the eighth in major college football history -- to pass for 2,000 yards and run for 1,000 yards in the same season. With two more touchdowns, he'll break 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan's school record of 26 touchdowns scored in a season."Physically, there was no doubt he could do the job," Malzahn said. "What I've been most impressed with is his leadership and how he handles his teammates. He gets them to raise their level of play and understands how to lead in the right way."Chizik, who was Texas' co-defensive coordinator when it won the 2006 BCS national championship, said Newton reminds him of former Longhorns quarterback Vince Young."He's got some definite similarities to Vince," Chizik said. "He's bigger than Vince. He's as athletic as Vince. He's as competitive as Vince. When the game is on the line, they both want the ball in their hands. That's a neat thing."Newton said he'll never again take his opportunities for granted. He knows how quickly his life can change.The two days he spent in a Florida jail are an indelible memory."The hard part was I never thought someone like me would end up in jail," Newton said. "I was leaving the jail and saw the look my mother had on her face, just the disbelief. I never wanted to put my mother in that position again."Chizik said Newton's past has helped him appreciate what's happening to him now."I think that's true about a lot of people," Chizik said. "I think we're all a product of our past."
AUBURN, Ala. -- Cam Newton and Auburn (No. 4 BCS, No. 5 AP) are the last unbeaten team in the SEC. Not even LSU's defense could slow them down.With Newton's standard mix of power and elusiveness, a huge play from Onterio McCalebb and a stingy performance from Nick Fairley and the defense, Auburn survived for a 24-17 victory over No. 6 LSU on Saturday.The host Tigers (8-0, 5-0) lead the SEC West and are the league's best chance to produce a fifth straight national champion.As for LSU (7-1, 4-1), those Tigers couldn't slow down Newton and coach Les Miles' latest gamble in an adventurous season backfired.The league's best offense won a showdown versus the top defense hands down. The team's 440 yards rushing was the most Auburn had ever rung up against an SEC defense."Going into this game, we knew it was the No. 1 offense vs. the No. 1 defense, the clash of the Titans," said Newton, who has already run for more yards than any other SEC quarterback. "There was licks I was taking from different people left and right. We knew that was going to be the case going into this game."Newton's record-setting performance was another impressive entry in his Heisman Trophy candidacy. He ran for 217 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries, and McCalebb sprinted 70 yards for the go-ahead score with 5:05 left.Newton broke the league's single-season rushing mark for a quarterback of 1,006 yards by Auburn's Jimmy Sidle in 1963 two-thirds through the season. He also topped Heisman winner Pat Sullivan's 40-year-old school mark of 26 TDs rushing and passing in a season.Miles, meanwhile, stirred up late-game weirdness yet again, this time in defeat.Top Of The ChartCam Newton rushed for a career-high 217 yards and two TDs to lead Auburn to the win over LSU. Newton's 217 yards gave him 1,077 for the season, most in a single-season by a QB in SEC history.Most Rush Yards by QBSingle-Season, SEC History2010 Cam Newton Auburn 1,0771963 Jimmy Sidle Auburn 1,0062009 Tim Tebow Florida 910-- ESPN Stats and InformationHe opted to go for it on fourth-and-6 from LSU's 30 after calling timeout with 3:27 left. The Tigers still seemed unsure of what they wanted to do on the pivotal play. Jarrett Lee, the passing portion of his team's quarterback tandem, tried to scramble for the first down but was stopped well short by Neiko Thorpe.Miles said the decision was "not close at all.""I just wanted to make sure we had the right call," he said. "I just felt like the way they were controlling the ball on the ground and then the chance of mishandling the punt..."Miles had been saved by a few inches on a fake field goal that worked against Florida and a mulligan after a Tennessee penalty allowed the winning touchdown. This time he just gave it back to Newton and Auburn. The huge quarterback ran for two first downs before taking a knee twice to let the clock run out.This game predictably also went down to the final minutes for two teams that have been living on the edge. And the fans of an improbable national championship contender mostly lingered in the stands to celebrate after dwelling in defending national champion Alabama's shadow the past two seasons.Newton joined them briefly with a celebratory jump into the student section, yet another crowd-pleasing move."Obviously that was another great, great game," Auburn coach Gene Chizik said. "It came down to the end and somehow or other our football team found a way to win it."Newton was a decoy on the decisive scoring play, though. McCalebb came across on a sweep that Newton often fakes on and keeps for some of his biggest runs. This time he gave it away and the speedy McCalebb made one cut and won the sprint to the end zone."Cam just gave it to me, and I did what I have to do, but all the credit goes to the offensive line," McCalebb said. "They gave me the blocks to make it."With that, Auburn had covered 90 yards in three plays.Newton turned in a highlight-reel, 49-yard touchdown and completed 10 of 16 passes for 86 yards."He's a great player, about the best in the country," LSU linebacker Kelvin Sheppard said. "Plain and simple, he's the best quarterback in the country."Newton flashed his blend of power and speed on his biggest run. He was nearly tripped up but reached his right hand down to catch his balance, juked two defenders and grabbed LSU star Patrick Peterson into the end zone.Newton described it as "just a simple play we were calling all night.""That particular play, the offensive line did their job and it was left to me to do my job," Newton said. "There was a lot of missed tackles, and I just tried to make the most of it."Newton got plenty of big-play help for a change. Freshman Mike Dyer ran for 100 yards on 15 carries and McCalebb ran four times for 84.And Auburn ran for 300-plus yards for the fourth straight time against an SEC defense, none more impressive. This time Auburn gained 526 total yards against the nation's No. 3 defense, which came in allowing 242 a game. Auburn ran for 162 in the fourth quarter alone.Auburn's own much-maligned defense allowed just 243 yards -- including 2 1/2 sacks by tackle Fairley -- and limited Lee and Jordan Jefferson to a combined 89 yards passing. Jefferson did run for 74 yards.LSU had twice scored tying touchdowns, pulling even with a halfback pass that worked perfectly early in the fourth quarter. Jefferson lateralled to Spencer Ware, who heaved it downfield to a Rueben Randle for a 39-yard touchdown.The sputtering offense supplied few other big plays.
Cam Newton steps up against LSUBy Pat FordeESPN.comArchiveAUBURN, Ala. -- How to win the Heisman Trophy, in about 30 not-so-simple steps:Step one is actually backward. Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton plants his right foot at his 45-yard line, a yard behind where he takes the shotgun snap and fakes a handoff to Mario Fannin. Newton is loading his 6-foot-6, 250-pound body for launch into the middle of the LSU defense.Steps two through seven are startlingly quick strides through the hole, following pulling guard Byron Isom and Fannin, both of whom scatter potential tacklers with jarring blocks. That's why the coaches say every great run begins with great blocking -- because it's true. But for every great run to become a special run, the guy carrying the ball must do something amazing on his own.Roughly five yards into a run they'll replay for years in the Loveliest Village on the Plains, an LSU player gets a hand on Newton -- on his face mask, to be precise. Defensive tackle Lazarius Levingston reaches out while being blocked by Brandon Mosley and gets just enough of Newton's headgear to slightly redirect him away from the left hashmark.Steps eight through 12 take Newton sideways to the right side of the field and through the flying knee-high tackle attempt of defensive back Tyrann Mathieu. The LSU freshman gives away 70 pounds to Newton, so it wasn't a fair fight, but Mathieu clips the big man just enough that he must reach down to the grass with his left hand to steady himself. A "trip drill" in football parlance.There aren't a lot of tight end-sized players who can navigate a trip drill and, in the space of two more strides, gather himself on the right hash mark and then cut sharply back to the middle of the field. The cut leaves LSU strong safety Brandon Taylor grasping thin air.Now, as the roar in Jordan-Hare Stadium is building, there is open field in front of Newton. In the space of eight strides and another cutback left, he has blown past flailing free safety Karnell Hatcher. Four members of the best run defense in the Southeastern Conference have had their shot at him, and all have been defeated."When Cam gets to the second level," Auburn coach Gene Chizik says, "he's got the ability to make a guy miss."And some of them miss comically.The run is almost 30 yards long before a worthy challenger presents himself. Flying in from the left is super-fast All-America cornerback Patrick Peterson, taking dead aim on Newton.Newton sees him coming and shifts into another gear. A gear 250-pound men don't normally have. His stride lengthens as Peterson approaches. Six ground-inhaling steps take Newton from the LSU 25 to inside the 10, ruining Peterson's tackling angle.Peterson is left with no chance but to lunge at Newton at the 10-yard line, wrapping his arms around him at the 8. For the final four steps of Newton's 49-yard third quarter journey, Peterson is a jockey on a runaway horse. He is merely along for the Heisman ride.When he finally brings Newton to the turf, they both are in the end zone. A tour de force of speed, balance, power and vision has come to the only suitable conclusion.There is a replay review to make sure Newton crossed the goal line before losing the ball. While the officials are taking a look at the play, even the LSU players are remarking on what No. 2 in navy blue just did to them."That guy's for real," one of them said to Auburn center Ryan Pugh.By game's end, Newton will have hung 217 rushing yards on a defense that entered the game giving up 84 per game to entire teams. Auburn will rush for a staggering 440, the most in school history against an SEC opponent. And most importantly the Tigers will strut out of Jordan-Hare 8-0 after a 24-17 victory over previously unbeaten LSU, which saw its excessively long lucky streak finally tap out.And Newton struts away from the scene as the heavy Heisman favorite.Just as his special run Saturday began with a step backward, Newton's career did the same thing when he left Florida after being arrested and charged in connection with a stolen laptop. After a season in junior college he has come to Auburn and become a lethal weapon for creative offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn.He is a dazzling combination of talents. The size and speed are obvious. But add to it an innate feel for picking his holes, and fastidious care of the football. He's carried it 157 times this season and only dropped it twice -- and both fumbles were recovered by Auburn."Every week, Cam seems to be playing better," Chizik said.With his steadily improving play has come a steady escalation of his leadership role."He's really become more vocal," Isom said. "He's really like almost a coach on the field."After Newton softened up the LSU defense for 55 minutes, he let running back Onterio McCalebb deliver the knockout. It was McCalebb who broke a 70-yard run for the winning touchdown.Newton was so excited about that development that he delivered a solid chest bump to the 171-pound running back. As usual, Newton won the collision. McCalebb wound up on his back."My adrenaline was pumping," Newton said with a shrug.It kept pumping after the game, when he leaped over the brick wall behind the end zone and into the student seats. He's a super hero here, single-handedly boosting sales of the toilet paper they use to cover the trees at Toomer's Corner after every victory.And now he has a signature play for all those fans to relive for years to come."Just a play that's in my job description to make," he said with a smile.It's in a Heisman Trophy favorite's job description, that's for sure.
Fairley, Auburn 'D' leaving their own markOctober, 23, 2010By Chris LowAUBURN, Ala. -- Nobody’s going to mistake Auburn’s defense for being the kind of dominant force that defines SEC championship teams. Not by itself, anyway. But it is a defense that has a dominant player right now -- and combined with the Tigers’ impeccable sense of timing -- it’s hard to complain with the results. How do you complain with 8-0? “It’s still not perfect, and that’s what we’re chasing,†Auburn senior linebacker Josh Bynes said after the Tigers got it done in the fourth quarter yet again, this one a 24-17 victory over previously unbeaten LSU that turned Jordan-Hare Stadium into the kind of ear-splitting party that’s becoming a regular gig on the Plains. “Everybody thought this was going to be a high-scoring game, but we put together four quarters today on defense. We can build on this, and we will build on it. We’re going to have to if we want to get where we want to go.†Say this about Auburn: Not only do they have the player to get them there on offense, but the guy who’s wreaking havoc on defense is a beast in his own right. Even when LSU tried to block Nick Fairley with two men Saturday, he was pretty well unblockable. The 6-5, 298-pound junior finished with 3.5 tackles for loss, including 2.5 sacks, and knocked LSU quarterback Jarrett Lee out of the game temporarily in the first half with a sprained right wrist. Lee was able to come back into the game in the second half, but wasn’t the same throwing the football. Fairley is now 2-for-2 on taking out quarterbacks. It was his hit on Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett that knocked Mallett out of the game two weeks ago with a concussion. “Big Nick. He’s a big human being, and I wouldn’t want to face that guy no matter what,†said Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, who once again did his part with a career-high 217 rushing yards. “The thing about Nick is that even though he’s big, he can move. That’s something that puts fear in a person’s heart, because with a person like that, his motor is consistently running. No matter where the ball is, he’s going to get there, and he’s going to get through whoever is in his way.†Coming into Saturday’s game, Fairley was running a neck-and-neck race with LSU’s Drake Nevis as the best interior defensive lineman in the league. Nothing against Nevis, who’s a terrific football player, but Fairley set himself apart -- and he did it in the second half when LSU was hanging around and looking like it might make a move. “Late in the game, No. 90 (Fairley) broke loose,†LSU coach Les Miles said. “He made about three plays in the back end of the game that were pretty significant.†But, then, that’s been the trademark of this Auburn defense all season. “I told the guys today, ‘You know what, we’re going to turn the scoreboard lights off. We’re going to blindfold you and then when we run out there for the kickoff, we’re going to say, ‘This is the fourth quarter,’ †joked Auburn defensive coordinator Ted Roof, whose unit held LSU to just 243 yards of total offense. Auburn did give up a fourth-quarter touchdown in this one, but has still only given up 18 fourth-quarter points in five SEC games. What’s more, opponents are now just 5-of-25 against the Tigers on third down in the fourth quarter and overtime this season. “I don’t know. If we knew, we’d get it worked out,†said Roof, asked why Auburn had been so much better defensively in the fourth quarter of games this season. “I think we’ve got guys who care a lot about each other, and I think we’ve got some very, very hard core competitors.†The Tigers also have Fairley, who’s emerged as the pre-eminent difference-maker on defense in this league. “And the thing about Nick is he’s getting better every week,†Roof said. That seems to be catching this season on the Plains. “There’s been a lot of hard work and a lot of sacrifices by a lot of people to get to this point,†Bynes said. “But we’re not there yet, not even close. “It’s only going to get harder from here, and I promise you we’ll be ready.â€
Does Miss St. really have this good of a D to slow Cam down like they did?The boys on the Espn tube are still sucking the teet of Boise this morning. Good news is - they are sucking on our balls.
What we learned in the SEC: Week 8October, 24, 2010By Chris LowThe ranks of the unbeaten in the SEC have dwindled to one. Auburn is all that remains after a 24-17 victory over LSU Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Here’s a look at what we learned in the SEC in Week 8: Cam Newton punished LSU with 217 rushing yards Saturday.1. Collision course in Alabama: The Iron Bowl already is what it is -- one of the fiercest, most intense rivalries in all of college football. But with each passing week, it looks like the stakes on Nov. 26 in Tuscaloosa will be even higher this season. Auburn’s for real, and Alabama isn’t going away. They’re on a collision course to meet in a game that would send tremors across the state of Alabama. Can you imagine if Auburn is sitting there at 11-0 and Alabama at 10-1 with not only the Western Division title at stake, but also a chance to play in the BCS National Championship Game? It’s more than just a possibility if both teams keep winning. It’s now a probability with so many teams higher up in the polls losing the last few weeks (Oklahoma and Ohio State). 2. Running on the Plains: When you have a 6-foot-6, 250-pound quarterback/tailback with the moves, acceleration and vision that Auburn’s Cam Newton has, chances are that your running game is going to be pretty explosive. But the Tigers have taken running the football to a new level this season, and their performance Saturday in the 24-17 win over LSU left just about everybody speechless. Auburn finished with 440 rushing yards, the most it’s ever gained against an SEC opponent. And this wasn’t just any SEC defense, either. LSU was sixth nationally against the run coming into the game, giving up just 83.6 yards per game and only 2.4 yards per carry. Newton came close to blowing that average out of the water on one run, his magical 49-yard touchdown scamper in the third quarter that had Heisman Trophy written all over it. Auburn had 12 runs of 10 yards or longer, which was a season high. Moreover, the 440 rushing yards were the most LSU has allowed in the last decade. Here’s the other thing: It doesn’t look like an Auburn rushing attack that’s showing any signs of wearing down as we approach November. If anything, the Tigers are getting stronger. 3. Downright offensive: How did LSU’s offense get this bad? Granted, the Tigers weren’t very good last season, but there’s no excuse for being this limited, this dysfunctional and this ineffective offensively two years in a row. The Tigers have run the ball well at times this season with Stevan Ridley leading the charge. But when they have to throw the ball to beat somebody, they’re in big trouble. We saw that again Saturday in the 24-17 loss to Auburn. They finished with 128 passing yards, which is deceiving. Running back Spencer Ware had 39 of those on a trick play when he gathered in a throwback pass and lofted the Tigers’ only touchdown pass of the game. Jordan Jefferson finished with 46 passing yards and Jarrett Lee 43 passing yards, and neither one of them had a completion longer than 12 yards all day. 4. Art of receiving: If you haven’t noticed, the receivers in this league are something special, and what Alabama’s Julio Jones has done the last couple of weeks is nothing short of amazing. He underwent surgery on his fractured left hand following the South Carolina game. Not only has he not missed any games, but he’s barely even missed any practice time. In Alabama’s 41-10 rout of Tennessee on Saturday, Jones set a school record with 221 receiving yards on 12 catches, and several of those were across the middle where he took big blows. He’s easily one of the toughest players in this league and the essence of what a football player should be. He’s hardly the only great receiver in this league, though. How do you pick just two All-SEC receivers on the first team this season? South Carolina’s Alshon Jeffery lit it up again with nine catches for 158 yards against Vanderbilt. Kentucky’s Randall Cobb had an off night against Georgia, but he’s still one of the best players in this league. Arkansas’ Greg Childs is as good as it gets, and his teammate, Joe Adams, is terrific in the open field. It’s safe to say that Georgia’s A.J. Green has made a difference in the Bulldogs’ offense since he’s been back, and don’t forget about Auburn’s Darvin Adams, either. 5. Georgia on my mind: After Georgia beat up on Tennessee and Vanderbilt the way the Bulldogs did, it was only natural to say, “It was just Tennessee and Vanderbilt.†But the Bulldogs went on the road Saturday and won comfortably over a Kentucky team that had just beaten South Carolina the week before. That’s three wins in a row now for Mark Richt’s club, and there’s no question the Bulldogs are playing their best football of the season. Richt deserves a ton of credit for keeping this team together during the four-game losing streak. The Bulldogs made some adjustments, tweaked their personnel and got their best player (A.J. Green) back. Now, they’re right there in the middle of the East race again. The complexion of their season could change entirely next weekend in Jacksonville if they can beat Florida. The Bulldogs have scored 40 or more points in their last three games. They’re running the ball better. Their offensive line is playing now like everyone expected when the season began, and this is a team that has a chance to make something of a season that looked like it was in the tank to start this month.
Heisman is Newton's to lose ESPN.com's Pat Forde pronounces junior QB Cam Newton "the heavy Heisman favorite" after his stellar performance against LSU. "He is a dazzling combination of talents," Forde writes. "The size and speed are obvious. But add to it an innate feel for picking his holes, and fastidious care of the football. He's carried it 157 times this season and only dropped it twice -- and both fumbles were recovered by Auburn."We'll take it a step further: Not only is Newton the heavy favorite, but barring a complete collapse, we can't envision a scenario in which Newton doesn't win the trophy. With other candidates falling by the wayside (Denard Robinson, Terrelle Pryor) and playing in obscurity (Kellen Moore) or in Newton's shadow (Mark Ingram), Newton indeed appears to be in a class by himself, and the fact that he plays for the only undefeated team in what is universally recognized as the nation's best conference further cements his standing. (Could the Nov. 26 game at Alabama decide both the Heisman and the SEC title?)Oregon may find itself atop both the polls and the BCS standings by the end of the day on Sunday, but because the Ducks play on the West Coast, we're not sure sophomore RB LaMichael James, who was second in ESPN.com's Heisman Predictor last week, can make enough of an impression to win the award.Come Dec. 11, Pat Sullivan and Bo Jackson should have some company on The Plains.- Albert Lin
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