Earlier in the week the author stated that Colt will win it. I guess that changed. Awesome.

Mark Ingram will be Alabama’s first Heisman winner. During the regular season, I wasn’t that into it, but now I just want him to win it so badly. He’s a great representative for a great team, and this must be a surreal experience for him to even be nominated. I hope he gets it.

How many teams have had a player chosen for the Heisman and then went on to win the national championship?

Here’s a copy/paste from the site above

Here are the players who have won both the Heisman Trophy and the A.P. or B.C.S. national championship in the same season:

Davey O’Brien (Heisman 1938/11-0)
Texas Christian (QB)
O’Brien completed 110 of 194 passes for 1,733 yards and 19 touchdowns to claim the award, the first to go to a player from the Southwestern Conference. O’Brien’s Horned Frogs beat Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon) by 15-7 in the 1939 Sugar Bowl to win the national championship. Fun fact: O’Brien was only 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds during his senior season, earning him the nickname Lil’ Davey.

Bruce Smith (Heisman 1941/8-0)
Minnesota (RB)
According to the College Football Hall of Fame, Smith scored touchdowns to cap comebacks in victories over Ohio State, Michigan and Nebraska. He also led Minnesota to the 1940 national championship. Fun fact: In 1942, Columbia Pictures made a movie based on Smith’s life, titled "Smith of Minnesota."

Angelo Bertelli (Heisman 1943/9-1)
Notre Dame (QB)
He was due; Bertelli finished second behind Smith in 1941 and sixth behind Georgia’s Frank Sinkwich in 1942. He concluded his career by catching 26 touchdown passes. Fun fact: Bertelli joined the Marine Corps shortly after winning the award, serving with distinction in battles at Iwo Jima and Guam.

Doc Blanchard (Heisman 1945/9-0)
Army (FB)
Mr. Inside to the 1946 winner Glenn Davis’s Mr. Outside, Blanchard was the first underclassman to win the award. Fun fact: While Davis received 638 points to Blanchard’s 860 in 1945, Blanchard received only 267 points to Davis’s 792 in 1946.

John Lujack (Heisman 1947/9-0)
Notre Dame (QB)
Lujack picked up where Bertelli left off, winning 24 games in his three years as the starting quarterback (1944-45 were interrupted by military service). Fun fact: As the starting quarterback for the Chicago Bears from 1949-51, Lujack both followed and preceded a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame — Sid Luckman (before) and George Blanda (after).

Leon Hart (Heisman 1949/8-0-1)
Notre Dame (E)
Are you beginning to see a trend here? From 1943-1949, five of the seven trophies went to a player from either Army or Notre Dame. Fun fact: Hart never lost a game as a member of the Fighting Irish.

Tony Dorsett (Heisman 1976/12-0)
Pittsburgh (RB)
Dorsett set the N.C.A.A. career record for rushing yards with 6,082, a mark that would hold up until Ricky Williams eclipsed it in 1998. Fun fact: Dorsett was the first player to win the national championship as a senior and the Super Bowl as an N.F.L. rookie (Dallas in 1977).

Charlie Ward (Heisman 1993/12-1)
Florida State (QB)
Ward dominated the competition, dwarfing the second-place finisher, Tennessee’s Heath Shuler, by 2,310 points to 688. He netted 740 of the 790 first-place votes. Fun fact: Ward never played in the N.F.L., opting instead for the N.B.A. He played 12 seasons in the league, including 10 with the Knicks, prompting him to be the answer to this long-running joke: "Who’s the best quarterback in New York?"

Danny Wuerffel (Heisman 1996/12-1)
Florida (QB)
A year after being embarrassed by Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl, Wuerffel led the Gators past Florida State in the 1997 Sugar Bowl to win the school’s first national title. He threw for a then-SEC record 3,625 yards as a senior. Fun fact: Wuerffel won the World Bowl VII M.V.P. (his Rhein Fire defeated the Scottish Claymores by 13-10) despite going 12 of 30 for 90 yards and 2 interceptions.

Charles Woodson (Heisman 1997/12-0)
Michigan (CB)
Woodson was the first (and, to date, only) predominately defensive player to win the Heisman, though he did take a number of snaps at receiver for the Wolverines.

Matt Leinart (Heisman 2004/13-0)
Southern California (QB)
Leinart, only a junior, helped lead the Trojans to their second consecutive national championship (though its 2003 championship was shared with Louisiana State). He threw five touchdown passes in Southern California’s 55-19 bombardment of Oklahoma in the 2004 title game. Fun fact: Leinart played himself in the 2008 smash hit movie "The House Bunny." Wait, it wasn’t a smash hit?

think we’re getting set up for a serious amount of let down

west coast and midwest shall screw us

sigh….

What’s up, ’Bama? Looking forward to you guys putting a beatdown on the Longhorns in the Title Game. If the Huskers had anything resembling an offense, you guys probably would have easy pickings against TCU.

BTW, you guys want some snow? We’ve got extra. We’re getting buried up here.

As far as the Heisman, I think Ingram’s got it . I’m just happy Suh got the invite to NYC. As far as McCoy being tied with Suh, here’s what I think of that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzN7sWYdprU

Haven’t played each other since 1978. Maybe your A.D. could call Tom Osborne. We’re looking for teams to fill our non-conference schedule over the next several years.

Keep in mind that Heisman Pundit himself has predicted McCoy would win the Heisman. His poll of 13 actual Heisman voters, however, has Ingram winning it narrowly.

To the best of my knowledge, Pundit’s pick is still McCoy.