This Most Prominent Trophy Will Be Given to Cam Newton

There has been everlasting talk of Cam Newton, arguably the best player in the nation, a singular superjock with godlike cleats for polishing as the greatest candidate for any award on the collegiate level, currently an adorable Heisman hopeful on Saturday when the prestigious stiffed-armed trophy is expected to be distributed in his favor.

On Tuesday night in Lake Buena Vista on the Boardwalk in Disney World, he realized that dreams come true at a magical locale, sporting a tailor-made black suit along with an orange tie and sauntered onto the stage in front of thousands.

The speculation of a distinguished star that was born in Auburn turns immense, after he was named the recipient of the Maxwell Award and Davey O'Brien Award, an indicator of which it could have been a preview of another gratifying evening.

If there's one way to relight romance in such a turbulent season, such as erasing the gloom of madness swirling around his image, it would be to win the Heisman in a landslide.

It's too often, in a sense, that an athlete's allegations or poor judgment away from the field is misguided. It's too often, in a way, that we ignore an athlete's accomplished feats on the field, as the disappointing missteps creates a ruckus to stain believability or even the university's reputation.


In the thrust of his scandal, he's not the most likable player, considering that the NCAA eligibility ruling relieved much uncertainty and enriched his Heisman status, allowing him to play without the system inflicting a severe sanction. It's easy to assume we can vote for the junior quarterback, the respected superstar and cornerstone at Auburn University, known as the famous legend in a town where fans lift signs that read "YES WE CAM!!"

The palatability of this annual voting is that fans have either rallied behind Newton or disregarded the sensational player, once the criticism of the NCAA's ruling left most of the nation in angst or disgust. Just this week, as we want to believe that Newton is beyond any infractions and instead an immaculate individual, he received 203 first-place votes, roughly 62.2 percent.

But the saddest issue of this special acknowledgement is that he was overlooked by 17.4 percent of voters, scorned dearly of his troubles to which he hardly bared a shred of specifics, given that skeptics had grudges and denounced his incredible breakthrough blinded by the negative publicity which could cost him the noble award. Yet increasingly, it's still imaginable that he acquires much commendation for such a monstrous season.

In the next month, when USC seeks relief for the penalties levied following the Reggie Bush investigation, the university won't ponder demanding an explanation for why Auburn quarterback was allowed a free pass or wasn't hit with sanctions. But from his success, he is expected to join the list of iconic legends in the past, even if cues from the NCAA present that Newton's father, Cecil, auctioned his son for money.

As an intense Heisman Watch so incredibly grabs our attention, it reminds us of the three other candidates anyway. Such are Oregon's explosive tailback LaMichael James, who recently just led the Ducks to an improbable BCS National Championship game; Stanford's Andrew Luck; and Boise State's Kellen Moore.

And, not surprisingly, James had been named the new Doak Walker Award winner. But he's really humbled for a greater opportunity, on the same stage in honor of the most glorified trophy and he gladly arrived to New York on Friday afternoon, filled with excitement and self-belief. With the Ducks appearance in the national setting on Jan. 10, millions of casual fans and observers will be introduced to James if they haven't already been aware of his rushing capacity, leading the nation in rushing yards.

"It means everything to the program, to the community," James said at a brief conference at the Marriott at Times Square. "We're going to the national championship. I think that means more."

Is he the fastest guy in the Heisman conversation? I'd like to think so.


Every so often, he's regarded as the foreign of college football, but it's hard to deny that he's a gifted runner. And the only thing in his way is Newton or Luck, despite that he set a school record for total touchdowns in a season (22), and led the Ducks to an undefeated season. Even as one of the nation's best, he's exactly embracing this moment with a modest attitude, willing to give the nod to Newton gracefully and thoughtfully.

"I don't care what happens off the field. Whatever that situation was, to me he's still the best player in the country," James said Wednesday at the College Football Awards media conference. "I would vote for him."

Even in a place like New York, where the media outlets are critical as well as most inquisitive reporters, are curious to ask Newton troublesome questions, such as details in relations to his veiling scandal. For once, his merit of worthiness for the prize that represents integrity veered when the investigation ended. Asked how he feels without his father in attendance:

"It hurts," Newton said. "That's the decision he made, he's doing it for the betterment of me, his son. I think that's a good thing. Whatever his decision is, I'm all for it."

He's as much an admirer of his father, even if Newton's father shamefully tried selling his own son as the most popular football star these days, acknowledged that he was unaware and had no ties or even communicated with any universities. Despite all of this commotion, he repeatedly alluded to that he loves his father, but more importantly, he wasn't distraught of his father's involvement of breaking the rules just to pocket money.

And again, in all genuineness, his father, Cecil, announced that he's not attending the ceremony as a way to reduce a distraction or worse a media frenzy on the night his son could celebrate a memorable moment in bliss if he is named the next Heisman winner. The festivities of this weekend, for all four players, is inexplicably highlighted by their outstanding performances to shine the spotlight on their schools, as Newton led the Tigers to one of its historical finishes in school history.

Not in recent memory, amid so much turmoil, has an admonishing quarterback from Auburn maintained the mentality or unflappability to lead the Tigers to an inconceivable 13-0 finish. As overwhelming as it seems that he's the frontrunner to claim college football's most prestigious award, ever since he was reinstated the eligibility, the suspense minimized vastly with Newton, a 6-foot-6, 250-pound player who has excellent stamina and agility.

This is important, on all levels, because of his nonpareil efficiency and versatility, proficient of making a defender miss in the open field. If so, from there, he's almost untouchable and becomes a force to be reckoned with. Better yet, he's a nimble pocket passer, always hitting a receiver downfield and certainly has been one of the most charismatic quarterbacks with strength to deliver in a prevailing pass attack.

In fact, as it happened, he leads the nation in passing efficiency, but is ranked 15th overall in the rushing department. And now, as Newton elevates his Heisman hopes to engrave a shred of history and hopefully put aside the burdens, he has run for a mere 1,409 yards and 20 touchdowns and has thrown for 2,589 yards and 28 touchdowns.

It was truly a season filled with a lot of disruptions surrounding Newton's status, but he played aggressively and energized the Tigers to clinch a berth in the grandest game in college football.

"I think he's the greatest one-year quarterback that I've seen in college football," said former Georgia coach Vince Dooley.


All over football, for some, Luck is the essence of an NFL-ready quarterback, but he's not projected to steal the Heisman, even if he's in the running for fascinating Stanford's vertical passing game. This is because, obviously, Luck is a factor as coach Jim Harbaugh elaborated on, flattered of his mobility and precision, all the essentials an NFL franchise takes a liking to.

This from a man who is eligible for the 2011 NFL Draft, nonetheless, he could potentially spend his junior year at Stanford if the NFL unravels and is afflicted by an ugly lockout. Almost as nice as it felt to witness a gunslinger, Luck is seventh in the nation in passing efficiency and he threw for 3,051 yards, 28 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

Newton, one of the many quarterbacks on a unique level who is a proper candidate to place money on the table in a sporting bet, is the feel-good story which I believe the voters prefer a feel-good story.

If Boise State Loses To Virginia Tech in Showdown, Kiss Title Hopes Goodbye

There were ultimate emotions as of recently, a moment when Boise State were darlings and cuddly like stuffed animals, described as the cutest story in college football for a breathtaking ending in the Fiesta Bowl three years ago.

Yet it seems so long ago, at the threshold of another unpredictable season, doesn’t anybody recall the miraculous storybook season?

This game, of course, is stained with apathy and favoritism, sadly forgetting an event deemed arguably the greatest bowl game in history.

As we despise the Broncos, upon an attempt in a magical pursuit, a nice story has been erased on a night Boise awed spectators and executed the unanticipated trickery.

In this instant, unless someone has amnesia, everyone remember when the Broncos beat Oklahoma with the Statue of Liberty, a gutsy strategy that simplified consideration and fostered the popularity of a defenseless program.

It happened at a time Boise was one of the nation’s most beloved programs, to increasingly elevate its expectations and greatly embrace all conversations of emerging as a powerhouse and minimize the unpredictability in a mediocre conference, one particularly victimized of BCS fraud.

The significance of what is at stake in a promising season now that Boise’s schedule isn’t nearly as fearful or grueling as the well-known conferences is convincing enough to elevate respectability.

What is supposed to be the game of the week is the game of implications for Boise State, ready to encounter its stiffest test of the season against No. 10 Virginia Tech, a Labor Day showdown in a neutral site.

If Boise beats the Hokies in a crucial, must-needed contest to likely prove worthy of a national title, the Broncos certainly bids for the national title game this season, given the favorable schedule.

The darlings of football will be the villains as BCS-busters, but you certainly cannot fault the Broncos instead hold a grudge towards inevitably an unsound formula, a system plenty of fans, many of whom adore football, don’t stomach too well.

The resentment in the sport is utterly ridiculous, considering that this is the most popular sport in the country, a game the fanatics admire because of the action-packed, drama it provides.

The antipathy at Boise is egregious. For years, the problem is a delicate and inaccurate formula, which hopelessly manipulates a smaller and unpopular program’s fortune to doom the ferocious, powerful, hungrier Boise State, a football program with precocious experience, capacity, and talent.

These Broncos are poised and believe they are just as deep as any team and can roughly be crowned national champs as a way to silence all critics and naysayers.

More importantly, with 21 of 22 starters returning from a 13-0 team, Boise is favorable in winning the Western Athletic Conference, where the Broncos have won 64 of its last 66 games, thrashing powerless opponents to simply win a cupcake matchup in a weakened conference.

The ramifications are massive in Monday night’s meeting at FedEx Field.


It’s an excellent football program, but the projections of riding to the national championship is meaningless if the Broncos falls in a heartbreaker, and lastly, shed tears and kiss national title hopes goodbye.

For years now, the propaganda in football disintegrated sentimental hopes for mostly smaller universities.

It’s almost fascinating the unworthiness of Boise State illustrates absolute disregard and bigotry, to an amusing football team that has been ridiculed and teased even in the midst of resiliency.

Even if the Broncos comprise of compelling elements for assembling successive runs of unbeaten seasons, Boise still is objectively underestimated and disrespected.

By enduring the disappointment of prevailing on the national stage all while earning the nod to play in the Fiesta Bowl, the disoriented formula unfortunately withheld the magnitude of possibly defying logic on the biggest platform.

If nothing else, Boise is pressured to at least beat Virginia Tech, a stellar team with a prolific rushing tandem of Darren Evans and Ryan Williams, all whom can attack early to lessen the Broncos’ fiery mentality.

Even if the BCS is simplistic and awry, Boise is famous because of the system's heartwarming recognition.


In perspective, cynics are unfairly judging the Broncos’ worthiness of a national title, hoopla relentlessly transforming the personality of the game.

Now that the BCS is a chaotic standard, the folks are bickering over its team’s rankings in the polls, agitated by the results nationally released.

The ultimate feeling is that the Broncos could be a high-profile program playing against another premier school for the national title. It’s very possible.

All of this is hard to envision as long as there is an unfounded system that immeasurably smeared the Broncos a fitted opportunity to validate its worthiness and endure no doubt the idealistic moment in school history.

The fact is, there is much hypocrisy for excluding and rejecting Boise without even acknowledging three perfect seasons when the Broncos had salient unbeaten seasons, which of course, on three consecutive undefeated regular-seasons, none of those moments were acceptable to qualify for a title game.

Unfortunately, Boise plays in a conference that is harmless.

Eternally, the Broncos are unproven until the NCAA folks implement an eight-team playoff system or rely on a consensus theory to give each team, in fairness, an opportunity to contend at the highest level.

But this is a must-win to keep national title hopes alive. In spite of an effortless schedule, Virginia Tech is, by far, the toughest challenge.

The good news is the Broncos are lethal and favorable with the exception of junior quarterback Kellen Moore, a Heisman candidate this season who is anointed in the state and lauded for his efficiency and precision to pilot a title contender.

When he was a true freshman, Moore set an NCAA record and completed 69.4 percent of his passes.

As expected, he has the experience and components of a quarterback to have an encore with the best touchdown ratio in the nation and pass attempts, a feat he accomplished last season.

Earlier in the summer, Chris Petersen, the coach of Boise who said, “Let’s prove everybody right,” Petersen told his team back in August.

The point here is that he’s trying to motivate his players as a fiery coach by offering his strategic motive, while the Broncos try to protect BCS righteousness.

A common suggestion now is to beat the Hokies—or else…

Boise State Broncos Are Sublime, but Still Doomed of BCS Dismay

Its unfortunate college football relies on a fraudulent BCS system to dictate which teams are worthy of playing for the national title. If there weren’t any corrupt computer systems in existence that literally cripple the rectitude of collegiate sports and ruin it for a plethora of major universities, Boise State likely would have been in the national title game last season.

Much buzz is heard on a small campus in a tiny community that represents the state of Idaho. It's a region that has no professional sports, but has much to embrace this season, at least from the football standpoint. In this age, Boise State’s unbeaten seasons and ideal bids to major bowl games aren’t a mirage when the program is powerful, hungry, and en route to mastering glory on the national stage.

As the underdogs of college football, in a town that prides itself on football, the third-ranked Broncos are capable of dominating. Many of its supporters are optimistic and curious to observe whether or not the largest university in Idaho can assemble another undefeated season and bid for the national title game.

However, here in America, we hate to anoint the unpopular and smaller universities.

But in this situation, we must realize that the Broncos are ferocious, even if the school seems a bit unworthy of contending for a national title invitation. It's a date many wouldn’t permit since Boise State has a favorable schedule in the WAC Conference, a conference which receives no love.

It would explain why Kellen Moore is ultimately ignored and underestimated by the folks running a treacherous formula to create hysteria. The game is loathed for the way it awards the legitimate winner.

If there is a bigger tease in sports or the most popular sport in the country, it's because of the negligence that the nation offers to the Broncos. The nation discounts an elite school that is, by far, the most captivating team in the country.

A few years ago, amid an awe-inspiring upstart, the Broncos employed the trickery and capped a breathtaking win in the Fiesta Bowl upset over Oklahoma on a Statue of Liberty two-point conversion.

Remember that?

The truth is, of course, that Boise State is a football-caliber team, the dark horse of college football.

Or is the university really a legitimate threat and belong on the national scene? I’ll be generous and kindhearted in admitting that Boise State has to legitimize themselves, before possibly being crowned the national champs at the end of an unpredictable season.

This perplexingly leaves us caught in a riddle as we restlessly wonder how it all might unfold.

And essentially, the odds are immense. Fans are looking at the glamorous dream that they might end up in a position where they can merit national prominence and represent an insignificant conference that never earns enough splendors.

From an assessable viewpoint, the Broncos are convenient for penciling in and predicting to win the conference. As advertised, it’s a well balanced team that could stun a dubious nation and possess the hardware.

Because it seems logical to believe in a sublime school with heavy expectations, the Broncos are obligated to silence critics for their athleticism, size, and depth that no one evaluates.

But as long as there is a flawed method that determines a team’s fate and doesn’t implement an eight-team playoff system, Boise State will unfortunately be doomed to never appear in a title game. Considered as the third best team in the nation, Boise State is still regarded as a minority, a pariah in the game. In three consecutive seasons, the Broncos have consummated perfection by finishing 12-0 in the regular season, good enough to qualify for a national title. But that isn’t the way an asymmetric theory views it. Boise State has appealed aggressively to diverge the format to an unbiased formula and cease any nepotism.

The BCS mathematically dismisses a program in spite of the prejudiced disposition and deranged computer systems that are very confounding and inaccurate and is referred as the Bowl Chaotic System.

Apart from the insanity in an erratic industry, the Broncos have a remarkable track record. They have won 64 of its last 66 games in the Western Athletic Conference. The season-opener is looming quickly, with 21 of 22 starters returning from a 13-0 team that has a light schedule.

It’s a boon whenever a team is fortunate enough to entertain an unchallenging schedule with an undefeated season on their minds. Still, it's a scenario that hasn’t served the Broncos well in prior seasons.

The real test comes in a Labor Day showdown against 10th-ranked Virginia Tech in a neutral site. It's a substantial meeting that could break or make the Broncos. For the time being, the Hokies are probably the team on the schedule equipped to knock off Boise State. Then, we’ll really see how dominant the Wild Horses are.

The other decisive date is Sept. 25 at home against No. 24 Oregon State, a contest Boise State is favored to run away with in a cupcake win. That brings us to a part of the schedule that isn’t nearly as competitive or excruciating. It's still up in the air whether Boise State's complete dominance is enough supremacy to bypass mortals of a conference like the Big Ten, Big 12, or Pac-10 where there is massive depth and competitiveness.

The irony here is critics, skeptics, and even people who aren’t football knowledgeable clearly know that Boise State is sitting in a position of uncertainty, despite their ability and talent, which is enough to win every game without putting up a fight.

There’s no doubt it’s a sublime football program.

Besides, the Broncos have a prolific star anchoring the program to perfection. He is a famous star on the campus of Boise State, without any question, and he is the leader of a team seeking a respective bid to the national stage.

Moore is the most endearing quarterback in the state, if not in the conference, and could be a Heisman candidate this season. In fact, this year, Heisman hype is surrounding the left-handed passer.


As a starter, he is a mere 27-1, and suffered the lone loss in a heartbreaking defeat to TCU. But most importantly, he’s very accurate and efficient. As a true freshman, he set an NCAA record and completed 69.4 percent of his passes. Last season alone, he had the best touchdown ratio in the nation and pass attempts.

With all of this, he was sacked just five times. If this is the case, why wasn’t he voted in as a Heisman candidate? Like before, the Broncos are BCS-busters and lethal. They are groomed by coach Chris Petersen, who has installed a credible program and has recruited cleverly in his tenure to bring in some of the top prospects in the country. So, is this the year Boise State finally avoid the torture of BCS dysfunction? Is this the year Boise State isn’t victimized of BCS unfairness?

That’s a good question.

If the Broncos gallop and finish the season unbeaten, it would be fair for them to be in the national championship game.