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Gene Menez from CNN/SI did, too:

 

1. Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska, DT, Sr.

 

Last week: 12 tackles, 10 solo; seven tackles for loss; four-and-a-half sacks; two quarterback hurries in a 13-12 loss to No. 3 Texas

 

Season: 82 tackles, 50 solo; 23 tackles for loss; 12 sacks; one interception; 10 passes broken up; 24 quarterback hurries; one forced fumble; three blocked kicks

 

Heisman-o-meter: Many only hopped on the Suh bandwagon after watching his dominating Big 12 title-game performance, but the Nebraska tackle was special all season. He played well in big games (Virginia Tech, Missouri and Texas to name just three), and that's mainly why he earned the No. 1 spot on this ballot.

 

Just how extraordinary was Suh? He quantified greatness at a position where greatness is hard to quantify. Defensive tackles are asked to do things that don't show up on the stat sheet, such as occupy blockers, but he did more than that. On a defense with several playmakers, he led the Huskers in tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, blocked kicks and quarterback hurries. He also finished second on the team in passes broken up and 76th nationally, amazing considering 100 of the top 102 players in that category were defensive backs or linebackers.

 

And of course, he capped his season with a dominant assault on Texas. The performance, Suh's best this season, almost earned the 14-point underdog Huskers the Big 12 title.

 

The questions is, was that domination enough to earn him the win? The guess here, based on some interesting results from the Citizen Watch Heisman balloting, is that the winner will be Gerhart. But, Suh's efforts against the Longhorns before a nationally televised audience gives him as good a chance as any to become the first defensive player to win the Heisman since Charles Woodson.

 

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College Football Live is going to get a bunch of people's ballots on today's show, on ESPN right now.

 

Spread the word

 

Saunders and Spielman didn't include Suh on their ballot.

 

They should lose their jobs over that. I'm not joking. Their job is to know football. If they don't even include Suh on their ballots, they do not know football. Period.

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:wtf

Sam Bradford only voted McCoy #1 and didn't even vote for anyone else....

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I mean seriously WTF Butt hurt Bradford.

 

Not necessarily. He only told them that he voted McCoy #1. You can look, there are voters who have all their votes listed at #3. In that case, they probably said who they voted for, but gave no order.

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College Football Live is going to get a bunch of people's ballots on today's show, on ESPN right now.

 

Spread the word

 

Saunders and Spielman didn't include Suh on their ballot.

 

They should lose their jobs over that. I'm not joking. Their job is to know football. If they don't even include Suh on their ballots, they do not know football. Period.

 

Speilman probably voted all Big Televen guys and Saunders is a Canadian who has been in the studio to long. Let them leave Suh off their ballot that way they can feign surprise when he is top 3 in the voting.

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College Football Live is going to get a bunch of people's ballots on today's show, on ESPN right now.

 

Spread the word

 

Saunders and Spielman didn't include Suh on their ballot.

 

They should lose their jobs over that. I'm not joking. Their job is to know football. If they don't even include Suh on their ballots, they do not know football. Period.

Agreed.

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Suh now tied for 2nd with Ingram, behind Gerhart.

 

T Gerhart (23) 1127, 40.6%

M Ingram (16) 1039, 37.4%

N Suh (36) 1035, 37.3%

C McCoy (14) 845, 30.4%

 

These four will probably be the finalists that get the invite. I predict this will probably be the final order, too. Toby will win it, Ingram second, Suh third, McCoy fourth (Tebow a distant fifth).

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