Colt McCoy Is Out-Tebow-Ing Tim Tebow

When the college football regular season finished up last season, Tim Tebow's name was all the rage. Tebow combined to score 51 touchdowns and had over 4,000 yards. He led his team in passing as well as rushing yards. All of this added up to being the first sophomore awarded the Heisman Trophy.

It is one year later, and time to once again give the prestigious award to college football's best player. Tim Tebow is once again a finalist, along with Colt McCoy and Sam Bradford. So the big question obviously is, who is the Heisman winner?

This season, if they gave votes to 21-year-old college students, I would give mine to Colt McCoy for the same reason that I still believe Tim Tebow should not have won the award last season. Let me explain.

Colt McCoy, like Tebow last season, led the Longhorns in passing and rushing. He combined for 42 touchdowns to lead Texas to an 11-1 record and a Fiesta Bowl berth. This, right here, is the fundamental reason why Colt McCoy's super season is a Heisman season, and Tim Tebow's should not have been.

Both Tim Tebow in 2007 and Colt McCoy this season were the offenses for their respective teams. They were the quarterback, the running back, and they probably would have been receivers if they could find ways to catch their own passes.

The biggest difference between the two seasons: Tim Tebow as an offense lost three regular season games, didn't make a BCS bowl, and lost the Capital One Bowl. Colt McCoy led his team to a regular season tie for the conference championship.

If it wasn't for a freshman defensive back dropping a surefire interception late in the Texas Tech game, McCoy would be undefeated and about to play for a National Championship.

Why is McCoy's season, in my opinion, a Heisman season and Tebow's not? Tim Tebow as an offense was an average team. Colt McCoy as an offense is a one-loss BCS team.