This award is in danger of becoming the Sportscenter highlight award. Players have appeared and vanished off the watch lists because of one good or bad game. How many of these voters are actually watching these games?

Case Keenum’s candidacy was never built on wins or strength of schedule…it was built on gaudy numbers. Then they lose to UCF (their second loss of the season to a team they should have beaten) and it’s over.  Have his stats somehow disappeared?

Toby Gerhart gets SportsCenter cred when Stanford beats down a very mediocre USC (whose defense is currently ranked 20 spots lower than Temple’s) and he’s a leader?

CJ Spiller averages 88 yards rushing per game and has broken 100 yards rushing exactly three times this season. But someone sees him tear up Florida State (and their stellar 105th ranked rush defense) and he’s a top candidate?