CFR's Heisman Rankings: Week One

1. Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma---Carried his team on his back in the second half.  The scary part is he's added the receiving element to his game.
2. Brady Quinn, Notre Dame---Like Peterson, made the necessary plays for his team in a tough game and took a beating while doing it.
3. Troy Smith, Ohio State---Jaw-droppingly efficient in Ohio State's first quarter of offensive work, leading four touchdown drives and then calling off the dogs.
4. Garrett Wolfe, Northern Illinois---Did everything he could to help his offense stay alive against Ohio State with over 100 yards both rushing and receiving.  You won't see that very often, particularly against a very good team like that.
5. Kenny Irons, Auburn---Washington State found out they could play reasonably close to Auburn... until Irons decided to put the game away.  Almost two-hundred yards on opening night is a great effort.
6. Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech---Made some plays with his feet for seemingly the first time in his career.  Methinks he really wanted to make an impact against Notre Dame.  Got a little quiet in the second half, but hard to ignore the only consistent offensive weapon for a team that doesn't know how to score.
7. Steve Slaton, West Virginia---Ho hum, another 200-yard effort.  It takes a special back to make the extraordinary look ordinary and routine.  Slaton is such a back.
8. Ben Olson, UCLA---An extraordinary debut game, taking down a top 25 opponent with over 70% completions, 300 yards passing and three touchdown passes.  What more can you ask?  Threw to something like 11 different receivers.
9. Dennis Dixon, Oregon---Torched Stanford with his arm and legs, propelling the Oregon offense to a 48-point afternoon.  A great fit for Oregon's second-year spread offense.
10. Chris Leak, Florida---The Gators have a million talented receivers, but a good quarterback knows where his bread is buttered.  Leak smartly made an effort to throw to superfrosh Percy Harvin in his collegiate debut.  He also took down a fringe top 25 team after a slow start.
    

Comments

[g-man's homeboy]

I think it's a little early to have Ben Olson up there. If he repeats his game against Utah a few times over and has a big game against ND, then I think he deserves to be up there. But as of now, the cross-town rival QB, Booty, plays for a school with much more national recognition, played against a school with more national recognition, and had nearly as good of a game. Seems like Booty, if either, would be the candidate as of right now. That being said, I don't think either of them would be in the Top 10 right now.