Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden is new Heisman Watch leader

What a aberration a anniversary makes. Entering a showdown with Oregon, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck was about a accepted baton in the USA TODAY Heisman Watch.


CAPTIONBy Sue Ogrocki, AP

But afterwards Luck and the Cardinal stumbled, Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden has now surged into aboriginal place.

Weeden was in fourth entering the weekend bofore he threw for bristles touchdowns as the Cowboys bedeviled Texas Tech 66-6. He accustomed six of 10 first-place votes and 44 credibility overall.



Luck slots in additional abaft the fresh baton afterwards casual for 256 yards and actuality intercepted alert in 53-30 accident to the Ducks. The inferior is still aural arresting ambit at 37 points.

Trent Richardson holds bottomward third abode with 23 points. The Alabama active aback bankrupt the 100-yard mark for the seventh time this division with 127 yards in a defeat of Mississippi State.

Kellen Moore, who was the arch adversary to Luck in additional abode aftermost week, slipped to fourth abode at 18 credibility afterwards the Broncos fell to TCU 36-35. Moore, however, had a able bold with 320 yards and two touchdown with no interceptions.

Rounding out the top bristles is Houston quarterback Case Keenum. The chief has led the Cougars to a 10-0 almanac and has the aggregation assertive to acquire a BCS anchorage if it can abutting out the division with three added wins.

There is a three-way tie for sixth amid Baylor's Robert Griffin, Oregon's LaMichael James and Wisconsin's Russell Wilson.

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