[Ninong]

Heisman Trophy candidates to be announced at 6 p.m. EST tonight.

The names of the five Heisman Trophy finalists who will be invited to New York for the presentation Saturday will be announced on ESPN at 6 p.m. EST this evening.

However, I just googled "Heisman Trophy" and discovered that the invitations were transmitted to the various head coaches earlier this morning (or maybe yesterday evening?).

All four of the names that I suggested earlier in this thread are on the list. I haven't been able to find confirmation of the fifth name yet.

The four that I know for sure have been invited to the ceremony:

Tim Tebow - Florida
Darren McFadden - Arkansas
Colt Brennan - Hawaii
Chase Daniel - Missouri

P.S. -- I think it will be very close but I think Tebow will win and McFadden will be second again.

When I was googling for this a little while ago, I ended up on a Missouri newspaper's website and they had one of those cute little reader polls where you get to vote for your favorite candidate. I voted for Tebow but, as you might expect, Chase Daniel was getting about 75% of the votes on that site.

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by Ninong

Heisman Trophy candidates to be announced at 6 p.m. EST tonight.

The four that I know for sure have been invited to the ceremony:

Tim Tebow - Florida
Darren McFadden - Arkansas
Colt Brennan - Hawaii
Chase Daniel - Missouri

P.S. -- I think it will be very close but I think Tebow will win and McFadden will be second again.

That's it, just four Heisman Trophy hopefuls were invited to New York for the ceremony. Here.

[Ninong]

It certainly doesn't feel like December:

Current Conditions (as of 2:25 PM)Today's forecast°F | °C
Fair
84°F Feels like: 87°F


Barometer:30.2 in Dewpoint:68°Humidity:58%Visibility:10 miles
Wind:11 mph SSESunrise:6:46 AMSunset:5:01 PMUV Index:2 Low
Observed at Hammond: Hammond Municipal Airport


On the other hand, things could be worse:

Current Conditions (as of 2:53 PM)Today's forecast°F | °C
Clear
26°F Feels like: 18°F


Barometer:30.4 in Dewpoint:13°Humidity:52%Visibility:10 miles
Wind:7 mph WNWSunrise:7:53 AMSunset:4:59 PMUV Index:1 Low
Observed at Flint, Bishop International Airport.
All times shown are local to Flint.

There's no college football to talk about so I figured we might as well talk about the weather.



Wow! We have an hour and nine minutes more daytime than people in Flint, Michigan.

[charlie]

Glad you didn't throw mine in there, I am colder than that, at least it feels like it. darn wind is blowin, and that sure chills things down.

[Ninong]

We've cooled off a lot in the past couple of hours. We're down to 81F, feels like 83F already:

Current Conditions (as of 4:21 PM)Today's forecast°F | °C
Short term forecast Fair
81°F Feels like: 83°F


Barometer:30.2 in Dewpoint:66°Humidity:62%Visibility:10 miles
Wind:10 mph SESunrise:6:46 AMSunset:5:01 PMUV Index:0 Low
Observed at Hammond, Hammond Municipal Airport.
All times shown are local to Ponchatoula

[Ninong]

OK, last one, I promise:

Current Conditions (as of 7:41 PM)Today's forecast°F | °C
Mostly Cloudy
72°F Feels like: 72°F


Barometer:30.2 in Dewpoint:68°Humidity:88%Visibility:10 miles
Wind:8 mph ESESunrise:6:46 AMSunset:5:01 PMUV Index:0 Low
Observed at Hammond, Hammond Municipal Airport.
All times shown are local to Ponchatoula.


P.S. -- OK, just one more. It's still 72F and it's after 11 p.m., December 8th.

Current Conditions (as of 11:08 PM)Today's forecast°F | °C
Fog
72°F Feels like: 72°F


Barometer:NADewpoint:68°Humidity:88%Visibility:4 miles
Wind:9 mph SESunrise:6:46 AMSunset:5:01 PMUV Index:0 Low
Observed at Hammond: Hammond Municipal Airport.
All times shown are local to Ponchatoula.

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by Ninong

Who do you think will win the Heisman trophy?

My predictions
1. Tim Tebow will win the Heisman!
2. Darren McFadden
3. Colt Brennan or Chase Daniel (the Oklahoma game hurt Daniel, the Washington game helped Brennan).

Tim Tebow, Heisman Trophy Winner
2) Darren McFadden
3) Colt Brennan
4) Chase Daniel

It really wasn't even close in spite of what they said on teevee. Tebow received 462 first-place votes to McFadden's 291 first-place votes. He had 1,957 points to McFadden's 1,703 points. That's because he was second on most of McFadden's first-place ballots and McFadden was second on most of Tebow's first-place ballots.

Brennan received 54 first-place votes, 632 points. Daniel got 25 first-place votes, 425 points.

So now when Mike watches Michigan play in the Capital One Bowl, he gets to see the Heisman Trophy Winner at no extra charge.

[charlie]

Ah yes the eternal optimist,

And go ahead and rub it in about the nice weather. We are gonna hit 0 tonite, and if we are lucky, we wil hit 20 tomorrow. There are parts of me that are going to freeze at work on Monday, important parts.

[Ninong]

Oops!

Patriots 34, Steelers 13.

NE: Tom Brady
32/46 399 yds 4 TD


A couple of days ago, Steelers' safety Anthony Smith guaranteed a victory over New England.

Not only did the Patriots defeat the Steelers, they rubbed it in for good measure. Smith was burned on both long touchdown passes.

Just before the 2-minute warning at the end of the game, the fans began chanting "Guarantee!" to mock Smith, whose picture was shown on the scoreboard.



Never let your mouth write checks your ass can't cash.

[charlie]

yeah, I got the to watch the whole Broncos game, which was a total blowout, I hate local stations!!!

[Ninong]

I got to watch Brett destroy the Raiders but I kept flipping back and forth to the Cowboys-Lions game. Romo came through at the end to pull off a one-point victory.

Then I got to watch the Patriots-Steelers game. Right now I'm watching the Colts-Ravens game, which is beginning to look like another blowout. The Ravens are still upset over blowing the game against the Patriots last week.

[charlie]

Right now I'm watching the Colts-Ravens game, which is beginning to look like another blowout. The Ravens are still upset over blowing the game against the Patriots last week.

What a true barker, think Indy will hit 50?

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by charlie

What a true barker, think Indy will hit 50?

I guess you're asking if Brady will complete 50 TD passes this season and the answer is YES!

Oops! Wait a minute. You said Indy? Not the Patriots.

OK, I'm confused. What are you asking?

P.S. -- Nevermind! You're asking if Indy will go over 50 points right now. YES!!!

[charlie]

They are at 44 now, the chances are good.

[Ninong]

Originally Posted by charlie

They are at 44 now, the chances are good.

Yeah, but they're playing the practice squad right now and when we get down to the two-minute warning, they're going to play the cheerleaders.

The Ravens are roadkill.

[Ninong]

Right now John Madden and Al Michaels are swapping recipes. It's that kinda game.

[Ninong]

The Ravens sent in Troy Smith. The Colts are getting ready to send in their cheerleaders.

[Ninong]

At least one Raven's happy tonight: Troy Smith got his first NFL TD. And Madden is saying they should pull Kyle Boller and start Troy Smith the rest of the year.

[charlie]

What have they got to lose???

[Ninong]

WTH? (What the heck?)

LSU coach Les Miles tried his best to quell the Michigan rumors. So much for that.

Miles had a phone conversation Friday morning with Michigan athletic director Bill Martin and school president Mary Sue Coleman, the Detroit Free Press reported on its Web site Monday night, citing "several people with knowledge of the call."

LSU athletic director Skip Bertman told the Free Press that he didn't know if Miles had contact with Michigan, but was skeptical that Miles could be persuaded to leave.

"He and Bo Schembechler were real close," Bertman told the newspaper. "If Bo Schembechler were alive I doubt he could have got him to go to Michigan. It's hard for people who don't live in the South to understand."
Miles played and coached under Schembechler at Michigan.

On Thursday, Miles seemed to put the Michigan talk behind him when he signed a contract extension to stay at LSU through 2012.

"I'm thrilled to be here. I'm thrilled to be LSU's head coach. I'm thrilled to be on the campus," Miles told the LSU Board of Supervisors before signing the deal. "I look forward to many years as the LSU head coach."

The contract doesn't change Miles' salary, which already will rise to at least $2.8 million annually based on LSU's Southeastern Conference championship this year. An SEC championship win requires Miles' salary to be at least the third highest in the conference.

Also remaining unchanged is the $1.25 million penalty Miles must pay to LSU if he leaves for Michigan, a contract clause that college football fans became well acquainted with after Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr announced his retirement in November.

LSU officials praised Miles' coaching, his straightforwardness and his integrity. "He told the people in this room he wasn't going to Michigan, and he never was. He never leveraged it," LSU Athletic Director Skip Bertman said.


Ann Arbor, Michigan weather right now:

Current Conditions (as of 2:24 PM)Today's forecast°F | °C
Sprinkles
36°F Feels like: 33°F


Barometer:30 in Dewpoint:34°Humidity:93%Visibility:2 miles
Wind:3 mph ENESunrise:7:53 AMSunset:5:02 PMUV Index:0 Low
Observed at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Municipal Airport.
All times shown are local to Ann Arbor.


Baton Rouge, Louisiana weather right now:

Current Conditions (as of 12:53 PM)Today's forecast°F | °C
Mostly Cloudy
82°F Feels like: 83°F


Barometer:30.1 inDewpoint:63°Humidity:52%Visibility:10 miles
Wind:10 mph SSESunrise:6:51 AMSunset:5:04 PMUV Index:4 Moderate
Observed at Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field.
All times shown are local to Baton Rouge.

P.S. -- Is Ann Arbor, Michigan in the Central Time zone or not??? Looks like they're an hour ahead of Louisiana???