It's that time of year when you really start focusing on who's going to win the Heisman and who's ultimately going to end up playing for #1. Starting with the Heisman, knowing what I've seen to date you have to go with a quarterback. It is the year of the quarterback and after watching back-to-back Texas Tech Red Raider games and watching Graham Harrell play, my vote would have to go to him. It's one thing to get up one week and play the #1 team and beat them by coming back on the last drive and on the last play, but another to come back the following week and throw with amazing accuracy and lead your team with that competitive spirit all over again. It's not only how you play, but also the decisions you make while you play. I've seen him make great decisions with the ball and put the ball in the perfect places. He has been leading with his arm and his decisions. A lot of people say it's the system but it's much more than the system. It's the kid's ability to not have fear in any situation. Speaking as a defensive player when you play against him you are facing a gunslinger who's a little faster than you and that never bodes well. As for #1, Alabama showed me so much last week at LSU. To see them on the road and make the decision to throw the ball on the first play of overtime showed me just how much confidence Coach Saban has in his quarterback. That's powerful for a team. He told me that not only can we run the ball with the best of them, but we can throw the ball with the best of them and we can do it in adverse conditions with the game on the line. He threw the ball down the field to set up the win. The reason they've been winning is that Coach Saban knows a lot more about his team than we do. It is great to see when a coach who didn't know his quarterback a year ago is willing to put it in his hands to win one of the biggest games of the year. Great coaches can identify guys who can play in crucial situations and they empower them to do so. Coach Saban is a great coach and he knew better than anyone that his quarterback could make probably the biggest play of his life.