College Football Blotter Report: The Troy Smith Blueprint

The year is 2006.  Going into the college football season the Heisman favorite is an Oklahoma Sooner (Adrian Peterson).  One of the other favorites is the Senior quarterback for the Florida Gators (Chris Leak).  The Sooner gets injured early in the year and is knocked out of the race.  The Senior Gator QB never quite lives up to expectations.  As a result, the Heisman Trophy goes to the efficient, but not spectacular, QB of the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes, Troy Smith.Flash forward to 2009.  Going into the college football season the Heisman favorite is an Oklahoma Sooner (Sam Bradford).  One of the other favorites is the Senior quarterback for the Florida Gators (Tim Tebow).  The Sooner gets injured early in the year and is knocked out of the race.  The Senior Gator QB has not quite lived up to expectations.  As a result, by the end of the year the Heisman Trophy could wind up going to this year's version of Troy Smith 2006: t...