Happy Holidays to everyone!

Thanks for reading all year. I look forward to another great year of blogging.

Today, the finalists for the 2007 Heisman Trophy were announced. Unlike the rest of college football, the statistics seem to tell us, there is a runaway clear winner.

Coming into the season, there was no a clear cut winner … as it should be. However, as the season continued, Tim Tebow clearly went ahead of the pack.

It is also interesting to note, Tebow didn’t start pulling away until after September 15th. It’s no coincidence that September 15th was the day Florida beat Tennessee 59-20. Clearly, Tebow made a statement in that game, by scoring 4 touchdowns and passing for nearly 300 yards.

Chase Daniel received a big boost after winning the Big 12 Championship on November 24th, but it may not be enough.

Sadly, Colt Brennan just cannot seem to get noticed outside of Hawaii. He owns or shares 29 NCAA records, including the career touchdown mark of 131. Plus, he led the Warriors through the regular season as the nation’s only unbeaten team.

Ask any football fan who the #1 pick in the NFL draft will be, and the answer will always be Darren McFadden. The Arkansas running back started the season as the Heisman favorite. Statistically he didn’t do anything to disappoint. Unfortunately, his Razorbacks didn’t do enough to get noticed on the national scene.

It will be interesting to see how these numbers compare to the real Heisman Trophy presentation Saturday Nnght.

Google’s Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, revealed on the Today Show some recent Google Trends for 2007.

Fastest Rising US Searches
1. IPhone
2. Webkinz
3. TMZ
4. Transformers
5. YouTube
6. Club Penguin
7. MySpace
8. Heroes
9. FaceBook
10. Anna Nicole Smith

Presidential Candidates Searches
1. Ron Paul
2. Fred Thompson
3. Hillary Clinton

Top Google searches of 2007