Now the assesses national spotlight amy grant gill examines is finally starting to shed some clarity on how great Stanford?s MVP is.?He?s been so durable, you talk about his balance, his vision his power?everything.? Kirk Herbstreit said during Saturday?s telecast. ?He?s the total package, he is everything you would want in a running back.?The question remains why has the hype taken so long to reach this point?The obvious answer to that is the East Coast Bias (a.k.a. the anti-Pac-10 bias).Hence the necessity of this announcement: Gerhart is the best player in college football and deserves the Heisman.All due respect to Tim Tebow, but he?s not even in the same stratosphere as his 2007 campaign. Kellen Moore of Boise State has tossed 21 more TD?s than Tebow while throwing for almost 1000 yards more. Tebow may be Superman, but Louis Murphy and Percy Harvin were the rest of the Justice League, and Tebow?s missing them.Third on my list (and most other?s) is former frontrunner for the award Mark Ingram.Before we get started on the whole disparity-between-conferences argument consider this:Gerhart has gone against five of the nation?s top-40 run defenses averaging a mind-boggling 140 yards with 12 total touchdowns! How many rush defenses has Ingram faced in the top-40?ZeroObviously that will all change with his upcoming title-bought against Florida but still. If we open it up to see how they?ve performed against ranked teams Gerhart still proves the better back.Against ranked teams Gerhart has given a Bill Russell-like clutch performance against Stanford?s top foes averaging 200.3 yards!! I FEEL LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE IN CAPS!!!!!In the words of Brent Musburger, “200 yards…look at the man!”After Stanford closed out the win last Saturday night, Musburger added, “I’ve seen a lot of great performances…but I don’t think I’ve seen one better than this.” And the man has been calling collegefootball games since 1973! Think about that for a second!200 yards against the best teams, that is simply remarkable He doesn?t run away when the going gets tough Instead, he starts running over people.

Showing up in the big games is what a Heisman Trophy winner does.In this scenario, Ingram?s candidacy gains ground on Gerhart as he averaged a 177 yards in the big games . Unfortunately he averaged less than one TD in these games, whereas Gerhart went for an average of over two.On top of that we live in a world of the ?what have you done for me lately? 24/7 sports news cycle.The last impressions voter?s will have of Gerhart will be of him gashing, smashing and almost single-handedly beating Notre Dame brooks & dunn . In his last performance before Stanford?s bowl game Gerhart ran for another day in the office-type production of 205 yards and three TD?s country music . Did I mention that Gerhart, one of Stanford?s best baseball players, threw for a touchdown too?The only thing that could have gone worse for Ingram last Saturday was if Alabama actually lost to Auburn country music concert .

The 30 yards on 16 carries no-show may have single-handedly cost Ingram the Heisman . The best player in college football simply does not submit that type of performance against their rival on the last week of the regular season country music listen . The voters will let Ingram know that.If the Auburn debacle is any type of a precursor to this weekend, Bama fans may have to stick to just counting their National Championships country music news . (Side Note: Absolutely no shame in that)Overall, Gerhart still has 300 more yards on the season than Ingram and almost twice as many touchdowns . Doesn?t sound like much of a contest to me.Discounting a Herculean performance from Ingram in the SEC championship game (again going up against the best run defense he?s seen all season by far), it would come down to a two-horse race between Colt McCoy and Gerhart.