2008 Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford went down on Saturday with a shoulder injury. Bradford’s injury will sideline him for 2-4 weeks, probably dealing the Sooners another loss or two. This all but takes BRadford out of the 2009 Heisman running. I know some of you may be thinking this is a little early for Heisman talk, but with Bradford out of the picture it really comes down to two players: Colt McCoy of Texas and Tim Tebow of Florida.

Tebow is primed to become only the second player in college football history to win two Heisman trophies… and truth be told, if the Heisman was voted on after the Bowl Games then Tim would have won it last year too.

A Heisman Trophy poll conducted by Chris Huston of Heismanpundit.com has the following top 4 early leaders:

1. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida–60 points (8)
2. Colt McCoy, QB, Texas–57 (5)
3. Jahvid Best, RB, Cal–35
4. Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma State–10

You can see Tebow and McCoy are very close. If Florida goes undefeated in the regular season, I think the Heisman goes to Tebow. However, if both Texas and Florida lose a game and McCoy has a good season, I can see the voters throwing it his way just so we don’t have another two-time winner.

Once again, I know it’s early but here on Tebow Zone we aren’t afraid to bring it up early (and often).