Heisman Trophy Race Update: Top Contenders & Betting Odds

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00:00Let's take a look at the Heisman Trophy race right now because each and every big game that's played,

00:04these numbers are on the move. Just what, a week ago we were talking about Fernando Mendoza. Look

00:08at him leading in the clubhouse in the odds market to win the Heisman. He now drops back to a 14-1

00:14price. If you look at the top of the leaderboard, it's Dante Moore of Oregon. Why? They go on the

00:18road and beat Penn State. You get extra points for that. Oh, look, there's Carson Beck right behind

00:22him here. Why? You go on the road, beat a ranked team at Florida State. You move up and get those

00:25bonus points. Don't look now, though. Ty Simpson and Alabama up off the carpet. Another big time

00:31game this weekend to try to steer clear and see if he can sort of add on to his intrigue. But also,

00:36John Mateer shows up now at a 10-1 price in the Heisman Trophy marketplaces where if he never got

00:44injured, he'd probably be the favorite. Let's start there with Mateer at 10-1. Are we buying into that?

00:48I can't put my money on this kid, can you?

00:52Well, because you just can't trust it. He was the favorite prior to the thumb injury and having

01:00going down. But again, it's very hard because, you know, on that thumb and the throwing hand and

01:07one hit away, Donnie, and it's like, oh, boy, I'm holding a ticket with a guy that can't finish

01:12the season. So it's far too risky. And there's far too many guys ahead of him that are going to be

01:18playing in much bigger games moving forward. Like Dante Moore going, you know, the schedule

01:24there for the Big Ten is going to be out of control. But Simpson is fascinating to me because

01:30this could be the best pure passing quarterback Alabama has had in quite some time. And he's got

01:37a lot of big games coming up where on a national stage, he could garner a whole lot of eyeballs if

01:42he shows up.