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First off, a happy Thanksgiving to all!  It’s time to review the blessings and curses the sports world has bestowed upon us.  Like their counterparts in the NFL, the SEC schedule makers have tried to sabotage the holiday football spirit, permitting the #1 and #2 teams in the nation to play Florida International and Tennessee-Chattanooga (akin to scheduling Green Bay and Dallas against Detroit and Oakland).  Even worse, a UCLA forward and a Big XII coach have been the targets of perturbing accusations in the midst of down seasons production-wise.  Fortunately, the sports gods have also given us future superstars like Ryan Williams, Matt Stafford, and Evan Turner – all of whom had fantastic weeks.  But none of these figures quite make the last cut this week.  Let’s get to it.

Champ: Colt McCoy

The man with the best name in college football set the all-time NCAA wins mark for a quarterback, picking up his 43^rd career victory over Kansas last weekend.  With his stats coming on and his new record in hand, McCoy now appears to be the man to beat in the Heisman race.  And, all his Longhorns have to do to earn a BCS Title Game appearance is steamroll Texas A&M and Nebraska.  Everything is falling into place for McCoy, whose decision to return for his senior year has worked out just fine.

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Honorable Mention: Oregon Football, Williams, Stafford, Turner

Chump: Les Miles

Painted as a wild riverboat gambler by the media, Miles made some costly decisions in his Tigers’ 25-23 loss to Ole Miss last Saturday.  He decided to throw two fades – not exactly the lowest-risk pass pattern – when attempting the two-point conversion late in the contest (the refs bailed out his team on the first one, flagging the Rebels for pass interference; the second one is all on Miles).  After somehow recovering the onside kick, the Tigers ran out of time thanks to horrible clock management, spiking the ball with :01 left on the clock (the action of spiking consumed the last second) and Miles leaving a timeout in his pocket.  The coach admitted his mistakes after the game, but admission fails to excuse him from his disastrous game management and disappointing season.

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Honorable Mention: SEC schedule makers, Nikola Dragovic, Mark Mangino, AFC North