The Five Finalists for the jasathletics College Football MVP Have Been Selected

The five finalists for this year's jasathletics.blogspot.com college football MVP award have been selected. Included among the finalists are two running backs - Montee Ball of Wisconsin and Trent Richardson of Alabama - and three quarterbacks - Kellen Moore of Boise State, Robert Griffin III of Baylor, and Case Keenum of Houston. Justin Blackmon, the preseason favorite to win the award and the defending champion, just missed making the final five. In fact, only two out of the five finalists were mentioned in jasathletics' article on the preseason favorites to win the award, namely Kellen Moore and Trent Richardson. All five finalists have put up big numbers this year. Montee Ball rushed for 1,759 yards and 32 tds. He also had 255 yards receiving and 6 receiving tds. His 38 total touchdowns put him only 1 td behind Barry Sanders' all-time record of 39 going into the Rose Bowl. With those numbers he will be tough to beat. When Mark Ingram left Alabama for the NFL Trent Richardson finally got his opportunity to be the feature back at Alabama. This year Richardson ran for 1,583 yards and 20 tds. He also added 3 receiving tds and 327 receiving yards. Once again Kellen Moore put up some great numbers. Moore threw for 3,507 yards and 41 tds. Not only that, he also had a completion percentage of 74.1 this year, which is the highest he has ever had. There is no doubt that Robert Griffin III has always had talent, but this year he established himself as the rich man's Marqueis Gray. Robert Griffin III had 3,998 passing yards, 644 rushing yards, 36 tds through the air, 9 tds on the ground, and only 6 interceptions. Finally, Case Keenum put up huge numbers this year. He had 5,099 yards passing, 45 tds, and only 5 interceptions. However, even though jasathletics doesn't usually look at these kind of things, Houston's bad loss to Southern Mississippi will be hard to overlook. jasathletics has a poll where you can vote for who you think should win the award. Keep in mind that your votes have no direct effect on who wins; however, your votes could persuade the voting committee. The winner will be announced in a press release sometime in the next week or so.