Heisman Hierarchy Week 2: Carson Beck remains front-runner, Travis Hunter enters the conversation

♪ ♪ [HQ SPOTLIGHT] ♪ ♪ >> Tommy: WE ARE SEEING A SHAKE UP ATOP THE HEISMAN ODDS WEEK ONE, A THREE-IOWA TIE, DYLAN GABRIEL, JACKSON DART, AND CAM WARD, GABRIEL WAS THE 5:1, BUT THE PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE DUCKS LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRE AGAINST IDAHO. AND, NOW 850, AT PLACES LIKE FANNEL FANNEL-- FANDUEL. HE HAS COMPANY AT THE TOP. DART AND WARD. AND, CARSON BECK 9:1, RIGHT THERE. TIME TO GET THE WEEKLY HEISMAN HIERARCHY, WITH TOM FORNELLI, COVER 3 PODCAST, WE WILL UNVEIL THE TIERS AND WE WILL SEE WHAT HE HAS THEM IN WHAT ORDER. DANNY, CHIP, NOW TOM. TOO LATE TO CALL BUD, TRY TO GET BUD ON BEFORE THE END OF THE SEGMENT, ALL RIGHT, FRONT-RUNNER LAST WEEK, TOM, WAS CARSON BECK, YOU WENT AGAINST THE MARKET MOVE, DYLAN GABRIEL; AND YOU ARE STICKING WITH BECK THIS WEEK, TAKE ME THROUGH THE GEORGIA QUARTERBACK, EVALUATION? >> Tom: TO ME, THIS IS SIMPLE, HE'S NOT A FAVORITE WITH THE MOVEMENT IN THE MARKET, BUT, CARSON BECK, I HIM ATOP THE PYRAMID LAST WEEK, HE'S THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR THE BEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY. AND, THEN IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON, AGAINST ANOTHER RANKED TEAM, A CLEMSON SQUAD THAT MANY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FAVORITES TO WIN THE ACC, HE CAME OUT AND TORE THEM APART! SO, IF THE BEST QB ON THE BEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, COMES OUT WITH AN INCREDIBLE GAME AGAINST ONE OF THE OTHER GOOD TEAMS I TAKE THAT A LOT MORE SERIOUSLY THAN ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED WITH ANY OF THE OTHER PLAYERS. GETTING TO THE OTHERS LATER, BUT LOOKING AT THE HIERARCHY, IN REALITY, THE ODDS ARE WHAT THE ODDS ARE, BASED ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE BETTING BUT BASED ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SEASON, CARSON BECK SHOULD BE THE FAVORITE TO WIN THE HEISMAN TROPHY. >> Tommy: GEORGIA HOSTS TENNESSEE TECH, BEFORE THE SHOW I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SPREAD, SPORTSBOOKS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. IT WILL BE A BIG ONE WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. STILL DON'T WANT TO GRAB THE POINTS, YET, FRONT-RUNNER TIER, AND ONE MOMENT AWAY. TWO QUARTERBACKS, OR I SHOULD SAY, TWO PLAYERS ... FIT THAT BILL. LET'S FIRST START WITH CAM WARD. TOM? DOMP >> Tom: , I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEISMAN TROPHY, PLAYERS PLAYING WELL IN BIG GAMES. LAST WEEK ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE SCHEDULE, WEEK ONE, MIAMI GOING ON THE ROAD TO FACE FLORIDA, SOMETHING LIKE A HOT-SEAT GAME, MUST-WIN, THE OTHER. AND, CAM WARD BALLED OUT AND DESTROYED THE GATORS IN OWN BUILDING AND AFTER THE GAME WAS OVER, HE WENT OUT AND SAID IT WAS NOT THAT LOUD. GAMES AT USC, AND OREGON, FAR LOUDER THAN ANYTHING HE DEALT WITH IN THE SWAMP, THAT'S SACK LIG TO THE FANS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE. SACRILEGE. DOMINATING THE GAME á IT SURPRISED ME, I WAS CONCERNED, CAM WARD IS A TALENTED PLAYER AND HE'S ALWAYS HAD A RISK-TAKING MENTALITY. THE FIRST GAME WITH THE NEW TEAM, GOING INTO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, I WAS AFRAID HE WOULD MAKE MISTAKES. HE WAS SURGICAL AND DESTROYED THAT TEAM. >> Tommy: I HAD A SLIP, SAYING IT WAS ALL QUARTERBACK, THE HIERARCHY SAID IT WAS ALL QUARTERBACK, I SAID WHAT IF A TRAVIS HUNTER COMES INTO THE CONVERSATION, HE'S COMING INTO THE CONVERSATION, WHY THE BUMP-UP TOM? >> Tom: IF YOU LOOK AT COLORADO, PLAYING THURSDAY NIGHT, NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT, ONLY GAME GOING ON AT THAT TIME, AND HE WAS A HIGHLIGHT FACTOR. TRAVIS HUNTER IS THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY. THE HEISMAN TROPHY IS TO GO TO THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL, ACTUALLY WENT TO THE BEST PLAYER TRAVIS HUNTER WOULD BE THE RUNAWAY FAVORITE, THAT'S NOW HOW IT WORKS, QUARTERBACKS DOMINATE THE AWARD FOR A LONG TIME, ONE THING WORKING AGAINST TRAVIS HUNTER, HE'S WORKING WITH A QUARTERBACK WHO GARNERS A CHANCE AT THE HEISMAN, AS A QUARTERBACK, THAT'S SHEDEUR SANDERS. IF YOU WIN IT AS A NON-QB, HE'S ONE OF THE BEST WIDE RECEIVERS IN THE COUNTRY, ONE OF THE BEST, AND I THINK HE'S THE BEST CORNERBACK IN THE COUNTRY. SO, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, HE'S THE BEST GUY ON THE FIELD, ANYTIME HE STEPS ON THE FIELD. I DON'T CARE WHO COLORADO IS FACING AT THE MOMENT. HE'S THE BEST PLAYER. SO, IF HE COULD KEEP DOING WHAT HE DID LAST WEEK, AND STAY HEALTHY, ALL SEASON, AND HE WILL END UP AT A MINIMUM, MY GUESS, BUT WILL HE HAVE TO SPLIT THE VOTES WITH HIS TEAMMATE. >> Tommy: TOM FORNELLI, THE FRONT RUNNER AND ONE MOMENT AWAY, AND THEN THERE'S "WAIT TO SEE". SEE YOU AT NEBRASKA. AND, DYLAN RIOLA, PART OF THE TRAIL. STARTING WITH HIM? >> Tom: DYLAN RIOLA, HAD A FIRST START, NOT THE MOST STOUT OF COMPETITION, BUT HE LOOKED FANTASTIC, I WORRY ABOUT THE FRESHMAN QUARTERBACKS COMING IN, THE FIRST START, YOU WILL SEE MISTAKES AND ODDS ARE, AS THE SEASON GOES ALONG, WE WILL SEE DYLAN RIOLA, MAKE TAKES-- MAKES MISTAKES. HE DRESSES LIKE PATRICK MAHOMES, AND HAS THE MANNERISMS OF PATRICK MAHOMES AND LAST WEEK, HE THREW LIKE PATRICK MAHOMES. PUTTING UP GREAT NUMBERS AND COMPLETELY TORE APART THE U TEP DEFENSE. THIS WEEK, GOING UP AGAINST COLORADO, AGAINST THE STAR-POWER OF SHEDEUR SANDERS AND TRAVIS HUNTER, IF HE PLAYS WELL, HE'LL BE HEARING HIS NAME MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION. LOOKING AT THE HEISMAN ODDS NEXT WEEK, HIS NAME WILL BE ON IT. >> Tommy: POTENTIAL PLAYS AND TICKETS FOR HIM, SO, GETTING TO ANOTHER GUY, THE WIDE-OUT, HISTORIC WEEK, FOR MCMILLIAN T MAC WITH WAY BIG GAME. >> I DON'T THINK TETEROA, HAS A LEGITIMATE SHOT AS THE SEASON GOES ON, BUT I GIVE CREDIT FOR WHAT HE DID, 10 CATCHES04 YARDS AND -- 304 YARDS AND 4 TOUCHDOWNS, HE DID IT AFTER MIDNIGHT EASTERN, NOT MANY HEISMAN VOTERS WERE AWAKE TO WATCH THAT ONE. I WANT TETEROA, TO KNOW, I WAS UP WATCHING AND I SAW YOU. >> Tommy: THE BRENT BRENNAN, AFFECT, THE SAN JOSE STATE, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE SPARTANS, ALL THAT OFTEN, BRENT BRENNA, IS THE REASON THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM, AND DREW ALLER, WITH PENN STATE, TOM? >> Tom: I WAS HAPPY WITH WHAT I SAW FROM DREW ALLER, AND THE PENN STATE, AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA, DREW ALLER IN THE BIG 10 IS THE MOST PHYSICALLY TALENTED QUARTERBACK IN THE LEAGUE. PENN STATE LAST YEAR, DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ABILITY HE HAS, THE NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, COMES IN AND RIGHT OFF THE BAT, VERTICAL PASSING USING THE ARM STRENGTH HE HAS TO PUSH THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. PENN STATE'S OFFENSE LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, IN MY MIND, IT'S BECAUSE OF DREW ALLER AND THIS MAKES PENN STATE LEA GITIMATE THREAT