Knowshon is Tebow’s Top Competition

The Orlando Sentinel is predicting that Tim Tebow’s toughest competition for a Heisman trophy in 2008 is none other then our favorite Dawg, Knowshon Moreno. Here’s what they had to say:

He’s going to have serious competition for that award within his own division of the SEC.

Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno is a ‘Dawg to watch.

CBS Sportsline columnist Dennis Dodd has a good profile of Moreno, who to me looks like a reincarnation of Carnell “Cadillac” Williams without all the injury baggage. He even wears No. 24 like Caddy. I covered Williams when he was a star at Etowah High School in Attalla, Ala., and followed him closely through his days at Auburn and now with the Tampa Bay Bucs. I loved the way Carnell attacked the line of scrimmage and wasn’t afraid to take on larger defenders. He was fearless.

Moreno, for my money, may prove to be even better.

He’s my pick to take the Heisman because I expect Georgia to win the SEC and play for the national title in 2008.

Those are nice words for Knowshon. Being only a sophomore, he will have a lot of criticism. Will there be a sophomore slump? Can a sophomore win a Heisman again (Tim Tebow being the first and only to do that last year)? Avoiding injury, I think Knowshon Moreno has just as good of a chance to win the Heisman as anyone else in the country. All eyes will be on him.