Analysis: Vince and Ricky will be 1, 2 respectively, imo.
Crouch's snub is a shame. If the conference only has 5 heisman winners, you better include all 5.
Austin checked in at number ten, and had 1932 total offensive yards, which included about 630 from rushing. Crabtree had more yards receiving alone - against defenses that were probably better. Ubben seems to love Austin because he was so versatile, and being able to rush and receive is definitely a nice thing to do, but Crabtree flat out accrued more yards as an offensive player. Austin's numbers returning weren't bad either...he had two return TD's (1 PR, 1 KR), but he had 33 KRs, due mostly to the fact that WVU's defense was absolutely awful. By comparison TLBL had 2 TDs off only 21 KR.
By no means am I saying that Austin isn't a great player, because he was. He was a terrific WR, but putting him in at a RB and letting him gobble up yards doesn't necessarily make him more valuable to a team than Crabtree. Crabtree was 5th in Heisman voting - Austin was 8th. I'm only using Crabtree as a comparison here because he is (statistically) the best WR in Big 12 history, and he was left off the list. But a strong case could also be made for guys like Bishop and Klein (who both finished 2nd in Heisman voting).
Like I said, Austin was a great player, but is probably a fringe top 15 player if we're talking about the history of the Big 12.
AD being high on the list is kind of suspect too. He had a great freshman season, without a doubt the best freshman season any Big 12 player ever had, but in that season, he was arguably not even the best RB in the Big 12 - Cedric Benson won the Doak Walker that year. He had fewer rushing yards than Sproles did in '03. So I don't know. Suspect.
I don't really take issue with any of the rest:
No. 3: Ndomukong Suh, DT, Nebraska
No. 4: Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma
No. 5: Colt McCoy, QB, Texas
No. 6: Adrian Peterson, RB, Oklahoma
No. 7: Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor
No. 8: Jason White, QB, Oklahoma
No. 9: Roy Williams, S, Oklahoma
No. 10: Tavon Austin, WR/KR/RB/PR, West Virginia
