For those of you who haven’t heard the buzz surrounding Houston’s Case Keenum, the sixth year quarterback is being considered for the Heisman Trophy Award.

Why? Many can argue that because he has thrown 3,915 yards and 37 touchdowns this season, as well as broken numerous NCAA records, that he is more than deserving of the award. However, I’ll ask you this: He threw 37 touchdowns against who?

So far this year Houston has beat North Texas, Louisiana Tech, Georgia State, UTEP, East Carolina, Marshall, Rice, and Tulane. The only victory Houston has had this year that seems fit for praise is there win over UCLA. When Houston faced off with the Bruins on their home field, they were able to scrape by with a four-point victory.

I don’t know how you feel, but I don’t see the Cougars schedule as a very challenging one. Wouldn’t every Division 1 team love to face off with the Tulanes of the nation? Or even better, wouldn’t every football team love to have a quarterback who has been working with their program for over half a decade?

As a junior I’m well into my third year of college at 20 years old. When Keenum stepped on the Houston campus, I was a freshman in high school and 14 years old. If six years isn’t enough time to adjust to the college football arena, I don’t know what is.

While there is no doubt in my mind that Keenum is a talented quarterback, I don’t think he matches up with other players who are in the race for the Heisman.

When compared with Stanford’s Andrew Luck and Oklahoma State’s Justin Blackmon and Brandon Weeden who have been successful against the highest ranked teams in the nation, I just don’t see Keenum making the cut.

Oklahoma State’s Brandon Weeden has thrown for 3,635 yards and 31 touchdowns to lead the Cowboys to their No. 2 spot in the BCS standings. How could Southwest Region voters still feel so strongly about Keenum? Weeden has completed 73.1 percent of his passes with the Cowboys against teams such as the University of Texas, Kansas State, and most recently Texas Tech with a score of 66-6.

Is Keenum really as good as the records make him seem? Did he just get an easy schedule? I don’t think it will ever be easy to tell but it will be fun to see what he may or may not do when entering into the NFL.