We've got to do everything we can to get Toby the Heisman Trophy that he so richly deserves. Let's do a grass roots write-in campaign to remind the voters that Toby is truly the Most Outstanding College Football Player this year!

Thanks to that list that Yvonne provided at http://www.stiffarmtrophy.com/voterlist.html we have a list of 577 of the Heisman voters. I've listed the voters below along with a corresponding date of the year.

WHAT TO DO:
1. Go to your birth date and find the voters listed at your birth date.
2. Google those voters' contact information.
3. Send an email or snail mail to those voters about Toby Gerhart.
4. Repeat those steps for 3 (or more!) voters above and below your birth date.
Note: Along with Toby's stats and highlights, it can't hurt to mention that Toby's a pro-calibre baseball player, is taking 21 units, and is a great student and kid. We have to move quickly--ballots are due very soon after December 5th (not sure exactly when) .

QUESTIONS/OTHER STUFF TO DO:
1. Has the Athletic Dept. put out an official, updated Toby-For-Heisman video yet?
2. Can someone post a sample letter (with a link to a Toby-For-Heisman video) so we can copy and paste it? Nobody's going for originality or style points; we just want to get the word out.
3. Can someone whip up a website featuring Toby's stats and a Toby-For-Heisman video? I've just registered TobyForHeisman.com, so if somebody wants to whip this up, send me a message and I'll give you the info for the website. The website doesn't have to be great--we just want to get the word out.

The Birth Dates + Voter information follows below and in several successive posts.


YOUR BIRTHDAY      VOTER      PUBLICATION      REGION
1/1      Ballot #926 (fan vote)      TheHeismanVote.com      FAN
1/2      Brady Ackerman      Sun Sports      south
1/2      John Adams      The Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel      south
1/3      Trev Alberts      ESPN      unknown
1/4      Mark Anderson      Las Vegas Review-Journal      west
1/4      Greg Archuleta      Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal      sw
1/5      Paul Arnett      starbulletin.com      west
1/6      Andy Baggot      Wisconsin State Journal      midw
1/6      Sean Baligian      WDFN 1130      south
1/7      Tony Barnhart      Atlanta Journal-Constitution      south
1/7      David Barron      Houston Chronicle      sw
1/8      Bob Barry Jr.      WWLS      sw
1/9      Steve Batterson      Quad City (Iowa) Times      midw
1/9      Skip Bayless      ESPN      unknown
1/10      Brent Beaird      1010XL 105.3      south
1/11      Randy Beard      Evansville (Indiana) Courier-Press      midw
1/11      Mark Beech      Sports Illustrated      unknown
1/12      Buck Belue      AM 680 The Fan      south
1/13      Mike Bianchi      Orlando Sentinel      south
1/13      Dan Bickley      Arizona Republic      west
1/14      Joe Biddle      Nashville Tennessean      south
1/14      Steve Bisheff      710 ESPN      west
1/15      Mark Blaudschun      Boston Globe      ne
1/16      Dean Blevins      KWTV/NewsOK.com      sw
1/16      Ron Bliss      timesnews.net      south
1/17      Bret Bloomquist      El Paso Times      sw
1/18      Frank Bodani      York Daily Record      ne
1/18      Kirk Bohls      Austin American-Statesman      sw
1/19      Terry Bowden      ABC Sports      unknown
1/19      Rick Bozich      Louisville Courier-Journal      south
1/20      Mark Bradley      Atlanta Journal-Constitution      south
1/21      Tim Brando      CBS Sports      south
1/21      Christine Brennan      USA Today      unknown
1/22      BG Brooks      rockymountainnews.com      sw
1/23      Chip Brown      Dallas Morning News      sw
1/23      Rick Brown      The Lakeland (FL) Ledger      south
1/24      Tim Brown            FMR
1/25      Olin Buchanan      Rivals.com      south
1/25      Jimmy Burch      Fort Worth Star-Telegram      sw
1/26      Bryan Burwell      St. Louis Post-Dispatch      sw
1/26      Reggie Bush            FMR
1/27      Geoff Calkins      Memphis Commercial Appeal      south
1/28      Nick Canepa      SignOnSanDiego.com      west
1/28      Jenni Carlson      The Oklahoman      sw
1/29      Joe Cervi      Pueblo Chieftan      sw
1/30      Angelique Chengelis      Detroit News      midw
1/30      Rich Chrampanis      WPDE      atl
1/31      John Clay      Lexington Herald-Leader      south
1/31      Rick Cleveland      Clarion Ledger (MS)      south
2/1      Andrea Cohen      The Oklahoman      sw
2/2      Desmond Conner      Hartford Courant      ne
2/2      Beano Cook      ESPN      atl
2/3      Rick Coppola      Fox 61      ne
2/4      Lee Corso      ESPN      unknown
2/4      Shawn Courchesne      Hartford Courant      ne
2/5      Joe Cowart      930 AM      south
2/6      Tim Cowlishaw      Dallas Morning News      sw
2/6      Eric Crawford      Louisville Courier-Journal      south
2/7      Eric Crouch            FMR
2/7      Frank Cusumano      KSDK-5      sw
2/8      Dan Daly      Washington Times      atl
2/9      Brian Davis      Dallas Morning News      sw
2/9      Charles Davis      College Football Now      unknown
2/10      Ken Davis      MSNBC      unknown
2/11      Rece Davis      ESPN      unknown
2/11      Tom Dienhart      Rivals.com      midw
2/12      Mike DiMauro      Connecticut Day      ne
2/13      Pete DiPrimio      Fort Wayne News-Sentinel      midw
2/13      Dennis Dodd      sportsline.com      sw
2/14      Pat Dooley      Gainesville Sun      south
2/14      Terry Douglass      Grand Island Independent      sw
2/15      Don Doxsie      Quad City (Iowa) Times      midw
2/16      Matt Doyle      Tulsa (Okla.) World      sw
2/16      Joseph Duarte      Houston Chronicle      sw
2/17      Stu Durando      St. Louis Post-Dispatch      sw
2/18      Mark Edwards      Decatur Daily      south
2/18      Al Eschbach      WWLS      sw
2/19      Bruce Feldman      ESPN.com      unknown
2/19      Mike Finger      San Antonio Express-News      sw
2/20      Ryan Finley      Arizona Daily Star      west
2/21      Pete Fiutak      CollegeFootballNews.com      midw
2/21      Doug Flutie            FMR
2/22      Pat Forde      ESPN      south

Part 3

YOUR BIRTHDAY      VOTER      PUBLICATION      REGION

5/11      Jon Spencer      centralohio.com      midw
5/12      Mike Strange      Knoxville News-Sentinel      south
5/12      Tim Sullivan      New York Post      ne
5/13      Mike Szvetitz      Opelika-Auburn News      south
5/14      Michelle Tafoya      ESPN      unknown
5/14      Jay Tate      Montgomery Advertiser      south
5/15      Phil Taylor      Sports Illustrated      west
5/16      Rick Telander      Chicago Sun-Times      midw
5/16      Mike Tirico      ESPN      midw
5/17      Bob Tompkins      thetowntalk.com      south
5/17      Jake Trotter      The Oklahoman      sw
5/18      Caulton Tudor      Raleigh News Observer      atl
5/19      Larry Vettel      FightinGators.com      south
5/19      Mitch Vingle      Charleston Gazette      atl
5/20      Anonymous Voter #1            atl
5/21      Anonymous Voter #2            midw
5/21      Tulsa World Voter #2      Tulsa (Okla.) World      sw
5/22      Tulsa World Voter #2      Tulsa (Okla.) World      sw
5/22      Anonymous Voter #3            FMR
5/23      Tulsa World Voter #3      Tulsa (Okla.) World      sw
5/24      Tulsa World Voter #4      Tulsa (Okla.) World      sw
5/24      Tulsa World Voter #5      Tulsa (Okla.) World      sw
5/25      John Walters      NBC Sports      ne
5/26      Andre Ware            FMR
5/26      Susie Wargin      9 News Denver      sw
5/27      Graham Watson      St. Louis Post-Dispatch      sw
5/28      Jim Welch      USA Today      unknown
5/28      John Werner      Waco Tribune      sw
5/29      Jason White            FMR
5/29      Kelly Whiteside      USA Today      south
5/30      David Whitley      Orlando Sentinel      south
5/31      Steve Wieberg      USA Today      unknown
5/31      Ricky Williams            FMR
6/1      Ken Willis      Daytona Beach News-Journal      south
6/2      Allen Wilson      Buffalo News      ne
6/2      Luke Winn      Sports Illustrated      ne
6/3      Gene Wojciechowski      ESPN.com      midw
6/3      Bob Wojnowski      Detroit News      midw
6/4      Gail Wood      Olympian      west
6/5      Mike Woods      NBC Sports      unknown
6/5      Scott Wright      The Oklahoman      sw
6/6      Dan Zeiger      East Valley Tribune      west
6/7      Dave Albee      Marin Independent Journal      west
6/7      Chip Alexander      Raleigh News Observer      atl
6/8      Marcus Allen            FMR
6/9      Shelly Anderson      Pittsburgh Post-Gazette      atl
6/9      Robbie Andreu      Gainesville Sun      south
6/10      Pete Arbogast            west
6/10      Tom Archdeacon      Dayton Daily News      midw
6/11      Jack Arute      ABC Sports      unknown
6/12      Mark Asher      XTRA 910      west
6/12      Bob Asmussen      Champaign News-Gazette      midw
6/13      Terry Baker            FMR
6/14      Mike Baldwin      The Oklahoman      sw
6/14      Chuck Banning      New London Day      ne
6/15      Lee Barfknecht      Omaha World-Herald      sw
6/16      Wendell Barnhouse      Fort Worth Star-Telegram      sw
6/16      Chuck Barret            sw
6/17      Bob Barry Sr.      KFOR      sw
6/17      Sammy Batten      fayettevillenc.com      atl
6/18      Tom Batzold      Rochester Democrat & Chronicle      ne
6/19      Gary Beban            FMR
6/19      Joe Bellino            FMR
6/20      Dan Bernstein      WSCR 670 AM      midw
6/21      Jim Beseda      The Oregonian      west
6/21      Mike Bires      Beaver County Times/Allegheny Times      atl
6/22      Todd Blackledge      ABC Sports      unknown
6/22      Felix Blanchard            FMR
6/23      John Blanchette      Spokesman-Review      west
6/24      Keith Bleyer      FOX Sports Net      sw
6/24      Terry Boers      WSCR 670 AM      midw
6/25      Don Borst      foxsports.com      west
6/26      Ron Bracken      Centre Daily Times      atl
6/26      Michael Bradley      CBS Sportsline      unknown
6/27      John Brasier      AndersonSC.com      atl
6/28      Albert Breer      Metro West Daily      ne
6/28      Mark Brennan      FightOnState.com      atl
6/29      Bob Bridge      Bedford Times-Mail      midw
6/29      Todd Brooks      Russellville Courier News      sw
6/30      Bruce Brown      Lafeyette Advertiser      south
7/1      Mike Burke      Cumberland Times-News      atl
7/1      Bob Burwell      WSCR 670 AM      sw
7/2      Scott Cain      Arkansas Democrat-Gazette      sw
7/3      Dave Campbell      TexasFootball.com      sw
7/3      Earl Campbell            FMR
7/4      Billy Cannon            FMR
7/4      John Cappelletti            FMR
7/5      Jim Carty      Ann Arbor News      midw
7/6      Mike Casazza      Charleston Daily Mail      atl
7/6      Rana Cash      Atlanta Journal-Constitution      south
7/7      Howard Cassady            FMR
7/8      Gary Childs      Peoria Journal Star      midw
7/8      David Ching      Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer      south
7/9      Richard Cirminiello      CollegeFootballNews.com      unknown
7/10      Stacy Clardie      Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette      midw
7/10      Doug Clarke      Elyria Chronicle-Telegram      midw
7/11      David Climer      The Nashville Tennessean      south
7/11      Jim Cnockaert      Ann Arbor News / mlive.com      midw
7/12      Mike Cobb      The Ledger      south
7/13      Dwight Collins      Ocala Star-Banner      south
7/13      Bob Condotta      Seattle Times      west
7/14      Ron Cook      post-gazette.com      atl
7/15      Frank Coyle      DraftInsiders.com      atl
7/15      Don Criqui      CBS Sports      ne
7/16      Tim Cronin      Chicago Daily Southtown      midw
7/16      John David Crow            FMR
7/17      Tony Cruise      WHAS-AM      south
7/18      Chuck Culpepper      New York Newsday      ne
7/18      Ed Cunningham      ABC/ESPN      unknown
7/19      Frank Dascenzo      Durham Herald-Sun      atl
7/20      Barker Davis      Washington Times      atl
7/20      Peter Dawkins            FMR
7/21      James Day      Salem Statesman-Journal      west
7/22      Ron Dayne            FMR
7/22      Tommy Deas      Tuscaloosa News      south
7/23      His Royal Ungratefulness Detmer            FMR
7/23      Stephen Dilbeck      LA Daily News      west
7/24      Michael Dirocco      Florida Times-Union      south
7/25      Tony Dorsett            FMR
7/25      Brent Dougherty      News Radio 1510 WLAC      south
7/26      Doug Doughty      Roanoke Times      atl
7/27      Mike Downey      Chicago Tribune      midw
7/27      Jay Dunn      footballstories.com      unknown
7/28      Wes Durham      AM 790      south
7/29      John Dwyer      Nashville Newschannel 2      south
7/29      Jack Ebling      WQTX 92.7 FM      midw
7/30      Greg Ellis      Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal      south
7/30      Steve Ellis      Tallahassee Democrat      south
7/31      Guerin Emig      Tulsa (Okla.) World      sw
8/1      Eduardo Encina      York Daily Record      atl
8/1      Dave Fairbank      Daily Press      atl

Part 5
YOUR BIRTHDAY      VOTER      PUBLICATION      REGION

10/23      Jeff Parson      Wichita Eagle      sw
10/23      jared.patterson@globegazette.com      (Mason City, Iowa) Globe Gazette      midw
10/24      Dennis Peck      The Oregonian      west
10/24      Joe Person      The State      atl
10/25      Gene Phelps      djournal.com      south
10/26      Steve Physioc      Fox      west
10/26      Jeff Pinkham      Burlington Free Press      ne
10/27      Scott Pitoniak      Rochester Democrat & Chronicle      ne
10/28      Jim Plunkett            FMR
10/28      Michael Pointer      Indianapolis Star      midw
10/29      Monte Poole      Alameda Times-Star      west
10/30      Edwin Pope      Miami Herald      south
10/30      Joe Posnanski      Kansas City (Mo.) Star      sw
10/31      Scott Rabalais      The Advocate      south
10/31      Ron Rapoport      Chicago Sun-Times      midw
11/1      Jerry Ratcliffe      Charlottesville Daily Progress      atl
11/2      Billy Reed      WHAS11-TV      south
11/2      Darryl Richards      foxsports.com      unknown
11/3      Steve Richardson      Dallas Morning News      sw
11/4      Howard Richman      Kansas City Star      sw
11/4      Brad Riter      WGR      ne
11/5      Chris Roberts      XTRA 910      west
11/5      Linda Robertson      Miami Herald      south
11/6      George Rogers            FMR
11/7      Paul Rogers      WHAS-AM      south
11/7      Rich Rosenblatt      Associated Press      unknown
11/8      Brian Rosenthal      Lincoln Journal-Star      sw
11/9      Leo Roth      Rochester Democrat & Chronicle      ne
11/9      Neil Rudel      Altoona Mirror      atl
11/10      Mike Runge      Fox 13      west
11/11      Chris Russo      WFAN      ne
11/11      Ralph Russo      Associated Press      unknown
11/12      Bob Ryan      Boston Globe      ne
11/12      Rick Ryan      Charleston Gazette      atl
11/13      Tim Ryan      Burlington Free Press      ne
11/14      Chris Sager      TBS      unknown
11/14      Rashaan Salaam            FMR
11/15      Barry Sanders            FMR
11/16      John Saunders      ESPN      unknown
11/16      Kevin Scarbinsky      Birmingham News      south
11/17      Joe Schad      ESPN      unknown
11/17      Steve Scholfield      North County Times      west
11/18      Mike Schopp      WGR      ne
11/19      Doug Segrest      Birmingham News      south
11/19      Mike Shalin      Boston Herald      ne
11/20      Gary Sharp      KLIN Radio      sw
11/21      Howard Simon      WGR      ne
11/21      O.J. Simpson            FMR
11/22      Dave Sittler      Tulsa (Okla.) World      sw
11/23      Brady Slater      Idaho State Journal      west
11/23      Troy Smith            FMR
11/24      Doug Smock      Charleston Gazette      atl
11/24      Bob Snyder      Syracuse Post-Standard      ne
11/25      Dave Solomon      New Haven Register      ne
11/26      Jerome Solomon      Houston Chronicle      sw
11/26      Mike Sorenson      Deseret News      west
11/27      Steve Spurrier            FMR
11/28      Tony Stastny      Savannah Morning News      south
11/28      Roger Staubach            FMR
11/29      Mark Stewart      Milwaukee Journal Sentinel      midw
11/30      Carter Strickland      The Oklahoman      sw
11/30      Joe Sullivan      Boston Globe      ne
12/1      Pat Sullivan            FMR
12/1      Steve Sullivan      KATV      sw
12/2      Lynn Swann      ABC Sports      unknown
12/3      Tim Tebow            FMR
12/3      David Teel      Newport News      atl
12/4      Vinny Testaverde            FMR
12/5      Bob Thomas      Florida Times-Union      south
12/5      Mark Thornton      Star Herald      south
12/6      Spencer Tillman      CBS Sports      sw
12/6      Gino Torretta            FMR
12/7      Chip Towers      Atlanta Journal-Constitution      south
12/8      John Tucker      New Hampshire Union-Leader      ne
12/8      Mark Tupper      Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review Bee      midw
12/9      Mike Valenti      WQTX, sportsinferno.com      midw
12/10      Kyle Veazey      Clarion Ledger (MS)      south
12/10      Michael Vega      Boston Globe      ne
12/11      Mike Ventre      MSNBC      west
12/12      Brian Vernellis      Shreveport Times      south
12/12      Mike Waldner      Daily Breeze      west
12/13      Herschel Walker            FMR
12/13      Joe Walljasper      Columbia Tribune      sw
12/14      Charlie Ward            FMR
12/15      Whit Watson      Sun Sports      south
12/15      Donnie Webb      Syracuse Post-Standard      ne
12/16      Pete Weber      WNSR      south
12/17      Dave Weekley      Charleston Gazette      atl
12/17      Chris Weinke            FMR
12/18      Dick Weiss      New York Daily News      ne
12/18      Scott Wetzel      radio.sportingnews.com      unknown
12/19      Mark Whicker      Orange County Register      west
12/20      Charles White            FMR
12/20      Gordon White      The Pilot      atl
12/21      Jeff White      Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch      atl
12/22      Stu Whitney      Argus Leader      west
12/22      Dennis Whitton      Lowell Sun      ne
12/23      Lindsay Willhite      Chicago Daily Herald      midw
12/24      Don Williams      Lubbock Avalanche Journal      sw
12/24      Larry Williams      Charleston Post and Courier      atl
12/25      Art Wilson      Pasadena Star-News      west
12/25      Bud Withers      Seattle Times      west
12/26      Neill Woelk      dailycamera.com      sw
12/27      Scott Wolf      LA Daily News      west
12/27      Terry Wood      Northwest Arkansas Times      sw
12/28      Charles Woodson            FMR
12/29      Todd Wright      Sun Sports      south
12/29      Danny Wuerffel            FMR
12/30      Steve Wyche      Atlanta Journal-Constitution      south
12/31      Harvey Yavener      New Jersey Star-Ledger      atl
12/31      Mike Ziegenhorn      KTUL      sw

The sportswriting part of my journalism career was very brief, but one thing I do remember is that the teams who were media savvy got our attention.  It just made life easier.  Moreover, I have always received a response when I have contacted local sportswriters.

When I was a business journalist, I probably paid more attention to known contacts, but was always able to reply to new messages.  I never knew where my next story lead would come from.

Your email should be short and to the point.

I think I'm going to use that stat I saw during the kal game- if Toby touches the ball on 3rd or 4th down, 83% of the time it's a conversion, which is remarkable considering that Stanford will run Toby on 3rd and 10, like they did against both Oregon and USC, and converted. Perhaps that's why they had Toby, not Luck, throw for the TD on 4th and 4 against ND.

Toby's performance against ranked teams is also impressive. Let's not forget that Washington was ranked when Toby hung 200 on them.

I'll work on a letter today and post it up.

The Toby stats are amazing, and they were not obtained in 42-10 style blowouts.  Most of the yards and TDs were needed in very close games against very good teams.

Still, this vote is so done.

Most voters are not changing their votes.  The only exception might be if they are undecided between Ingram and Tebow.  In that case, they may be waiting for the SEC championship game.  Toby best chance to change people's minds was 2nd and 10 from the 13 at Big Game.  

But let's remember all of this for February when Stanford starts the Luck for Heisman campaign.

Vahe Gregorian is still weighing things.  Howie Beardsley has already made up his mind, and won't vote for a guy from a four-loss team.

a grass roots movement.

But I'm willing.  What's with the birthday date thing, though?  Just a way for a population with their own randomly-distributed birth dates to contact a just a few voters each and that, in turn guarantee that almost all voters get some sort of contact?

Or, have we got some sort of Mayan calendar thing happening here, too,  and those born on the wrong date will be irrelevant to the process soon enough.