In two and a half weeks, we'll know for sure, but the Heisman race has evolved into a battle between East Coast (Larry Johnson) and West Coast (Carson Palmer), neither of whom would have been considered a serious candidate a month ago, much less at the beginning of the season. My hunch is that if Palmer leads SC to a win this Saturday over the Irish, he gets it, sort of as a consolation prize for the Trojans not going to a BCS game.