Isn't it strange at a big time football program like LSU that there has not been a true Heisman candidate in years. Hell, the last one I remember was Tommy Hodson. Its just funny that the same schools like Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and even Boise St has someone in the hunt on a conistent basis. I guess its not necessarily a bad thing being more of a "team" oriented program.
Since Hodson, only one of those teams have had the same number of National Championships as us either. I figure it's a pretty good trade. Mostly though, it's because we haven't had that one stud RB or QB at the same time as having a top-5 preseason team. If we started 1997 ranked where we are now, Kevin Faulk would have been on everybody's Heisman list. And he wasn't the best RB on that team. The best players for the Tigers over the last few years have been on defense (Landry, Dorsey, Peterson, etc.) Those guys don't get real Heisman love. GEAUX TIGERS
You pretty much have to be in an offense that sets you up for big numbers to be in Heisman consideration. Usually a gimmicky offense that can be shut down when faced against a legit defense. LSU does not do that, we set out to play our style of offense which has proven to be effective to win games.
Because of LSU's style of play they generally have a better shot of heisman talk from their deffensive side of the football.
The media determines the Heisman candidates before the 1st play is run. LSU doesn't get the hype. Texas, So Cal, Michigan and Notre Dame generally do.
The heisman is more dominated by the Offenses......given our recent histories, it's why were not in the mix very often.
And our RB by committee, which I like. It doesn't show case one player as much as some teams with only one "feature back". Les rolls them in like I don't know what- which is a good thing. We have so many that can carry the rock.
Patrick Peterson got an awful lot of talk as a Heisman candidate, although it only lasted a couple weeks as he turned in a couple not Heismanworthy performances. Glenn Dorsey got himself a bit of buzz as a candidate as well. As much revulsion as the Heisman voters have to select a defensive player that wasn't selected as a Heisman candidate by the end of the preceding season, I was reasonably pleased with both.
