not saying he's not a great player, but not heisman worthy this year. if they weren't going to give it to suh, then the heisman needs to be like the baseball HOF, no one needs to get it it every year. it's obvious they just gave it to the guy who had the better performance on the winning conf cg game that day. if colt threw for 3 td's and 300 yds against neb, he'd be sporting it. too much emphasis was put on the last saturday.
[FONT="]I guess this goes to show you don't have to be the "best" in any area to win the Heisman. In fact, it probably hurts since the late 80's. 9 of the last 10 winners have been on a team ranked 1 or 2. [/FONT] [FONT="] [/FONT] [FONT="]Year Player Team National Rankings[/FONT] [FONT="]1970 Jim Plunkett Stanford 2nd in passing yards & 3rd in TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]1971 Pat Sullivan Auburn 2nd in TD passes & 8th in passing yardage[/FONT] [FONT="]1972 Johnny Rodgers Nebraska 3rd in all purpose yards & TD's[/FONT] [FONT="]1973 John Cappelletti Penn State 5th in rushing & 2nd in rushing TD's[/FONT] [FONT="]1974 Archie Griffin Ohio State 2nd in rushing & 1st in yds per carry[/FONT] [FONT="]1975 Archie Griffin Ohio State 7th in rushing & 10th all purpose yards[/FONT] [FONT="]1976 Tony Dorsett Pittsburgh 1st in rushing, Most TD's & 1st all purpose yardage[/FONT] [FONT="]1977 Earl Campbell Texas 1st in rushing, Most TD's & 1st all purpose yardage[/FONT] [FONT="]1978 Billy Sims Oklahoma 1st in rushing, 1st in yds per carry and 1st in TD's scored[/FONT] [FONT="]1979 Charles White USC 1st in rushing & 1st in all purpose yardage[/FONT] [FONT="]1980 George Rogers South Carolina 1st in rushing & 4th in yards per carry[/FONT] [FONT="]1981 Marcus Allen USC 1st in rushing, Most TD's & 1st all purpose yardage[/FONT] [FONT="]1982 Herschel Walker Georgia 2nd in rushing, 3rd in TD's & 4th all purpose yardage[/FONT] [FONT="]1983 Mike Rozier Nebraska 1st in rushing, 1st in TD's and 1st in yards per carry[/FONT] [FONT="]1984 Doug Flutie Boston College No. 1 rated passer & 2nd in TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]1985 Bo Jackson Auburn 3rd in rushing, 3rd in yards per carry & 2nd in TD's[/FONT] [FONT="]1986 Vinny Testaverde Miami No. 1 rated passer & 1st in TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]1987 Tim Brown Notre Dame 6th in all purpose yardage[/FONT] [FONT="]1988 Barry Sanders Oklahoma State No.1 in rushing, yards per carry and TD's scored[/FONT] [FONT="]1989 Andre Ware Houston 5th rated passer, led nation in yardage and TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]1990 Ty Detmer Brigham Young 2nd rated passer, led nation in yardage[/FONT] [FONT="]1991 Desmond Howard Michigan 7th in all purpose yardage & No. 2 in punt returns[/FONT] [FONT="]1992 Gino Torretta Miami NO TOP TEN RATINGS[/FONT] [FONT="]1993 Charlie Ward Florida State No. 4 rated passer[/FONT] [FONT="]1994 Rashaan Salaam Colorado 1st in rushing, Most TD's & 1st all purpose yardage[/FONT] [FONT="]1995 Eddie George Ohio State No. 5 rusher & led the nation in TD's[/FONT] [FONT="]1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida No. 2 rated passer & led nation in TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]1997 Charles Woodson Michigan 2nd in nation in interceptions[/FONT] [FONT="]1998 Ricky Williams Texas No. 1 rusher & 2nd in TD's[/FONT] [FONT="]1999 Ron Dayne Wisconsin No. 2 in rushing & 3rd in TD's[/FONT] [FONT="]2000 Chris Weinke Florida State No. 2 rating passer[/FONT] [FONT="]2001 Eric Crouch Nebraska 4th in rushing TD's, passed for 1500yds & rushed for 1100yds[/FONT] [FONT="]2002 Carson Palmer USC 5th rated passer, led nation in yardage and 2nd in TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]2003 Jason White Oklahoma 7th rated passer and 2nd in TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]2004 Matt Leinart USC 7th rated passed and 4th in TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]2005 Reggie Bush USC 4th leading rusher, No. 1 all purpose and 1st in yds per rush[/FONT] [FONT="]2006 Troy Smith Ohio State 7th leading passer and 7th in TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]2007 Tim Tebow Florida No. 2 rating passer[/FONT] [FONT="]2008 Sam Bradford Oklahoma No. 1 rated passer & 1st in TD passes[/FONT] [FONT="]2009 Mark Ingram Alabama 5th Leading Rusher, 12th if you don't include the SECCG[/FONT]
how did tebow get edged out of the nobel? seriously he should have won it. i predicted ingram would win the heisman. hes a good country black dude. humble and thankful. i like him.
When Bear was there, he would give credit to the opposition when it was due. Too bad many of the Bama fans never caught on to that line of thought. Most of the Bama fans I know, are egotistical braggards. Bama never lost a game that they weren't cheated out of. I have seen some really fine teams come out of Bama. And some great players too. However, much of the fan base just come across as "we won because we are Bama." Truthfully, I have met some really classy Bama fans. But many of the others come across with pissy attitudes.....kinda like....yours. :grin:
You do realize Leinart was the last to win both the Heisman and MNC in the same year. Bush won the Heisman the year they lost to Texas.
Suh was so dominant that he should have won this year AND next year even though he'll be in the pros!
that's pretty bad, but you're from MS so you are forgiven. You just click the "Yes, post a poll with this thread" option at the bottom of the post you used to start the thread.
My vote is for Gerhart. Watching the Heisman show, they pointed out that the guy was #1 in every rushing stat in the NCAA this year... all while playing for Stanford (sure, Stanford doesn't face SEC competition, but come on, it is Stanford... not exactly the most talented team in the Pac-10). Also, he is a dual-sport NCAA Div 1 athlete, was a 3-year starter for a very good Stanford baseball program before giving up his 4th year of NCAA baseball to focus on football and school. Dual-sport starting athletes in a major conference are a very rare breed (think Chad Jones). In addition, they pointed out that the kid was taking 21 hours this semester (majoring in management, science and engineering)... at Stanford... one of the very best/cream-of-the-crop academic institutions in the US. He'd have had my vote. But he came close... Gerhart missed out on the Heisman by only 28 points...the closest finish in the 75 year history of the Heisman. Other interesting tidbits about Gerhart: --set the all-time California state high school career rushing record by more than 1,000 yards (his total is the 3rd-highest in all of high school football history in the entire United States) --graduated valedictorian of his high school class --in addition to football and baseball, he was a 3-time letterman in basketball while in high school --NFL Draft Scout projects him as the #3 RB in the 2010 Draft, behind only CJ Spiller of Clemson and Anthony Dixon of Miss State. Outfielder Toby Gerhart #24 of the Stanford Cardinal Outfielder Toby Gerhart #24 of the Stanford Cardinal hits the game-winning run during Stanford's 6-1 season opener win
