Right, I would rather just smack around the Heisman recipent like the Tigers have with White and Eli.
real tough for any tiger to win it. rare that the winner of the most meaningless award didnt get some hype (or especially pt) the previous year. jr coming back would have been the best shot in a long while maybe in perriloux's 2nd year of pt.
No one in their right mind would take a Heisman over a NC, not even the players. I'm not big on individual awards either but it is what it is. Even without the Heisman, some of the top college players would still be spending time at PC's because they want/need their name out there to boost their standing when it comes time to negotiate a contract. Heck some of the players who go on the banquet circuit are so out of shape by the time the combines come around, it's better for them to pass and focus on their pro day. The bigger problem IMO is the length of time between the end of the season and the bowl games. Wasn't it like 45 days between OSU's last game and the NC game? That's ridiculous and had more to do with their loss than whether Troy Smith won or not.
I think it's a valid point. When you win the heisman then you're on the biggest stage, you have a tendency to want to impress everyone. You try to do too much. And the length of the games didnt' have much to do with the loss; 45 days, 35 days, 25 days, Ohio State still would have gotten pounded into the ground. :thumb:
I have to agree that this is the "most meaningless" award in sports. It's definitely not an award for the best player or the player having the best year. It's a popularity contest and also a competition between east coast and west coast media. Only one of the past 21 winners has been a player from the SEC. The conference that attends more bowl games, wins more bowl games, sends more players to the pros, and has won 8 of the last 28 titles has had only one winner in 21 years? Once again it's the media. That's why we hear comments like "The Pac-10 may be the best conference.", "Florida has no shot in this game.", "The title game should be a rematch of Ohio St. and Michigan.", and "USC should have jumped over Florida to play in the title game." I really hope LSU doesn't try to promote anyone for the joke award. Just win for the team and fans! :geauxtige
Yeah, that's another one but Troy Smith's biggest problem was an SEC team that got it's due the old fashioned way......they went out and earned it even though most counted them out. I know you remember me telling you I thought they'd pull it off but the one-sidedness even surprised me- the Big 10 is for putzies. Their "TWO BIG TEAMS" got their azzes handed to them by LSU and USC, and it wasn't even interesting.
The popularity/regional factor is removed with the required 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place balloting process. Winning the award is more a function of what have you done for me lately. You can't have it both ways. The SEC is known as a defensive conference. The Heisman typically goes to an offensive performer. Those two things are in direct conflict. I agree that the media plays a big role in Heisman balloting but so do schools. If you think LSU wouldn't try to promote a candidate for the Heisman then that's silly. It means money, attention, recruiting edge, just to name a few. So when an LSU player does win the joke Heisman, I suppose you'll advocate that the trophy not be displayed and that the player return it?
I am not suggesting that OSU would have won either way and I'm not trying to take anything away from Florida. What I am saying is that 45 days is too long to wait for ANY team and that continuity/flow are slowed down considerably regardless of the Heisman issue. The Big 10 is in BIG trouble and their commissioner knows it.
