Not sure how Winston would have won it this year. He sucked and got crushed by Mariotta and Oregon. Then Mariotta went out an put up solid numbers against us.
Not a fan - if people weren't so quick to forget, I may be okay with it. Sadly, people forget what happened the previous three months when there is a full month and a half from last game of the reg season to the final bowl game.
I'm on the other side of the fence as Grumor. I get where you are coming from, but it seems like far too often the Heisman winner comes out and lays an egg. Shouldn't the biggest game of the season matter? I think how great would it be that there would not longer be the Heisman banquet tour before your biggest game of the year. I think all end of season awards, regardless of the sport, should be awarded after the season. IMO this makes no more sense than when some publications used to crown their National Champs prior to the bowl season.
I'm on the other side of the fence as Grumor. I get where you are coming from, but it seems like far too often the Heisman winner comes out and lays an egg. Shouldn't the biggest game of the season matter? I think how great would it be that there would not longer be the Heisman banquet tour before your biggest game of the year. I think all end of season awards, regardless of the sport, should be awarded after the season. IMO this makes no more sense than when some publications used to crown their National Champs prior to the bowl season.
I am with you. OOC games matter but an argument could be made the B1G is weak and those stats were against weak teams. I like waiting to see what they have to show when national pressure is on them.
Awards should be after all of the football is played. Plain and simple. There is no excuse for "short memories". All of the facts are available and the voters are generally people who have complete access to all of the facts and are knowledgeable enough about the sport and the players to make good decisions.
If they don't, then the Heisman isn't worth much. As it is, I'm not truly sure how much it is worth. I'd be more impressed with the Heisman if a defensive player ever won the thing. It's really just the offensive MVP, not the "best player in college football" if a defender can't win it.
And Woodson doesn't count. He didn't win it for playing defense.
Awards should be after all of the football is played. Plain and simple. There is no excuse for "short memories". All of the facts are available and the voters are generally people who have complete access to all of the facts and are knowledgeable enough about the sport and the players to make good decisions.
If they don't, then the Heisman isn't worth much. As it is, I'm not truly sure how much it is worth. I'd be more impressed with the Heisman if a defensive player ever won the thing. It's really just the offensive MVP, not the "best player in college football" if a defender can't win it.
And Woodson doesn't count. He didn't win it for playing defense.
Awards should be after all of the football is played. Plain and simple. There is no excuse for "short memories". All of the facts are available and the voters are generally people who have complete access to all of the facts and are knowledgeable enough about the sport and the players to make good decisions.
If they don't, then the Heisman isn't worth much. As it is, I'm not truly sure how much it is worth. I'd be more impressed with the Heisman if a defensive player ever won the thing. It's really just the offensive MVP, not the "best player in college football" if a defender can't win it.
And Woodson doesn't count. He didn't win it for playing defense.
You have far more faith in humanity than I do.
Not really. I've just observed that humanity tends to correct itself following a series of failures, and have come to accept those failures as an inevitable part of the process.
Looking at the odds for next year, recognizing everyone that is going pro, do you feel we would have had the same finalists, or do you think Eze would have slipped in for a finalist spot?
