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Posted on 8/12/15 at 4:25 pm to skrayper
Posted on 8/12/15 at 4:25 pm to skrayper
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Worst Heisman choice
quote:Quick, tell me who was more deserving, based on statistics and level of competition, than Sullivan was in 1971.
Actually, that would be Pat Sullivan.
Worst thing that happened was that Sully received the award three days before the most important game of his life. I don't know that it would have made a difference in the outcome, but I wonder if the distraction of winning college football's most prestigious award (and the travel involved in attending the Downtown Athletic Club banquet to accept it) on a Wednesday night might have affected his performance the following Saturday afternoon.
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Posted on 8/12/15 at 5:05 pm to FearlessFreep
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Quick, tell me who was more deserving, based on statistics and level of competition, than Sullivan was in 1971.
Worst thing that happened was that Sully received the award three days before the most important game of his life. I don't know that it would have made a difference in the outcome, but I wonder if the distraction of winning college football's most prestigious award (and the travel involved in attending the Downtown Athletic Club banquet to accept it) on a Wednesday night might have affected his performance the following Saturday afternoon.
If we're talking about the 1971 Iron Bowl, I don't think Sullivan's fatigue could have made a 24-point difference against a defense that allowed 10.2 points per game.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 11:33 pm to FearlessFreep
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Quick, tell me who was more deserving, based on statistics and level of competition, than Sullivan was in 1971.
Seriously?
Greg Pruitt, Johnny Musso, Lydell Mitchell, Jerry Tagge - all were better.
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Worst thing that happened was that Sully received the award three days before the most important game of his life. I don't know that it would have made a difference in the outcome, but I wonder if the distraction of winning college football's most prestigious award (and the travel involved in attending the Downtown Athletic Club banquet to accept it) on a Wednesday night might have affected his performance the following Saturday afternoon.
If getting an award in the middle of the week causes you to get monkey stomped to the tune of 24 points, then you never deserved said award to begin with.
The worst thing a QB can do is win a Heisman BEFORE playing Alabama.
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