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re: How bad is the butthurt over Mark Ingram and Derrick Henry winning Heismans?
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:29 pm to Frac the world
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:29 pm to Frac the world
No one? Barring outliers (see Manziel) it has become the award for the "best" player on the best team.
It ceased being the award for the best player in college football a long time ago.
It ceased being the award for the best player in college football a long time ago.
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Posted on 7/27/17 at 3:10 pm to Guava Jelly
Been an awful lot of outliers in the past few years then...aside from Manziel, there's also been RG3, Marcus Mariota, and Lamar Jackson...that's four winners in the last six years that weren't playing on the best team...
Posted on 7/27/17 at 4:06 pm to Guava Jelly
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It ceased being the award for the best player in college football a long time ago.
I don't know if it's ever been the "best player in college football." As long as I can remember, it's been nothing but a popularity contest. It's too easy for a good player on a good team to win it, when a better player on a weaker team might not have the stats or publicity.
Many winners are indeed outstanding players and certainly deserving, but how many winners have been total busts in the NFL? Yes, I know that the NFL isn't college and the vote isn't supposed to reflect pro potential, but still, if a player isn't at least a decent pro, how was he so much "better" than others, including many of the same players, in college? Methinks voters are much too influenced by team and publicity instead of individual talent and skill.
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