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Chris Low: The oral history of the epic 1997 Heisman Trophy race
Posted on 12/6/17 at 11:07 am
Posted on 12/6/17 at 11:07 am
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Twenty years later, it's a Heisman Trophy class that still has no peers.
It featured four first-round picks, three future Hall of Famers and one controversial decision.
There was Tennessee QB Peyton Manning, who spurned NFL riches the year before to return to school to win an SEC title and throw for 3,819 yards and 36 touchdowns. There was Michigan's do-everything playmaker Charles Woodson, who dominated at cornerback but also excelled on special teams and offense for the unbeaten and top-ranked Wolverines. There was the relatively unknown wide receiver at Marshall making defenses look silly in Randy Moss. And there was big-armed Washington State QB Ryan Leaf, leading the Cougars to the Rose Bowl.
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Posted on 12/6/17 at 11:12 am to RollTide1987
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Where is the ut fan outrage over what Manning did to that athletic trainer
Posted on 12/6/17 at 11:13 am to RollTide1987
Charles Woodson is a good dude while Peyton Manning is a sexual assaulting HGH-using scumbag. Right man won.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 11:15 am to RollTide1987
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1997 Heisman Trophy Race
Damn it all, there is WAY too much time between CGs and bowls.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 11:55 am to RollTide1987
i was fine with woodson winning. He had an amazing season with some hilight plays (one that won them the natty also). Peyton also had an amazing season but only one can win and the agenda was pushing a defensive player to win that year and he did. There have been far worse screwed in the flawed heisman such as larry fitzgerald.
Posted on 12/6/17 at 12:03 pm to RollTide1987
Love this debate - compare Honey Badgers stats to Woodson. No comparison. Woodson averaged like 7yds per punt return.
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