Why does the Heisman matter?
As far as I can tell, none of us really care about the Heisman (the obvious exception of course). And that might be because of the fact the Penn State isn't really the type of program that generates a lot of Heisman buzz. Maybe if we were USC, or Miami (of old) or whoever, as a fanbase we'd care a lot more.
But when even TWWL themselves say that it's a popularity contest, how can anyone take it seriously anymore? Barring any sort of crazy unforeseen circumstance, it will be Tebow. And if not him, then one of the Big12 qbs. And EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS THIS. There's no suspense, and the season hasn't even started yet. I just don't understand why it's considered a great award anymore.
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The Heisman matters
to high school recruits
How could Nixon know so little about Watergate and so much about football ?
Here's a noodle-tickler
So the Heisman is a popularity contest, and most of NCAAF reporting is based on popularity and the cult of personality. In fact if popularity won you games USC would be 10 time NC. But popularity doesn’t win you games, it just wins you the Heisman. The funny part is, the Heisman winner almost never wins their bowl game. See this (and add 1 to the loss column in all the stats since Bradford fell victim to the curse after the article was written)
The part that I like is that Joe’s got the best bowl wins of anyone, and has coached the least Heismans of any “great” coach. This is not by chance.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Aug 27, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Well, really
We make most people cry in bowl games.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
tee hee hee
Stop! My noodle tickles….
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
A M E N
brutha!
Though none of us will be complaining when the next PSU player earns it!
I’ll appreciate team unity, no “issues”, a packed stadium, plain uni’s, THE White-Out, and a NC over a singular award, compiled largely of media bias!
/ step of soap-box
"...big hitter; the Llamma...long..."
Yeah, I pretty much stopped caring about "voted" awards a while ago
it is nice when PSU players win them, but meh. For pretty much every popular award there’s usually someone out there that’s actually better, but with less hype. I’m kinda sick how before the season has even started we can pretty much already predict who will be sitting up on stage during the Heisman Trophy presentation.
The biggest problem with the Heisman
… is that it bears no resemblance to what it claims to be. If it were actually “most outstanding player”, you’d think more than five non-QB, non-RB players would have won it in 74 years.
(There’s also the whole bit about it always going to some who plays for a top three team. Granted, an outstanding player is probably going to make his team as a whole good, and a higher proportion of outstanding players will be on the best teams, but you can often make a case for a player from a mid-teens-ranked team that would be utterly atrocious without him.)
Heisman
I agree. That is why you see clowns like Gino Torretta, Danny Wuerffel, and Ty Detmer win it when Marshall Faulk, Jake Plummer, and Rocket Ismail would have been the better choice those years. The Heisman voters are a joke. They are about as bad as the idiots who vote for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
fixed something for you....
“Barring any sort of crazy unforeseen circumstancecircumcisions, it will be Tebow
by JoePaPa on Aug 27, 2009 7:58 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
You will care
when Zug wins it.
Bacon is almost as great as being a Penn Stater
But will quickly return to not caring
When Zug teaches the CFB world a lesson and vaporizes it, ending the tradition in a dramatic display of smoldering steamy remnants.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
Smoldering steamy remnants??
Quick lock the thread before HnB sees this!!!!
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
Was strugglin
and looking for something to describe some kind of evidence that a Vaporization had just happened. Any suggestions baconway?
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
Hieman = ESPY's..
who really gives a damn..
by RudyWasOffsides on Aug 28, 2009 11:05 AM EDT reply actions
That's a funny typo, tho!
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69

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