The Maxwell Club is a Philadelphia based sports club that anybody can join for $35.  You know what that $35 fee buys you?  If you guessed votes for the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards, you're right.

Penn State has only one Heisman Trophy winner, but four Maxwell Award Winners (Mike Reid, John Capaletti, Chuck Fusina & Kerry Collins).  Penn State has two Butkus Award winners, but four Bednarik Award winners (Arrington, Pozlusny twice, Dan Connor), and they have only been giving out that award since the early 1990's.  This seem to be a pretty clear indication of bias, at least to me.

You are on pretty solid footing in saying that Connor is the best linebacker in the country. You can even make an argument that he is the best defensive player in the country.  Although the vast majority of fans, pundits, writers, bloggers, NFL draft scouts and coaches would disagree with you.  But there is no doubting the clear bias of the Maxwell Club in favor of eastern football generally, and specifically Penn State.  Look it up yourself if you don't believe me.

Finally, to say Connor is a more deserving candidate is quite different than saying Lauranitis is undeserving.  Lauranitis is a good football player; Connor is certainly not a lot better than him.  The kid from Colorado has better stats than both Connor and Lauranitis, yet I don't hear the board clamoring for Connor to turn the award over to him for the sake of justice, and he wasn't even a finalist for the Bednarik Award.  I would hypothesize that the reason for that is that he played for Colorado.