thejumper5
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Just want to bump this up one more time. I'll announce the results at approximately 5 PM CST.
KleinJust want to bump this up one more time. I'll announce the results at approximately 5 PM CST.
Right???? I'm lost as well.I'm confused because Klein got the Herby seal of approval.
Johnny F Manziel earned it. Kid was spec-freaking-tacular this season. Went in to Bryant-Denny and willed his squad to victory.
No other player did anything near this on the Brass Ballz scale.
And he crushed it in every other game, too. Kid is legit.
Goes to show, win the Big One on Big Network, that's all it takes.
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I'll be the wet blanket.
The award, which I think used to be somewhat meaningful, has lost a lot of its luster.
It just smacks of BCS-ism....a lot based on a pre-season predetermination on who is "worthy" of the votes.
Case in point....2008...no way Shonn Greene should have been left out of going to NYC. But he didn't have any pre-season pub hype (with good reason), and was never seriously considered thereafter. Iowa chose not to play the advertising game and there you go.
It's a popularity fest, boistered by ignorant/homerism voters. (Did I say BCS-like?)
I know, right? Before this season started, given all the hype around Manziel and whatnot, you basically knew from the get-go it was his to lose, right?
If there was ever a year to ***** about pre-determinism in the Heisman voting, it's not the year that the unknown redshirt freshman on a team that had been projected to finish near the bottom of the SEC wins.
And I'll also add.....Klein was the front runner IMO, until (gasp), K-state lost to Baylor.
Most of the pundits spouted that "hurt" his Heisman chances? Why should it?? K-state ended up with a better record than A&M, albeit in a weaker conference, but all the same, is it about your team's record or your on-the-field accomplishments? (For that matter, is there even criteria??)
And why was there hand ringing at all about a freshman winning it?
Politics galore. It's gotten out of hand.
If there was ever a year to ***** about pre-determinism in the Heisman voting, it's not the year that the unknown redshirt freshman on a team that had been projected to finish near the bottom of the SEC wins.
And why was there hand ringing at all about a freshman winning it?
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