Heisman

I would enjoy seeing your definition of a Heisman winner or contender, or how you would evaluate players if you had a vote. The award goes to “the most outstanding college football player in America”. What’s unfortunate is that so many voters go only by stats or what they see on highlight shows, or what they read. If you watch any football two players really stand out and dominate the action when they’re on the field. Tebow and Suh. With a lack of weapons on offense, Tebow willed FL to 12 wins in a row. Suh terrorizes every offense he plays against and to me was the most physically impressive player I saw all season. I would go with Tebow because the QB influences the game more. But if there was ever a time to give it to a defensive player, this is the one.

Amazing how the award has fallen on hard times in terms of quality. The jury is obviously out on Tebow and Bradford. But, going back you find Carson Palmer in ’02, then you have to go back to Charles Woodson and Ricky Williams in ’97 and ’98 (Woodson has proven it in the pros). Starting with Andre Ware in ’89 the talent has been scarce in terms of the Heisman winners. Hard to remember the heyday when between ’76 and ’88 we had Dorsett, Campbell, Sims, Allen, Walker, Jackson, Brown, and Sanders all in there.

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