The Heisman Does Not Discriminate Against The Stupid Or Lazy
Orson Nails it!
I am ambivalent towards most of these post season awards. HP does some fine work in following the Heisman...but he is the only one. I understand the history and tradition but the mechanisms in how these awards are given is a joke.
Mark Ingram is an awesome story but his story is cheapened as is this award (regardless of any outsiders ambivalence) because someone who is charged to vote on it didn't take it seriously or do the required research necessary to make an educated pick.
This is the same thing with the polls as well!
Sad really...
about 2 years ago
Paragon SC
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This is an old song
Its pretty close to impossible for a west coast player to win a Heisman if they don’t go to USC. Why? Because only USC has the rep to get a Heisman from voters who don’t stay up to watch the game. In fact the only reason Gerhardt was even close was because they blew out USC and went for 2, that got the game, and Toby some pub. Is it wrong? sure. Do I care — not really, if a player wants to play on the west coast and win that particular statue he has only one option — USC. As far as i’m concerned thats ok.
I think we're making a big deal out of nothing
There are hundreds of Heisman Trophy voters so to discount the validity of the award based solely on the views and actions of one particular voter seems to be a bit extreme. At least in my humble opinion.
Meh, it's as frivolous as an Academy Award... nice but frivolous.
About half the voters I’ve met actually take it seriously enough to see all the nominated movies, though there’s no guarantee they’ll stay awake. The other half just vote for their friends or whomever they “think” deserves the honor, some just hand their ballots to their wife/girlfriend for fun. Even in the best of cases the votes have some political bias attached to them. What makes the Heisman any different? In this case the average American hates Ivy/Furd elitism, add the obnoxious Jimbo Harbutt to the mix, plus a liberal dash of East Coast bias and Toby Boy ends up on the short end of “what’s your deal?”
¡Fusílenlo, después veriguamos! - Pancho Villa
Such a Frivolous Popularity Contest that I Refuse to Comment on It
All awards that go out to a mass market vote are based on popularity, not merit. Baseball all stars, Heisman, US President, etc. Actually, focused, small committee-based approaches seem to work well, e.g., the NCAA hoops tourney.
Lazy and stupid sportswriters?
Surely you jest!
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