Anxious to hear your thoughts about the Heisman, here are mine

I couldn’t agree more with the thoughts of the so eloquently put “your average college football fan.”

The heisman trophy is a complete joke now and to be honest it has been since 1998 when the last best player in the country at the time, that being Ricky Williams, won the heisman. The media, the boosters, the alumni of all these respected schools, if that’s what you want to call them, are a joke.

It’s sad but true….. It’s all politics and that’s the way it’s going to be probably for a long long time.

This season, above all others, has proven that there exists total vaccum of intelligence in the media. For you east and west coasters, and the dumbasses in Dallas, here is why we are bitching……..(see below). It is not a case of ut loast because their freshman db can’t catch, it is not a case of the whorns losing out in the last second of a game, it IS a case of TOTAL DOMINATION against a team which YOU – you stupid, uninformed, never watched the game, moronic media pundits graced as #1. Face it, ut is at best a one demensional offense, which when you stop the playmaker you stop the team. Sportswriters, take heed, your bothers in the rest of your paper are facing layoffs and bankruptcy because they failed to do their job, but rather depended on others to think for them……
wheewww……………glad I still have a pulse…..now the FACTS
                                                 ut TECH
   
1st Downs 18 31
Total Yards 374 579
Passing 294 474
Rushing 80 1 05
Penalties 8-56 8-78
3rd Down Conversions 4-12 8-16
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Turnovers 2 1
Possession 23:07 36:53

When it’s so obvious as to how meaningless the award has become, why insult the collective intelligence of every college football fan by touting the award in the manner the media continues to tout it.

It’s frustrating. It’s not a matter of the little guy wanting attention for his school, or of the outsider wants to hang out with the big boys. It’s simply seeing someone get the accolades and the attention they deserve.

You know, I can see how Harrell got left out. He was a distant 4th because of all those that voted for him, the likely voted him third. They only vote for 3 spots. Last year Brennan got an invite because behind tebow, there really weren’t any strong candidates (I would have voted for Dennis Dixon)

Now there’s the real shame of it. Why only vote for top 3 when, yearly, there are many more deserving? I can’t see any reason why you wouldn’t give 5 spots. See a lot more players like Crabtee and Shonn Greene getting votes and even getting higher votes because you no longer have to leave off the popular candidates.

I think it’s ridiculous. Alot of Rebels were dissapointed for y’all this morning. BS

just before the OU game the media was ready to give it to Harrell if he beat OU. Granted, that didn’t happen, but it shouldn’t have totally erased him. The timing thing seems to hurt here as much as it does in the rankings. Since UF, OU, and UT all loss earlier to Tech, their qb’s had time to wait out for Harrell to lose and pass him. stupid monkeys

But he deserves to sit in a suit next to those guys. He has the same record, and better stats than all of them. He also gave Colt his only loss. He has earned recognition the old fashioned way. He deserved an invite. Whether it was a forgone conclusion that was not going to win or not.

He may have had big lineman in front of him but he was a freak. While I was living in Austin my father, who is a UT alum, had season tickets and we went to every home game, granted I was also about 14 years old at the time but Ricky was a stud in every aspect.

He had good WR’s around him as you might recall, Kwame Cavil, Wayne McGarity, Ryan Nunez, and Derek Lewis not to mention Hodges Mitchell who fared pretty well at Texas as well.

Now granted none of these guys really did much after their college careers in the NFL, but they did pretty well for themselves during their college years. So really to say that in Mack’s 1st year as head coach at texas with ricky and that ricky was a product of the system is a bit “untrue.” I kind of see what your saying Plano Jeff but its not valid enough because when you have a guy like Ricky who was literally a man amongst boys you give him the ball 90% of the time.

I’ll also say that the same year Reggie Bush won the heisman was the only other year in my mind that I can recall when the Heisman trophy got the award right. He was by far and away the best player in college football. Vince was close but not the best player.

The Heisman as most of us know is primarily an east coast biased media based group that does a majority of the votes. I don’t think the east coast gets to see alot of Texas Tech football and that’s a shame because they would thoroughly enjoy watching our high octane offense. Maybe the only way to actually get the east coast media to see Texas Tech play when we have heisman trophy/maxwell/bilitnekov/ etc contenders out there is to schedule games against the ACC and Big East I suppose. That way they’ll get a chance to see us destroy, annihilate, and obliterate any of those teams and see that yes we do have worthy candidates.

If not I don’t know how anyone there (east coast media) are going to be able to look through their glasses any time soon and see how scrutinized the awards are nowadays.

In my opinion…Winning the Heisman trophy nowadays it seems like is like cheating on an exam and getting an A but knowing that you didn’t really work at it to earn it. I think it’s like that nowadays.

Did anyone mention that 85% of McCoy’s passes were to the damn sideline all year long??? Graham could of done that in his sleep……

WRECK EM TECH!!!

Graham should at least win the Davey O’Brien award but unfortunately he won’t and that’s a damn shame.

At least Crab wins back to back Biletnikoff awards….about as impressive as it gets to me.

I agree that Harrell was not the best player in the nation…I think it was Crabtree. I think MC is better at what he does than any other player in the country is at what they do.

That said, I am disappointed for him but I have no real heartburn that he didn’t get an invite. It is what it is and this was our first year to really get on the national stage and receive the exposure we’ve been begging for. That award doesn’t usually go to someone from an up and comer program, it goes to a guy from a been here a while program.

It’s a tough thing because you want your favorite teams’ players to be recognized, but Tebow, Bradford and McCoy have certainly had fantastic years as well. Hard to unemotionally take anything from those three. If Graham didn’t get enough votes, he didn’t.

Everyone has made a great case for Graham so I am going to take a different approach…

If Crabtree wore the Maze and Blue instead of the Scarlet and Black he would have already been annointed the Heisman in October. I am sure several of the Michigan Alums would have claimed to see him also cleanse lepers and cast out demons…

This award is sooooo ridiculous…. I can guarantee that none of the three current nominees would have led us to an 11-1 season, instead I think they would have probably lost two additional games which would have led to a direct flight to the Alamo Bowl.

First off I am a die hard Tech fan so I’ll try not to be biased here but without a doubt as far as athletic ability and skills Michael Crabtree is by far and away the best player in College Football. He has the ability to change a game in the blink of an eye. These other names are guys who are just phenomenal athletes as well.

Next is Shonn Green. This guy is flat out just good. He’ll be playing on Sunday’s soon and making big time bucks. Has speed, power, agility, and can also block well for a running back.

Lastly it’s got to me Javonn Ringer. Another great RB and just like Green he can run with the best of them.

Honorable Mention: Sam Bradford, Rey Maulauga, Brian Orakpo and Percy Harvin (when he’s healthy)

Dez Bryant will win the Biletnikoff award in my opinion next year and is the next coming of Michael Crabtree. He to is a stud.

Because Graham Harrell is allowed to make his own calls if he feels it is best when the coach’s choice may not work, proves how amazing this guy is. No other QB in college could have accomplished what Harrell did this year at Tech with the same team behind him. NO ONE! NO HOW! Without a doubt, he is the best QUARTERBACK in the college ranks. He grew up in a football environment, as some other players did as well, but has absorbed so much more, allowing him to read defenses extremely fast and accurately. This has made it possible for him to make those changes as he feels necessary. Mike Leach really trusts Harrell’s decisions, being very secure in the knowledge that Harrell will deliver the best play for the defense being shown. While all three of the other Quarterback candidates, as well as the running backs and receivers (including Crabs) are really good, Harrell simply stands out above them all. The thing is, he is not from one of those "elite" schools. It is a shame. Of course, this is not the first time a "maverick" has had a chance to break into the crowd, but it is now and Harrell is so good, it is just too obvious what the voters were trying to do.

I agree with just about everything written in this post in-so-far as it is what it is and we’re calling a spade a spade. But what can we do about it? Are we to just go back to West Texas with our tails tucked, mouths shut and expectations low? Some would say win. That’s a laugh. Some would say put up stellar numbers. That’s a laugh. I hope Leach comes back and next year and we pummel every non-conf team by 50, rip thru the Big XII and have a player get invited for the award………………and he refuse to go. THAT would send one helluva message. I know I’m delirious with frustration but that would truly be awesome.

This years Heisman along with the BCS are big Jokes.

Sorry, but you can’t hype two people for the Heisman, and expect that not to hurt the voting.

If you can’t agree which players is the best player on your own TEAM, why should the media consider one seriously for best player in the NATION?

Harrell did deserve to go to NY, I agree with you there, as did Crabtree, but Harrell isn’t anywhere close to Heisman worthy. The incredible collapse/chokejob against Oklahoma killed any shot Harrell had for the Heisman. Add in the fact that Sonny Cumbie showed that anyone with a pulse can pile up incredible numbers under Leach’s tutelage, and you can understand why the media ignored Harrell’s numbers. Harrell had to impress the voters with wins, and when it came down to crunch time, he couldn’t do it. End of story.

"The award given to the most outstanding white quarterback or black running back playing in a pro-style offense or one very similar on one of these 8 or so teams that have previous Heisman winners and national championships under a white head coach who believes in playing football the way we believe it should be played "

Archie Griffin, Bo Jackson, et al. who won the Heisman while playing in option offenses would disagree with you. Charlie Ward would especially take exception to your racism.

Anyone who truly believes that any of those other three quarterbacks is more important to his team’s respective success simply isn’t watching the football games, and if that’s the case, how can they be allowed to vote?

You could put Taylor Potts at QB and with Michael Crabtree healthy, Tech’s offense can still move the ball and score, so to say that Harrell is more important to Tech’s offense than Tebow or McCoy is to Florida or texas is ludicrous. Take Tebow away from Florida or McCoy away from texas, and both of those offenses are dead in the water; take Harrell away from Tech, and Potts steps right in and the offense keeps moving.