C. McCoy is not the best football player in the nation. It’s just in a word disgusting. I would compare this public affairs hype to the cryers on the carnival midway. Hey Horns put a sock in it.

ESPN is who decides this award. They say who is on the list, they say what a kid has to do this game to stay on the list, they take kids off the list. Any network, who’s lead dog (Herbsteit) is on the record as continually saying team A deserves to be ranked higher because they are more talented, vs. a team that actually wins their games, I cannot take seriously. It has become a pro sport with 15 or so very large state universities and a few very wealthy private universities ( USC, ND, Miami) having the most tee shirt fans, which means they have to craft all their programming around those teams to make sure those alums/fans tune in. Example: an undefeated Tech squad facing an undefeated Texas, college game day does a human interest on the Texas QB/Reciever love affair which is a repeat airing from weeks before, and does a 2 minute silly piece about Tech’s line, when they knew all week they’d be IN LUBBOCK for the show. If you ever wonder how money and ratings control these types of shows, watch ESPN Suday morning NFL program. They’ll tease a Cowboys piece for an hour and a half before every commercial every week because they know there’s more Cowboys fans out there than any other team.

back to the Heisman, I’ll purposely put every TV in my house on FSN Saturday night while I’m away so Verizon can tell the ratings service that I was NOT watching that sham of an awards show. That feels better.

it’s a business….period! you always here about the cowboys even if they were shitty, you never stopped knowing how bad the yankees were last year, or good they are this year, and its simply because they are going to give what the majority of your clientel what they want. i dont blame espn or whomever decides this because they want to be successful just like the rest of us.

ESPN certainly has a lot of influence. I think typically their analysis is decent, but you are right that they cater to the bigger, more popular schools. The fact that Notre Dame is news for anyone pretty much proves that. However I think ESPN did back Harrell last year in the Heisman race; they showed the Harrell to Crabtree play more than anybody. And they’ll freely admit that they cover schools, programs, teams that have more following because following = ratings = money.

My beef with the Heisman is that you have to basically be playing for the “national championship” to win it. Tebow doesn’t really have a shot because when he went “head to head” with Ingram, Ingram had a good game and Tebow didn’t. If it’s an individual award it should not matter if your team is 0-12 or playing in the “national championship game”. I think they should announce the MVPs of each conference and invite them all to New York. Then pick one to be the MVP of the country.

Then there’s the novelty argument that people are making for Ingram. That should not enter into a decision on who is the best individual college football player (who plays a position that accumulates statistics) this year. Alabama never having a Heisman winner and no RBs picked in a few years doesn’t mean jack. Pick the best player. In the nation. That year. That’s what the Heisman is. Don’t turn it into a freakin Emmy.

Potts = 46/62 420 yrds 6.8 yrd/catch 3 TD 1 INT
McCoy = 24/34 205 yrds 6.0 yrd/catch 1 TD 2 INT

This is one example. You can talk “system” all you want if you are a UT fan. But everyone knows they couldn’t run the ball worth a crap most of the year. So they did their share of passing.

The bottom line is he was out-played by Potts the first big road game of his career and that shouldn’t happen if you are a Heisman front-runner. Quite frankly, he doesn’t lead the nation in ANY statistical category at his position. So how exactly is he the ‘best’???

To me, I believe CJ Spiller was the most outstanding player this year. Read yesterday he averaged over 270 all-purpose yrds vs 4 top 15 teams this year. He rushed for 274 yrds and 4 TD’s in the ACC championship. THAT is a Heisman performance.

My other top player would be Misoli the QB from Oregon. He’s another outstanding player that helped Oregon win the Pac10. He basically put that team on his shoulders this season.

I think the top 3 were invited. ingram, gerhart, and suh. I think suh should win it.

Spiller could have been there, dude is a beast, but he’s disappeared on the ground too often this season when he wasn’t playing up to his competition.

I don’t think any qb’s deserve to be there.

has my vote. kid is a player. I would put Spiller as a close second. McCoy has no business being considered at this point. Think about how Harrell got dissed last season and he had a better finish than McCoy. In the end it’s politicking and popularity that win out. This award used to mean something.