In Low's chat session, he revealed his Heisman ballot to have Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford, and Colt McCoy ranked in that order. Shortly thereafter, a few Oklahoma fans quickly polluted our fair, Southeastern chat with cries of Chris Low's despicable habits of drinking "that SEC juice" and not paying enough attention to the Big XII.
Low, with his remarkably pithy writing, replied "Where were you in 2003 when I voted for Jason White (ed: over Eli Manning*)?"
He then made a brief case for Tebow and pointed out that, no matter who wins the Heisman, we're going to have a couple of fan bases bitching about how their guy got hosed.
And he's right. We have three, if not four (if not five) deserving candidates for the trophy. Bradford, McCoy, and Tebow are all three incredible quarterbacks. Graham Harrell is certainly as worthy a dark horse as we've had in a while and Michael Crabtree, a future NFL ballertron 5000, is only the 5th dog in the pack because he's not a quarterback.
So who am I voting for? Well, nobody because bloggeurs don't get a vote. But, if I did get the chance to I'd pick Tebow. My reasons are as follows:
- I'm biased towards the SEC. Yeah, I said it.
- I don't care what Bradford's, McCoy's, and Harrell's stats are. While they're certainly important and decent indicators of success, statistics aren't everything. If statistics were everything, then that Colt Brennan douchebag would have won the Heisman last season.
- Tim Tebow is the single best leader in college football. Sure, Bradford, Harrell, and (espeically) McCoy mean a lot to their team, but seeing Tebow live up to his promise to work his absolute hardest to win ballgames after dropping a stunning loss to the Rebels was pretty phenomenal. The other candidates are certainly important to their respective teams; but not nearly as important as Tebow is to the Gators. Oklahoma and Texas would be something like 10-2 without their respective quarterbacks. Florida would be at best a 9 win team without Tebow.
Of course, if all three come back for another season, all of this could change.
Oh, and you know what? I've put a new poll regarding this topic up. Yes, now loyal Cup fans, barely literate Arkansas trolls, and bitter Texas Tech visitors alike can weigh in on this issue.
Vote and tell us who you voted for and why.
*No, Chris, your sins and transgressions against the Rebels and the Manning family are not yet forgiven. Repent now and tithe your earnings (to the Cup) and we'll kinda-sorta-maybe consider forgiveness.
8 comments:
Guess I'll start the write-in campaign for Peria.
Thanks for nothing, Ghost.
I'm still pissed about the Jason White thing. Of the our guys in NY that night, he was the least deserving candidate. Withered-armed, snaggle-toothed fuckbucket.
I still say Larry Fitzgerald was the best player in the country in 2003, and I say that Crabtree should win it this year. However, they seem to refuse to give it to a WR unless he returns kicks and plays a little RB as well. Fitzgerald made Pitt's offense viable all by himself, which is extraordinarily tough to do from the WR spot.
Eli could've won the Heisman had we beaten Memphis and Texas Tech to finish 11-1, or had we beaten LSU and went on to win the SEC title, at 11-2.
eh, so what, Eli didn't win the Heisman. He's got a superbowl ring and is the current King of New York while Josh White is probably a jizz mopper at the local Oklahoma City Platinum Plus.
Tebow
football outside of the South is pointless
Tebow for sure. All of the quarterbacks in the Big XII South have great stats. While they're all solid players, that has to reflect somewhat on the defenses. I mean, what's so special about doing the same thing as the guys you play against every week?
First, the debacle that was the 2003 Heisman presentation opened my eyes. Jason White was surrounded by a national championship team. Eli Manning had Chris Collins as his most reliable receiver and Goldie was our running back. Eli did the most with the least around him, making him the "most outstanding player in college football". The next fucking fiasco was when we discovered that the award should not be presented until the season is over. 3 of the 4 finalists were playing in the same game, and the two front runners were going against each other. The timing of the presentation forced voters into guessing. Bush gets Heisman, Young wins national championship. Why give the award out before all (including THE most important and tale-telling) games are complete?
Why the adderall-induced diatribe? Not sure, but it is personally more interesting than Mullerian mimicry and 18th century British satire.
My winner -
Tebow. 37 total TDs, 2 Int. Playing in the National Championship. Not to mention he took the hardest route to get there via weekly SEC landmines. SEC champion, a game which could be (see 2007, '08) more difficult than the National championship.
Runner up -
Bradford 53 TDs, 6 int.
wins against Chattanooga, (winless) Washington, Baylor, K State, and Texax A&M make for almost half of OU's regular season wins. Their only decent road win came against OK State.
McCoy - 42 and 7. Did not play for conference championship. Not playing in National Championship. Texas' first 6 opponents are equally laughable. In their fist true test, 2 months into the season, they were beaten by ^'s OU team.
Harrell - Thank you spread offense for monotonous post routes.
Tebow played the most difficult schedule. Once SEC teams stop winning huge fucking rings, then I will be willing to listen to the absurd notion of the Big 12's dominance. Until then, spare me. Why are these Big 12 quarterbacks putting up such huge numbers? Maybe its the Big 12 defenses they go against. Lets just wait until the game is over to crown the next winner.
P.S. Timmy, you're welcome.
The Hiesman has been a joke for many years. This year is no different.
Harrell (TT) should have been invited to the show on respect alone. This guy measures up with anybody in the passing catagory and only has two less TDs than Sam Bradford, plus he's better at scrambling out of the pocket if he has too.
Tebow may be the most valuable player in the country with the way he's taken command of how to use his teams weapons in the 2nd half of the season. But because of the Hype in the Big 12 this year, Bradford will win it.
That's really too bad, considering the closest thing to a good defense in the Big 12 was UT. They're the only team that has put consistant pressure on Bradford all season and we all know the outcome of that game.
Florida will show OU what they've been missing.
The 60+ point games are over for OU. They'll be hard pressed to score 30 in this one.
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