Heisman watch

[Poacher]

Well, just got through reading an article about the Heisman race
this year and it seems that the powers from on high have decided that
it is now a two man race between Reggie Bush and Vince Young. The
article went on to give Brady Quinn a sort of honorable mention by
saying that if it were next year he'd be a shoe in.



I can understand Reggie Bush (eventhough his numbers really aren't
overwhelming) but Vince Young? I'm sorry but wasn't Matt Jones
doing the same things last year, only better. I never heard his
name mentioned in conjunction with the Heisman.
Furthermore, who had even heard of Vince Young before the Ohio
State game? And oh, by the way Young's passing numbers are
average at best. The media is coming down with another case of
Michael Vick's disease (and for that matter so is Young) i.e. run first
pass second.



How can they just ignore Brady Quinn like this? It reminds of the
infamous Charles Woodson Heisman. Remember that one? Some
johnny-come-lately shows up with a couple of fancy interceptions and
all of a sudden Peyton Manning is yesterday's news. PFFFT.
Look at Quinn's numbers; the kid is shattering passing records for the
most storied football program in the country and the media has him
playing second fiddle to a guy who throws two interceptions a
game. Joke.

 

[GreatLakeState]

Charles Woodson, you mean the star of a national
championship team?

 

[Poacher]

Yes, that Charles Woodson. He didn't deserve it. He was the fashionable pick.

 

[Southern Knight]

Poacher, how DARE you crawl into my head and steal my thoughts? (Kidding.)



Honestly, I was telling some friends this past weekend that Young's
Heisman hype was reminicent of Woodson's similarly-undeserved hype from
several years ago.



Young is just like Vick -- lousy passer but an electrifying
runner. But as soon as he loses a millisecond off his sprint
time, his inadequacy as a QB will be glaring. But it really
doesn't matter -- he'll win the Heisman and be a top pick. He'll
get millions of dollars up front, and he'll cripple the team that is
stupid enough to draft him....just like MIKE (Vick)!

 

[Southern Knight]

And Brady Quinn is the elephant in the room that no one is willing to acknowledge.



This is a no-brainer --- his numbers are Playstation-like, and he's
done against a schedule that everyone agrees is the nation's
toughest. He's the best player in the country, hands down.



Here's my theory as to why Quinn is getting ignored (other than the
fact that he is White): Quinn's emergence this season is PROOF that
Tyrone Willingham is a lousy -- I say again, LOUSY -- coach.
Tyrone wasted a ridiculous amount of talent at ND.

 

[Don Wassall]

Good post, SK. An allowance has to be made for a quarterback improving each season, but Quinn looked lost under Willingham's tutelage, as did the entire team. "Playstation-like" is a good way to describe the season Quinn is having.


Every time you see shots of Willingham on the sideline he looks like a manequin -- emotionless, uninvolved, almost lifeless. "Stoic" is how the media likes to describe him. "Lost" is the better word. He reminds me of the disastrous affirmative action experiment the Packers made when they hired Ray Rhodes as head coach. They realized their mistake and fired him quickly as did Notre Dame with Willingham. So inept were these coaches that their employers were willing to put up with the inevitable cries of racism just to get rid of them.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

What happened to Matt Leinart? He deserves it more than Bush or Young.