The Heisman Trophy Presentation Ceremony is this Saturday night. The four finalists are LSU QB Joe Burrows, Oklahoma QB Jalen Hurts, Ohio State QB Justin Fields and Ohio State DE Chase Young. (Kinda surprised OU QB Jalen Hurts wasn't a finalist, but that's neither here nor there to this discussion). It is widely expected that Joe Burrows will walk away with the trophy, although, in my opinion, a strong case could be made for the other candidates too.
And that brings me to the real topic of this post: What was the single most OBVIOUS choice the Heisman committee has ever had to make, and what was the single biggest screw-up, where they clearly voted for the wrong player? This topic has NOTHING to do with their NFL career. Whether a Heisman winner went on to become an NFL Hall of Fame player or a complete bust is irrelevant, this is based solely on their collegiate careers... EASIEST HEISMAN VOTE EVER: Barry Sanders, 1988. I am not going to go into the details, you know them. Barry's Junior year at Oklahoma State is already the stuff of legend, it's generally considered the single greatest individual performance in the history of the game...No offense to Rodney Peete (USC) Troy Aikman (UCLA) or Steve Walsh (The U), but you guys knew when you flew to New York that you were just there as window dressing. WORST HEISMAN EVER. I am still bewildered by this. I have sometimes complained about Drew Brees losing the Heisman to Chris Weinke in 2000, but the truth is, for as much as I think the voters got that wrong, they really outdid themselves the following year. The 2001 Heisman Trophy was won by arguably the single least deserving player ever, Nebraska QB Eric Crouch. What makes him such a terrible choice? Let's have a look at his stats, compared to one of the other Heisman finalists that year. because Crouch is a dual threat/option type QB, I went with the total yards from scrimmage, so that his rushing and passing stats would be counted equally. Since the QBs listed are completely different styles, I thought it best to compare their TOTAL offensive contribution, not just from one category. Eric Crouch From Scrimmage: 2,688 total Yds, 26 TDs, 10 INTs. David Carr From Scrimmage: 4,906 total Yds, 51 TDs, 9 INTs. So, David Carr produced 2,218 more yards of offense, 25 more TDs, and less INTs than Crouch, and Crouch won the Heisman over him? WHAT THE HELL. Those are my choices, what are yours?
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