Tuesday, November 9, 2010

My Heisman candidate

Every year as football fans surf the TV for their favorite football game or to watch their favorite football team play, a group of sports personnel are trying to gather their thoughts on who they should vote for to win the Heisman Trophy. Is this really the best player in college football or is this an award for a player who just happens to play on the best team and has the most dominate statistics and gets the most visibility. Who are these people that vote? I would really enjoy having a pow wow with them as a large group to pick their brains and found out they accumulate and research their information to get to a Heisman Trophy winner. I really do not care who wins the Heisman Trophy but it is a prestigious award and it is extremely popular. What do the voters look at? Passing yardage(Yes), Pass completion percentage(Yes), rushing yardage(Yes), receiving yardage(Yes), teams winning record(Yes), Passion for the game(No), team player(No), blocking skills(No), football intelligence(No), leadership(No). The guy I like is Navy FB Alexander Teich. He is a football player. He does his job on and off the field, he runs hard, he blocks like you are supposed to, he is the ultimate team player, he plays with great passion for the game, he has a high football IQ, he provides leadership for Navy's program, he single handily destroyed Notre Dame's defense but in the final analysis he will not get a single vote for the Heisman Trophy. He gets mine even though it does not count.

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