Comments on: The South and the Heisman Trophy

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:19:26 +0000

The Heisman is a popularity contest and a joke of an award. Look at the quarterback statistics for the 2009 season. More specifically, look at Colt McCoys’s stats. Second place in the Heisman race? Give me a break…

By: http://heismanpundit.com/2009/07/27/sample-post

http://heismanpundit.com/2009/07/27/sample-post — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:56:42 +0000

[...] they took offense at my reasoning for why the SEC’s Heisman success is not keeping pace with its national title success in the last 30 years or so, a debate that all started with this [...]

By: Dawgy

Dawgy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:59:50 +0000

For Heisman voting purposes, the nation is divided into six regions—each of which get 145 votes. Put another way, each region gets exactly 16.66 percent of the votes.

Unfortunately for the Heisman folks, the regions don’t break down nicely into 1/6 of the population each. Instead, three regions (Far West, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic) have more population than that—and three have less (Northeast, South, and Southwest). In fact, the Far West has the greatest population at 21.1% of the country and the Northeast has the least—11.9%.

The South and the West(Pac 10) have been screwed many times. The West has won 11, the South 12 and, only 5 outside the state of Fla. This out of what, 74 winners? Meanwhile by unofficial count Southern teams have won 27 national championships and the Pac 10 has won 9. That accounts for half the NC’s since 1935. I know the trophy isn’t given to the best team but, try winning it with a losing record….Sorry Paul, you played for Notre Dame.

The Heisman propaganda machine is the fueled by the media(ESPN) and a university’s PR dept.($$$).

The Heisman Trophy…….Who Cares?

By: If only the SEC were as flashy as Eddie George. « Get The Picture

If only the SEC were as flashy as Eddie George. « Get The Picture — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:46:34 +0000

[...] read if he could lay off his monomaniacal obsession with knocking the SEC at every turn. This time, it’s about why the SEC hasn’t produced more Trophy winners than it has: … What [...]

By: Roby

Roby — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:53:25 +0000

Clarification: I was referring to the Wall Street journal article you linked to.

By: Roby

Roby — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:52:36 +0000

I think i could have gone without reading that article. It didn’t really say anything, yet it made Berry come across as a little bitter (the “little Heisman brunch” remark) though I don’t think he actually is. Everyone who has ever heard of the Heisman knows it doesn’t go to defensive players. It just doesn’t. Eric Berry knows this. I am all about Tennessee marketing their guy. It is a show of support and a good investment in the program (recruiting, national publicity, etc.). But they are crazy if they think he is gonna come within a sniff of winning it. And you are exactly right, there is no “Southern bias.” There is just a “boring football bias,” which is what the SEC has been guilty of since forever. If defensive players or lineman were ever truly considered, then the SEC would have as many Heismans as any other conference.

The funniest thing about the Heisman Trophy is that 80% of sports fans will say it is a “popularity contest” and a “joke of an award” when their team doesn’t win it, then rub it in their rival’s faces when they do win it. People bash it, yet they turn around and lobby for it.

The only problem I have with the award is that there is no standard for who is supposed to recieve it. Some people vote for the best player on the best team, others vote for the gaudiest statistics. There is no continuity.

Once and for all, I wish they would release some sort of rubric, statment of intent, or something to unify the vote. Because as it stands, people don’t quite know what they are trying to award.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:32:40 +0000

Check out http://www.theolemissblog.com for stat comparisons of Jevan Snead, Tebow, McCoy and Bradford and my reasons for why Snead could come out on top.