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Colt McCoy picked up the Walter Camp, Maxwell and Davy O’Brien Awards, while Toby Gerhart won the Doak Walker (best running back) and Ndamukong Suh won the Lombardi, Nagurski and Outland Trophies.
Does this have any bearing on the Heisman race? From an email:
HP, I’m wondering how can Ingram win the Heisman when he didn’t win the Maxwell Award or the Walter Camp Award (which McCoy did) or even the Doak Walker Award (which Gerhart did)? Doesn’t it seem hard to vote for someone who isnt even considered the best running back in the nation? Thanks, Josh
It used to be that winning the Maxwell or Camp awards portended a Heisman victory. However, it could just as easily mean that voters want to make sure the other players don’t come away empty handed. It’s a sign of appreciation for guys like McCoy and Gerhart. If anything, I see Ingram being shut out of these awards as a good sign for his Heisman hopes.
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CJ Spiller deserves a damn award…Suh is the only one at the awards who is as talented as Spiller
I hope that isn’t the case for McCoy. He desreves the Heisman more than any one.
Hmm, I wonder how many past Heisman winners didn’t win their respective award in the college football awards? (seriously, any stat gurus?)
Ingram would be the first Heisman winning running back to not also win the Doak Walker. I think this portends well for Gehart’s Heisman hopes.
The Doak Walker Award was first awarded in 1990:
Heisman winning running backs since then:
1994: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado
1995: Eddie George, Ohio State
1998: Ricky Williams, Texas
1999: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
2005: Reggie Bush, USC
Doak Walker Winners:
1990 Greg Lewis Washington
1991 Trevor Cobb Rice
1992 Garrison Hearst Georgia
1993 Byron “Bam” Morris Texas Tech
1994 Rashaan Salaam Colorado
1995 Eddie George Ohio State
1996 Byron Hanspard Texas Tech
1997 Ricky Williams Texas
1998 Ricky Williams Texas
1999 Ron Dayne Wisconsin
2000 LaDainian Tomlinson TCU
2001 Luke Staley BYU
2002 Larry Johnson Penn State
2003 Chris Perry Michigan
2004 Cedric Benson Texas
2005 Reggie Bush USC
2006 Darren McFadden Arkansas
2007 Darren McFadden Arkansas
2008 Shonn Greene Iowa
2009 Toby Gerhart Stanford
Seems a bit far fetched to me to assume that the voters of all these different awards are somehow acting in concert to reward McCoy Suh and Gerhart with consolation prizes while giving Ingram the Heisman. That may very well end up being the result, but I doubt it is an intentional act on the part of voters