Monday, October 02, 2006
Big MAC
It's comments like these that make me break my unintentional blogging hiatus and write an angry post. From SportsIllustrated.com:
So what you're saying is that even the very best player in the world could never win the Heisman if he doesn't play at a certain number of select schools? I haven't followed his games closely, but it does seem that Wolfe is on track to demolish most NCAA Div. I rushing records. But because he plays for a school that is in a conference that has been deemed "inferior" by the media, he has no shot at winning the Heisman. Ty Detmer of BYU won the Heisman in 1990 when he demolished most NCAA passing records (the last time a player from a "non-BCS" school won it); the same should hold true for Wolfe if he completes the season as he started it.
The Heisman itself is pretty silly anyway; football is a team sport--the greatest quarterback doesn't look so hot if he's got lousy receivers, and the greatest running back needs good blockers on the offensive line and downfield. But it really chaps my hide that someone can seriously count out a great player simply because of the team he plays for.
Can a mid-major player actually win the Heisman? In a word: no. Northern
Illinois' Garrett Wolfe is going to make a serious case to crash the party if he
decimates the single-season rushing record, but even if he hits 3,000 yards it's
not going to be enough. Heisman voters will have a hard time seeing past those
three letters that Wolfe can't run away from: M-A-C.
So what you're saying is that even the very best player in the world could never win the Heisman if he doesn't play at a certain number of select schools? I haven't followed his games closely, but it does seem that Wolfe is on track to demolish most NCAA Div. I rushing records. But because he plays for a school that is in a conference that has been deemed "inferior" by the media, he has no shot at winning the Heisman. Ty Detmer of BYU won the Heisman in 1990 when he demolished most NCAA passing records (the last time a player from a "non-BCS" school won it); the same should hold true for Wolfe if he completes the season as he started it.
The Heisman itself is pretty silly anyway; football is a team sport--the greatest quarterback doesn't look so hot if he's got lousy receivers, and the greatest running back needs good blockers on the offensive line and downfield. But it really chaps my hide that someone can seriously count out a great player simply because of the team he plays for.
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