how do you determine the best player in america?
sec wins the award once again...
sec wins the award once again...
There is no way to ever pick the best football player in the NCAA. I'm always happy for whoever wins, and sometimes disappointed when a favorite player doesn't. To be selected is something that I cannot even imagine. How can you compare a linebacker to quarterback? The obvious answer is that you can't compare the two. I honestly think the Heisman rarely goes to the best player in America. RGIII better than Trent Richardson? Not in my mind. Is Johnny Manzeil the best football player in America.? And he'll be wearing that Bulls eye on his back next season. Opposing coaches will be better prepared. Alabama looked lost in the first quarter against him. They Aggies only scored nine point in the last three. I wonder if Manzeil would have won if Alabama scored and won the game? I doubt it very much. The memory of that game would have been the comeback of Alabama and not the start of Texas A&M.
Johnny Manzeil is unique. I've heard the phrase lighting in bottle all my life. Now I know exactly what that means. Lightning in a bottle is some kid from Texas who looks like a pin ball bouncing off the walls. Will he be the first four time winner of the Heisman. Probably not. It really doesn't matter who the best player in America. It's the idea that someone could be named the best player in the NCAA despite the flaws involved in the voting system. It is great symbolism. If you watched Johnny on the stage in New York it was hard not to cheer for him. What about Manti T'eo? Talk about a heartbreaking story. It makes you want t go give him a hug and express your thanks for such a profile in courage. Collin Klein wasn't going to win. He didn't have the Golden Dome's press machine behind him. He wasn't lightning in a bottle. He was the Rock of Gilbrater. He is Tim Tebow with real talent and none of the drama queen stuff. If any of these guys won it could have been supported by facts. I think the Bama game won that Trophy for him. He had great stats before and after. T'eo seemed to be walking on the yellow brick road until he lost. Collin was relaxed. He probably knew he wasn't going win but don't you know that somewhere deep in heart was thinking "maybe".
One untold story needs to me mentioned. This is America. We are the greatest country in world in my opinion. Our diversity is what makes us so flexible and adaptable. Those characteristics are what makes us great. Last year a young black man with dreadlocks won the award. This year a young white a young white man won. Both are from Texas, but both come from different worlds. It shows me the voters may be bias in someways as the vote, but in more important ways there is no bias. Man, is this a great country or what?
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