re: Would Cannon be considered for the heisman on the modern era?

I'm going to tell you like i tell a lot of people when this kind of thing is brought up. You can't really judge a guy 30+ years ago to a guy now. The level of competition is way higher than it was back then. A hand timed 4.3 back then is a combine 4.45-5, The average RB going to the NFL runs in the 4.5s at 200-225. How many players you knew were 6'5-6'6 300+ coming out of high school? How many DEs were 6'6 240, 250, running in the 4.6s? How many LBs you knew at 6'2-6.4 230-240lbs running 4.5-4.65? How many TEs you knew who were 6'5-6'6 240-260 running in the 4.6s and 4.5s? Our entire starting secondary in 2011 ran in the 4.5s or faster at the combine. People say it all the time about how they are marveled at these huge giants fast and physically ready as sophmores and juniors in high school.

You can't compare. They were great in their time because they were more athletic than anybody else, now those types of athletes are littered everywhere. Sure you had your ridiculous even by today's standards recruits like Jackson and Campbell and Walker, etc, but a lot of these greats are only that great because of the era in which they played.

This post is not to bash the older guys, but there is a difference.