re: How important is another LSU player winning the Heisman for you?

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This is my feeling about the award. Sure it means a lot to win it, but it really isn't a fair award because it compares apples to oranges.

Heck I kind of wish they had two Heisman awards each year for offense and defense.

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Just take a look at past winners. Sure...early on many/most of those guys were potentially going both ways, but that hasn't been the case for 50 years.

1935: RB Jay Berwanger / Chicago
1936: End Larry Kelley / Yale
1937: QB Clint Frank / Yale
1938: QB Davey O'Brien / TCU
1939: RB Nile Kinnick / Iowa
1940: RB Tom Harmon / Michigan
1941: RB Bruce Smith / Minnesota
1942: RB Frank Sinkwich / Georgia
1943: QB Angelo Bertelli / Notre Dame
1944: QB Les Horvath / Ohio State
1945: FB Doc Blanchard / Army
1946: RB Glenn Davis / Army
1947: QB John Lujack / Notre Dame
1948: RB Doak Walker / Southern Methodist
1949: E Leon Hart / Notre Dame
1950: RB Vic Janowicz / Ohio State
1951: RB Dick Kazmaier / Princeton
1952: RB Billy Vessels / Oklahoma
1953: RB John Lattner / Notre Dame
1954: FB Alan Ameche / Wisconsin
1955: RB Howard Cassady / Ohio State
1956: QB Paul Hornung / Notre Dame
1957: RB John David Crow / Texas A&M
1958: RB Pete Dawkins / Army
1959: RB Billy Cannon / Louisiana State
1960: RB Joe Bellino / Navy
1961: RB Ernie Davis / Syracuse
1962: QB Terry Baker / Oregon State
1963: QB Roger Staubach / Navy
1964: QB John Huarte / Notre Dame
1965: RB Mike Garrett / USC
1966: QB Steve Spurrier / Florida
1967: QB Gary Beban / UCLA
1968: RB O.J. Simpson / USC
1969: FB Steve Owens / Oklahoma
1970: QB Jim Plunkett / Stanford
1971: QB Pat Sullivan / Auburn
1972: RB Johnny Rodgers / Nebraska
1973: RB John Cappelletti / Penn State
1974: RB Archie Griffin / Ohio State
1975: RB Archie Griffin / Ohio State
1976: RB Tony Dorsett / Pittsburgh
1977: RB Earl Campbell / Texas
1978: RB Billy Sims / Oklahoma
1979: RB Charles White / USC
1980: RB George Rogers / South Carolina
1981: RB Marcus Allen / USC
1982: RB Herschel Walker / Georgia
1983: RB Mike Rozier / Nebraska
1984: QB Doug Flutie / Boston College
1985: RB Bo Jackson / Auburn
1986: QB Vinny Testaverde / Miami (Fla)
1987: WR Tim Brown / Notre Dame
1988: RB Barry Sanders /Oklahoma State
1989: QB Andre Ware / Houston
1990: QB Ty Detmer / Brigham Young
1991: WR Desmond Howard / Michigan
1992: QB Gino Torretta / Miami (Fla)
1993: QB Charlie Ward / Florida State
1994: RB Rashaan Salaam / Colorado
1995: RB Eddie George / Ohio State
1996: QB Danny Wuerffel / Florida
1997: CB Charles Woodson / Michigan
1998: RB Ricky Williams / Texas
1999: RB Ron Dayne / Wisconsin
2000: QB Chris Weinke / Florida State
2001: QB Eric Crouch / Nebraska
2002: QB Carson Palmer / USC
2003: QB Jason White / Oklahoma
2004: QB Matt Leinart / USC
2005: RB Reggie Bush / USC
2006: QB Troy Smith / Ohio State
2007: QB Tim Tebow / Florida
2008: QB Sam Bradford / Oklahoma
2009: TB Mark Ingram / Alabama
2010: QB Cameron Newton / Auburn
2011: QB Robert Griffin / Baylor
2012: QB Johnny Manziel / Texas A&M

Since 1964, the award has been split almost down the middle between QB's and RB's...with 2 WR's thrown in there who also made their mark on spacial teams as return guys, other wise they'd have been left off. The only defensive player in 50 years to win the award is Charles Woodson in 1997. He is, essentially, the only exclusively player defensive player to win the award. That alone makes it a joke.

I mean, it's pretty and all and would look sweet on the mantle, but in terms of meaning...eh.

Not as much as Championships

Not important to me at all, but I have, at times, wondered if our lack of promoting Heisman "candidacies" hurts us in recruiting.

Not sure if it does. Just saying.

I will say this though. I'm not a "star gazer", recruiting expert, or someone that every single year screams about the next "greatest running back of all time" or whatever. Seems like every year, there's someone that we JUST HAVE TO GET OR THE SKY WILL FALL. Every year. I just don't get too fired up over kids who have never taken a snap in college. But with that said, I do believe that LF will be the best running back to ever come out of the state of Louisiana, or LSU (wasn't Alexander from Texas?). Think about all the great ones we've had. That is a long long list. I really do believe that Fournette will be better than anyone we've ever sent up.

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Heisman winner USUALLY comes from a top 5 team, so in that regard, I am all for it

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for real, its a given your team is great with a heisman winner.

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Winning a Heisman is not important to me, and I'll stick to that story until we win one.

I've had zero interest since it became a ESPN talking point/agenda driven contest


Just don't care whatsoever

I'd rather a Chik-Fil-A Bowl win than a Heisman trophy winner. That's how important it is to me.