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

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I heard a similar story about Ty Cobb. A writer asked the elderly Cobb what he thought he would hit today:

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and that's the mindset of athletes of that caliber, they're not kidding, that fire never goes away, don't know if this is a good ex., but, I've got a friend that I grew up with, great athlete, two years as qb in the NFL, excellent golfer, for the last twenty years he's been playing/practicing his arse off with the intention of trying to make the seniors tour when we turned 50, I've asked him a dozen times, what makes him think that all of these pro golfers, that have been making a living on the tour for all of these years, are immediately going to get feeble and start to suck when they turn 50, and you're just gonna step right in and dominate? doesn't make sense, I'll bet old Billy is still an intimidating guy to be around, and doesn't think he's old and feeble, hell, I saw Y.A. at a game a few years ago, and he still had the fire in his eyes, these guys were thoroughbreds

Probably not - but he would still be a starter and significant contributor - he was a hard-nosed, tough athlete who was both fast and strong for his size - can't teach that or his instincts.

And - you could say that about all the Heisman winners of the era.

Heisman voting is all political bullshite, anyway - Mathieu was, by an order of magnitude - the best playmaker (and from the DB position) of his generation. bullshite.