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re: Who was the best player never to win a Heisman Trophy?

Posted on 5/17/21 at 12:23 pm to
Posted by Tiger in NY
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Posted on 5/17/21 at 12:23 pm to
Christian McCaffrey
Larry Fitzgerald
Posted by Hubbhogg
Our AD Sucks
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Posted on 5/17/21 at 5:55 pm to
McFadden was robbed the year they gave it to Troy Smith
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 5/17/21 at 6:12 pm to
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Reinvented a football position that always existed
he is the reason they started tracking pancakes, iirc
This post was edited on 5/17/21 at 6:15 pm
Posted by ThePTExperience1969
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Apr 2016
13360 posts
Posted on 5/17/21 at 6:26 pm to
I thought that was Bill Fralic for Pitt
Posted by Giant Leaf
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Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 5/17/21 at 6:27 pm to
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he is the reason they started tracking pancakes, iirc



He is the reason for everything OT related since his time

No one has ever done it like he did it
Posted by shiner17
Lone Star State
Member since Jul 2017
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Posted on 5/17/21 at 6:45 pm to
Rakeem Cato
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 5/17/21 at 6:50 pm to
Moss this, Moss that
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 5/17/21 at 7:39 pm to
Cecil Collins
Posted by dhuck20
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Member since Oct 2012
22935 posts
Posted on 5/17/21 at 7:59 pm to
Suh

Although Clowney definitely could have contended in 2013/14 but he either couldn’t stay healthy or motivated.
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22449 posts
Posted on 5/17/21 at 9:50 pm to
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Mac Jones has the highest rated season in the history of the sport while playing the most SEC conference games of anyone ever.

Making him the undisputed best QB in the history of college football.


Bruh.
Posted by Giant Leaf
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Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 5/18/21 at 12:26 am to
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Pace was very badass.......



It is not crazy to call Orlando Pace the best college football player of all time and even one of the best peak players anyone has ever seen

Dude lit up
Posted by Knight of Old
New Hampshire
Member since Jul 2007
12555 posts
Posted on 5/18/21 at 5:57 am to
Ed Marinaro. /thread...


Marinaro played college football at Cornell University, where he set over 16 NCAA records. He was the first running back in NCAA history to run for 4,000 career rushing yards and led the nation in rushing in 1971.

Marinaro was runner-up to Pat Sullivan for the Heisman Trophy in 1971, the highest finish for an Ivy League player since the league de-emphasized football in the mid-1950s. Princeton's Dick Kazmaier won the award in 1951 when the Ivy was still considered a major football conference.

Marinaro won the 1971 Maxwell Award and the UPI College Football Player of the Year as the top player in college football.

He is the current holder of four NCAA records: most rushes per game in a season (39.6 in 1971), career average carries per game (34.0, 1969–71), most rushing yards per game over an entire career (174.6, 1969–71), and earliest game reaching 1,000 rushing yards (5th, 1971).

Posted by kajunman
Member since Dec 2015
8244 posts
Posted on 5/18/21 at 6:49 am to
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McFadden was robbed the year they gave it to Troy Smith
Smith got it because he played for OSU. If he played for Arkansas and McFadden played for OSU, it would have been McFadden by a country mile. Heisman has always had some east coast bias. The SEC is so dominant now, they have to look at what is happening in the south.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
53879 posts
Posted on 5/18/21 at 6:59 am to
Such a meaningless award
It’s a popularity contest driven by media especially lately
There have been plenty of deserving defensive players
Posted by JackVincennes
NOLA
Member since Jan 2014
4193 posts
Posted on 5/18/21 at 7:04 am to
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The list begins and ends with Jim Brown.

Correct answer by far. But we live in a 15 minute world now.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69630 posts
Posted on 5/18/21 at 7:09 am to
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Such a meaningless award


This is an intellectually lazy take on the Heisman and one that has been repeated time and time again by someone who always thinks they're the smartest person in the room. If the award were meaningless this discussion thread wouldn't be on page seven right now.
Posted by TTsTowel
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Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 5/18/21 at 7:32 am to
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Mac Jones has the highest rated season in the history of the sport while playing the most SEC conference games of anyone ever.

Making him the undisputed best QB in the history of college football.
Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
12631 posts
Posted on 5/18/21 at 8:29 am to
Peyton got robbed because he was a victim of his own preseason hype and it became a popular opinion that it was time for a defensive player to win.
Posted by ihateidiots18
Member since Dec 2020
457 posts
Posted on 5/18/21 at 8:45 am to

If you remember they could've put up 100 against CU then you should remember nobody gave them a chance against USC.

Lol
Posted by SpartyGator
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Member since Oct 2011
81645 posts
Posted on 5/18/21 at 9:03 am to
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His losing to FLA every year
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