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Topic: Exactly 1 First Place Vote for the Heisman

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bayareabadger

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Re: Exactly 1 First Place Vote for the Heisman
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2021, 11:07:11 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 28, 2021, 11:02:46 PM
It's probably 99% this.
Would put it more on the last one. 

They rarely give 13-0 MAC team stars love. We rarely give Craig Krenzel first place votes. They don't throw votes to kids like the WKU boys.

Fewer folks are considered because we write off the weird and quirky in the four-team playoff era. 
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Re: Exactly 1 First Place Vote for the Heisman
« Reply #15 on: December 29, 2021, 12:40:25 AM »
They don't win because they aren't the best.  They simply have big stats.  Context matters.  It's always mattered.
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Re: Exactly 1 First Place Vote for the Heisman
« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2021, 10:07:53 AM »
it's never mattered to some folks, including voters, and those votes matter
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Re: Exactly 1 First Place Vote for the Heisman
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2021, 10:30:34 AM »
I blame democracy.
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Re: Exactly 1 First Place Vote for the Heisman
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2021, 10:46:20 AM »
I always liked to blame Bob Stoops, but this is a reach
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Re: Exactly 1 First Place Vote for the Heisman
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2021, 12:38:53 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on December 29, 2021, 12:40:25 AM
They don't win because they aren't the best.  They simply have big stats.  Context matters.  It's always mattered.
That's true. But those guys, pre-1970, rang up double digit first-place votes (a couple finished second!). It's become less accepted to vote one of those players as the most "outstanding" in the country. 
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Re: Exactly 1 First Place Vote for the Heisman
« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2022, 04:47:29 PM »
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