[Husker] Okafor Stays "N"

[RJ Wessel]

Heisman votes but not the trophy

1987 — Emmitt Smith
Where he finished: Ninth.
Total points: 70.
First-place votes: 2.
Winner: Tim Brown, Notre Dame.
Winner's points: 1,442.
The skinny: Smith dazzled as a freshman but finished behind eight seniors ... Two-way player Gordie Lockbaum of Holy Cross finished third and made the cover of Sports Illustrated ... Brown was the seventh player selected for the award from Notre Dame.

1989 — Emmitt Smith
Where he finished: Seventh.
Total points: 140.
First-place votes: 13.
Winner: Andre Ware, Houston.
Winner's points: 1,073.
The skinny: In a blah year for Heisman candidates, the prolific Ware beat Indiana running back Anthony Thompson by 70 points ... Quarterbacks took up five of the top six spots ... Eventual winner Ty Detmer of BYU finished two spots below Smith, who left after his junior year and went on to star in the NFL.



---- Duane Feldman <dlfeldman at ameritech.net> wrote: 
> Okafor replicated the Emmitt Smith trick of starting off with the "wrong cap" trick.  CO put four hats on the table, with two being Stanford and Nebraska, his final two choices (along with ISU and UM caps who weren't reportedly in the final consideration).  When making the announcement, he picked up the Stanford cap, hesitated, then put it down and while picking up the red Husker cap, said "Nebraska."  A little melodramatic, perhaps, but it worked for Smith.  
> 
> For those who may have forgotten, Smith first picked up the Husker cap, then put it down and picked up the Florida version.  Smith ended with a Heisman trophy (despite the melodrama??).
> 
> Duane Feldman
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net>
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> Subject: [Husker] Okafor Stays "N"
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> Collins Okafor has renewed his commitment to sign at NU. He says Marlon 
> Lucky told him he would be back this year.
> http://www.journalstar.com/blog/huskers.php?title=okafor_i_m_heading_to_nu&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
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