[Husker] More Heisman Hype

[Aaron Wolfson]

I'm with Suh himself; just get him to New York, and that's a plenty big
accomplishment. He's already guaranteed at least two first-places votes
(Nissan and Shatel).

Aaron


On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Part of reason some of these pundits have Suh down the list is that they
> base their projections in part on past history.  If a player runs for X and
> throws for Y, then he has Z probability to win based on the past statistics
> of Heisman winners.  And since no defensive lineman has ever won the
> Heisman, his stats count for 0.
>
> Even the voters deep down have that bias; while they won't come out and
> admit that a defensive lineman can't be a candidate for the Heisman, they
> limit their consideration to offensive skill players.  Some of it might be
> what happened to Peyton Manning, who did everything a traditional Heisman
> Trophy winner would do, and didn't get it.  12 years later, some voters
> might have a little remorse about that vote.
>
> Especially when some voters think that McCoy and Texas got robbed last
> year.
>
> That being said, if Mr. Suh has a Missouri-like game on Saturday night...I
> still believe he has a chance.
>
>  Mike Jaixen
> http://huskermike.blogspot.com
> http://www.cornnation.com
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>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Killmar, John" <John.Killmar at stjude.org>
> To: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>
> Sent: Thu, December 3, 2009 12:51:24 PM
> Subject: [Husker] More Heisman Hype
>
> John Taylor, who has a blog on NBCSports has a little blurb about the
> latest Heisman hype.  His list is below.  If you go to the site you'll see
> several comments on this, most I support of Suh.
> http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/03/heisman-polls-now-pointing-toward-mccoy/
>
>
> 1.) Ndamukong Suh
> 2.) Toby Gerhart
> 3.) Colt McCoy
> 4.) Mark Ingram
> 5.) Kellen Moore
>
> At the Scripps Howard and the HeismanPundot.com polls Suh is way down the
> list.  Suh is in front by 12,00 votes and the ESPN site.
>
> John Killmar
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of Killmar, John
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:59 AM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [Husker] Suh close to being on top at Heisman Vote 2009
>
> Here is your daily reminder to go vote for Ndamukong.  Here is the latest
> standings at the site.
>
> Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska 114657  19%
> C.J. Spiller RB Clemson 105527  17%
> Mark Ingram RB Alabama 97211  16%
> Tim Tebow QB Florida 81866  13%
> Colt McCoy QB Texas 75909  12%
>
> I think that the turnaround in the standings with Suh having a 9,000 vote
> lead is a reflection on the power of the Huskers List.
>
> John Killmar
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of Lynette Tillner
> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:40 AM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Suh close to being on top at Heisman Vote 2009
>
> Suh now slightly in the lead (Sunday 11/29, 9:30 am PST):
>
> PLAYER   VOTES
> Ndamukong Suh   103307
> C.J. Spiller   102137
>
> Let's keep him in the lead! Vote every day:
> http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/theheismanvote/2009/
>
>
>
> Lynette (Tillner) Peavey
> ltillner at yahoo.com
>
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