What If the Heisman Trophy Actually Went to College Football’s Most Outstanding Player?

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What If The Heisman Trophy Actually Went to College Football’s Most Outstanding Player?

Let’s pretend, for a moment, that we live in an alternate reality. Up is down, black is white, Isiah Thomas could successfully run a child’s lemonade stand without the lemons demanding a trade (or the sugar suing for sexual harassment), Notre Dame is a football school.

And the Heisman Trophy goes to the best player in football.

Radical, ain’t it?

Ostensibly, the trophy is awarded to the “most outstanding player in college football,” in the words of the Heisman’s official site. In reality, its selection has become one of sports’ unwritten rules, annually ending up in the hands of the best quarterback or running back on a highly ranked team. So, somewhere in the rush to drool over counting stats, what should be college football’s answer to the best actor Oscar, has become the equivalent of the biggest popcorn movie star.

(The award itself is named after former Georgia Tech coach John Heisman, but we suggest a more apt name would be the Weis, awarded to the player who’s on television and talked about the most without great attention to his actual level of ability).

A trophy dash by Oak Forest Bengals overcome Bremen in Rivals showdown

Trophy News from Ohio 

 A trophy dash by Oak Forest Bengals overcome Bremen in Rivals showdown 

 

Big plays and big drives led Oak Forest to a trophy-grabbing victory over archrival Bremen on Friday night.  The Bengals’ 34-7 triumph, which brings them not only a 6-0 record but possession of the SouthtownStar Rivals Trophy, was accomplished much as last year’s Oak Forest win came about. The Bengals completely dominated the second half before about 2,500 fans at Bengals Stadium.  

“It was almost identical to last year,” Oak Forest coach Brian McDonough said. “The kids woke up.”  

Javon Ringer, Heisman Trophy contender

Trophy News from Michigan 

 

Through four games this season, Michigan State’s Javon Ringer has rushed for 699 yards on 143 carries (a 4.9 yard-per-carry average) and 11 touchdowns. He has rushed for more than 200 yards in two straight games and is on pace to rush for more than 2,000 yards and score more than 30 touchdowns.

 

 

 

 

As the focal point of the offense, as long as he stays healthy, he will continue to see a large number of carries and should come close to those numbers, yet he is not taken seriously nationally as a Heisman Trophy candidate.