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).

Quarterbacks Dominate Top 10 Finalists for NCAA Division III Gagliardi Trophy

Trophy News from Minneapolis…….

Quarterbacks Dominate Top 10 Finalists for NCAA Division III Gagliardi Trophy

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Nine quarterbacks and one running back are finalists for the Gagliardi Trophy, awarded each year to honor the outstanding NCAA Division III football player. Sponsored by Jostens and the Saint John’s University, Minnesota, J-Club, the Gagliardi Trophy recognizes excellence in athletics, academics and community service.

The winner of the Gagliardi Trophy is selected by a national selection committee comprised of coaches, sports writers, community leaders and former Division III student-athletes enshrined in the National Collegiate Football Hall of Fame. This will be the second year fans will be able to rank the 10 finalists and cast an electronic ballot that collectively will be added to the 35 votes of the national selection committee. Ballots may be cast immediately through 12:00 p.m. CST on Tuesday, December 9 at http://www.d3football.com. Fans may only vote one time.

The trophy is named for Saint John’s University head football coach John Gagliardi, the first active head coach to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (Class of 2006) and the winningest coach in college football history with a record of 461-125-11 (.781). Gagliardi set the all-time win record on November 8, 2003.

Heisman Trophy Comes to Mercer County

Trophy News from Green Valley, WEST VIRGINIA

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Heisman Trophy Comes to Mercer County - People got a chance to pose with the actual trophy.

GREEN VALLEY- — One of the most coveted trophy awards in the wide world of sports makes a stop in southern West Virginia, Thursday.

College football fans got the chance to live the dream…by posing for a picture with the actual Heisman Trophy.

This trophy appearance is part of ESPN’s Gridiron Blowout Tour.

The Heisman Trophy made a stop at Cole Nissan in Green Valley in Mercer County, Thursday.

It’s the chance of a lifetime for people who follow college football, as the trophy will wind up in the hands of the best college football player of the year.

Originally written by Martin Staunton, West Virginia Media