Early SI Heisman favorites

[TwelfthAG]

It's the fourth week of April, which means, naturally, it's time to start forecasting the 2006 Heisman race. And just like the battle for the national title, the competition for the stiff-armed statuette is as wide open as a receiver in the 2005 Texas A&M secondary.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/gene_menez/04/25/early.heisman.favs/index.html

[adamrod]

Even though that hurts, it's really funny.

[Loftin]

I think it will come down to Quinn, Peterson and a suprise player that really has a breakout year.

[Dustin00whoop]

Wow...it hurts because its so true.

[phatbc]

We got some media attention! Alright!!!

[texag005]

Jamaal Charles for heisman? Give me a break. That has got to be one of the funniest things i've seen in forever.

[GregH]

Jamaal Charles for heisman? Give me a break. That has got to be one of the funniest things i've seen in forever.

Thats what I was thinking.:wow:

[KCAggie]

:mad:

[CaliHornia]

Jamaal Charles for heisman? Give me a break. That has got to be one of the funniest things i've seen in forever.

Yeah, when was the last time Texas had a Heisman trophy candidate?

Sheesh, what's it been, months?

Charles is strong, fast and slippery. AJ Hawk thought he was a bad ass.

Then again, AJ thought Vince was too and we know how that turned out.

[jagowar]

the one thing that will make charles look good (and a pretty big reason he will be an early canidate) is the sips will be relying on their running game pretty heavily so he should put up some stats.

[texag005]

Yeah, when was the last time Texas had a Heisman trophy candidate?

Sheesh, what's it been, months?

Charles is strong, fast and slippery. AJ Hawk thought he was a bad ass.

Then again, AJ thought Vince was too and we know how that turned out.

Vince placing 2nd in the Heisman votes. That's how that turned out. Ok so he's strong fast and slippery, but if he wasn't wearing burnt orange every saturday, he wouldn't be a candidate. It's definately funny to me that the media supposedly has no bias, but a guy who ran for 878 yards in his first season is a heisman candidate, but when C-Lew ran for over a thousand yards his freshman year, he wasn't a heisman candidate.

[NPLAggie07]

That is a very good point texag005...I will admit that Charles is a good back though.

[Aggie By Default]

All he has to do is run for another 800 yards, wear chili throw up orange, and stay out of jail and ITS AWWWNNN!! :)

[Aggie By Default]

Sorry ... double post.

[KCAggie]

The Heisman is just like any other MVP type award.....Best player on a really good team. C-Lew rushed for 1000 yards on a bad team so did not get any consideration the next year because A&M was expected to be bad.

[Loftin]

The Heisman is just like any other MVP type award.....Best player on a really good team. C-Lew rushed for 1000 yards on a bad team so did not get any consideration the next year because A&M was expected to be bad.

Not exactly. Omar Jacobs and DeAngelo Williams got preseason Heisman hype last year, and I wouldn't consider Memphis or Bowling Green to be "really good teams."

[KCAggie]

At least bowl-caliber teams, and lets face it, they were dark horses at best. No one really thought they would win. I think those guys get some hype just to stir up conversations and make things more interesting.

[CaliHornia]

Vince placing 2nd in the Heisman votes. That's how that turned out. Ok so he's strong fast and slippery, but if he wasn't wearing burnt orange every saturday, he wouldn't be a candidate. It's definately funny to me that the media supposedly has no bias, but a guy who ran for 878 yards in his first season is a heisman candidate, but when C-Lew ran for over a thousand yards his freshman year, he wasn't a heisman candidate.

The reason why not is that your program doesn't have recent history of developing guys into full fledged Heisman candidates. What has happened to C-Lew since his first year?

Look at Reggie and Vince. Reggie started far ahead of Vince and until the Rose Bowl game against Michigan probably still was. . .then Vince took off.

The bottom line is that for all everyone talks about a lack of player development at Texas, Mack does a remarkably good job of actually developing his players, be they running backs or whatever.

Charles wasn't even close to being the featured back this year (much like a former Longhorn HT winner his early years, Ricky Williams) and he still had a great season. As he develops into the position with more carries he's going to be good.

We don't play good defenses this year, either.

[The Massacre]

yep, did a great job of developing simms and applewhite. simms has had some very good training at NFL level though. and yep, and look at ricky now.

BUT, i'm not in this conversation because i hate t-sips.

[CaliHornia]

yep, did a great job of developing simms and applewhite. simms has had some very good training at NFL level though. and yep, and look at ricky now.

BUT, i'm not in this conversation because i hate t-sips.

How is he responsible for what happened to Ricky in the NFL? Did he not win the Heisman or was I just dreaming that?

Simms has been the only one he didn't develop well.

[The Massacre]

applewhite doesn't count?

you must be just dreaming that.

[The Massacre]

like i said, not getting into a convesation with a sip. just posting my 2 cents.

[CoolaidWade]

That jab was uncalled for, don't you think?

and I'm going with brady quinn as early favorite.

[CaliHornia]

Mack thought Simms was the better player. I'd seen both play and agreed.

They both couldn't play at once and rotating them would have been a bad idea.

BTW, Massacre, why are you so bitter?

[The Massacre]

not at all, i vowed after last time not to get into a conversation with that tool and i won't again.

[CaliHornia]

That jab was uncalled for, don't you think?

and I'm going with brady quinn as early favorite.

It's going to be up to Michigan to put ND on it's ass early. Carr better have the program back in gear this fall.

[The Massacre]

i'm not bitter at all, i just made a conscious decision to not discuss matters with sips because texags has ruined the experience for me.

[CaliHornia]

i'm not bitter at all, i just made a conscious decision to not discuss matters with sips because texags has ruined the experience for me.

Who are you talking to? :)

[CoolaidWade]

Who are you talking to? :)

I don't know.... but whatever happened affected him deeply. We should be more understanding and try to help him through this difficult time.

[The Massacre]

i'm not talking to anyone.

[CoolaidWade]

i'm not talking to anyone.


Come on.... talk to us! We'll help you through it.... It's like landing a plane, we'll guide you through all the steps.

[TwelfthAG]

You don't have to talk. Just use the keyboard and write. :gig:

[Loftin]

Maybe I should post on BOFZ that I won't talk to sips anymore, and then keep posting. Actually, that would make me look ridiculous.

[The Massacre]

i was talking to cool. not that sip. do what u like though.

[GregH]

Vince placing 2nd in the Heisman votes. That's how that turned out.

Lest we not forget, Vince lost by the BIGGEST margin EVER in the Heisman Trophy Balloting.