Just wanted to direct folks over to IRT's Random Bye Week Thoughts. My personal favorite is point number 2:
2. Speaking of Troy Smith, CBS Sportsline has a hard-on for him. Compare these two statements:
Ho-hum, Brady Quinn threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns against Stanford. Are those the type of performances to get Quinn back into the Heisman race? Probably not. He needs to start throwing for 300 yards against the lesser competition.
Troy Smith had one of the best games of his career — even if it was against Bowling Green. Smith threw only three incomplete passes with 191 yards and three touchdowns. Smith continues to be the easy favorite to win the award.
This sort of inconsistency isn't surprising from the House of Dodd. Someone really needs to hit that guy with a frying pan, and I have just the lady in mind to do it. I can just hear the beautiful sound of a skillet careening off the bald dome o'Dodd now, and it's beautiful.
Anyway, I'm taking a new stance on the whole "Quinn for Heisman" thing. I don't want him to win the Heisman. I'd prefer he have smashing success as a QB in the NFL, and as we can see from previous Heisman winners, it's better for your career NOT to win this popularity contest award.
- 2004: Matt Leinart, USC - Now Stuck in NFL Hell, a.k.a. Arizona It's like the Cleveland Browns without the city's charm or winning history.
- 2003: Jason White, Oklahoma - Undrafted Free Agent who quit football altogether.
- 2002: Carson Palmer, USC - Did you SEE that knee injury he had?
- 2001: Eric Crouch, Nebraska - 4th String QB, Toronto. And no, Toronto doesn't have an NFL team.
- 2000: Chris Weinke, FSU - Backup QB. 4th Rounder
So the last 5 QBs to win the Heisman haven't exactly conquered the professional world, and trust me, go back even farther and the pro success of Heisman QBs looks even worse. And with that in mind, I'd like to begin, in earnest, the "Quinn Not For Heisman" campaign.
By Bad Kermit October 10, 2006 - 12:36 pm
I can’t wait until Tommie Harris decapitates Leinart next week. Can’t. Wait.
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By The Biscuit October 11, 2006 - 11:36 am
I am with you on these freaking writers Q. those kinds of comparisons happen each week with Quinn at the shitteey end of it. If Smith throws for 150 yards against PSU they say “but watch this one great pass he makes, that is Heisman material”. But when Quinn throws for 250 against an equally bad team, it’s ‘just run of the mill’. These guys suck.
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By Derek Jeter October 12, 2006 - 10:47 am
Does this mean you guys are also suggesting that the media stop blowing me?
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By Her Loyal Sons » Bile. Blood. Chicken Bones. November 20, 2006 - 12:12 pm
[...] Forget about the fact that I don’t actually want Brady Quinn to win the Heisman (see my earlier thoughts on Heismans, QBs, and curses (I’m a big believer in curses)), this sort of give-up attitude is exactly what was wrong with Notre Dame football for the better part of the last ten years. Clearly some “fans” haven’t quite worked out the cobwebs. [...]
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