I think Pete Fiutak was being earnest when he wrote what I’m about to share with you. Stupid, naive, pathetic, whiny, childish, hella-lame, but earnest. So we’re gonna link to his “work” right here.

Bold = mine. Now, onto his “work”:

This is not an anti-Brady Quinn or Notre Dame-hating rant. This is a why-the-awards-are-occasionally-a-fat-load-of-nothing beef. Ok. Good ’nuff for me. It’s Christmas. I’ll trust in the human spirit.
The Unitas Award is supposed to go to the best senior quarterback in America, while the Maxwell Award is supposed to go to the college football player of the year. Wow. Real facts. Not a bad start, Pete!
Each award has now been rendered irrelevant and meaningless after Quinn won them both. Uh oh! Danger Will Robinson! I feel a baseless and asinine commentary coming on!
Why was Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith the winner of the Heisman Trophy by one of the largest margins ever? Media Hype.
Why did Quinn fall to third in the Heisman race behind Darren McFadden and Smith? Media Hype Loves Itself a “Hot Story.”
It’s because Smith was, unquestionably, 2006’s signature college football player. Really? How? (Oops. I just questioned it.) Quinn will be the first pick in the NFL draft, but that has absolutely nothing to do with college football awards. Indeed.
If you want to argue that McFadden was the best player in the nation, you’d be wrong, but I’d listen. If you want to say Hawaii’s Colt Brennan was the nation’s best quarterback because of his numbers, you could at least make a case. But for Quinn to win not just the player of the year, but the best senior quarterback honor is wrong and embarrassing. Again, why?
The numbers were certainly nice, and Quinn was brilliant in comebacks against Michigan State and UCLA, but in Notre Dame’s two big games of the year against Michigan and USC, Quinn didn’t lead his team to wins, and wasn’t even close. Smith finished the season fourth in the nation in passing efficiency while Quinn was 14th. Ah. A stat! And a convenient one! Way to build up your argument, Pete!
Come on, voters, be smarter, and better than that. What’s that line about tree-trunk/eye/splinter/your-own-self?

Ok. I’ll take it all back. Pete’s not earnest. I will, however, stick to my guns that he is: Stupid, naive, pathetic, whiny, childish, hella-lame. He’s also a no-talent turd-breather. As such. I’m removing his link. He works for Fox Sports. Fox should seriously think about changing that.

And just for the fun of it, let’s compare the last, oh, 10 year history of the awards involved in Pete’s latest “work” for which he’s actually paid:

Wait a minute. Just looking back 10 years, we see that in 1997, Pete’s logic holds that these awards were “rendered irrelevant and meaningless.” At the very least, how can Manning be the best according to Maxwell is Heisman says it’s Woodson? It’s as if these awards are voted on by totally different groups of people! How could that be? And wait! What the hell happened in 2001? 3 different winners!? No! That’s can’t be! That just cannot be!

Hmm. Maybe Pete just got excited that he learned some new “big boy words” like “irrelevant” and “rendered.”

Anyway, Pete, if you have kids, put them up for adoption. Anyone this stupid is about as qualified to raise children as a mentally damaged cocker spaniel. Think of the kids, Pete. It’s not too late for them!

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