One of these things is not like the other.
One of these players just does not belong.
One of these men sticks out like a sore thumb.
His name rhymes with "Mace Fan, Ya'll."
Let's face it: In the last few years, three nominees has been the standard for the Heisman. Three's a good number. For some reason, each year provides about three players who make a solid case for the award.
Think of Leinart, Peterson, and White, or more recently Bush, Leinart, and Young. Each of those trios were good enough to make you sit down, think about it for an hour, make a selection, and then think about it again.
And then you'd change your mind.
And, in theory, this year should be no different.
If you haven't had a debate with your best buddy about Tim Tebow the Sophomore, or whether Colt Brennan's amazing stats are inflated—you're probably not a college football fan at all.
Heck, choosing between Tebow, Brennan, and Darren McFadden is all but impossible. So why did the Heisman powers-that-be add Chase Daniel to the running?
Daniel's odds are listed at 25-to-1 on Bodog, which is Vegas-speak for "no chance in hell."
Evidently, though, those virtuous enough to ignore the free market and swear off gambling think otherwise.
And yes, I know the old arguments. Some Heisman watchers would say it's an honor just to be nominated. To some extent it is—but not when you arrive in New York knowing full well that your butt will remain planted to your chair throughout the ceremony.
Chase Daniel had a fantastic year. Everyone at Mizzou should be proud of their season, and the respect that the Tigers earned for their program and their conference.
But Daniel ain't Tim "Superman" Tebow.
His numbers were lower across the board than Colt Brennan's, and his team didn't make a BCS bowl like Hawai'i did.
And he wasn't the undisputed master of his position, à la Darren McFadden.
So let the Mizzou fans pick me apart for bringing this up. Again, they have every reason to be proud of Chase—but somebody has to point out how ridiculous his Heisman candidacy is.
There are three legitimate contenders for the Heisman Trophy—and thus there should have been three nominees.
College football fans were fortunate to see three young men of such overwhelming talent light up the turf this year. We should reward those three with a trip to New York.
Sorry Chase, but your ticket to Manhattan is a little bit lighter than the other guys'.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
You, sir, are a buffoon.
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Bryan Goldberg about 1 year ago
Thank you for calling me "sir".
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Who is Bryan Goldberg? Oh, I know, he's some unpaid journalism student whose knowledge about college football is "a little bit lighter than the other guys" who actually watch college football.
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Bryan Goldberg about 1 year ago
You're correct. I am not a paid journalist. Fortunately, one need not have a masters in English or a moderately-low paying cubicle job at The Sporting News in order to figure out that Chase is not in The Chase.
Furthermore, Mr. Anonymous, unlike you, I am able to be objective. I am able to look at the situation and say, "you know what, I have a lot of respect for Chase and his accomplishments, but he is simply not in the same league as Tim Tebow or Darren McFadden." My guess is that 99% of REASONABLE football fans are able to do the same thing.
As stated very clearly, I think that Daniel is a great QB and has a lot to be proud of. But inviting him to a ceremony where he has ZERO chance of winning (while the other three contenders have a very good chance of winning) is unfair to everyone.
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Jared Reback about 1 year ago
The easy answer is that usually the Heisman invites the candidates with over a certain number of votes to the show. If say Daniel came in third, it would be foolish for the fourth place finisher to be there and not Daniel.
If Daniel does indeed come in fourth, then your argument holds more weight.
We shall see I guess.
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David Williams about 1 year ago
I think the Mizzou fans are just pissed Chase won't win and Mizzou is relegated to the Cotton Bowl.
But honestly, I think he deserves a shot at least over Colt. Just look at the numbers. Colt has 4 more passing yards, 5 more TDs and 4 more interceptions than Daniel. Those aren't exactly that big of a difference. You may consider the fact that Chase played in more games but also consider this. Colt played against two credible teams (neither of which were up for BCS consideration): Boise State and Fresno State. Daniel and Mizzou played against Illinois (in Rose Bowl), Oklahoma twice (in Fiesta Bowl), and Kansas (in Orange Bowl) along with teams on par with Fresno like Texas A&M, Colorado, and K-State.
I hate to keep bringing up Strength of Schedule, but imagine how easy it would be for Chase if he played the teams that Brennan played? Can you imagine how good those stats would be?
Either way, they should've just invited Tebow because he's going to win and McFadden just for being a badass.
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Bobby S about 1 year ago
Brennan played less than 40 quarters. When he played, he played on an injured ankle for half the season yet still managed to put up stud numbers and keep in mind, this is against defenses that have 7 or 8 in the secondary praying to stop him!
When June Jones says that Brennan can make the reads as well as make all the throws with accuracy, he ain't blowin' smoke! If there is going to be the next Tom Brady, Brennan has the skills and IQ to become just that.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
I don't have a problem with someone saying that he doesn't have a chance compared to McFadden or Tebow (although McFadden had a lot more games where he flopped this year than Daniel did, and shouldn't you be able to count on the Heisman winner almost every game?) but to say it's clear cut that Brennan is ahead of Daniel is just dumb. And it's dumb to say no one should come if they have a zero chance of winning. Troy Smith would have been there by himself last year using that logic. Brennan has zero chance of winning also, btw.
From the "Who is Bryan Goldberg" anonymous guy . . .
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Bryan Goldberg about 1 year ago
I disagree that Brennan has zero chance. I think that he is much less likely to win it, but nobody will be 'stunned' if he wins. He led the nation's ONLY undefeated team, and his QB rating was 15 points higher than Daniel's (which is certainly not trivial).
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Smith J. Howard about 1 year ago
If anyone other than Tebow or McFadden wins...I'll be 100% shocked. But that's just me.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
I'm not sure what all of the fuss over McFadden is. The dude was MIA in more games than not. Felix Jones will be the better pro anyway with his running style and better foot speed.
The fuss over Tebow is perplexing as well. The media is making a big deal with his rushing ability but his numbers aren't exceptional (Jake Locker had better rushing numbers) and a good number of his rushing TDs were QB sneaks (not impressive). Tebow's passing stats are good but nothing spectacular over 12 games unless you like jump passes.
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jeff lofton about 1 year ago
if u honestly believe that jones will be a better pro than mcfadden then i would tend to believe that you know little about the game;especially how its played at the next level. running between the tackles is what matters in the nfl and that why dmac will go either 1st or 2nd in the draft. felix is another brian westbrooke......................darrin is andrian peterson x 10. missouri only started there football program, what-about 3 yrs ago.........right!? i guess that explains the ignorance.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Dude, everyone in America excet you will be stunned if Brennan wins.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Brennan wasn't the stud he was last year. We have to keep this in mind. His TD production went down 20 TD's, and he only threw 80 less times than last year. Given, he did play in less time (sat out the second half, missed basically 2 full games due to injury). All that being said, Tim Tebow has a combined 51 TD's this year. Last year, Brennan had 58...JUST PASSING. Include his 5 rushing touchdowns, and I hope you can do that math.
Of course, we're not talking about last year. It's this year. The call is up to the voters. Both of them are exceptional. Bottom line, we'll never know how Colt Brennan would preform vs the SEC. We'll never know how Tim Tebow would preform with a WAC schedule.
The saddest thing of all is that Colt Brennan was not even in the DISCUSSION for Heisman last year.
406 Completions to 559 Attempts - 72.9 Completion%
5549 Passing Yards
58 TD Passes
12 INT's
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Colt Brennan - 131 touchdown passes, 23 NCAA records, led the only undefeated team in America. Who else can say that?.... Nobody. How can he not win the Heisman? If you are skeptical, I challenge you to watch last week's Hawaii vs. Washington. Colt is amazing!
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Bryan Goldberg about 1 year ago
GUYS -- can we get back to the point here?
The FACT of the matter is that there are many, many people who support each of the three main candidates. While I think we'll all be surprised if Brennan wins, reality is that he has his fair share of supporters. Is it maybe only five or ten percent of football fans? Maybe...
But nobody I've spoken to in the last few days has even suggested that Chase deserves it. There's simply no case to be made. Why is he there?
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Jux Berg about 1 year ago
Why isn't Beanie Wells there? Hell, why can't anyone even TALK about Beanie?
1463 yards, 14 touchdowns, all on an ankle that will require surgery after the season that he hurt in SPRING BALL.
He'll be there next year though. Jim Brown clone!!
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Colt Brennan - 131 touchdown passes, 23 NCAA records, led the only undefeated team in America. Who else can say that?.... Nobody. How can he not win the Heisman? If you are skeptical, I challenge you to watch last week's Hawaii vs. Washington. Colt is amazing!
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Dr P about 1 year ago
AGREED! It's all the hype after the Kansas game...that's all...
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Eric Hobbs about 1 year ago
Compare Colt Brennan's stats to Chase Daniel's, then compare the defenses the two did it against. Colt Brennan is only in New York because his team beat all the high school teams they played. The poster above is mentioning career records, which are irrelevant, since this is a single season award. Graham Harrell is discounted because he is a "system quarterback". Texas Tech runs the ball more than Hawaii does!
Tebow is overrated. Of all his TD runs, the longest one he had in conference play was 9 yards, most of which were actually less than 5 yards.
A huge thing that Chase has is the intangibles. There's no way to measure it, but no other candidate is a better leader.
My vote goes to McFadden.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Daniel needed 13 games to get his numbers whereas with Brennan, less than 10. In addition, where was Daniel during the Big 12 CCG? I'll tell you! MIA like McFadden often was during the season.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
McFadden wasn't MIA OFTEN. He had three off games because he was suffering from illness and a deep rib injury. I was at those games. The coaches were telling him to stay off the field and let Hillis run the ball and McFadden refused. There are players out there who can mimic the things that Brennan, Daniels, and Tebow do. Granted they may not be as good at it as the originals, but NOBODY can do the things McFadden does. He is the most outstanding player; give him the Heisman. And just to get back to the point, Daniels has absolutely NO shot at winning the Heisman and neither does Brennan. Let them both sit there and enjoy the moment, but the fact of the matter is that neither has a shot at the award. In fact, I wouldn't at all be suprised to see Dennis Dixon recieve more votes than either one of them.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Colt Brennan - 131 touchdown passes, 23 NCAA records, only undefeated team in America. Who else can say that? How did he not win the Heisman?
Disappointing. All those voters didn't watch any of Colt's games before voting. Well, when he murders Georgia, I hope they change their system... voters must watch at least the last 2 games for each of the candidate. Their vote has no credibility when they just look at stats and read news articles.
Vote fair people.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Yeah these reports suck no wonder your are unpaid. If Chase didn't have a chance then he wouldn't be there .
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
thats funny coming from someone who probaly got picked on by jocks as a kid and never played a snap probaly was the kid with his underwear over his head and hiding under the bleachers punk if you didnt notice yes colt had good numbers but got his butt kicked at that bcs game and mu got snubbed from a bcs game we beat ku but they get a bcs game and as far as my memory serves me mcfadden proved to be a punk and the game against mu and tim tebow is not that great a true qb doesnt run first than pass the true qb passes first then runs but hey what do i know just correcting you
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
yeah colt sucks hell be like every other qb from hawaii a joke yeah thats great hes got all these numbers cool but he got destroyed by a pro style defense nothing less of a miracle that he didnt leave on a stretcher get your facts straight do the research what happens to undefeated teams they fall on there face hint new england and ohh hawaii
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
i agree if he didnt deserve to be there he wouldnt have been there and from my checking he did better than anyone on that ballot after the heisman was handed out to a overrated jackass who again fell on his face chase deserved to be there and hell show next year that hell deserve to be there again he is a true qb cares more about the game than his stupid stats cares more about life than football
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