aurorasooner
12/8/2008, 11:28 PM
Sorry if it's been posted, I didn't see it in the Bradford thread. According to Rhode some of these Heisman voters are real class acts, not voting on who they think the best player is but voting for McCoy and against Sammy because they disagree with the Big 12 Conference Tiebreaker preset rules that everyone agreed on.
In conversations with other voters, Rohde said he discerned a curious mind-set for voting McCoy No. 1: "(They) are going with McCoy because they thought Texas belonged in the Big 12 title game instead of Oklahoma. They think the Big 12 tiebreaker is flawed, so they're taking it out on Bradford?
"That's warped, but you'd be surprised how many people think that way."This newspaper's poll has served as a fairly accurate barometer in foretelling the official winner, correctly tabbing Tebow last season and, before that, predicting the winner in 17 of the previous 20 seasons.
The Rocky's poll, in its 22nd year, is the longest-running weekly Heisman watch in the country.
The electorate has spoken.
Ah, softly and somewhat indecisively.
As a precursor to what might be among the tightest national balloting ever to determine the winner of college football's most prestigious national award, 10 Rocky panelists with Heisman Trophy votes - two voters from each region of the country - labored to select Texas quarterback Colt McCoy as their 2008 winner.
McCoy received 42 points, Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford received 41, and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, the 2007 Heisman winner, received 34.
A third Big 12 Conference quarterback, Texas Tech's Graham Harrell, finished fourth among the Rocky voters with 23 points. Four other players received votes, but none of that quartet got more than five.http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/08/heisman-race-comes-down-to-wire/
In conversations with other voters, Rohde said he discerned a curious mind-set for voting McCoy No. 1: "(They) are going with McCoy because they thought Texas belonged in the Big 12 title game instead of Oklahoma. They think the Big 12 tiebreaker is flawed, so they're taking it out on Bradford?
"That's warped, but you'd be surprised how many people think that way."This newspaper's poll has served as a fairly accurate barometer in foretelling the official winner, correctly tabbing Tebow last season and, before that, predicting the winner in 17 of the previous 20 seasons.
The Rocky's poll, in its 22nd year, is the longest-running weekly Heisman watch in the country.
The electorate has spoken.
Ah, softly and somewhat indecisively.
As a precursor to what might be among the tightest national balloting ever to determine the winner of college football's most prestigious national award, 10 Rocky panelists with Heisman Trophy votes - two voters from each region of the country - labored to select Texas quarterback Colt McCoy as their 2008 winner.
McCoy received 42 points, Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford received 41, and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, the 2007 Heisman winner, received 34.
A third Big 12 Conference quarterback, Texas Tech's Graham Harrell, finished fourth among the Rocky voters with 23 points. Four other players received votes, but none of that quartet got more than five.http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/08/heisman-race-comes-down-to-wire/