If you want serious change with Heisman

[Sudden Impact]

Definitely my opinion..... Maybe we weren't watching the same games. glad I have my opinion. I hope the best for him so lets revisit in a couple years...

Can you explain why Brice Young is not on that list as well? ---- IYO. Least we forget the Heisman is not about NFL potential. As you mentioned that Hooker is not NFL Caliber which I disagree but one would think that Brice Young is NFL Caliber and had a year to warrant a repeat. So the Voters are applying the rules the way they desire to justify the means. Hooker worked his way up from a 3rd round Draft Selection to a late 1st Round so we will see. Minnesota is a great place for him to land.

 

[Frivolous]

Here's and idea. Buy and American Product.

I grew up in Smyrna and worked at the Nissan plant during the summers of my college years. Daughter has an Altima that was built in Smyrna; wife drives an Infiniti QX60 that was also made there. Her previous vehicle was a Honda Odyssey that was made in Alabama. My last vehicle was a Nissan Titan built in Mississippi.

My current truck? A Chevy Silverado… that was made in Mexico.

 

[Big Al Orange]

The Heisman is meaningless. Even if our players won the next 10. We have been able to look behind the scenes more than ever at the mindset of voters. You see that some take all their votes as jokes. Some are obstinate (guy who wouldn't vote us ahead of Alabama no matter what, guy who had Notre Dame in his top 10 and us at 14 most of the season.) Some writers take it seriously but far too many don't. It also moved away from the best player to being a good player on the best teams.

I’d say Peyton got more mileage out of not winning than he would have had he won it. Everybody in the country knows he got screwed.

 

[volfan2024]

Media market controls everything realistically I think

 

[Boone&Crockett]

But Tua won the year he was injured. I seem to remember him going to New York on crutches.

Tua never won the Heisman

 

[Boone&Crockett]

Having a bad loss to SCjr was nearly as devastating to his chances as the injury.

Yea, I dont think he wins after that but I think he is a finalist.

 

[sami]

Nissan really doesn't do anything other than use it to market their brand. Unlike Toyota, Nissan has employed a lot of people in this state when you consider the Smyrna Plant, Decherd, Franklin, and all the suppliers that support Smyrna. Smryna is one of the biggest enclosed facilities in the United States and likely employs over 10,000 people. They do have issues though, I know. Still a fixture of this state.

I may try to find a meaningful email address and post for anyone that wants to consider reaching out about it.

I personally don't understand why the Heisman isn't awarded after the National Title game. College Football is such an unbalanced sport and you can have players look like all-stars in their **** conference and then get exposed in Post Season. This has happened often with Heisman candidates (especially ones from the B1G).

They don't give a schiit about the award, it's about the show and the marketing around it. Same with the garbage HOF's, they are more concerned with having their few days of promotion than really getting it right with the selections.

 

[VolSummitt44]

We could just all decide to by Toyota’s instead.

Done

 

[SmashMouth]

dude, not really into meaningless yankee awards. If we going to NY, I would rather win a Tony for best supporting running back. Sure, its fun to be a has-been, running around with mascots like a dope....but really...

The real "heisman" is Thursday, April 27th.

 

[Daniel_Lincolns_Foot]

I grew up in Smyrna and worked at the Nissan plant during the summers of my college years. Daughter has an Altima that was built in Smyrna; wife drives an Infiniti QX60 that was also made there. Her previous vehicle was a Honda Odyssey that was made in Alabama. My last vehicle was a Nissan Titan built in Mississippi.

My current truck? A Chevy Silverado… that was made in Mexico.

Yeah the “buy American” mindset is pretty dated. Sure, may have made an argument for it back in the 60s when the likes of Toyota, Honda and VW were strictly imports. But they’ve been manufacturing cars in the US for near-50 years now. It IS buying American at this point.

 

[sona]

My daughter owned one and the transmission went out. Would cost about half as much as it was worth to fix it.

My brother owned a Rogue. Same problem, CVT transmission.

Because that transmission is absolute garbage and Nissan should have been forced to recall every model with a CVT.

 

[volbound1700]

Because that transmission is absolute garbage and Nissan should have been forced to recall every model with a CVT.

It definitely has mixed results. I have had good experience with CVTs but they definitely wear out quicker than other Transmissions and are difficult to replace.

I think Nissan moved away from that.

The selling point was the gas mileage but the acceleration was horrible.

I live in Middle Tennessee and I kind of grew up with Nissan. My dad retired from Nissan. I used to go to their park in Smyrna as a kid and I got swimming and golf lessons there. I even worked in the Smyrna plant when I was in College and had internships in their legal department in graduate school.

People are right that Nissan has nothing to do with selection and they really only pay money to have their name on the trophy for marketing purposes (similar to Bridgestone Arena or Nissan Field). However, I imagine that someone high up in marketing could at least pass along the complaints to the Heisman leadership.

My biggest issue with the Heisman is WHEN it is awarded. I think it should be awarded after the National Title game and the playoffs/bowls be considered in the selection process. CFB has too many teams and the leagues are unbalanced. A player can rack up stats in a weak league and then get exposed in playoffs/bowl games. This happens all of the time. I think some of the selections would have changed if the award had waiting on selection until after the post season games.

 

[VolInDayton]

Someone should turn the lights off in the building while they are broadcasting the ceremony and blast Rocky Top on a big portable speaker.

 

[Vol737]

Nothing will ever change with the Heisman and any Tennessee player “in the running” will always be at a disadvantage due to a chronically biased media. The first Tennessee player to ever win a Heisman will have to be 12 ft tall, 500lbs, run a 3.5/40, make every reception, break every tackle, rush for 6,000+ yards in a season, have 100 qb sacks or more, another 200 tackles for loss and break probably 150 or so bones of opposing team’s players and it will still be a crapshoot whether they win the trophy or not. Sorry, forgot, they’ll have to run every kick off and punt return back for a touchdown too, so basically score every time they touch the ball just for insurance.

 

[volbound1700]

Nothing will ever change with the Heisman and any Tennessee player “in the running” will always be at a disadvantage due to a chronically biased media. The first Tennessee player to ever win a Heisman will have to be 12 ft tall, 500lbs, run a 3.5/40, make every reception, break every tackle, rush for 6,000+ yards in a season, have 100 qb sacks or more, another 200 tackles for loss and break probably 150 or so bones of opposing team’s players and it will still be a crapshoot whether they win the trophy or not. Sorry, forgot, they’ll have to run every kick off and punt return back for a touchdown too, so basically score every time they touch the ball just for insurance.

Tennessee would need to have a team on the level of Alabama or Georgia and be dominate at 12-0 to get a serious candidate. Hooker is likely in the running if we beat South Carolina.

Problem is that our schedules suck. This is why I am looking forward to Oklahoma and Texas joining. Other teams like Georgia may get a Tennessee like schedule and we may get a softer schedule.

 

[vols40]

Son in law works at Smyrna plant. Has a BA from MTSU but can make better money working on the line putting cars together. Crazy world we live in and for many young people a waste of money and education in my opinion. My daughter (his wife) has the BA also from there and is a stay at home mom. $$$
I graduated from the school of hard knocks.

If that's the case it's simply because of the unusually high amount of overtime that can be worked because of all the rework that takes place because of parts shortages.