Not espn's fault that manning lost the heisman?

#76
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droski said:
best part: Peyton Manning didn't win the Heisman Trophy because he tanked the biggest game of the season for the third year in a row. Woodson's defining moment was a spectacular play against a highly-ranked, hated rival that helped propel his team on to a national championship; Manning's was an ugly pick-six against a highly-ranked, hated rival that helped cost his team a national championship
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It's weird how 2 individual plays can basically determine Heisman. Tennessee played 7 teams that finished ranked that year, 4 in the top 10, 3 in the top 5. Manning played fantastic for 99.5% of the regular season. Michigan played 3 ranked teams, the highest ranked team was Wash St at #9, I believe.

Note: I don't remember feeling any animosity towards Fowler particularly. Just the media in general.
 
#77
#77
Hobock said:
Yes. I'm seriously arguing that Peyton would have never been invited to dance the funky chicken while Fowler fapped under the table.
Fowler runs gameday, not Herby.
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and your evidence that fowler hated tenn before woodson won is that he didn't appreciate a bunch of idiot rednecks sending him hate mail and threatening his life after woodson won?
 
#79
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Lawrence Wright said:
CBS's SEC broadcasts were national, and that year UF and UT took turns just about every week playing in the coveted 3:30 time slot.

You can argue ABC/ESPN pushed Mighigan because of Woodson, but at least have your facts straight.
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We're talking about ESPN here, chief. Not CBS. Read the posts.
 
#80
#80
therealUT said:
If the Heisman were a career award, then Manning would have deserved it. It is a single season award, though; Woodson was not only a better player but a more spectacular player than Manning was throughout that season.
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What I don't get is if Woodson was really that spectacular of a 2-way player, why did Champ Bailey not win the Heisman? I believe champ finished 5th in Heisman voting and dude had like 3 times as many offensive yards and TD's as Woodson.
 
#81
#81
droski said:
so just to clear the air. if espn doesn't exist manning wins the heisman easily in your guys opinion?
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He might not have won it in a landslide but saying ESPN and Fowler didn't overly promote Woodson means your head is/was up your a$$.
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#82
#82
tvolsfan said:
To be fair, I'm not really sure who should have gotten it that year. Brad Banks came in second, I believe. I just think Palmer got it because USC killed Notre Dame.
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Larry Johnson was a beast that year, and probably should have won it.
 
#83
#83
Hobock said:
He might not have won it in a landslide but saying ESPN and Fowler didn't overly promote Woodson means your head is/was up your a$$.
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you have the winningest program in football history with one of the greatest players in football history beating another great program the last week of the season. any network would promote woodson.

check out the highlights: YouTube - ‪Heisman Highlights: Charles Woodson‬‏
 
#84
#84
droski said:
and your evidence that fowler hated tenn before woodson won is that he didn't appreciate a bunch of idiot rednecks sending him hate mail and threatening his life after woodson won?
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You're just trolling at this point.
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#85
#85
nbakerld said:
What I don't get is if Woodson was really that spectacular of a 2-way player, why did Champ Bailey not win the Heisman? I believe champ finished 5th in Heisman voting and dude had like 3 times as many offensive yards and TD's as Woodson.
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i don't remember georgia being on it's way to win a national championship.
 
#86
#86
I do kind of understand why Vols fans hate the Heisman. Vols players have come in second to:
a) the only defensive player to win
b) the only player on a losing team to win
c) someone who ended up playing pro basketball
d) a guy from Princeton
 
#87
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Lawrence Wright said:
I'm also of the opinion that had UT beaten UF, in Gainesville, Manning wins the Heisman going away and UT plays for the national title.

UGA and LSU were average teams back then, and you guys absolutely owned Bama.
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UGA finished #10 in 1997. 1 of the 5 top 11 (finishing) teams Peyton faced that year. Brutal schedule.

LSU finished #13, but I don't think Tennessee played them that year.
 
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nbakerld said:
What I don't get is if Woodson was really that spectacular of a 2-way player, why did Champ Bailey not win the Heisman? I believe champ finished 5th in Heisman voting and dude had like 3 times as many offensive yards and TD's as Woodson.
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Come on now....you can't compare Bailey's UGA teams with Woodson's Michigan squad in '97.

Champ Bailey's UGA teams were never in contention to win the SEC East, let alone the national championship.
 
#98
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nbakerld said:
UGA finished #10 in 1997. 1 of the 5 top 11 (finishing) teams Peyton faced that year. Brutal schedule.

LSU finished #13, but I don't think Tennessee played them that year.
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UT was arguably better than every team on its 1997 schedule, and that includes UF.
 
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