Peyton probably should have won it, but it's not a career award. He had bad games on the road at Florida(our biggest regular season game at the time) and then a bad game against Vandy at the end of the season right before voting. On the same day, Woodson had an INT TD, a punt return for a TD and a offensive reception for a TD to lead Michigan over OSU and a date for the national championship. I don't disagree with you, but the hype for Woodson went right through the roof after his end of season prowess. Timing was everything in MHO. There's been several years with controversy over the award