Heisman hoopla
The Heisman Trophy is one of the most coveted awards in sports. It only goes to one man each year. It is to "the best college football player in the United States" (heisman.com) This award is the acme of any college football player's career. There are not many pastimes on which a "best of" accolde is bestowed with such fanfare.
Many people see the NCAA as a minor league system to the NFL (which leads to cries of paying these guys). So it would lead one to think that the "best player" of this minor league would be, at worst, a viable candidate for sucesss at the next level: NFL. But past results are counterintuitive to that idea. To wit: Mike Rozier, Andre Ware, Gino Toretta, Charlie Ward, Rashaan Salaam (sp?), Danny Wuerffel, Chris Weinke, Eric Crouch, etc...
It bothers me that someone who is deemed the "best player in college football" can do so crappy at the next level. A main goal of the fellas who play major college football is to get to the NFL. You would think that the "cream of that crop" would have some success at the next level. Indeed, many do. That would lead to the "best" of that group being successful.
The whole point of this is: How can (many times) the "best college footlaball player in the United States" be so shitty in the NFL when many of the "other guys" be so great?
It is the same in all the other sports. The #1 draft pick in the NBA or NHL or baseball isn't always a bone fide MVP, but with college football, the "MVP", the Heisman winner is touted as the be-all and end-all of players for the year. Why is that, when more than not he is the "we shoulda known" pick or the "let's take a chance on him" in the 12th round pick?
I just don't get it...
Many people see the NCAA as a minor league system to the NFL (which leads to cries of paying these guys). So it would lead one to think that the "best player" of this minor league would be, at worst, a viable candidate for sucesss at the next level: NFL. But past results are counterintuitive to that idea. To wit: Mike Rozier, Andre Ware, Gino Toretta, Charlie Ward, Rashaan Salaam (sp?), Danny Wuerffel, Chris Weinke, Eric Crouch, etc...
It bothers me that someone who is deemed the "best player in college football" can do so crappy at the next level. A main goal of the fellas who play major college football is to get to the NFL. You would think that the "cream of that crop" would have some success at the next level. Indeed, many do. That would lead to the "best" of that group being successful.
The whole point of this is: How can (many times) the "best college footlaball player in the United States" be so shitty in the NFL when many of the "other guys" be so great?
It is the same in all the other sports. The #1 draft pick in the NBA or NHL or baseball isn't always a bone fide MVP, but with college football, the "MVP", the Heisman winner is touted as the be-all and end-all of players for the year. Why is that, when more than not he is the "we shoulda known" pick or the "let's take a chance on him" in the 12th round pick?
I just don't get it...
posted by BG at 17:41
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