The Heisman Trophy Ceremony will commence this Friday at 8 PM EST.
The winner has all but been decided.
There was a minute on Friday night where it looked like Ashton Jeanty might make this a tight vote.
But he cooled off in the 2nd half, finishing with a pedestrian 209 YDS & 1 TD.
Travis Hunter shot back up to -2500.
As far as guaranteed Heisman winners go, Travis Hunter seems to have more opposition than any of them.
Comparing him to Jeanty is nearly impossible.
Ashton Jeanty currently sits in 4th place among all-time single season rushing leaders.
Travis Hunter played both sides of the ball all season long, performingelitelyat WR & CB.
They’re two entirely different players who lead their teams in completely different ways.
Like we aren’t even allowed to have our own opinions.
He is a unicorn in the sense of he’s actually doing the damn thing.
He took 100+ snaps per game, and is arguably a top 5 player at two positions.
We’ve never seen anyone do that to the level he has.
For that, he’s a deserving Heisman Trophy winner.
But are we sure there’s nobody else in college football right now who could what he’s doing?
They certainly have the tools to do so athletically.
They fit the mold physically.
Maybe I’m way off there.
Just a little something to watch for.
Aside from Hunter & Jeanty, everyone was expecting Miami QB Cam Ward to receive an invite.
Not everyone was expecting Dillon Gabriel.
In hindsight, we all probably should have.
He perfectly fits the mold of the jot down of player the Heisman loves to invite (i.e.
the best player on the best team in college football).
Watching him play in the B1G Championship this past weekend, he definitely looked deserving.
He sees to it that Oregon wins every game.
He’s the quarterback of the #1 ranked team in college football.
It only makes sense that he’d catch an invite.
In comparison to Cam Ward, his numbers are very similar.
He just barely trails Ward in nearly every category.
If there’s one quarterback who has a worthy complaint, it would have to be Shedeur.
And if I’m going to post those stats, I guess I’ll mention Kyle McCord.
Even though he wasn’t really close.
Non-quarterback wise, Arizona State fans are beside themselves over running back Cam Skattebo’s lack of invite.
That seems a little excessive, but that have a decent case.
He led Arizona State to a Big 12 Championship, and a 3-seed in the college football playoffs.
His stats are impressive, butmaybenot Heisman worthy.
As shitty and lazy as it is, the Heisman is in large part about the stats.
Skattebo is 5th in the nation in rushing yards & 8th in TD’s.
His 6.0 YPC doesn’t necessarily jump off the page.
He’s the second most deserving running back, and I’m sure he’ll receive some votes.
But the Heisman can only invite so many players.
Despite this season’s top 2, the Heisman is still very much a quarterback award.
But I don’t think Skattebo is the most egregious snub I’ve ever seen.
But Tyler Warren he may not even with the Mackey Award for best TE.
Bowling Green Falcons' Harold Fannin Jr. dwarfs him statistically.
He has the highest grade of any player in college football according to PFF.
If any TE deserves an invite it’s him.
Sorry, I have to sneak in Harold Fannin Jr. propaganda any chance I get.
But here’s the Purdue run for you Penn State fans.
It was very cool.
Unless the voters shock the world this weekend.
But it won’t… probably…
