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1. Brady Quinn, Notre Dame 2. Brian Brohm*, Louisville 3. Drew Stanton, Michigan State 4. Jordan Palmer, UTEP 5. Kyle Wright*, Miami-Fla. 6. Chad Henne*, Michigan 7. Tyler Palko, Pittsburgh How do these guys beat out the heisman winner? I understand Quinn and maybe even Brohm, but palko, palmer, wright, come on
The Heisman Trophy winner is the eight rated quarterback in the draft? It's now obvisous that a so-so quarterback on an outstanding team can easily out distance the competition during the Heisman Trophy voting.
Let's remember that the Heisman Trophy is for football accomplishments at the collegiate level. It has very little to do with what the NFL sees in a player or what the player will become at the next level. Eric Crouch anyone? A perfect example that the HT doesn't have any relevance to the NFL. How bout Andre Ware? Please don't blame the Lions for Mr. Ware; he just wasn't an NFL talent. I am sure there are other trophy winners that didn't do much in the NFL & some that did, my point is this; The Heisman trophy doesn't mean anything for draft position or success in the NFL.
The Heisman Trophy winner is the eight rated quarterback in the draft? It's now obvisous that a so-so quarterback on an outstanding team can easily out distance the competition during the Heisman Trophy voting. I would question the veracity of the website this list was posted on before I'd rag on the Heisman voters for getting it wrong. I'm guessing there's a little more sports knowledge, specifically football knowledge, at the Downtown Athletic Club than there is at Sportznutz Dot Com.
The Heisman in no longer the BEST PLAYER, its the best player on the best team.
just goes to prove "another list compiled by dead brain cells", Who in their right mind would pick a QB that had a mediocre season, lost soundly to any top rated team, just because he is 2 or 3 inches taller than the QB that went undefeated against top rated teams. Maybe ND or boosters have deep pockets to "buy" Quinn these positions. Only thing I can figure.
C'mon lets ease up on Notre Dame, after all they are one of our military service academies. Who else plays Army, Navy and Air Force every year? Maybe they truly are the "Fighting" Irish. Here is a link to show just how superior they are to all the non-believers- www.notredamesucks.org
Who else plays Army, Navy and Air Force every year? Actually, they only play Navy every year. This year they happened to play all three Academies. The Navy game is a tribute to service to the university dating back to WW II.
So what exactly is wrong with Brady Quinn? He's a fairly prototypical pro QB who has been playing in an NFL-style offense in college. Or did you just want to grouse about some team you don't like?
The reason Notre Dame gave this year about playing Navy every year was: "So that we could play for all of the East Coast fans that we have". The fact that it is one of the few places that would accomodate more Notre Dame fans than the home fans is just a bonus (and an easy Win). I agree that Brady Quinn could be a very good QB in the pros, he seems to have most of the tools. We got a bit off subject with the ND thing and I just added a link I found while trying to find their schedule for the past few years. It is an amusing link if I must say so myself.
/bites tongue extremely hard, then realizes that tongues are of no use on an internet sports blog
Time for the Giants to rebuild, Manning has been a wash. Give us a black quarterback who runs trick plays and knows how to throw to the spot and not to the player.
The reason Notre Dame gave this year about playing Navy every year was: "So that we could play for all of the East Coast fans that we have". "Despite the one-sided result the last few decades, most Notre Dame and Navy fans consider the series a sacred tradition for historical reasons. Notre Dame, like many colleges, faced severe financial difficulties during World War II. The US Navy made Notre Dame a training center and paid enough for usage of the facilities, with federal tax money, to keep the University afloat. Notre Dame has since extended an open invitation for Navy to play the Irish in football and considers the game annual repayment on a debt of honor."
Naw, yerfatma, they just do it for an easy win, dude. Totally.
Honestly this is re-bloody-diculous....I can't even believe how brainwashed and blind people are on this Notre Dame Bandwagon that has posioned the earth....What in ALL of Quinn's games this year shouted " i'm a #1 draft pick"? Doesn't number one stand for simply AMAZING plays and having your BEST games be when your under the WORST situations? Quinn ONLY had good games against Texas High School teams (aka: Navy, Army, and Michigan State, etc..) I feel like i'm taking CRAZY pills that i'm the ONLY person in the world that sees Quinn as BARELY a servicable QB for the NFL. This cat is going to end up like Joey Harrington in the NFL and throw lots of interceptions and accomplish nothing......and HOW in the name of all that's good and holy did EVERYONE forget all that Troy Smith has done the last few years? Did any of you actually WATCH any of the OSU games? Hell, you don't have to watch the whole games..just go to YouTube and look at his highlights...the man is a flipping GENIUS in practically every play that looks botched and turns it into a TD or First down...Your telling me...you would rather have Quinn on your team than TROY SMITH??? ...Smith is handsdown a better leader and talent overall.... It boggles the mind that people are willing to say he's the greatest for COLLEGE play , but all the sudden his 3 inches of shortness compared to Quinn is suddenly going to make him stupid and throw the ball eracticly in PRO play....Troy Smith is going to be even better than Drew Brees and be the next Tom Brady winning SB's....I just hope the Lions are smart enough to see that Smith is the whole package instead of taking a vastly overrated Quinn or just an "arm" like Russel.
