Comments on: The Great Heisman Campaign: Brown v. Hawthorne

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The Great Heisman Campaign: Post July 4 Update | Varsity Blue — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:01:14 +0000

[...] The Great Heisman Campaign: Brown v. Hawthorne [...]

By: FormerlyAnonymous

FormerlyAnonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:14:02 +0000

and since when did toussaint start playing for IBM?

By: FormerlyAnonymous

FormerlyAnonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:13:05 +0000

chally, you just described why the real heisman is a horrible award. this, like the real heisman isn’t about anything particular. its a popularity contest mixed in with who might have be the best player.

its meaningless.

By: Grob

Grob — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:49 +0000

Write it down, Toussaint is going to be the surprise player of the year for the Big Blue.

By: chally

chally — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:49:30 +0000

I’m a little confused about the goal of the bracket. I see four options:

1. Are we voting for the player that we think will be the most likely to be Michigan’s Heisman candidate? In that case, it’s Brown (assume a season-ending injury to Minor and a huge year Brown).

2. Are we voting for the player that we think will contribute the most to Michigan’s success this year? In that case, it’s probably Hawthorne (He’ll play a lot on special teams and will likely get as much PT on D as Brown will get on O.)

3. Are we voting for the player that we think will be most valuable to Michigan this year? That’s Hawthorne (we’re scary thin on D, and Brown is quite replaceable w/ Shaw, Smith, and Fitz).

4. Are we voting for our favorite? That’s Brown (Hawthorne’s an unknown and Brown is a great underdog story).

Based on the voting so far in all the matchups, I’d say that people are mainly voting on the basis of 4 (with some 1 mixed in). But if that’s the point, I’m not sure we really need a bracket. It’ll be Minor, Forcier, and Zoltan in your top 3. Pick an order.

I’d much rather see voting based on 3 or 2.