Larry Gude
Strung Out
...2011 Heisman trophy winner. Of Baylor.
Baylor.
Heisman Trophy
This is a feel good story. The award was all but given to Andrew Luck last winter when he decided to stay at Stanford for his senior year. He's been considered the #1 pick for next year, a franchise, elite type for the pro's.
He didn't have a bad senior season, in fact it was very good, 70% completions, 3,200 yards and 35/9 TD's/INT's and it is not often a choice gets walked back if the anointed one does well, especially if they are from a BIG name school like Stanford.
However, Griffin had an ENORMOUS season, over 70% completions, nearly 4,000 yards and 36/6 TD's/INT's. The QB rating was absurd, 192 to Lucks in and of itself fantastic 167.
The deciding factor seems to be that Luck 'only' had a season that repeated his very, very good 2010 statistically. A season which vaulted him to #1 talk whereas Griffin, whose 2010 was actually comparable to Lucks 2010, had a significantly better season this year. Plus, career stats to date are Luck 80/21 and 9,000 yards with Robert at 77/17 and 10,000.
Another big factor is Baylor ran the table at the end of the season beating Oklahoma, Texas A & M and finishing with a solid win over Texas. Add to that, Griffin didn't have any 'disappear' games, playing well in a loss against top 5 Oklahoma state. Luck didn't have a 'disappear' game either and Stanford has a better record, one loss to Baylors three and luck has a huge bowl game coming up against Oklahoma State so, there will be that very cool match up to be able to have a final word on comparison because they will have played a common top tier opponent.
It would have been pretty easy to just stay with Luck so, I applaud the Down Town Athletic club, the writers and other voters. This seems to me to be a completely great choice.
Baylor.
Heisman Trophy
This is a feel good story. The award was all but given to Andrew Luck last winter when he decided to stay at Stanford for his senior year. He's been considered the #1 pick for next year, a franchise, elite type for the pro's.
He didn't have a bad senior season, in fact it was very good, 70% completions, 3,200 yards and 35/9 TD's/INT's and it is not often a choice gets walked back if the anointed one does well, especially if they are from a BIG name school like Stanford.
However, Griffin had an ENORMOUS season, over 70% completions, nearly 4,000 yards and 36/6 TD's/INT's. The QB rating was absurd, 192 to Lucks in and of itself fantastic 167.
The deciding factor seems to be that Luck 'only' had a season that repeated his very, very good 2010 statistically. A season which vaulted him to #1 talk whereas Griffin, whose 2010 was actually comparable to Lucks 2010, had a significantly better season this year. Plus, career stats to date are Luck 80/21 and 9,000 yards with Robert at 77/17 and 10,000.
Another big factor is Baylor ran the table at the end of the season beating Oklahoma, Texas A & M and finishing with a solid win over Texas. Add to that, Griffin didn't have any 'disappear' games, playing well in a loss against top 5 Oklahoma state. Luck didn't have a 'disappear' game either and Stanford has a better record, one loss to Baylors three and luck has a huge bowl game coming up against Oklahoma State so, there will be that very cool match up to be able to have a final word on comparison because they will have played a common top tier opponent.
It would have been pretty easy to just stay with Luck so, I applaud the Down Town Athletic club, the writers and other voters. This seems to me to be a completely great choice.
