Tag: Heisman Award

You know they don’t really live in that house, right?

An LSU message board user seemingly thought Heisman winners actually lived in the Heisman House.

Nissan’s Heisman House is a fictional place in your television where all the Heisman Trophy winners make some side cash by engaging in scripted wit and promoting Nissan vehicles in the process.

Just don’t tell this LSU message board user that.

In one of those “surely that’s not real, right… right?” internet moments that briefly shakes your faith in humanity, an LSU-focused message board user named “Adam Banks” had some real concerns about the logistics of how the Heisman House functions.

You know, like a serious adult would, not like a 3-year-old who still thinks a monster lives under their rug. That’d be silly; this is serious.

His prompt: Will former LSU quarterback and Heisman winner Joe Burrow not living in the Heisman House affect LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels’ chances of winning the prestigious trophy?

“Banks” argued that Burrow wouldn’t be there to lobby for Daniels, compared to past winners in the Pac-12 who all have votes and could lobby for Oregon quarterback Bo Nix.

Now, some people will tell you the Heisman House is not a real place where dozens of former college football players live and solely talk about college football and Nissan vehicles. Those people would be right; it is not real.

Burrow cannot lobby for Daniels’ Heisman chances in the Heisman House because the Heisman House is not a real place. Him living in Cincinnati instead of the fictional Heisman House has no bearing on if Daniels or Nix will win the Heisman trophy next weekend. Again, this is a fictional place, like Barbie Land, Zootopia, Tatooine or North Dakota.

If the Heisman House actually existed, it’d turn college football’s most prestigious honor into a prison where you’re not allowed to live with your families or ever leave to do anything else but talk about college football and advertise for Nissan.

In this instance, how would Burrow have the free will to play for the Cincinnati Bengals as opposed to paying his life debt of living in the Heisman House and working for Nissan? How would any of the Heisman winners? Would LSU fans actually want Daniels trapped in the Heisman House for the rest of his life over Nix? What kind of fate is that for a college football hero from your school?

It’d make more sense for Burrow to fight to keep Daniels far, far away from the Heisman House, lest he suffer the same fate of living in a two-story home with a bunch of other former college football players who can only, again, talk about college football and sell Nissan cars to the people at home.

However, what if “Banks” is right, and this is a Matrix situation where we’ve just been given a choice of purple and gold pills from Morpheus the Tiger? Are we ready to go down the rabbit hole and see what the Nissan robots are doing with the Heisman winners in the Heisman House?

“You know they don’t really live in that house, right?” a message board user responded to “Banks.” They knew that, and we know that. However, “Banks” may not, and some nights, it’s a bit scary to close your eyes and think about who’s actually right. Not like this; not like this. Geaux Tigers.

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Jalen Milroe delivered a fiery, NSFW message to Heisman voters after Iron Bowl heroics

Jalen Milroe knows exactly who Heisman voters should pick to win the trophy.

Alabama’s stunning Iron Bowl victory over Auburn has Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe quite literally calling his shot for the Heisman.

After he nailed a Hail Mary touchdown on fourth-and-31 to take down the Tigers with less than a minute to go, Milroe boldly told the world that the Heisman is his for the taking.

This is the kind of amped-up confidence that makes college football so much fun, as Milroe has clearly made his case to the Heisman voting body on who he thinks should walk away with the trophy next month.

This is the NSFW reaction to a win of the day by a longshot.

Milroe’s growth this season is reason alone for Alabama to celebrate, but he’s still got a ways to go before he’s a favorite for the Heisman.

FanDuel has Milroe’s odds at +15000 right now, which is fifth overall among contenders.

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix (-130), LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels (+110), Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. (+1500) and Georgia quarterback Carson Beck (+10000) are ahead of Milroe at the moment.

However, Milroe might be invited to New York as a finalist, especially if Alabama takes down Georgia next weekend in the SEC title game and he moves up ahead of Beck by default.

We’ll see how Milroe factors into Heisman weekend next month, and if his fiery message to the voting body makes any waves.

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Reigning Heisman winner Caleb Williams has the best odds to win the award in 2023

History isn’t in Caleb Williams’ favor, but the odds are.

History doesn’t like USC quarterback Caleb Williams’ chances to repeat as Heisman Trophy winner in 2023, but the betting odds sure do.

Williams’ +475 odds at Caesars Sportsbook are the best of any player. That despite just one repeat winner in the award’s history and none since Archie Griffin in 1975. Bryce Young had his repeat bid derailed by injuries this season, and now Williams is next in line to attempt the almost impossible.

On the heels of a season where the four finalists for the award were all quarterbacks, Williams’ odds are followed by nothing but more players at his position.

North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye has the second best odds, followed by Florida State’s Jordan Travis, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon’s Bo Nix, all at odds of 10-1 or longer.

The first non-quarterback doesn’t show up until Michigan running back Blake Corum at +3500. Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is a couple spots later at +4500 odds.

2023 Heisman winner odds (top 10)

  • USC QB Caleb Williams +475
  • North Carolina QB Drake Maye +1000
  • Florida State QB Jordan Travis +1100
  • Washington QB Michael Penix Jr. +1200
  • Oregon QB Bo Nix +1400
  • Notre Dame QB Sam Hartman +1700
  • LSU QB Jayden Daniels +1800
  • Ohio State QB Kyle McCord +1800
  • Penn State QB Drew Allar +2250
  • Texas QB Quinn Ewers +2250
  • Clemson QB Cade Klubnik +2250

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Around the Big Ten: What Heisman candidate did Lou Holtz say is “really a big-time player?”

Lou Holtz names his three Heisman finalists.

It is almost awards season in college football, with legendary college coach Lou Holtz now narrowing down his pool of candidates for the Heisman Award to three players.

One big player on a current Big Ten team made Holtz’s final three for the Heisman. It is two players, technically, if you consider that one of the other finalists from Holtz hails from a future Big Ten team.

Holtz coached Notre Dame to the national championship in 1988 and then built-up South Carolina into a solid SEC program. During this week’s episode of the Crowd’s Line, Holtz gave his three contenders for the Heisman Award.

Spoiler alert, they’re all quarterbacks.

“I think the three that would come to mind obviously is Bryce Young from Alabama, he’s had another fantastic year,” Holtz said on the show.

“I think you’d have to look at Stroud from Ohio State, 35 touchdown passes thrown.

“The other individual that I’ve said for the last six or seven weeks that definitely deserved to be in is Caleb Williams (USC). He has been fantastic, his ability to avoid the rush, his accuracy in throwing the football,..He really is a big-time player.”

Holtz appears on the Crowd’s Line weekly, joining co-host Mark May. The duo of Holtz and May were a popular pairing on ESPN for several years where they frequently debated (and sparred) with each in talking college football.

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Heisman Trophy Odds 2022 Week 4: Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker is starting to turn heads

But C.J. Stroud continues to put distance between himself and the field.

Each week this college football season, BetFTW will take a look at the 2022 Heisman Trophy race and break down the contenders. Check back each Monday as the best college football players in the country jockey for position with both oddsmakers and bettors. Preseason odds can be found here and Week 3 here. 

It’s not just that Tennessee keeps winning, but quarterback Hendon Hooker has been incredibly efficient in these games. He’s completing over 70% of his passes and has a 8-0 touchdown to interception ratio. Now, he has the big game on his resume after throwing for over 300 yards and rushing for another 100 in a win over Florida. His odds moved from +4000 last week to +1600 now.

Here’s how the rest of the board looks.

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Bryce Young is chasing team success at Alabama, and that might just land him another Heisman trophy

Alabama’s quarterback isn’t in it for individual accolades.

Bryce Young doesn’t gamble, at all. He makes that perfectly clear.

Alabama’s star quarterback only deals in certainty, things within his control. If it involves chance or luck, he’s probably not interested.

“If I’m being 100% honest, I’m not a bettor at all,” Young said in a recent interview with For The Win about his new NIL deal with Dr. Pepper. “Maybe the most I’ve bet is some push-ups on who could shoot a piece of paper into a trash can.”

For those who do care about matters of chance – like, say, Young’s odds to win the Heisman trophy for a second straight year – this is the best news possible. It’s how he won the first award.

What Young can control is how he prepares and how he performs on game day to help his team win. With that as his only goal last year, the individual success came as a result.

“It’s a huge honor. It’s something as a little kid you always look at and admire. But honestly it wasn’t a goal for me going into the season at all,” Young said of winning the 2021 Heisman award. “For me, the goal is just to win as a team and accomplish our team goals. I’m not someone who sets individual goals for myself as far as performance goes.

“One of the things about Alabama that makes it so great is when your team is able to be successful, a lot of times that translates into individual success. And I know that, I trust that process.”

Trusting the process allowed Young to lead Alabama all the way to the College Football Playoff national championship game in January. Sure enough, his role in that success helped him land the Heisman trophy as the most outstanding player in college football. Additionally, it allowed him to add to his portfolio of NIL deals – the latest with Dr. Pepper includes a spot in its new season of the parody college football drama, Fansville.

Now, Young will have an opportunity to become just the second player ever to win the Heisman more than once. Despite his standing as the reigning winner, however, he’s not the betting favorite; that title belongs to Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, who had +210 odds at Tipcio Sportsbook. Young is second at +380.

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Ranked No. 2 in the country, Stroud’s Buckeyes have national title hopes too. But unlike Alabama, they’ll be motivated by missing the CFP completely in 2021. If he’s as focused on team success as Young, it’ll make for quite the tug-of-war between national title hopefuls led by Heisman candidates.

Top-ranked Alabama isn’t without fire, though. The Tide fell short of their goal last season, losing to SEC rival Georgia in the title game. Getting there and finishing the job is Young’s biggest goal going into the new season, which Alabama kicks off Saturday against Utah State. That gives him as good a shot at winning another Heisman as any.

“It’s not really something that I think about,” Young said. “It’s a huge honor and huge blessing to receive the award that I did. I definitely don’t take it lightly. But at the same time, I’m just focused on the team goals. That’s what my approach has been since I’ve been at the University.”

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