Comments on: A freshman finally won the Heisman. Should it have happened back in 1999?

By: mark r

mark r — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:07:43 +0000

the 1999 Hokies were mostly about defense as they led the nation in every statistical category, centered around multiple award winner Corey moore and John Engelberger. The Hokies enjoyed great field position because of the defense. add to that Vick’s ability and the teams they faced facing a three headed attack from a multiple offense. The second best part of the Hokies was the offensive line. That Line helped the hokies lead the nation in rushing.

By: HOWIE PARDUE

HOWIE PARDUE — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:47:42 +0000

BITTER, THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LEAN TO VICK, HE CLEARLY WAS THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY..SHOULD YOU GO COVER THE BIG WHAT EVER THEY ARE, THAT LEAGUE WITH A COMMISSIONER WHO PUTS NARCISSCISM TO SHAME …THINKING HE CAN PULL CAROLINA TO THE BIG WHATEVER IT IS…..THESE AD,S AND COMMISSIONERS SHOULD GET INTO POLITICS, MAYBE THAT WILL SATISFY THEIR EGOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND QUIT SCREWING UP COLLEGE ATHLETICS…THEY CARE LESS FOR THE STUDENT ATHLETES….THEY CARE FOR THEIR BANK ACCT., IMAGINE ALVAREZ GETTING 1/12 OF THE WISC.S HEAD COACHES SALARY TO COACH IN A BOWL GAME..SINCE HE ONLY MAKES A COOL ONE MILLION PER YR AS AD GREEDY BUM…OVER 200,000 FOE ONE FRECKING GAME…..

By: mike

mike — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:09:39 +0000

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! He would have benefited playing for the Georgia Bulldogs LMAO

By: Checker

Checker — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:46:13 +0000

Sounds like a lot of the people here have seen Vick play, but didn’t see Dayne play, or vice-versa. Unless one was able to watch them both a decent amount in ’99, I think it’s hard to come up with an unbiased evaluation of their talents since they played:
1. different positions
2. against different competition
3. with different supporting casts

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:30:15 +0000

1300 yards? Emmitt Smith greatest season of all time. Heck he should’ve won 2 Heismans that year

By: Andy Bitter

Andy Bitter — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:07:50 +0000

OK, perhaps I wasn’t clear enough with my previous post about civility on the comments.

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By: Rick H.

Rick H. — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:25:03 +0000

Andy, way back up @15, I don’t disagree with Dayne as the pick, but, because there were no clear cut picks, I do think, without any reservation, that his CAREER carried him over the top. That’s the whole point I am picking on, is your comment that his career had nothing to do with his winning. I say it did.

And, if you want to pick apart that Clemson game, for Vick, again, he was limping, gimping and coming off a very bad high ankle sprain. He had played less than half a game coming into that one.

Had Vick not gotten hurt, and missed 1 1/2 games because of that, and been slowed in the next few because of it, and he, too, and not missed probably another 1 1/2 games because of blowouts (I know he only played one half against Rutgers), he might have had some of those gaudy numbers that get people’s attention, too. That’s part of your comments, he didn’t have spectacular numbers. Well . . . there was a reason, or two.

Again, I’m not saying he should have won it, but Dayne’s single season was suspect, despite the huge numbers.

By: NEHokie

NEHokie — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:45:42 +0000

The greatest freshman running back of all time was Herschel Walker (1980) …. hands down.

By: Barry from Ivy

Barry from Ivy — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:00:08 +0000

Here is the freshman that should have won it; Emmitt Smith in 1987.
Emmitt Smith reached the career 1,000-yard mark in just seven games, the fastest of any player in college history at the time. In his first college start, he carried 39 times for 224 yards and two touchdowns as the Gators upset No. 11 Alabama, 23-14. He would go on to run for 173 yards against Mississippi State, 184 against LSU and 175 against Temple en route to a 1,341-yard season.

Like M Faulk, Smith finished ninth in the voting as a freshman, behind such running backs as Michigan State’s Lorenzo White, Pittsburgh’s Craig “Ironhead” Hayward, Oklahoma State’s Thurman Thomas and UCLA’s Gaston Green. (Notre Dame receiver Tim Brown took home the trophy.) After an injury-plagued sophomore year, Smith came back to finish seventh in 1989.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:24:52 +0000

USC>GT

GT 6-8 including a loss to VTs worst team in 20 years