Heisman Trophy

Who’s your Heisman Trophy winner?

  • Hunter

    Votes: 39 53.4%

  • Jeanty

    Votes: 32 43.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 2 2.7%
  • Total voters
    73
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Who ya got GH?

To me it’s Hunter or Jeanty and then I’d think Gabriel is the other invite (maybe Ward I guess).

I’d go Hunter but both he and Jeanty have had crazy seasons.
 


Agree that it should be between those two for the award. Both are amazing players but I gotta give the nod to Hunter for his ability to be an elite player on both offense and defense. To be able to perform at the level he does while playing the number of snaps he does is unreal.

Hunter also gets a little bit of a bump for doing it in a power 4 conference although I don't know if it really matters who Jeanty plays against. UNLV was the only team to keep him under 4 yards per carry and he still ended up with 128 yards in that game.

Always like seeing a non-QB win the award, doesn't happen very often these days.
 

I can't go with Hunter just because his QB also played at a Heisman level. They had two candidates barely beat NDSU, lost to Nebraska and didn't even get to Conference title game. Great accomplishment, but nothing to show for it. Jeanty had a historical season for a conference champ, playing in the CFP.
 

Hunter did more things, at more positions, playing both offense and defensive sides of the ball, against a slightly better SOS (71 vs 78). Subjectively, just so very dynamic. I believe it is a pretty easy choice.
 



upnorthkid said:
Who ya got GH?

To me it’s Hunter or Jeanty and then I’d think Gabriel is the other invite (maybe Ward I guess).

I’d go Hunter but both he and Jeanty have had crazy
MaxyJR1 said:
I can't go with Hunter just because his QB also played at a Heisman level. They had two candidates barely beat NDSU, lost to Nebraska and didn't even get to Conference title game. Great accomplishment, but nothing to show for it. Jeanty had a historical season for a conference champ, playing in the CFP.
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I’m in the same boat Jeantys yards after contact alone were enough to put him in the top 5 for rushing yards. He almost single handedly carried his team to first round bye in the playoffs. Hunter had a much higher level of talent playing around him, not to take away from what he accomplished on both sides of the ball but I think team success should definitely play a part in the decision process.
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I think Hunter will win. Playing both sides of the ball at a high level is incredible. He's not a Heisman candidate at each position individually, but together certainly is.

I would vote for Jeanty however. There were the equivalent of 2 games (8 quarters) that he didn't play at all because their team was so far ahead. He's easily the best player at his team (gets all the focus of the opposing defense) where as Hunter has a ton of talent around him. Hunter was also still playing and scoring TDs with his team up 40 in the 4th quarter.
 

I've watched both. Jeanty would have my vote. Hunter is a special player, no doubt. The most special thing about him is playing both ways and while that is worth a lot, so is the fact his team didn't make the playoffs. Heisman winners usually (yes, not always) come from a top team. I feel Colorado is a good team but not a top team. Plus Jeanty's stats are above and beyond the last RB that won this award.
 



Schnauzer said:
I've watched both. Jeanty would have my vote. Hunter is a special player, no doubt. The most special thing about him is playing both ways and while that is worth a lot, so is the fact his team didn't make the playoffs. Heisman winners usually (yes, not always) come from a top team. I feel Colorado is a good team but not a top team. Plus Jeanty's stats are above and beyond the last RB that won this award.
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Honestly, in pretty much any other year Jeanty's season would be a shoe in for the Heisman. The Unicorn nature of Hunter is the only thing that could potentially derail it. I just come back to the fact that you don't see guys able to do what Hunter does in playing at a really high level on both sides of the ball.....it just doesn't happen.

Not sure there is really a wrong answer as long as the winner is one of those two players.
 

Both are deserving but I'd go with Jeanty because of what he's meant for the better team.

The deck is stacked against Hunter...a lot of voters are turned off by flamboyant guys that go both ways.
 

I don’t think it should be close, it’s Hunter in a landslide. We’ve seen great seasons from running backs all our lives but never have we seen what Hunter did this year. It’s simply never happened before and may not again for 50 years.
 

Ya, let’s give it to Hunter. Let’s see he has a 4.0 GPA and has admitted that he has never set foot in a classroom. Everything was by correspondence courses. Wonder, who took the test?
 



Hunter wins in maybe the most obvious decision in history of the trophy.
 

Hunter is on 93% of the ballots? Anyone that doesn’t have Hunter and Jeanty on their ballots ain’t serious about their vote.
 

beatles said:
I don’t think it should be close, it’s Hunter in a landslide. We’ve seen great seasons from running backs all our lives but never have we seen what Hunter did this year. It’s simply never happened before and may not again for 50 years.
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This. Playing both sides of the ball at the level he did is incredibly rare.
 

stocker08 said:
This. Playing both sides of the ball at the level he did is incredibly rare.
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It’s not just rare. It’s never happened before. He’s literally a first round talent on both sides of the ball. He’s one of the best college football players of all time and I’m talking about the short list.
 

Jack jones said:
Ya, let’s give it to Hunter. Let’s see he has a 4.0 GPA and has admitted that he has never set foot in a classroom. Everything was by correspondence courses. Wonder, who took the test?
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What?
 

I was at the Boise St - Utah State game. IMHO Jeanty's first quarter 80 yard run was just too easy. Jeanty is a great player, but that Utah St defense was pathetic that night. My guess is that voters took his level of competition into account.
 

denguegopher said:
I was at the Boise St - Utah State game. IMHO Jeanty's first quarter 80 yard run was just too easy. Jeanty is a great player, but that Utah St defense was pathetic that night. My guess is that voters took his level of competition into account.
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Hunter is definitely deserving, but Colorado didn't exactly play a tough schedule. The media was always going to pick the guy they can hype the most going into the draft. IMO, the best player in college football got his team to the playoff. The most unique player in college football got his team a vacation to San Antonio.
 


Catechol said:
What?
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Some people are still stuck in the 90’s that athetes are all dumb and cheat to get through school.

Most graduate early and there is too much money involved to give free passes.
 

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