People Voteing in Heisman

[Ringer02]

I have a question, What does it take to get a vote in the Heisman. I'm getting really sick of hearing the excuses of "Most people don't understand football enough to vote for a DT" or "Suh can't win because he was in relative obscurity the whole year". If these people voting for the heisman don't understand football, why are they allowed to vote!? If the Heisman is such a coveted award shouldn't there be much stricter regulations on who is allowed to participate?

[gamecocks]

I don't know who all has votes. I do know that all the past heisman winners get a vote.

[Enhance]

The fifty states of the U.S. are split into six regions, and six regional representatives are selected to appoint voters in their states (the regions include the Far West, the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, South, and Southwest). Each region has 145 media votes, for a total of 870 votes. In addition, all previous Heisman winners may vote, including those still in college, and one final vote is counted through public balloting. The Heisman ballots contain a 3-2-1 point system, in which each ballot ranks the voter's top three players and awards them three points for a first-place vote, two points for a second-place vote, and one point for a third-place vote. The points are tabulated, and the player with the highest total of points across all ballots wins the Heisman Trophy.

 

or...

 

LINK

[GBRsal]

HA that is funny

[Ringer02]

The fifty states of the U.S. are split into six regions, and six regional representatives are selected to appoint voters in their states (the regions include the Far West, the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, South, and Southwest). Each region has 145 media votes, for a total of 870 votes. In addition, all previous Heisman winners may vote, including those still in college, and one final vote is counted through public balloting. The Heisman ballots contain a 3-2-1 point system, in which each ballot ranks the voter's top three players and awards them three points for a first-place vote, two points for a second-place vote, and one point for a third-place vote. The points are tabulated, and the player with the highest total of points across all ballots wins the Heisman Trophy.

 

or...

 

LINK

 

Thanks a-hole now answer the second part of my question

[whateveritis1224]

People vote for Offensive players because it's easier to quantify their impacts on games. Whether it be Passing, Rushing, Receiving, Punt Return, or Kick Return yardage.

 

On the defensive side of the ball you almost have to watch the whole game to normally see the impact of a player. Did he plug up the whole and ate lineman, but the linebacker or DB came up and got the tackle instead of him? How much was the offense altered because of his play. You have to watch them play a full 60 minutes, but since the voters usually don't have the time to do that, they stick with the QB, RB, and WR.

 

Now with a guy like Suh it's much easier to vote for him because of the monster numbers he puts up. How many DTs out there that can get 82 tackles and 12 sacks? Those are more rush end numbers than a guy whose first job is to take on blockers so someone else can get the tackles. Add to the fact that there was no one capable of stopping him in the biggest game of the year for the Big XII and you get his hype-meter so far off the ground that it's really no surprise that he got invited to NYC.

[GBRsal]

First, you have to learn how to spell "voting"

 

then, become president of the downtown athletic club

 

then, make up the new rules as you see fit.

 

then, annoint yourself "king of the a-holes"

[Ringer02]

First, you have to learn how to spell "voting"

 

then, become president of the downtown athletic club

 

then, make up the new rules as you see fit.

 

then, annoint yourself "king of the a-holes"

I could see this working

[Ringer02]

double