Bruce Feldman's Heisman ballot

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I enjoy reading Feldman's columns. I know he has a history with the Canes but I will take his insight over any of the morons on TV (Corso, Herbstreit, May, et al.) Here is his write up about #93:

" 1. Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska Cornhuskers:

 

Despite what you may have heard, this isn't quite the perfect storm for a D-lineman to win the stiff-arm trophy. It would've been if it was Alabama RB Trent Richardson -- not Mark Ingram -- who burned Florida on a big screen pass and rolled through the No.1-ranked Gators' D as the Tide romped in Atlanta. Still, if you watched the Big 12 title game, you saw the single most dominant performance of the entire season. Suh ate up what had been a prolific Texas offense. Despite lots of double-teams, Suh was unblockable and unstoppable for 60 minutes. He had 7.5 tackles for loss, a dozen tackles and four sacks. When was the last time you saw a better performance by a defensive player on such a big stage?

 

I doubt Suh wins the Heisman or even finishes in the top two, but I know he got at least one first-place vote.

 

The biggest thing holding defensive players back in the Heisman race is stats. For QBs and RBs, we have better gauges of their worth. With linemen, especially, it's a different story. What is the comparative value for what Suh did against UT, if he were a QB? A 47-of-50 night for 600 yards? If he were an RB, is it a 400-yard game with seven TD runs of 40 yards or more? And, if you ask rival coaches, this has been the way Suh has been disrupting their offenses all season. Twelve sacks and 10 passes broken up for an interior lineman?!? The Heisman outlines its voting criteria as seeking "the most outstanding player." That's Suh. He is a lot better at what he does than anyone else is at what they do. You could make a legit case for any of three RBs -- Ingram, Toby Gerhart or C.J. Spiller -- but try naming one DT who was anywhere near as dominant as Suh."

I agree with him that he doesn't finish in the top 2 but this groundswell of support in the 11th hour for our guy has been fun to follow.

 
Unfortunately all these articles condemning the Heisman way of life and the force that Suh is have not come in the 11th hour. They are now coming out of the woodwork after the voting deadline. But regardless, Big Suh is getting a lot of mention and will walk away with a lot of hardware this week regardless. Much as we Huskers know about Tommie getting shafted we also know that Suh was the best this season.

 
cscott2win said:
Unfortunately all these articles condemning the Heisman way of life and the force that Suh is have not come in the 11th hour. They are now coming out of the woodwork after the voting deadline. But regardless, Big Suh is getting a lot of mention and will walk away with a lot of hardware this week regardless. Much as we Huskers know about Tommie getting shafted we also know that Suh was the best this season.
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Unfortunately Nebraska is guilty in the process. They never promoted to the level they promoted Crouch.

Hard to do I guess, but we are caught in the same thinking as the media it appears.

To bad we did not get involved earlier in the process, but as I understand it, it normally starts the year before. I think he was truly more of surprise to the country, and a little to our own team.

Either way he is going to be a very rich man due to the late coverage and his un human abilities.

Thank You Suh for the effort you gave us, and know that everyone of us, if we had a vote would be behind you for the award.

 
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