From: john@makesys.com (John Turman)
Subject: Re: Beat by Notre Dame (and not on the field)
Organization: Make Systems, Inc.
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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:07:26 GMT

In article <1992Jul20.182354.4424@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> pfleming@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Patrick E Fleming) writes:
>Darryl Marsee writes:
>
>>Ain't no way.  Don McPherson of Syracuse easily was the best player in the
>>country that year ...
>
>I knew this would come up.  Don MacPherson was certainly a top player that 
>year.  But was he the best player in college football?  I honestly don't know 
>how to answer that question.  And I never saw MacPherson play live.
>
>But I did see Tim Brown play live.  And in all of the college football I have 
>ever seen, I have never seen one player change the entire approach of a team's 
>defense the way Tim Brown did.  The game was litterally different when he was 
>on the field and when he was off.  (In particular, I am speaking about the game
>against Pitt, which Notre Dame lost 30-22 in the rain.)  True, Brown benifited 
>by being at Notre Dame, but he was a very deserving recipient of the Heisman.  
>Understand that that is not to say that MacPherson would not also have been a 
>deserving recipient had he won it.  But the award can only go to one player.  
>Also, it is pretty tough to compare the possition(s) Tim Brown played to that 
>played by Don MacPherson.
>
>Although this is *completely* irrelevant to the Heisman, Tim Brown has also 
>been the better player in the pros in terms of value to his team.
>
>     - pat
>.
>
>
> Brown got the Heisman because of (a) he played for
>>Notre Dame, and (b) CBS (especially Brent Cheeseburger) devoted their network
>>to hype him.  Even Joe Paterno publicly stated that it was a shame that CBS 
>>overhyped Brown and Notre Dame like it did that year.  At least the Maxwell 
>>Award (which is the *true* award to the best player in the country ... the 
>>Heisman is merely a popularity contest) got it right, as it usually does.
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Well the Canes weren't very impressed by Tim Brown all they did special on
defense against him is knock the living snot out of him every time he went
out for a pass or had the ball in his hands. He got so beat up in that game
that he was for the most part a non-entity. I especially remember seeing him
get a major case of alligator arms on one crossing pattern on a pass that was
eminently catchable. It didn't do him any good as he got obliterated on the play
anyway but the short arm incident sure made me feel like he was way overrated.
True Heisman material means you give it your all on every play and every time
your team calls your number. In the game against the Canes Tim brown was not
ND's best reciever, the tight end was (forget the name) and Tim Brown played
like a scared puppy. End of discussion.

John
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