From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Re: Heisman
Date: 17 Dec 92 05:37:19 GMT
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In article <1992Dec16.140126.11961@cpqhou.compaq.com> chuckd@cpqhou.compaq.com (Chuck Dickson) writes:
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>Nothing.  But the award IS supposed to be for the best PLAYER, as I mentioned
>earlier.  Is Torretta the best PLAYER?  No.  Sure he has good stats.  Sure
>he has a great winning record, but who won the Syracuse game?  Their DEFENSE.
>Who kept FSU out of the end zone, thus winning that game?  Their DEFENSE.

Well, you are right that the Defense of Miami was largely responsible for
Miami winning. But, I also remember Gino passing for 300+ yards against
Syracuse... not too bad.. And, I remember him getting that key touchdown
pass against FSU.. again, not bad...  Gino has broken just about every
passing record at a school that is VERY well known for passing.  Hearst
had a great season, but one of the main things everyone brought up in his
talks were how he was breaking H. Walker's old records.  Well, same with
Gino.  He was busy breaking all of Vinny, Bernie, Jimbo, etc... records

>Everyone says Faulk played in the WAC and that made his stats even better.
>Well, Torretta played in the Big Easy.  Those games sure didn't hurt his
>stats, other than the one team in that conference that provided some
>competition, Syracuse.

The "Big Easy" included 4 teams that were ranked for a good part of the year,
3 of which still are... Two of which are in the top 10...  How many 
conferences can boast that kind of claim???  Miami didn't play a very full
conference schedule this year, but instead played Florida State, Penn State,
Arizona, Iowa, etc...  They also played Syracuse and W. Virginia.  4 of the
teams the played were in the top 10 for a part of the season, and 2 of them
are still there.  All 4 of those teams are still top 25 teams.  They also 
played a couple of other teams that were in the top 25 for part of the season.
I think you will find that Miami had a fairly tough schedule.  Yes, Miami had
some relatively easy games as well (as do all teams), but he also tended to
leave early in those games.  

I am not saying Gino necessarily deserved the award..  But he did do a hell of
a good job, passing for over 3000 yards and only throwing 7 interceptions
(3 of which came against Syracuse).  Leading his team to 2 straight undefeated
seasons doesn't hurt either.  It wasn't like Gino only won the Heisman.  I
seem to remember he also won a ton of other awards, such as some awards given
to the nation's top QB, etc...  

I think if Faulk had played in the Miami game and was able to duplicate last
years feat (150+ yards), he would have wrapped up the Heisman award.  But,
on national TV, in the biggest game of the year for SDSU (as far as TV 
exposure, media attention, and Heisman credability), Faulk was unable to
go.  
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