BS! Corum not a Heisman finalist!

Submitted by MIFANinMD on December 5th, 2022 at 6:55 PM

jsquigg

December 5th, 2022 at 8:17 PM ^

Same. He and "Look At Me" Lincoln are arrogant and smug. He's a great player (at least in college) and would probably have made things interesting had he not gotten hurt in the Utah game, but Lincoln only coaches offense and that shitty defense will be a feature as long as Riley is there. Fuck USC. Only was rooting for them because I obviously hate Ohio State more, but the OSU program is definitely more respectable in regard to how they treat their opponents.

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Bo Harbaugh

December 5th, 2022 at 11:06 PM ^

Kevin Warren had no problem politicking for OSU in the playoff after getting bent over at home in a 22 point loss in the last game of the season...

but no politicking to get a 2nd B1G player into the Heisman race....a deserving one with better stats than the last 2 rb (Bama) to win.

Thanks Kevin...maybe you didn't get the memo...UM has been your flagship program the past 2 years.

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umich1

December 6th, 2022 at 6:47 AM ^

After some reflection, I am at ease with this.  You simply can’t be injured for the two largest games of the teams season and expect to be in the heisman conversation.  It absolutely sucks for Blake, but if you think about Charles, Desmond, and Tom - they earned their heisman trophies (or at least sealed them) in their games against Ohio State.

  • Charles through the punt return, defensive mastery on David Boston, and his offensive performance.
  • Desmond via the punt return and his offensive performance.
  • Tom literally got a standing ovation in Columbus for his offensive performance.

 

With that said, I don’t like how all the finalists are quarterbacks.  I’d propose a rule change where at most two players from one position can travel to New York.  That way, even if 4 quarterbacks are at the top; only the top two go, and the other 2 slots are given to the next highest vote getters at other positions.

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Undefined

December 5th, 2022 at 6:59 PM ^

I'm surprised anyone that anyone thought he would be after that injury. He's not been mentioned when the award has come up in any context that suggested he was still a contender since then. It sucks, but when you get hurt at that point in the season it is what it is.

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mitchewr

December 5th, 2022 at 8:31 PM ^

Considering he already surpassed the last two running backs stats who won it at Bama, it’s ridi that they just up and dropped him from the conversation.

Lesser performances were good enough for two Bama backs to WIN the damn thing, the least they BBC Kyle have done for Blake was invite him to the ceremony. ESPECIALLY considering that none of the other candidates really looked all that amazing in their last played games except maybe the TCU QB

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berto714

December 6th, 2022 at 4:52 AM ^

Surpassed Ingram, sure, but definitely didn't surpass Henry, who had a truly monstrous season the year he won it, including 271 against Auburn and then 189 the next week in the SEC championship against Florida. And even if you remove those games Henry had better rushing stats through 11 games than Blake did. For Ingram though you have a good point.

It also probably doesn't help that Edwards really stepped up in the last two games. If the rushing game completely fell flat Corum would have felt more indispensable. Lucky for us, we have Edwards, but it must have hurt Corum in the Heisman raise.

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bmon

December 6th, 2022 at 8:43 AM ^

What. Derrick Henry had 28 touchdowns and over two thousand yards. Not even close.

At the end of the day, it’s going to be impossible to win as a running back—or even be a finalist—when you miss the end of the season and only play half games during non-conference play. You’re just not going to put up the numbers you need.

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Blau

December 5th, 2022 at 7:02 PM ^

It was always going to be an uphill battle once he got injured. No doubt if he stays healthy, he's in and if he had similar or even slightly less than D. Edwards-like performances vs OSU and Purdue, the award should be his.

This is a QB award for the most part and maybe he returns next year and changes that narrative?

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flashOverride

December 5th, 2022 at 7:03 PM ^

Major fuck-up for the Blue Wall. I've been told, I am told, repeatedly, that they are omnipotent and of limitless reach, and thus The Corumation, even with his missing the last 2-1/2 games, was supposed to be unstoppable. I realize maybe they were busy pulling off the improbable coup, something only the Blue Wall is vicious and relentless enough to achieve, of somehow keeping the Playoff Committee from leaping a 1-loss division runner-up over a 1-loss conference championship game participant with a tougher schedule, all to give Michigan an easier path to the National Championship, but still. Total disaster, Blue Wall. Fire everyone.

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