With the season on the line, Luck couldn't beat Oregon and averaged barely over six yards a throw in a game that really mattered for his team, and he was picked off twice. He couldn't do what USC did to the Ducks the following week. That poor performance and those picks, all on a national stage, really cost him.
He's had no off-the-field drama, suspensions or problems. He's posted wonderful grades and is a leader on and off the field for his teammates. Richardson has lost only one fumble in career touches and hasn't had a fumble since the sixth game of his freshman season, a span of touches. That's like a quarterback going two years without an interception, like a cornerback going two years without ever getting beat for a touchdown.
First Ingram, then Newton, will voters vote a third consecutive player from Alabama the Heisman winner? There is bias in the voting pool and some may not want to see the Heisman become centered in the state of Alabama.
In all, there are a lot of reasons, many not based on sound reasoning or fairness, that could hurt Richardson. There has been only one head-to-head meeting between Richardson and any of the Heisman candidates, and that candidate didn't fare well. When Mathieu and Richardson met, Richardson simply knocked him down as if he were a toddling child. Larry Burton is a syndicated writer whose work appears online and in print.
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Your sports. Join Newsletter. More ACC News ». View all ACC Sites. More Big 12 News ». More FS Big 12 News ». View all Big 12 Sites. More Pac 12 News ». More FS Pac 12 News ». View all PAC Sites. More FanSided News ». I will not be talking about how Richardson will win because he is the best player in college football. Trent Richardson will win the Heisman trophy by default. At the beginning of this year, it was thought that Andrew Luck would have a wonderful year and win the Heisman hands down, without a doubt.
As we can see, this is not going to happen. Because of this, Matt Barkley will surely take some of the spotlight away from Luck from the voters on the West Coast. Because the West Coast voters will surely be split between the two quarterbacks, Barkley and Luck have surely ceded their position at the top of the Heisman standings.
While Keenum has put up the best stats this year in all of college football, he will only receive a small margin of votes due to the fact that he plays in a non-automatic qualifying conference.
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