shoot I hoped it would be Matt Leinert
David | Homepage | 12.05.05 - 2:12 am | #

Leinart fits the "nice guy" element of the award perfectly, but how can you tab a guy who clearly isnt even the best player on his team? SC's embarrassment of riches(Matt, Bush, Carroll,All Pac-10 line,etc)likely undermined support for any individual Trojan.

Co-winners or a team award is plausible, but S.I.'s done so much of that lately maybe they shied away from another "non-decision". (The last athlete from a 'big 3' sport to win outright was Cal Ripken in 1995!)
LaundraMatt | 12.05.05 - 2:58 am | #

Brendan,
After giving your comments some consideration late PM last night and early AM today, I am puzzled by your decision to give your Heisman vote to Matt Leinart. I mean, considering all the coverage and hype you gave Reggie Bush I'm finding a bit of inconsistencies. Perplexed!
Roger | Homepage | 12.05.05 - 9:11 am | #

Roger, I didn't give my Heisman vote to Matt Leinart. Re-read my comments and then reconsider your consideration. :)

I think I might pick Leinart for Sportsman of the Year, in recognition of his whole remarkable career and his leadership role on a team that's one game away from an unprecedented third straight AP national championship.

Bush, however, is without question the Most Outstanding Player in College Football, which is why he should (and will) win the Heisman next Saturday.

Is that not clear?
Brendan | Homepage | 12.05.05 - 9:15 am | #

I think Mark Brunell should be the "Sportsman of the Year" for coming out and being a sport despite playing on a crappy team.
Angrier and Angrier | 12.05.05 - 11:14 am | #

I'm partial to this Sportsman of the Year analysis hailing from America's hub of dispassionate discourse, Coney Island.

http://www.watchmeeatahotdog.com...ters/kobayashi/
LaundraMatt | 12.05.05 - 12:16 pm | #

AA, I will throw in a vote for Brunell purely out of a yearning for the time when the Huskies were one of the best football teams in the country. Those 3 consecutive Rose Bowls were awesome (i was at the first) and the National Championship is great to hang over the Cougars heads :-)
David | Homepage | 12.05.05 - 3:04 pm | #

Don't forget about the most important award of the year:

http://www.athlonsports.com/spir...und.php? round=5

Vote now!
Scientizzle | Homepage | 12.05.05 - 3:12 pm | #

I would have gone for Leinart. But I've been a Patriots fan since Jim Plunkett. I survived 2-14, Sims-our-savior, Eason-Our-Savior, and a teamwide coke scandal heading into a Super Bowl vs. the 85 Bears, that collection of two-legged meatgrinders. Brady led a snakebit franchise to glory, so I've no quarrel.
texasyank | 12.05.05 - 8:06 pm | #

Tom Brady kind of pisses me off. He's not the greatest quarterback ever, but he is talented, consistent and can lead a good, well-coached team. However, it kind of irks me when a guy has had three SuperBowl victories come to him so early in his career that he can sit here, before the age of 30, and kind of whine about "is this all there is?" while guys like Marino, Testaverde, Jim Kelly, etc, will never know what that is like. You never heard that kind of crap from Montana or Steve Young. Save the self-therapy for your analyst. Please!
Mad Max: Beyond Superdome | 12.05.05 - 8:46 pm | #