Congrats to NAVY and the AAC!
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Well I got bitched at for pointing out the fact that the AAC started 0-5, so, ya' know!
I think Navy likely wrapped up the Lambert today as well...maybe PaPreps can write about it in his next blog.
Joe P.
Joe P.
A damn disgrace the way the Heisman people and ESPN treated Reynolds. Fan voting had him at #1 until he "magically" disappeared from their direct link to the Heisman vote. Best college football player in the country and a great football team. Not the best pro prospect, but the best college football player. Congrats and Go Navy!
Fan voting has nothing to do with the actually vote, however, so what does it matter? Now I think he should have been up there, however, there are parameters in place to decide who gets invited, clearly outlined, and he didn't make the cut so I'm not sure how ESPN - whom I hate - is to blame here? Am I missing something?
Feel free to read for yourself:
http://heisman.com/sports/2014/9/15/GEN_0915140346.aspx
http://www.capitalgazette.com/blogs...an-voting-for-the-heisman-20151203-story.html
No one at ESPN wanted someone who wasn't a p5 player. They influence the media etc... Lundquist and Danielson were furious that he wasn't invited to the ceremony. Complete media worship at the altar of the big name programs.
I think it is deeper than that. ABC owns Epsn, which has gotten notoriously liberal. Having a Navy guy mentioned with the best players in the world just doesn't fit their ideology.
Please tell me you're joking, trying to tweak liberals here. If you're not joking, this might well just be the dumbest post of the year - and that is saying something on this board.
Where's the arrogant Pitt Fans when you need em?
They've been feeling cocky as of late but were forced to eat a lil humble pie yesterday...
@PCampell24, @jiggy_MF6 (Phil & Maurice) i hope after yesterday's CONVINCING defeat by Navy, both of you would consider giving ur hometown university an OV #AshEra #CHOPNation #FightOrFlight
Great job by Narduzzi yesterday, Lmaooo..
They've been feeling cocky as of late but were forced to eat a lil humble pie yesterday...
@PCampell24, @jiggy_MF6 (Phil & Maurice) i hope after yesterday's CONVINCING defeat by Navy, both of you would consider giving ur hometown university an OV #AshEra #CHOPNation #FightOrFlight
Great job by Narduzzi yesterday, Lmaooo..
I don't have a 2nd favorite team as RU is it...but I have to go with Army & Navy as joint #2. I just love what they both stand for. Also sat in legends seats a few years ago and there were about 10 Army cadets sitting down the 1st base line in the other priority seating for the small bar/lounge on 3rd base side. One was TE on football team and was on field for EL injury game and I cannot say enough how nice & respectful this kid was. The whole Army team was on board for EL just very classy
Love the Academies too,B!G TIME. BUT, we are well off by not playing them again. NO more CUT/CHOP BLOCK induced "lower body injuries".
Yes, absolutely. I think the teams are:
-Rutgers
-Maryland
-PSU
-Pitt
-UConn
-Temple
-BC
-cuse
-Army
-Navy
-Buffalo
Old/NBE teams like WVU, Miami, VT, UL and Cincy used to be eligible but no longer are.
There's also the Lambert Cup for 1-AA/ smaller schools.
Joe P.
Again, there is a STRICT GUIDELINE as to who gets invited, and who doesn't, period. It has NOTHING to do with fan voting, or anything else, and you can read the rules, for yourself, in the link I provided.
So you find 538, Nate Silver's site which is on ESPN's front page every day, to be something other than liberal? I have never found you to bright, but surely you are with it enough to recognize this obvious fact.
Hardwood trees are cool, sure. I'm guessing you are so smart this is what you meant. #meathead
Just reading about the eligibility for the Lambert Trophy:
Since Navy is in Maryland, half their schedule has to be against Lambert eligible teams.
Sep 05 Colgate
Sep 19 East Carolina
Sep 26 @Connecticut
Oct 03 Air Force
Oct 10 @Notre Dame #8
Oct 24 Tulane
Oct 31 South Florida
Nov 07 @Memphis
Nov 14 SMU
Nov 21 @Tulsa
Nov 27 @Houston #14
Dec 12 Army West Point
Dec 28 Pittsburgh
It really doesn't appear that they played more than 5 teams who were eligible.
Since Navy is in Maryland, half their schedule has to be against Lambert eligible teams.
Sep 05 Colgate
Sep 19 East Carolina
Sep 26 @Connecticut
Oct 03 Air Force
Oct 10 @Notre Dame #8
Oct 24 Tulane
Oct 31 South Florida
Nov 07 @Memphis
Nov 14 SMU
Nov 21 @Tulsa
Nov 27 @Houston #14
Dec 12 Army West Point
Dec 28 Pittsburgh
It really doesn't appear that they played more than 5 teams who were eligible.
I don't give a f@+k about rules. They get bent and broken all the time. I get that the media votes, not the fans, but I still say ESPN had an agenda to influences the media to suck the co@k of teams like Bama, ND, Stanford, etc. it's where the money is.
Okay so why didn't you just say that in the first place instead of throwing out some stupid shit up about the human poll, which meant absolutely NOTHING in terms of the Heisman vote?
They are eligible this year though; I read they were ranked #1 in the last Lambert poll.
Joe P.
Yeah, I saw that they were eligible too. I wonder what the criteria was that they used to determine this.
Ok. I'll speak slowly for you... ESPN is looking to avoid a groundswell of popular sentiment that could prove influential in terms of voting. Instead, they poison the well and pull the kids name from the hot list, and assert their influence over the voting media, who may be otherwise influenced by the fans. Is it a conspiracy theory?; perhaps. Implausible; no.
^ Guy is still singing Narduzzi's praises after getting walloped. Fellow meatheads.
Nuts, ESPN was largely responsible for conference realignment as we know it today. Whether it's in the open or not, to think the don't have some control of who gets invited to a ceremony they host is a little naive. The only real question is the reason for choosing or not choosing someone to be there.
Keenan Reynolds has ridiculously eye popping stats along with numerous records broken previously held by Heisman winners themselves. For him to not even be there was agenda driven, clearly.
Keenan Reynolds has ridiculously eye popping stats along with numerous records broken previously held by Heisman winners themselves. For him to not even be there was agenda driven, clearly.
