2016 Heisman

Peppers had a great all-around game against Colorado. And he ran for 74 yards and 2 TDs against Rutgers.

The rest of the year, he was pretty much a really good defensive player. He had one interception all year and one sack after week 3.

I thought Jonathan Allen had a better year than Peppers. He was as dominant if not more so (8.5 sacks, 13 TFLs), and had only 2 fewer touchdowns than Peppers, and he only played defense except for occasionally serving as a goal-line blocking back.

 

Watson
Jackson
Mayfield
Peppers
Westbrook

 

Peppers is an ESPN hype machine special. Not the best defender (Jonathan Allen won the Nagurski) and not even the best linebacker (Reuben Foster won the Butkus, and in truth might be better than Allen).

 

Has a team ever done less with two Heisman finalists than Oklahoma? No. 7? Fire the coach!

 

The award is about the momentum of the hype machine and IMO no one had the late season breakout performance to unseat Jackson. I'm sure the tide will shift a little to Watson but I think not enough.

 

Watson's the only guy who could make the presentation remotely interesting. Had Fournette had the type of season he should have had, it would have been a lot more interesting.

 

I think that's right. The fact that he and McCaffrey were both hurt made it a weird year for the trophy.

 

Forgot McCaffrey. Yeah, that would have changed things hugely.

 

Feels like another year where there is one who should win it and one who will win it. Last year it was McCaffrey and Henry. This year it is Watson and L. Jackson.

 

If Peppers played at Purdue no one would care. He was basically Derrelle Revis when he was at Pitt.

 

Exactly.