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I saw that Matsuzawa is a finalist for the Lou Groza. That one has to be the easiest one to predict I would think. No way the Tokyo Toe doesn’t win that award.

So he is better than the ou kicker? Not looking up kicker side by side stats but he too is good.
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1 hour ago, markstanco said:


So he is better than the ou kicker? Not looking up kicker side by side stats but he too is good.

Matsuzawa did not miss a single kick all year until the 3rd quarter of the last regular season game. He’s the best kicker in college football. That he pulled this off just six years after first deciding to play the sport makes the accomplishment even more remarkable. 

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1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Rodriguez reminds me of another Tech linebacker who just made plays and won all the awards and was undervalued by the NFL. 

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11 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

Love (ND), Mendoza (Indiana), Pavia (Vanderbilt), Sayin (OSU) are Heisman finalists.

The Burlsworth Foundation is run by die-hard Arkies. If Taaffe couldn't win it this year, it confirms they are never going to give the trophy to a Texas player.

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Mitch Sherman: Fernando Mendoza narrowly beats Diego Pavia in Heisman straw poll

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All that’s left to do is count the votes. The 2025 Heisman Trophy race did not end with the marquee victory by Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza on Saturday against Ohio State. In The Athletic’s final straw poll of writers and editors, Mendoza edged Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia by three points. Just one voter could have flipped the result.

The actual trophy will be awarded Saturday in New York. Mendoza, Pavia, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin were named finalists Monday. Pavia gained ground on Mendoza from a week ago, picking up a slight majority of the support that Sayin relinquished after the Buckeyes were held scoreless in the second half against the Hoosiers in the Big Ten championship.

Mendoza threw for 222 yards on 15-of-23 passing in the 13-10 win with one touchdown and one interception. He led an 88-yard drive in the third quarter to put Indiana on top for good. And Mendoza helped IU sustain a pair of drives in the fourth quarter that chewed more than eight minutes of clock. Mendoza punctuated his final statement in memorable fashion. His 33-yard strike to Charlie Becker on third-and-6 from the Indiana 24 with 2:26 remaining effectively secured victory in the No. 1-vs.-No. 2 matchup.

With the win, Indiana moved to 13-0 and earned the top seed in the College Football Playoff. A junior who spent three years at Cal and entered college as a three-star prospect out of Miami, Mendoza enjoyed a Heisman moment last month when he led the Hoosiers on an 80-yard drive in the final two minutes to win at Penn State. Mendoza beat Oregon and Iowa on the road. Was it enough?

Pavia capped his Heisman campaign on Nov. 29 by throwing for 268 yards and rushing for 165 in Vanderbilt’s 45-24 win at Tennessee. He directed the Commodores to their first 10-win season and a spot in the Dec. 31 ReliaQuest Bowl against Iowa. The Heisman will not wait for postseason results. Voting opened Saturday and closed Monday.

If the 930 voters see the race as it played out in our straw poll, the margin will be slim. The Athletic follows Heisman voting protocol, assigning three points to a first-place vote, two for second place and one for third.

In one fewer game, Pavia threw for more yards than Mendoza (3,192 to 2,980). Mendoza owns the edge in yards per attempt (9.43 to 9.39), touchdown-to-interception ratio (33-6 to 27-8) and completion percentage (71.5 to 71.2).

Pavia’s rushing edge is significant — 826 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground to Mendoza’s 240 yards and six touchdowns. But Mendoza also has an edge in team success. This final straw poll featured the narrowest gap of the season between first and second place. And it reflected the clearest separation between the top three contenders and the rest of the field.

In 11 weeks, 32 players received a first-, second, or third-place vote. A season-low seven were named in this poll. Love placed a strong third. He received mention on 21 of 26 ballots and collected the lone first-place vote not awarded to Mendoza or Pavia.

PLAYER
Fernando Mendoza
TEAM
POS    
QB
1st     
14
2nd    
10
3rd    
2
4th
64
Diego Pavia
QB
11
14
0
61
Jeremiyah Love
RB
1
2
18
25
David Bailey Jr.
LB
0
0
2
2
Jacob Rodriguez
LB
0
0
2
2
Julian Sayin
QB
0
0
1
1
Jeremiah Smith
WR
0
0
1
1

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, BonzoMontreaux said:

Over\Under on the number of days in NYC it takes for Pavia family member to get arrested?  O\U on number of Pavia members to get arrested?  

Days

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family members

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28 minutes ago, A’Dam Psycho said:

Niblett on 2nd team is bonkers

 

3 LBs better than Ant Hill is laughable 

He had to battle Concepcion on returner, but Hill is second only to Rodriguez as far as the best LB imo.

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Concepcion and Niblett had virtually identical stats as returners. So of course the anti-Texas bias came into play and they defaulted to snubbing Niblett.

They'll likely do the same and name Howell as SEC DL of the Year ahead of Simmons.

And it's BS that Taaffe didn't win the Burlsworth Trophy, but the Arky hillbillies who decide that award are biased against Texas as well.

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