Originally Posted by
Daly
A year ago we perused the Heisman trophy board and uncovered CJ Stroud. Simply put he was one of 5-6 QB who played for a team that could make the playoffs which also had 2 first round (WR and as it turned out another one #3 on the depth chart). He was available widely at 30-1 and the early buyers got as high as 40-1.
We had two legitimate cracks to put the nail in the coffin and land a mid five figure prize in the final two weeks of the season. Final week of the season a win over Michigan would have sent him from -250 to -99999 to win the award but Michigan wouldn’t have it. It was widely speculated that stroud was still the favorite over eventual winner over Eventual winner Bryce young but Alabama would have to lose in the iron bowl. Late in the 4Q auburn RB Tank Bigsby could have gone down in bounds after picking up a first down which would have allowed them to run out the clock…… stroud was -400 on the love line at Draftkings……. And the rest was a disaster which saw Bama win the game and my +4000 bet go up in flames.
Close doesn’t pay……. But I stand by the play.
This season I have another conviction play. I’d say it’s not as strong as last years but I like it enough to bet it strong.
*** dinner time be back later tonight to finish ***
William Anderson Jr +4000 Edge Alabama
“BuT HeS a DeFeNSIVe PlAyEr”
Let’s start off by saying it would be a absolute certainty that if he came out this year he would have gone #1 and it wouldn’t have been one of these last minute draft day surprises. He absolutely destroyed teams last year. Led the nation with 17.5 sacks. He finished fifth place in the Hiesman last year when his QB won the award. There were many saying he should have at the min been invited to NY. Yes Hutchinson EDGE Michigan finished second for the award ahead of Anderson last year. There were many who felt it was a nod to the overall Michigan year as a whole and that it was Anderson who was the best defensive player in the game.
It’s been parroted many times over the past few years that if the best defensive player X in any given year has zero chance to win the award then WTF are we even bothering….. the voting has caught up to this concept and put two very worth players in the top 5.
“Anderson was so dominant in Alabama’s spring game in April against a makeshift offensive front limited by injuries that head coach Nick Saban had to bench him at one point to give Heisman-winning quarterback Bryce Young time to throw.”
Baring a plane crash Alabama is going to win the SEC this year and be a playoff team. The QB already has the award and and you may already know it’s historically next to impossible to win the award twice.
Now you have the best most dominant player in the country returning to the best most dominant team in the country with the most influential coach in the country with top top media members with their noses so far up said coaches ass.
There is a lot of chemistry at play here - but I’m calling for the first defensive Heisman Trophy since Charles Woodson.
Edit: he was fifth in last years voting…….. but he was #3 if you only counted first place votes.