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Heisman hype starting again
Who should win The
Heisman Trophy this
year? Should we tare?
College football's most presti
gious award is rapidly becoming
monningloss. Not that the media
have noticed — the hail of hype
and hysteria caused by "The
Moisman Race” remains as
dense as over.
The lieisman still makes a
nice addition to anyone's trophy
cose or resume. The problom is
that college football’s l>«st play
ers are not winning the award
given to college football's best
player.
l,ook at the last four players to
win the award: Gino Torretta.
Desmond Howard, Ty Detmer
and Andre Ware. When was the
last time you saw any of these
guys playing in an actual NFL
game?
Combined, they’ve been on
television about as long as The
Chevy Chase Shaw That
includes shots of them holding
clipboards on the sidelines.
This is not to say that players
like Wore and Howard are vast
ly ovor-hyped no-talent, no
hope washouts with no futures.
(Nobody cam hope for two Tony
Mandariches in ono lifetime.)
But it seems odd that the players
touted as the best that college
can offer have hardly taken pro
fessional football by storm.
Traditionally. Heisman voters
have displayed better sense than
this. It used to be a safe l)«t that
the Heisman trophy winner was
headed for stardom in the NFL.
From the mid-1970s to mid
1980s, Heisman recipients
included Tony Dorsett. Earl
Campbell. Charles White, Mar
cus Allen. Hershel Walker, Bo
Jackson and Vinnie Testuverde
The evidence suggests that
either football players or sports
writers are getting worse. On
one hand, football players are
stronger, faster and l>ettor
Scon Simonson
coached than over. On the other
hand, it's hard to believe sports
writers can get any dumber
Here are some reasons that the
mudia fumhle in voting for the
Heisman:
• ('able television. More
games arc on television, but it's
usually more of the same few
teams. Miami. Notre Dame.
Florida Slate. USC and Michi
gan continue to dominate the
airwaves.
These teams are perennial
powers and are proven draws on
television They don't always
produce college football's best
player. But when somebody like
Torretta gives interviews on
pregame shows, has Lee Corso
fawning over him at halftime
and even throws a touchdown
pass or two in one of his team's
televised games, he can become
a Heisman candidate whether he
deserves it or not
• Picking on the little guy. On
the other hand, rare television
appearances make or break Heis
man hopefuls at small schools.
For example: Besides a had
game against UCLA, how's Mar
shall Faulk doing this season?
Few t;are Even fewer know
Low numbers in a rare televi
sion appearance took Faulk out
of the media spotlight and Heis
man contention. Of course, if
you'd like to become a sports
agent, you might want to
remember his name.
• Statistical overload There
are plenty of players putting up
groat numbers every week Hut
the sheer number of college foot
ball teams makes it difficult to
tell if a player has a great game
or just delivered a pounding to a
patsy. College football has so
many gimmicky offenses that it
can be hard to separate a talent
from a player who is the product
of successful system
Barry Sanders and Andre
Ware helped blow the statistical
curve for Heisman hopefuls at
low-profilo schools. Sanders
won the trophy by rushing for as
many yards than his rivals. Rod
ney Peete and Troy Aikman,
threw for. Ware put up equally
mind-boggling stats in a pass
happy circus offense.
These kinds of performances
tend to make 180-yard rushing
games and 300-yard passing
games seem trivial Further
clouding the issue is the increas
ingly prominent total offense
statistic, which has allowed
flashy receivers like Howard
and Raghib Ismail to enter the
race by running up yards return
ing kickoffs and punts.
• Everybody loves a winner.
When voters no longer rely on
statistics, a team’s success can
decide a player's Heisman can
didacy.
This can create a dilemma
When a quarterback like Torret
ta or this year’s favorite. Charlie
Ward, is supported by a great
defense, quality offensive line
and first-rate receivers, how can
he look bad?
The star often gets the credit
for his team's success, no matter
how dominant the rest of his
team is As a result, the mythical
national championship is help
ing create a mythical best player
in the country. Instead of a play
er holding a football, maybe the
Heisman trophy should depict
a player holding a clipboard.
Duck men’s golf team
improves to seventh
By Steve Mims
Oegor D*ty> lrr*r*Kl
The Oregon men's golf
learn is improving, but its
team st ores don't necessarily
prove it.
The Ducks finished seventh
in their next-to-iast tourna
ment of the fall, the Robertson
Holmes Invitational. Tuesday
in Stockton. Calif. Oregon fin
ished the two-day, three
round tournament at 894, its
second-best team total of the
year to go along with its low
est final placing at a tourna
ment all year.
"I think we are going in the
right direction." Oregon head
coach Steve Nosier said. "We
are getting better, but we are
still not playing at the level
we need to be at.”
One player who is playing
at a high level is junior Ted
Snavelv. who finished ninth
Tuesday with a 4-over-par
218. Snavely opened the tour
nament with a 74 in the open
ing round Monday before
shooting consecutive 72s in
the final rounds
"Tod is Kitting to tho point
where ! have a lot of confi
dence in him," Nosier said.
"Me has shown a lot of con
sistency in the last few tour
naments.”
Junior Paul Regali has
played better lately as well,
finishing among the top two
Oregon golfers in each of the
past two tournaments. After
shooting an even-par 216 at
the Nike Invitational last
weekend. Regali finished n 1st
with a 224 this week. Regali
shot a 2-over-par 73 in the
second round before finishing
with a 76 that Nosier said
showed his mental toughness.
"Paul is showing consisten
cy right now." Nosier said.
"He shot 76 in the third
round, hut that round started
with a double bogey on the
first hole and a bogey on the
second hole. He really held it
together well the rest of the
way.”
Oregon senior Randy
McCracken gave the Ducks a
boost in the final round with
an even-par 71. McCracken
opened the tournament with
rounds of 76-7R Monday and
finished in 37th place at 225.
Junior Andy Scheidt and
sophomore Chris Bensel tied
at 236, though they took sepa
rate paths to that total. Schei
dt opened with a 72. but fin
ished with back-to-back 82s,
and Bensel shot 81 in the first
round, followed by rounds of
76 and 77.
"We are going to be a better
team," Nosier said. "Whether
or not we get multiple wins
like we did last year. I’m not
sure. We need some of these
kids to play better if we are
going to he good."
The Ducks will play their
final tournament of the fall,
the Bruin Classic in Temecu
la. Calif.. Nov. 1-2. Following
that tournament. Oregon does
not play again until it hosts
the Duck Invitational March
7-8 at Eugene Country Club
and Emerald Valley Resort.
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