2004 Heisman Trophy Winner - Matt Leinart - USC

ESPN | 12-11-04

[Dan from Michigan]

I would have voted for Peterson, but it's a good pick.

[onyx]

No vote tabulations yet on the others?

[dwilli]

Should have been the freshman. He's as good a frosh football
player as I have ever seen.

[RabidBartender]

Ditto. If Peterson stays clean and OU's next offensive line is even halfway decent, he's gonna tear things up next year.

[mainepatsfan]

This award is NOT for the best college player. It's for the best junior-senior college football player.

[GOP_Raider]

As a Ute fan, I would have liked to have seen Alex get it....but he'll at least be a frontrunner next year.

GO UTES!!!

[Mustng959]

The Heisman voting lost its grandeur for me when Peyton Manning was passed over a few years back.

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Not how I would have voted:

1. Adrian Peterson
2. Reggie Bush
3. Alex Smith
4. Jason White
5. Matt Leinhart

I was rooting for Jason White, who needs two anyway.

[COEXERJ145]

"Peterson, the freshman tailback, was second, White was third, Utah quarterback Alex Smith was fourth and Leinart's teammate Reggie Bush was fifth in the voting."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041212/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_heisman_trophy

[Tailback]

At least Leinert has a chance to stick on an NFL team unlike that crybaby Crouch from Nebraska that got the Heisman over Harrington and Carr. Peterson will get his due after another season or two.

[capitan_refugio]

Leinart won all his games except one in the past two years (that being an overtime loss to Cal last year). I see this as a "two-year" performance award. On TV they said Leinart won in every voting region except the one which contains Oklahoma.

Watch for Petersen (Oklahoma) and Reggie Bush (Southern California) next year.

[profmike23]

I'm sure Matt's 0 TD, 1 INT performance agains the lowly Bruins clinched it. *rolls eyes*

It's 2000 all over again.....

[RabidBartender]

2003 Jason White Oklahoma QB
2002 Carson Palmer Southern Cal QB
2001 Eric Crouch Nebraska QB
2000 Chris Weinke Florida State QB
1999 Ron Dayne Wisconsin RB
1998 Ricky Williams Texas RB
1997 Charles Woodson Michigan DB/WR
1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida QB
1995 Eddie George Ohio State RB
1994 Rashaan Salaam Colorado RB
1993 Charlie Ward Florida State QB
1992 Gino Torretta Miami QB
1991 Desmond Howard Michigan WR
1990 Ty Detmer Brigham Young QB
1989 Andre Ware Houston QB
1988 Barry Sanders Oklahoma State RB
1987 Tim Brown Notre Dame WR
1986 Vinny TestaverdeMiami QB
1985 Bo Jackson Auburn RB
1984 Doug Flutie Boston College QB
1983 Mike Rozier Nebraska RB
1982 Herschel Walker Georgia RB
1981 Marcus Allen Southern Cal. RB
1980 George Rogers South Carolina RB

Mr. Heisman has not been too kind to QBs in the NFL since the 60's and 70's, eh?

[raptor29]

What a dumb post.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Yeah, PAC Ten football is a joke.

[txdoda]

I would have voted for Peterson,

Us Too!!! However, AD played in HS for my hubby's hometown....We are still in the area & rarely missed any of his HS games.

AD is truely a talented athlete & all round 'good person' & always has 'the time' for all his fans here in E. TX who have always supported him.

[nicko]

Absolutely correct! Stevie Wonder coulda seen it...

[raptor29]

Dumb post by you, too.

[Dan from Michigan]

1989 Andre Ware Houston QB

Man oh man what a bust he was. And of course my team was the one that drafted him!!!!!!!

[Minus_The_Bear]

How do you figure? The PAC Ten is beyond weak, not a single quality team outside of USC... They don't play ANYBODY. All Leinart and Bush's numbers are inflated against inferior teams. If USC played in the the SEC or Big Twelve they'd have 3+ loses. They almost lost to freak'n Oregon State!