Heisman Hopes Hijacked?
Trevor Lawrence, the junior Clemson quarterback every NFL team is (or probably should be) drooling over, tested positive for coronavirus last week.
In quarantine and out of the game for at least two weeks, Lawrence is at risk of losing any chance at taking home the most impressive end of the season college football hardware, the Heisman Trophy.
A leading candidate for the award on many pundits’ boards, the odds changed quite a bit with this blow. The Tigers squeaked out a comeback win against a middle of the road Boston College opponent this past week in Lawrence’s absence, and came up just short this week against 4th ranked Notre Dame.
The interesting thing is that Lawrence’s freshman backup, D.J. Uiagalelei (barely easier to spell than to pronounce) played well and led a comeback for the win over B.C.. Can’t help make you wonder the reasons for a quarterback’s success (see Tom Brady); is it the player or the outstanding talent on the team around him?
Sometimes a seed of doubt is all that is needed for any of the 929 Heisman voters to look elsewhere to cast their vote.
One more interesting twist in a season full of corkscrews.
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