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Sunday, December 10, 2006
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HEISMAN TROPHY
Quinn surprised by slip to third

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Rob Oller
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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</IMG> Brady Quinn of Notre Dame finished third in the Heisman voting with 782 points, including 13 first-place votes.


NEW YORK ? Brady Quinn wanted to win the bronze trophy, not the bronze medal. Still, the Notre Dame quarterback from Dublin plans to turn his third-place finish in the Heisman Trophy balloting into gold.
Quinn didn?t sulk or whine last night after finishing behind Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith and runner-up Darren McFadden of Arkansas during the ceremony in the Nokia Theatre in Times Square. Instead, he plans to use the finish as motivation to move onward and upward. He said he would leave New York today hungry to work even harder to help the Fighting Irish defeat Louisiana State in the Sugar Bowl.
And after that?
"Strive to be my best in the NFL," Quinn said.
Might that be easier to achieve by not winning the trophy? Among the Heisman?s quirkier statistics is that only three college quarterbacks (Paul Hornung, Jim Plunkett and Roger Staubach) went on to win Super Bowls, and Hornung was a running back with Green Bay when he won his ring.
Surprising some, Quinn said he would have voted for Smith.
"For not allowing the pressure to get to him and for coming up big in the biggest games," he said. "I?ve been a fan of his and I?m proud of everything he has come from ? his (tough) background helps explain why he is so driven."
Smith was just as complimentary of Quinn.
"In any situation, the real should recognize the real, meaning a real person should recognize a real person. And he just comes off as a classy guy," Smith said. "He?s very humble and he?s not a football head ... when we?re away from football he doesn?t talk about football, which I appreciate. I know good things will come to him."
Finishing behind Smith did not surprise Quinn. Finishing 96 points behind McFadden, a sophomore tailback, did, "but only because the winner of the Maxwell Award is usually right up there (in second in the Heisman)."
McFadden easily outpaced Quinn in regional voting in the South and Southwest, where he received 436 votes to 215 for Quinn. But Quinn was ahead of McFadden in the Northeast, Midwest and Far West.
Quinn arrived in Midtown Manhattan yesterday by train from Baltimore, where he collected the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as the nation?s best senior quarterback. On Thursday, he won the Maxwell Award as the nation?s best player. Joining him in New York were his parents, Ty and Robin, five other relatives and his girlfriend, Lindy Slinger.
"Just getting invited here is an honor," Ty Quinn said, adding that he brought the big suitcase "just in case."
Robin Quinn added, "If you?re not No. 1, you?re No. 2 or No. 3, and there are thousands of football players out there."
Quinn, who finished fourth in the Heisman voting last year, put up strong numbers this season, but the Fighting Irish lost two games, including a 47-21 loss to Michigan, which dropped his stock.
Quinn threw for 3,278 yards and 35 touchdowns with five interceptions, and he has thrown only one pick in his past 296 attempts.
Then there are the intangibles. Quinn has 35 school records, is expected to be the first player selected in the NFL draft and, perhaps most important, has brought prestige back to the quarterback position at Notre Dame.
"It?s one of those highly coveted positions where people want to watch more and more. It?s nice to see that the position right now is on the rise," Quinn said, adding that Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis deserves a lot of credit for helping turn him into a leader.
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I guess TV money demands some kind of hype, but I actually felt sorry for McFadden and Quinn last night. Having to dress up and sit in front of a TV camera and spend an hour eating a shit sandwich is cruel and unusual punishment in my estimation... on the other hand, if Quinn had won I'd have done serious damage to my TV. Congrats to Troy.
 
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