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BP Awards: The Griffin (Nation's Best Player)

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LordJeffBuck

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Now comes the award that you've all been waiting for, the coronation of the best college football player in the country. Although it was a fairly close battle, Southern Cal's Reggie Bush edged out Texas's Vince Young to take home the hardware this year. Congratulations, Reggie, for winning the Griffin Trophy as the nation's best overall player!

Reggie Bush (Southern Cal) - 334 (43)
Vince Young (Texas) - 295 (14)
Matt Leinart (Southern Cal) - 168
A.J. Hawk (Ohio State) - 142 (3)
Brady Quinn (Notre Dame) - 112
Michael Robinson (Penn State) - 38
DeAngelo Williams (Memphis) - 27
Drew Olson (UCLA) - 19
Jerome Harrison (Washington State) - 17
Maurice Drew (UCLA) - 12
Troy Smith (Ohio State) - 5
Brian Calhoun (Wisconsin) - 4
Jeff Samardzija (Notre Dame) - 4
Adrian Peterson (Oklahoma) - 4
Brett Basanez (Northwestern) - 4
Laurence Maroney (Minnesota) - 3
Paul Posluszny (Penn State) - 3
Elvis Dumervil (Louisville) - 3
Alan Zemaitis (Penn State) - 2
Haloti Ngata (Oregon) - 2
D.J. Shockley (Georgia) - 2
Michael Bush (Louisville) - 1
Marcus Vick (VPI) - 1
Tamba Hali (Penn State) - 1
Kenny Irons (Auburn) - 1
 
I had Young first, followed by Bush then Leinart.

My reasoning was that Bush was the best 'pure' RB, and Leinart the best 'pure' QB. Both are excellent players, probably the best at their respective positions, with skills that translate perfectly to the NFL. I voted each first in their respective positional categories.

The Griffin though, like the Heisman, is for the best all around college player. I think that's Young. I probably don't want to risk building my NFL franchise around such a potential injury risk (e.g. mobile/scrambling QB), but if I wanted one player to build my college team around, I'd start with VY.

He'd be my first pick on the playground, that's for sure.
 
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I voted:
Reggie Bush
Vince Young
Matt Leinart
A.J. Hawk
Brady Quinn
Michael Robinson

not really... :wink2: ... I was tired of Leinart and I'm still pissed about losing to PSU...
so no way was I voting for those two guys... regardless
 
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I saw one talking head say that Young was probably the MVP, but Bush was probably the 'most outstanding' player. I think there's some truth in that.
 
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