So you've given 5 names in over 35 years, the anamoly is all you've done. No lineman hardly ever get serious consideration for the Heismanm nor do defensive players. Voting patterns aren't cyclical, sure sometimes a guy will get voted in the top 5, and the voters will squash any way that he'll win it as well.
All I had to do was go back less than a decade to show that truly outstanding players other than QBs and RBs can be considered serious Heisman candidates, so anomaly my ass.
So cyclical or the best players were at those positions? From 1973-1983 CFB was dominated by RBs in offenses like the wishbone and option and other run oriented schemes. 1984-99, teams were running far more pass friendly offenses, hence why more QBs started winning it as well as WRs, and RBs who were versatile At running and catching(I.e. Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders). Charles Woodson was an anamoly because he also played offense, if he only played defense no way would he have won. Deion Sanders was one of the best if not the best cover CB in college as was Darrelle Revis and neither got close to a Hesiman. The Honey Badger got close because he also scored a number of defensive a TDs, and was a special teams threat. 2000-2015 say the spread offense dominate and hence us seeing so many QBs win the heisman. And if it wasn't for Ingram and Henry dominating carries on the best team, they wouldn't have won.
Keep making up shit in your mind to refute reality. If you can't comprehend what "cyclical" means, just quit posting.
Tell me where I, or anyone else, said Bosa would win. We said he could be a serious candidate. The fact that two lineman in the past have been runners-up proves that a lineman can be a candidate.
Once again you love to read your own posts and always try and be right. Super Mili, the last lineman to be a "serious" candidate was 20yrs ago. Happy?! And how many have been since? Yet again the only person making shit up because you hate to be wrong is you! Using QBs and skill position players to back up your argument because it's full of holes is classic Mili, at least you're consistent. Lineman are hardly serious contenders anymore And haven't been in 20yrs(which you mentioned, happy I admitted your point), and it'll take a miracle for any to be. Clowney and Bosa both had monster underclassmen years and didn't sniff Heisman consideration. Suh and Pace, 2 lineman in 20yrs have finished in the top 5. That's what's called an anamoly/exception, if you don't know what that means than quit posting
Clowney finished 6th in Heisman voting in his sophomore year (2012), and started the 2013 as an actual Heisman front-runner. He was sick his first game (only had three tackles), had other minor injuries afterwards which hampered his production, and also sat out two games, so he was essentially out of the running. Also, Manti Te'o finished second in voting in 2012 as a LB. So, had Bosa remained for his senior season, a big year could very well have made him a serious Heisman candidate, whether or not you want to admit it.
So now you're making excuses about Clowney, making what if scenarios for Bosa and including non lineman to try and prove your "point"... Classic Mili argument, trying to skew facts to make your argument. Because at the end, everyone knows that you still have made made a terrible argument. You've given now 3 non offensive players(I felt bad for you and gave you Suh so you can better about yourself, so actually you've named 2) in 20 years. Like I said, thats called an ANAMOLY/EXCEPTION, if you don't know what that means for your own sake just atop posting
No its just Mili being Mili having the need to always be right even when he isn't... Hope to get this thread back to Bosa sometime soon
