SKULL SESSION: TALKS OF AN EIGHT-TEAM PLAYOFF, JUSTIN FIELDS' LACK OF CONCERN ABOUT AWARDS, AND THE BUCKEYE BASKETBALL TEAM'S ARGUMENT FOR THE NO. 1 RANKING
NOT WORRIED ABOUT AWARDS. Justin Fields is currently in Atlanta as a finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award and then he'll head to New York this weekend as a Heisman Trophy finalist. And that's after he's already been named the Big Ten's quarterback of the year and offensive player of the year.
But there's not really much concern about him getting a big head or losing focus during the awards circuit, because he sincerely gives no damns about the accolades. Not to the media, not to his teammates, and not even to his father.
“He sent me a fist bump back,” Pablo Fields said Tuesday.
That’s all. And then they moved on to more pressing things.
“We talked about what he’s getting his sisters for Christmas,” Pablo said. “That’s it. That’s how he is. It would sound like we’re not close, but that’s how Justin is, especially with awards. Justin is a different animal.”
Last week when they talked, Pablo said, Fields neglected to tell him that he’d been named Big Ten offensive player of the year. Pablo was stunned to learn the news on Big Ten Network.
After the Big Ten championship game victory Saturday over Wisconsin, Fields was asked about the Heisman.
“I’m not really worried about the Heisman right now,” he said. “I’m just worried about a win in these next two (College Football Playoff) games.”
Don't misinterpret this – he is competitive as hell and absolutely wants to be the best. But he's way more concerned about getting better and worrying about the next challenge than he is about recognition and looking back at his achievements.
When I talked to him in Atlanta last night, he wanted nothing to do with questions about his stats or accomplishments, but you better believe his face lit up when I mentioned the chance to compete against Trevor Lawrence in a few weeks.
And after he carves up Clemson, he won't want to talk about that anymore, either. But he'll gladly talk about the next unfortunate secondary.
Entire article:
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...rds-heisman-obrien-basketball-team-top-ranked
Re: “We talked about what he’s getting his sisters for Christmas,”
I heard that all they want is for him to "bring home" one of these:
Just sayin': Hopefully he is taking care of the left knee (i.e. therapy) in between all the traveling, etc.