HOUSTON -- Like a lot of coaches, Houston's Tom Herman occasionally makes a clever quip during his weekly meetings with the media.
When the subject of preparing for the Heisman Trophy front-runner -- Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson -- arose Monday, Herman tried to spin a joke, but froze. Asked whom he would put at scout-team quarterback to prepare his defense for the dynamic Jackson, he paused for a few seconds and said with a chuckle:
"I'm thinking of something funny to say; I don't know that God has made one that I could even compare him to.