Happy Monday, everyone. The Heisman Trophy was awarded on Saturday, and it did not go to the best player on the stage. One voter, Tom Fornelli, was good enough to explain his reasoning.
In the end, I had to look for other deciding factors, and while I’ve felt recency bias plays too large a role in Heisman balloting (and many other awards as well as rankings), the one significant distinction between the two came down to how they performed at the biggest moments.
I did the same math for Murray in his two games against Texas, as well as the West Virginia game.