The college football season isn’t going to happen, but if it does (it won’t), there’s a Heisman race to be had. It’s impossible to predict the Heisman race, but it can be easy to catch on to trends or narratives just as they’re rising. Players come out of nowhere to win the Heisman, but if I (an idiot) can write a Heisman race piece called “The Year of Joe Burrow” just four games into his Heisman run, you too can spot those trends.
Winning the Heisman requires a number of things going right, namely (1) leading a team to national title contention, (2) having huge games to shape your narrative, (3) head into voting season with upward momentum, and (4) put up ridiculous numbers.