The chants reverberated around Lucas Oil Stadium as the player they celebrated stood momentarily speechless amid the growing din.
“Hutch for Heisman!”
“Hutch for Heisman!”
“Hutch for Heisman!”
Ignited by his Michigan football teammates in the aftermath of a victory in the Big Ten championship, the words articulated what so many around the program have been professing for weeks: that star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson, who set a new school record for sacks in a single season, leads the country in pressure percentage among players with comparable snap counts and was named MVP of the conference title game in Indianapolis, deserves to win the Heisman Trophy.