DID HARRELL GET SNUBBED?

By mark rogers
December 12, 2008

That's the question tearing through Lubbock and the Big Country right now. Did Graham Harrell deserve to get a trip to New York City?

I'm torn on the issue.

Part of me says, yeah, he's not going to win but the senior sure did deserve to at least get a free trip to New York and get some priceless media coverage.

If he has an average game against Ole Miss in the bowl, he'll have nearly every passing record in NCAA history.

And it's not like the Downtown Athletic Club hasn't hosted many more than three players in previous years. They can invite as many as they want.

The other part of me says, no, he shouldn't be there because players should only get to go who have a legitimate shot at winning...no free rides.

So sitting here, debating this in my brain while I'm writing this, I'll make a decision...

YES, Graham Harrell got snubbed. Having one game that he didn't play great this year was not enough for him to get the cold shoulder from the DAC. He had just too good a career.

Kind of the same reasoning why I was upset that Darren McFadden didn't win it last year. After such a great career, how could the award go to a true sophomore (granted that sophomore was the only player EVER to throw and rush for more than 20 TDs in a season).

Anyway, that sophomore is now a junior and will likely become just the second player in history to win the Heisman twice.

Bah-humbug.

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