Suh named Heisman finalist!

Submitted by MichMike86 on

It was just announced on ESPN. This guy deserves the invite. Maybe he can shock the World and win it. Besides Woodson I don't remember seeing another defensive player being invited to the ceremonies.

EDIT: The other finalists are Toby Gerhart, Mark Ingram, Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow.

bmiddy

December 7th, 2009 at 8:22 PM ^

The only other defensive player I can remember who was invited to the Downtown Athletic Club was Steve Etman of Washington.

Suh was most certainly a force, but he plays on a 4 loss team. Not saying its right, but that plus defense equals no love from Heisman voters.

Give it to Gerhardt. He had a monster season and hit up one of the classic Heisman criteria....played huge against ND on national TV in prime time.

Simi Maquoketa

December 8th, 2009 at 2:48 AM ^

BUT: Two of Nebraska's losses were by one point (16-15) AT VaTech, and by a score of 9-7 against Iowa State. In both games, Suh was of course dominant.

Beyond his athletic talent, he is extremely intelligent. He doesn't always bullrush the QB--he recognizes pass plays, screens, and knows when to back off the rush occassionaly to bat down passes or even grab the occassional interception.

And talk about a guy who quite often faces double teams, as most great defensive tackles do.

He's the best player in the country and had to do it on a team whose offensive ineptitude rivals 2008 Michigan.