Why PFF Tailgate Podcast says Hutch should get the Heisman
--He had 15 QB pressures vs Ohio St. Ohio St hasn't allowed even 13 to an entire team all season.
ALSO THIS!
Besides what PFF Tailgate had to say, there's this:
Aidan Hutchinson had 3 sacks vs Ohio St. No entire team had gotten 3 sacks on Ohio St all season!
These 2 points should end the argument that Ohio Sts offensive line isn't very good, and that's how Aidan Hutchinson was able to have a big day on them. The fact is Aidan Hutchinson is the best player in college football and that's why he roared over Ohio Sts offensive line!
G-I-V-E
H-I-M
T-H-E
H-E-I-S-M-A-N!
BONUS: this beautiful video. Him talking about getting awards his dad got. His parents must be proud to tears of him.
And just to see it again....and again.
December 1st, 2021 at 7:22 AM ^
Everybody who sees this comment, don't forget to click the above link posted by LSA Aught One and vote for Hutchinson. You get one vote every day.
Unless you're cool leaving Kenneth Walker with his current 5+ times as many votes as our boy Hutch.
December 1st, 2021 at 8:11 AM ^
Also believe you should be able to vote from every phone, tablet and computer you have.
December 1st, 2021 at 8:40 AM ^
This poll has absolutely nothing to do with who wins the Heisman...It's voted on by the media.
December 1st, 2021 at 9:47 AM ^
No direct impact, but could create more buzz for players which could influence Heisman voters.
December 2nd, 2021 at 6:37 AM ^
Isn't the Nissan fan vote good for one actual Heisman vote this year?
https://www.heisman.com/articles/2021-heisman-trophy-ballots-distributed/
December 1st, 2021 at 8:15 AM ^
If they combined Haskins and Corum into one vote of Thunder and Lightning they’d come close to getting my vote over Hutch.
December 1st, 2021 at 8:01 AM ^
nice to see 3 M's on this page
December 1st, 2021 at 7:01 AM ^
A great game by Hutch this weekend and a crappy game by Bama would make this a possibility. Let us hope it happens.
December 1st, 2021 at 7:03 AM ^
It would be both deserved and fucking cool for Aidan to win the Heisman. Not only would he be only the second defensive play to win, but they both would have played at Michigan. He’s certainly the most valuable play on our team, and probably in all of college football. I wonder if anyone produces analytics that ascribe a delta win percentage to individual players.
December 1st, 2021 at 7:24 AM ^
I live in the Lansing area. Hutchinson being invited (fingers crossed) to New York while Kenneth Walker III stays home is just going to add to the hilarity of Michigan being ranked higher (pre-OSU) than Sparty.
And if Aidan wins it. . . The outrage to ensue is going cause the locals to sacrifice a number of couches to the football gods.
December 1st, 2021 at 8:20 AM ^
A certain 97.1 The Ticket radio personality proclaimed that their guy, Jacub Panasiuk, was every bit as good, and perhaps better than Hutch. If the scenario you mentioned happens, there would be some heads exploding. Make it happen!
December 1st, 2021 at 9:23 AM ^
Panasiuk? Are you kidding? Is this post some kind of bogus dream meant to rile us up?
That cannot be real...
December 1st, 2021 at 12:15 PM ^
yeah,, he made that known in Columbus with all the sacks and pressures and all.
s/
December 1st, 2021 at 7:27 AM ^
Call me an overanalyst and maybe I'm getting too deep into the weeds here, but my arguement for AH97 winning the 2021 HEisMAN is that he's the most outstanding player in CFB in 2021.
December 1st, 2021 at 7:34 AM ^
That last video is a thing on beauty. I could watch it on continuous loop for hours...
December 1st, 2021 at 7:59 AM ^
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Go Blue! Beat Iowa!
December 1st, 2021 at 8:13 AM ^
They must have functioning eyes and a basic understanding of the game of football. He’s been rampant and an absolute game-changer all year - Hutch for Heisman
December 1st, 2021 at 8:23 AM ^
It would be nice for him to win, but honestly that won't happen... too much bias towards offensive playmakers and this year's crop still has enough stats (and brand recognition) for people to handwave it. Woodson was the exception because, not only was he so dominant on defense, but he had good special teams & offensive production.
He absolutely deserves to be in NY for this - let's hope he puts on a good show this Saturday to cement it.
December 1st, 2021 at 8:35 AM ^
Beat Iowa, Win the Heisman, Go Blue!
December 1st, 2021 at 8:59 AM ^
The good news about Aidan Hutchinson’s chances of winning the Heisman Trophy is that the only defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy is Michigan Man Charles Woodson who won the award in 1997. So, it would be most appropriate for Hutchinson to win the award on the 25th anniversary of Woodson’s win.
The bad news about Aidan Hutchinson’s chances of winning the Heisman Trophy is that Heisman Trophy voters traditionally prefer offensive skill position players, so it wouldn’t surprise me if Aidan Hutchinson doesn’t win the Heisman Trophy, especially if (a) Alabama’s QB Bryce Young and LB Will Anderson, Jr. each has a spectacular performance in the SEC championship game to lead Alabama in beating top-ranked Georgia and (b) Hutchinson doesn’t have as good a day against Iowa as he did against Ohio State, or Iowa upsets Michigan. (Iowa has won five of the previous seven games against Michigan in the series. LINK)
Anderson has 86 tackles and leads the nation in tackles for loss with 30.5 for a total of 128 yards and in sacks with 14.5. Young is 10th among the FBS leaders in Total Individual Offense (behind Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett who’s fourth, Ohio State’s C. J. Stroud who’s fifth and Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman who’s ninth, each of whom has been considered a Heisman Trophy candidate).
In support of having Hutchinson and Anderson as the top two contenders for the Heisman Trophy, Stewart Mandel of The Athletic writes that “Anderson and Hutchinson have been far more dominant at their positions than any quarterback.” LINK to Paywalled Article
Mandel adds, “The only thing Anderson has lacked to this point is a Heisman moment” while Hutchinson’s Heisman moments came last Saturday against Ohio State in which his “(h)is three sacks included one on an early Ohio State third-and-goal from the Michigan 8 (the Buckeyes settled for a field goal) and another in the third quarter on a third-and-9 at the Wolverines’ 42. Ohio State had to punt, which Michigan turned into a touchdown to go up two scores.”
Finally, Mandel says, “But the sacks only told a small portion of Hutchinson’s impact Saturday. According to Pro Football Focus, Hutchinson notched 15 quarterback pressures against the Buckeyes, the highest by any player since PFF started tracking college games in 2014. On top of his 13 sacks (third nationally), Hutchinson has pressured the quarterback on a nation-leading 18.5 percent of his pass-rush snaps this season.”
By the time Michigan plays Iowa on Saturday night, we’ll know how Alabama’s Young and Anderson have performed in the SEC championship game that starts at 4:00 PM. BEAT IOWA! GO BLUE!
December 1st, 2021 at 9:35 AM ^
When Woodson won the HT in 1997 most talking heads were careful to say, "Primarily defensive player." Does anybody seriously believe Woodson wins the HT if he never fielded a punt, never returned a punt for a TD against OSU, nor contributed on offense?
December 1st, 2021 at 1:02 PM ^
When Woodson won the HT in 1997 most talking heads were careful to say, "Primarily defensive player."
Was that in reference to the fact that Woodson dabbled in special teams and offense in addition to defense, or more in reference to the fact that back in the day, many (most?) players played both offense and defense, and I believe at times the rules essentially even prohibited having defense-only players. For example, take our own Heisman winner Tom Harmon, via Wikipedia:
In his final college football game, Harmon led the Wolverines to a 40–0 victory over Ohio State, scoring three rushing touchdowns, two passing touchdowns, and four extra points, and intercepting three passes, and punting three times for an average of 50 yards.
It looks like he was a hell of a player on defense; it's just that he (and I'd say most Heisman winners of the era) were probably just as well, if not better, known for their offense. Which certainly fits the bill of not being a "primarily defensive" player...
December 1st, 2021 at 10:00 AM ^
If Aiden can have another huge game against Iowa and Michigan plays well enough to get up 2 scores late then I will be CLAMORING for a garbage time fullback dive touchdown from him. Get him his touchdown that the MSU refs robbed him of.
Hutchinson, Jordan Davis from Georgia, and Will Anderson from Bama should be the only 3 Heisman finalists
December 1st, 2021 at 10:25 AM ^
Hutch is going to finish #2 behind Young from Alabama because Southern voters just won't give it to a non-offensive Michigan player they haven't watched.
Best chance for Hutch is for Georgia to obliterate Alabama and Aiden to dominate.
You really only need to look at how awful we were last year without him and with him this year, the difference is incredible.
December 1st, 2021 at 10:52 AM ^
Unless he absolutely dominates Georgia, Young shouldn't even go to New York, let alone win.
"Being the Alabama QB in 2021" is the "born on third and think you hit a triple" of the Heisman Trophy. If you can't take that team to the playoffs, you're at best a good-not-great QB.
Other than Hutch, Anderson and that Georgia nose tackle deserve consideration. But it should definitely be a defensive player. Of course, the Heisman has really been "the best QB or RB among top 10 teams" forever. Young isn't even that, though.
December 1st, 2021 at 1:10 PM ^
If you can't take that team to the playoffs, you're at best a good-not-great QB.
I wouldn't go that far. Young is a hell of a QB, just like Stroud. But you do have to take context into consideration, especially when talking about NFL OLs giving a QB all day to throw to wide open NFL WRs, and thus just putting up big numbers doesn't necessarily make them Heisman worthy...