Mad Max for Heisman
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Palliative Care
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Ok, not going to happen but I would like a Davy O’Brian award to someday be a TCU guy.
HornyWartyToad
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No. Sadly because of the media culture of trying to be first, he's shut out because he wasn't on the list before the season began and worse yet, didn't start the first game. I'd love to be wrong.
Hoosierfrog
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He’d go in as the leader and get dropped six spots…
ECoastFrog
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Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray both got benched at Tech before they transferred to OU, and then both won the Heisman.
HFrog1999
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Coached by our Offensive Coordinator’s brother btw
HornyWartyToad
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Both were named starters before the season began and got preseason hype. I doubt if there has ever been a Heisman winner who wasn't a starter to open the season. I'd be thrilled for Max to get that kind of attention. I just don't expect the process to be that fair.
Frog-in-law1995
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Murray went to A&M, not Tech.
East Coast
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Corp Aggie vs. Sand Aggie. An honest mistake.
TechAdvisor
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Kyler Murray never played for Tech.
Baker wasn't the starter coming out of fall camp. Baker was 3rd string coming out of camp but Michael Brewer injured his back and Davis Webb won the job but got sick the week before opening kickoff.
Baker started and beat a few terrible teams. He started the TCU game that year and was losing before he got hurt. Davis Webb came in and saved the day winning the game.
Baker got reinserted as the starter when Webb got injured and turned the ball over so much he eventually got benched for Webb and then threw a fit and quit the team.
Baker is an above average QB, but there are a lot of Big 12 QB's who would have won the Heisman in that Oklahoma offense. Right place at the right time for him.
Planks
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Baker is no NFL Hall of Famer, but he certainly was more than “above average” as a college quarterback.
FrogCop19
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Reminds me of Tebow's career path. Was in a great system for his skillset, and matched up well against other college players, but wasn't NFL material in the long run.
Pharm Frog
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and yet has almost as many NFL playoff wins as the Dallas Cowboys in the last decade or so.
Palliative Care
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Actual Tebow's career really is not all that dissimilar in terms of "wasn't NFL material in the long run" to most players. He was in the league 3 years and the average player is in 3.3 years. However, the average QB last 4.4 years. No Tim was not an NFL caliber QB. However, in college Tim won the Heisman as a sophomore and won two national championships. I would take that at and for TCU any day.
FrogCop19
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An-Cap Frog
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Hoosierfrog
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Yeah, anyone who could earhole a guy coming out of the locker room at 40 yards during warmups is pretty accurate…
