The Heisman Hustle

"I'm telling you right now bruh! On my momma, I'm not gettin' in the car with Manti Te'o!"

Either Ben Franklin grew up in the hood or the old playa’s from the vacant lot next to the liquor store did a lot of reading because they both used to say, “Believe none of what you hear and half of what your see.” Growing up in the hood has certain built in advantages. The most important of those is the instinct of being able to see a hustle coming a mile away.

The dull media is trying their best to rob Johnny Football of the Heisman and give it to Manti Te’o instead!  Sure, Te’o plays for the #1 team in the country and the most storied program of all-time. He’s the defensive leader and team captain but that’s about the size of it homeboy. Sure, he has a great inspirational story for us all because he’s played through the death of both his grandmother and girlfriend on the same day. For that, he should be commended. However, he shouldn’t win the Heisman because his grandma and girl died.

 Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Cats from the hood have been playing through murders, drug addictions and imprisonments of family members for years and they haven't won any Heisman trophies because of it! So don't try to give Manti Te'o the joint because of family tragedy. Johnny Football is running circles around boyz and deserves to win it because he is the most OUTSTANDING player in the country!

First of all, in order to win the Heisman as a defensive player you’ve got to play more than one position bruh. The only cat to ever win it playing defense was Charles Woodson from Michigan and he did everything at the Big House but write the Michigan fight song. Not only did he have 120 tackles and 8 picks, he seemingly never left the field either. He had 28 yards passing, 193 yards rushing, 238 yards receiving, 301 yards in punt returns, 4 TD’s and he seemingly won the National Championship by himself! Clearly I'm being facetious but you get my point!

 Manti Te’o only plays linebacker and he’s not even close to being in the top 10 all-time in tackles in a single season. Lawrence Flugence from Texas Tech is #1 all-time in a single season in 2002 with 193. The cat that’s 10th all-time, Rodney Thomas from Clemson in 2002, had 167! Manti Te’o only has 103 and 7 picks! His numbers are worse this year than they were last year because he had 128 tackles then and most folks had never even heard of the guy. Not that he has to be in the top 10 in tackles to be considered but he only plays one position! So clearly he has to do more than be a middle of the road linebacker relative to great players to be in the discussion in the first place!

He coudn’t hold Dick Butkus(Illinois), Brian Bozworth(Oklahoma), Chris Spielman(Ohio State) or Mike Singletary’s(Baylor) helmets let alone the Heisman Trophy. Give him all the defensive national awards you want to but don't disrespect the Heisman by even talking about this cat. On some real talk, he's not even the best linebacker in the country! Ole boy from Ohio State, Ryan Shazier, is a far better player with only 5 fewer tackles. 

Johnny Football has better single season numbers than both Tim Tebow 4181 and Cam Newton 4327 when they won it. This dun has 4600 yards and 43 TD’s playing against better competition(LSU, Florida & Alabama)! Not to mention that he drilled then #1 Alabama at the crib. Nobody is even close to this kid and you can throw the media driven dumb argument that he’s a freshman out of the window. That’s the same excuse that robbed Adrian Peterson of the joint in 2004 when he rushed for 1925 yards.  

All I’m saying is, don’t try to manufacture another Heisman trophy winner at Notre Dame like they did in 1987 when boyz handed the joint over to Tim Brown on career achievement! Check this out bruh! He won the Heisman Trophy as a wide receiver with only 39 catches! C'mon homeboy! Everybody that was alive to see it knows that Don McPherson from Syracuse got robbed in a dark alley with a butter knife by some cat in a Notre Dame letterman jacket. Brown had an awesome career but in ’87 McPherson was clearly the most OUTSTANDING player in the country but the Notre Dame mystique pulled the votes Brown's way.

Although I sympathize with Te’o for the loss of his mom and girlfriend that doesn’t justify him winning the most coveted award in sports and the media ought to be ashamed of themselves for even pushing it. Unless ole boy is running and catching the rock, tackling everything moving, returning punts and kickoffs, dressing the freaking Leprechaun, putting the gold paint on the helmets, changing Touchdown Jesus' clothes at halftime and skateboarding on the Golden Dome he doesn't deserve to win the Heisman! Now you can stop me when I start lyin’ bruh!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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