Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter took house the Heisman Trophy Saturday night time, beating out Boise State working again Ashton Jeanty.
Hunter bested Jeanty 2,231 complete factors to 2,017 complete factors, taking house 552 of the 928 first-place votes, with Jeanty successful solely 309. That is nonetheless a large chunk of first-place bids for the Boise State star, and itemizing Jeanty first on the poll is a very defensible place for Heisman voters.
What’s inexplicable, and maybe, unconscionable, is leaving Hunter off totally. That is what Ian Furness, a Seattle-based radio host and studio host for the Kraken Hockey Community, did although, to the outrage of many.
Final night time, Furness revealed his poll, which had Jeanty No. 1, adopted by Miami quarterback Cam Ward and Arizona State working again Cam Skattebo.
My #Heisman poll. pic.twitter.com/A8iP9PKh8D
— Ian D Furness (@IandFurness) December 15, 2024
Once more, Jeanty being your Heisman winner is totally comprehensible. However Furness is deservedly taking warmth for neglecting the younger man who really took house the trophy.
“Huh? The Heisman is meant to go to the most effective participant in school soccer. How may you presumably not put Hunter first but alone out of the highest 3?” one fan puzzled.
“Cam Ward and Cam Skattebo over Travis Hunter is among the worst takes ever,” a second particular person mentioned.
“That’s simply being a hater lol,” a 3rd particular person added.
“Jeanty at #1 is comprehensible. However not having Hunter within the prime 3 is ugly work,” a fourth commenter chimed in. “Throughout the board in main sports activities, we have to display screen voters higher. This poll just isn’t a flex, it is incompetence. Appears like a IBHOF poll. This isn’t okay.”
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Hunter is the primary Colorado participant to win school soccer’s most coveted award since Rashaan Salaam in 1994.
“I by no means thought I might be on this place,” the cornerback/extensive receiver mentioned after receiving the trophy. “It is loopy.”
Jeanty, in the meantime, mentioned he “felt like I ought to’ve walked away with the award,” but in addition took time to understand the respect of being a Heisman finalist.
“Clearly, it wasn’t the outcome that I hoped for. However I type of simply needed to take a second, debrief and simply respect the truth that I used to be even right here,” Jeanty mentioned, through KTVB’s Jay Tust. “The truth that I used to be right here goes to be so inspiring to many. It’s extremely laborious to succeed in this standing to be a finalist as it’s from any faculty, however from a Group of 5 faculty, it makes it that rather more difficult. I am happy with being right here at the moment.”
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