Jim Wyatt of the NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN reports that Vince Young has finally weighed in on the record about his stance on the 2005 Heisman Trophy.
Last week, Young was asked twice if he’d be interested in being awarded the 2005 trophy if the Heisman Trust decides to strip Bush of the honor. Wyatt reports that both times Young refused comment.
Monday, Young made his thoughts known about the situation.
Young, who was the runner-up in the Heisman voting in 2005 to Bush as quarterback of eventual national champion Texas, told ESPN:
“I definitely want it, I definitely want it. But he won it fair and square definitely, and it’s much respect to Reggie, man. He had a great career and he’s already won a Super Bowl before me. I’m already mad about that.
“But at the same time I am definitely happy for him, man, and he is definitely the Heisman Trophy winner for that year. But if they send it over to me I am not going to say no to it.”
The eight members of the Heisman Trust will reportedly gather in New York tomorrow as part of a regularly-scheduled meeting. Interestingly, Bush was spotted in New York last Friday but would not confirm if he was in town to meet with the Heisman Trust during his visit.
Yahoo Sports reported last week that Bush would be “relieved” of the Heisman Trophy before the end of September and that the 2005 award would be vacated. After Yahoo’s report, two Heisman Trust officials issued statements that said that no decision on Bush’s award has yet been made.
5:36 pm on September 13th, 2010
Didn’t Vince Young score really low on the Wonderlic coming out of college? Texas is a really good school. You think Vince Young ever went to class? Do you think he’s a little less guilty than Reggie Bush because nobody rented his family a house … Let’s face it, every one of these schools makes a mockery of the system. We’re chumps if we think otherwise.
5:38 pm on September 13th, 2010
Reggie got the nice house, several cars and plenty of $$$ while in college. All that kept him chill and took the pressure off. The Heisman just wasn’t that important to him.
5:38 pm on September 13th, 2010
They may take the Heisman away from Bush, but how can Young say he would take it if they offered it to him. Didn’t Bush win in a landslide. Ouch!!
5:49 pm on September 13th, 2010
He got badgered into it by the media and his whining coach. He even says that Reggie won it.
I say there is jut no winner that year…just like all their vacated wins. Are they going to send the crystal football to OU? No way!
6:02 pm on September 13th, 2010
What makes Vince Young think that the voters that voted for RB would have voted for him. Shouldn’t the 3rd place guy be considered also. Just asking, kinda like taking the NC from USC and giving it to someone else. If they don’t want Reggie to have it fine but you can’t just give it to the next in line, this is not the Miss America Pageant, although it is starting to sound like it.
6:24 pm on September 13th, 2010
Vince did not score well on the Wonderlic, that is true but there are a couple of reasons for that. First, he wasn’t expecting a test and probably suffered a great deal of test anxiety because of that. Secondly, unlike USC and many other big “football” schools, Texas does not give Wonderlic practice tests to its players nor does it even inform them about it. Texas foolishly still thinks of itself as an educational institution, not an NFL farm club! (Vince didn’t know because his agent was a family friend and lawyer who had never been a sports agent before and HE didn’t know about the test - usually agents inform the players who don’t know and get them prepared for the test.)
6:25 pm on September 13th, 2010
IF YOU GET CAUGHT ie: Marion Jones, Reggie Bush..you must give back the GOLD. The Silver place winner WINS the GOLD…It’s very simple….dont make it so difficult……get caught, you loose it.
Anyway, Young played better than Bush head to head:)))
6:30 pm on September 13th, 2010
I believe that the third place guy was Matt Leinert. Maybe they should give him the Heisman, oh wait he doesn’t even know how to play football.
8:19 pm on September 13th, 2010
If they strip Bush of the heisman, then they should leave it vacant…I could see if the voting was even remotely close, but it wasn’t…Young was a very distant second. You want the Heisman, then win it on the field. Vince Young was not the best player in college that year….Vince Young can take the heisman, but everyone knows who really won it that year…and I can’t stand USC!
8:20 pm on September 13th, 2010
Vince Young got 5 votes in the Heisman voting. Not only was he a distant second, he wasn’t even in the picture. If Reggie has to give the Heisman back then the award should remain vacant. For those who would say that what Reggie did didn’t effect his play on the field so therefore he won the trophy fair and square by his accomplishments…consider this, the Heisman is given to the best college player in the nation. College sports are for amateurs. When Reggie took all those “gifts” and money he gave up his amateur status and eliminated himself from consideration. I’m sure the USC football family appreciates all the NCAA sanctions Reggie brought down on them.
8:25 pm on September 13th, 2010
i agree with mike this isn’t the miss america pageant, where the runner-up gets the crown. young wasn’t good enough to win it, leave it vacant, he wants it because bush got a superbowl ring and he won’t ever get one.
9:44 pm on September 13th, 2010
Colonel Tom: That was the biggest pile of homer, BS, I have ever heard. To somehow paint a soft picture of the truth, in regards to VY and his Wonderlic, blaming those around him, and various odd happenings for the terrible score, is ridiculous. If VY didnt know he was gonna take the test, he was the ONLY dude in the entire draft class that didnt. No wonder he’s an idiot, he’s surrounded by idiots.
VY doing poor on the Wonderlic, reminds me of an old, Bill Parcell’s quote…” It is, what it is….”
9:51 pm on September 13th, 2010
bush should not of won that year anyway… young’s stats were far better and i dont know how bush won the heisman by that many votes . too many people all on pete carrolls jock strap. matt leinart suckrd in college and sucks now… reggie bush didnt do enuff to win the heisman that year anyway. you fucked up writers got the voting wrong in the 1st place
9:57 pm on September 13th, 2010
it wasn’t a nice house. have you been to USC’s campus and surrounding areas? what a joke. also, Reggie is the most amazing RB in college fb since Sayers or OJ, no way he wasn’t getting the award.
10:28 pm on September 13th, 2010
Vince Young was the greatest player in College Football History. If he wouldve came back he wouldve gotten another NC title and the Heisman bc HE DID DESERVE IT! Deserved it a lot more than Bush did, but the media LOVES USC and HATES Texas so of course they would give it to Bush. Thats why if they take it from Bush they must give it to VY. Btw Bush was a great back but not “amazing”
11:49 pm on September 13th, 2010
Does anyone believe for one minute that Texas runs any cleaner program than USC, as far as greasing the palms $$$ of their star athletes and ensuring they pass through school without really doing the academic work? C’mon. It is sanctimonious bull crap by the Heisman committee to pretend they are SHOCKED by the big schools and players behavior. The Heisman Trust officials are either liars or stupid….which is it?? Bush and Young are in the same boat. So, to strip Bush of the trophy and give it to Young is a joke.
12:07 am on September 14th, 2010
Get real Vince Young is not the college football player ever. I’m a USC fan and Reggie is not the best player ever. And as far as being the Heisman winner no that year Reggie won. If you take so what, that year would be consider as no winner. How would you like the hand me downs all your life. It just means that you are second best all the time.
12:25 am on September 14th, 2010
Vince did not have the Heisman winner from the year before on his team. He did not have at the time the best team in collage football history on his side as what was being stated over and over that year. He simply had the HEART AND PASSION to be the best each and every play in 2005. He deserves the Heisman and earned the RESPECT from the world when he beat USC to give Texas it’s first National Championship since Darrel Royal Era! I agree with the post by Bud,
F YOU GET CAUGHT ie: Marion Jones, Reggie Bush..you must give back the GOLD. The Silver place winner WINS the GOLD…It’s very simple….dont make it so difficult……get caught, you loose it.
Anyway, Young played better than Bush head to head:)))
1:16 am on September 14th, 2010
Al Gore won by 545,000 votes that we know of. And they gave the keys to 1600 to W.
Seems like the same thing to me.
3:40 am on September 14th, 2010
Bush won the award for his performance on the field..Having all that stuff so-called given to him and his family did not help him on the field. He was the best player in college football for that year. None of that stuff that happened off the field had any affect on with he did on the field.
Did it help him break tackles from defensive players jacked on steroids? Did it help him run by defenders? Did it help him score the TDs?
The Heisman Trust should just leave Bush alone and let him keep the trophy. and if not, how many other players might have their trophy stripped from them 10 or 15 years into the future
3:47 am on September 14th, 2010
Find an old recording of the ‘05 National Championship game. Watch V.Y. run and pass over, through, around and under the Southern Cal defense. Watch Reggie lateral the ball to Texas while running toward the Texas goal, watch Reggie WATCH the game when the game is ON THE LINE. Watch Reggie as a non-factor during MOST of the BIGGEST game of the season. Watch Vince Young sling an ENTIRE team on his back and win rings for each and every one of him team mates almost single handedly. Watch Texas go 14-0 because of V.Y., watch S.C. go 12-1 while Reggie watches. Then AWARD V.Y. the trophy.
6:57 am on September 14th, 2010
Give it to TEBOW….he’s the GREATEST college FB player ever!!!
9:18 am on September 14th, 2010
Give it to O. J., the Goldmans took his!
9:46 am on September 14th, 2010
They are not going to give the Heisman to that “No Talent Joke” Vince Young. What an effing bum he is!
Let Reggie Bush keep it, if not don’t give it to that punk
Young! Longhorns blow and so do the Trojans!
10:17 am on September 14th, 2010
VY was a better college player that year than Reggie anyway. He did more and carried his team more than Reggie did. Case in point: The national title game where VY shone brightly and Bush CHOKED!
10:28 am on September 14th, 2010
Vince Young got his satisfaction on the field in the National Championship destroying the Mighty USC Trojans, “The Greatest College Football Team in History!!!!” ESPN hates him because i’m sure he single handedly ruined all kinds of slob pieces they had planned for that USC team. Think about all the specials and reruns they would try to cram down our throats about that team. All he said was that if they offer it to him, then he’d take it. Who wouldnt?
10:58 am on September 14th, 2010
I wish someone would give me a house or cash, because obviously getting those things makes you a better football player, makes you run faster, slip through tackles….. oh wait no it doesn’t, so this obviously didn’t make him win the Heisman. They just need to drop this issue and try to correct the college football system to avoid this from happening in the future.
11:19 am on September 14th, 2010
First off, you telling me Vince didn’t get any extra bennys while with Texas. This is why most Heisman winners think that Reggie should keep it. Secondly, I’ve got to think that Reggie and Matt Leinart split a lot of the West Coast votes. No guarantee he would have won over Matt. Was he better than Matt? Probably, but the vote happened before the Rose Bowl game.
11:48 am on September 14th, 2010
lol Reggie did get the vote that year but i dont see how you saying Vince didnt deserve it i think the voting was shit that year, and Vince outshined Reggie carrying his team, while Reggie’s team carried him, then thennnn Reggie chocked it up int he national championship game while Vince took his team to victory and looked very good doing it..
I am a Texas fan i do not agree that htey should take it from Reggie he won it fair and square but you cant sit here and say Vince didnt deserve it as much as reggie did.
11:51 am on September 14th, 2010
Another one of Mack Browns bozos Young wasn’t even in the voting picture, goes to TN plays like crap, wanted to committ suicide, slaps a guy in a Dallas strip club good Heisman qualities
12:00 pm on September 14th, 2010
The NCAA as always trying to make a political statement that they have the power to do what ever they want. Enough is enough they are punnishing the players today that had nothing to do with this crap. fine reggie fine carroll fine USC fine your momma but leave the trophies and the championships in tact. Most of us fans dont give a damn what the NCAA thinks anyway. Fans should vote their asses out if it were possible. go to the playoff system then you really know who the champ is. vote on the Heisman after the season is over. just a thought
12:07 pm on September 14th, 2010
Vince,
Man where is your class, why would you want to lay in another man bed…Your own mom voice her thoughts and she sound very wise….don’t bring this type of attention to your team during the season…..you are totally being suck in by the media and selfishness. God words says for us not to desire another mans property. Have more class and just say no..trust me it not worth the pressure that would come with it…Count the cost before you build. Go Steelers!!!!!!
12:09 pm on September 14th, 2010
I can tell really that most of the heisman winners or canidates of late arent doing jack in the NFL Young Busch Leinart Mccoy Bradford should I go on? most heisman winners are a diappointment when they reach the NFL they just become average players then. remember Young getting chased down from behind by a 325lb lineman. I thought i saw someone say he was the best college player of all time?? ever heard of herschel walker???? dummy
12:15 pm on September 14th, 2010
exactly if the vote would have been after the national championship that year it would have been vinces anyway.
12:29 pm on September 14th, 2010
Why in the world would you want something you didn’t earn? It’s not like he cheated to be the best player that year. If they strip it they should just not have a winner for that year. I wouldn’t want something I didn’t earn, win or deserve. Only and absolute loser would take it.
12:58 pm on September 14th, 2010
Put the damn trophy on EBAY !!! an the winner is ???????
1:09 pm on September 14th, 2010
Vince deserves it. If the voting was done after the national championship like it should be then Vince would have won it in a landslide.
1:24 pm on September 14th, 2010
Well this is the problem about reissuing an award 5 years later. In fact if you did a real time vote at the time without Bush included which would have been the only honest way to do it what happens. Yep, that’s right Leinart gets the heisman for a second time. Why, Obvious of course if you look at the vote Bush and Leinart split the vote for the best player on what people believed at the time was the best team. So hand the heisman to Leinart and be done with it. Of course that’s not fair either but that does prove the point that you can’t go back after the fact and redo the award. Young did a better job in the champ game but the heisman wasn’t awarded after that game so that’s not relevant. All three have been disappointments in the NFL. So take it back from Bush, which should happen and if you must award it to someone give it to Leinart but the best move is to not redo it at all.
1:25 pm on September 14th, 2010
WOW, did any of you see VY play. He was hands down better than Bush. They voted before the National Championship game, that was the error. This would be a non-issue had they voted after because Vincent would have won. Bush cheated, in the Olympics if you cheat, you lose the medal, Bush should lose it and VY should get it.
1:44 pm on September 14th, 2010
Take the trophy away from Bush and place it in the College Hall of fame with a detailed story of the wrong doings that caused him to lose to Trophy. Tell Young he will have to work hard to get his own awards, they dont come from anothers failures. Im a third generation OU fan, I have never heard one OU fan say they wanted the National championship USC vacated, we lost that on the field, we dont want it that way.
1:51 pm on September 14th, 2010
I don’t care if the voting “should” have been done after the NC, they voted and Young lost. That’s it! On second thought, he should take it. He is from Texas aren’t they the same ones who lost a 3 way tie to OU and then flew banners with their score over the stadium while OU was playing? Talk about CLASSY!! I suppose they would also take the NC against Alabama if given the opportunity since McCoy got hurt?.?.?.? it just wasn’t fair I guess…..
2:20 pm on September 14th, 2010
This is one of the few instances that the 2nd place finisher could possibly deserve it. Vince had an off game against Texas A&M in the last regular season game before the final vote. In the National Championship game which prior to USC was being called the greatest team ever, Vince Young produces 467 yards in total offense himself and the rest is history. I would take the trophy with no guilt if I was Vince.
2:28 pm on September 14th, 2010
Though it has been told that USC and Reggie Bush cheated the system the fact still remains that the young man put in the work on the football field to earn the award. He wasn’t found ineligible during that season but later on as he had embarked on his professional career. By then he’d put his work in on the field. And now because the MEDIA plants the seed that he should be stripped of his award everyone wants to jump on board and say he deserves to have it taken away. Even the school that he helped return to the spotlight amongst the elite in college football have turned its back on one of their own. Try as you may USC to distance yourself from anything this young man did while enrolled at your great institution the sports world will always see you as the team that allowed him to do the alleged misconduct. Take out the replica trophies, the pictures and whatever else you had that recognized his accomplishments but rest assured that there will still be football players that come to your school because of the things he did on the field. Perhaps had you taught your players to have a little more humility instead of feeling they were entiltled to whatever they wanted you wouldn’t be scapegoating this young man for the oversights that you obviously made. I am sure that the coaches assured the parents of these players that they’d take care of them and keep them safe while at you USC. I wonder how many parents now know that USC lied to them. As was said before, leave Reggie Bush and his award alone. He put his work in on the field.
3:59 pm on September 14th, 2010
Texas didn’t fly any banner over OU’s game after finishing in a three way tie with OU and Tech. That was done by angry fans who rented the plane.
Just like the idiots who post stupid online comments, except they had money to burn. The Universities aren’t responsible for idiot fans. And every school has them. Including yours.
As for the Heisman, who cares at this point? Whatever the end result is, its going to be tainted. So, I wouldn’t accept it. But I wasn’t the one who outplayed the winner in the BCS Title game, so its easy for me to turn it down.
4:04 pm on September 14th, 2010
Well voting has never been done after the championship…so would have, could have, should have….but didn’t! He wasn’t the best player in college football…if there was even a debate that year, the voting would have been closer…Not one of the biggest landslide victories!
4:10 pm on September 14th, 2010
Vince Young was second best and now he is second class.
Stats??
QB’s are only as good as their RB’s WR’s etc etc.
4:14 pm on September 14th, 2010
The Heisman is about individual performance on the field of play, not about what his parents are doing 225 miles away. Reggie earned that award by his performance on the field, which that year was absolute brilliance. If they want to take it away on the grounds that he disgraced the Heisman image, than take away O.J. Simpson’s award because no one has digraced ot more!
4:35 pm on September 14th, 2010
The spot should stay vacant. Bush was young and everyone makes mistakes; however all major college athletes are treated “very well”. I honestly don’t believe that Bush did anything that isn’t happening at other colleges. If everyone is so upset that he was awarded the Heisman, then the focus today should be on preventing those errors in the future. It is fruitless to worry so much about what happened 5-10 years ago. I think anyone who has watched Reggie play recently knows that he is an amazing player and that cannot be denied given the Saint’s performance.
4:51 pm on September 14th, 2010
Vince Young should have won it at the time and proved it at the BCS Championship game, when Texas beat USC because of Young’s talent. Give the trophy to Vince. It’s the fair thing to do.
4:56 pm on September 14th, 2010
Didnt Vince Young and the Texas longhorns beat USC that yr in the championship game and Vince Young out perform everyone
4:56 pm on September 14th, 2010
as a texas fan who went to that 05 game between the mighty longhorns and a pretty boy usc team. when texas defender hit that city boy they knew it was ova as the usc qb ole matt leinart. back to bush they gave him the heisman base on that frenso game who are they. i will wait. ……… same season vince young did the same thing aganist okla st. out shine ur boys in their back home. sportcenter had them as the greatest team in history. yea ok give it to the man who did what he had to do to win.
5:02 pm on September 14th, 2010
I have no problem with VY getting the Heisman. They can put an asterisks by his name if they want. If he was eligible, he should get it as the runner-up. When they both met on the field, VY had the much superior day, despite Leinart poor sportmanship and declaration that USC was the better team made immediately after losing to UT. VY’s Rose Bowl performance was one for the ages, and it capped an excellent season where he rushed and passed for more yards than any other NCAA QB.
5:13 pm on September 14th, 2010
He should be allowed to keep the trophy. The Heiman Committee should have done their homework and made sure that the players met all of the criteria and that this type of activity did not take place. What a disgrace, but with everything else that’s going on with sports these days, what can you expect. It was only a matter of time before the honored Heisman came under attack. Morals are not taught in college Football 101 apparently.
5:22 pm on September 14th, 2010
This has ALL gotten out of hand. I love college football. I agree if you cheat you should pay the price. But to all those who say Bush was the better player that year, stats don’t lie…sports writers do. If the stats aren’t enough for you go watch the NC game from 2005 again. The texas defense shut Bush down (it was Lindel White that kept USC in the game!) and Young rushed for touchdown after touchdown not to mention his passing game!! Now who was the better player???
5:22 pm on September 14th, 2010
I think all this is wrong and he won in a landslide and look where he is today? I never even heard of this vince young guy. This is wrong our sports is getting off centered and so wrong. Bus win it in a landslide. Why have something handed down to you that you know you didnt deserve. Leave bush alone.
5:31 pm on September 14th, 2010
If the sanctioning bodies would punish the bodies and agents with loss of license and heavy fines it would start to dry up some if these violations. Stone the woman for adultry but let the man go. What country do these sactioning bodies reside in?
5:51 pm on September 14th, 2010
Look at Dez Bryant, he spoke with Deon one time and got canned for the year. If that makes him inelgible then Bush should be stripped of the heisman, and if you wanna talk votes… if bush’s names not on the ballot then one other guy’s name is. So doesnt matter how much Vince lost by because those votes wouldnt have been on Bush’s ballot. So if Dez cant be eligible for it neither should bush. Therefore needs to be a re vote or no one gets it. USC couldnt win with a heisman player anyways. Vince single won that game by himself.
5:53 pm on September 14th, 2010
i relly think all of this is a bunch of crap leave everything as is and go on with your lifes you see Bush already has a superball ring so that kind of pisses off all yall because you dont have neither as for Young as long as he settle down i think he will be a force to be wreking with in the nfl so get off of his d— as for the rest keep your nose out of other peoples business and stop fucking snitching like b—- ang go CHARGERS
6:49 pm on September 14th, 2010
I am a Huskie fan and “Hobartgate” at the end of the Don James era devastated that team (scholarships, TV coverage, recruiting). Of course it didn’t help that James quit as soon as the NCAA ruled. Compared to the USC violations, what the NCAA found against UW seems minor.
6:53 pm on September 14th, 2010
Hard to knock Vince…I’d like to have a Heisman, too. But also like me, Vince didn’t win one, either
7:29 pm on September 14th, 2010
2005 Rushing
(Consider sacks count against rushing totals)
Vince Young: Yds: 1050 Avg: 6.8 Long: 80 TD: 12
Reggie Bush: Yds: 1740 Avg: 8.7 Long: 76 TD: 16
2005 VY Passing vs 2004 Heisman Winner
Vince Young: Cmp: 212(65.2%) Yds: 3036 Avg: 9.3 TD: 26 INT: 10 Rating: 163.95
Matt Leinart: Cmp: 269(65.3%) Yds: 3322 Avg: 8.06 TD: 33 INT: 6 Rating 156.74
Those stats. Who has more yards? VY. Who has more TDs? VY. And the most important questions of all: Take VY from Texas and Bush from USC. Which team wins? USC.
7:39 pm on September 14th, 2010
And christi - Vince Young is currently the starting quarter back for the 1-0 Tenn Titans. He is the winningest quarter back in the franchise’s history.
8:09 pm on September 14th, 2010
Hey I am so sick of this crap. Let the guy have his heisman he earned it. Everyone cheats and that is the fact. The biggest sham is the explotation of the student athlete,. Pay the black atheletes twice as much as white kids and if he’s mexican give him five times as much. If he’s indaian give him a Casino. Pay them all they desreve it not the fin college who use them as modern slaves!
8:32 pm on September 14th, 2010
God and reggie bush knew what he if any , he had done . The NFL has started , and its football time so lets play for today and the hell with the past. There are so many athletes that have and is going to do wrong before or and i said or before they go pro so , just remember this every thing that is done in the dark will, and i did say will come to the Light.
9:19 pm on September 14th, 2010
To say that Vince Young did not EARN the Heisman and to call Mack Brown “his whining coach” is BS as big as the state of Texas!! Vince was AMAZING all 3 years he was at UT and NO ONE or NOTHING can take that away from him! He didn’t get the votes for the Heisman because he was from UT and EVERYONE loves to HATE Texas!! Mack Brown cares about his players and, of course, is VERY vocal where they are concerned. Would I like to see Vince with the trophy, yes, but should he take it, I think no. Not because he didn’t deserve it but because it simply doesn’t matter anymore. BOTH men are in the NFL now and BOTH men are extremely rich. I’m sure that Vince has probably bought his mom a home with the money he has EARNED as a professional football player not a kid out of high school with big dreams in his head. I believe that there were adults who were responsible for making sure things were done correctly and those adults FAILED to do so where Reggie was concerned. While Reggie was a part of making the wrong decisions, he did not act alone and, therefore should not be punished alone. I’m from Austin, TX and I BLEED Orange but I’m not sure Reggie should have given up the trophy. Being the MAN he now is, he did what he thought was right in giving it up. My hat is off to both players who have worked their butts off to get where they are now and should be left alone. HOOK ‘EM HORNS!! YOUR HATE ONLY MAKES US STRONGER!!!
9:51 pm on September 14th, 2010
Did any of you clowns who don’t think VY deserves this award watch the National Championship game?
10:31 pm on September 14th, 2010
Neither Bush nor VY deserve the Heisman. They both are a joke. Cheater or Crazy .,.. Pick your poison.
11:26 pm on September 14th, 2010
Reggie Bush was ineligible for the Heisman as were the USC Trojans for violating NCAA rules. Everything that he did will never be in the record books just as well as his team success. He season and stats don’t count, like they never happen in NCAA History!
Regardless if VY gets the Award, he had the second most votes in the Heisman race that should count for something. It’s not his fault others cheated to get America’s and College Football most Prestigious Award. This is why the Heisman Award should be voted after the National Championship!
It would be a DisHonor not to Award the Heisman to a player and program who followed the rules written by the Heisman Award Committee!
12:44 am on September 15th, 2010
Vince, go home. you were second best leave it alone
12:58 am on September 15th, 2010
I do not think better professional football programs exist than in the statesof texas, nebraska, ohio, florida, etc. The olympics finally figured it out, why doesn’t the rest of the world. Vince shut up You seemed to survive on campus pretty well. Real good meal card with your scholarship, you could barely read when you got out, go to class much? Why don’t they punish schools for graduting kids that don’t deserve it.
2:14 am on September 15th, 2010
Well, whoever said that the recent candidates and winners of the heisman trophy aren’t doing jackshit, here’s a thought. Maybe cause some of them like, Bradford, McCoy, and Tebow are rookies and you can’t just automatically expect them to rip teams apart. Some people are just morons that have no common sense at all.
2:55 am on September 15th, 2010
Go ahead Vince, take the trophy. Bush was still the best player in the nation that year. The benefits his family received have nothing to do with his performance or USC recruiting him as the benefits happened after he was already there. Benefits are not performance enhancing drugs. You were second best. I wouldn’t take it.
3:14 am on September 15th, 2010
This is ridiculous… Reggie Bush was the best football player in college that year and he deserves the award. If you really believe that all the winners never took anything they were not suppose to!! I’m not sure who Reggie pissed off for them to come at him like that…because all the good players get money from boosters, agents and friends all over the country and Im sure Vince Young took money as well!! So for him to even suggest taken the awared simply because he’s not been investigated with fine needle like Bush was is a slap in all our faces!!! He’s a sore loser!!…and has not integrity!!!!!
7:27 am on September 15th, 2010
Boy do i wish the heisman was awarded after the NC game in 2005! We wouldn’t be having this conversation right now, cause bush would have never won it, considering young outplayed bush on every level in the biggest game of the year and won the National championship! Young deserved it anyways! i say give it to Vince!!!! lol
7:31 am on September 15th, 2010
They might should give it to Vince Young….if not….he might get “depressed” again and go off with a pistol and threaten to blow his own head off again. Vince Young is a coward! He ran out on his team mates at TN before and he will probably do it again. Over rated POS he is.
7:57 am on September 15th, 2010
He chose to give it back and if coach Jack Brown and the crybaby’s inTexas think it will somehow bring some badly needed glory to it’s program then let them have the left overs..how many NC’s do they own?? VY was good college QB but Reggie was great, get real too proud texas guy…you have a good program be proud but be real.
11:24 am on September 15th, 2010
There is a different reason that Vince Young shoule be receiving the Heisman Trophy. The fact that the Heisman Committee has not decided so is ridiculous. All the Athletes and school programs that work hard and follow the rules of the NCAA are the ones being insulted and the ones being hurt by this. This sends the message that if you don’t get caught you get the gold. They should reinstate the Award for that year and give it to the next person garnering the most votes. If they don’t the Trophy itself loses as well as the abiding athletes in football.
11:44 am on September 15th, 2010
Does anybody regret voting for Obama? Does Nebraska regret being forced to live up to the genuine student-athlete academic standards the post-SMU SWC brought to the Big XII? Do the Heisman voters regret looking like hoopla driven chumps time & time again when their anointed supermen flop at the next level? Probably yes on all counts. That’s what happens when your choices are driven by emotion and/or desperation. There’s no do-over, you just admit your failings, get it right next time, and soldier on.
1:24 pm on September 15th, 2010
VINCE YOUNG SAYS YES I WANT THE HEISMAN, WHAT AN ATHLETE???? I DID NOT EARN IT ON THE FIELD, AND SINCE TEXAS DID NOT GET CAUGHT HELPING ME AND MY FAMILY AND USC DID GET CAUGHT, I WILL TAKE THE HAND OUT, DAMN VINCE NO WONDER YOU HAVE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS>>> WHAT A REAL LOSER::::::::::
9:09 am on September 19th, 2010
LEAVE VY alone—If any of you had a drop of talent as to even be in the Heisman race i have no doubt that you would want that accomplishment even for 1 day!!!!!!!!!1 i would want it
PLUS VY changed his mind you freaks!!!!!
he isn’t a bad person for desiring the trophy christ!!!!