Monday: Heisman Candidates Announced

The 4 player selections are released.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
I've looked at the transfer portal, at least the.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
One that twenty four to seven Sports has, right, I
know you, r UTSA only has a couple of guys
in the.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Portal.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Damian Wimberley and David Martin were in there on defense.
I didn't see any offensive guys. There was another player
in there that I didn't even recognize because he didn't
play it all this year. But well, yeah, well I
didn't even know he was on the team needed to
go to the portal, but anyway, he didn't play. If
he did, it was in a mop up situation where

(00:37):
it didn't matter. But hopefully the team is intact. I
think that there'll be some people that are going to
try to evaluate what their market value is and if
they have a year or two left, they may want
to take that.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
I think it would be.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
It would be really difficult if you are a player
in that that has got the capability of going to
the portal and playing and actually playing minutes. If you're
sitting on the bench and a cheerleader, then I don't
think you're going to have a good time. But if
a power school wants you and you can make an
impact on that power school and you're gonna get paid

(01:13):
seven hundred thousand dollars or five hundred thousand dollars. I
don't see how you turn that down. It To be
able to have that much money in the bank even
if you don't, especially if you're not going to make
the pros, and to be able to start your life
with a pretty big nest egg like that is is
something I don't think anybody would be grudge of that.
But I do know that coaches are always educating their players. Remember,

(01:34):
you're gonna have to pay taxes in some places, You're
gonna have to pay state taxes. If you have an
agent that's negotiating that. You know, the going rate for
agents is two percent, but your cousin's uncles, brothers, sister
is going to probably charge you twelve percent or twenty
what your cousins, your cousin's what, cozins, brothers, sister's uncle.
You know, somebody fight nice ten times down the line

(01:55):
that you don't know. You know, this is what this
is what's wrong with with college With college agents, they're
not certified.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
So if.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
If you're a hotshot football player at a school and
you're at a family reunion and the guy goes, hey,
you know I can get you a deal. Just pay
me twenty percent twenty percent of one hundred thousand dollars.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
New story.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, we got some breaking news out of Calls Football.
As a matter of fact, Andy, the four Heisman finalists
have been announced. And I don't agree with this at all,
but it is Indiana quarterback Brenanda Mendoza. Jeremiah loved the
running back on a Notre Dame, Julian Sanan from Ohio State,
who did nothing on Saturday. And then Diego pavia the
quarterback for Vandabot, who literally didn't play on Saturday.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
So those you pick, say, what, who would you pick?
Probably forma Mendoza. I'd pick Paviya Why. I just think
he's I just think he does.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
I Mendozo was a good is a good quarterback in
a system?

Speaker 1 (02:52):
It doesn't seem like he is that. I could argue
any quarterback is a good quarterback any system. I don't know.
I just thought I was more impressed with the job.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
For an end of Mendoza did as a transfer in Indiana,
a team that, like you said, has not been relevant
except for the last year in football for decades. As
opposed to a quarterback in Vandabilt. Now, granted, like what
he and coach and Lil have done at Vandabilt is impressive.
By the way, Jacob Rodriguez should have been there. I
don't know why they didn't invite him, but Diego.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
Papa got enough votes. That's why. Well it's because he's
a linebacker.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
But last year, Andy, the two Heisman, like the two
primary Heisman candidates were in a running back and a
two way player. And now all they did was as
they said, hey, like we had too many There's been
too many non quarterbacks win the win the award. Matter
of fact, two of the last four winners were non
quarterbacks and also not running backs for that matter. And
that now we're like, no, we had to have the
quarterbacks back. We have to be in the quarterbacks back.
That's what people care about. And this year, honestly, and

(03:42):
he has been very underwhelming from a Heisman standpoint, that
someone's gonna win it this year.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
But you can make the argument that no one really
deserved to win it. There's no one really because no
one has been a standout candidate in that way.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
Yeah, all right, I'd vote for Pavia, but I really
don't care and I won't watch, and it to me,
it's the lester on the Heisman is not nearly what
it used to be. It used to be a big deal.
Now I think it's a made for television event that
takes an hour to determine. But anyway, if you're an
athlete out there and you've got a chance to make
a ton of money, I don't begrudge you if you're
doing that, all right. Jeff Nick's on the Tippic