but you're making the wrong argument.
Masoli's chances at being in the Heisman race had nothing to do with his head coach. It had everything to do with his TEAM.
As I said, the 4 Heisman finalists played on teams that combined for 2 losses between the 4 teams. You could've thrown any of those 4 finalists on our team, give them Nick Saban as a coach, and with our ****-*** defense none of them would've been in New York.
On occasion a player who plays on a team that loses 3 or 4 games has a shot at being a finalist or maybe winning the award, but only if he puts up freak numbers (Tim Tebow) or puts up some freak highlights (Larry Fitzgerald), but outside of that, you have virtually no shot at the ceremony if your team loses more than a couple games.
9 of the last 11 Heisman winners played for teams that were in the national title game. That's almost a prerequisite for Heisman contention. The only two that weren't in the title game were Carson Palmer in 2002 and Tim Tebow in 2007. Tebow's team lost 3 regular season games, but he put up numbers you hadn't seen before. On top of that, neither LSU nor Ohio State had a great QB or tailback that put up great numbers. Palmer's team was in the Rose Bowl that year. Ohio State and Miami were in the title game. Miami had two finalists (McGahee and Dorsey) that split that region's vote. Ohio State's best offense player was a true freshman (Clarett), and that opened the door for a player outside the title game to win.
