Omar Jacobs listed in USA Today for Top-5 for Heisman in '05

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:40 pm

bgfanwisc wrote: Also, your point about Alex Smith only helps mine. He had great numbers and was a Heisman finalist on an undefeated team, but he was not even close to winning.

I may be wrong here, but I don't think he was given these kinds of props before the season started. They kicked A&M around, and everyone's ears perked up, and by week 5 or so, he was getting pub. And being invited to the presentation alongside 4 guys playing in the NC game is hardly "not even close to winning".

If this press for Omar continues through spring ball and into the preseason workouts, he'll already be getting looks as a possible finalist before the season even kicks off. If we can post wins at Wisconsin and Boise St., the numbers he puts up the rest of the season go toward solidifying his candidacy, rather than "turning heads", which I believe was the case with Smith until he entrenched himself as a candidate the last few weeks of the season.

Of course, its going to take an undefeated team and probably some help from the other "candidates", but I believe this attention puts him a big step ahead of other non-BCS players that have been "also-rans" in the past.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:43 pm

I'd like to think that I do a pretty decent job of following college football, and to be quite honest, I had never really heard of Alex Smith until the Utes started rolling.

I will admit, though, that pretty much everything that happens west of the Mississippi is, in my head, about a half an inch away from not being real at all...

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:03 pm

Schadefreude makes an excellent point. This isn't just yokels like us touting him at 4:1, these are people who gamble professionally. They have nicknames like Ace, Lucky and "Location" Fats. They drive large american made automobiles with leather interiors and upgraded instrument clusters (it's Brougham or home for them). They wear suits that are little shinier than the typical business fair and they can quote Sinatra verbatim.

If they miss, all that goes away and along with it goes the dancer who measures a seemingly unnatural 38D-24-36 while retaining that dancer's flexibility.

These are serious men with serious money. They'd just as soon slap you as smile at you and they think Omar is a candidate for the Heisman. Who are we, as mere mortals with simple tastes and our quaint midwestern sensibilities, to argue?

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:37 pm

Flipper wrote:If they miss, all that goes away and along with it goes the dancer who measures a seemingly unnatural 38D-24-36 while retaining that dancer's flexibility.

These are serious men with serious money. They'd just as soon slap you as smile at you and they think Omar is a candidate for the Heisman. Who are we, as mere mortals with simple tastes and our quaint midwestern sensibilities, to argue?

Actually, those guys don't gamble. The other guys gamble. Their only goal is to get a similar amount bet on each player so they can't lose. Encouragingly, they only need to offer 4-1 to get people to bet on Omar.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:33 pm

Flipper wrote:Schadefreude makes an excellent point. This isn't just yokels like us touting him at 4:1, these are people who gamble professionally. They have nicknames like Ace, Lucky and "Location" Fats. They drive large american made automobiles with leather interiors and upgraded instrument clusters (it's Brougham or home for them). They wear suits that are little shinier than the typical business fair and they can quote Sinatra verbatim.

If they miss, all that goes away and along with it goes the dancer who measures a seemingly unnatural 38D-24-36 while retaining that dancer's flexibility.

These are serious men with serious money. They'd just as soon slap you as smile at you and they think Omar is a candidate for the Heisman. Who are we, as mere mortals with simple tastes and our quaint midwestern sensibilities, to argue?

What else do you know about these guys? Shoe sizes? Favorite drink?

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:48 pm

kdog27 wrote:
Flipper wrote:Schadefreude makes an excellent point. This isn't just yokels like us touting him at 4:1, these are people who gamble professionally. They have nicknames like Ace, Lucky and "Location" Fats. They drive large american made automobiles with leather interiors and upgraded instrument clusters (it's Brougham or home for them). They wear suits that are little shinier than the typical business fair and they can quote Sinatra verbatim.

If they miss, all that goes away and along with it goes the dancer who measures a seemingly unnatural 38D-24-36 while retaining that dancer's flexibility.

These are serious men with serious money. They'd just as soon slap you as smile at you and they think Omar is a candidate for the Heisman. Who are we, as mere mortals with simple tastes and our quaint midwestern sensibilities, to argue?
What else do you know about these guys? Shoe sizes? Favorite drink?

Underwear preference?

The world DEMANDS to know!!!!