Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tourney - Cons Rd 1 - #11 Troy Smith vs #14 Eric Crouch

[iowajerms]

Seeds are from Ranking the Heisman Trophy Winners of the BCS Era on NFL and CFB Success

*Bush is not included on the list, so I put him at #16. Completes the bracket. Ranking is also by their CFB and NFL careers, but it is the best list I found.

Vote solely based on their Heisman winning season.

This Week (Wed-Sun)

This Thread - Consolation First Round - #11 Troy Smith (2004) vs #14 Eric Crouch (2001)
Other Thread - Quarterfinals - #3 Sam Bradford (2008) vs #8 seed Johnny Manziel (2012)

No repeat matchups in this bracket (winner of 1st matchup wins). Loser of semis goes for 3rd.
Higher seed wins tie breaker.

Spoiler: Past Matchups

Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - #1 Cam Newton vs #16 Reggie Bush
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - #8 Robert Griffin III vs #9 Tim Tebow
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - #5 Carson Palmer vs #12 Chris Wienke
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - #4 Jameis Winston vs #13 Mark Ingram\
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - #3 Sam Bradford vs #14 Eric Crouch
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - #6 Johnny Manziel vs #11 Troy Smith
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - #7 Ron Dayne vs #10 Matt Leinart
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - #2 Ricky Williams vs #15 Jason White
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tourney - Cons Rd 1 - #8 Robert Griffin III v #16 Reggie Bush
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - Quarterfinals - #1 Cam Newton vs #9 Tim Tebow
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tourney - Cons Rd 1 - #12 Chris Wienke v #13 Mark Ingram
Best Heisman Winner during the BCS Era Tournament - Quarters - #4 Jameis Winston vs #5 Carson Palmer

 

[iowajerms]

 

[iowajerms]

 

[iowajerms]

Smith had more passing TDs than Crouch had total TDs and just over half the interceptions that Crouch had.

 

[Sgt Brutus]

Troy was a real QB

 

[iowajerms]

Troy was a real QB

He was more of a real QB than Crouch. .Crouch was great with the option, but his passing stats are not that good. Teddy Ginn Jr help Troy as lot, not only at WR, but as a RET.

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

 

[iowajerms]

Crouch gave Mikkel Brown his only highlight appearance in 1999.

 

[iowajerms]

Wow, I am shocked on this one. I thought Smith was going to win this one.

Crouch will face Jameis Winston and Smith is eliminated.

 

[Sgt Brutus]

Wow, I am shocked on this one. I thought Smith was going to win this one.

Crouch will face Jameis Winston and Smith is eliminated.

Complete farce

But its in the loser bracket anyways and no one is trying to claim these polls are objective

 

[theSabanator20]

06 Heisman was a sham. Sorry, but it is what it is. McFadden was the best player in the country that season. Smith was good, but he wasn't landslide Heisman victory good. It showed in the natty.

 

[theSabanator20]

Spoiler: Non Heisman Winner

AJ McCarron

Spoiler: Heisman Winner

Troy Smith

 

[navamind]

Dantzler had far better passing stats than Crouch while only being somewhat worse as a rushing QB (1004 rushing yards on 4.9 YPC and 10 TDs).

Crouch was a lot of fun to watch though.

 

[Across The Field]

06 Heisman was a sham. Sorry, but it is what it is. McFadden was the best player in the country that season. Smith was good, but he wasn't landslide Heisman victory good. It showed in the natty.

You can say that about a lot of Heisman trophy years. At the time of the voting, Smith had been dominant in leading OSU to a wire-to-wire unbeaten season as the #1 team. His numbers were fantastic, and despite playing in a very slow, ball-control type of offense where fireworks rarely happened, he was still near the top of all BCS QBs in QBR, TDs,, YPA, and TD:INT ratio