On today's edition of the Tuesday Tailgate, the K&C Masterpiece and Carter Freemon go over the top stories in college football, including the huge spreads in the first round of the CFP this year, as well as the Heisman finalists being unveiled last night.
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00:00The Heisman Trophy finalists, Gabriel, Hunter, Gentee, and Ward.
00:21Is that how we thought it was going to play out?
00:24And I'm assuming Travis Hunter is going to win, Gentee is going to finish second, and
00:27then you can tell me about third and fourth.
00:30Yeah, so for my article I did every week this year on 1053thefan.com, I would do like my
00:36Heisman rankings, and for pretty much the entire season, I would do my top five.
00:41Those four guys were in the top five, and usually the fifth spot would be like whoever
00:45had the best time that week.
00:46So it's been those four guys throughout the entire season, and then as Miami started to
00:50lose games, and Gentee and Travis Hunter really started to separate themselves, Dillon Gabriel
00:56kind of fell to maybe third or fourth, depending on how you look at it.
00:59So I'm not super convinced it's like 100% going to be Travis Hunter that wins it.
01:04I'm not going to be mad at either player that wins it.
01:07But it's just those two, right?
01:08I really think it's down to Gentee and to Hunter.
01:11And Travis Hunter led the Big 12 in receiving, or I think he was second in the Big 12 in
01:15receiving yards, he was first in touchdowns, he was tied for second in interceptions.
01:19It wasn't just that he played both positions, it's that he played them both at the top of
01:23his conference.
01:24That's how good he was at both.
01:26I can't be mad at him if he's going to end up winning it.
01:28But then you look at Ashton Gentee, and he's like 140 yards away from breaking Barry Sanders'
01:33single season rushing record, which Barry Sanders did it in what, 11 games as opposed
01:37to the 14 that Gentee will have at minimum.
01:40But that's still supremely impressive.
01:43And you look at he sat out the second half of several games, he ran for 200 plus against
01:48Oregon, nearly willed his team to a win over the eventual number one seed in the playoff.
01:53I'm not totally convinced it's going to be Hunter, but I'm not going to be mad at either
01:55one who wins it.