Twitter tells me, emphatically, that RG3 is your 2011 Heisman winner
Published: 12/5/2011 10:26 PM
Last Modified: 12/5/2011 10:26 PM
After I filed my Heisman Trophy ballot (an hour before deadline) today, I asked my Twitter followers for their feedback. Who would they list as their top three?
I got great feedback, 64 actual responses (plus several offered up by Mr. Smarty Pants and Associates), and Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin was the runaway winner, named on 63 of 64 "ballots", getting 54 first-place votes and tallying 175 total points.
Second was Stanford's Andrew Luck, followed by LSU's Tyrann Mathieu, Alabama's Trent Richardson and Wisconsin's Montee Ball.
If you were paying attention Monday, those were the five "finalists" invited to New York for Saturday night's Heisman Trophy ceremony.
I won't reveal my actual ballot until after the show Saturday because, well, the Heisman Trophy Trust asks us not to and I respect that every year. So please don't ask.
Anyway, here's a collected string of my Twitter posts this afternoon, 140 characters (or less) at a time. I left the hashtags and all the repetitive references to give it more of a Twitter feel:
- John E. Hoover
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OK, Twitter has spoken. I asked followers to send me their #Heisman straw poll picks, in order. Here's what they returned:
A total of 64 people sent me legit “ballots” this afternoon. #Heisman
Robert Griffin was the RUNAWAY winner. #Heisman
Griffin was named on 63 of 64 “ballots” tweeted back to me. #Heisman
Griffin took home 54 first-place votes, 4 second-place votes and 5 third-place votes for a total of 175 points. #Heisman
Second was Andrew Luck, who was named on 37 of 64 “ballots” tweeted back to me. #Heisman
Luck got 1 first-place vote, 21 second-place votes and 15 third-place votes for a total of 60 points. #Heisman
Third was Tyrann Mathieu, who was named on 30 of 64 “ballots” tweeted back to me. #Heisman
Mathieu got 2 first-place votes, 16 second-place votes and 12 third-place votes for a total of 50 points. #Heisman
Fourth was Trent Richardson, who was named on 23 of 64 “ballots” tweeted back to me. #Heisman
Richardson got 2 first-place votes, 9 second-place votes and 12 third-place votes for 36 points. #Heisman
Fifth was Montee Ball, who was named on 17 of 64 “ballots” tweeted back to me. #Heisman
Ball got 1 first-place vote, 9 second-place vote and 7 third-place votes for 28 points.
Sixth was Matt Barkley, who was named on 10 of 64 “ballots” tweeted back to me. #Heisman
Barkley got 2 first-place votes, 0 second-place votes and 8 third-place votes for a total of 14 points. #Heisman
Seventh was Brandon Weeden, who was named on 5 of 64 “ballots” tweeted back to me. #Heisman
Weeden got 2 first-place votes, 1 second-place vote and 2 third-place votes for 10 points. #Heisman
The other 4 players who got votes: Collin Klein (3 second), Case Keenum (1 second), Kellen Moore (1 third) and Justin Blackmon (1 third). #Heisman
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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist
