Heismans and Reds

One subject that has been taking over ESPN and other sporting networks (such as....uh) is that of Reggie Bush.  Bush was charged with accepting gifts while at USC.  Rumors flared that some of the benefits had actually been given to Bush by the University, but you know how rumors go (I LOVE RUMORS!).  Anyway, Bush decided to forfeit his Heisman Trophy, probably hoping to silence everyone and get this all over with so he can focus on winning games for the New Orleans Saints.  This is simply a prologue to get to the main bullet point of this article.  This is the decision by the Heisman Trophy Trust to keep the 2005 version vacated.  It always seemed odd in the first place, Bush winning the trophy, that is.  The 2004-2005 USC Trojans were thought of as being the greatest College Football team...ever.  They had Bush and Matt Leinart, the winner of the 2004 Heisman.  The Heisman is equivalent to the MVP of the National Football League.  In the context of MVP, the person must be the "Most Valuable Player".  This was not Reggie Bush, nor Matt Leinart.  Both Bush and Leinart were great college players, but the real 2005 Heisman was Vince Young.  The voters made a mistake giving the 2005 Heisman to Bush, and after the Rose Bowl everyone knew it.  God, however, showed favor on the unfortunate voters, and offering the opportunity to give Young the Heisman.   The Trust, unfortunately, has decided they will vacate the title and leave it as such, but why?  What is accomplished by simply vacating to the award?  All that does is leave Bush's name forever connected to the award.  When they could make it Young's title, instead it will always be Bush's title*.  The ungodly asterisk rears its ugly head.  People will forever attach Bush's name to winning the Heisman.  Even those who wanted the award to be given to Young cannot say it "is Vince's award".  It only exacerbates the problem.  No accomplishment is made by vacating the 2005 Heisman.  It is as if an Olympic Runner won the Silver and the Gold medal was vacated, but instead they said, "Yeah, we just aren't going to give it to anyone."  In theory, theoretically, if Bush had not been there to win the Heisman, Vince Young would have won it, correct?  So with Bush out of the running, it belongs ro Vince Young, probably in everyone's eyes but the Heisman Trophy Trust's....qui est de la merde.

Now, to more important business, the Cincinnati Reds.  I have been getting email after email about how I need to write about my hometown boys, and so I will. Quite simply, the Reds are about to be the most shocking team of the 2010 playoffs.  They are the equivalent of the 2008 Rays, making everyone wonder, "Wha?".  MVP Joey Votto will lead the Reds into the playoffs, along with an astoundingly good rotation featuring Bronson Arroyo, Johnny Cueto, Edison Volq-uez, Travis Wood (r), Homer "the Savior" Bailey, and a plethora of young arms.  Here are some fun Reds facts:

-42 comeback wins...3rd in the majors.

-21 wins in their last at-bat...2nd

-53-23 versus losing teams, but a mere 29-39 against winning teams, lem'me change colors, here.

-The Reds lead the NL in hitting, runs, hitting with runners in scoring position and fielding percentage

-They have the least amount of errors in the NL

-The Reds are 42-25 in the divison

-Aroldis Chapman has made eight appearances for 7 and 2/3 innings, racking up a 0.00 era

-The Reds are 12th in the NL in attendance

-The Reds lead the Cardinals in the NL central by 7 1/2 games.

-The Reds have MVP Joey Votto: batting average-.320; HR-34; RBI-104;

-The Reds have Laynce Nix...forearms equivalent to a size 32 waist.

-The Reds are second in batters hit-by-pitch

-The Reds are 13th in the NL in groundballs hit and 2nd in fly balls hit.