As everyone prepares for the Heisman ceremony on Saturday some of the Texas fans have to feel a little conflicted. You would think that McCoy making the top 5 would be something to celebrate (same being said for those Ingram fans); however, things aren't always as they seem. You see, since 2000 only two Heisman winners have gone on to win their respective bowl games while the other 7 winner's teams have suffered a defeat in college football's post season. This interesting statistic has gone on to be known as the Heisman Curse (not to be confused with the Madden Curse).In the last 20 years, only Danny Wuerffel (1996) has won the national championship game after winning the Heisman Trophy. Since 2000 there have been a total of 7 losses by Heisman winners. The most recent defeat came in Jan '09 at the BCS championship game when the Gators beat Sam Bradford and the Oklahoma Sooners. Out of the 7 losses following a Heisman win, 6 of those games came in the National Championship. It is also a coincidence that in 6 of these instances either the losing team – with the Heisman winner – has scored 14 points or the winning team has scored 41 points. Even more bazaar, the two winners who went on to win their respective bowl games (Leinart and Palmer) and avoid the "curse" were both from USC, both quarterbacks, both 6'5", and both won the Orange Bowl. With all this evidence you have to ask yourself if this curse could be real.
There's no doubt that there is something to this supposed Heisman Curse. It's not nonsense like the famous baseball curses—the Curse of the Bambino and the Curse of the Billy Goat—which can be explained by poor teams and other circumstances. No, this curse has to be for real. If not, how else can you justify all of the coincidences?
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Wow...that's very interesting
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