Dallas said:
Hate Hate Hate !!! Its all good bro. Still I find it odd how you say basically he hasnt done anything but all these people have him at the top of the Heisman hopeful lists. Can you explain to me why that is? I guess alot of this comes from him shunning his home state and the Horns and going to play for "that other U" up North. I can see why you dont like the kid.
Nope, you're putting words in my mouth. Trust me, "hate" never enters my vocabulary when it comes to something is trivial as sports. And you're right, I am basically saying "he hasn't done anything," because he basically hasn't.
I've never denied that he's a talented freshman, he'll potentially have a top-tier career.
But hyping him as a Heisman front-runner based primarily on the Texas game, while discounting the glaring fact that against consecutive unranked opponents he doesn't amass yardage early in the game when it really counts, is ludicrous.
It's the same thing that you, and a myriad of others around the country keep bringing up in regards to Cedric Benson, in the same breath that you discount him as overhyped. You can't have it both ways!
And you're right by the way, I do harbor a grudge and ill feelings towards Peterson because of his choice to abandon his home state. Not because I think that's not his right, certainly hundreds of talented others before him have done the same, and will again. But more so because of the BS statements he made to the press regarding him being overlooked and "treated poorly" by UT staff. I know firsthand how the university operates regarding recruiting, and the bottom line is he went to the highest bidder, PERIOD!
