[stupac2]

Since the Voldemort (and all these awards) are essentially political, it's hard to say precisely, but I think a few things hurt McCaffrey, roughly in order:

1) The two losses. Turn one of those into a W and her performs better. It's dumb but it is what it is.
2) The performance against ND. Some of this is on the coaches for not figuring out better ways to get him the ball besides handoffs, but regardless it was his big time to put on a showcase and he didn't. A lot of that was ND selling out to stop him, but still.
3) The late kickoffs in October.
4) Lack of attention pre-season.
5) General east-coast bias.

I don't think the TDs were really a factor at all. That was just an excuse people were giving to justify the vote, like "herp derp kickoff yards".

Next year he'll have a chance, but too many factors go into it for there to be any confidence in what he'll need to do. All I know is I hope he's pissed off and wants to use it a chance to prove the east coast idiots wrong.

[stupac2]

Since the Voldemort (and all these awards) are essentially political, it's hard to say precisely, but I think a few things hurt McCaffrey, roughly in order:

1) The two losses. Turn one of those into a W and her performs better. It's dumb but it is what it is.
2) The performance against ND. Some of this is on the coaches for not figuring out better ways to get him the ball besides handoffs, but regardless it was his big time to put on a showcase and he didn't. A lot of that was ND selling out to stop him, but still.
3) The late kickoffs in October.
4) Lack of attention pre-season.
5) General east-coast bias.

I don't think the TDs were really a factor at all. That was just an excuse people were giving to justify the vote, like "herp derp kickoff yards".

Next year he'll have a chance, but too many factors go into it for there to be any confidence in what he'll need to do. All I know is I hope he's pissed off and wants to use it a chance to prove the east coast idiots wrong.