[OutsiderFan]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=17722.msg206961#msg206961 date=1508268508]
As objective as you can possibly be, let's have everyone give their Top 4 H trophy candidates right now, and why.  I'll start:

1. Baker Mayfield - The dude is a dynamo, incredibly tough, and a relentless competitor.  Even in ISU loss, he was great.
2. Bryce Love - He's just doing thing literally nobody else can do and has produced against everyone to date.
3. Saquon Barkley - Though he is the most multi-talented RB at his size that I've seen in a long time, his production isn't there.
4. J.T. Barrett - Has like 21 TDs and 1 INT. Loss to Mayfield's OU makes him longer shot than Love to win, IMO.

Some are talking up Frosh RB Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin now, but True Frosh don't win the    , and I question the competition Wisconsin has faced.

Note: If Love continues to put up his insane 10 YPC through a whole season, and even gets near Barry Sanders' singe season yardage record - a major measuring stick for greatness among football fans - he would be my #1, and I think he would win the trophy.

And why not Lamar Jackson? His stats are on par or better than last year when he won it at first glance.
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He's a tough one.  More so than any other position, the team really must win for the QB to have a shot at the H trophy.  Louisville went 9-3 the year Jackson won the trophy, which is what RG III did the year he stole it from Luck.  But you must beat a top team to win the trophy, like Louisville beat Top 10 Florida State in 2016, and Baylor beat Oklahoma in 2011 (with that RG III game winning TD pass). This year Louisville is 4-3, and though they could conceivably end up 9-3 again, they have lost to Clemson and NC State, and Florida State won't be ranked in the Top 25 when they play this weekend, so UL won't beat a Top 25 team this year.

[OutsiderFan]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=17722.msg206961#msg206961 date=1508268508]
As objective as you can possibly be, let's have everyone give their Top 4 H trophy candidates right now, and why.  I'll start:

1. Baker Mayfield - The dude is a dynamo, incredibly tough, and a relentless competitor.  Even in ISU loss, he was great.
2. Bryce Love - He's just doing thing literally nobody else can do and has produced against everyone to date.
3. Saquon Barkley - Though he is the most multi-talented RB at his size that I've seen in a long time, his production isn't there.
4. J.T. Barrett - Has like 21 TDs and 1 INT. Loss to Mayfield's OU makes him longer shot than Love to win, IMO.

Some are talking up Frosh RB Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin now, but True Frosh don't win the    , and I question the competition Wisconsin has faced.

Note: If Love continues to put up his insane 10 YPC through a whole season, and even gets near Barry Sanders' singe season yardage record - a major measuring stick for greatness among football fans - he would be my #1, and I think he would win the trophy.

And why not Lamar Jackson? His stats are on par or better than last year when he won it at first glance.
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He's a tough one.  More so than any other position, the team really must win for the QB to have a shot at the H trophy.  Louisville went 9-3 the year Jackson won the trophy, which is what RG III did the year he stole it from Luck.  But you must beat a top team to win the trophy, like Louisville beat Top 10 Florida State in 2016, and Baylor beat Oklahoma in 2011 (with that RG III game winning TD pass). This year Louisville is 4-3, and though they could conceivably end up 9-3 again, they have lost to Clemson and NC State, and Florida State won't be ranked in the Top 25 when they play this weekend, so UL won't beat a Top 25 team this year.