[CardinalSagehen]

Team wins Pac 12 and makes NY6 Bowl

Team wins Pac 12 but doesn't get NY6 Bowl

I personally couldn't care less about the H.eisman.  I agree that Love and Shaw probably care, and that's understandable.  It's also likely that the award would give our program a little more cachet and visibility with recruits if we actually won one. 

But "winning the PAC-12 and making an NY6 Bowl" is all that matters to me as a fan at this point.  The second item above, "winning the PAC-12 and not getting an NY6 Bowl", is almost certainly null because we would disqualify other PAC-12 teams from the playoff on our way to winning the conference, and each Power 5 conference is guaranteed an NY6 bowl if it misses the playoff (AFAIK).  Winning the conference is the loftiest goal that our team still fully controls.  If the team achieves this, we get to enjoy meaningful games in December (CCG) and January (NY6) rather than feel compelled to watch us annihilate a crappy Big 10 team in the Chicken Bowl or the like.

Everyone already knows Bryce Love is great now, anyway.  He doesn't need an award previously bestowed upon Johnny Manziel to prove it. 

[CardinalSagehen]

Team wins Pac 12 and makes NY6 Bowl

Team wins Pac 12 but doesn't get NY6 Bowl

I personally couldn't care less about the H.eisman.  I agree that Love and Shaw probably care, and that's understandable.  It's also likely that the award would give our program a little more cachet and visibility with recruits if we actually won one. 

But "winning the PAC-12 and making an NY6 Bowl" is all that matters to me as a fan at this point.  The second item above, "winning the PAC-12 and not getting an NY6 Bowl", is almost certainly null because we would disqualify other PAC-12 teams from the playoff on our way to winning the conference, and each Power 5 conference is guaranteed an NY6 bowl if it misses the playoff (AFAIK).  Winning the conference is the loftiest goal that our team still fully controls.  If the team achieves this, we get to enjoy meaningful games in December (CCG) and January (NY6) rather than feel compelled to watch us annihilate a crappy Big 10 team in the Chicken Bowl or the like.

Everyone already knows Bryce Love is great now, anyway.  He doesn't need an award previously bestowed upon Johnny Manziel to prove it.