The Heisman Curse?

Congratulations Sam Bradford on winning the 2008 Heisman trophy, but history is not in favor of the Sooners and Sam Bradford's future. History suggests that if you win the Heisman and are playing in the National Championship, you are going to lose. Since the BCS was estabilished in 1998, Heisman Trophy winners have played in 3 of the 6 games, all of them being quarterbacks (Jason White, Eric Crouch, and Chris Weinke), and all 3 of their teams lost in the championship by more than a touchdown. All of whom have played poorly, especially Chris Weinke, who couldn't lead his high powered offense to a single point.

In the last 20 years, only Danny Wuerffel has won the national championship game after winning the Heisman Trophy. In the past 30 years, Heisman Trophy winners have lost more than half of the bowl games they played in, not just the national championship game. Take Vince Young, the runner up to USC RB Reggie Bush. He went on and pulled a shocking upset of powerhouse USC in the National Championship. Recently, Matt Leinart and Troy Smith have both won Heisman, and both are sitting the benches for their respective teams.

So how have Heisman winners played in the NFL? There have been some great players in the NFL who have a Heisman on their shelf, but there have been some terrible NFL Heisman products. The Busts: Andre Ware, Ty Detmer, Rashaan Salaam, Danny Wuerffel, Ron Dayne and Chris Weinke. I feel that Eric Crouch and Jason White may have embarrassed every Heisman winner, made the trophy a joke among the league and these two men really believe that there is a Heisman curse.