[soxwin]

this is a pretty well known angle but here are the actual facts.. If you want to move this cuz it isn't a service play feel free.

BETTING AGAINST THE HEISMAN WINNER IN THE BOWLS
One of the easiest bowl systems around, is to go against the
team on which the current Heisman Trophy winner plays. Here are the results from the last 35 games in which the Heisman Winner played.

HEISMAN WINNER LINE RESULT
1974 SO CALIF 18 - Ohio State (Archie Griffin) 17 + 6½ WINNER
1975 UCLA 23 - Ohio State (Archie Griffin) 10 + 14 WINNER
1976 GEORGIA 3 - Pittsburgh (Tony Dorsett) 27 + 3½ Loser
1977 NOTRE DAME 38 - Texas (Earl Campbell) 10 + 6½ WINNER
1978 NEBRASKA 24 - Oklahoma (Billy Sims) 31 + 11 WINNER
1979 OHIO STATE 16 - So Calif (Charles White) 17 + 7½ WINNER
1980 PITTSBURGH 37 - So Caro (George Rogers) 9 - 10 WINNER
1981 PENN STATE 26 - So Calif (Marcus Allen) 10 + 2 WINNER
1982 PENN STATE 27 - Georgia (Herschel Walker) 23 - 4 Tie
1983 MIAMI (FLA) 31 - Nebraska (Mike Rozier) 30 + 11½ WINNER
1984 HOUSTON 28 - Boston College (Doug Flutie) 45 + 6 Loser
1985 TEXAS A&M 36 - Auburn (Bo Jackson) 16 + 2½ WINNER
1986 PENN STATE 14 - Miami (Vinnie Testaverde) 10 + 7 WINNER
1987 TEXAS A&M 35 - Notre Dame (Tim Brown ) 10 + 4½ WINNER
1988 WYOMING 14 - Okla St (Barry Sanders) 62 + 2½ Loser
1989 Houston (Andre Ware) did not go to a bowl.
1990 TEXAS A&M 65 - Byu (Ty Detmer) 14 + 3 WINNER
1991 WASHINGTON 34 - Mich (Desmond Howard) 14 - 6½ WINNER
1992 ALABAMA 34 - Miami (Gino Torretta) 13 + 8 WINNER
1993 NEBRASKA 16 - Florida St (Charlie Ward) 18 + 15½ WINNER
1994 NOTRE DAME 24 - Colorado (R. Salaam) 41 + 7½ Loser
1995 TENNESSEE 20 - Ohio State (Eddie George) 14 - 4 WINNER
1996 FLORIDA ST 20 - Florida (Danny Wuerffel) 52 + 3½ Loser
1997 WASH ST 16 - Michigan (Charles Woodson) 21 + 6 WINNER
1998 MISSISSIPPI ST 11 - Texas (Ricky Williams) 38 + 6½ Loser
1999 STANFORD 9 - Wisconsin (Ron Dayne) 17 + 13½ WINNER
2000 OKLAHOMA 13 - Florida State (Chris Weinke) 2 + 10 WINNER
2001 MIAMI-FLORIDA 37 - Nebraska (Eric Crouch) 14 - 8½ WINNER
2002 IOWA 17 - Southern California (Carson Palmer) 38 + 5 Loser
2003 LOUISIANA ST 21 - Oklahoma (Jason White) 14 + 5½ WINNER
2004 OKLAHOMA 19 - So California (Matt Leinart) 55 + 2 Loser
2005 TEXAS 41 - So California (Reggie Bush) 38 + 7 WINNER
2006 FLORIDA 41 - Ohio State (Troy Smith) 14 + 4 WINNER
2007 MICHIGAN 41 - Florida (Tim Tebow) 35 + 10½ WINNER
2008 FLORIDA 24 - Oklahoma (Sam Bradford) 14 -5 WINNER


RESULT: 25-8-1: 73.5% VS SPREAD

HOOK EM HORNS

[Jim87675]

That seems incredible - but was Florida really a 5 point dog to Oklahoma last year?? They covered if they were + or - the 5 - just checking the data

[soxwin]

yes you are right florida was a -5 ... misprint.. good catch

[tooeasy]

interesting. Never saw that before. I guess having the heisman can inflate the line. We will see. I like Alabama Ml. hopefully that will win. Texas could still cover though.

[Karate]

the spread applies to the first team or the second?

[jhack704]

left

[soxwin]

it won't work this year. With Mccoy down , Texas is done.

texas 6-0 with McCoy

bama 24-0 w/out him at the 1/2

update: this could be one of the greatest comebacks in title game history 24-21 w/6 min left. WOW

[Brocc]

Ingram is a beast!!!!
Roll Tide Roll

[carm71]

yep, done like yesterday's dinner.. dumb move in at the end of that quarter.

[betdaFarm]

WOW my HORNS looking SHARP!! EVEN my UNDER looking GOOD with 2.5 mins left!

DAMM...clock can not run fast enough!!!

I love betting against Heisman!

[betdaFarm]

I jinxed my post...

[Brocc]