I once saw Johnny earn the respect from the undefeated National Champions and raise the real question of freshmen winning the heisman.
I'm not ready to say all that. Particularly without mentioning his offensive line. Not that we have all world pass rushers, but on those incredibly impressive pin point passes from Manzell, he didn't have a Bama receiver within 5 yards of him. And when he did have success running early, his big uglies were downfield doing work.
The kid played a great game, but I'm not crowning him. His linemen deserve much more credit than they're getting
I'm not ready to say all that. Particularly without mentioning his offensive line. Not that we have all world pass rushers, but on those incredibly impressive pin point passes from Manzell, he didn't have a Bama receiver within 5 yards of him. And when he did have success running early, his big uglies were downfield doing work.
The kid played a great game, but I'm not crowning him. His linemen deserve much more credit than they're getting
All true but by that standard, Mark would not have won.