How were Ty Detmer and Jim McMahon not included in ESPN's top 150 players?

Jan 13, 2020
8:49:49pm

eddog All-American

That's a ridiculous snub. Both those guys rewrote the NCAA record books and won a slew of awards. It's insulting that they weren't listed.

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How were Ty Detmer and Jim McMahon not included in ESPN's top 150 players?

eddog

1/13/20 8:49pm

Many of Ty's records were on the books for a long time.

Soupie

1/13/20 8:52pm

If you won the Heisman you’re one of the top 150 without question...

CoachSpeak

1/13/20 8:54pm

Considering Doug Flutie is #28, yeah. I think they weren't going to give BYU

777

1/13/20 8:55pm

I remember a SI article from probably around ‘97-‘98 about the best college QBs of all time. In the top 10, they had Ty

specsauce

1/13/20 8:59pm

ESPN employees between 22-35 years old?

ArcticKat

1/13/20 9:16pm

Were any other Heisman winners excluded?

ag4cougs

1/14/20 4:31am

Looks like the list is based on pro careers and stacked with RB's.

coastcat

1/14/20 7:03am

I think you are right. Young had the better pro career, but McMahon was a lot

ALUF 1990

1/14/20 7:20am

Young probably gets mentioned because of his continued NFL success. McMahon won

Benfica1

1/14/20 9:08am

That's my theory. See the NFL success as validation of college success whether justly so or not.

Soupie

1/14/20 9:11am

So what explains Doug Flutie?

ArcticKat

1/14/20 9:43am

East Coast bias and media personality.

coastcat

1/14/20 11:06am

Did notice the theme of players who went on to broadcasting.

Soupie

1/14/20 11:12am

Agreed. McMahon college + pro career > Flutie.

ArcticKat

1/14/20 11:18am

And he works for ESPN.

SpiffCoug

1/14/20 5:33pm

Off the top of my head George Rogers was Heisman winner who was not

pappabear246

1/14/20 9:36am

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