12-10-2017, 10:13 PM
(12-10-2017, 09:31 PM)FarmBoy link Wrote:[quote author=Mick link=topic=18337.msg217848#msg217848 date=1512964324]
I just realize that the only schools who have had six or more finalists since 1982 are Miami (9), Oklahoma (9), Florida (7), Alabama (7), and Stanford (6).
I also didn't realize that Jim Harbaugh was himself a finalist in 1986. Harbaugh was invited, but did not attend the ceremony. Same with DJ Dozier of Penn State. The three who attended that year were Vinny Testaverde (winner), Paul Palmer and Brian Bosworth.
Why didn't he attend? Was it to focus on prepping for his bowl game or something? Or because he knew he wasn't going to win?
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He didn't attend because it was a farce. Testaverde had all but been granted the award, and they invited five others, including Harbaugh, to pretend that it was a horse race. I suspect that Harbaugh wanted no part of the farce. At the end, they weren't all that different. Testaverde had a longer career, Harbaugh's was slightly more successful.
Here's the NY Times story:
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/07/sports...emort.html
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