Former Heisman Winner Jason White Put Landry Jones on His Ballot, But Not Johnny Manziel

All, College Football Jason Lisk December 7th. 2012, 4:40pm

Jason White once won the Heisman Trophy over Larry Fitzgerald and Eli Manning. He also split the vote the next year with his freshman running back Adrian Peterson. He should be thankful that he was surrounded by so many truly great players and came away with some hardware. In one of the most bizarre ballots out there, White completely left off Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M, who is expected to be the favorite entering Saturday’s ceremony.

Who did he put on instead? None other than Landry Jones.

Landry Jones- 3989 yards (7.9 YPA), 29 TD, 10 INT, 13 “rushes” for -103 yards

Johnny Manziel- 3419 yards (8.5 YPA) 24 TD, 9 INT, 184 rushes for 1181 yards, 19 TD

Oklahoma quarterbacks have to stick together, I guess.

[photo via USA Today Sports Images]

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37 Responses to “Former Heisman Winner Jason White Put Landry Jones on His Ballot, But Not Johnny Manziel”

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td_kc32 Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:44 PM
If we remove rushing stats like we do with RG3 for NFL mvp it seems fair.
/earlier’d
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starkweather Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:44 PM
I can’t muster any outrage. Hopefully, Gino Torretta put Duke Johnson on his ballot. I would have
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St. Bear Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:47 PM
“Something, something, Boomer Sooner!”
-that one old Oklahoma guy a few years ago
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VladimirCrouton Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:47 PM
So what?
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starkweather Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:49 PM
Maybe Jason White is following Thayer Evans lead and not voting for a guy with pending criminal charges.
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squawkbox Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:52 PM
So what?
He’s a jackass homer, which is infinitely hatable.
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:53 PM
So what?
So what? So let’s dance!
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I'm a Horse Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Jason White, probably just thinks Manziel projects as a defensive back at the next level.
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St. Bear Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Jason White, probably just thinks Manziel projects as a defensive back at the next level.
This has to be what everyone who comments at this site is rooting for, right? For him to get drafted as a DB would be hilarious.
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KC Resident Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Good for Jason White to get his name in the news. I hadn’t heard his name in several years.
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ms621 Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Question: how much of what Manziel has done this year can be ascribed to luck? In other words, what are the odds that he reproduces this performance next season?
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ms621 Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 4:59 PM
Good for Jason White to get his name in the news. I hadn’t heard his name in several years.
If you’d been here a couple of days ago late in the day you would have seen me confuse him for Josh Heupel.
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squawkbox Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Question:
how much of what Manziel has done this year can be ascribed to luck? Not much
In other words, what are the odds that he reproduces this performance next season?Pretty high
/depends if he keeps his head on straight and keeps working
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cleet Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:03 PM
So what? So let’s dance!
I love how one of the related videos is the entire Three Amigos! movie.
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Blue Horseshoe Loves Anacott Steel Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:03 PM
stiffarmtrophy.com already projecting that Manziel will win with sixth or seventh largest margin ever.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:03 PM
/depends if he keeps his head on straight and keeps working
Squawk said this to a sideline reporter while jogging into the locker room.
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ms621 Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:04 PM
/depends if he keeps his head on straight and keeps working
Squawk said this to a sideline reporter while jogging into the locker room.
He also needs to make sure that he continues to execute.
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KC Resident Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:05 PM
If you’d been here a couple of days ago late in the day you would have seen me confuse him for Josh Heupel.
Hey, White killed two birds with one stone. I hadn’t heard Heupel’s name in years.
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I'm a Horse Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:06 PM
Hey, White killed two birds with one stone. I hadn’t heard Heupel’s name in years.
Which one had like knee replacement’s on both knees ?
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starkweather Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:10 PM
Good for Jason White to get his name in the news. I hadn’t heard his name in several years.
He featured prominently in a HeismanPundit from this morning or yesterday post about freshman and the Heisman because he screwed up Adrian Peterson’s chance at the award.
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squawkbox Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:10 PM
Which one had like knee replacement’s on both knees ?
Joe Namath.
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ButtersBC Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:14 PM
/depends if he keeps his head on straight and keeps working
Squawk said this to a sideline reporter while jogging into the locker room.
He also needs to make sure that he continues to execute.
Gotta get off the field on 3rd down
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squawkbox Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:15 PM
Gotta be a leader on and off the field, too.
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Sir Spicious Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:21 PM
Jason White once won the Heisman Trophy over Larry Fitzgerald and Eli Manning. He also split the vote the next year with his freshman running back Adrian Peterson
so the Heisman doesn’t tell us much about who is the best football player in America
In one of the most bizarre ballots out there, White completely left off Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M
ZOMG, he didn’t vote for the guy I think is going to win the award that doesn’t tell us who the best player in America is!!!!!!111111!!!!!!!!
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s1rweeze Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:22 PM
/depends if he keeps his head on straight and keeps working
Squawk said this to a sideline reporter while jogging into the locker room.
He also needs to make sure that he continues to execute.
Gotta get off the field on 3rd down
Turnovers.
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Nada Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:22 PM
Good for Jason White to get his name in the news. I hadn’t heard his name in several years.
If you’d been here a couple of days ago late in the day you would have seen me confuse him for Josh Heupel
The funny thing is, White won the Heisman that Heupel deserved.
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cleet Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:23 PM
The funny thing is, White won the Heisman that Heupel deserved.
The really funny thing is that you think Heupel deserved to win a Heisman.
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ButtersBC Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:23 PM
/depends if he keeps his head on straight and keeps working
Squawk said this to a sideline reporter while jogging into the locker room.
He also needs to make sure that he continues to execute.
Gotta get off the field on 3rd down
Turnovers.
Need to establish a running game, bring some balance to the offense
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starkweather Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:30 PM
The really funny thing is that you think Heupel deserved to win a Heisman.
Well, Weinke won it that year so it’s not like Heupel would have been worse than what actually happened. LdT should have won it, though
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golfercraig Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:41 PM
Doesn’t matter. LeBatards dad has a vote. The Heisman is 100% useless.
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:48 PM
Doesn’t matter. LeBatards dad has a vote
Man…when did LeBatard’s dad win it?
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WheresWallace Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Question: how much of what Manziel has done this year can be ascribed to luck? In other words, what are the odds that he reproduces this performance next season?
It wasn’t luck this season, but he’s going to need some next year. His O-line is either the best or second best in the country and will have two top 10 picks (maybe even top 5) and the center could also go in the first 3 rounds. I would say the chances of him putting up the same gaudy stats next year with no Swope, losing 3 linemen, and the SEC already playing him once are zero.
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starkweather Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Man…when did LeBatard’s dad win it?
Ha. It’s mostly media members. There’s like 6,000-something votes. There aren’t that many Heisman winners
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knifeyspoony Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Turnovers.
Ball.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 6:04 PM
/depends if he keeps his head on straight and keeps working
Squawk said this to a sideline reporter while jogging into the locker room.
He also needs to make sure that he continues to execute.
Gotta get off the field on 3rd down
Turnovers.
Need to establish a running game, bring some balance to the offense
Take it one play at a time, and stay within himself.
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herdatious Says:
December 7th, 2012 at 8:48 PM
stiffarmtrophy.com already projecting that Manziel will win with sixth or seventh largest margin ever.
But what does Nate Silver say?
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Ty_Webb Says:
December 8th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Defense wins championships