Psychological studies have found that around 20 percent of people are chronic procrastinators. Let’s hope they have Heisman Trophy votes.
Heisman voting started today, which is inherently stupid seeing as the most impacting games of the college football season probably have yet to be played. That means people with voting rights can access their ballots and pop them in ahead of time and cross that little task off the checklist on their office white board early.
Or, if they’re smart, they’ll go ahead and wait.
Heisman voting is now open. Gonna hold off on sending it in till after championship weekend though.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) November 21, 2016
Why the Heisman Trophy allows this is beyond comprehension.
This is the sports version of getting married after two dates.
“Look, I know we’ve only been to Applebee’s and to see a terrible movie, but let’s just go ahead and get married so we can cross that off our list, eh?”
(Girl runs at the speed of Jabrill Peppers back to her car.)
Imagine if it had opened last week, before Houston down dressed Louisville and threw the whole operation into chaos, although there are those that could see Lamar Jackson throw 15 interceptions over the next two weeks and still vote him number one, it seems.
Instead, there’s a little more intrigue and not really any wide favorite. Jackson has been the favorite son since about September because he puts up video game stats, but even the most ardent supporter who just prefers to mail this race in and think about something more weighty … like what to eat for dinner … has to admit that the Houston performance would give him/her paus.
So what’s the point in opening it up this early? There are people by nature that just like to get things done. Ever see a man grocery shop? Or shop in general? It’s in and out, only what’s on the list, not stopping to scope deals and sift through coupons.
Is it the most fiscally responsible choice? No. That’s why there are women, because we need someone smart to balance us out.
At any rate, there are people who probably have already voted just because they could, which is ridiculous. The Heisman Trophy needs to open voting AFTER the conference championship games, because this isn’t a presidential election … there’s a way to do it to get these things counted in full in a proper amount of time.
Come to think of it, the actual presidential election gets counted plenty fine, and there are a few more people involved.
Opening it up just allows for buyer’s remorse, especially in a close race. The easy answer is, “just don’t vote if you’re not yet sure,” but sometimes you’re totally sure until something happens and then you’re not sure at all, you know, like Houston and Louisville.
So for the seven people that read this that may have a Heisman vote, and I’m being overly generous about my readership here, hold off on your vote. It shouldn’t even be an option, but alas, it is.
Peppers has a huge game against Ohio State. Louisville and Jackson could look terrible again. Deshaun Watson could finally stop being overlooked. Or maybe they all flop around and someone is like, “Jalen Hurts plays on a team that’s twice as good as anyone else in college football. Maybe him?”
Or maybe Jackson rattles off another 10 touchdowns and it’s all a moot point. The point is, we don’t know what we don’t know, and in this case, we shouldn’t have the option to act like we do.
There are many nations on this great Earth, but I think most of us can agree on the one most needed to help us out in this case … procrastination.
Maybe one day, whoever is making the sausage on these decisions will apply for much-needed citizenship.
