Heisman snubs: 10 best players who got the stiff-arm from Heisman voters

This one is a tad controversial too because Ohio State Buckeyes running back Eddie George was a dominant collegiate player that put together a borderline Pro Football Hall of Fame career with the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans. He’s a top-10 player in franchise history and in the history of the Ohio State football program. So having him with a Heisman isn’t the worst thing in the world.

But Tommie Frazier and the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers were the greatest buzz saw college football has and may ever see. Nebraska was at its peak as a football program in the mid-1990s under the legendary Tom Osborne. Its run-based offense dominated the Big Eight and any team it came across, although the rival Colorado Buffaloes certainly made things interesting.

Frazier was the team’s starting quarterback but was very much a run-first signal-caller. He and running back Lawrence Phillips destroyed all 12 teams they came across. People to this day will still say that the 1995 Nebraska team is the greatest team the sport has ever seen. Frazier was a huge reason Osborne’s team was so dominant en route to a national championship.

George’s Ohio State team was good that year but lost twice in a row to the Michigan Wolverines and the Tennessee Volunteers. Sure, George was deserving, but not having the best player on the best team in college football history win a Heisman Trophy stands as an ever-present reminder that this award is a popularity contest more than anything. It should have been Frazier’s trophy.