Thank your arm, Bradford
I watched part of the Heisman Trophy Presentation last night. I thought Tebow should have won, with Bradford coming in second (McCoy is responsible for Texas’s loss - see: pick6). But Bradford gets up there and starts his acceptance speech saying he wants to “thank God, that’s how I’m able to be up here” or something like that.
He cheapened the award with that by appealing to superstition. Did a god really pick you, Bradford, to win the Heisman? It’s not a result of a rigid practice regiment, studying, and genetic gifts? Does that mean he picked the guy on the … Continue Reading
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