OT: But Please Permit This Digression -- Jim Thorpe Was ALSO A Pentathlon and Decathlon Gold Medalist (And Pro Baseball Player) And A Pro-Footballer... But Travis Is... BETTER.

I keep seeing sports pundits write that young Travis Hunter is likely third on the list for the 2024 Heisman. It is supposed to go to the most outstanding college football player (not necessarily the MVP, to his particular team).

So, if the voting holds true to the actual founding documents, for the Heisman. . . this should not even be a remotely close question. Unless he suffers a career ending injury in the next seven games, there will be no one even close to young Mr. Hunter.

There have been 14 players since about 1960 who played at least some snaps on both offense and defense. But the last time any football player played essentially every snap on both sides of the ball (and, at skill-positions), with the dominance that Travis is displaying. . . it was right when Titanic first sailed. Jim Thorpe also kicked field goals (as deep as 45 yards) for his team.

But we should also note that the athletes opposing Mr. Thorpe were by no means as well trained, powerful and fast, or of the caliber at all, that Travis meets each Saturday, up and down the line. Sure, there is a good argument that Mr. Thorpe was the greatest overall athlete ever to come out of America, but there can be little argument that ANYONE is playing 120 plus snaps a game at the level Travis is from 2023 through 2024. No. One. At. All.

Chuck Bednarik (1960s), and then Deon Sanders (now Travis's coach) did it a lil' in the 1980s -- and, Bo Jackson did it for a lil' bit in the 1990s. . . but not one of them (or anyone else, since 1910-1912) took every snap on both sides of the ball, all season long, and dominated the way Thorpe and Hunter have. He's now done it for two seasons (like Thorpe).

And he is rewriting the Colorado record books, on offense and defense -- at the same time. Let it also be known that he is carrying a 3.85 GPA in Business, and thus is also an ACADEMIC All-American.

So it has been about 112 years since anyone saw a collegiate player remotely like Travis Hunter.

He should win the Heisman, in a cake walk. Forget every running back or QB also being touted (except perhaps Shedeur Sanders, his QB team-mate who hits him with perfectly thrown balls about 75% of the time). . . this young man simply is a. . . unicorn. The likes of which we've not seen since the then racist US Olympic Committee stripped Jim Thorpe of his Olympic gold medals supposedly on the theory that he played a few innings of semi-pro baseball before the 1912 Games.

Now you know. Let your local sportswriters know that you too, are watching. He is the clear Heisman man this year.

नमस्ते