Read the fine print: Te’o deserves the Heisman

By Ferd Lewis

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 27, 2012

~~<p>It is six days until the deadline to cast the Heisman Trophy electronic ballot, time enough, you hope, for all 928 voters to re-read the Heisman Trust Mission Statement.</p>
<p>Because, curiously enough, there is nothing in the two-sentence statement mandating that the bronze statue must go to an offensive player. Nowhere does it say defensive players need not apply.</p>
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It is six days until the deadline to cast the Heisman Trophy electronic ballot, time enough, you hope, for all 928 voters to re-read the Heisman Trust Mission Statement.

Because, curiously enough, there is nothing in the two-sentence statement mandating that the bronze statue must go to an offensive player. Nowhere does it say defensive players need not apply. Login for more...