Following the All-SEC awards for KC Concepcion, Trey Zuhn III, Chase Bisontis, Mario Craver, Taurean York and Cashius Howell, there seems to be some controversy among the names picked, or not picked.
Of course, no fan is going to dismiss the awards given to these hardworking student-athletes all season long, but one obvious player missing on the list is none other than quarterback Marcel Reed.
Reed was looked at as a Heisman candidate for quite a few weeks, and then all of a sudden, he was out of that discussion. Was it the loss against Texas? It seems to be the only logical reason. Why was he a household name on ESPN this season, just to eventually get booted out?
Marcel Reed not included in the All-SEC honors after several weeks of Heisman talk
We get it. He threw no touchdowns and two interceptions in the Texas game. After that, the Heisman race started to narrow.
I totally understand not allowing him to be a Heisman finalist in New York, but not even putting him as a third-team player was incredible. The third team QB that got the nod was Gunner Stockton from Georgia, who finished with 3,133 total scrimmage yards and 31 touchdowns.
If Marcel Reed had one really bad game, I wonder how they judged Ty Simpson's game against Florida State. Trinidad Chambliss had his only loss against Georgia, and that (no pun intended) was a dog fight.
Reed finished with 3,398 total scrimmage yards and the same number of total touchdowns. This makes you think, why did Stockton get the nod over Reed? He had an even uglier game against Georgia Tech, where he only threw for 70 yards for a touchdown and an interception.
The college football media was so ready to write off Texas A&M in the first half of the South Carolina game, and it ended up being Reed's legacy game.
It doesn't make much sense, and Reed probably doesn't care, but it makes us think of the anti-A&M bias again. It would've been something if Arch Manning got in, but not even the SEC can make anything look that foolish.