On Monday, the deadline came for

votes for the Heisman Trophy. Media members and former winners —

among others — cast their ballots for whom they thought to be the

most outstanding player in college football in 2011.

So, we decided since we don’t have

votes of our own, that we’d pick who we thought deserved the award.

Each of the four members of this board cast their ballots with

their top five candidates. Points were given based on how we had

players ranked, and the player with the most points won.

The winner of the ISD Sports Heisman

Trophy, unsurprisingly, is Robert Griffin III of Baylor.

Griffin was the best player in

college football throughout the season. His final stat line from

the regular season: 267-369 (72.4 percent), 3,998 yards, 36 TD and

six interceptions through the air. He added 644 yards and nine

touchdowns on the ground.

While it’s easy to rely on numbers

to tell you the story, it doesn’t tell the whole story. If numbers

were all that mattered, Case Keenum would’ve been the runaway

winner of the award.

Instead, we took those numbers and

we added in the fact that he was playing on a team with a defense

ranked No. 109 in the nation. He led a team to nine wins, with the

possibility of 10 with a bowl game win —something no Baylor team

has done since 1980.

He shined in games against three (at

the time) ranked teams. Wins against TCU in the opening week and

Oklahoma and Texas to end the season were something this Baylor

program didn’t normally do.

Not dissimilar to Iowa State, Baylor

has been looked at as sort of a little brother of the Big 12 for

many years.

It’s not surprising, then, that

Griffin would become the first-ever Heisman winner from the school.

He helped make Baylor relevant nationally —something very few

could’ve predicted.

And make no mistake, this board

takes off-the-field character into account as well. If we didn’t,

Tyrann Matheiu probably would’ve garnered more points. A player who

can stand out both on the field and off the field to the extent

that Griffin has deserves recognition.

Bottom line: Apart from Andrew Luck,

what college player was talked about more this season?

Griffin was the whole package in

2011 and, for that reason, he’s our winner. RG3 for

Heisman.

Scoring breakdown: Robert Griffin

III (40), Andrew Luck (30), Trent Richardson (24), Montee Ball

(12), Matt Barkley (4), Case Keenum (2), Tyrann Mathieu

(2).