The Heisman Trophy Belongs To Kyler Murray

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The Heisman Trophy Belongs To Kyler Murray

Dec 5, 2018

After piling up 396 total yards and five touchdowns in a Big 12 Championship game victory over Texas, Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray has separated himself from Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa—who picked a really bad day to have the worst game of his career.

I could spend another 700-or-so words on an exhaustive—and exhausting—argument in favor of the Oakland A's first round selection, but, in the interest of time and efficiency, I won't.

Instead, I'd just like to present a handful of Blinkin Riley tweets to take care of that for me:

Tua vs UGA:

Pass Yds - 164
% - 40.0
Rating - 92.3
Y/A - 6.6
Tot Yds - 143
Tot Y/A - 5.1

Kyler's Worst:

Pass Yds - 165 (Army)
% - 57.1 (TTU)
Rating - 151.4 (KU)
Y/A - 8.5 (KU)
Tot Yds - 232 (FAU)
Tot Y/A - 8.0 (TCU)

Even a made up game of his worst performances, isn't that bad https://t.co/nATyKJjAAa
— Blinkin Riley (@blinkinriley) December 3, 2018

Tua was in for 71.4% of Alabama's offensive plays against Georgia.

Tua was Alabama's QB for 48 minutes and 45 seconds of that game's 60 minutes.

Tua had 5 passes in the 4th quarter against Georgia. He had 3 all season before Saturday.

Try again. https://t.co/DDbccWgSGG
— Blinkin Riley (@blinkinriley) December 3, 2018

In 22 touches against Army, Kyler Murray had...

165 Passing Yards
3 Passing TDs
71 Rushing Yards
1 Rushing TD

So he averaged...

10.7 yards per play
5.5 plays per touchdown

Hilarious https://t.co/8VElw8Sc6Z
— Blinkin Riley (@blinkinriley) December 3, 2018

Overall Rating (Rating Against Teams with a Winning Record) :

Murray - 205.72 (209.04)
Haskins - 175.77 (174. 95)

Plays per TD:

Murray - 9.08
Haskins - 11.16

And only having 13% more passing yards and 18% more passing TDs on 46% more attempts is pretty embarrassing tbh https://t.co/7qOjT7wYRb
— Blinkin Riley (@blinkinriley) December 4, 2018

Seconds of possession per play:

Oklahoma - 26.7
Ohio State - 23.9

So, if "clock management" is the reason Ohio State runs more plays between scores, why does Ohio State run plays at a 10.5% faster pace?

It might be time to bow out of this one, chief https://t.co/nyW39KJwQd
— Blinkin Riley (@blinkinriley) December 4, 2018

Opponent Averages Outside of playing OKLA/BAMA

Pts Allowed/G
OKLA - 25.9
BAMA - 25.2 (not including Citidel)

Top 40 Opponents in Pts Allowed/G
OKLA - 3
BAMA- 5

Middle 50...
OKLA - 7
BAMA- 3

Bottom 40...
OKLA - 1
BAMA- 4 (not including Citidel)

Any other myths need busting? https://t.co/8PKyS4GlV8
— Blinkin Riley (@blinkinriley) December 4, 2018