"Alabama receiver Amari Cooper falls short in Heisman Trophy voting in record-breaking season"

[WALL-E]

Alabama receiver Amari Cooper falls short in Heisman Trophy voting in record-breaking season

By Michael Casagrande | mcasagrande@al.com
Published December 13, 2014, 07:59:07 PM

Cooper was the first receiver to be a Heisman Trophy finalist in 11 years. Read more...

[Catch Prothro]

Amari Cooper's shot at history fell a little short Saturday night.

Attempting to become the first non-kick returning receiver to win the Heisman Trophy, the Alabama junior finished third in the voting. Oregon's Marcus Mariota, who Cooper could face in the national title game, became the first Duck to win the sport's highest honor. Melvin Gordon of Wisconsin was second.

Cooper was Alabama's fourth finalist in six years, but Mark Ingram remains Alabama's only winner from 2009. AJ McCarron was second a year ago behind Florida State's Jameis Winston. 

[Catch Prothro]

Name ............... 1st ... 2nd ... 3rd ...Total

1. Marcus Mariota 788 ... 74 ... 22 ... 2,534

2. Melvin Gordon 37 .... 432 ... 275 ...1,250

3. Amari Cooper  49 ... 280 ....316 ....1,023

4. Trevone Boykin 7 ....45.... 104 ....218

5. J.T. Barrett 0 ... 19 ... 40 ... 78

6. Jameis Winston 4 ... 10 ...19 .. 51

7. Tevin Coleman 2 ... 8 ... 22 ... 44

8. Dak Prescott 2 ... 4 ... 13 ... 21

9. Scooby Wright 0 ... 4 ... 13 ... 21

10. Bryce Petty 1 ... 3 ... 4 ... 13   

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[ALTideUp]

No votes for our latest game manager. Ok then. He'll just go ahead and manage us to another National Championship, while all the trophy winners are sitting home, on their couches, next to their trophies, watching it all go down.

[Catch Prothro]

No votes for our latest game manager. Ok then. He'll just go ahead and manage us to another National Championship, while all the trophy winners are sitting home, on their couches, next to their trophies, watching it all go down.

I didn't expect any votes for Sims with Cooper up for it too.  That would have diluted the voting for Cooper.

ESPN pointed out that Cooper received the second highest number of first place votes, but finished third because Gordon had a ton of second place votes.

Everyone said Mariota was a shoe-in, and apparently that was true, as he had the second largest margin of victory in history, with over 90% of the possible votes.

[N.AL-Tider]

I think Cooper finished where he should have with those finalist.  Mariota was clearly the best player in college this year and Gordon was just an absolute beast at RB.   

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