East Coast Bias

Does East Coast Bias exist in college football? People who live on the West Coast scream about it where people in the East laugh it off. Now, I grew up in California and currently reside in NYC so you know what I think. The reason I ask is that after the Heisman Trophy was awarded this weekend, you could start to hear rumblings about the East Coast Bias rearing its ugly head. I am not here to argue who about the result (that will be tomorrow's post), I just wanted to throw out an actual quote from an unnamed Florida Heisman voter, who voted 1. Ingram 2. Tebow 3. McCoy:

“The reason that I voted for Ingram, Tebow and McCoy was because I saw them play the most. I never saw Gerhart play an entire game (we work all day Saturday and Saturday night) and only saw a few minutes of Suh’s game against Texas. I refused to vote for somebody based on highlights."

Ladies and gentleman, I couldn't have defined it any better if I tried. That is exactly what people on the West Coast have been crying about for decades. How can you be a Heisman Trophy voter if you don't watch as much college football as possible? Of course this isn't new news as all we have to do is remember back to last year when actual Harris Poll voters said they hadn't seen undefeated Utah play. Nice to see the East Coast Bias is alive and kicking.