Cincinnati has not beaten Xavier at the Cintas Center in the Crosstown Shootout since December 14th, 2001.
That's 9,122 days ago.
One of college basketball's best rivalries takes centerstage tonight in the 513.
Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love should be the 2025 HEISMAN TROPHY winner, here’s why:
🚨Insane stats 🚨
- 1306 rushing yards (2nd in P4)
- 7.1 yards per carry (1st in P4 among RBs with >1000 rushing yards)
- 1580 yards from scrimmage (1st in P4)
- 17 rushing TDs (2nd in P4)
- 20 total TDs (1st in P4)
- Did all of this while splitting carries with another elite RB
👀 Eye Test 👀
- Just watch Jeremiyah Love play football. He is clearly the most explosive, talented, and dynamic player in all of college football
- Every time he touches the ball, he is a threat to score or make an eye popping play
🤷♂️The other candidates 🤷♂️
- Fernando Mendoza and Julian Sayin are having really good seasons that I respect. However, these seasons are simply not Heisman worthy.
- Let’s compare Cam Ward’s stats (4th in Heisman voting last year) to Fernando Mendoza’s and Julian Sayin’s stats this year (Ward vs Sayin vs Mendoza):
➡️ Passing yards (4313 vs 2832 vs 2614)
➡️ Passing TDs (39 vs 27 vs 30)
➡️ Passer RTG (172.2 vs 185.4 vs 184.8)
➡️ Yards/attempt (9.5 vs 9.4 vs 9.5)
➡️ Interceptions (7 vs 4 vs 5)
- Yes I realize these are Cam Ward’s stats through 12.5 games vs 11 for Sayin/Mendoza, but you get the point
- Mendoza and Sayin are having great seasons, but not HEISMAN worthy seasons
🏆 What is the Heisman Trophy? 🏆
- The Heisman Trophy is an “award given annually to the most outstanding college football player in the United States”
- If we are serious about the Heisman trophy winner going to the most “outstanding player”, then I believe Jeremiyah Love is clearly your 2025 Heisman Trophy winner.
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