Touchdown Club Heisman Luncheon
The Touchdown Club of Houston will assist a group that is bringing in nine Heisman Trophy winners for a luncheon to raise money for charity. The Heisman Luncheon will be at noon, Thurs., June 3, at the Omni-Galleria. Tickets are $50 each. Tables are 10 seats each and cost $500 (regular table), $750 (bronze sponsorship), $1,000 (silver sponsorship), $1,500 (gold sponsorship) and $2,500 (platinum sponsorship).
Former Heisman winners attending will be Mike Rozier, Eric Crouch, Johnny Rogers, Archie Griffin, Charlie Ward, Billy Simms, Mike Garrett, George Rogers, and Tim Brown. Also scheduled to attend are Warren Moon, John Randle, Rod Woodson, Doug Smith, and William Fuller.
There will be a discussion from each Heisman winner as to how their lives changed and what the award meant to them.
For more questions, call the TD Club's Neal Farmer 713-849-9860 (home office) or email houtdclub@att.net. Purchase tickets using PayPal at touchdownclub.org.
Carson Palmer, Bob Stoops lead college Hall of Fame class
FILE - USC quarterback Carson Palmer, right, smiles at the Heisman Trophy after being named the 2002 Heisman Trophy winner at The Yale Club in New York, in this Dec. 14, 2002, file photo. Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer and former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops are among the 13 former players and coaches who make up the latest College Football Hall of Fame class. The National Football Foundation announced the newly elected hall of famers Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer and former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops are among the 13 former players and coaches who make up the latest College Football Hall of Fame class. He is the sixth Oklahoma coach to be inducted into the Atlanta-based Hall of Fame, including Bud Wilkinson and Barry Switzer.
Alabamaโs Smith becomes 1st WR to win Heisman in 29 years
Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith holds up his most outstanding offensive player trophy after their 31-14 win against Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)BRISTOL, Conn โ On an Alabama team stacked with stars, DeVonta Smith emerged as the best player in college football. Smith became the first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy in 29 seasons Tuesday night, breaking the monopoly quarterbacks have had on college footballโs most prestigious award by beating out three of them. Smith is the third Alabama player to win the Heisman, all since 2009. Like Tide running backs Mark Ingram (โ09) and Derrick Henry (2015), Smith will play in the national championship game as a Heisman winner.
6 years later, Alabama and Ohio State go at it again
Six years later, Ohio State and Alabama meet again, the Tide still rolling and the Buckeyes again looking for an upset. How Fields is feeling will be the main story line heading into the title game. Alabama was the top seed in the first four-team playoff after the 2014 season, but Ohio State beat the Tide 42-35 in the semifinal Sugar Bowl behind Meyer, Ezekiel Elliott and Cardale Jones. That Ohio State even got to play at all was surprising after the Big Ten canceled its fall season in August only to reverse course in September,"With everything this team has been through this last 10 months or so, Iโm just so happy for this group of guys,โ Ohio State linebacker Tuf Borland said. Alabama opened as a touchdown favorite over Ohio State, riding a prolific offense that features two Heisman Trophy finalists.
Heisman Trophy to be awarded Jan. 5; Finalists on Dec. 24
The Heisman Trophy will be presented Jan. 5, but without the usual ceremony held in New York City, and the finalists will be revealed on Christmas Eve. The deadline for Heisman voters to submit their ballots is now Dec. 21, two days after the conference championship games are scheduled to be played. Before college football schedules were revised because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Heisman was set to be handed out Dec. 12. Now it will be awarded during the 10 days between the College Football Playoff semifinals on Jan. 1 and the championship game on Jan. 11. ___More AP college football coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25