4 reasons why Nick Chubb will win the Heisman

Yesterday, I wrote a piece about four reasons why Nick Chubb will not win the Heisman. Here is the response.

There are four great reasons why Nick Chubb will come up short of the Heisman Trophy. But here are four good reason’s why Chubb will go to New York City to bring the Heisman to Athens for the third time.

4. Decoy Chubb

As we saw in Georgia’s game versus Nicholls State, the opposing defense went after Chubb relentlessly to the point that they neglected other players.

Other teams will be forced to do this in 2016, especially if the offensive line begins performing better. Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney may limit Chubb to around 15-to-20 carries in the first three quarters and use him as a decoy to help players like Isaiah McKenzie, Terry Godwin and Sony Michel to make plays. Heisman voters will notice this tactic in their voting.

3. Fourth Quarters

Chubb is better late in the ball game. When the defense is tired and when other players are winded, Chubb keeps running through and past defenders.

He is the guy, who puts games away or keeps the Bulldogs in games late. A guy cannot call himself the “most outstanding player in college football” unless he is the catalyst for his team’s victories.

Chubb follows that description perfectly. Even in a bad game against Nicholls State, he had the carries that the team needed him to take, and he helped put the game away.

2. Jacob Eason and Greyson Lambert

Eason is a future star, and Lambert is a solid game manager, but right now, Georgia needs to run the ball with them at quarterback. They make Chubb look better.

Let me explain. The more Georgia relies on Chubb, the more he seems to come through when he is needed. A player leading an offense to enough points to win ball games when they otherwise probably should not win, looks great to Heisman voters.

1. Georgia’s Schedule

Every month on Georgia’s schedule has two games that will have the nation’s attention. September has North Carolina and Ole Miss, October has Tennessee and Florida, and November has Auburn and Georgia Tech. Then, some might throw the SEC Championship game in December in that as well.

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These will be games (against good defenses) that will be watched all around the nation. The spotlight will be on Chubb against four of the toughest defenses in the SEC and an in-state rival that normally plays up to Georgia.

Performances in these kind of games are the ones that Heisman voters will remember the most when they begin voting. No one can win the Heisman in September, one needs 12 solid games over three months to win. For Georgia and Chubb, big games are spread throughout their schedule.

There will be no two or three-week layoff to spotlight other players, Chubb will be the center of attention probably more than any other Heisman candidate in 2016.

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