The 2024 Heisman Trophy race has primarily been between Colorado football’s Travis Hunter and Boise State football’s Ashton Jeanty. However, following Week 12 of the college football season, Paul Finebaum claims Hunter is this year’s Heisman, calling an end to the race.
“I’m very Paul-in on that,” Finebaum said following Hunter’s dominant Week 12 performance. “I think it is over. I know there’s a couple of weeks left, but [Hunter], in many ways, won the Heisman before the season because we knew how talented he was. It was just a matter of clearing the rest of the field out. But yesterday, I believe the Heisman pose was properly demonstrated, and he’s got a few more games left. I don’t think he can do any damage, because he is the best player in college football.”
The race isn’t actually over since the season is still going, but Finebaum has seen enough. Similar to when a UFC fighter is being pummeled into the ground, the ref has to get in and call the fight before it goes from bad to worse…