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The OG Kickoff w/ Connor and Will

Debates Down South: 1980 Heisman Trophy, Herschel Walker vs. George Rogers (ep. 289)

The OG Kickoff w/ Connor and Will

Connor O'Gara

News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

We've got a classic debate to discuss involving a pair of SEC programs (South Carolina was independent in 1980). It's Herschel Walker vs. George Rogers for the 1980 Heisman Trophy. Ask Georgia fans and they'll tell you it wasn't much of a debate. Herschel didn't even finish second that year, but in his attempt to become the first true freshman winner ever, many felt that age was the lone factor working against him. Was the wrong decision made? And should we remember Rogers differently? The guys dug into all of that.Connor O'Gara, Chris MarlerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Saturday Down South podcast. He is Chris Marler.

0:13.7

I am Crowne-Kara.

0:15.4

Marler, we have Bates down south.

0:18.5

We have a Heisman Trophy to discuss from 19.

0:23.4

It is SEC programs against one another,

0:27.2

but if you're rival South Carolina

0:30.2

independent at the time, not yet in the SEC George Rogers against Herschel Walker

0:35.8

now I need the people to know the initial response that I got from you when I

0:41.8

texted you about this discussion.

0:44.0

I was like, it's not a debate, this is stupid.

0:47.0

And I stand by what I said, not like that this is stupid, I enjoy talking about it, but yeah, this is, I mean, like I've never, one of the first things I ever learned about SEC football growing up and I feel like, it's like one of the things my dad passed on to me

1:04.2

to tell me about like the greatest running backs of all time and this was like

1:07.2

surprising to me because as like a Bama fan I just kind of assumed that he was gonna

1:12.2

skew most everything towards Bama fan I just kind of assumed that he was going to skew most everything

1:13.7

towards Bama but I knew from a very early age Herschel and Bo were the best two

1:17.3

running backs in the history of college football not just the SEC but in

1:20.2

football and I also learned like the second part of that was,

1:23.6

and Herschel Walker deserved to win a Heisman

1:25.4

his freshman year, and he was the best player in the country

1:28.2

hands down, but they gave it to somebody else that was older.

1:31.2

And I was like, oh, okay. George Rogers from D'accula, Georgia, the same

1:36.0

region as the Parkview Panthers, my own mother. There you go. I think that there are people who are going to look at this discussion and much like our

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