Dixon gets love from Clay Travis, Nutt doesn't

[saddawg]

Meanwhile, Ingram has now been passed in per game average, as predicted here last week, by Mississippi State's Anthony Dixon. You know, the SEC running back that has hardly gotten a bit of national attention.

Dixon and Ingram happen to share five common SEC opponents--Ole Miss, Arkansas, Kentucky, LSU, and Auburn. In those five games Dixon has rushed for 759 yards to Ingram's 537 and outgained him on a per carry basis 5.71 to 5.11.

A couple of weeks ago, I asked if Ingram was going to become the first SEC running back since Bo Jackson to win the Heisman.

The answer is no.

In fact, I don't believe he's even going to be invited to New York.

And if he is, Dixon should go as well. Because Dixon is the best back in the SEC this season.

And here's why, getting to nine wins and the Capital One bowl probably means that assuming the wheels don't come off next season, Miles is going to be back for another couple of years. But does anyone really think that he can match wits with Nick Saban at Alabama or Bobby Petrino at Arkansas?

Even Houston Nutt at Ole Miss has now beaten him two years in a row. And when Houston Nutt is outclassing you in coaching, you've got issues.

 

[jcdawgman18]

It pumps up one of ours and tears down one of their's (U of M).</p>

 

[birdZdawg]

A Nutt-coached team has beaten LSU 3 years in a row. Didn't Ark beat LSU in 3 OT's in Nutt's last season there? Of course, LSU followed that by trouncing Ohio St in the BCS Championship.

 

[lawdawg02]

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[Hanmudog]

It is almost impossible to win the Heisman when you are not even the best at your position in your own conference. Dixon surpassing Ingram as the SEC's leading rusher killed his chances (if he ever really had a chance to begin with)