Not all of today's voters were the ones who picked Jason White or Johnny Manziel. None of those players were ever "average" at the collegiate level, and it requires a lot of burnt orange kool-aid to even begin to think otherwise. Just because they got it wrong when they awarded it to Reggie Bush does not mean Reggie Bush was an "average" RB. Leinart finished behind VY that year, by the way, and neither of those two QBs were "average" in 2005.
Speaking of Matt Leinart, some of you guys are getting dangerously into "the better team did not win" territory with these copes over Skattebo's performance. The guy was as advertised, and nearly joined the ranks of 2001 Roy Williams of highlight reels we would never ever see the end of. We can be grateful that didn't happen, as I am, without making excuses for why he got all those yards and TDs against us late in the game. That's not something an "average" RB would have done.