James Hurst Versus Jadevon Clowney

It was really North Carolina vs. South Carolina but the media likes to highlight the indvidual battles that are existent within the game. The battle between James Hurst vs. Jadevon Clowney never really materialized. I watched the game but from the highlights I saw, James Hurst won that battle hands down. It almost looked like Clowney wanted no part of James Hurst and almost seemed to put forth very little effort when it came lining up against Hurst. There were a couple of times where Hurst seemed to man handle Clowney. He only had three tackles for the game in spite of all of the hype and he had no tackles for loss. Clowney has the potential to be a great player but he was not a great player during this game and the way the rest of South Carolina's offensive and defensive lines handles their opposite lines from North Carolina, he didn't need to be. The media wanted to make a big deal out of Clowney's bad game some even going so far as to say that this game on national TV cost Clowney the Heisman trophy but it is a team sport and South Carolina won the game rather easily. Clowney will garner a lot of votes for the Heisman but with the video game like numbers being put up by offensive players in college football, I believe Clowney winning the Heisman was a stretch.