“It’s Going To Be Something Happening If We Don’t Pick Up That Award”: Social Media Vitriol Toward Heisman Favorite Travis Hunter Is Really About Deion Sanders

So, what’s the beef with Travis Hunter, the generational two-way star from Colorado?& After getting passed over for a Jim Thorpe award that goes to the best secondary player in college football an award he probably should have won — some blowhards on social media attacked the future Heisman Trophy winner as undeserving of the awards he recently received as an offensive force.   ‘If This Ain’t The Most Idiotic Thing In College Football’: Deion Sanders’ Drastic and Shocking Solution To Travis Hunter’s Jim Thorpe Award Snub On Thursday, the Colorado Buffaloes cornerback and wide receiver was named the Associated Press College Football player of the year and won the Walter Camp Award, given to the best player in the nation that season. Hunter also became the first player in Colorado program history to win the Biletnikoff Award, and the first player in college football history to win both the Biletnikoff and Bednarik Awards. Travis Hunter Sweeps Biletnikoff and Bednarik Awards: Coach Prime Wants Heisman! What did Hunter’s coach, Deion Sanders say after hearing the news? “We got another award to pick up, right? Saturday right?” Sanders said on ESPN, referencing the Heisman Trophy ceremony on Saturday.  “It’s going to be...