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Nation, we have a Heisman winner. His name, Joe Burrow...or is it Burreaux? Burrow had a stellar season for the LSU football team. His 4,715 passing yards and nation-leading 48 passing touchdowns made him an easy favorite to win the Heisman trophy. In all honesty, the Heisman award is ridiculous. Not that it honors the nation's top player, no, those gentleman have earned the acclaim. It is merely a vessel to get ratings and eventually give the award to (usually) the quarterback of the best perceived team. In Burrow's defense, he likely is the best QB in the nation. At worst, he is top three and will likely be getting a sizable payday from the NFL in the upcoming draft. So, in honor of the pure jocularity of the award, here are the first, and likely last, annual Lake Report awards for top award-winners deserving of awards. The Brett Favre award Brett Favre is a Hall of Famer from his time with the Green Bay Packers. He was a true gunslinger who would fit in with toda...

It did not take South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp long to find his new offensive coordinator. David Cloninger of the Charleston Post and Courier posted the break , officially, December 8. The hire is still pending Board of Trustee approval, which is expected to go through the coming Tuesday. After demoting wide receiver coach Bryan McClendon, and firing quarterbacks coach Dan Werner, Muschamp named former Colorado State head coach Mike Bobo to attempt to turn around an anemic offense, and coach quarterbacks. Bobo made his way to Carolina after negotiating his resignation from Colorado State, likely more for State's benefit to lessen the cost of Bobo's reported buyout of $5.5 million . That amount dropped to $3 million if Bobo was let go after December 31. LINK: Bobo headlines possibilities for new South Carolina offensive coordinator The moves also follows a pattern with Muschamp and looking at fellow Georgia alums. Muschamp and Bobo both played fo...

The 2019 season did not go well for South Carolina, and a large part of that can be attributed to an anemic offense. On December 1, head coach Will Muschamp announced staff changes with offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon being demoted back to being only the wide receiver coach, and quarterbacks coach Dan Werner being released. He also announced head strength and conditioning coach Jeff Dillman was out. The move is a good decision by Muschamp, with the offense never eclipsing the 30-point mark outside of a 72-10 win over FCS-level Charleston Southern. I'm not going to even pretend to know who to pick for strength and conditioning. Nor am I qualified (being a former sports journalist, being a healthy gym rat is not a trope that goes with the profession). In today's era of college football that puts a premium on points, and has adjusted the rules to favor scoring, averaging less than 28 points per game is dreadful. Carolina averaged 22.4 over the season, and scored a...