COLUMBUS, Ohio — Justin Fields was good enough to win the Heisman Trophy in his debut season with Ohio State football. The sophomore quarterback, who finished third Saturday night behind LSU’s Joe Burrow, probably wasn’t Heismany enough, however. Burrow deserves every accolade he has received this postseason. His talents lifted LSU to the No. 1 ranking in the College Football Playoff. To go from unable to win a job at one school to an undefeated season at another is the kind of narrative that can successfully launch a Heisman campaign and bring it home. Fields, despite being a transfer himself, could not quite match that. In another year perhaps, the 50 total touchdowns against one interception and the late-season perseverance through a knee injury and the equally unblemished record would be enough. Instead, Fields now gets to spend the offseason as many observers’ front-runner for the 2020 award. Over the…
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