Husker Football: Ameer Abdullah’s Five Steps to the Heisman

2. Hardware

This is where the campaign could take a severe hit, if not be delivered a knockout blow. Should Nebraska reach the Big Ten Championship Game and not walk away with the Stagg Championship Trophy, Abdullah’s chances are shot.

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Will he get an invitation to New York? I think he would simply because he deserves to be in the spotlight. He’s earned the right to be honored as not only a champion of the gridiron, but as role model.

There are many awards for what Abdullah has, can and will do for his community, but when it comes to the Heisman Trophy, that’s just an appetizer.

It’s one of the finest dined on in New York, but still set aside when the main course comes.

If Mariota shows up with a Pac-12 championship in his back pocket while Abdullah’s back aches from trying to carry Nebraska to the top of the mountain, but fell short, that’s it.