Vanderbilts Diego Pavia sends vulgar message to…
After falling short in the Heisman Trophy race, Diego Pavia slammed the door on his means out.
The Vanderbilt quarterback despatched a flagrant message to voters after Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza took home the celebrated award on Saturday evening in New York City.
Diego Pavia speaks to the media during a press convention before the presentation of the Heisman Trophy. IMAGN IMAGES via GWN Connect
Vanderbilt QB took Diego Pavia took to social media following his Heisman Trophy loss. Instagram
Reposting a photograph of himself posing with a few of his Commodores’ teammates, Pavia stamped a harsh message to those who he believed snubbed him of the bronze {hardware}.
“F- all the voters, but family for life,” Pavia wrote, accompanied by a thumbs down emoji.
The 23-year-old signal caller completed in a distant second place to the overwhelming frontrunner Mendoza, who lifted the Hoosiers to a excellent 13–0 document, a Big Ten title and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.
Out of 930 ballots, Mendoza collected a complete of 643 first-place votes in contrast to Pavia’s 189.
Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza turned the first Heisman Trophy winner in program historical past. AP
Pavia’s vulgar response is way from stunning; In November, the confident subject basic punctuated his Heisman case by proclaiming that both his stats and tape mirror “undoubtedly the best player in college football.”
“Well, the Heisman Trophy winner goes to the best player in college football,” Pavia said during a latest taping of Hot Mic w/ Hutton & Withrow.” “I believe that to be myself, you check the numbers and especially — there’s two things that don’t lie to you: Numbers and tape. I’ve been taught that since I was young, you go check that out. I feel like I’m undoubtedly the best player in college football.”
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia. AP
While Pavia — who threw for 3,192 yards, 27 touchdowns and eight interceptions while lifting the Commodores to a 10–2 document and a No. 14 national rating — might have outperformed both Mendoza and Ohio State’s Julian Sayin from a yardage standpoint, he threw fewer touchdowns and more interceptions than either QB.
His 71.2 % completion fee ranked last among the three.
Perhaps Pavia’s unwavering hubris also performed a function in deterring voters from casting their help — long before he told them to buzz off.
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