You hear it all the time. “That was a Heisman Moment,” the experts will say after a candidate has a stellar game on a big stage.
Until Saturday’s 56-7 victory over rival South Carolina, Deshaun Watson’s Heisman Moment came in last year’s national championship game when he went off for 473 yards and four touchdowns against Alabama. However, that was last year, and Heisman voters, fans and media alike have been waiting all season to see that kind of performance again from the Clemson quarterback.
On Saturday, against the Gamecocks, Watson finally delivered his Heisman Moment as he threw a record tying six touchdowns—his own school and ACC record by the way—for 347 yards in perhaps his last game at Death Valley.