Winston wins Heisman, people get angry

At 19 years, 342 days old, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston became the youngest college football player ever to win the Heisman Trophy. How could you disagree? His numbers were off the charts:

3,820 passing yards
38 touchdowns
10 interceptions
67.9 completion percentage

Put those numbers into consideration and push that together with the fact that he's a redshirt freshman that has led his team to the National Championship game. This was a no brainer.

If you asked me at the beginning of the season who would win the Heisman, I was going to tell you Teddy Bridgewater. Which shows it's no use talking about the Heisman until the last week of November.

The Daily News came out with this piece almost trying to take away from Winston's win and explaining how some 13 percent of voters left the quarterback off of their ballots due to the sexual assault investigation. Take a read if you'd like. I work alongside with author, Filip Bondy, covering Nets games. A veteran journalist, obviously, and I respect his work greatly. However, this is an unnecessary article, and he is not the only one writing pieces like this.

They asked, what of the woman who pressed charges?

Here is what you need to know about Jameis Winston: He is a quarterback for Florida State and he has just won the Heisman Trophy. The end.

Innocent until proven guilty, correct? If the investigation and charges were dropped, then we as Americans, no matter what our occupation is, have to accept that.

I have a question for the woman, and I"m thinking out loud here. Why wait to press the charges as Winston and Florida State are attaining new levels of success and he is slowly becoming a household name? Almost makes you wonder if they were irrelevant, would she press charges? They said these events took place over a year ago.

I understand just how horrifying an experience like this is. And in some cases people keep this information inside for a long time, so that could definitely be a possibility, but the timing, looking at the grand scheme of things, confused me.

Now, let me make something clear, and those who know me know what type of man I am. These allegations and charges were extremely serious and this entire process was no laughing matter. If authorities found something seriously damning towards Winston, then we actually have something against this guy and he does not deserve any accolades, national attention or success for that matter.

If he did something like this, he doesn't deserve to walk among the public.

Men who do this towards women are not worthy of being called "men." Those who take advantage of another human being, regardless of gender are animals.

What of the woman who pressed charges?

I'm not sure if I want to know her name, her whereabouts. God forbid anything did actually happen, she'll have to live a life where no one listened. And that sounds nightmarish as she would always be connected to that. Simply a girl who cried wolf and that simply isn't fair.

But I believe in the American justice system. Therefore, Jameis Winston is nothing more than a dynamic college quarterback who is a Heisman Trophy winner and  playing for a national championship in January.

Everything else needs to be dropped for now and "journalism" should be the first to do so. Simply poking around things and thinking out loud, kind of like I am doing now, should not be allowed in such large publications like the Daily News.

This is simply my opinion, that's what blogs are. I'd love to hear what you think. Comment below or friends of mine, start a conversation on any of the various social media sites. This is a touchy subject and do not mean harm to anyone reading this.