“Hi, you have reached Graham Harrell, I can’t get to my phone right now, I’m in Orlando at the College Football Awards, after that I will not be on my way to New York City for the Heisman Trophy Awards Ceremony. Leave a message at the tone and I will get back to you.”
“Hiya Graham, this is Tim Henning coordinator for the Heisman Trophy Trust. Just wanted to let you know we are sorry that we didn’t invite you to participate in the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York. I know, I know you have 4,700 yards passing this year and Texas Tech, Florida, Oklahoma and Texas all have an identical 11-1 record. You see fact of the matter is that Texas Tech is not a big name football school and has never been a big-name program. You have done a tremendous job bringing recognition and prominence to a football program that has never before been in the national spot light. Unfortunately, we just can’t reward you for your hard work and outstanding leadership, as this has everything to do with politics. I hope you won’t take it too personally. Besides the way the economy is right now, we didn’t really want to spring for an extra plane ticket and hotel room in NYC. You know how overpriced NYC hotel rooms are especially during the holidays. Oh yeah before I forget, good luck going for those two touchdown passes you need to break Colt Brennan’s career record. Happy Holidays!”
