Bettors wasting money on Colorado football stars Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders to win the Heisman

Too many bettors are burning money betting on Colorado football stars Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders to win the Heisman Trophy.

Per FOX Sports, Hunter currently has 15.8% of the total handle of all Heisman Trophy wagers on BetMGM. For reference, one defender has ever won the award. And though you may think, "But he plays both sides of the ball." if he was such a slam dunk on either side of the ball, you wouldn't hear conversations about whether he'd be drafted for what he does offensively or in coverage.

Bets on Shedeur are more understandable, but still not much so. Sanders has the second-highest handle of Heisman bets with 13.1%. While the Heisman is undoubtedly a QB-first award, and if Hunter has big enough numbers to get into the conversation, then Sanders will have probably had eye-popping ones that'd seal the deal for his own win, the reality is that the top teams produce Heisman winners.

Not 6-6 ones, which is what the Buffs project to be if they can reach Deion Sanders' Black and Gold game goal he promised Ms. Peggy Coppom for the 2024 season.

Colorado football won't win enough games to have a Heisman winner

Let's say the Buffs somehow blow past the six-win target and finish with eight or nine wins. Well, there would still be teams that went undefeated, presumably in the Big Ten or the SEC, and the QBs on the best teams (Georgia's Carson Beck, Texas's Quinn Ewers, Alabama's Jalen Milroe, Penn State's Drew Allar, Oregon's Dillon Gabriel) would probably be in the mix.

The best case scenario for Shedeur or Hunter -- we'll consider him since DaVonta Smith won the award only four years ago as a WR -- would be an RB room-driven program like Ohio State or Michigan leading the way.

Even if that happens, though, Colorado is still not likely to have won enough games to have a Heisman winner.