Rodrigo Blankenship wins Groza

Jonrn said:
it’s very lame, but Georgia and the SEC have a massive fan base. Giving awards to players from little ole Iowa would be very bad for business.

jonathan Taylor not being a heisman finalist is just as big a snub.
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How was that SEC Championship game, mr blankenship??

Also I agree, Fields has no business at that Heisman ceremony. Taylor is a straight stud, in likely his last season at UDub, should have been invited.
 
The Heisman selection show has lost all luster in my opinion with the advent of social media. Essentially all you do is invite a couple other guys to the award presentation for the guy that has gotten to most hype and publicity. I think it is pretty obvious who is going to win based on ESPNs coverage. In this case it is Burrow and I think he is deserving. The whole process is a big charade to look like it is a "vote" but it is really a formality
 
WinOneThisCentury said:
it's really the ultimate personal goal of every kicker. The joke is how it was awarded.
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Sorry, but if it's an award given to the best kicker and it's given to a guy who very clearly and indisputably is not the best kicker in the nation, it's a joke. You can think whatever you want.
 
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UGA's stats are crazy!!! It really shows our lack of offense. 3 less FG attempts and 19 more PAT's????? Where would Iowa be at with 19 more TD's over the course of this season???
 
WinOneThisCentury said:
It's not a joke of an award...it's really the ultimate personal goal of every kicker. The joke is how it was awarded.

There really is no way you can justify this award going to Blankenship..other than to say it's lifetime...which it isn't. It's an annual thing. He choked in two games...big games. That's not what the best kicker in the land does.
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Outcomes like this turn it into a joke though... Anybody that paid a lick of attention to either of them knew who shoulda won. Between the accuracy total amount of them the conditions they were kicking in etc... It's a total crock of shit. But prom king awards are what they are. Popularity contests amongst those with biases. Sometimes they get it right. But sometimes they can totally blow it. They probably figure it's the Groza award nobody cares enough to make it a big deal...
 
okeefe4prez said:
F that. With the schedule we are drawing if he has enough FGs to win it, we are going to be 4-8.
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This is true and has been mentioned before. With MSU replacing Mich their defense is just as stingy if they remain the same level. And Penn St again in PA and OSU instead of Rutgers, yikes. Actually those might be the games where we do settle for some more fgs.

But I would prefer Duncan make about 45 PATs rather than the 25 PATs he made this year. Just a little better running game and if Petras is a little more accurate in the red zone, etc and I think they score more TDs.
 
okeefe4prez said:
The SEC is better than the Big Ten. It just is. Blankenship might be a better kicker than Duncan, but Duncan had a better year. Blankenship just won a popularity contest because he's been around longer and he is "quirky" with those glasses or whatever.
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I don't know about that this year - Sure, LSU is great, and so is Bama. But Georgia and Florida aren't heads and tails above PSU and Wisconsin. How's that A&M taste? Mizzou? Ole Miss? Vanderbilt?

Rutgers, NW, Nebby, and Purdue aren't good, but the top of the conference is as good as the top of the SEC, and the middle of the conference is a little bit better than the SEC. The recruiting rankings don't mean as much as the actual in-game performances. Bowl season will be interesting this year. I think it's a very good year for the Big Ten.
 
cincyhawk said:
Sure, LSU is great, and so is Bama. But Georgia and Florida aren't heads and tails above PSU and Wisconsin. How's that A&M taste? Mizzou? Ole Miss? Vanderbilt?
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My guess is that if any of the teams not names OSU in the B1G played A&M's schedule, they would also be 7-5. At Clemson, at LSU, at Georgia, Bama and Auburn at home. Maybe PSU or Wisconsin beats Auburn, but they ain't winning any of those other games.
 
I'm getting caught up listening to The Washed Up Walkons podcasts (link here) and thought I'd bump this thread. In episode 73, they had Miguel Recinos come on. At about 59m10s they begin discussing how Keith Duncan got hosed out of the Lou Groza Award. Keith told the guys what the awards committee had to say to him at the banquet following the awards ceremony. They said that kicking FGs is harder in humid SEC weather is harder than kicking in Big Ten weather. Most committee members didn't look at any stats whatsoever when making their decision. SEC bias is alive and well.
 
MikeyLikesIowa said:
I'm getting caught up listening to The Washed Up Walkons podcasts (link here) and thought I'd bump this thread. In episode 73, they had Miguel Recinos come on. At about 59m10s they begin discussing how Keith Duncan got hosed out of the Lou Groza Award. Keith told the guys what the awards committee had to say to him at the banquet following the awards ceremony. They said that kicking FGs is harder in humid SEC weather is harder than kicking in Big Ten weather. Most committee members didn't look at any stats whatsoever when making their decision. SEC bias is alive and well.
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That's hilarious if true. Kicking a football in 20 degree weather is harder without question. You're basically kicking a rock because the ball is so cold. Plus the wind is a much bigger factor up north.
 
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