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["Boobie" Gibson]

Braxton Miller named Big Ten Offensive POTY and John Simon Big Ten Defensive POTY.

Someone else can grab the links if you want. Word of mouth

 

[bcort]

Braxton Miller named Big Ten Offensive POTY and John Simon Big Ten Defensive POTY.

Someone else can grab the links if you want. Word of mouth

It seems some coaches had a little bit of resentment of tOSU this year. Here are the lists:

2012 All-Big Ten teams, individual awards
November, 26, 2012
NOV 26
8:00
PM ET
By Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com

Reaction coming soon -- trust me, we've got plenty of it -- but here are the Big Ten's official individual award winners and all-conference teams for the 2012 season ...

Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year: Braxton Miller, Ohio State

Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year: Allen Robinson, Penn State

Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year: Montee Ball, Wisconsin

Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year: Jacob Pedersen, Wisconsin

Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year: Taylor Lewan, Michigan

Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year: John Simon, Ohio State

Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year: Michael Mauti, Penn State

Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year: Micah Hyde, Iowa

Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year: Brett Maher, Nebraska, and Jeff Budzien, Northwestern

Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year: Will Hagerup, Michigan

FIRST TEAM (Coaches)

QB: Taylor Martinez, Nebraska
RB: Le'Veon Bell, Michigan State
RB: Montee Ball, Wisconsin
WR: Allen Robinson, Penn State
WR: Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin
C: Matt Stankiewitch, Penn State
G: Patrick Omameh, Michigan*
G: Spencer Long, Nebraska*
G: John Urschel, Penn State*
T: Taylor Lewan, Michigan
T: Ricky Wagner, Wisconsin
TE: Jacob Pedersen, Wisconsin
K: Jeff Budzien, Northwestern

DL: Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State
DL: John Simon, Ohio State
DL: Jordan Hill, Penn State
DL: Kawann Short, Purdue
LB: Max Bullough, Michigan State
LB: Michael Mauti, Penn State
LB: Chris Borland, Wisconsin
DB: Micah Hyde, Iowa
DB: Johnny Adams, Michigan State
DB: Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State
DB: Bradley Roby, Ohio State
P: Mike Sadler, Michigan State

FIRST TEAM (Media)

QB: Braxton Miller, Ohio State
RB: Le'Veon Bell, Michigan State
RB: Montee Ball, Wisconsin
WR: Allen Robinson, Penn State
WR: Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin
C: Travis Frederick, Wisconsin
G: Andrew Norwell, Ohio State
G: Spencer Long, Nebraska
T: Taylor Lewan, Michigan
T: Ricky Wagner, Wisconsin
TE: Kyle Carter, Penn State
K: Brett Maher, Nebraska

DL: Eric Martin, Nebraska
DL: John Simon, Ohio State
DL: Jordan Hill, Penn State
DL: Kawann Short, Purdue
LB: Ryan Shazier, Ohio State
LB: Michael Mauti, Penn State
LB: Mike Taylor, Wisconsin
DB: Micah Hyde, Iowa
DB: Daimion Stafford, Nebraska
DB: Bradley Roby, Ohio State
DB: Travis Howard, Ohio State
P: Will Hagerup, Michigan

SECOND TEAM (Coaches)

QB: Braxton Miller, Ohio State
RB: Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska*
RB: Venric Mark, Northwestern*
RB: Carlos Hyde, Ohio State*
WR: Kenny Bell, Nebraska
WR: Corey Brown, Ohio State C: James Ferentz, Iowa
G: Ryan Groy, Wisconsin#
T: Hugh Thornton, Illinois
T: Jeremiah Sirles, Nebraska
TE: Dion Sims, Michigan State
K: Brett Maher, Nebraska

DL: Michael Buchanan, Illinois*
DL: Craig Roh, Michigan*
DL: Eric Martin, Nebraska*
DL: Adam Replogle, Indiana*
DL: Baker Steinkuhler, Nebraska*
LB: Will Compton, Nebraska
LB: Ryan Shazier, Ohio State
LB: Gerald Hodges, Penn State
DB: Jordan Kovacs, Michigan
DB: Daimion Stafford, Nebraska
DB: Christian Bryant, Ohio State
DB: Ricardo Allen, Purdue
P: Brett Maher, Nebraska

SECOND TEAM (Media)

QB: Taylor Martinez, Nebraska
RB: Venric Mark, Northwestern
RB: Carlos Hyde, Ohio State
WR: Cody Latimer, Indiana
WR: Kenny Bell, Nebraska
C: Matt Stankiewitch, Penn State
G: Brian Mulroe, Northwestern
G: John Urschel, Penn State
T: Jeremiah Sirles, Nebraska
T: Jack Mewhort, Ohio State
TE: Dion Sims, Michigan State
K: Brett Maher, Nebraska

DL: Adam Replogle, Indiana
DL: William Gholston, Michigan State
DL: D.L. Wilhite, Minnesota
DL: Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State
LB: Jake Ryan, Michigan
LB: Max Bullough, Michigan State
LB: Gerald Hodges, Penn State
DB: Johnny Adams, Michigan State
DB: Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State
DB: Josh Johnson, Purdue
DB: Devin Smith, Wisconsin
P: Mike Sadler, Michigan State

*-Additional honorees due to ties
#-Second team reduced by one due to additional first-team honoree

HONORABLE MENTION (Coaches)

ILLINOIS: Akeem Spence; INDIANA: Ted Bolser; Dan Feeney; Cody Latimer; Jason Spriggs; IOWA: C.J. Fiedorowicz; Anthony Hitchens; Mike Meyer; Matt Tobin; MICHIGAN: J.T. Floyd; Jeremy Gallon; Brendan Gibbons; Will Hagerup; Roy Roundtree; Jake Ryan; MICHIGAN STATE: Denicos Allen; William Gholston; Isaiah Lewis; Chris McDonald; Marcus Rush; MINNESOTA: Michael Carter; NEBRASKA: Ben Cotton; Ciante Evans; Justin Jackson; P.J. Smith; NORTHWESTERN: Ibraheim Campbell; Brian Mulroe; Tyler Scott; Patrick Ward; OHIO STATE: C.J. Barnett; Travis Howard; Corey Linsley; Jack Mewhort; Andrew Norwell; PENN STATE: Adrian Amos; Deion Barnes; Kyle Carter; Mike Farrell; Matt McGloin; Stephon Morris; PURDUE: Antavian Edison; Josh Johnson; Cody Webster; WISCONSIN: Beau Allen; Marcus Cromartie; Travis Frederick; David Gilbert; Ethan Hemer; Drew Meyer; Devin Smith; Dezmen Southward; Mike Taylor

HONORABLE MENTION (Media)

ILLINOIS: Jonathan Brown; Michael Buchanan; Terry Hawthorne; Graham Pocic; Akeem Spence; Hugh Thornton; INDIANA: Ted Bolser; Mitch Ewald; Dan Feeney; Greg Heban; Will Matte; Jason Spriggs; Shane Wynn; IOWA: C.J. Fiedorowicz; James Ferentz; Joe Gaglione; Anthony Hitchens; Mike Meyer; James Morris; MICHIGAN: William Campbell; J.T. Floyd; Devin Funchess; Jeremy Gallon; Brendan Gibbons; Jordan Kovacs; Patrick Omameh; Denard Robinson; Craig Roh; Roy Roundtree; MICHIGAN STATE: Denicos Allen; Isaiah Lewis; Chris McDonald; Marcus Rush; MINNESOTA: Michael Carter; Ra’Shede Hageman; Troy Stoudermire; NEBRASKA: Ameer Abdullah; Will Compton; Ben Cotton; Ciante Evans; Justin Jackson; Brett Maher (punter); Kyler Reed; P.J. Smith; Baker Steinkuhler; NORTHWESTERN: Chi Chi Ariguzo; Ibraheim Campbell; Kain Colter; David Nwabuisi; Damien Proby; Tyler Scott; Patrick Ward; OHIO STATE: C.J. Barnett; Corey Brown; Christian Bryant; Reid Fragel; Corey Linsley; Etienne Sabino; PENN STATE: Adrian Amos; Deion Barnes; Mike Farrell; Matt McGloin; Stephon Morris; Sean Stanley; Zach Zwinak; PURDUE: Ricardo Allen; Antavian Edison; Landon Feichter; Cody Webster; WISCONSIN: Beau Allen; Chris Borland; Marcus Cromartie; David Gilbert; Ryan Groy; Drew Meyer; Jacob Pedersen; Dezmen Southward

 

["Boobie" Gibson]

Travis Howard first-team DB? Yeah... and Buster Skrine hasn't been called for pass interference this season.

Can't wait to not have Travis Howard next year.

 

[Soda]

Haha.. The B1G coaches are going to have their 2nd team QB go to NY for the Heisman event. :chuckles:

What a joke.

 

[AZ_]

Jim Tressel never earned a Big 10 COY award either.

Go figure.

 

[Chris]

Why is the Big Ten so butthurt all the time?

 

[jhard]

Jim Tressel never earned a Big 10 COY award either.

Go figure.

Hasn't it been over 30 years since Ohio State had a coach get this award?

 

[MGMT]

Hasn't it been over 30 years since Ohio State had a coach get this award?

33.

The rest of the coaches know what's coming and there isn't a fucking thing they can do. They can't outcoach him, they can't recruit better than him. He cant be bargained with, he can't be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity or remorse, and he will not stop until he has won by 50.





Sorry, I watched the terminator last night.

 

["Boobie" Gibson]

Jim Tressel never earned a Big 10 COY award either.

Go figure.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/12112/revisiting-the-ferentz-tressel-coy-debate

Wow. Just unbelievable he did not win in 2002.

EDIT: Oh btw.. I never understood the O'Brien/Meyer debate either. Wah, PSU had to deal with sanctions. Yeah and they went 8-4, with their only quality wins coming against Wisconsin and Northwestern. They lost to Nebraska, Ohio State, VIRGINIA, and OHIO.

Yet Ohio State turns around from 6-7 to go 12-0; dominating Nebraska, beating Wisconsin, etc. We went from our worst season since '97.. 1897............. to go undefeated for only the 6th time. Baffling, I must be stupid.

 

[A Squared]

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/12112/revisiting-the-ferentz-tressel-coy-debate

Wow. Just unbelievable he did not win in 2002.

EDIT: Oh btw.. I never understood the O'Brien/Meyer debate either. Wah, PSU had to deal with sanctions. Yeah and they went 8-4, with their only quality wins coming against Wisconsin and Northwestern. They lost to Nebraska, Ohio State, VIRGINIA, and OHIO.

Yet Ohio State turns around from 6-7 to go 12-0; dominating Nebraska, beating Wisconsin, etc. We went from our worst season since '97.. 1897............. to go undefeated for only the 6th time. Baffling, I must be stupid.

I am as big of a fan of Urban Meyer as anybody but everyone expected us to win atleast 9 games this season especially with the kind of talent we had. No one expected Penn State to even win 2 games. Their players could have up and left at any time during the season and some key players did. For O'Brien to even finish 6-6 would have been tremendous. The guy deserved it as much as anyone.

 

[AZ_]

John L Smith has one...so it's pretty prestigious.

 

["Boobie" Gibson]

I am as big of a fan of Urban Meyer as anybody but everyone expected us to win atleast 9 games this season especially with the kind of talent we had. No one expected Penn State to even win 2 games. Their players could have up and left at any time during the season and some key players did. For O'Brien to even finish 6-6 would have been tremendous. The guy deserved it as much as anyone.

I mean, I get where all of that is coming from. (I don't think they were honestly expected to win 2 games, but still.) Who did they really lose that was valuable? I know Silas Redd. I don't know who else was a key player that picked up and went elsewhere.

But even saying "people expected Ohio State to win 9 games.." you're right, 9 games, not all 12. Sure people were talking about the possibilities of an undefeated season but I don't know if anyone honestly expected it. I just think that is an amazing turnaround from last season. From worst to best.

 

[Ohio]

John L Smith has one...so it's pretty prestigious.

Dead.

 

[A Squared]

I mean, I get where all of that is coming from. (I don't think they were honestly expected to win 2 games, but still.) Who did they really lose that was valuable? I know Silas Redd. I don't know who else was a key player that picked up and went elsewhere.

But even saying "people expected Ohio State to win 9 games.." you're right, 9 games, not all 12. Sure people were talking about the possibilities of an undefeated season but I don't know if anyone honestly expected it. I just think that is an amazing turnaround from last season. From worst to best.

They lost their starting inside linebacker, one of their starting WRs, their back up QB who had started games before and was planning on switching to TE, their starting kicker(the backup started the season 2 of 8), and 5 4 start recruits. Also now that I look at articles predicting what their record would be this year I take back that 2 win statement. I get that going 12-0 is unheard for a coach to do in his first season after being 6-7 the previous year but so is going 8-4 after getting the death penalty. I just think Bill O'Brien had more working against him. If anything I guess they should both be co-coach of the year.

 

[A Squared]

Thought this was pretty funny.