by Rex Robinson
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FWAA All Americans
Dec 13th
Drew Butler has won the Ray Guy Award and has been named to several All-American teams already. There should be more to come. The Football Writers Association of America named their team and Drew indeed was honored again. This is a team I actually was fortunate enough to make in 1980, my senior year. Of course, Drew is just a sophomore and may well have other chances to make this team again. Oh yeah, Drew’s dad Kevin made this team also, in 1984. In looking back on that group I was a part of, I am reminded of how many notable names were on that team. Some of the best to ever play the game on the college or pro level, especially on defense.
Check them out.
OFFENSE
QB 9 Mark Hermann Purdue 6-4 190 Sr. Carmel, Ind.
RB 24 Freeman McNeil UCLA 5-11 216 Sr. Carson, Calif.
RB George Rogers South Carolina 6-2 210 Sr. Duluth, Ga. HOF
RB 34 Herschel Walker Georgia 6-2 215 Fr. Wrightsville, Ga. HOF
WR Ken Margerum Stanford 6-1 175 Sr. Fountain Valley, Calif.
WR 80 Dave Young Purdue 6-6 241 Sr. Akron, Ohio
OL 72 Nick Eyre BYU 6-5 276 Sr. Las Vegas, Nev.
OL 73 Mark May Pittsburgh 6-6 282 Sr. Oneonta, N.Y. HOF
OL Louis Oubre Oklahoma 6-4 262 Sr. New Orleans, La.
OL 68 Keith Van Horne USC 6-7 265 Sr. Fullerton, Calif.
C 57 John Scully Notre Dame 6-5 255 Sr. Huntington, N.Y.
DEFENSE
DL 99 Hugh Green Pittsburgh 6-2 224 Sr. Natchez, Miss. HOF
DL 39 E. J. Junior Alabama 6-3 220 Sr. Nashville, Tenn.
DL Derrie Nelson Nebraska 6-2 220 Sr. Fairmont, Neb.
DL 77 Kenneth Sims Texas 6-6 265 Jr. Groesbeck, Texas
DL 90 Hosea Taylor Houston 6-5 265 Sr. Longview, Texas
LB 51 David Little Florida 6-1 228 Sr. Miami, Fla.
LB 63 Mike Singletary Baylor 6-1 232 Sr. Houston, Texas HOF
LB 98 Lawrence Taylor North Carolina 6-3 237 Sr. Williamsburg, Va. NFL HOF
DB 5 Kenny Easley UCLA 6-3 206 Sr. Chesapeake, Va. HOF
DB 42 Ronnie Lott USC 6-2 200 Sr. Rialto, Calif. HOF
DB John Simmons SMU 5-11 188 Little Rock, Ark.
SPECIALISTS
K 5 Rex Robinson Georgia 6-0 215 Sr. Marietta, Ga.
P 3 Rohn Stark Florida State 6-3 195 Jr. Fifty Lakes, Minn.
Coach of the Year ……………………..Vince Dooley, Georgia
Outland Trophy ………………………….Mark May, Pittsburgh
Grantland Rice Trophy………………………..Georgia Bulldogs
Here’s to you, Drew!
Dec 11th
The Georgia Bulldog’s Drew Butler won the Ray Guy Award last night. Quite an accomplishment for the sophomore from Duluth. I have encouraged both Drew and kicker Blair Walsh on this blog since this summer. I felt good about Drew’s potential to replace Brian Mimbs. I had no idea he would have the record setting season he enjoyed.
There came a point that I didn’t want to talk about it on here. I was afraid I would jinx either he or Blair, who had an equally phenomenal year. Drew punted 50 times for an average of 48.84 yards per punt and a net average of 42.84. This net figure that won it for Drew as the selection committee chose the three punters with the highest net averages at the time of the nominations for finalists.
I must say I am amazed that Drew went the entire season with out a shank of some sort. I didn’t see every single punt, but I am almost positive every single punt was at least good, while most were very good to awesome. That is unbelievable. To go an entire year without a bad kick? Unheard of.
Congratulations Drew, you deserve all the accolades that you are receiving.
AP Lazy Picking All-SEC
Dec 7th
The Georgia Bulldogs had three 1st team All-SEC members announced by the AP today. WR AJ Green, LB Rennie Curran and P Drew Butler were easy choices as they were statistically superior compared to other players. By statistically superior, I mean “most” or “highest”. AJ was second in yards per game recieving(83.4). Rennie led the league in tackles(122) and Drew far outdistanced the other punters in gross average by over five yards(48.8). Net punting was a little closer. So far so good.
Kickers as you know are different, all the way down to how you judge who had a better season or career. Obviously the AP voters chose Leigh Tiffin over Blair Walsh because Tiffin had 29 field goals and Blair only made 19. Forget the fact that Tiffin had eleven more attempts than Blair. Forget the fact that Tiffin actually had misses of 36, 39, 43, and 49 yards and three missed PAT’s. He also had a long kick of 50 yards. Forget that Blair on the other hand missed one kick of 32 and one of 55 yards, period. He did not miss a PAT(37-37). He was 4-5 from over 50 yards with a 50, 51, 52 and a long of 53 yards.
Blair also had 17 touchbacks on 67 KO’s(25%). Tiffin had 13 on 89 KO’s(15%). There is no easy and quick way to know how many of these kick-offs were deep attempts, so I’ll just leave it at face value. Georgia fans know Blair was not allowed to kick deep at times, so his numbers could have been even better.
To make a long story a little shorter, Blair got hosed. I’m sure he knows it, and numbers don’t lie. He should have been 1st team.
Tiffin had better not win the Groza Award. That should probably go to Kai Forbath of UCLA, who is 26-29 on field goals. All three of his misses are from over 50 yards. Not bad.
Congratulations Blair on an All-American type year, much less All-SEC.
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