B1G Offensive Awards

Submitted by jimmyshi03 on

Jake Butt wins TE of the Year. Magnuson is first team All B1G, Cole, Kalis and Braden 2nd Team. Darboh 2nd Team  WR. Speight third team QB.

Honorable Mentions included D. Smith, Chesson and Ben Bredeson.

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1VaBlue1

November 30th, 2016 at 9:30 PM ^

Braden would have been a first team guard had he not had to move to tackle.  And Kalis fell off the wall the last few games.  Remember that he was the best OL of the bunch through the first 8 games, or so.  Surprised everybody!  But he's come back down to Kalis-Earth the last few games, unfortunately.

Congrats to the dudes!!!  But the real award will be a CFP date with Alabama...

Danwillhor

November 30th, 2016 at 7:47 PM ^

Kalis stepped up and then went backward this year. Mags was maybe our best OL but he was very average and if that is a 1st team All-conference OT than this was a bad year for OL in general. Cole just wasn't going to have the type of impact in his first season of moving inside so he was about as I expected. The left side was out of position, young and/or hurt.

1VaBlue1

November 30th, 2016 at 9:34 PM ^

He also had a very petulant moment with a ref after Gideon rode him out of bounds.  He didn't like that, so he stared at the ref for a couple of seconds, and dropped the ball on the ground at the refs feet.  That is when the OSU fanboy ref slapped his hiney as he essentially trotted through the ref back to the huddle.  A very immature moment that was borderline PF territory.

mgoblueben

November 30th, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^

McSorely is 2nd team QB!?!? That's just the saddest thing in the world. Him over speight is an epic fail. We crushed the life out of that guy. That's just awful man.

mgoblueben

November 30th, 2016 at 6:26 PM ^

Looked like a lost puppy against UM and osu. There wasn't a single moment in either game where I thought well that's a 2nd team B1G QB. No chance. I don't care what he did when they ran the score up on Purdue and rutgers. We pulled our starters after the first half in games like that and he played the whole game. QBR be damned.

Night_King

November 30th, 2016 at 7:25 PM ^

Yup, 100% agree. I'm not sure if Barrett can be converted to another position, either. He doesn't have Braxton Miller's speed nor Pryor's size/speed. Maybe a team will give him a shot in the slot? I really am not sure if he has good hands, guess we will find out eventually. Great college player but am not sure how any NFL team finds him valuable enough to make a 53 man roster. 

mgoblueben

November 30th, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^

James Franklin ran the score up any chance he could to compensate for his team's mediocrity. When they get stomped by wisconsin and your second best win is what? Temple? cuz we know how much of a struggle that's been for you. But seriously IU? It really is the saddest thing in my world that McSorely is somehow 2nd team and you are in the big ten champ. You lost to PITT and UM by 39!

NittanyFan

November 30th, 2016 at 6:59 PM ^

I didn't really like it.  But Dantonio and James Franklin don't seem to like each other --- that has been apparent to me since 2014.  So that probably played a role in the "let's keep on passing the ball" TD to make it 45-12.  Fair enough.

But besides that, I can't think of a single example of Franklin running up the score in 2016.  He certainly had more chances than just the MSU game.  PSU had the ball at the end of the Maryland, Rutgers, and Iowa games --- exclusively ran the ball on each drive but didn't punch it in despite being inside the 25 at the game's final whistle.