ESPN predicts Corum and Oluwatimi to win awards
ESPN predicts that Blake Corum will win the Doak Walker award for premier running back, and Olusegun Oluwatimi will win the Rimington Trophy for outstanding center.
LINK: College football award predictions: Who will -- and should -- win?
Jake Moody is a finalist again for the Lou Groza award which he won last year. They are not predicting a repeat win for Moody.
They do not cover or make predictions for the Mortell Award (best holder of the year, for which Brad Robbins is a finalist) or for the Joe Moore Award (best offensive line, with Michigan being one of two finalists.)
Of course, it is wonderful to see Michigan players represented, and finalists. However, imhe, at the end of the day, it is all about the team. A bunch of "no-name" guys who work well together and humbly perform well together leads to wins in the season, in The Game, in the conference championship, and hopefully in the national championship game.
December 8th, 2022 at 1:02 PM ^
I'm predicting that Corum will also win the Heisman, inspired by the stories of Tom Osborn from '97, he's been on the phone for the last several days lobbying for votes.
December 8th, 2022 at 1:18 PM ^
It's amazing how little fan fair Michigan has with the media: I read that OSU has a lot of guys earning All-American status (MHJ, CJ, PJJ, JTT, Eichenberg, Dawand Jones), and the only one that's getting recognized is Corum (and even then he's getting snubbed) cause it feels like Olu is not being talked about enough.
It's amazing how this team truly is this embodiment of "no stars" like last year with Hutch, Ojabo, Dax. Top 20 offense and few big name stars, a top 5 defense with virtually no stars among them outside of the fan base. Truly amazing in our staff, scheme, player development and chemistry, and execution.
December 8th, 2022 at 1:38 PM ^
Tommy Two Thumbs Eichenberg...lol.
Yeah, he works for the 1 armed Don
The only memory I have of Tommy Two Thumbs is getting worked by OLU twice for long TDs
Marvin Harrison Jr. is legitimately a generational talent at WR...Will be a top 3 WR in the NFL by year 2. He pops off the screen and deserves any award he gets.
The rest, including CJ, are good players that were exposed against their best competition of the year. It's the OSU brand, that's all. If they played for Iowa or another middling program probably only JTT and CJ are even in awards convos.
These are not Urban Meyer's recruited Buckeyes...Chase Young, Bosa brothers, JK Dobbins, Justin Fields, etc, etc.
December 8th, 2022 at 1:20 PM ^
Corum winning the award despite missing the last two regular season amd B1G Championship would be amazing. Im sure the Illini and Longhorn fans will be up in arms.
if Olu doesnt win the Rimington something is very wrong in the world
December 8th, 2022 at 1:20 PM ^
Who would win the Groza instead of Moody? I cannot think of another kicker in the country as clutch as Jake?
December 8th, 2022 at 1:30 PM ^
I can't either, but it's a stats based award. Jake has missed 6 FG's this year and the other finalists have missed 1 combined.
December 8th, 2022 at 1:44 PM ^
I think he still would have won it with more misses if he had made the two 50 yarders against Rutgers.
December 8th, 2022 at 2:26 PM ^
I think Moody's conversion rate from 50+ might cost him the award this year. If he hits a couple more of those (the one vs OSU and maybe one or two vs Rutgers), I think he would have been a shoo-in given the amount of points and FGs made he has converted this year.
December 8th, 2022 at 1:49 PM ^
Olu should win, but being left off the AA lists is concerning.
December 8th, 2022 at 2:21 PM ^
The Rimington Award is given based on the center who is the consensus All-America (Walter Camp, FWAA, TSN, etc) so being left off enough AA lists could jeopardize his chances at the award.
December 8th, 2022 at 2:42 PM ^
I'll take it!
Jake already has a Groza so no big deal. I really think his 2-for-6 past 50 is what made the other guys look better. Just one bad kick vs. Maryland and a block by Indy.
December 8th, 2022 at 2:47 PM ^
Does it make me a jerk to type that the only award I want to see Michigan getting is the NC award and along with the trophy after destroying Georgia?
December 8th, 2022 at 3:00 PM ^
Nope. I agree wholeheartedly with you. Give all the awards to others, but let Michigan beat Georgia and win the National Championship.
December 8th, 2022 at 3:34 PM ^
Moody getting punished for trying 6 50+ kicks while the other two guys combined tried 5 is a bit annoying. Also, Moody was asked to make big kicks in important games; Karty kicking a 61-yarder with his team down 10 with 4 seconds to play in a game doesn't strike me as a particularly useful data point beyond "dude can kick the ball far with nobody giving a shit".
Olu and Corum deserve their awards and I'm really excited for them to be recognized. I am in the minority here but I remain unimpressed by Caleb Williams. He's absolutely a talented QB but I've seen enough of these Lincoln Riley QBs to start thinking they're a bit like OSU QBs in which they look really good when they have a talent advantage but they're not necessarily world-beaters when they face the better teams. But the Heisman is basically the "best-stats QB or guy on Alabama" award at this point so I wouldn't be surprised if he wins.
December 8th, 2022 at 4:06 PM ^
Hard to disagree with either of these predictions. 🤞🤞