Gibbons named to Lou Groza Watchlist

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July 11th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
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Gibbons named to Lou Groza Watchlist

Brendan Gibbons has been named to the pre-season watchlist for the Lou Groza award, the award for college football's best kicker (full list here).  He is one of seven Big Ten kickers to make it on the watchlist, making up nearly a quarter of the 30 total kickers.

Just the fact that he has made it on this list, after the abysmal season he and our other goal kickers had in 2010, is a testament to how much he has improved as a player in the last two years (and a testament to how much brunette girls have improved him).

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July 11th, 2012 at 11:42 AM | He wasn't the best kicker in the nation last year (Score:5 Normal)
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But he was the best kicker at the Sugar Bowl.

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July 11th, 2012 at 11:44 AM | Congrats to Gibbons. (Score:2)
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Congrats to Gibbons. Hopefully he can keep it up this season.

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July 11th, 2012 at 12:02 PM | Obvious joke (Score:5 Normal)
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Thinking of brunette girls should help him keep it up.

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July 11th, 2012 at 11:44 AM | Hopefully he thinks of (Score:1)
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Hopefully he thinks of brunettes all year.

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July 11th, 2012 at 11:53 AM | Is there any way.... (Score:2 Normal)
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We can put all brunette girls in the endzones for home games?

I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?

July 11th, 2012 at 12:06 PM | If this were bleacher report, (Score:2 Normal)
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If this were bleacher report, we'd already have a slideshow called the Brendan Gibbons watchlist, featuring the talents of Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Allison Brie, etc. But then Stephen Kass would get upset. Gotta take the good with the bad I suppose.

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July 11th, 2012 at 12:15 PM | Good for him.  But the thing (Score:2)
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Good for him.  But the thing is I counted over 30 names.  So if half the kickers in the nation are returning starters then it probably isn't very hard to get on the watchlist.  And this goes for any college football award.

Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.

July 11th, 2012 at 12:18 PM | Redemption stories are always (Score:2)
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Redemption stories are always good? Remember when Alexis Serna blew the first game of the year vs LSU, then went on to win the Groza award? I feel terrible for kickers when they blow a game. It's gotta be hard to get it together again after that.

July 11th, 2012 at 12:19 PM | I meant "Redemption stories (Score:2)
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I meant "Redemption stories are always good." The question mark was an accident.

July 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM | I meant to click the edit button (Score:2 Normal)
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But then I hit reply instead.

"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
July 11th, 2012 at 1:08 PM | Nah, I don't see an edit (Score:3 Normal)
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Nah, I don't see an edit button on the iPhone app. Where might that be?

July 11th, 2012 at 12:19 PM | Who'd a thunk it two years (Score:2)
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Who'd a thunk it two years ago.

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July 11th, 2012 at 12:27 PM | I normally don't bad mouth the previous staff... (Score:2 Normal)
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I normally don't bad mouth the previous staff, but knowing for a fact the way they treated Gibbons always upset me. More than anything else (because the lack of winning).

Say what you want about all the other stuff, it's been beaten to death...we know. But no kid deserves to get embarrased in front of the entire team. No kid should be blamed for loses by the coaches in a team game. And no kid should be yelled at over and over and rarely praised when he's giving it his all.

So, I know this is going to piss the Rich Rod regime lovers off, but I couldn't help but get super happy when I saw this thread on the MGoBoard and immediately think "SUCK IT!" to the previous staff after reading the orginal post.

This is awesome, and shows that coaching is more than screaming and yelling. We made what... FOUR total FGs two years ago? We're not all the way there, but a Lou Groza watchlist is lightyears away from where we were.

Congrats to Brendan! Now let's go be a Lou Groza FINALIST!

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July 11th, 2012 at 12:29 PM | Oh and Brendan...one more thing (Score:2 Normal)
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Should you ever read this thread...CLICK THIS LINK:

http://www.maxim.com/girls/maximcoms-hottest-brunettes

“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”

July 11th, 2012 at 12:47 PM | Seriously, constantly stating (Score:2 Normal)
Mtruck
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Seriously, constantly stating having "open tryouts for any student" to be the kicker is not displaying confidence in your kicker.  And let's be honest, Kicking has got to be mostly confidence, any D-I kicker has a strong and at least semi-accurate leg.

July 11th, 2012 at 11:55 PM | Orrr... (Score:1)
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Orrr...cussing him out in front of the team or blaming loses on the kicking game after the game may not help either.

 

#jussayin

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July 11th, 2012 at 12:47 PM | HECK YES! BRING ON THE (Score:3 Normal)
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HECK YES! GOD BLESS THE BRUNETTES!

July 11th, 2012 at 12:51 PM | Lou "The Toe" Groza.  I saw (Score:2)
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Lou "The Toe" Groza.  I saw an interview with him once and he was asked about his nickname. He said that while not great, it was better than being called "The Heel".

Congrats to Brendan.

 

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July 11th, 2012 at 1:01 PM | One correction (Score:2)
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Our field goal kicking was fairly decent in 2009, when Olesnavage went 11/15 on field goal attempts, including 9/10 from 30 or more yards. But yeah, 2010 was awful.

Michigan's offensive style requires more players that have greater interactions with the Higgs field.

July 11th, 2012 at 1:10 PM | <.< >.> No one saw anything. (Score:2)
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No one saw anything.

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July 11th, 2012 at 1:54 PM | This might be an ignorant (Score:2)
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This might be an ignorant question, but can he be expected to extend his range further than the 40-42 yards it seems to be right now?  Are kickers ever able to develop their range in college, or are they basically a finished product (in terms of leg strength) when they arrive on campus?

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