Moody 1 of 3 finalists for Lou Groza Award
Only the second time a Michigan kicker has been a finalist. Details from MGoBlue.
Fans can vote.
https://mgoblue.com/news/2021/11/23/football-moody-among-three-lou-groza-award-finalists.aspx
November 23rd, 2021 at 11:26 AM ^
Moody and Robbins have been great and they are perfect for an old school team like ours.
November 23rd, 2021 at 11:41 AM ^
Just a truly incredible website design here
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:19 PM ^
I think it was created when MySpace was still big and hasn't been updated since.
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:34 PM ^
It may have been created when TheGlobe.com was the toast of Wall Street. Yeesh.
Also, it appears Oklahomans are still in the process of discovering this whole "internet" thing.
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:41 PM ^
Legit surprised I didn't see a single rotating hamster anywhere on the page. I was hopeful.
November 23rd, 2021 at 1:03 PM ^
Pretty sad when one of the first things you see on the homepage is a gray box that says "Adobe Flash is no longer supported"
November 23rd, 2021 at 11:28 AM ^
Voted. Jake is in the lead! Keep voting. We're going against a buckeye.
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:05 PM ^
I didn't want to just vote for Moody just because I'm a Michigan fan and screw over some kid from a small kid, but they are all from major schools, and Jake writeup looks best to me, though Oklahoma kid had second best write up and he's in distance third to the nuts kicker.
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:28 PM ^
Hometown Northville kid for me too so I'm a double homer. Watched him kick in high school
November 23rd, 2021 at 1:11 PM ^
From the write ups it shouldn’t be a contest.
The OU guy is 17-23. That’s good but not Groza Award-good.
The OSU guy is 16-17. That’s not many attempts and basically none of them have been very important.
Moody is 22-24 and has made many clutch kicks. He’s absolutely the winner.
November 23rd, 2021 at 11:35 AM ^
Just because most of them can't physically manhandle another player doesn't mean kickers and punters aren't football players #bodypositive
November 23rd, 2021 at 11:53 AM ^
Done - Good Luck Mr Moody
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:00 PM ^
I am 95% sure that Lou Groza now "sleeps with the fishes"...
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:31 PM ^
*kickers
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:04 PM ^
Remy Hamilton, Jay Feely and Garrett Rivas were very good, and I understand Ali Haji-Sheikh was excellent as well (I was too young to appreciate him) but Moody might be the best we’ve ever had. He not only makes every kick but hits it dead center every time. And he’s got great range.
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:19 PM ^
Ali Haji-Sheikh was at Michigan when I was a student. When he was in the game for kick-offs, Howard King would say his name like he was sneezing. He had great range; the accuracy came later. He had a career in the NFL with the Giants. One of friends was a Giants fan and he wondered where they got him from and I knew.
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:54 PM ^
I was at his first game. I remember Howard King announcing his name and the crowd just giving a giant "WTF?" Let's just say at that point we weren't really expecting a kid of Iranian decent to be on the football team.
Then he just crushed the kickoff. I think it may have gone into the stands. Everyone loved him from that point on. Of course, it probably helped that he replaced Bryan Virgil as our kicker, and poor Virgil went 4 for 13 on FG in 1979. So we were thrilled to have a competent kicker.
November 23rd, 2021 at 1:49 PM ^
My favorite M name of all time. "Go Sheikh!" always in the stands. Left foot kicker, I think (not mentioned in the bios) so that was different too. But Moody is the best of a very good group of field goal kickers over the years. Robbins is probably the best punter of that very good group too. Great combo.
November 23rd, 2021 at 12:53 PM ^
Moody should win this. Brkic choked from short rage against Baylor when they needed those points badly. Moody has been money in our tight games.
November 23rd, 2021 at 1:06 PM ^
Clearly, the stakes for The Game are much higher than just a potential BTCG and CFP berth. The winner of this game gets Lou Groza bragging rights.
Moody is the clear underdog, being matched up against two finalists representing ohio. That's right, one kid plays at ohio state and the other kid is from ohio - some town called "chardon" if that's even a real name.
So Go Blue, Vote Jake, and kick those ohio kids where it hurts. Most especially on Saturday.
Sidenote: one thing I did notice is that the osu kid is 65-for-65 on PATs. That's... a lot of touchdowns.
November 23rd, 2021 at 1:21 PM ^
Results as of my voting. Not only are you voting for Moody, you would be voting against OSU's kicker.
November 23rd, 2021 at 7:10 PM ^
All that and no sleepover required.