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Sports Illustrated gives out awards for 2015 college football season
Posted on 1/15/16 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 1/15/16 at 4:24 pm
I'll only show the awards pertaining to the SEC. The rest are here LINK.
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2015 season in review: Handing out awards for players, teams and more
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Biggest source of unfulfilled hype
Winner: Jeremy Johnson, QB, Auburn
In a column from SEC Media Days in July, SI.com’s Andy Staples referenced Heisman-winning quarterback Jameis Winston’s breakout season in writing, “it isn’t completely crazy to expect big things from Johnson, who has looked more polished than most of the SEC’s passers in his limited appearances.” Johnson was voted second-team All-SEC this preseason, and one member of SI.com's panel predicted he would win the Heisman. The point is, a lot of people believed Johnson would be very good this season. He was not. The junior completed less than 60% of his passing attempts and threw five touchdowns against six interceptions over three games before being benched in favor of redshirt freshman Sean White.
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Biggest flop team
Winner: Auburn
Sorry to pile on here, Tigers fans. This was a particularly rough year on the Plains. Auburn topped a preseason SEC power poll compiled by AL.com and was voted to win the conference championship. Not only did the Tigers fall well short of that goal, but they also barely escaped FCS opponent Jacksonville State (27–20 in overtime on Sept. 12), beat only one Power Five foe that finished with a winning record after September and dropped four of their final six regular-season contests. Along the way, a quarterback with no previous experience (White) supplanted the player Auburn’s coaching staff hyped in the preseason (Johnson), and the team’s leading returning receiver (D’haquille Williams) was kicked off the roster. At least the Tigers didn’t lose the bowl game they played about two hours from campus.
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Biggest surprise team
Winner: Florida
New coach Jim McElwain inherited an offense featuring an uncertain quarterback situation, limited skill-position talent and a thin offensive line. Then, just when the Gators seemed to have found an answer at quarterback, the NCAA suspended Will Grier for a performance-enhancing drug violation in October. However, Florida still won 10 games, crushed Georgia in the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party and clinched the SEC East. The Gators dropped their final three outings (to Florida State, Alabama and Michigan), but that hardly diminishes what the program achieved in McElwain’s debut season at the helm.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 4:28 pm to jatebe
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Biggest source of unfulfilled hype
Posted on 1/15/16 at 4:29 pm to jatebe
Congrats to both Auburn and Florida for being mentioned for these awards!
Posted on 1/15/16 at 8:25 pm to jatebe
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a quarterback with no previous experience (White) supplanted the player Auburn’s coaching staff hyped in the preseason (Johnson)
The troll job Gus did on Auburn fans by trotting Johnson out in front of the media in Hoover was the greatest troll job in the history of trolling.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 8:37 pm to jatebe
Auburn bringing home the hardware. Go Tigers...War Damn!
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:12 pm to BamaScoop
I will just sit back and hope that auburn loses in every athletic contest from here on out.
Last time I was vocal about how much auburn sucks was 2012. They had a pretty good year in 2013.
Last time I was vocal about how much auburn sucks was 2012. They had a pretty good year in 2013.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:33 pm to WeBleedCrimson
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK TIGERS !!!
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:46 pm to jatebe
Winning 2 SI postseason awards surely should earn Gus a contract extension.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 9:48 pm to jatebe
So does the SI jinx work the other way?
15-0 'ship
15-0 'ship
Posted on 1/16/16 at 1:00 am to Tiguar
Holy shite.. The number of alabama fans commenting about 'little brother' in here. Wow
10 of the 11 posts before mine are from alabama fans.
Truly a different breed of 'fans' for sure
10 of the 11 posts before mine are from alabama fans.
Truly a different breed of 'fans' for sure
This post was edited on 1/16/16 at 1:02 am
Posted on 1/16/16 at 1:05 am to jatebe
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beat only one Power Five foe that finished with a winning record after September
Posted on 1/16/16 at 1:20 am to Drank
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Holy shite.. The number of alabama fans commenting about 'little brother' in here. Wow
10 of the 11 posts before mine are from alabama fans.
Truly a different breed of 'fans' for sure
We hate you and enjoy your continued irrelevance.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 1:31 am to jatebe
I'm not going to say anything bad about Auburn. Everytime we win a National Championship, they come out of nowhere the next year and have some miracle, magical season that involves beating Alabama in some epic game. Its like clockwork.
Posted on 1/16/16 at 1:32 am to FairhopeTider
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I'm not going to say anything bad about Auburn. Everytime we win a National Championship, they come out of nowhere the next year and have some miracle, magical season that involves beating Alabama in some epic game. Its like clockwork.
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