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re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by Funky Tide 8 
on 11/29/22 at 2:44 pm to CleverUserName
on 11/29/22 at 2:44 pm to CleverUserNameI appreciate you making the thread though, I really had no idea how good Forbes was. Slipped under the radar for me.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by red sox fan 13 
on 11/29/22 at 2:45 pm to CleverUserName
on 11/29/22 at 2:45 pm to CleverUserNameIt’s a career award
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by Quicksilver 
on 11/29/22 at 2:47 pm to CleverUserName
on 11/29/22 at 2:47 pm to CleverUserNameDefinitely bungled it. Forbes is a great player. Wonder if his recruitment thread is still around. Think I called him being the best signee in State's class that year.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by skrayper on 11/29/22 at 2:48 pm to TheTideMustRoll
on 11/29/22 at 2:48 pm to TheTideMustRollquote:
Yeah, it's cool when one of your players wins the award, but the way they set them up slants the field very hard towards the guys they pick in the preseason, which is frankly ridiculous. The criteria for each award is kind of wonky, too. I remember in 2020 when Will Reichard was literally perfect for the year - did not miss a single kick - and yet did not win the Lou Groza, which ended up going to some guy who, while he had a good season, missed a few kicks along the way. Why? Who knows?
Let's not forget that The Ray Guy Award never went to JK Scott despite leading the country in punting (48 yards per punt) in 2014 and 50% of his punts were inside the 20 his senior year.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by Trumansfangs 
on 11/29/22 at 2:51 pm to CleverUserName
on 11/29/22 at 2:51 pm to CleverUserNameLots of truth and logical thinking in this thread.
I don't care for it.
I don't care for it.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by TheTideMustRoll on 11/29/22 at 2:54 pm to skrayper
on 11/29/22 at 2:54 pm to skrayperquote:
Let's not forget that The Ray Guy Award never went to JK Scott
That's insane. Of all the talented players we have had come through Alabama since Saban has been here, Scott might have been more talented at his position than any of the rest of them were at theirs. That guy was a machine.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by skirpnasty 
on 11/29/22 at 2:58 pm to skrayper
on 11/29/22 at 2:58 pm to skrayperquote:
Let's not forget that The Ray Guy Award never went to JK Scott despite leading the country in punting (48 yards per punt) in 2014 and 50% of his punts were inside the 20 his senior year.
Logan Cooke was the same class and didn’t get it either. Although in fairness, Cooke is arguably the best punter in the league and the ‘17 winner is right there in the same conversation.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by lsufball19 
on 11/29/22 at 3:00 pm to TheTideMustRoll
on 11/29/22 at 3:00 pm to TheTideMustRollquote:
I remember in 2020 when Will Reichard was literally perfect for the year - did not miss a single kick - and yet did not win the Lou Groza, which ended up going to some guy who, while he had a good season, missed a few kicks along the way. Why? Who knows?
I think in that situation it was because Reichard only attempted 14 FGs on the season and only had 1 make from 50+ and only 3 from 40-49
The guy who won, José Borregales, was 20/22 but was 7/9 from 40-49 and 2/2 from 50+ and a long of 57
That same year, Cade York was 18/21, with 3/4 from 40-49 and 6/7 from 50+ and a long of 57. he wasn't even a finalist, and wasn't a finalist last year either with almost identical numbers (3/4 from 40-49 and 5/7 from 50+ with a long of 56) yet was an All-American and 1st team All-SEC
It is, admittedly a weird award.
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re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by Jjdoc 
on 11/29/22 at 3:07 pm to red sox fan 13
on 11/29/22 at 3:07 pm to red sox fan 13Forbes career set a record. Lol.
This is just bad
This is just bad
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by LSUgrad88 on 11/29/22 at 3:15 pm to lsufball19
on 11/29/22 at 3:15 pm to lsufball19quote:
Grant Delpit, for instance, should have probably won it in 2018 but certainly not when he did in 2019
100% agree. Grant had a phenomenal 2018 and really had, at best, an average, injury-riddled season in 2019. He just rode the LSU wave to get the award. Voters obviously had no clue.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by LSUgrad88 on 11/29/22 at 3:18 pm to skirpnasty
on 11/29/22 at 3:18 pm to skirpnastyAfter Saturday they should have just presented the Ray Guy award to Kai Kroeger immediately after the game.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by PeleofAnalytics on 11/29/22 at 3:27 pm to CleverUserName
Anyone have access to these guys' grades through the year? I have no clue about most of these guys but you cannot look at these stats and have any idea if any of these guys laid an egg (or multiple eggs) during the year. I will always take a guy with zero INTs and 5 PDs while giving up maybe 1 catch for measly yards a game vs a guy with 6 INTs and 20 PDs but gave up 2 game winners and a handful of other big plays.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by bbeck on 11/29/22 at 3:58 pm to CleverUserName
on 11/29/22 at 3:58 pm to CleverUserNameMSU ain’t had nobody finalist worthy in so long that you forgot these award ceremonies tend to frick them up on the reg
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by skirpnasty on 11/29/22 at 4:10 pm to bbeck
on 11/29/22 at 4:10 pm to bbeckquote:
MSU ain’t had nobody finalist worthy in so long that you forgot these award ceremonies tend to frick them up on the reg
Yeah you have to go all the way back to Charles Cross last year.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by Godawgs4 on 11/29/22 at 4:12 pm to CleverUserName
on 11/29/22 at 4:12 pm to CleverUserNameForbes will be making a nice NFL paycheck on Sundays next year and beyond. So no worries. All is good.
re: Well the Thorpe award is officially meaningless..Posted by deltaland on 11/29/22 at 4:22 pm to skirpnasty
on 11/29/22 at 4:22 pm to skirpnastyMaybe he will come back next season so he can win it next year
Please come back next year
Please come back next year
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