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Report: Pitt's Chryst likely headed to Wisconsin
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Air Force coach declares CFP 'un-American'
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Tulsa officially hires Baylor OC Montgomery
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Marcus Mariota wins the Davey O'Brien and Maxwell Awards
College football honored many players on Thursday evening, but the night belonged to Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, who took home more hardware than any player since Cam Newton in 2010.
Mariota was named the Walter Camp Player of the Year and he won the Davey O’Brien and ,Maxwell awards. Newton was the last player to sweep the top player awards and quarterback-centric awards and he went on to claim the Heisman Trophy.
Mariota also was the first Oregon player to win the Davey O’Brien and only the second player from the Pac-12 to win it (Troy Aikman, UCLA).
Winning the Heisman seems an inevitability for Mariota, who had one of the best quarterbacking seasons in recent history. Not only did he lead Oregon to the Pac-12 title and a place in the inaugural College Football Playoff, he did so by leading the nation in passing efficiency (185.2), quarterback rating (91.8) and yards per pass attempt (10.0 avg). He led all Pac-12 quarterbacks with 636 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns and threw for 3,783 yards, 38 touchdowns and just two interceptions.
Mariota, so far, has thrown a touchdown in every collegiate game he’s played.
But Mariota wasn’t the only Heisman contender to make history. Receiver Amari Cooper became the first Alabama player to win the Biletnikoff Award, which is handed out to the nation’s best receiver.
Running back Melvin Gordon, the third Heisman finalist, took home the Doak Walker as the nation’s best running back.
The Heisman will be awarded on Saturday and all signs point to Mariota as the runaway winner. If that’s the case, he becomes the fifth straight player to win the Davey O’Brien and the Heisman and the seventh quarterback in the past eight seasons.
Here are the other player who took home hardware Thursday evening:
Home Depot (coach of the year): Gary Patterson, TCU
Walter Camp Award (player of the year): Marcus Mariota, Oregon
Maxwell Award (outstanding player): Marcus Mariota, Oregon
Davey O'Brien (best quarterback): Marcus Mariota, Oregon
Doak Walker (best running back): Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin
Thorpe (best defensive back): Gerod Holliman, Louisville
Bednarik (defensive player of the year): Scooby Wright, Arizona
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm (outstanding senior): Marcus Mariota, Oregon
Biletnikoff (best receiver): Amari Cooper, Alabama
John Mackey (best tight end): Nick O’Leary, Florida State
Outland (best interior lineman): Brandon Scherff, Iowa
Lombardi (best lineman): Scooby Wright, Arizona
Rimington Trophy (best center): Reese Dismukes, Auburn
Bronko Nagurski (best defensive player): Scooby Wright, Arizona
Butkus (best linebacker): Eric Kendricks, UCLA
Ted Hendricks (best defensive end): Nate Orchard, Utah
Lou Groza (best placekicker): Brad Craddock, Maryland
Ray Guy (best punter): Tom Hackett, Utah
Campbell Trophy (top-scholar athlete): David Helton, Duke
Broyles (top assistant coach): Tom Herman, Ohio State
Disney Spirit Award (most inspiration player): Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma
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Mariota wins Camp, Maxwell, O'Brien awards
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LIVE blog: College football awards revealed
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Air Force coach Troy Calhoun says four-team playoff is 'un-American'
“There’s no doubt that it’s all set up for five conferences, as it is,” Calhoun said per the Colorado Springs Gazette. “You’ve got to be in one of those five conferences. It’s un-American, bottom line. We live in a country where upward mobility is possible, where games should be played out on the field.”
Among Calhoun’s issues with the current format is the emphasis on strength of schedule.
“What about (national champion) Texas Western (basketball) in 1966, should we take that away because their strength of schedule wasn’t one of the four best at that time?” Calhoun said.
When it comes to the bowl system however, Calhoun is all for it. Ever since he took over the program in 2007, he made it clear that qualifying for a bowl game is a top priority. This year, the 9-3 Falcons will head to Boise, Idaho, to face 8-4 Western Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Dec. 20.
Calhoun will take his team anywhere for a bowl game to reap the benefits of an extra game and 15 extra practice sessions. Even Siberia.
“If we had to go to Siberia, OK, to play the Leningrad Stalins or the Leningrad Rooksies, we’d go do it,” Calhoun said.
Alrighty then, coach.
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Reports: Tulsa hires Baylor offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery
According to InsideTulsaSports.com, Football Scoop and Fox Sports, Baylor offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery is expected to be named the new Tulsa head coach.
Montgomery comes to Tulsa after calling the plays for Baylor’s high-powered offense that has led the country in scoring for the last season seasons, including putting up an average of 48.8 points for the 11-1 Bears this season. His offense also led the nation in yards per game at 581.3.
Montgomery has been on Art Briles’ staff at Baylor for the past seven seasons and also coached with Briles at Houston.
Prior to joining Briles’ staff at Houston, Montgomery was an offensive coach at Stephenville High School and Denton High School in Texas.
The move comes 10 days after Bill Blankenship was fired after four seasons leading the program and finishing the 2014 season at 2-10. Blankenship went 24-27 overall as Tulsa’s head coach.
Arizona State offensive coordinator Mike Norvell was also heavily considered for the position but ultimately removed himself from consideration for the role.
Text from Mike Norvell: "I am committed to what we are doing here at ASU." ... Says he has removed himself from Tulsa consideration.
— Doug Haller (@DougHaller) December 11, 2014 Tulsa has not yet confirmed the hire.
For more Tulsa news, visit InsideTulsaSports.com.
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AD Alvarez to coach Badgers in bowl game
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From N.C. State QB Jacoby Brissett writes letters to each of his offensive teammates
He doesn’t remember where the idea stemmed from, but he took it upon himself as a team leader to write and hand-deliver letters of encouragement to each of his offensive teammates.
“It just stuck with me,” Brissett told ESPN.com. “A lot of them keep the letters. I know one week I didn’t write letters because I talked to the whole offense together and everybody was curious why they didn’t get a letter. It’s funny to see they actually pay attention to it.”
Since then, Brissett hasn’t missed a week with his letters as he led the Wolfpack to a 7-5 record and a berth in the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl against UCF.
The gesture sticks out to his teammates.
“For me and my roommate, it touched us both and showed us how serious he was about the games and it showed he had faith in us,” said senior wide receiver Bryan Underwood. “It was good to see he was taking another step in leadership toward the team.”
Brissett says the letters are all about showing appreciation for the work his teammates put in and being a shoulder to lean on, but it’s not always so serious.
“It’s a matter of saying I appreciate what you’ve done so far,” Brissett said. “Or if someone is going through a rough time, it’s a chance to say I’m here for you if you need me. Sometimes, you’ve got to joke with some of them. With the offensive linemen, you have to joke with them because they’re never serious, anyway.”
Brissett, a junior who transferred from Florida, threw for 2,344 yards, 22 touchdowns and five interceptions while running for 498 yards and three more touchdowns in his second season with the program. The Wolfpack won three of four games to end the regular season and Brissett – a 6-foot-4, 231-pound dual-threat – capped off the season with a four-touchdown effort in a 35-7 win over rival North Carolina.
Brissett knows there is more work to be done moving forward to get better.
“I hold myself to a higher standard and every game, I want to make the right read, the right throw and as much as everybody says you can’t be perfect, why not? That’s always my thought process going into a game.”
For more North Carolina State news, visit TheWolfPacker.com.
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