Lombardi award semifinalists

[buckeyeboy]

Plus the fact that he still excels on the top rushing defense in the country which has other NFL caliber players, rather than being the sole star on a defense like several other sem-finalists.

Good point. I definitely think A.J. deserves it, but I wonder if some of the voters will be so in love with Dumervil's stats (against C-USA opponents, I might add) that they'll give him the nod instead.

 

[Pheasant]

Good point. I definitely think A.J. deserves it, but I wonder if some of the voters will be so in love with Dumervil's stats (against C-USA opponents, I might add) that they'll give him the nod instead.

Some of the voters will, but not enough. They may as well engrave the trophy now.

 

[OSUBucks22]

AJ was also named a Butkus Award semifinalist today, along with <!--StartFragment -->Chad Greenway - Iowa, Aaron Harris - Texas, Spencer Havner - UCLA, D'Qwell Jackson - Maryland, Tim McGarigle - Northwestern, AJ Nicholson - Florida State, Paul Posluszny - Penn State, DeMeco Ryans - Alabama, and Ernie Sims - Florida State.

 

[scott91575]

AJ may have the Butkis all but wrapped up. Posluszny has more takles, but AJ makes more negative plays and has Carpenter on the other side (I'm surprised he doesn't make the list). I'd be shocked if AJ doesn't get the Butkis if he keeps playing this way.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

The voters will remember AJ Hawk's game against Texas, but I think they will also remember Dumervil's 6-sack performance against Louisville's main rival Kentucky.

Kiwanuka may suffer some in the eyes of the writers due to missed games. As I recall, he was the DE taken out by the cheapshot from the UVA lineman. He missed the rest of that game and did not play last week against WFU. BC doesn't have a game until 10/27 against Va Tech, so hopefully, he won't miss anymore time.

 

[stagtennis]

Hawk better win the Butkus if he continues the pace he is on now. I think he should have been top 2 last year. I've always hated post-season awards ever since the Boz beat out Spiels. Anyway, here's to Hawk!

 

[scott91575]

The funny thing is Spiels won the Lombardi and didn't win the Butkus. Make sense of that.

 

[cincibuckeyenut]

Dumervil's numbers are sick. I think he is Hawks biggest competition.

the PS LB is out of the running in comparison to Hawk and the BC DE has missed time and doesn't have great numbers so I think he is out. Any of the O-linemen got a shot?

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Per the ozone....

November 15, 2005 12;10 PM
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Football: Recognition continues to come in for OSU linebacker A. J. Hawk.
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Hawk has been named as one of four finalist for the Lombardi Award. The four selected in a nation-wide vote are Hawk, Louisville's Elvis Dumervil, who leads the nation with 20 sacks, Rod Wright of the University of Texas, and Paul Posluszny of Penn State.
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[Tlangs]

Good point. I definitely think A.J. deserves it, but I wonder if some of the voters will be so in love with Dumervil's stats (against C-USA opponents, I might add) that they'll give him the nod instead.

don't you mean big east opponents.

 

[buckeyeboy]

don't you mean big east opponents.

Good catch. I was thinking about previous years apparently. Although the two conferences are equally pathetic if you ask me.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

If he doesnt win this, it is a crying shame, He should take this, the Butkus, and Lott home to his trophy case at the end of the year.