Looks like Collie missed the cut as a Biletnikoff finalist.......

[cougjunkie]

The finalists are:

Dez Bryant: 66 catches 1222 yards 16 tds
Jeremy Maclin: 79 catches 1052 yards 10 tds
Michael Crabtree: 84 catches 1072 yards 18 tds

Not bad choices at all, but just for comparisons sake:

Austin Collie: 95 catches 1492 yards 15 tds

[cougjunkie]

Also in what I think is an absolute joke, Dennis Pitta is not a finalist for the Mackey.

Chase Coffman: 72 catches 819 yards 7 tds
Jermaine Gresham: 41 catches 648 yards 10 tds
Brandon Pettigrew: 35 catches 383 yards, 0 tds

Dennis Pitta: 78 catches 1025 yards, 6 tds

[il Padrino Ute]

You seem surprised, junkie.

All the finalists for both awards are from BCS conferences. In fact, they all look like they're from the Big 12.

A kid from the MWC doesn't have a chance.

[cougjunkie]

You seem surprised, junkie.

All the finalists for both awards are from BCS conferences. In fact, they all look like they're from the Big 12.

A kid from the MWC doesn't have a chance.

It seems like usually these awards are a bit less biased, I understand Collie not making the cut but Pitta is baffling, I know Gresham is a beast and Coffman is solid, but Pettigrew has 345 yards receiving, Pitta had that in the first 2 games.

[woot]

Those do seem like some pretty poor choices, although all 3 receivers they did pick are hard to argue against. The TE choice should be more clear, though. What's with #3 on that list? Is he just a really good blocker?

[cougjunkie]

By the way Sakoda is a finalist for both kicking awards. The groza and the Ray Guy.

[il Padrino Ute]

It seems like usually these awards are a bit less biased, I understand Collie not making the cut but Pitta is baffling, I know Gresham is a beast and Coffman is solid, but Pettigrew has 345 yards receiving, Pitta had that in the first 2 games.

I agree about Pitta. He's arguably the best TE in the country.
Either him or Chris Joppru from the Utes. I think he had one reception this year. For a TD. This past Saturday.

[SteelBlue]

Didn't the same thing happen to Harline?

[cougjunkie]

Didn't the same thing happen to Harline?

Yep the Mackey Award has never gone to a Non-BCS player.

3 years in a row in the late 90s the Biletnikoff went to Non-BCS players.

Also as I look at all the finalists, Louie Sakoda is the only Non-BCS player that is a finalist.

[Babs]

These awards are always so illogical.

Bradford has better stats than all three of the Maxwell award finalists: Tebow, Harrell, and McCoy. The only QB with better stats is the kid from Tulsa, and he's not a finalist for any of the awards either.

[il Padrino Ute]

These awards are always so illogical.

Bradford has better stats than all three of the Maxwell award finalists: Tebow, Harrell, and McCoy. The only QB with better stats is the kid from Tulsa, and he's not a finalist for any of the awards either.

Agreed. The biggest injustice of post season awards was when Steve McNair didn't win the Heisman. Sure, he played Division I-AA, but he was the best football player in the country that year.

The irony of it all was that his loss in the Div. I-AA playoffs is what voters claimed hurt his chances to win more than anything else.

[SteelBlue]

The irony of it all was that his loss in the Div. I-AA playoffs is what voters claimed hurt his chances to win more than anything else.

Well I blame SI putting him on the cover. Remember the headline? "Hand him the Heisman!" It was over at that point.

[il Padrino Ute]

Well I blame SI putting him on the cover. Remember the headline? "Hand him the Heisman!" It was over at that point.

Ah, yes, the SI curse.

The little guys never get a break (without carrying a gun).

[Babs]

Agreed. The biggest injustice of post season awards was when Steve McNair didn't win the Heisman.

There's also the guy that won the Heisman after leading his team to a two-win season.

[il Padrino Ute]

There's also the guy that won the Heisman after leading his team to a two-win season.

Which one was that? I honestly don't remember.

But I'd guess that he came from a BCS school.