We Don't Know What A Silver Football Is, But Shonn Greene Will Gladly Take It, Thank You

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 5, 2008 9:00 AM CST in Iowa Hawkeyes Football

The Greene Party continues unabated today as the Chicago Tribune handed out its annual Silver Football award (good thing it's not a blue ball AMIRITEGUYZLOLLLL), awarded to the top Big Ten player since... I dunno, but it's been a good long while. The award is determined by votes from Big Ten coaches (and no, you can't vote for your own guy, otherwise every year there'd be one vote for JOHN HUFNAGEL THE MAGICAL ANGLO*). This year's winner, with 7 of 10 possible votes, was one Shonn Greene, the baddest man in black and gold since Wade Lookingbill.

VOTE GREENE PARTY 08

Greene is the tenth Hawkeye to win the award, joining only Ohio State and Michigan as teams with as many awards (UM and aUOS have 15 apiece). As for past Hawkeye winners, Greene-Man joins such immortal Hawkeyes as Bill Glasgow and Joe Laws, plus a couple of other players you might have heard of (big ups to Grimey).

Next up is the Doak, which Shonn should win with ease, and then there's the issue of the Heisman. Nobody's disputing that Harrell, McCoy, Bradford, and Tebow should all go. But if they're going to invite a fifth, why would it be Mike Crabtree? Sure, that game-winning catch against Texas was all kinds of awesome, but his numbers aren't as good as last year; frankly, he wasn't even the most productive WR in his conference.

Ah, but we're getting ahead of ourselves. Congratulations to Shonn Greene and the Hawkeyes, and may they deliver a grand ass-kicking to whomever the SEC puts in front of them on January 1.

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You are really pushing this Wade Lookingbill guy, aren’t you?

by Duez I say on Dec 5, 2008 11:06 AM CST reply actions

Michael Crabtree is good

Definitely good enough to be 6th in the Heisman voting.

You can’t overlook the fact that he has another Heisman candidate throwing to him. Look at some of the other Tech receivers:

Crabtree: 93 rec 1135 yds
Lewis: 71 rec 869 yds
Morris: 64 rec 682 yds
Swindall: 42 rec 528 yds

They have 7 receivers with 30+ catches and 6 with 400+ yards.

Unfortunately Crabtree has a few important thngs going for him:
*Tons of national exposure,
*That catch against Texas that gets played on ESPN every time someone says Red Raiders
*the fact that he was in the Heisman discussion last year so voters know him well.

Shonn Greene is the right choice, but that might not be enough to get him there.

Holy shit………..now I know how Northwestern fans feel. What happens on the field doesn’t always dictate how a team/player is rewarded.

Fuck you, karma.

Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon....

by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Dec 5, 2008 12:13 PM CST reply actions

If memory serves

and it usually doesn’t, when the trib announces the Silver Football they usually have a full page spread on the player. This is just a handful of column inches. Sort of pisses me off, like they couldn’t throw together some pictures and a game by game summary or something.

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 5, 2008 12:19 PM CST reply actions

"Memo from Gary Barta"

Attention all Hawkeye fans,
To save costs this year, we are going to have our impeccable marketing department make a webpage completely devoted to Shonn Greene instead of outsourcing a professional company to make a highlight video of him.

That is all,
Gary Barta

by Duez I say on Dec 5, 2008 12:54 PM CST up reply actions

Memo to Barta

Thanksgiving’s over. You can change that banner anytime you wish…

by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Dec 5, 2008 1:28 PM CST up reply actions

Can't speak for other years

but the year Banks won, it was definitely full page back cover of the sports section. While I think the Trib’s coverage of the Big Ten is horrible and the Hawks in particular is basically non-existent, I think this probably speaks more to the cuts in their sports department, than anything else. In my opinion pretty much all their articles have become similarly devoid of depth, unless its ND.

by three and out the kok story on Dec 5, 2008 3:21 PM CST up reply actions