Latest Procrastination: All-Big Ten Team "Analysis"
by BoilerHawk on Nov 28, 2011 8:40 PM CST
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PrintEarlier tonight, the All-Big Ten teams were announced. Naturally, I decided to give them a look before studying for tomorrow's exam. Here they are, via the ESPN Blog. In addition to the Media and Coaches' ballots, I added the awards and honorable mentions. Here's the breakdown (sorry for sending you to the tweet, I could not figure out the photo drop).
As you can see, I weighted it 2 points for Media first team, 1.5 for Coaches' first team, half for each second team, 4 for each award, and .1 for honorable mentions. My thought with weighting the Coaches' less stems from the fact that they are much more likely to go on name recognition than the Media (see: Prater, Shaun).
I find that the rundown is pretty self-explanatory, but a couple interesting, non-Iowa, things to point out:
-The gap between the second and third weighted scores is pretty surprising. I think the 10 point difference between the 3rd team (MSU) and the 8th team (Michigan) speaks to the parity that existed in the Big Ten this year.
-Nebraska has a really good Punter/Kicker. He combined for 15 of their 36.55 points. Being Iowa fans, we can all agree that punting is winning, but the weights allocated to his doubling up really sway the differences in these standings.
-Michigan went 10-2 and came in at 8th. Maybe this speaks to their coaching staff. Shoelace was only able to get 1.1 points, so that has to go for something.
On to Iowa:
-Individual accolades, once again, do not transfer to team success. Reiff and McNutt were 1st teamers on both ballots and a handful of other guys made the second teams yet Iowa finished in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten.
-As mentioned above, Shaun Prater was this year's most notable name-recognition vote from the Hawkeyes. He made the first team on the Coaches' ballot but could only grab an honorable mention from the Media.
Obviously, this is not a perfect way to judge a team. I just thought it was an interesting, quantifiable, way to judge a team...outside of wins and losses, of course.
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Personally i expect both Reiff and McNutt to be 1st round draft picks
further showing that our 2010 team should have won the fucking national championship
seriously, how did we not get to a BCS bowl
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Nov 29, 2011 12:10 PM CST reply actions
I doubt that McNutt will be a first round pick
just look at the quality of receivers coming out this year.
There is no way that Paki rushes for nine yards. -KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou.
Toon has been called a first round pick
and i think McNutt is better than Toon. I honestly wouldnt be surprised if Green Bay picked him up.
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by justsomehawkeyefan on Nov 29, 2011 7:47 PM CST up reply actions
Green Bay has literally 11 WRs on the active roster. They're not drafting one in R1
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by therealCatnuts on Nov 30, 2011 1:09 PM CST up reply actions
Toon has the benefit of good genes
That immediately boosts draft stock. He still won’t be R1 material. Neither will McNutt.
It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, it's that I just don't care
Reiff Yes McNutt No
In college you can get away with not being the fastest guy out there, size matters as does just being able to run solid routes. That pretty much ends at the NFL. Break away speed is pretty clutch, McNutt has it yes, but there are guys who will go ahead of him because of their comparable catching/size/play-making ability, and faster 40s. McNutt will be a third round pick.
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by David Starbuck Petersen on Dec 1, 2011 10:55 PM CST up reply actions
Completely Agree
although I think Reiff will be late first, early second. He literally cost himself a cool million with his play this year. He would pancake a guy one play, then miss a block the next. That Minnesota game was especially bad.
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