Check out who beat out Manny Diaz as a Broyles Award finalist for DC!!!! A friggin joke!
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Well it should definitely go to Moore. He not only was the OC he also coached 6 games. Manny should have been nominated but again Parker did more with less.
Looks ok to me. All of them offensive guys short of Phil Parker, and when you consider just how bad the Iowa offense does, the pressure on his defense is a lot more than it is on any other team in the country.
Iowa is going to get lit up this week. I think they will hold UM in check OK, but after the 6th time the Iowa offense goes three and out, its going to start to show with his defense.
I saw a stat over the weekend that said Iowa is the first team since 2000 to win more than four games while having an offense that generated less than 250 yards per game. They only beat the number by 6. Parker probably does deserve an award.
Iowa is going to get lit up this week. I think they will hold UM in check OK, but after the 6th time the Iowa offense goes three and out, its going to start to show with his defense.
I saw a stat over the weekend that said Iowa is the first team since 2000 to win more than four games while having an offense that generated less than 250 yards per game. They only beat the number by 6. Parker probably does deserve an award.
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Parker looks great against B1G WEST.....he didn't play Mich....he didn't play OSU....and he gave up 31 to PSU!
None of those guys' hair can hold a candle to Manny's. There is no justice.
Typical bias against Penn State, been going on since ‘69. Iowa is a joke if that clown was so good how did we score 31 on them. The fact that Manny is not in this group is an insult and a slap in the face.
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Diaz should at least have been nominated. Best team defense in average yards against in the NCAA in 12 years is pretty good.
Diaz was nominated (nominations are put in by the HC). The selection committee moved him forward to a semi-finalist. He's as worthy as any AC on the list to be a finalist. Why wasn't he? Who knows? Look at the selection committee. My guess is that their collective attention span is 12 seconds.
I think Diaz, probably has somewhere between a little to a lot more talent to work with than Parker does.
Its all subjective, we should be thankful that the determination of who is the national champ isn't done on some silly vote like these awards are.
Its all subjective, we should be thankful that the determination of who is the national champ isn't done on some silly vote like these awards are.
We're lucky to be playing.
First off, he "coached" 4 games. UM rotated acting head coaches for the 3 game suspension to start the season. Secondly Harbaugh led all of the game prep and planning for 3 of those 4 games. Moore wore a headset for 60 minutes, Harbaugh was the architect behind their 2 biggest wins.
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60 (tie)
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60 (tie)
116 (tie)
That's the total offense ranking of each of Iowa's opponents. On average Iowa played against the 88th best total offense in the country, facing only one opponent with a total offense better than 46th percentile. Scintillating.
BTW PSU's 60th ranked offense completely dominated Iowa.
86
78
60 (tie)
125
68
75
122
121
120
60 (tie)
116 (tie)
That's the total offense ranking of each of Iowa's opponents. On average Iowa played against the 88th best total offense in the country, facing only one opponent with a total offense better than 46th percentile. Scintillating.
BTW PSU's 60th ranked offense completely dominated Iowa.
And we all know that a coach who's been suspended twice in the same season for cheating would never do anything like texting in-game advice from a burner phone to a burner phone somewhere on the sideline, for relay to the acting coach. I mean, a Michigan Man would never ever do such a thing, right?
FWIW:
PSU has beaten 14 Big ten teams in the last two years.
The offense rank of each of those teams:
53 Maryland, 2023. The highest over the 2 years
66 Minnesota 2022
67 Maryland 2022
75 Purdue 2022
82 Illinois 2023
92 MSU 2022
100 Indiana 2022
102 NW 2023
103 Rutgers 2023
104 Indiana 2023
121 Iowa 2023
124 Rutgers 2022
128 NW 2022
129 MSU 2023
That averages out to 96th.
One team was average - barely. Over 1/2 were at or below 100th in the nation. That is almost unimaginable.
FWIW, Umass this year was 93rd - so, in effect, the offenses PSU has beaten over the last 2 years are equivalent to playing UMass (or Rutgers) every week.
Dominating them - as PSU generally did - is wonderful. But should not be taken out of context. The Big Ten (aside from OSU and Michigan, who PSU has not beaten) especially on the offensive side, has been the equal to the MAC conference. No hyperbole.
PSU Offense vs Iowa?
PSU had the ball all day - 97 plays (I haven't checked, but that might be the most plays run by any team all year) and averaged an atrocious 4.1 yards per play (4.1 yards per play over the course of a season would rank an offense 130th, dead last, in the nation... just behind Iowa
).Did the PSU Defense dominate Iowa's O? For sure. Curb-stomped them is more accurate. But the PSU O was well below par, to be kind - even though the Iowa D had to play 6 quarters worth of downs in 60 minutes.
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Parker had a fine season. https://sports.yahoo.com/iowa-phil-parker-named-broyles-210001345.html
But …
Speaking of fine seasons:
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Odd that I couldn’t find Manny Diaz’s name on the list. Must be we were just fortunate to be playing football.
But …
Speaking of fine seasons:
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Iowa can kiss my ***.
This is mother of all troll jobs. Well played.
Just responded to this on X with Manny Diaz says “hold my beer”.
If one wanted to tie results on the field to these "awards" (which are rather idiotic, IMO)
The four lowest scoring defenses in the nation were in the Big Ten. (PSU was in 3rd place among those 4)
All four of those schools - UM, OSU, PSU, Iowa, in that order - gave up around 11-12 points per game. Those were all in a completely different area code from anyone else in the nation - indicative of the utter garbage that masqueraded as Big Ten offenses this year.
If one took a quick look at the four, and tried to "rank" them (and truly, you could put all four into a hat, and each would be essentially equal to the other):
UM gave up the fewest points, and they went 12-0
OSU was second lowest, probably played, marginally, the best schedule, and went 11-1
PSU was third - and had probably the most "splashy" plays (sacks and what not), and went 10-2
Iowa also went 10-2, probably played the weakest (marginally) schedule... but was carrying the biggest burden - since their offense was historically inept.
Which DC did the best job? Pick any one, and it is as good a choice as any other.
Fortunately, whichever one someone thinks was the better of the four is meaningless. Pick your horse. Does it matter?
The four lowest scoring defenses in the nation were in the Big Ten. (PSU was in 3rd place among those 4)
All four of those schools - UM, OSU, PSU, Iowa, in that order - gave up around 11-12 points per game. Those were all in a completely different area code from anyone else in the nation - indicative of the utter garbage that masqueraded as Big Ten offenses this year.
If one took a quick look at the four, and tried to "rank" them (and truly, you could put all four into a hat, and each would be essentially equal to the other):
UM gave up the fewest points, and they went 12-0
OSU was second lowest, probably played, marginally, the best schedule, and went 11-1
PSU was third - and had probably the most "splashy" plays (sacks and what not), and went 10-2
Iowa also went 10-2, probably played the weakest (marginally) schedule... but was carrying the biggest burden - since their offense was historically inept.
Which DC did the best job? Pick any one, and it is as good a choice as any other.
Fortunately, whichever one someone thinks was the better of the four is meaningless. Pick your horse. Does it matter?
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