2 of our top 4 tacklers are safeties

Congratulations to a trio of Tribe soccer players who were named to All-CAA Men's Soccer teams:

Alexander Levengood was named First Team All-CAA (for the third year in a row!)!

Diba Nwegbo was named to the Third Team!

Cole Knapp was also named to the Third Team!

More All-CAA awards, this time in Field Hockey:

Congratulations to Lauren Curran for earning First Team accolades!

Kudos to Tabby Billingham and Aidan Rossman for both earning Second Team All-CAA honors!

A new CAA award: Freshman Swimmer of the Month.

Congratulations to Sophia Heilen for earning CAA Women's Swimming Co-Freshman of the Month!

Congratulations to Darius Wilson for earning recognition as CAA Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week!

Congratulations to three Tribe players who earned accolades at the year-end CAA Volleyball awards:

Anna Porter and Eleanor Stothoff both were named to the All-CAA Second Team!

Ryann Love was named to the All-CAA Rookie Team!

Congratulations to John Pius for earning CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week!!

My guess is that the voters will not agree with me when voting for the all CAA first team since there are flashier QB's, but Darius Wilson should be first team all CAA. He is the Chairman of the Board of our offense and controlled things beautifully all year.

Is there any chance John doesn't win CAA DPOY?

I'd assume he is the clubhouse leader for the Buck Buchanan award as well. Question... Do the national awards include post season, or is it wrapped up during the regular season?

My guess is they give 1st team QB to Udinski. He had gaudy stats on a top team and is a grad student. They tend to favor upperclassmen when there are debates for all conference performers.

Congratulations to Jalen Jones for being one of 25 finalists for the Jerry Rice award (Rookie of the Year in FCS).

Congratulations to Mike London Sr. for being one of 16 finalists for the Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year! London was a nominee while Coach for Howard. He was not a nominee for COY in 2008 when UR won it all.

(11-21-2022 12:20 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Is there any chance John doesn't win CAA DPOY?

I'd assume he is the clubhouse leader for the Buck Buchanan award as well. Question... Do the national awards include post season, or is it wrapped up during the regular season?

My guess is they give 1st team QB to Udinski. He had gaudy stats on a top team and is a grad student. They tend to favor upperclassmen when there are debates for all conference performers.

I <<think>> that the national awards are based on regular season only. Otherwise, NDSU guys would pile up tons of extra stats because of all the extra playoff games they play and the NDSU coach would win COY every year.

I don't think Pius would win the Buck Buchanan award. Besides Pius, there are several really good defensive players just in the CAA (I don't remember their names but I think UNH has one and UR has one, just off the top of my head). When you add in the rest of the country, I'm sure that there are lots of great ones....and those guys have been seen on ESPN channels. That is not to say that Pius is undeserving...just to say that in my opinion he is definitely not the "clubhouse leader".

(11-21-2022 03:28 PM)Zorch Wrote:  I <<think>> that the national awards are based on regular season only. Otherwise, NDSU guys would pile up tons of extra stats because of all the extra playoff games they play and the NDSU coach would win COY every year.

I don't think Pius would win the Buck Buchanan award. Besides Pius, there are several really good defensive players just in the CAA (I don't remember their names but I think UNH has one and UR has one, just off the top of my head). When you add in the rest of the country, I'm sure that there are lots of great ones....and those guys have been seen on ESPN channels. That is not to say that Pius is undeserving...just to say that in my opinion he is definitely not the "clubhouse leader".

Well, I'm absolutely biased, but John's body of work should have him as the leader in the clubhouse in the CAA. 3rd nationally in sacks and 5th in tackles for loss. Obviously, 1st in those stats in the CAA. I might be exaggerating a bit much on the Buchanan, but he's certainly in the discussion.

(11-21-2022 04:47 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(11-21-2022 03:28 PM)Zorch Wrote:  I <<think>> that the national awards are based on regular season only. Otherwise, NDSU guys would pile up tons of extra stats because of all the extra playoff games they play and the NDSU coach would win COY every year.

I don't think Pius would win the Buck Buchanan award. Besides Pius, there are several really good defensive players just in the CAA (I don't remember their names but I think UNH has one and UR has one, just off the top of my head). When you add in the rest of the country, I'm sure that there are lots of great ones....and those guys have been seen on ESPN channels. That is not to say that Pius is undeserving...just to say that in my opinion he is definitely not the "clubhouse leader".

Well, I'm absolutely biased, but John's body of work should have him as the leader in the clubhouse in the CAA. 3rd nationally in sacks and 5th in tackles for loss. Obviously, 1st in those stats in the CAA. I might be exaggerating a bit much on the Buchanan, but he's certainly in the discussion.

Oh yes, I think that Pius wins it in the CAA. My point was that there are other good defenders just in the CAA, so nationwide there are even more. Pius is not first nationwide in any of those top stats. Interesting that Pius wasn’t mentioned in an announcement along with London and Jones. Maybe it was because Pius was already on the Buchanan list and the other two weren’t on their respective list?

Tribe football earns 15 honors In a historic season
1st Team & DPOY - John Pius
2nd Team & DROY - Jalen Jones
1st Team - Bronson Yoder
1st Team - Nate Lynn
1st Team - Colby Sorsdal
1st Team - Charles Grant
1st Team - Ryan Poole
1st Team - Caylin Newton
2nd Team - Carl Fowler
2nd Team - Donavyn Lester
2nd Team - Lachlan Pitts
2nd Team - Isaiah Jones
2nd Team - Ethan Chang

A little surprised that Darius Wilson didn't make any all-CAA teams

15 players on All-CAA teams and we still have at least one player snubbed.

(11-22-2022 04:48 PM)WMInTheBurg Wrote:  15 players on All-CAA teams and we still have at least one player snubbed.

And a coach !!!

Owen Wright made first team.

Wilson has the highest passer rating of any QB in the conference, highest yards per attempts, and the 2nd highest completion percentage, not to mention his running ability. Our offense doesn't require him to throw it ~50 times a game, so he lacks some of the volume stats the other guys put up, but I wouldn't trade Wilson for any of the QBs that made the all CAA teams.

(11-22-2022 05:30 PM)TDenverFan Wrote:  Wilson has the highest passer rating of any QB in the conference, highest yards per attempts, and the 2nd highest completion percentage, not to mention his running ability. Our offense doesn't require him to throw it ~50 times a game, so he lacks some of the volume stats the other guys put up, but I wouldn't trade Wilson for any of the QBs that made the all CAA teams.

+1000

(11-22-2022 04:56 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  

(11-22-2022 04:48 PM)WMInTheBurg Wrote:  15 players on All-CAA teams and we still have at least one player snubbed.

And a coach !!!

Agreed. Santos was good this year but can't see how Mike London is not Coach of the Year.

(11-22-2022 05:12 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  Owen Wright made first team.

Cute.