pott_2
12/16/2007, 02:43 AM
Not every college football award has the prestige of the Heisman, Maxwell, or Lombardi trophies. Onion Sports runs down some of the more notable but less visible:
NFL Contract: Awarded to the top 1 percent of all college players each year, as voted by NFL front-office personnel
Bobby Bowden Award: Awarded each year by, and to, Bobby Bowden
Outstanding Defensive Coordination For A Variety, Music, Or Football Program: Past winners include Bud Yorkin for Jack Benny television specials, Dave Wilson for NBC's Saturday Night, and Ron English for Michigan
Warren Sapp Memorial Trophy: Given every year in the hopes that former University of Miami lineman Warren Sapp will die
The Ray Guy Award: Apparently for punters, of all things
Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg Trophy: Given annually to college football's Jewish player
Don Davey All-American Scholarship Award: NCAA football's top honor for academic excellence, last awarded in 1993
Craftsman Tools Elvis Presley Trophy: Given to the college football player who wins the Memphis Motorsports Park 250 NASCAR Truck Series race
The Tony George Memorial Low Whistle: Given to the quarterback that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, but holy hell, did you see how far that kid threw it?
The Rudy Ruettiger Trophy: Actually more of an ice-cream cone than a trophy, really
http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/lesser_known_college_football
NFL Contract: Awarded to the top 1 percent of all college players each year, as voted by NFL front-office personnel
Bobby Bowden Award: Awarded each year by, and to, Bobby Bowden
Outstanding Defensive Coordination For A Variety, Music, Or Football Program: Past winners include Bud Yorkin for Jack Benny television specials, Dave Wilson for NBC's Saturday Night, and Ron English for Michigan
Warren Sapp Memorial Trophy: Given every year in the hopes that former University of Miami lineman Warren Sapp will die
The Ray Guy Award: Apparently for punters, of all things
Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg Trophy: Given annually to college football's Jewish player
Don Davey All-American Scholarship Award: NCAA football's top honor for academic excellence, last awarded in 1993
Craftsman Tools Elvis Presley Trophy: Given to the college football player who wins the Memphis Motorsports Park 250 NASCAR Truck Series race
The Tony George Memorial Low Whistle: Given to the quarterback that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, but holy hell, did you see how far that kid threw it?
The Rudy Ruettiger Trophy: Actually more of an ice-cream cone than a trophy, really
http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/lesser_known_college_football