As the only two-time Butkus Award winner.
Paul Posluszny from Penn St. won the the 2005 award and now has the chance to become only the second repeat winner in the history of the award.
He would join Bosworth.
The 2006 finalists are:
-James Laurinaitis, Ohio State, Sophomore
-Patrick Willis, University of Mississippi, Senior
-Paul Posluszny, Penn State, Senior
Oklahoma linebackers have won 4 Butkus awards, the most of any program.
Butkus Award Homepage
They already call themselves LBU so I welcome them doing something done at OU twenty years ago. It could spark a debate as to who really is LBU.
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Posluszny's a finalist on name only. He's had a decent year, but the fact that he's listed as a finalist over Junior Dan Cooper from Penn State is a joke.
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I didn't know James had laurinaitis.
I'd like it if Boz remained the only 2-time winner.
And PSU is Linebacker U like Pokey is Tailback U
Pokey was tailback U for 2 seasons in the 80's.Originally Posted by Octavian
He had a really slow start to the season and has only really been himself for the last 5 games... just sayin
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yeah... Thurman Thomas was a 2-time AA back, Barry Sanders was a 2-time AA, Terry Miller was a 2-time AA back, Gerald Hudson led the nation in rushing in 1990, Ernest Anderson led the nation in rushing in 1982, Bob Fenimore was a 2-time AA, blah blah blah..
we've got 3 Heisman tailbacks Poke.
USC is Tailback U. Pokie had a good run in the 80's and it was a good one gotta admit.
Can you ask Booner to make this a plaque outside the Mecca of College Football
"Texas is no closer to being a strong, physical team than it was before Mack’s proclamation he wanted to out-SEC his Big 12 opponents. OU owned both lines of scrimmage and, well, everything else. Texas remains a finesse team."
ok, I'm no stat nerd but this list is just from a quick browse of Sooner AAs:
12 All-Americans at RB with 4 of them being 2 timers.
5 All-Americans at FB.
3 RB Heisman winners.
it's also interesting to remember those great backs we had in the 70's and 80's were sharing the load w/others in the wishbone.
belch.
it's already been made into a t-shirt and medallion.Can you ask Booner to make this a plaque outside the Mecca of College Football
I don’t know if the block on that last one was due to low trajectory or if the guys up front didn’t hold their ground well enough. I’m not convinced it matters. We have every reason to believe the ball could have gone through the uprights and the refs would have signaled first down Oregon. - D.E.
PSU has had some hella good line backers in the past; arrington, shane conlan, jack ham. always been able to get the rough and tough coal mining kids from PA to do very well.
I don’t know if the block on that last one was due to low trajectory or if the guys up front didn’t hold their ground well enough. I’m not convinced it matters. We have every reason to believe the ball could have gone through the uprights and the refs would have signaled first down Oregon. - D.E.
don't forget Chris Penn. he was gonna go to USC until his gf got knocked up.
Fixed it for ya...
You want to put your RB rosters since 1990 up against ours and see whose stands out?
How about before 1980?
Go for it Pokie...
Let me help you, and this is just off the top of my head:
Clendon Thomas
Tommy McDonald
Billy Vessels
Prentice Gautt
Jim Grisham
Steve Owens
Greg Pruitt
Joe Washington
Kenny King
Elvis Peacock
Horace Ivory
Billy Sims
David Overstreet
Stanley Wilson
Spencer Tillman
Marcus Dupree
Lydell Carr
Anthony Stafford
Patrick Collins
Mike Gaddis
De'Mond Parker
Quentin Griffin
Adrian Peterson
(and if he stays to form)
Allan Patrick
Fact is you can't get much deeper than about the 6 names you have listed that anyone who follows college football nationwide would even remotely recognize. I mean c'mon... Gerald (WHO!?!?) Hudson?
Pfffftt.
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aggies is so stupid.
I don’t know if the block on that last one was due to low trajectory or if the guys up front didn’t hold their ground well enough. I’m not convinced it matters. We have every reason to believe the ball could have gone through the uprights and the refs would have signaled first down Oregon. - D.E.
OU has had great running backs, obviously. I'm not arguing that. All I'm saying is that OSU's running back tradition isn't based solely on the 80's.
A lot of OU's all-americans are based on the fact that they played @ OU and were part of unbelievable teams and great offenses. It's a lot harder to be an all-american @ Oklahoma State than it is @ Oklahoma.
and that list is a joke soonerboy
oh lord.......
I don’t know if the block on that last one was due to low trajectory or if the guys up front didn’t hold their ground well enough. I’m not convinced it matters. We have every reason to believe the ball could have gone through the uprights and the refs would have signaled first down Oregon. - D.E.
how so? sure it's got some homerism but most of those guys had great stats at OU and solid pro careers.
oSu has a good RB tradition but it's not Tailback U. sorry. not even in the Big 12.
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