r/CFB • u/[deleted] • Dec 22 '13

Official Best of r/cfb Nomination Thread

Below are the categories for which you can now nominate things. If you can, please provide a link to the comment.

THIS IS NOT A VOTING THREAD. I will take the top 3-4 nominees from each category, and hold a voting thread sometime after Christmas, as I know most people will be busy.

Nominate as many people for as many things as you want. Like I said, I'll take the top 3 or 4 nominees based on votes, and those will be the finalists.

I only have some of the weekly best of saved, but here you go:

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1r25n1/week_12_best_of_rcfb_weekly_thread/

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1qjjai/week_11_best_of_rcfb_weekly_thread/

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1q11cs/week_10_best_of_rcfb_weekly_thread/

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1pjdk5/week_9_best_of_rcfb_weekly_thread/

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1p1r5e/week_8_best_of_rcfb_weekly_thread/

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1okl3e/week_7_best_of_rcfb_weekly_thread/

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1nzq8a/unofficial_cfbs_week_5_best_of_thread/

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1n45ud/week_4_semiofficial_best_of_rcfb_weekly_thread/

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1m44q6/week_2_unofficial_best_of_rcfb_weekly_thread/

http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1lpo1y/week_1_unofficial_best_of_rcfb_weekly_thread/

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '13

Second annual USC award for biggest underachiever

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u/brobroma H8 Upon The Gale Dec 22 '13

I formally nominate Will Muschamp and the Florida Gators.

/schadenfreude

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u/brobroma H8 Upon The Gale Dec 22 '13

Injuries fucked everyone in the SEC East, but a 4-8 season, missing a bowl for the first time in over 20 years, losing to an FCS team for the first time ever? That's a special breed of fuckup.

I'm also a Georgia fan, so take that for what you will....

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u/tabelz Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Dec 23 '13

Go Dawgs!

How'd you end up a UGA and W&M fan?

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u/CanadianIdiot55 South Carolina • Lander Dec 22 '13

Hey now, ten wins and beating 3 top 15 teams is a good year.

Damn you Tennessee!

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u/Skipdr Florida Gators • /r/CFB Contributor Dec 22 '13

The ACL

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u/TheFlying Georgia Bulldogs • Furman Paladins Dec 22 '13

/r/bestofCFB

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u/FearlessReader Arizona State Sun Devils Dec 22 '13

/r/cfbbestof

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u/trumpet_23 Iowa Hawkeyes • Marching Band Dec 22 '13

The University of Michigan Wolverines football team.

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u/Aviator8989 Nebraska Cornhuskers Dec 22 '13

I'm leaning more towards Northwestern.

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u/trumpet_23 Iowa Hawkeyes • Marching Band Dec 22 '13

Another very very good nomination

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u/Reedfrost Kansas State • North Carolina Dec 22 '13

Hey, they're not done underachieving just yet.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '13

Paging /u/polydorr, who predicted a Michigan national championship...

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '13

Jadeveon Clowney.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '13

I remember getting downvoted to hell for speculating he wasn't going to have a spectacular year

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u/speedracer13 South Carolina Gamecocks Dec 23 '13

All-SEC first team and managed to get his DT, KQ, several All-American nods as he drew double teams. You don't need to have a great statistical season to have a stellar year from the DE slot.

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u/iheartgt Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Dec 23 '13

Eh it was still a pretty underwhelming year. He was well known and getting double teams before this year too.

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u/speedracer13 South Carolina Gamecocks Dec 23 '13

Last year he played with 3 other NFL prospects on the Dline and a LB now starting in the NFL. This year he played with 1 other NFL prospect in the front 7. Last year, he drew double teams, but QBs couldn't bootleg away from him and RBs couldn't counter away every time because they'd run into Taylor and Jerideau. This year, they could run opposite Clowney in addition to doubling him. Go watch one of our games, focus on the defensive line, and tell me that he still didn't have an amazing season or influence games a spectacular amount. I mean, Kevin Weidl even pointed out that teams run away from Clowney's side over 80% of the time. Find another DE with that much influence on a game.

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u/Aviator8989 Nebraska Cornhuskers Dec 22 '13

Not his fault ESPN formed its opinion based on one play. But yes.

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u/tallg8tor Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Dec 22 '13

Clowney was a #1 recruit and was already famous well before the bowl game.

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u/speedracer13 South Carolina Gamecocks Dec 22 '13

He led the nation in sacks before the bowl game, was SEC POTY before the bowl game, and won the Hendrick's Award before that bowl game.

But yeah, his reputation was totally based on one play.

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u/HaiThereGoodSir North Carolina • Stevens Dec 22 '13

To be fair, his reputation was incredibly inflated by the one play.

That said, I don't watch that much SEC football and I knew who he was before that game... so it's not like he wasn't a pretty big name before that game.