Awesome! Bama guys have been snubbed for this award many times. Only have one other win. Lots of ACC guys win it. This is well deserved.He was definitely snubbed, but atleast he won something.
TideIllustrated - Alabama OLB Will Anderson wins Bronko Nagurski Award
Will Anderson Jr. might have been snubbed as a Heisman Trophy finalist, but the Alabama defender is not going homealabama.rivals.com
Out of all the P5 conferences the ACC ranks last with the total number of winners (6th overall behind Independents.) I looked at the numbers a while back and if I recall correctly the top conferences were:
Conference | Winners |
|---|---|
Big Ten | 18 |
SEC | 16 |
Ind | 11 |
Pac-12 | 12 |
Big 12 | 12 |
ACC | 9 |
AAC | 4 |
Ivy | 3 |
Midwestern | 1 |
You calling me out Terry? Maybe you’re not talking about the Nagurski. The years I was living in Charlotte (presented by their touchdown club) Bowers, Kuechly, Te’o, Donald and Chubb won it. That was the 11 years I was in Charlotte. But ACC has 9 of the 28 overall. SEC has 5. B1G has 5, Big 12 has 5, PAC 12 has 3, AAC has one which was last year.
Gotcha. My “Awesome” post was about Anderson winning the Nagurski. We’ve had a lot of guys as finalists in CNS era and now 2 winners. With these tinted shades I have on, I thought a couple more of our guys should have won the thing.
On SEC Now this morning Peter Burns said WA is one of five from the SEC to ever win the award.
That's part of what makes it a weird flex. It's about like spam; you think your clicking one thing and then you're headed somewhere else. Here they think they'll draw attention to how well they've been doing. But, what's the average fan going to think about next? It's Alabama this year winning, it was Alabama last year winning with those three and then they'll think about Tua, and Jalen—still associated with Bama—and where are they now? Looking at another team with greater success.
Always the Bridesmaid, never the Bride is always a weird flex for anything. At the same time, when you are marketing yourself to kids who have never been either of them I guess you run with what you got.
The SEC should have had a lot more. Absolutely. ACC gets preference I guess because of the host touchdown club. Champ Bailey, Glenn Dorsey, Jonathan Allen, Josh Allen, and WA.On SEC Now this morning Peter Burns said WA is one of five from the SEC to ever win the award.
If that's indeed true Bama's had 40% of the winners from the SEC. I'd have thought the SEC would have seen more.
I still take that stance relative to winning a championship versus the Heisman award. Do not get me wrong great to do both but if I have to choose. It for sure helps get more great players in t-town.
