No, it was the right choice. Paul is in a system that helps his succcess.

Dec 1, 2015
9:23:18pm

Cougarrrs Walk-on

The duck defense is almost non-existent, so Buckner is doing a lot more individual work to get his stats that high.

We'll never know for sure, but I'd imagine buckner would have even better stats than paul if he played for Utah.

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Did Gionni Paul get robbed?

Medute

12/1/15 8:47pm

No one cares

PING Man

12/1/15 8:49pm

Who is this Yanni Paul?

vegas guey

12/1/15 9:00pm

Ru Paul's brother

Cosmo Kramer

12/2/15 8:37am

The award is for best player, so no.

shimmy

12/1/15 8:49pm

Based on what? Stats, value to team, or future draft potential?

Medute

12/1/15 8:54pm

How do you compare stats between players at different positions? It is an

shimmy

12/1/15 8:57pm

Should you take into account the team's defensive performance?

Medute

12/1/15 9:06pm

No, you shouldn't.

southernfriedcougar

12/1/15 9:08pm

I dunno. If one player had a much better year, but his teammated were worse

shimmy

12/1/15 9:09pm

A guy like Jack would make way more sense than Buckner

Medute

12/1/15 9:20pm

You need to get over the tackle thing. A 4-3 MLB should have double or triple

shimmy

12/1/15 9:23pm

Ok, I am over the tackles, how about the 9 turnovers?

Medute

12/1/15 9:25pm

As for sacks. Orchard and Dimick had 18.5 and 10 respectively last year

Medute

12/1/15 9:28pm

Utah played a 3-4 last year? And Orchard was fantastic. I have never seen

shimmy

12/1/15 9:31pm

We can certainly agree on that QB statement

Medute

12/1/15 9:41pm

And by that same argument I hope you don't think Booker wins any awards.

shimmy

12/1/15 9:10pm

Utah was 4th in rushing offense despite facing a stacked box all year

Medute

12/1/15 9:25pm

Above Freeman? Not me.

southernfriedcougar

12/1/15 9:51pm

Great player who had a great season

Medute

12/1/15 9:59pm

And near the bottom in average. Total yards don't tell much of the story.

southernfriedcougar

12/1/15 10:22pm

Defenses can basically focus everything on Utah's running game

Medute

12/1/15 10:32pm

huh, I wonder if offenses would key on Buckner by doubling or triple teaming him

SCcoug

12/1/15 10:43pm

Like I said, great player who had a great season

Medute

12/2/15 5:59am

Plenty of teams have had meh QB play with great RB play.

southernfriedcougar

12/2/15 8:53am

By his teammates... probably yes.

BIG XII Coug

12/1/15 8:49pm

Not bad

Medute

12/1/15 8:53pm

Definitely robbed of a quality education.

mobomanjoe

12/1/15 9:05pm

He has a strong argument, but I wouldn't say he got robbed. Buckner having more sacks and TFL's...

BengalCougar

12/1/15 8:50pm

What about the 9 turnovers vs. 1. That's kind of a big stat, no?

Medute

12/1/15 9:23pm

Again, he has a strong argument, not denying that. I am just saying those stats...

BengalCougar

12/1/15 10:19pm

I wouldn't put it past anyone up on the hill to rob him at any moment

cougarnerd

12/1/15 8:50pm

Gosh dang it, I was one minute late

cougarnerd

12/1/15 9:01pm

I hope that wasn't counted as one of his interceptions.

Countcougula

12/1/15 8:51pm

Yeah, looked like it hit the ground to me too

SpiffCoug

12/1/15 8:52pm

The gif doesn't show it well. In the instant replay with slow mo, it was a catch

Medute

12/1/15 8:52pm

In that case, maybe he just used up all his good karma in getting that call😃

Countcougula

12/1/15 9:41pm

The GIF shows it fine, it looked to me (and TV announcers, IIRC)

cougarmeister

12/1/15 10:50pm

You guys should have started harassing the voting media members sooner.

SCcoug

12/1/15 8:51pm

#BetterCallGill

darkcoug

12/1/15 8:53pm

I thought that was Hatfield

concolor couguar

12/1/15 8:53pm

No. Hatfield just accidently ended up with his award.

byubyu

12/1/15 8:53pm

DeForest Buckner won the award, but Hatfield has it in his possession

darkcoug

12/1/15 8:54pm

If he was hanging around Paris Warren, then yeah, he got robbed.

WDaddy

12/1/15 8:53pm

No worries, Parris has protection.

byubyu

12/1/15 8:57pm

No, he is not even the best linebacker in the state of Utah.

Wingnut

12/1/15 8:54pm

I will admit that he does have a fantastic linebackers coach.

Wingnut

12/1/15 8:55pm

Desmond Howard would have voted for Buckner

BYUheaven

12/1/15 8:54pm

Statistically, he looks like he had a better year

FiveTen-BuckEighty

12/1/15 8:56pm

Agreed. Although he did get the weekly award attention from the conference

Medute

12/1/15 8:59pm

Something else that factors in though, for a DE Buckners stats were huge

FiveTen-BuckEighty

12/1/15 9:02pm

This^^^ stats between lb and DE aren't really comparable

BYUheaven

12/1/15 9:04pm

Buckner is a 3-4 DE - that was a huge year!

FiveTen-BuckEighty

12/1/15 9:09pm

Yet those impressive stats didn't translate to defensive success for the team

Medute

12/1/15 9:09pm

Utah's defense was excellent?

SpiffCoug

12/1/15 9:34pm

You have to look at stats within the conference

Medute

12/1/15 9:40pm

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quackaddict

12/1/15 8:57pm

DeFo will be a 1st round draft pick, so no, paul wasn't "robbed"

quackaddict

12/1/15 8:58pm

He's a great player and looks like he'll make a great pro

Medute

12/1/15 9:01pm

That doesn't really have anything to do with the college award

southernfriedcougar

12/1/15 9:07pm

based on the stats, yes

warp

12/1/15 9:00pm

Probably. Awards are way political so I'd guess yes.

Turnpike Lane

12/1/15 9:02pm

Paul was solid, but I'm not sure.

Downtown

12/1/15 9:02pm

At least he wasn't shot. Did they ever try to catch those guys? Still can't

Rocketman

12/1/15 9:13pm

He is really good. I thought he would have won it.

Mathew

12/1/15 9:13pm

CougarindaOC gave me a thumbs down! This post was totally worth it!

Medute

12/1/15 9:14pm

Thanks for taking the time to post those gifs too

Cougarealist

12/1/15 9:15pm

The extra 1 minute to google "Gionni Paul Gif" was worth it to watch them again

Medute

12/1/15 9:21pm

Is that Paul with the balloons?

Florwood

12/2/15 8:38am

No, it was the right choice. Paul is in a system that helps his succcess.

Cougarrrs

12/1/15 9:23pm

Hard to go wrong either way

dixdog

12/1/15 9:27pm

Has anyone heard from Gunther since this was announced? He has to be crapping

CougsOrDeath

12/1/15 9:28pm

An Oregon dedender winning the award just seems wrong

wapiti

12/1/15 9:29pm

Why? It's an individual performance award, not a team award.

southernfriedcougar

12/1/15 9:58pm

I like Tomasi Laulile's moves over Paul's

CMuehle

12/1/15 9:31pm

Antonio Longino is better than both

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