Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

[UWMandSDSU]

Zach Zenner finished sixth in voting for Walter Payton Award
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/t...aspx?id=783269

[SanDakotaState]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

smh.....

[Jacked_Rabbit]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

BS... To not even get Top 3 and be invited to the ceremony is a slap in the face.

[WestSideRabbit]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

BULL$HIT

[SDSUSmitty]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

What a joke.

[jackrabit1]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

I'm not going to worry too much... he's going to be playing somewhere on Sundays next year. And he has the chance to break the FCS career rushing record this weekend.

[FargoBison]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

What a joke.

Agreed

It seems like the Walter Payton Award has become the best QB award. Zenner should have at least been a finalist.

[slosho]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

Agreed

It seems like the Walter Payton Award has become the best QB award. Zenner should have at least been a finalist.

Remind me again what position did Walter Payton Play? Wrong on several levels.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

Hahahahahahahahahaha

Adams didn't even play in enough games to qualify for NCAA statistics!

[Kemo]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

The more I see who are up for these awards, the more I think they need to start implementing a tempo-based statistic like they do in basketball.

Voters just see these big numbers in the passing game and have no perspective on how it was accomplished. These pass happy, spread offensive teams that have no semblance of a defense participate in significantly more plays throughout a game than a team that is based on ball control and defense. Efficiency should carry just as much weight as numbers. Also, they need to keep track of what type of throws the QB is making, as some QBs get a ton of their yards off glorified hand-offs. And just to head off the idea that I'm contradicting myself, running backs really don't need a tempo-based stat like other positions, because a running back surviving the wear and tear of an excessive workload is an impressive feat in and amongst itself.

This goes for the defensive awards too. Until this year (since Kyle Emmanuel will probably win the award), the Buchanan Award has more often-than-not gone to the best player on a crappy defense because they are out on the field twice as long as the best players on the good defenses, so of course they are going to have better numbers.

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

Two of the finalists play in the Big Sky. We all know how well Zach does against Big Sky teams.

[Theee Catrabbit]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

Well....chalk this up to one more award I won't ever pay attention to.......put it right next to the Oscars and the Heisman......dont worry, I'm sure Weineke wont get the Jerry Rice Award, you know because he's a receiver......

[trueblue]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

More like because he doesn't play in the Big Sky or the CAA

[JimmyJack]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award

Motivation.

[Evolution Prime]

Re: Zach Zenner - 6th in Payton Award