Carlson finalist for the Groza..AGAIN

[AlaskanFAN 1,665]

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112017aao.html

DANIEL CARLSON NAMED A FINALIST FOR THE LOU GROZA AWARD

Nov. 20, 2017

By Greg Ostendorf
AuburnTigers.com

AUBURN, Ala. -- Auburn kicker Daniel Carlson was named one of three finalists for the Lou Groza Award on Monday. This will be the third time the senior has been selected as a finalist for the award, which is given annually to the nation's top place-kicker.

This season, Carlson has made 19 of his 25 field-goal attempts, including four from 50 yards or more. He's also a perfect 51 of 51 on PATs, and his current streak of 192 consecutive PATs made is both an Auburn and an SEC record. With 108 points and counting, he's just the ninth Auburn player to ever score 100-plus points in a season.

In last month's Ole Miss game, Carlson made three field goals and five PATs to become the SEC's all-time leading scorer. He currently has 462 career points, which puts him at No. 7 all-time nationally. He also recently set another SEC record with 88 field goals made in his career.

The three finalists will be honored at the 26th annual Lou Groza Awards Banquet on Dec. 4 in Palm Beach County, and then the winner will be announced live on ESPN at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show on Dec. 7.

[tigerfangs 269]

Didn't he lose the first one to a kicker with a better overall career? If that's how they look at it, he gets it. Can't imagine his stats are good enough if not. I still think he is the best college kicker, ever. 

[Linayus 676]

If they consider his whole career, he'll win. If they focus on this season alone he'll lose. And I'd say it'd be because of the two blocked kicks against A&M which just pisses me off since they weren't even his fault but it killed his percentage.

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

2 hours ago, tigerfangs said:

Didn't he lose the first one to a kicker with a better overall career? If that's how they look at it, he gets it. Can't imagine his stats are good enough if not. I still think he is the best college kicker, ever. 

Though Mr. Carlson has scored points by other than kicking, he has long eclipsed the 1st (Mr. Fairbairn, 2015) in total scoring (currently #22). Alas, Mr. Carlson still needs 32 points to pass Mr. Gonzalez (2016, and at #4).

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/leaders/points-player-career.html

As an aside, I'm sure that Mr. Carlson would humbly appreciate any support you could offer in his campaign for the CLASS award (fan-vote deadline = 4 Dec.).

http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/football_2017/

 

WDE

[Linayus 676]

54 minutes ago, AUld fAUx@ said:

As an aside, I'm sure that Mr. Carlson would humbly appreciate any support you could offer in his campaign for the CLASS award (fan-vote deadline = 4 Dec.).

http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/football_2017/

Ugh - that UCF kid has quite a lead on him.

[LKEEL75 2,566]

58 minutes ago, AUld fAUx@ said:

Though Mr. Carlson has scored points by other than kicking, he has long eclipsed the 1st (Mr. Fairbairn, 2015) in total scoring (currently #22). Alas, Mr. Carlson still needs 32 points to pass Mr. Gonzalez (2016, and at #4).

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/leaders/points-player-career.html

As an aside, I'm sure that Mr. Carlson would humbly appreciate any support you could offer in his campaign for the CLASS award (fan-vote deadline = 4 Dec.).

http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/football_2017/

 

WDE

Fan vote is only part of this right?

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

2 minutes ago, lkeel75 said:

Fan vote is only part of this right?

Counts 1/3 of the final selection.

[jAUSon 2,836]

4 hours ago, AUld fAUx@ said:

Counts 1/3 of the final selection.

I voted just now. At the end I was prompted solve a simple arithmetic problem to prove I'm not a robot. This will probably eliminate most votes for JK Scott (uat) ?

Legatron: it's been an honor!

[augolf1716 21,109]

4 hours ago, Linayus said:

Ugh - that UCF kid has quite a lead on him.

That UCF kid has one hand and plays linebacker. Fantastic player

https://deadspin.com/shaquem-griffin-ucfs-one-handed-linebacker-is-the-man-1788411613

[Linayus 676]

46 minutes ago, augolf1716 said:

That UCF kid has one hand and plays linebacker. Fantastic player

https://deadspin.com/shaquem-griffin-ucfs-one-handed-linebacker-is-the-man-1788411613

Totally forgot about him. Yeah, he's had an outstanding season so far!

[augolf1716 21,109]

31 minutes ago, Linayus said:

Totally forgot about him. Yeah, he's had an outstanding season so far!

He's a good kid hard not to root for him

[KolchakAU85 430]

He missed some easy field goals early in the season.  And I remember seeing him BARELY make a few other easy ones.  He's had a very good season overall, but not up to the standards he set for himself in previous years.  I don't see why he's a finalist for the award.

[kd4au 1,145]

Hope third time is the charm for DC. I just voted and he is at only 6.7 % come AUFAMILY we can do better than that, get to voting.

[jAUSon 2,836]

If the thread topic is re-worded, might direct more traffic to the voting. op? mod? admin?

[Linayus 676]

15 hours ago, KolchakAU85 said:

He missed some easy field goals early in the season.  And I remember seeing him BARELY make a few other easy ones.  He's had a very good season overall, but not up to the standards he set for himself in previous years.  I don't see why he's a finalist for the award.

He had a weird thing going early this season but was able to correct it. Since those first few he's been nearly flawless minus the two blocks against A&M.

He's a finalist because of the # of kicks he's made, plus the # of kicks over 50, and his continued PAT record. Probably because of his entire body of work as well, though that's not supposed to be a factor.