re: Manti Te'O has 1 sack on the year

I never said he deserved gave Heisman. Go back to the SEC rant you goomba

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This is a pretty dumb thread. Te'o plays in a 3-4 defense in which the DL rush the passer and the DC rarely, if ever, calls blitzes. Te'o's job is to roam the short intermediary middle of the field in passing downs.

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You're calling other people dumb when you can't even call the defense scheme the right name, or you just don't know the schemes of a 4-3 and a 3-4.

A 3-4 has 3 down linemen and is far more blitz heavy than the 4-3, which has 4 down linemen. I don't know which defense ND plays, but you either got the 4-3/3-4 mixed up, or don't know defenses.

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As one example, I've seen some people reference the INT against USC - that the USC QB threw the pick right at Te'o. Well, yeah, but that's because his technique and instincts were perfect. He didn't bite on the play action, dropped into the right zone, looked left to find the boundary WR, and then over his field side shoulder to identify Marquise Lee on a crossing route, and then got his back around to make a play on the ball. But yeah, pretty routine stuff.

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That was a great read by Te'o (He is brilliant on the field), but the throw was HORRIBLE. He threw it way in front of ML.

He doesn't blitz much and has 7 interceptions this year.

The great ones do such a good job that no one notices how great they were in their role until they are gone.

Since people are bringing up players who didn't play college ball this year, I'll point out that during his 9 years with the Saints, Sam Mills had a total of 10.5 sacks.

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I've mentioned it twice already, but he won the award for best LINEMAN as a LB with that 1 sack.

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i didn't read all 5 pages, but

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The Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best college football lineman or linebacker.

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from wikipedia

lamarr woodley won in 06

in fact, here are the stats since 2004 for most picks each year for LBs



2011 - Phillip Steward - Houston - 6

2010 - Evan Harris - Miami Ohio - 6

2009 - Sam Maxwell - Kentucky - 6

2008 - Mark Herzlich - Boston College - 6
Joe Pawelek - Baylor - 6

2007 - Craig Robertson - North Texas - 5

2006 - Tony Taylor - Georgia - 7

2005 - Garland Heath - NC State - 5
Clint Ingram - Oklahoma - 5
Caleb Campbell - Army - 5
Daniel Holtzclaw - Eastern Michigan - 5

2004 - Matt Grootegoed - Southern Cal - 5


7 picks for a LB is really good, but its not like other guys haven't been close or right at it recently and its only going to become more common with the way offense has gone pass happy.