The voting is complete for the CougarStats 2000s all-decade team on the offensive side of the ball. We’ll move on to defense starting next week.
QB: John Beck
RB: Luke Staley, Harvey Unga
TE: Dennis Pitta
WR: Austin Collie, Reno Mahe
OL: Ben Archibald, Travis Bright, Ray Feinga, Scott Jackson, Matt Reynolds
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A week ago, https://blog.cougarstats.com/2012/01/30/the-terrible-tale-of-the-threes/ was posted, using a little mathematical thought exercise about how unlikely BYU’s 4 game shooting slump from three point range was. Times have changed, but BYU’s shooting woes haven’t. Over their last 6 games, BYU has only hit 17 of their last 101 three point attempts. A mere 16.8%.
Let me introduce you to the Grambling State Tigers. Grambling State has a wonderful football legacy; Eddie Robinson had over 400 career wins, placed dozens of players in the NFL and they get a national appearance on NBC every Thanksgiving weekend. However, their basketball program is another story.
Grambling is the worst shooting team in the nation. Period. They are the 2nd worst in the nation in 3 point percentage (26.0%) and are the worst in the nation in two point percentage (37.2%). There are 345 Division 1 basketball teams and they are 344th and 345th in 3 point and 2 point shooting respectively.
HOWEVER, they have not had a 3 point shooting slump anywhere near as bad as BYU’s current slump this season. The worst 6 game total for Grambling was their first 6 games of the season, where they shot 21 of 95 (22.1%) from outside the arc. Their worst is still 5% better than BYU’s worst.
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The voting for Wide Receivers last week wasn’t very close. Austin Collie ran away with it receiving 145 votes. Reno Mahe also made the team with 65 votes. Todd Watkins was the only other WR in the running with 47.
This week is different. We’re voting for the whole offensive line. We have 13 nominees — three with the same last name. If you want to consider positions, great. Or, just vote for the best 5 and if we end up with five centers, we’ll let them take turns snapping the ball.
Your nominees are: Ben Archibald Sete Aulai Travis Bright Ray Feinga Scott Jackson Jake Kuresa Dallas Reynolds Lance Reynolds Matt Reynolds Dustin Rykert Brian Sanders Jason Scukanec and Scott Young.
Remember, VOTE FOR FIVE LINEMEN.
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