I don't have the full list of who won all the awards at last night's football dinner.
In fact, I only know one winner: Travis Reim, who took home the Ken Germann Freshmanm Award/Rookie of the the Year.
Reim is an interesting, if not clear cut choice. He played extremely well for a freshman corner, starting six games and grabbing two INT's on the year, (both were key picks, incidentally).
I thought WR Chris Connors could make an excellent case for the same award. He started five games, was the teams second most productive receiver, and had three spectacular TD catches.
My GUESS is that the Sid Luckman MVP award went to either Marcorus Garrett, Tim Waller or Zach Olinger. If I had a vote, I'd give it to Garrett with Waller as a very close second.
Garrett Featured
Speaking of Garrett, he's featured in this mini-interview on his thoughts about Black History Month.
Garrett really did have a bang up 2012 and one can only hope he'll do even better in 2013 if we get the promised improvement on the offensive line. It's such a shame that he was injured for so much of 2011 that we really didn't get to see enough of his talents that year.
Marcorus had the longest run from scrimmage in the Ivies this past season with that 86 yard TD run that fully turned the tide in the 34-17 win over Cornell.
He finished the season with an incredible 4.6 yards per carry and was a dominant factor in the wins over Marist and Cornell and the near wins over Penn and Fordham.
As excited as we all are about the emerging Columbia passing attack and the arrival of super-talented QB Brett Nottingham from Stanford, it still seems fair to say much of the Lions' fortunes this fall rest on the shoulders of Marcorus Garrett.
Campbell Center Ready
The Columbia football program is finally getting the administrative space its wanted for decades. And it's happening this holiday weekend.
Coach Mangurian tweeted yesterday that the move to the Campbell Center at the Baker Complex is happening tomorrow.
For years, the football coaches and staff were crammed into the first floor of John Jay Hall. Then, they moved to the still small space of Dodge Hall just above the basketball court.
Now, they're in the right place and have the right amount of space.
Let's hope this translates into more wins very soon.
2 comments:
Jake:
Any hope of you going to the facility and describing/photographing the interior?
I'm curious about how the move will affect the relationship between the coaches and players on a practical level. Being on-campus means coaches can reach out to players (and vice versa) during non-practice times of the day. Will working at the remove of Baker Field have a significant adverse effect on team communications, or is this a nonissue?
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