More accolades -- woo!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 11, 2007 1:24 PM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Football

Congrats to these guys for excellent individual performances for the team this year:

Eric Berry: Sporting News first-team All-American. College Football News’ National Freshman Defensive Player of the Year. SEC All-Freshman Team. Coaches’ All-SEC second-team.
Daniel Lincoln: Football Writers Association first-team All-American. AT&T ESPN All-American. Sporting News Freshman All-American. SEC All-Freshman Team.
Rico McCoy: College Football News’ Sophomore All-American. Coaches’ All-SEC second-team.
Denarius Moore: SEC All-Freshman Team.
Josh McNeil: College Football News’ Sophomore All-American.
Anthony Parker, Jerod Mayo, Jonathan Hefney: Coaches’ All-SEC first-team.
Britton Colquitt: Coaches’ All-SEC second-team.

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Love to see the underclassmen

That's a lot of freshmen and sophomores getting the hardware. That might be useful for the end of recruiting season, but it is certainly promising for the future either way.

New award for Berry: Most idolized freshman to never be covered by the national news.

Had to chuckle at this line from the linked article for Parker, Mayo, and Hefney:

"Berry, Hefney's freshman safety sidekick, ..."

Somehow, referring to Berry as Hefney's sidekick just seems wrong.

by David Hooper on Dec 11, 2007 4:00 PM EST reply actions

EBMLC?

Ok, now that the season has played through, may I make a motion to change the name of the "Eric Berry Man-Crush Club" to the even more affectionate "Eric Berry Man-Love Club"?!

by Aerobab on Dec 11, 2007 9:24 PM EST up reply actions

Works for me!

by David Hooper on Dec 12, 2007 12:45 AM EST up reply actions

It's been tossed around the Ebays that Hefney's awards this year have been based off of, well, anything except for this year's performance. Admitedly, I've been critical of Hef all season long as one of the most over-rated players in the NCAA. Yeah, he made some gnarly hits on opponents, but for every cranium-jarring, wood-laying hit, he totally whiffed on 3 or 4 others. If he'd only wrap the guys up instead of going for the ESPN highlight reel, he probably could have put up some impressive numbers. Similarly, his pass coverage was (and still is) just plain awful.

While he was no Reggie Nelson this year, I still congratulate him on the award/recognition of the SEC coaches.

by Aerobab on Dec 11, 2007 9:22 PM EST reply actions