...again. A Dawg in Exile puts it best in his blog: There's no way Nebraska's Taylor Martinez should beat out Aaron Murray for Rivals.com's First-Team Freshman All-American. But, alas, he did. Despite the wide discrepancy in the stats, Martinez beat him out.
I asked Seth Emerson yesterday about the Martinez/Murray All-Freshman debate, and he published his thoughts in the mailbag. He essentially says that it came down to the success of the teams.
I just think that, in this case, if you are giving an individual award - which they are - then you at least look at the individual's stats to see what he accomplished and not entirely rely on what the team accomplished. Nebraska was successful this season, despite Taylor Martinez's poor play and attitude at times. Georgia was not successful this season, but what success it had was substantially due to Aaron Murray's play. That, combined with his stats, should put him on every First Team All-Freshman Team published.
And for those that claim Taylor Martinez's stats were only down because of injuries... Give me a break. In that case, AJ Green's stats were only down because of a sold jersey. So...give him the First Team All-American Award based on what his stats woulda/coulda been. Injuries are part of the game. If you get hurt, so does your team, your stats and you ability to play. So should your standing with awards.
Rivals.com got it wrong.
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