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Maxwell Football Club Names Croyle, Ryans and Shulaas Semifinalists Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Correct me if I'm wrong but where is UT on this list?
Crimson Tide quarterback Brodie Croyle and linebacker DeMeco Ryans have been named semifinalists for the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards and head coach Mike Shula has been named a semifinalist for the George Munger Award as announced by the Maxwell Football Club Advisory Committee. Croyle, a semifinalist for the 69th Maxwell Award for the Collegiate Player of the Year, is Alabama's career passing touchdown leader (39), and has passed for 1,814 yards and 12 touchdowns for the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide. He has thrown at least one TD pass in 20 of his 24 career starts. Croyle is one of three quarterbacks in school history to pass for more than 5,000 yards. He enters the Mississippi State game with 5,697 career passing yards. Croyle needs 287 yards to be the school's all-time leader to move ahead of Andrew Zow (5,983 yards). Croyle has been named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week once this season and the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week as well. Ryans, a semifinalist for the 11th Chuck Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year, currently leads the team in tackles with 57. He ranks second on the team in tackles for a loss with 9.0 (-45). He's also recorded 3.5 sacks (-31), two pass breakups, two quarterback pressures, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and an interception. A four-year starter at linebacker for the Crimson Tide, Ryans has played in all 46 games in his career. He has recorded 288 tackles, with 29 TFLs, and five sacks. His 288 career tackles currently ranks fifth all-time at Alabama and he is second among active SEC defenders with 288 career stops. He has twice been honored as the SEC's Defensive Player of the Week this season and has also earned the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week award once. Shula, a semifinalist for the 17th George Munger Award for College Coach of the Year, has led Alabama to an 8-0 start this season, its best start since the 1994 campaign. The announcement of the winners of the Maxwell and Bednarik Awards will be made during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show that will be broadcast on ESPN on Thursday December 8, 2005. Three finalists for each award will be in attendance for the ESPN broadcast. The Maxwell Football Club will announce the winner of the 17th George Munger Award via a press release in December. The formal presentation of these awards will be made at the Maxwell Football Club's Awards Dinner, to be held on Friday March 3, 2006 at the Harrah's Entertainment Complex in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Semifinalists for the 69th Maxwell Award Reggie Bush, Univ. of Southern California, RB, JR Brian Calhoun, Univ. of Wisconsin, RB, SR Brodie Croyle, Univ. of Alabama, QB, SR Maurice Drew, UCLA, RB, JR Cody Hodges, Texas Tech University, QB, SR Matt Leinart, Univ. of Southern California, QB, SR Laurence Maroney, Univ. of Minnesota, RB, SR Brady Quinn, Notre Dame, QB, JR D.J. Shockley, Univ. of Georgia, QB, SR Drew Stanton, Michigan State University, QB, JR DeAngelo Williams, Univ. of Memphis, RB, SR Vince Young, Univ. of Texas, QB, JR Semifinalists for the 11th Chuck Bednarik Award Elvis Dumervil, Univ. of Louisville, DE, SR Chad Greenway, Univ. of Iowa, LB, SR Aaron Harris, Univ. of Texas, LB, SR Spencer Havner, UCLA, LB, SR A.J. Hawk, Ohio State University, LB, SR D'Qwell Jackson, Univ. of Maryland, LB, SR Mathias Kiwanuka, Boston College, DE, SR Tim McGarigle, Northwestern, LB, SR A.J. Nicholson, Florida State University, LB, SR Paul Posluszny, Penn State University, LB, JR DeMeco Ryans, Univ. of Alabama, LB, SR Patrick Willis, Univ. of Mississippi, LB, JR Semifinalists for the 17th George Munger Award Barry Alvarez, University of Wisconsin Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech Bobby Bowden, Florida State University Mack Brown, University of Texas Pete Carroll, University of Southern California Larry Coker, University of Miami Karl Dorrell, UCLA Les Miles, Louisiana State University Joe Paterno, Penn State University Mark Richt, University of Georgia Mike Shula, University of Alabama Charlie Weis, Notre Dame

:P WHO CARES DUM --YOUR SORRY TEAM WILL GET BEAT OUT -- YOU CANT EVEN GET THE #3 SPOT CAUSE THEY KNOW YALL ARE OVERRATED-EAT THAT ONE - YALL CANT EVEN PUT A TOUCHDOWN ON TENNESSEE- AND YOU THINK YOU CAN HANG WITH USC AND TEXAS - USC WOULD MOP THE FIELD WITH YOUR BUTT-GET A GRIP AND COME BACK TO THE REAL WORLD

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:P WHO CARES DUM --YOUR SORRY TEAM WILL GET BEAT OUT -- YOU CANT EVEN GET THE #3 SPOT CAUSE THEY KNOW YALL ARE OVERRATED-EAT THAT ONE - YALL CANT EVEN PUT A TOUCHDOWN ON TENNESSEE- AND YOU THINK YOU CAN HANG WITH USC AND TEXAS - USC WOULD MOP THE FIELD WITH YOUR BUTT-GET A GRIP AND COME BACK TO THE REAL WORLD

We won't know if BAMA could hang with Texas or USC, because no one gives the SEC the respect it deserves. LSU won the National Championship outright 2 years ago, and they gave USC a piece of it. Last year, Auburn goes undefeated in what is clearly the toughest conference in the nation and they do not even get a piece of the title. Now, for the third straight year, USC gets to waltz into the championship game with a CAKE schedule, with the only DECENT team they played being Notre Dame, who Tennessee hung with for 3 quarters and would have beaten if not for 2 pics thrown by Ainge. USC plays in a conference so SOFT it rivals the Big East, and they have not earned a dam thing. I wish, just for once, the "National Champion" would actually have to play another decent team to be called such. If Bama wins out, they are National Champions in my book, the same as Auburn was last year.