Colt McCoy Selected as 2009 O'Brien Finalist!

by DanielleMoorman on Nov 23, 2009 2:28 PM CST

Colt McCoy has been selected as a Finalist for the 2009 Davey O'Brien Award! McCoy joins Case Keenum of Houston and Tim Tebow of Florida. More information can be found at 2009 Davey O'Brien Finalist.

Fans may continue to show their support and help determine which quarterback will win the coveted O’Brien Award by voting as often as once daily at www.VoteOBrien.org. Fan voting will close at noon (CST) on Dec. 6. The 2009 O’Brien Winner will be announced live on The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show airing Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. (CST) on ESPN and will be honored at the 33rd Annual Davey O’Brien Awards Dinner held at The Fort Worth Club on Feb. 15, 2010 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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And The Maxwell Award as well

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4683108

Its Tebow, Ingram, and Mccoy for the Best Offensive Player of the Year Award.

Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.

by kriess on Nov 23, 2009 2:35 PM CST reply actions

but..

….she’s been advertising only this one website for her entire account, so she only cares about that one. Check her history. If this isn’t spam, I don’t know what is.

by vy til i die on Nov 23, 2009 3:29 PM CST up reply actions

Danielle Moorman is the Exec Director of the O'Brien Foundation

I don’t know if this is actually her, but I’m guessing that’s the reason these posts aren’t deleted.

proud to swim home

by learned hand on Nov 23, 2009 4:13 PM CST up reply actions

is that not spam?

Even if it was her, does that not make it spam? “She” joined just to promote her website, and never added commentary or discussion to anything else. Am I wrong? If I am, I’ll stop.

by vy til i die on Nov 23, 2009 4:37 PM CST up reply actions

There's a marketing aspect to it, but it is one our university does care about

The O’Brien award is something we put in the trophy case and that we promote. They’ve started a fan interaction component which apparently doesn’t gather much interest around these parts, but it isn’t like she’s marketing an article at the bleacher report.

Ostensibly this is a member of the staff of one of college football’s more prestigious awards and fan bases are being made aware of their ability to vote. Would you object if the exec director (or someone of the office of said organization) was updating us on the Heisman or Maxwell awards?

proud to swim home

by learned hand on Nov 23, 2009 6:29 PM CST up reply actions

if it was just us..

…then no. But like I said, she’s just posting to promote her site. If she had given more than a cut and paste message that she’s been giving everyone, I wouldn’t mind. I understand the O’Brien is a prestigious award. I think my main gripe may be attributed to her using up a fanpost instead of just a link to the site in a fanshot.

by vy til i die on Nov 23, 2009 7:00 PM CST up reply actions

I can see that, but there are two problems

A) Changing the message could lead to a charge of bias no matter how innocuous the difference.

B) Our fanshot/fanpost distinction is a little esoteric for non community members. Would it be better for these orgs to recruit someone who knew the difference or work with SBN? Sure, but I get the impression that this the whole fan participation element is highly unrefined.

proud to swim home

by learned hand on Nov 23, 2009 7:07 PM CST up reply actions