Price, Verner named to Lott Watch List
The Pacific Club IMPACT* Foundation has announced the 20 quarter-finalists for the annual Lott Trophy and UCLA's Alterraun Verner and Brian Price are among those who have advanced to the next round.
Named after Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, the Lott Trophy is awarded to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. Now in its sixth year, the Lott Trophy is the first college football award to equally recognize athletic performance and the personal character attributes of the player.
Sponsored by The Pacific Club IMPACT* Foundation in Newport Beach, the award is given to the player who exhibits the same characteristics Lott embodied during his distinguished career: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity.
The quarter-finalists (alphabetically):
Sam Acho (DL, Texas)
Pat Angerer (LB, Iowa)
Eric Berry (DB, Tennessee)
Kurt Coleman (DB, Ohio State)
Jerry Hughes (DL, TCU)
Greg Jones (LB, Michigan State)
Trevard Lindley (DB, Kentucky)
Taylor Mays (DB, USC)
Rolando McClain (LB, Alabama)
Gerald McCoy (DL, Oklahoma)
Mike Nixon (LB, Arizona State)
Eric Norwood (DL, South Carolina)
Joe Pawelek (LB, Baylor)
Brian Price (DL, UCLA)
Brandon Spikes (LB, Florida)
Darrell Stuckey (DB, Kansas)
Ndamukong Suh (DL, Nebraska)
Alterraun Verner (DB, UCLA)
Sean Weatherspoon (LB, Missouri)
Kyle Wilson (DB, Boise State)
There are eight defensive backs on the quarter-finalist list; six linebackers and six defensive linemen. The Big 12 has six players on the list, the SEC five, the Pac-10 four, the Big Ten three and one each from the Mountain West and WAC.
The semi-finalists will be announced Nov. 3 and the four finalists Nov. 24. Those four finalists will be flown to Newport Beach, Ca. for the annual black-tie banquet that will be televised by FOX Sports West.
And we're hoping a Bruin gets a trophy named after a TrOJan because...?
I don't know if you've heard but Ronnie Lott was kind of a big deal. No matter what school he went to, it's an honor.
That being said, the award is/should be going to Eric Barry. That guy is just amazing.
BE REAL is a two-faced FLUFFER. Here is some of his work from today's Wolfbag's blog:
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BE REAL said:
Don't you just love how when SC ever does anything wrong the usual SUCLA suspects come on to the SC blog to discuss how SC has no class. Huuuuh? These SUCLA no-counts are lecturing us about class when they never display any themselves.
Is there any wonder we don't respect the SUCLA hypocrites.
RANT ON, losers, Trojans are too busy celebrating another great football year to pay you all much mind.
aka ONLYTHETRUTH
October 20, 2009 7:14 AM
Mother Theresa seems to have "forgotten" that before BE REAL made his post:
Yoda said:
great anger i sense in the Trojans.
many personal foul penalties, they comit.
ruled by the Dark Side their emotions are.
much have they learned from Darth Carroll.
October 19, 2009 8:53 PM
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Charlie Bucket Said:
Charlie Bucket said:
aha! when Griffin got that penalty for strking a muscle man pose, i knew i had seen that somewhere before, and here it is:
http://insidesocal.com/usc/archives/2009/07/morning-buzz-242.html
Q: bigger D-bag, Fata-luga or Griffin and his little person torso? well my money has to be on Fata-luga in any D-bag contest.
October 19, 2009 10:02 PM
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RodneyGuillory said
Yoda is back!!
UCLA certainly needs to focus on its own ship...but its so hard to pass on making fun of the classless trOJies!
October 19, 2009 11:38 PM
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So seriously, until you get control over RodneyGulliory, Charlie Bucket, Yoda, Lloyd Lake, Cheat Forever, cheaththesystem, UB, Silverlakebruin etc. You're sitting in a glass house.
how can D Price win any award for playing two downs then heading to the bench for a few plays?