Phillip Thomas Named Big East Defensive Player Of Week, Ryan Nassib Snubbed
by Sean Keeley on Sep 12, 2011 11:30 AM EDT
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PrintSyracuse Orange safety Phillip Thomas was named Big East Defensive Player of the Week following his performance in SU's 21-14 win over Rhode Island.
Thomas has two interceptions, four solo tackles and one break-up (an actual stat) in the game. His 2nd interception iced the victory for the Orange late in the 4th quarter.
Kudos to Thomas on the award, though as Dan pointed out, Thomas had a better game on paper than he did in actuality. Just goes to show how much stats matter in these awards.
That's what makes it a bummer that Ryan Nassib got the snub for Offensive Player of the Week. To be fair, B.J. Daniels put up some impressive stats of his own (28-34, 359 yards, 1 TD) in three quarters of work. You could also make the case that doing that against Ball State is better than doing it against Rhode Island.
Would have been nice to see Nassib get the nod though, just because he's basically confirmed that he's the real deal for SU at this point.
- Nassib threw for 318 yards (career-high) and 3 touchdowns. It was also the first 300+ yard passing game since 2009.
- Nassib tied the Syracuse school record for completions with 29 on 37 attempts (Marvin Graves, Andrew Robinson).
- Nassib hit the 3,000 career passing yard plateau. He's now eighth on the all-time list with 3,252 yards. He should pass Bill Hurley (3,398) pretty soon. After that, Troy Nunes is waiting in 6th place with 4,578.
- Nassib is now 5th all-time in passing touchdowns (28), also trailing Troy Nunes (32).
At least he got a helmet sticker out of it, so that's nice.
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If anyone on the D deserved a player of the week nod, it would be Marquis Spruill....
Philip Thomas? really? he has had the most disappointing season so far, he has been burned on 3 TDs now, including 2 vs. Maine. Let’s not forget his PI call to extend the drive for Maine at mid-field. So many missed tackles by him as well, he really needs to step up and start playing like the junior he is.
by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Sep 12, 2011 11:38 AM EDT reply actions
Unfortunately
I’m pretty sure that the folks who make these decisions don’t see the whole game and do see 2 INT in the box score for Thomas, ergo defensive player of the week honors.
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-Che Marrone
Are you sure?
he has had the most disappointing season so far, he has been burned on 3 TDs now, including 2 vs. Maine.
That sentence reads as a present tense issue. I didn’t see anything about last season. I just figured he got last year’s close FCS game and this year’s mixed up (opponent-wise).
Take away the Big 2 (McNabb, Graves, McPherson)
and our QB history ain’t much to write home about
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Big 3
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to be fair
most of the other times we were good, ‘hand off to #44’ was a perfectly effective offense, with no need to bother with that new-fangled ‘passing’.
Well
Todd Philcox had a really nice season as a fifth year after Donnie McPherson graduated. 1989 & 1990 were nothing to write home about. I don’t remember much about the 1995 season, and I believe McNabb started in 1996. After that, it’s been bupkis. Prior to those three, I don’t remember all that much. Never saw him play, but I think Todd Norley was supposed to have been pretty decent.
We will not rest until we see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.
-Che Marrone
For what?
Completely whiffing on that Anthony Baskerville TD run?
Let me guess, someone just looked at the box score and saw that he had two INTs. The second one he should have just let hit the ground…it would have give the offense better field position.
Players who play against FCS schools shouldn’t even considered anyway.
I'm just astounded when people complain!
It’s as if we lost the game!
Born in '87, Orange fan since '86
by StealthTurkey on Sep 12, 2011 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Am I complaining about winning a game?
No, I’m complaining about a stupid award awarded for a stupid reason.
If he doesn't make those INTs
We don’t win.
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by StealthTurkey on Sep 12, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Not the second one
I’d bet a lot of money that whoever selected him as DPOW, didn’t see one down of the game and only saw the stats on paper. 2 INTs look impressive on paper while that horrible tackle attempt on Baskerville’s TD run doesn’t even show up on paper.
Ok, so we won a game, and we forced turnovers.
If that’s not up to your standards, I will have to just disagree with you and let it go. If we had lost, I could grasp the concept of having contempt towards our defense. 2-0 is 2-0.
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by StealthTurkey on Sep 12, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I cant agree with you Stealth
2-0 is not 2-0 in the BCS world. And in this one instance that actually makes sense, as the huge difference between a win last week and a win this one would mean. a mere 7 point win which was “hard” earned basically on the back of Ryan Nassib ove a 1-AA team isn’t just a win… It’s a win that spells trouble. Hopefully HCDM can use it to turn some people around. Because if we can almost lose to the Rams we can definitely lose to Butgers, and I don’t want to think about that anymore.
I agree with zibby
He had no business winning that award. I’m happy that we won, but I just hope that this doesnt make Phillip think he’s the man and has been playing great. Cause thats not the case at all. He DEFINITELY needs to step his game up and I just hope that he doesnt take this award as “oh, i dont have to change anything cause i’ve been playing great!”.
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Sep 12, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Have faith in HCDM
You KNOW he will make him watch film of his bad plays.
Born in '87, Orange fan since '86
by StealthTurkey on Sep 12, 2011 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
In Doug We Trust
We will not rest until we see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.
-Che Marrone
Oh I do
I just hope that Phillip listens
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Sep 12, 2011 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
This is my worry too
he seemed pretty amped about his performance on the social medias after the game.
Will you change it from TNIAAM to RNIAACS?
(Ryan Nassib is an amicably competitive starter?)
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by StealthTurkey on Sep 12, 2011 11:44 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
YES!
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Ryan Nassib
quietly climbing the charts. hes going to have some impressive numbers by the time he is done here.
He could leave here
No. 1 in a lot of categories if he keeps this up and Chew/Lemon keep holding on to the ball
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