Doak Walker…Sampson Not a Finalist

[C-south]

Jeanty is a great player, no disrespect but D Samp would have his stats with that schedule too. Reality.

They don’t factor in the sec superiority complex.

 

[Ritzwatch]

3 really fine, deserving finalists. Sampson would have fit in right alongside any combination of two of the, and whoever got left off would have been “disrespected.”

I am happy with our guy, finalist or not.

 

[LittleVol]

Hampton and Jeanty belong there.

Hampton had 1300 yards last season and 1500
This season? And would have been a take if he transferred last year.

Sampson will be All-SEC. 1st team. That’s amazing

 

[901 Orange]

Maybe, maybe not. There have been a lot of guys with a similar schedule who didn’t put up Jeanty’s numbers, some really good.

True but Sampson arent those dudes and he is doing it against much tougher competition. He might have 30 TD's right now against that schedule

 

[D-Vols]

The missionary?

Reverse cowgirl

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Sampson being snubbed is all you need to know how reliable those awards are.

 

[UT97Vol]

I believe most of you are missing the point here. Dylan nor the staff nor the team are concerned with this. I’m sure Dylan would like the honor but he did not get as many carries as he could have that may have helped him win the award. The game plan with Dylan especially with some depth concerns at RB has been to keep him as fresh as possible while also getting the most out of him.

This phases no one within our program. This has been about winning games and preserving legs for the long game - not awards.

 

[allstar34bd]

As idiotic is is that Sampson is not a Doak Walker finalist, there was a far greater snub today. Travis Hunter was not named a finalist for the Jim Thorpe award. Deion was not pleased. He says Hunter can have his Jim Thorpe award and goes on a tirade about the integrity of the award being lost.

Deion Sanders to return Jim Thorpe Award after college football's 'Most idiotic' snub

Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders issued a passionate statement in defense of his star two-way player Travis Hunter after Hunter was left off the list

www.si.com

lol lol lol lol Sampson means a HELL of a lot more to his team than your hero. You're on the wrong board.. Hunter wants the attention, if he cared about being a finalist he'd be a one way superstar... He's not the best DB or WR. He's a social media star...

- Vols Walk-On has better Defensive stats... against actual competition....



I'd take hunter any day of the week though

 

[sami]

That kid at Boise is on another level

He also is playing against competition that's on ... ahem ... another level. Not saying the kid isn't the real deal, but does anyone seriously believe he's putting up those numbers in the SEC?

 

[newyorkvol]

The way I figure, the only way for Tennessee and Dylan Sampson to show these award committees what a huge mistake they made, is to have Samp win the national championship game MVP.

 

[Visidog]

He also is playing against competition that's on ... ahem ... another level. Not saying the kid isn't the real deal, but does anyone seriously believe he's putting up those numbers in the SEC?

I don’t, but Jeanty did go off for almost 200 yards and 3 TDs against Oregon—at more than 7 yards per rush. And while Sampson has crushed it in the SEC, 10 of his 22 touchdowns came in 4 out of conference games.

Sampson 100% deserves to be listed over the other two guys, but Jeanty earned a win.

 

[temptn]

If you think about it, Sampson has only played half of a season. How many games has he sat out the second half because we were up by an insurmountable number of points?

 

[UT97Vol]

He also is playing against competition that's on ... ahem ... another level. Not saying the kid isn't the real deal, but does anyone seriously believe he's putting up those numbers in the SEC?

Depends which OL he has.

 

[volsfan199]

Absolutely a joke leaving Sampson off.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Hampton and Jeanty belong there.

Hampton had 1300 yards last season and 1500
This season? And would have been a take if he transferred last year.

Sampson will be All-SEC. 1st team. That’s amazing

Hampton and UNC have played the same number of ranked teams that I have this season:

ZERO


and they’re 6-5

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

If you think about it, Sampson has only played half of a season. How many games has he sat out the second half because we were up by an insurmountable number of points?

Only 3 because we have struggled in every SEC game.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

I believe most of you are missing the point here. Dylan nor the staff nor the team are concerned with this. I’m sure Dylan would like the honor but he did not get as many carries as he could have that may have helped him win the award. The game plan with Dylan especially with some depth concerns at RB has been to keep him as fresh as possible while also getting the most out of him.

This phases no one within our program. This has been about winning games and preserving legs for the long game - not awards.

Sampson leads the SEC in carries. 6th in the country. Ahead of the Iowa guy. We haven’t been saving his legs. He’s been a workhorse.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

lol lol lol lol Sampson means a HELL of a lot more to his team than your hero. You're on the wrong board.. Hunter wants the attention, if he cared about being a finalist he'd be a one way superstar... He's not the best DB or WR. He's a social media star...

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I'd take hunter any day of the week though

Well you don’t really judge a corner solely on counting stats

 

[UT97Vol]

Sampson leads the SEC in carries. 6th in the country. Ahead of the Iowa guy. We haven’t been saving his legs. He’s been a workhorse.

He has more than 40 less carries than the guy who is going to win it and more than 50 less touches than the other backs because he’s not used as much in the passing game.

They have definitely done a good job of preserving him even as he led the league because he could have had a lot more touches than he does and that was the point. It wasn’t a comparison even though it’s not what you seem to think.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

He’s having one of the best seasons in recent memory for an SEC running back. They would be all over him if he played for Bama or Georgia. This is indeed shameful. Biased media is biased.

He needs 320 yards to exceed Cody Schrader of Missouri's SEC leading total from last year. With at least 2 games Sampson probably exceeds Schrader. Right now he has the fifth highest rushing total in the last 5 seasons.

 

[Sarms58]

Wow…they picked the three leading rushers. Guess there isn’t much sophistication to their evaluation methodology

 

[VolPack22]

It's hard to say it's solely the result of a weak schedule when he had 25/177, 7.7 ypc vs Oregon

The same Oregon that struggled mightily with Wisconsin? The same Wisconsin that a 3-loss Alabama beat by like 30 something points on the road?

 

[Flipdaddy]

Unbelievable

 

[njvols]

incoming NFL 3rd round pick, game 1 rock star, and all the pundits wondered how they mis-evaluated him...crazy.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Put any of those 3 clowns in the SEC and their numbers would be well behind Sampsons...

Just like every other 4* and 5* RB starting in the SEC this year finished. WELL short of Sampson.

F#@K DOAK WALKER AWARD