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Go Iowa Awesome Pick Em FINAL STANDINGS + Bowl Pick Em!
The 2022 faculty soccer season has come and gone, which additionally implies that the 2022 faculty soccer decide’ em SZN has wrapped up for one more yr. So how’d it go? This is the Prime 10 for ultimate standings for the 2022 Go Iowa Superior Decide ‘Em pool.
The total standings can be found right here.
Congratulations to Samilcar, who completed forward of the pack by two wins at 134-101. Nicely executed. To have fun your selecting prowess, we might prefer to hook you up with a present card to our pals at Homefield Attire — shoot me an e-mail at ross-at-goiowaawesome dot com and we’ll get that sorted out.
Congratulations additionally to the remainder of our high three, CoachCrewser and ChiHawkeye, who have been scorching on Samilcar‘s heels and completed simply 2-3 wins again. And is that… little ol’ me checking in at a tie for fourth? Goodness. I am undecided how that occurred, truthfully; usually my picks are a lot, a lot worse. Kudos to the remainder of the Prime 10 as effectively and because of everybody who took half within the Decide ‘Em contest this season.
In fact, whereas the common season is over, faculty soccer is just not but executed for 2022 — it is BOWL SZN! And, sure, we’re internet hosting a bowl decide ’em recreation as effectively, so you may avenge your efficiency within the common season bowl decide ’em — or maybe double-down in your good efficiency! The bowl decide ’em we’ll be doing is ESPN’s Capital One Bowl Mania contest. You’ll be able to entry the group right here.
GROUP: GoIowaAwesomeBowlPickEm
PASSWORD: hawkeyes
Be aware that this contest does NOT use the unfold to make picks — you are solely selecting winners and losers for all 43 bowl video games. Nevertheless, the competition does use confidence factors, so you may must assign a confidence level complete for every recreation. One confidence level means you’ve little or no confidence in your decide. 43 confidence factors means you’ve a LOT of confidence in your decide. So assign the factors accordingly (low numbers on picks you are much less certain about and excessive numbers on picks you are very certain about).
Get your picks in — video games do get underway this Saturday! Let me know if in case you have extra questions.
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“I think for Payton we all have an expectation, you know, when your best player comes back and lead the league in made threes, well, he’s going to make more threes and he’s going to get more rebounds.
“The thing I’ve been impressed with is he was a really good rebounder last year. He’s a special offensive rebounder.
“A lot of shooters just don’t do that. They hang around on the perimeter, and that’s that. Throw me the ball, and I’ll shoot it in the hole for you.
“He does that, but he’s done more off the dribble. He’s done more passing to open people and reading situations, which is what you would expect from a senior.
“Think about him. Freshman year he played a lot. He was on the Big Ten Championship team. Sophomore year, Rookie of the Year in the league. Last year led the league in made threes, was an All-League player.
“Now, I think how do you go from being a second- or third-team All-League player to first-team? Obviously it’s consistency of effort and performance, and he is going to work harder.”
Back in the offseason, the assumption was that Seth McLaughlin would win the starting center job after transferring from Alabama. Not only did he win that job but so far this season, he has played quite well.
This is certainly a welcome sight after the Ohio State Buckeyes struggled with offensive line consistency in 2023 and McLaughlin himself had a down year with the Crimson Tide.
Through the non-conference schedule and two Big Ten Conference games, the pairing has been perfect for both parties. The experienced center has been a strong addition in the trenches and will look to continue to be a dominant force throughout the rest of the season.
Just how dominant has McLaughlin been?
In the win against the Iowa Hawkeyes, McLaughlin actually posted the highest grade of any center in the country during week six according to Pro Football Focus. His 78.6 mark is an excellent grade, yet not surprising considering how solid he has been in the middle.
Highest Graded Center from Week 6:
🔴 Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State: 78.6@OhioStateFB pic.twitter.com/NNZY3D6Vc2
— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 7, 2024
Not only has McLaughlin been solid this season, but the rest of the offensive line has played quite well. Against the Oregon Ducks, McLaughlin, Josh Simmons, Donovan Jackson, Tegra Tshabola and Josh Fryar will all need to be at their best. It seems like they have been at their best to this point, however, this will be the toughest test yet for the whole team.
If this unit can enforce physicality in the run game and give Will Howard time to operate on Saturday, then not only might McLaughlin grade high with PFF once again, but the rest of the unit may fair pretty well.
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