Big Sky Defense

[Vidav]

As we all know, teams in the Big Sky don't play defense. Somehow despite that, all three finalists for the Buchanan award come from the Big Sky.

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[Mvemjsunpx]

Surprised to see Onwuasor on there despite his interception numbers. Think he'll send a portion of the trophy to Makena Simis?

[YoUDeeMan]

As we all know, teams in the Big Sky don't play defense. Somehow despite that, all three finalists for the Buchanan award come from the Big Sky.

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Yeah, and on a related note, the HBCU teams send a lot of people to the NFL.

Speaking of which...the announcers kept saying SUU had a good defense and that 3 players on that defense would be drafted.

42 points later...

[Vidav]

As we all know, teams in the Big Sky don't play defense. Somehow despite that, all three finalists for the Buchanan award come from the Big Sky.

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Yeah, and on a related note, the HBCU teams send a lot of people to the NFL.

Speaking of which...the announcers kept saying SUU had a good defense and that 3 players on that defense would be drafted.

42 points later...

Deflect much?

[Wildcat Ryan]

And none of them are from the team that had the best defense in the Conference

[89Hen]

As we all know, teams in the Big Sky don't play defense. Somehow despite that, all three finalists for the Buchanan award come from the Big Sky.

Big fish in a little pond tend to get more attention.

[Gil Dobie]

Holmes is a stud, Congrats!

[Brock Landers]

As we all know, teams in the Big Sky don't play defense. Somehow despite that, all three finalists for the Buchanan award come from the Big Sky.

Big fish in a little pond tend to get more attention.

That's actually been my prevailing theory for years

[Grizalltheway]

As we all know, teams in the Big Sky don't play defense. Somehow despite that, all three finalists for the Buchanan award come from the Big Sky.

Big fish in a little pond tend to get more attention.

Is that why Emmanuel won last year and not Wagenmann?

[kalm]

As we all know, teams in the Big Sky don't play defense. Somehow despite that, all three finalists for the Buchanan award come from the Big Sky.

Big fish in a little pond tend to get more attention.

Conferences where offense is actually played tend to pad defensive stats.

[Mvemjsunpx]

And none of them are from the team that had the best defense in the Conference

No. Portland State & Montana each have players on there.

[Wildcat Ryan]

And none of them are from the team that had the best defense in the Conference

No. Portland State & Montana each have players on there.

Weber State was #1 in total defense

[Mvemjsunpx]

No. Portland State & Montana each have players on there.

Weber State was #1 in total defense

Narrowly #1 in total defense ≠ Best defense in the conference.

Weber's defense was much improved, but total D & redzone D were the only stats they led the conference in. Scoring D was 4th., and their takeaway numbers were noticeably behind the 3 playoff teams.

[Brock Landers]

Weber also avoided MSU

[SACCAT]

Weber also avoided MSU

I wish MSU would have avoided more people....Or maybe our Defense would have tried not to avoid people.

[Brock Landers]

For the record, SAC is my favorite MSU poster