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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: ELA on December 11, 2017, 09:03:10 AM

Title: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: ELA on December 11, 2017, 09:03:10 AM
FIRST TEAM
QBJ.T. BarrettOhio State
RBSaquon BarkleyPenn State
RBJonathan TaylorWisconsin
WRD.J. MooreMaryland
WRSimmie CobbsIndiana
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SECOND TEAM
QBTrace McSorleyPenn State
RBJ.K. DobbinsOhio State
RBJustin JacksonNorthwestern
WRStanley MorganNebraska
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Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 11, 2017, 11:34:04 AM
PSU
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: Geolion91 on December 11, 2017, 01:14:48 PM
It might depend of whether you consider blocking as an important skill for a TE.  Gesicki can catch anything within 10 yards of his position, but he can't block anything.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: ELA on December 11, 2017, 01:25:27 PM
Kind of surprised Fant has 3 votes.  Thought he was clear #3.  Big gap from 2 to 3 and then again from 3 to 4.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 11, 2017, 01:27:00 PM
They must've watched his game vs the Buckeyes. 
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 11, 2017, 02:25:18 PM
Kind of surprised Fant has 3 votes.  Thought he was clear #3.  Big gap from 2 to 3 and then again from 3 to 4.
He's getting the Buckeye vote.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: MrNubbz on December 11, 2017, 02:34:56 PM
Went with Gesicki,Fumagalli is right there however
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: FearlessF on December 11, 2017, 02:49:30 PM
Fant is also getting the Husker vote

big game in Lincoln and the kid is from Omaha
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 11, 2017, 03:27:28 PM
Well.. he's not getting any love from UW fans.

He accounted for zero of Iowa's 66 total yards that day.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 11, 2017, 03:58:54 PM
Well there you have it. 

They didn't get him the ball, and only had 66 total yards as a result. 
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: FearlessF on December 11, 2017, 04:50:53 PM
I think he averaged 66 yards per touch vs the Huskers and Buckeyes
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: LittlePig on December 11, 2017, 05:35:25 PM
Noah Fant had 10 TD catches this season.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 11, 2017, 06:38:58 PM
That's pretty good for having 28 catches total.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: Mdot21 on December 11, 2017, 06:40:07 PM
Noah Fant had 10 TD catches this season.
yeah but all 10 of them were against Ohio State so it doesn't count. ;P
I went Gesicki. I'd put Troy from UW at #2.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: iahawk15 on December 11, 2017, 09:17:59 PM
Fumagalli is the better blocker, Fant is the more talented receiver. Fumagalli is my #2, but I don't see a large gap between him and Fant.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 11, 2017, 09:52:14 PM
Fumagalli is the better blocker, Fant is the more talented receiver. Fumagalli is my #2, but I don't see a large gap between him and Fant.
Wow.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: iahawk15 on December 11, 2017, 09:59:32 PM
Wow.
Ditto.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: LittlePig on December 12, 2017, 08:54:45 AM
I think thats what many are missing about Noah Fant.  

He may have had only 28 catches, but he averaged 17 yards per catch for 486 yards and 10 TDS.  The guy had a lot of big explosive plays that led to a lot of scores.
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: bayareabadger on December 12, 2017, 09:59:54 AM
I voted Fumagalli. Maybe it makes me a homer, but here's my case.

He's a bigger part of the offense (targeted 24.7 percent of the time to Gesicki). We have a good indication this isn't because he's been fed the ball short because his catches keep UW ahead of or move the chains 52.2 percent of the time, compared to 47 for Gesicki. That also comes through with the fact Troy is better on yards per target, 7.7 to 7.3, despite the fact Gesicki catches 73.9 percent of balls thrown his way to 64.2 for Troy. I give bonus points for the fact UW's third-down passing was mostly throw to 81, and UW was a very good 3rd down team despite being a middling third-down running team (from the numbers, I get the sense Gesicki was used often as a short ball/screen guy, but that could just be a quirk). Throw in the fact Fum is generally regarded as a better blocker (I think?) and seemed cut and dried on my end.

The Iowa kid is interesting. He blows the other two away in yards per catch and target. He's a really big play guy, granted his catch rate is below 50 percent. Seems like a good deep target. I dunno where you put a big-play guy whose blocking is considered sub-par. It's a weird one to slot. 
Title: Re: CFB51 All-Big Ten Team - Tight End #1
Post by: ELA on December 12, 2017, 04:50:54 PM
This one still tied, otherwise I'll break it momentarily