Network honors O'Brien, players

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Bill O'Brien was a unanimous choice by Big Ten Network analysts as the conference's coach of the year.

The Big Ten Network honored several Nittany Lions as well as Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien with their annual awards on Monday.

O'Brien was named the conference's coach of the year by BTN.com after guiding Penn State to eight wins in its last 10 games and an 8-4 record overall.

Defensive end Deion Barnes, who led the team with six sacks this season, was named the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year by the network.

Wide receiver Allen Robinson, center Matt Stankiewitch, defensive tackle Jordan Hill and linebacker Michael Mauti earned spots on the BTN's All-Big Ten teams, selected by analysts Tom Dienhart and Brent Yarina.

The all-Big Ten teams, as chosen by conference coaches and media, will be announced at 7 p.m. Monday.

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Penn State coach Bill O'Brien and defensive end Deion Barnes were among those honored by Big Ten Network analysts Monday.
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Good for Stank, he didn't receive much recognition at all this year. Will be missed next year - centers are key pieces of the OL.
Will be interested to see who they put at TE. Have to imagine Kyle Carter could be argued as the best TE in the conference.
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psubills62 said...
Good for Stank, he didn't receive much recognition at all this year. Will be missed next year - centers are key pieces of the OL.
Will be interested to see who they put at TE. Have to imagine Kyle Carter could be argued as the best TE in the conference.

Brent had Ted Bolser (Indiana) and Tom had Jacob Pederson (Wisconsin).
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Also Brent selected Ryan Shazier as DPOY and Tom selected John Simon as DPOY, both players (not analysts) are obviously Ohio State defenders.
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psubills62 said...
Good for Stank, he didn't receive much recognition at all this year. Will be missed next year - centers are key pieces of the OL.
Will be interested to see who they put at TE. Have to imagine Kyle Carter could be argued as the best TE in the conference.

agree on carter. not many better...
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MTayl72 said...
Brent had Ted Bolser (Indiana) and Tom had Jacob Pederson (Wisconsin).

With good reason. I recall those two wreaking havoc on our defense the past two weeks!
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7 months ago

i hope hodges gets recognized too.. he could be the first lion off the board in this year's draft.
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BaltLions24 said...
i hope hodges gets recognized too.. he could be the first lion off the board in this year's draft.

Don't underestimate Matty Lite!
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7 months ago

McGloin led the BIG in passing and he isn't on that list? Hmm...
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btaylor043 said...
McGloin led the BIG in passing and he isn't on that list? Hmm...

Braxton Miller is a Heisman candidate and Martinez was the comeback kid.
McGloin will get HM, which is what he deserves and something we should all be ecstatic about.
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BaltLions24 said...
i hope hodges gets recognized too.. he could be the first lion off the board in this year's draft.

He definitely will be now that Mauti got hurt.
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hodges not on the list is bothersome. carter is getting punished because he is young and didnt finish the year
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white_out said...
hodges not on the list is bothersome. carter is getting punished because he is young and didnt finish the year

To be fair this is just first team that each guy chose. And when you miss games it hurts your AC chances. Carter and Hodges still have a great chance to end up on the second team tonight.
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