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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: AUChizad on October 31, 2011, 10:52:14 AM
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http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/10/auburns_mike_dyer_wins_sec_off.html
Auburn's Mike Dyer wins SEC offensive player of the week award
Published: Monday, October 31, 2011, 9:05 AM
Charles Goldberg/Auburn Bureau, The Birmingham News, Press-Register, and The Huntsville Times
AUBURN, Alabama -- One of Auburn's most dependable players was named the SEC offensive player of the week Monday.
Running back Mike Dyer won the honor after rushing for 177 yards and a touchdown in last Saturday's 41-23 win over Ole Miss. The 177 yards is the second highest total in the sophomore's career, falling just short of the 180 Dyer had against the Rebels last season.
Dyer has nine 100-yard games in his career, including four games of more than 150 yards.
Dyer is knocking on the door of his second straight 1,000-yard season. He has 989 yards.
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Meh...he's no Trent Richardson.
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Meh...he's no Trent Richardson.
Trent = Heisman...he shook an Ole Miss defender!
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Meh...he's no Trent Richardson.
Just like Ben Tate is no Mark Ingram.
Incidentally, Dyer's on pace to crack the Top 10 single season rushing yardage at Auburn.
(http://www.thewareaglereader.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dyer.jpg)
Notice Tate is at #5 on that list only behind Bo, Caddy, Brooks and Cribbs. Damn.
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A little perspective on where we are in the SEC regarding the top rushers.
Trent Richardson 149/989 6.6 17 TDs
Michael Dyer 186/989 5.3 9 TDs
Marcus Lattimore 163/818 5.0 10 TDs
Isiah Crowell 146/689 4.7 4 TDs
If you look at the 1-2 punch of Auburn and Bama
Eddie Lacy 58/465 8.0 5 TDs
Onterrio McProne 84/448 5.3 2 TDs
Obviously , Lattimore has been out the last 2 games and probably would be leading but would also have far more carries. Dyer has 37 more carries than Richardson for the same number of yards and far less TD's. I'm not knocking either back here because I think both they're both as good as it gets in this league. But I do think Dyer has to work harder for his given the line he's running behind.
Lacy and McProne are hard to compare with Lacy being the prototype big back, running downhill while OMac goes 147 soaking wet and needs to get on the corners for any consistent success.
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Just like Ben Tate is no Mark Ingram.
Incidentally, Dyer's on pace to crack the Top 10 single season rushing yardage at Auburn.
(http://www.thewareaglereader.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dyer.jpg)
Notice Tate is at #5 on that list only behind Bo, Caddy, Brooks and Cribbs. Damn.
Dyer has a shot at the all time record if he stays all 4 years and goes relatively uninjured.
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Just like Ben Tate is no Mark Ingram.
Incidentally, Dyer's on pace to crack the Top 10 single season rushing yardage at Auburn.
(http://www.thewareaglereader.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dyer.jpg)
Notice Tate is at #5 on that list only behind Bo, Caddy, Brooks and Cribbs. Damn.
That's career yards, and he's on pace to break Bo's record. If he stay's healthy, he'll come close.
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Correct. I misread the accompanying article.
He's on pace to finish 10th all-time, after his true sophomore year.
If he stays all 4 years and stays healthy, he could beat Bo.
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Correct. I misread the accompanying article.
He's on pace to finish 10th all-time, after his true sophomore year.
If he stays all 4 years and stays healthy, he could beat Bo.
He already took 1 record from him last year. You think Bo will go all Gillooly on him if he stays around for his Senior year?
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That's career yards, and he's on pace to break Bo's record. If he stay's healthy, he'll come close.
Deja Vu?
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Deja Vu?
All over again
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All over again
You've said that before haven't you?
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Correct. I misread the accompanying article.
He's on pace to finish 10th all-time, after his true sophomore year.
If he stays all 4 years and stays healthy, he could beat Bo.
I would have a hard time with this...
I will say though...I was wrong. I don't see how he does it...but he does it. I thought he would struggle this year but dude keeps producing. It is pretty crazy. At the end of the game you look up and he has 150+ yards and you go...damn...how the hell did he get those???
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You've said that before haven't you?
http://youtu.be/JoBekMr6-Lg
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I would have a hard time with this...
I will say though...I was wrong. I don't see how he does it...but he does it. I thought he would struggle this year but dude keeps producing. It is pretty crazy. At the end of the game you look up and he has 150+ yards and you go...damn...how the hell did he get those???
Yep...people said last year his production was a by-product of Cam. He already has 4 more carries than last season, yet is only off last season's pace by .7 yards per carry, averaging 5.3 ypc. And has more than doubled his TD production from last year with 9.
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Yep...people said last year his production was a by-product of Cam. He already has 4 more carries than last season, yet is only off last season's pace by .7 yards per carry, averaging 5.3 ypc. And has more than doubled his TD production from last year with 9.
Dude, what the hell is wrong with you?..............
you forgot to say perp.
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one game at a time.
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one game at a time.
I calls 'em likes I sees 'em.
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Why wasn't Trent Richardson given the award this week? Nobody stopped him.
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one game at a time.
lovelly
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Am I the only one that gets frustrated with Dyer's running technique this season? It seems he is Ben Tate circa his junior year. Always looking to bounce one out. Dancing around like a bear.
Now don't get me wrong, I love the end result. It just seems that if he ran with a little more reckless abandon rather than stopping at the line and looking for the hole, he might just get more out of the plays he gets nothing out of. The kid can run, but it seems he ran just a little more deliberate last season.
Then again, he probably has a lot less confidence in this line. With his power, I would like to see a few safeties pay for stepping up.
But hey, I'll take a buck seventy five any day.
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See I got no real complaints with him. McCaleb on the other hand absolutely makes me want to beat and elderly person. If you have not found a crease on the outside before you get to the sidelines it's time to turn it up and get a yard or two.
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See I got no real complaints with him. McCaleb on the other hand absolutely makes me want to beat and elderly person. If you have found a crease on the outside before you get to the sidelines it's time to turn it up and get a yard or two.
Yeah. I don't even want to think about OM. The dude gets to the sideline quicker than anyone I have EVER seen.
Does no one notice how much more determined Mason seems to run. Kid just turns it loose. He reminds me of Dyer last season.
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Yeah. I don't even want to think about OM. The dude gets to the sideline quicker than anyone I have EVER seen.
Does no one notice how much more determined Mason seems to run. Kid just turns it loose. He reminds me of Dyer last season.
He does seem to have a FU attitude when he gets the ball. Actually reminded me of McCaleb his freshman year when everyone was saying he was too small to play.
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He does seem to have a FU attitude when he gets the ball. Actually reminded me of McCaleb his freshman year when everyone was saying he was too small to play.
Before OM got hurt. He was a determined little shit then. And then the coaches told him to avoid the hits by running out of bounds. It stuck, dangit.
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Mason took one handoff and turned it up quick. Had 8-9 yards before he was hit. Where was he on kickoff returns? I thought he was back.
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Yeah. I don't even want to think about OM. The dude gets to the sideline quicker than anyone I have EVER seen.
And yet, somehow manages 5.3 yards per carry, and 10.6 yards per catch, AND bonus, he's available to play because his 170lb body isn't battered and bruised.
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Am I the only one that gets frustrated with Dyer's running technique this season?
But hey, I'll take a buck seventy five any day.
I think for a while he was trying to make something extra happen. Dyer...HE needs to lower his head and get the yards he can.
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I don't see a whole lot of difference other than Dyer having to do more himself this year. As has been said, you can't overemphasize the affect of running behind a senior dominated line and playing in the same backfield as the best player in college football. I was really worried going into this year, that we'd realize Dyer was a product of those things and far less of the back that he showed last year. Not the case. His running style is different but the bottom line is, if they feed him the rock, he finds a way to produce. And although I've never been there, done that...I imagine the more he gets rolling in a game, the more fired up the line gets and the harder they try and block for him.
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And yet, somehow manages 5.3 yards per carry, and 10.6 yards per catch, AND bonus, he's available to play because his 170lb body isn't battered and bruised.
I know. You look up and he has several big plays. The ones that drive me nuts are the ones where he needs one more foot for a first down and he turns sideways. ARGGHH.
I see Mason as a hybrid between the two. He may end up having some huge numbers. He fits this offense well.
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I know. You look up and he has several big plays. The ones that drive me nuts are the ones where he needs one more foot for a first down and he turns sideways. ARGGHH.
I see Mason as a hybrid between the two. He may end up having some huge numbers. He fits this offense well.
With the extra backs coming in next season I was hoping to see Mason used more like Sammie Watkins.
Might be a better option than Dyer or OMac when Frazier takes his turn.
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I think for a while he was trying to make something extra happen. Dyer...HE needs to lower his head and get the yards he can.
Like a perp....
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I think for a while he was trying to make something extra happen. Dyer...HE needs to lower his head and get the yards he can.
When Tate came back his Sr year doing just this, he got just as many big plays, but he also go the extra few yards it took to get the first down. Big plays are great, but if you dance on 3rd and 2 and don't get the first, I sometimes feel like that hurts the team more than the big plays help the team. I know that sounds crazy, but a sustained drive that scores affects a defense a lot more than a big play that does not end in a score.