2011 MAC Football Postseason Awards Cheatsheet

by Matt Sussman on Nov 30, 2011 3:00 PM CST in MAC Football

And that's another MAC football regular season in the Scrolls of Imperial Honor.

Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish is your winner of the Vern Smith, as well as the Offensive POY. Hard to argue each of these. His play has equaled last year and was needed even more so with the loss of Chad Spann.

Here's a bit of a surprise: Drew Nowak of Western Michigan won Defensive Player of the Year. He was tied for first in the conference with 8.5 sacks ... but I have to think Khalil Mack deserved this honor.

Eastern Michigan's Ron English won Coach of the Year. A no-doubt choice, and if there was voting tabulation this ought to have been unanimous, although Frank Solich, Dave Doeren, Steve Addazio and Pete Lembo all had excellent years.

The Special Teams POY is OHIO's accurate kicker Matt Weller. I guess Eric Page can't win 'em all (although he picked up three first-team nods). Although ... for some reason he wins Special Teams POY and is only second-team All-MAC as a placekicker.

Bowling Green running back Anthon Samuel took the Freshman of the Year award. There have been several deserving freshmen this year, most of them running backs. It could've been him or Akron's Jawon Chisholm.

Below the jump is the cheatsheet.

School	First Team (3 pts/selection)	Second Team (2 pts/selection)	Third Team (1 pt/selection)	Total Points
Northern Illinois	QB Chandler Harnish C Scott Wedige OL Trevor Olson PK Mathew Sims	WR Perez Ashford RB Jasmin Hopkins DT Sean Progar DB Jimmie Ward	WR Nathan Palmer	21
Toledo	OL Mike VanDerMeulen WR Eric Page DB Desmond Marrow PR Eric Page KR Eric Page	C Zac Kerin RB Adonis Thomas	DL T.J. Fatinikun	20
Temple	OL Pat Boyle TE Evan Rodriguez RB Bernard Pierce DL Adrian Robinson	OLB Tahir Whitehead P Brandon McManus	OL Wayne Tribue RB Matt Brown DL Morkeith Brown DB Kevin Kroboth	20
OHIO	OL: Joe Flading	OL Eric Herman WR LaVon Brazill PK Matt Weller ILB Noah Keller DL Tremayne Scott DB Travis Carrie	QB Tyler Tettleton OL A.J. Strum DB Donte Harden KR Donte Harden	19
Ball State	OLB Aaron Morris DB Sean Baker	OL Jordan Hansel WR Briggs Orsbon ILB Travis Freeman DL Nate Ollie PR Jamill Smith	P Scott Kovanda	17
Bowling Green	WR Kamar Jorden ILB Dwayne Woods DL Chris Jones P Brian Schmiedebusch	PR BooBoo Gates	C Ben Bojicic	15
Western Michigan	WR Jordan White DL Drew Nowak	QB Alex Carder DB Johnnie Simon	OL: Dann O'Neill WR Chleb Ravenell PK John Potter DL Freddie Bishop	14
Miami	WR Nick Harwell DB Dayonne Nunley	OL Brandon Brooks	OLB Jerrell Wedge ILB Ryan Kennedy DL Austin Brown	11
Kent State	DL Roosevelt Nix	OL Brian Winters OLB C.J. Malauulu DB Josh Pleasant	ILB Luke Batton DB Luke Wollet	11
Buffalo	RB Branden Oliver OLB Khalil Mack	WR Marcus Rivers	PR Terrell Jackson	9
Central Michigan	DB Jahleel Addae	TE David Blackburn	OL Eric Fisher WR Titus Davis WR Cody Wilson	8
Eastern Michigan	None	DL Brad Ohrman	TE Garrett Hoskins OLB Justin Cudworth DB Latarrius Thomas DB Marlon Pollard	6
Akron	ILB Brian Wagner	None	None	3

So NIU earned the most "points" of all, and they had the most wins. Sensible, isn't it?

Let's try another metric I just made up: All-MAC points per team win. A higher number should tend to mean a higher proportionate amount of awards based on team performance. Could be individual success. Maybe a lower score indicates team bias, lack of player recognition or better overall team play.
NIU: 2.33 (21 to 9)
Temple: 2.50 (20 to 8)
Toledo: 2.50 (20 to 8)
OHIO: 2.11 (19 to 9)
Ball State 2.83 (17 to 6)
BGSU: 3.00 (15 to 5)
WMU: 2.00 (14 to 7)
Miami: 2.75 (11 to 4)
Kent State: 2.20 (11 to 5)
Buffalo: 3.00 (9 to 3)
CMU: 2.66 (8 to 3)
EMU: 1.00 (6 to 6)
Akron: 3.00 (3 to 1)