We all like to think that there is some fair and balanced way these things are determined, but to reflect back to the 90's, I'm reminded of Jared Allen's senior year at ISU. Big Sky coaches voted Montana State linebacker Kory Ioane as Defensive Player of the Year instead of Allen, who totally owned almost every QB we played against. I don't know if it was because other coaches didn't like Larry Lewis, or what, but they passed over Jared, who just weeks later won the Buck Buchanan Award as the best defensive player in the entire nation. In my mind it was embarrassing to the Big Sky that they ignore the guy who eventually was named as the best in the country! :rofl: At the time (even though I wasn't announcing football then), I wrote an email to every other coach in the conference (except coach Kramer, who was the head coach at Montana State at the time) and pointed out how silly they looked. I actually had a couple of coaches respond positively to my email. In the long run...I think it became obvious that Jared proved his talent and worth, without the Big Sky honor.