Will Stein is the quarterback for a state championship team and plays in one of the highest-profile programs in this part of the country. He's already a known commodity on the recruiting circuit. Whether or not he wins one more award isn't going to matter to college coaching staffs whose job is to bring the best talent available to their schools.

 

Perhaps I chose a bad example! :thumb:

 

Let's wait and see who gets the nod. My point will be moot if the award goes to an athlete from a high profile school.

Perhaps I chose a bad example! :thumb:

 

Let's wait and see who gets the nod. My point will be moot if the award goes to an athlete from a high profile school.

Your point is moot, regardless of who wins the award.

I know and I should not get so down on the AP guys. They do a great job day in and day out. I just wish they would care more about these awards that the kids so charish.

 

The reporters at the papers which are members of the AP ... yeah, they do.

 

But there's one desk guy at AP Louisville who has completely bolluxed up the works, and I don't know if he thinks about high school sports one way or the other.

I think that if you are selected as THE best footballer in the state of Kentucky, Ohio or Alaska for that matter... your stock just went up tenfold in the D-1 recruiting process. I would think it to be a positive for the college to boast they just recruited MR Kentucky Football. It certainly could do no harm to the awardee towards his recruiting process.

 

Nobody can say that winning the Mr. Football voting helped Evarts' Scott Russell or Lincoln County's Jeremy Simpson --- both won the award in successive years in the 1990s but neither played D1 football. Same deal for Jeff Duggins of Boyle County (2001 winner).

 

No award is as important as talent and that intangible thing scouts call "upside" and winning this or any award will not change that.

 

Why not make the AP MR FOOTBALL and AP All- State announcement right after the 6A championship game?

 

When I was working in Kentucky, that's how we did it. Voting was done in November. That has changed.

Your point is moot, regardless of who wins the award.

 

It will be moot as we will know the recipient of Mr and Ms. Kentucky Basketball before Mr Football is introduced...

I heard on WPSD in Paducah that they have named Corey Robinson Mr. Football.

I heard on WPSD in Paducah that they have named Corey Robinson Mr. Football.

Can you provide a link, since it was mentioned in another thread, about being BGP Player of the Year....

http://www.wpsdtv.com/content/sports/story.aspx?content_id=21ed5203-5991-4cbe-b1e8-913f55326b75

http://www.wpsdtv.com/content/sports/story.aspx?content_id=21ed5203-5991-4cbe-b1e8-913f55326b75

Thanks....:thumb:

It's about time. Congratulations to Corey Robinson. I remember back in the day (a few years ago) when Mr. Football was actually named before the state championship games! Imagine that!

1. Can any of our posters post a final vote count?

2. Was there in fact a Mr. Football ballot that omitted E.J. Fields, Will Stein and Winston Guy?

1. Can any of our posters post a final vote count?

2. Was there in fact a Mr. Football ballot that omitted E.J. Fields, Will Stein and Winston Guy?

 

Any help here?

1. Can any of our posters post a final vote count?

The only way to know is by contacting every AP outlet and ask them for whom they voted ... I don't think the AP releases the vote count.

The only way to know is by contacting every AP outlet and ask them for whom they voted ... I don't think the AP releases the vote count.

 

How many outlets are there? 15-20?

 

Why would the AP not release the vote count?

 

Any help on #2. "Was there in fact a Mr. Football ballot that omitted E.J. Fields, Will Stein and Winston Guy?"

How many outlets are there? 15-20?

 

Why would the AP not release the vote count?

 

Any help on #2. "Was there in fact a Mr. Football ballot that omitted E.J. Fields, Will Stein and Winston Guy?"

1. That is usually the number of votes in the weekly AP polls.

 

2. They might have at times in the past ... it seems like they haven't for the most part.

 

3. You would have to ask an AP voter that question. If they weren't on the ballot, that means they weren't nominated for it.