All-B1G Awards Handed Out...and Gumbo

Tonight, a loud chorus of whining could be heard from Bloomington all the way North into Park Ridge, Illinois as the All-B1G teams were announced...and Hummel, Jackson and Byrd all received some booty...sweet, sweet booty.

Coaches:
Hummel (Sr)
Green (Sr)
Shurna (Sr)
Taylor (Sr)
Sullinger (So)

Media:
Hummel
Green
Shurna
Sullinger
Frazier (Jr)

Awards??

In spite of being back, no IU players were named to either team and their coach wasn't named as the conference's best, Izzo was. But, Zeller (deservedly) received the Frosh of the year award from the coaches. Burke received the same award from the media. Craft was defensive player of the year, and Green was the conference's POY.

Hummel became only the 12th player in the history of the conference to be first team B1G three times.  He also was a Sportsmanship Honoree. His stats tell the story:

-4th in scoring in the league
-4th in rebounding
-4th in FT%
-4th in defensive rebounds
-6th in 3pt made
-6th in blocked shots
(all while not in the top-10 in minutes)


Along with Hummel, Byrd received some props- he was named the 6th man of the year...and LewJack was named to the Honorable Mention team.

Congrats
We didn't give them props, but the Boiler women won the B1G tourney and became B1G Champs.  Good for them.  Around BS, we're not women's basketball fans...but as we always say, if Purdue is doing something, we want it to be done well...The Lady Boilers did just that last weekend. Congrats to Coach Versyp, Brittany Rayburn and co.

They're Rich, B*tch!
While it might be considered a bit of a slap in the face to handsome Drew Brees, it's a lucrative one.  Brees, Avril and Spencer were all given with the franchise tag...which made them all wealthier in one season than J and I combined for our life's earnings (and J is a big deal, for those of you outside of NYC).

Workout wonders

A year after Anthony Spencer was one of the most impressive workout warriors and followed it up by a strong rookie year for Dallas, Purdue prospects were among the most impressive with tight end Dustin Keller, linebacker Stanford Keglar and defensive end Cliff Avril all testing as well as anyone at their respective positions. The 252-pound Avril moved like a linebacker with phenomenal quickness, leading all defensive linemen in the 3-cone drill, while Keglar led all linebackers with 29 reps in the bench press and topping everyone in the broad jump. He also came up with a solid 4.58 40 to go along with a 34-inch vertical, but it was his quickness that jumped off the charts by leading the linebackers in the three-cone drill and blowing everyone out of the water in the 20-yard shuttle.

As impressive as the Boilermaker defenders were, it was Keller who might have helped himself more than anyone in Indy by leading all the tight ends in the 40 (4.55), vertical (38 inches), broad jump (10-11, eight inches further than the No. 2 tight end), the three-cone (4.55) and the 20-yard shuttle (4.14), while he was second in the bench press (26 reps). Though not all that huge at 242 pounds, no one seems to care anymore after his display of athleticism and the way he lifted. Considered no better than the third tight end prospect coming into the weekend, he's now a likely first-rounder and possibly the top tight end.

Courtesy of Fox Sports