The highest honor in the NFL.The Houndie is an award formerly known as the Buckeye NFLer of the Week. After 2 years of existence, we searched for a catchier name, so with the help of a well placed typo and the ensuing 11W comments, the current title was created.
What a great weekend to be a Buckeye. The win over Iowa, mixed with unseansonably warm November weather, made gameday festivities much more enjoyable and the day much longer. My mind has finally recovered, but my liver is still day to day.
With the majority of bye weeks completed and some injuries starting to heal, most of the former Buckeyes were on the field Sunday and the race for Houndie heated up.
After winning the Houndie a couple of weeks ago, Ted Ginn was up to his old self again, catching no passes and getting credit for 1 carry and zero yards. He did get a chance to return 5 kicks, but averaged just 18 yards and never got the Dolphins to the 30. His teammate, Brian Hartline was able to snag 1 catch for 17 yards, as Miami held on to beat Tampa Bay, 25-23.
Sticking with the wide receivers, Michael Jenkins caught 4 passes for 15 yards in Atlanta's 28-19 loss to Carolina. Jenkins's role is clearly reduced this year, averaging just 3 catches for 34 yards per game and he has failed to find the end zone. Santonio Holmes had a nice game for the Steelers, snagging 7 for 88 in the Steeler's 18-12 loss to the Bengals. Holmes ranks 9th in receiving yards and has only 1 TD, but 90.7% of his catches have given the Steelers a first down, which is tops in the NFL amongst players with at least 20 catches. If you're wondering, Anthony Gonzalez had surgery recently to clean out some loose particles in his knee and no date on his return is set. The way his replacements are playing, he may have a tough time cracking the lineup anyhow.
Moving over to defense, Ryan Pickett only recorded 1 tackle in the Packer's 17-7 win over the Cowboys, but he helped that D-Line dominate Dallas in the trenches. The Packers held Dallas to 68 yards rushing and 3/12 on 3rd downs. AJ Hawk chipped in with 4 tackles and Bobby Carpenter for the Cowboys had 3 tackles and a sack in the losing effort.
In another game that featured Buckeyes on both teams, James Laurinaitis (4 tackles) and the Rams gave NO a scare, but Will Smith and the Saints defense stepped up when it mattered and held on for a 28-23 win on the road. Smith has a sack in 3 straight and a FF in the last 2, after adding one of each to his 2 tackles Sunday. The winner of last week's award moved up to 8th in the league with 7.5 sacks on the season. Also in that game, Malcolm Jenkins got 2 tackles for the second straight week.
Chris Gamble gave a run at this week's award, recording 8 tackles, all of them solo in leading the Panthers to that big win over Atlanta. The 8 tackles were a season high for Gamble and his has recorded 14 of his 32 tackles in the last 2 weeks.
However, for the second time in 4 weeks, Beanie Wells takes home the Houndie for his career best performance in Arizona's 31-20 win over Seattle. Wells wore down the Seattle defense in the second half, scoring twice (10,15) and gaining 85 yards on 16 carries for the game, after toting it just 5 times for 7 yards in the first.
Beanie now leads all rookie RB's with 3 TD's and is creeping up on Knowshon Moreno for the lead in rushing yards. Moreno benefited from early season carries and has compiled 520 on 132 attempts, while Beanie has 395 yards on 86 attempts, with 157 of those yards coming in the last 2 games.
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Imagine Beanie this week against St. Louis, it could be back to back Houndies!
Beanie vs. Little Animal?...Heresy!
It's a shame that Brian Robiskie has no chance to win The Houndie in the forseeable future.
You're right Ken, that Cleveland team is horrible. I had trouble watching that game.
Unrelated FYI: Josh Shaw, #3 corner in nation and one who formerly listed Ohio State as his #1, is going to be a Florida Gator, per scout.
Fish sticks.
Will he un-commit when Meyer takes over for Charlie Cheeseburger?
So I was reading Forde's chat, one because just wanted to see what the moron had to say, second because I'm really bored at work.
Buckeye Nation (Columbus, OH)
Admit it -- you hate us. You hate our team. You hate our coach. You hate our school. You hate our stadium and our colors. If someone were born in Columbus, you probably hate them to, don't you?
Pat Forde
(2:32 PM)
Buckeye: Yes, yes, yes! It's all true! You've broken me down and made me acknowledge it. I hate Brady Quinn for even being born near Columbus. I hate Columbus, Indiana, for sharing the same name. I hate Christopher Columbus, too.
Man I'd love to punch him in the dick. Mark May and that d-bag from SI.com too (so irrelevant I can't remember his name...)
Corey, I watched through 3 Quarters, then switched off the TV. After a few minutes my morbid curiosity got the better of me; switched back to the game to see if Brownies would get a TD, FG, anything. Nope.
The anguish of a Browns fan living in Buffalo; no where to turn.
I had it on in the background while I was writing a post and I found hilarious that the announcers were over the top ready for filler, because they knew it was going to be so bad.
Also, Quinn looked like he's not the answer or has a long way to go. His last 2 throws were prime examples, deep down field and 15 yards out of bounds.
He's actually moved above Mark May because he doesn't write anything. That and everyone knows that MM hates us.
ha! i was the one who submitted the question on behalf of Buckeye Nation! pat forde is such a freaking douche, i can't stand him!
Nice, and yes it's true, I know he was trying to be sarcastic there but there was only truth in that statement.
Did you steal the Houndie logo from something Cleveland? Cuz that's more Bulldoggie than Houndie. Plus it reminds me of the Browns and thus stigmatizes the award.
We're not at liberty to discuss the origins of Captain Houndie. But your point about the Browns is duly noted.