LSU O-Line Wins Joe Moore Award

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12/18/2019
By: Terrill J. Weil
Da Boot Sports!


       The 2019 LSU Football team continues to claim top, prestige awards. The Tigers offensive line was awarded the Joe Moore Award today, which goes to the most outstanding offensive line in college football.  Members of the O-line unit consist of Lloyd Cushenberry, Damein Lewis, Adrian Magee, Austin Deculus, and Saahdiq Charles.  Badara Traoae, Dare Rosenthal, and Ed Ingram also filled in solidly.  LSU set several offensive school single game records this season, in points (621), scoring average (47.8), 40 or more points in a game (10), and 50 point games (6), total offense (7,207), and passing yards (5,209).  It all starts with the O-Line unit.  They helped pave the way to a 13-0 season and a trip to the college football playoffs. They protected Joe Burrow all season long and opened massive holes for the backs to run through.  The award is judged on: toughness, effort, teamwork, consistency, technique, & finishing.  The voters consist of FBS offensive line coaches, former players, and media members.  The Joe Moore Award is the only award that recognizes a group or a unit. It is also the largest trophy in college football, standing at a height of almost seven feet and weighing in at over 800 pounds. It will be displayed on the LSU campus until the conclusion of the 2020 college football season. 
      “In an unprecedented recognition of physicality in pass protection, Coach Cregg’s unit separated itself in the eyes of the voters by their effort and strain in the run game, and by how consistently they demonstrated that pass protection is not passive,” said Aaron Taylor, CBS college football analyst and co-founder of the Joe Moore Award. Taylor played guard and tackle at the University of Notre Dame for the Award’s namesake, the legendary offensive line coach Joe Moore.


12-18-19
By: Terrill J. Weil