2nd annual Aggie Football Awards: Grammys Style
By Gabe Bock
January 27, 2014
2013 Aggie Football Awards
It's the 2nd Annual Texas A&M Football Awards … Grammys style. We give out 12 awards plus a bonus acknowledgement this morning … taking a fun and unique look back on the Aggies' 94 season that was in 2013 … year two in the SEC and the second season under Kevin Sumlin.Watch as Olin Buchanan and Gabe Bock vote on the awards. At the end of the video, Billy Liucci and Kayce Smith come in studio to break a few ties.
Rule: Winner named with two votes.
1) Album of the Year (top game)
- Nominees: Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Duke, Alabama, Auburn
- Winner: Duke
2) Song/Single of the Year (top play)
- Nominees: Manziel "Spider Dance" pass against Duke, Manziel to Evans for 95 yards against Alabama, Manziel Prayer/Pagan/Pope against Alabama, Manziel double-pirouette pass on third-and-long to Derel Walker against MSU
- Winner: Manziel "Spider Dance" pass against Duke
3) Top duet (1-2 punch)
- Nominees: Manziel/Evans, Lambo/Kaser
- Winner: Manziel/Evans
4) Group of the Year (top position with multiple players)
- Nominees: RB, WR, OL, DL
- Winner: WR
5) Top Solo Performance
- Nominees: Manziel vs. Alabama (464 passing yards, 5 TDs; 98 rushing yards), Evans vs. Alabama (7 catches, 279 yards, 1 TD), Manziel vs. Duke (382 passing yards, 4 TDS; 73 rushing yards, 1 TD), Manziel vs. Auburn (454 passing yards, 4 TDs; 48 rushing yards, 1 TD), Evans vs. Auburn (11 catches, 287 yards, 4 TDs)
- Winner: Manziel vs. Duke
6) Producer of the Year (top position coach)
- Nominees: Spavital (QB), Beaty (WR), Price (DL), Banks (ST)
- Winner: Banks
7) Best New Artist (top first-year player)
- Nominees: Tra Carson, Travis Labhart, Isaiah Golden, Darian Claiborne Drew Kaser
- Winner: Travis Labhart8) Best Comeback Artist (top comeback player)
- Nominees: Travis Labhart, Nate Askew, Drew Kaser
- Winner: Drew Kaser
9) Lifetime Achievement Award (best career … awarded to an outgoing player)
- Nominees: Johnny Manziel, Mike Evans, Jake Matthews
- Winner: Johnny Manziel
10) Senior Class Award (best senior year)
- Nominees: Ben Malena, Derel Walker, Travis Labhart, Jake Matthews, Steven Jenkins, Toney Hurd
- Winner: Jake Matthews
11) Spencer Nealy Award for Top Vocal Performance (best emotional leader)
- Nominees: Johnny Manziel, Ben Malena, Jake Matthews, Toney Hurd
- Winner: Johnny Manziel
12) Johnny Manziel Artist of the Year (top player)
- Nominees: Johnny Manziel, Mike Evans, Jake Matthews
- Winner: Johnny Manziel
BONUS: R.C. Slocum Director Award (Coach Sumlin acknowledgement)
- Acknowledging Kevin Sumlin for his work in leading this program in 2013...not the best of seasons at 9-4, but another 9-win year in the SEC...handled the Manziel saga about as well as you could possibly imagine...recruiting off the charts and program still on skyward trajectory
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6:43a, 1/28/14
The best new artist was Travis Labhart. I just changed the error to the text.