2013 football captains announced

clonestar12

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No doubt Woody is a great kid, great interview, and clone to the bone. He deserves it but not in my top 5. IMHO, I would have rather seen Farniok. Especially with the excitement the board has about Klenakis....one of his boys should have made it and Farniok is who he'll lean on. He makes all of the protection calls for OL and other than the QB, touches the ball every play. It would bother and worry me as a fan that the punter and 3rd or 4th RB made captain over an OL that has started every snap. Especially with the role he has and a young QB. No big 12 contender will have the type of captains we have outside of JG, James, and JW.

Farniok is not much of a leader at this point. Hopefully he grows into that role.
 

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No doubt Woody is a great kid, great interview, and clone to the bone. He deserves it but not in my top 5. IMHO, I would have rather seen Farniok. Especially with the excitement the board has about Klenakis....one of his boys should have made it and Farniok is who he'll lean on. He makes all of the protection calls for OL and other than the QB, touches the ball every play. It would bother and worry me as a fan that the punter and 3rd or 4th RB made captain over an OL that has started every snap. Especially with the role he has and a young QB. No big 12 contender will have the type of captains we have outside of JG, James, and JW.

Overreact much?
 

FootballinTexas

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People, I'm not saying Woody or any of the other guys doesn't deserve it. It's something they've obviously earned and I congratulate them. I'm coming from an on the field perspective not locker room or popularity contest. At the end of the day, that's what really matters. We want to be a Big 12 contender, correct? We are not going to get there until the guys that are in the trenches every game day, play after play, become our true leaders on and off the field. I'm just saying, check the national polls and conference. You can count on both hands the teams that have a punter and 3rd or 4th RB as captains.

Once again, they earned it and I congratulate them. They will be great captains!
 
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Yes13

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Special teams always gets a captain, hence Kirby being a captian.
 

FootballinTexas

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He keeps to himself and is not motivated to helping others from a leadership stsndpoint.

You should see him in games. 26 consecutive starts. Longest on the team tied with Jacques. The next man has 15. Oh, but that doesn't matter right.
 

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You should see him in games. 26 consecutive starts. Longest on the team tied with Jacques. The next man has 15. Oh, but that doesn't matter right.

I am going to tell my boss that he will be answering to me now because I haven't taken a day off in months and he stayed home Thursday because his kid was sick.
 

FootballinTexas

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Guys, I'm good with the captains. I just would have liked to seen a guy with longevity and the crazy amount of responsibility he has on every single play be recognized. What's wrong with that?