JBB Posted October 13, 2002 Share Posted October 13, 2002 The Golden Arm Award, Week 4: As anxious fans across the country are aware no QB has received this Prestigious award more times than NDSU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OETKB Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 "One of these things is not like the others. One of these things does not belong..." Ever watched Sesame Street, JBB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 Good thing Gorder wins this, because he hasn't won squat those four weeks otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 "The best quarterback was Lakeville's John Bowenkamp." -- The Star Tribune.* There must be "Golden Arm" voters at the Star-Trib. * http://www.startribune.com/stories/503/3362129.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbarker Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 Good thing Gorder wins this, because he hasn't won squat those four weeks otherwise. Gorder and his "golden arm," the one that has completed a whopping 51% of his passes on the season, and a grand total of 2 td's (compared to 3 picks) through 5 games, looks like he's going to lead the Bison to about a 2-8 record this year. But hey, as long as he keeps racking up those jbb awards, who cares about wins and losses, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBB Posted October 14, 2002 Author Share Posted October 14, 2002 The Golden Arm is announcing suspension of the award. With the apparent career ending injury to Perennial Harlon Hill hopefull Kelby Klosterman the head-to-head competition between NDSUs Craig Gorder and klosterman appears to be at an end. It was a great run with a record setting 3 wins for Gorder. klosteman never did win it. His proxy did put one up for him and thats got to make sue sox fans feel a lot better about themselves. Craig Gorder 3 Klosterman (proxy win) 1 Congratulations to Craig Gorder. The best passing QB in the competition. Heres how the cummulative stats look for those games the Golden Arm was awarded. We see a clear winner: Craig Gorder C-Atmpt-int-TD-yds 81-122-1-1 627 66% completion rate Klosterman/proxy C-Atmpt-int-TD-yds 56-93-2-2 521 60% completion rate Looking at the up-to-the-minute conference stats heres how it ended. All fans should be aware that klosterman enjoyed 2 huge tomato cans, Crookston and Mesa. Gorder has competed only against the nations best. Dan Fjeldheim.. SDSU SR 5 174 113 5 64.9 1340 7 268.0 Keith Heckendor SCSU JR 6 213 122 7 57.3 1519 20 253.2 Graig Gorder... NDSU SR 5 172 88 3 51.2 806 2 161.2 Andrew Shea.... MSU SR 5 128 54 5 42.2 691 5 138.2 Mark Passard... UNC SR 6 111 60 1 54.1 747 4 124.5 KelbyKlosterman UND SR 5 97 55 2 56.7 597 5 119.4 Ryan Justice... USD SR 6 134 70 9 52.2 706 4 117.7 Trey Guidry.... UNO JR 6 67 39 1 58.2 651 4 108.5 Tommy Flyger... AC FR 6 98 46 4 46.9 418 2 69.7 Brian Masek.... UNO FR 7 66 27 4 40.9 326 2 46.6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choyt3 Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 John, It's too bad for Kelby that all he has to look back on over his career is losing out on the godawful Golden Arm award, oh, and the little ring on his finger. The only thing Graiggy has is a 'g' where there should have been a 'c'. He'll neverovercome that. He'll go down as the least productive QB in the history of Bizon football. Onward to Division I (AA) for the Bizon! "Bring on Purdue and Indiana!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprig Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 Now that the amazing string of GA wins for GG is over, maybe he can focus on the "ofer the ncc" stat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 Since Ed Schultz started the award, shouldn't it be his decision when to stop awarding it? What? Is someone afraid that Gorder will keep losing to a sophomore newbie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBB Posted October 17, 2002 Author Share Posted October 17, 2002 Shoutin Ed Smaltz started the award, its true, but it long ago outgrew even his leadership. The committee has disbanded the award until Perennial Harlon Hill Candidate Kelby Klosterman is back. The original intent of the award was to honor thier individual competition as so often bragged about by the great Shoutin Ed Smultz himself. Lets take a look at some up-to-the-minute team stats: NCC ranking, Confrerence games only: total Offense NDSU 4 UND 6 Pass Offense NDSU 4 UND 8 Scoring offense NDSU 6 UND 7 These stats represent the basis for the Golden Arm. Congratulations to the NDSU BISON "Golden Arm" Champion Graig Gorder!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kr Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 Bison: total o. = 4th rank pass o. = 4th rank scoring o. = 6th rank you'd think with the 4th ranks the Bison scoring o. would at least be ranked higher than 6th - not too good on converting ..... good enough for the golden arm, but not good enough for a winning/.500 record ...... Sioux: total o. = 6th rank pass o. = 8th rank scoring o. = 7th rank could be better, but at least it's the average (6 & 8) and not below the average ...... and 4-1 in the conference is nice consolation for trailing the Bison for this award ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBB Posted October 17, 2002 Author Share Posted October 17, 2002 Although your attempts to somehow degrade the incredible achievements of Graig Gorder and The NDSU BISON are understood within the context of "college hijinx" I would agree: To post a winning record is a nice consolation for UND and the "hard charging" perennial Harlon Hill Favorite Kelby Klosterman. I do want to caution you however, the Prestigious "Golden Arm" is not a team trophy or otherwise to be confused with other individual achievement promotions intended for some "commercial" gain. This is a very Prestigious and Somber award started by none other than the very, well shall we say, visible Shoutin Ed Schultz. It is intended to honor the QB with the best arm in the State of North Dakota. Congratulations to the great NDSU BISON "Golden Arm" QB, GRAIG GORDER!!!! GO BISON!!!! With this said, it has come to our attention that further awards between the Klosterman Proxy and NDSUs Graig Gorder may be possible if fan interest continues to demand the continuation of this great honor. The Golden Arm Committee will be meeting soon on this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 JBB: Only one QB stat really matters, namely, record in starts: 2002 UND Klosterman Overall 3-2, Conference 1-1 Bowenkamp Overall 1-0, Conference 1-0 Total Overall 4-2, Conference 2-1 2002 NDSU Gorder Overall 1-4, Conference 0-3 Total Overall 1-4, Conference 0-3 As the great sage Al Davis says, "Just win baby." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBB Posted October 18, 2002 Author Share Posted October 18, 2002 As others have already pointed out, this is a nice consolation prize for your team. sue soxers have come out on boards across the nation to point out this fact. One can only think that they don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 It is the definitive measure of the best throwing QB in the State of North Dakota. If that's the case, I believe the QB of VCSU has probably been ripped-off all season long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBB Posted October 19, 2002 Author Share Posted October 19, 2002 Altough hes not eligable, whoever he is, is he better than Klosterman too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 " ... is he better than Klosterman too?" Yes, and Gorder also. I was so looking forward to the "Golden Arm" update this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND Fan Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Speaking of quarterbacks, does any one know how UND's red-shirt freshman, Lee Groeschl, is looking? He is out of Fond du Lac, WS and comes in highly touted. He has nice size: 6'3", 190 and I am sure he is still filling out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Let me help JBB and his illustrious awards panel out again this week: Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD NCAA Rating Graig Gorder 19-7-1 158 2 130.91 John Bowenkamp 47-33-2 363 2 140.62 Seven for nineteen? Remember: When two no-conference-wins teams meet, one has to win; when two one-conference-loss teams meet, one has to lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 No more "Golden Arm" awards for Kelby. He'll have to console himself with this: Kelby Klosterman named National Scholar Athlete, receives $18,000 postgraduate scholarship http://www.fightingsioux.com/sports/footba...RELEASE_ID=1489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBB Posted October 25, 2002 Author Share Posted October 25, 2002 Im glad you take the Golden Arm so seriously. Congratulations to KK(K?) on his monetary reward. But again I want to say: the Prestigious Golden Arm is no cheap commercial promotion. No Matter how much Klosterman is paid, by who know who, he he could only win the Prestigious Golden Arm through his proxy. Conratulations to the North Dakota Golden Arm Champion Graig Gorder, The "3-pete" Suprise from The NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY BISON FOOTBALL TEAM!!! Go BISON!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 First, JBB, you show your true colors with that extra K. Me, take "Golden Arm" seriously? You obviously don't know when you're being heckled and taunted. PS - Bowenkamp with two-in-a-row! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBB Posted October 26, 2002 Author Share Posted October 26, 2002 Klosterman is an ok QB. His proxy had a good game last week. Had the award been handed out there is a chance he might have won. Naturally, a sue sox fan cant stand to be bested in anything, much less the Prestigious Golden Arm. Klostermans worthyness for the Harlon Hill is about as great as his worthyness for the covited Golden Arm. His proxy on the other hand might be a great vehicle for you to try and drive to a Harlon Hill now that Kelby is certainly out of it. I understand your frustration. After a hundred years or so of football he was your best chance. I can understand your disappointment. NDSU has several Harlon Hills and three Prestigious Golden Arms. You have one Golden Arm. Your eagerness to compete is apparent. "Good Dog, Down Boy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kr Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 JBB - I'm not one for suppressing someone's right to free speech and I hate to sound like a parent.... but..... TOTALLY BAD FORM to attach an extra "letter" to Kelby's name .... might I suggest that you utilize the edit button ... that snide comment is beyond even YOU. Props to Kelby on the scholarship...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 Too bad "Golden Arm" is not longer awarded. GG: 29-16-1 217 2TD 133.89 JB: 42-24-1 283 1TD 116.83 I report no matter the numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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