The Suckies

Here at Saurian Sagacity we take a different view of the college football world. Rather than merely celebrate the achievements and success of student athletes, coaches and teams, we also celebrate the terrible. We figure that innumerable accolades are bestowed by the sports media already – so why add to it? Here, we would rather celebrate suckiness.

So we are giving out the Praemium Terribilis ("Terrible Awards" in something resembling Latin, or the “Suckies” as they are also known). We have the following categories for the Suckies:

Cumberland Award – named in honor of the Cumberland team that took a 220-0 thrashing at the hands of Georgia Tech in 1916, this award honors the team that took the soundest beating of national significance in the past week.

Ron Zook Award – For the coach who is “always getting better," even if that betterment is not discernable to the rest of us.Ron Powlus Award – Goes to the nationally anointed one and presumptive Heisman candidate that didn’t quite live up to his hype during the past week.

Ron Powlus Award – Goes to the nationally anointed one and presumptive Heisman candidate that didn’t quite live up to his hype during the past week.

Prairie View Award – given each week to the specific squad (offense, defense, special teams or otherwise) that distinguishes itself for pure, unadulterated suckiness. The award is named in honor of the Prairie View Panther team that lost a college football record 80 consecutive games during the 1990’s.

The Blue Award – Named after September 1, 2007, the date “everything changed”, this award commemorates the team that overcame enormous odds to their undying detriment, thus losing to a team that they ought to have easily handled.

The Roy Riegels Award – Named in memory of Cal Bear Roy “Wrong Way” Riegels who while playing in the 1929 Rose Bowl picked up a Georgia Tech fumble and ran for 65 yards – the wrong direction, costing his team the game. This award honors the college football player who committed a blunder of such enormity that it perhaps single-handedly cost his team the game.

To see the latest winners of the Suckies click here.