Some of the best perks of being a card-carrying member of the Football Writers Association of America are the votes you get in the All-America team process, the Outland Trophy and Nagurski Award. My ballot had Notre Dame guys all over it.
The FWAA sent out the first of two ballots yesterday. We were asked to pick the All-America teams for defense and the five offensive line positions.
That was easy.
I voted Sam Mustipher as the first team center. He’s been a rock in the middle all season, helping to ease the quarterback transition and keeping the offensive line solid in both run blocking and pass protection.