McClain, Spikes among Butkus finalists again Nov 22, 2009
The award is named after Dick Butkus, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979. . (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Norwood Named Butkus Finalist Nov 21, 2009
The Butkus Award is named after Dick Butkus, who is considered one of the greatest football players in history. Butkus was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979, following an illustrious career with the Chicago Bears, University of Illinois and Chicago Vocational School. (Uscsports.com)
Weatherspoon Named Finalist for... Nov 21, 2009
The award is named after legendary linebacker Dick Butkus, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979 after an illustrious career with the Chicago Bears. The 2009 winner will be named on December 8th. (Mutigers.com)
Preview: Duke (5-5) v. Miami (9-3) Nov 21, 2009
0 TFL. The middle is manned by junior - who will participate in the East-West Shrine game - and was on the preseason list for the 2009 Dick Butkus Award. He currently ranks second behind McCarthy on the team tackles list with 67 including 5. (TheDevilsDen.com)
Cutler alone isn't all the Bears need Nov 4, 2009
It was advisable, if not necessary, to run it right at people in the still celebrated Age of Walter Payton; "Sweetness" was a once-in-a-lifetime marvel whose unique blend of talent, will and effort came to define Chicago Bears football, as much as much as Mike Ditka, as much as Dick Butkus, as much as George Halas himself. And in fairness, the Bears' legacy at the running back position -- Payton, Sayers, Galimore, Nagurski, Grange -- is as illustrious as their quarterbacking history is bleak. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NFL)
MMQB: Cowboys 38, Seahawks 17 Nov 3, 2009
With blood trickling from a cut on the bridge of his nose, an image that would be reminiscent of tough-guy linebackers Dick Butkus and Jack Lambert if it weren't for the neon green gloves on his hands, middle linebacker had a team-high 8 tackles and notched both of the teams quarterback sacks, the second forcing a fumble which led to the Seahawks second touchdown with nine minutes to play in the game. "The Heater" wasn't perfect on Sunday, but he was one of the few on defense who showed up... (SeahawksInsider.com)
Bears on the Rebound Nov 1, 2009
To say that the Bears were awful at Paul Brown Stadium would be like saying Dick Butkus was above average in toughness, or that Gale Sayers and Walter Payton were decent running backs. That is, its a vast understatement. (BerniesInsiders.com)
John Elway Named Walter Camp Football Foundation's "Man of the Year" Oct 22, 2009
Elway joins a distinguished list of former Man of the Year winners, including Roger Staubach (Navy), Gale Sayers (Kansas), Dick Butkus (Illinois) and last year s recipient Morten Andersen (Michigan State). The Walter Camp Man of the Year award honors an individual who has been closely associated with the game of football as a player, coach or close attendant to the game. (Pac-10.org)
Despite not playing, Herzlich a Butkus semifinalist Oct 17, 2009
Award namesake Dick Butkus noted that the honor is also designed to remind the players "that they have a responsibility to serve as role models and to give back to society.". Herzlich says his recovery is nearly complete. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Football)
Herzlich On Butkus Semi-Finalist List Oct 17, 2009
We have another outstanding group of linebackers, said Dick Butkus, the awards namesake. This Award is about honoring linebackers, and reminding them that they have a responsibility to serve as role models and to give back to society. (EagleInsider.com)
Bloody true: Seahawks are tougher Oct 16, 2009
But when Hasselbeck is left speechless by Schmitt s self-inflicted bloodbath in the spirit of team motivation just before kickoff, it shows a depth of grit more synonymous with Dick Butkus Chicago Bears or Ray Nitschke s Green Bay Packers. It probably wasn t smart, Hasselbeck said of Schmitt s stunt, which the second-year wild man also did while at West Virginia University. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Alabama Football Players on Nationa... Oct 10, 2009
Rolando McClain (Junior Linebacker) is on the watch list for Lombardi Trophy, along with the Dick Butkus Award given to the best linebacker ... Dont a Hightower (Sophomore Line Backer) is on the watch list for the Dick Butkus Award and Lombardi Trophy. (Suite101.com)
Notebook: Three Tide players named to watch lists Oct 9, 2009
McClain: Chuck Bednarik Award, Dick Butkus Award, Lombardi Trophy, Lott Trophy and Bronko Nagurski Award. McElroy: Maxwell Trophy. (Alabama Sports -- Rivals.com)
Cliffs Notes For The Colts-Week 5 Oct 9, 2009
"I grew up loving Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers and that whole group," said Caldwell of his rooting interests for the Bears. "When the Bears played I sat on one side of the room, and the rest of the family was on the other.". (FOX59, IN)
More Watch Lists Add Tide Players Oct 9, 2009
Sophomore linebacker Donta Hightower Dick Butkus Award (top linebacker) and Lombardi Trophy ... Junior linebacker Chuck Bednarik Award, Dick Butkus Award, Lombardi Trophy, Lott Trophy and Bronko Nagurski Award. (BamaMag.com)
Illinois tops Illinois State, 45-17 Sep 13, 2009
Illini great Dick Butkus said in an interview that the 37-9 loss to Missouri was so bad he turned off his TV.. Even with the one-sided victory over the Redbirds, Saturday's game exposed problems that could cost the Illini in the Big Ten. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Illini under pressure, look for first win Sep 11, 2009
"I have to admit, I was forced to turn the darn (game) off," Dick Butkus told. "Maybe I'm getting too hasty with it, but you cannot, you cannot avoid seeing the lack of effort.". (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Game 2: Illinois State (0-1) at Illinois (0-1) Sep 9, 2009
Nearly 50 former Illini greats were on hand for the celebration, including legends Dick Butkus, J.C. Caroline, Dave Diehl, Jeff George, Jim Grabowski, Howard Griffith, Kevin Hardy, , Jack Trudeau and David Williams. Illinois wore Dick Butkus-era throwback uniforms for the game, honoring the greatest linebacker in football history. (Fightingillini.com)
Ron Zook Press Conference Transcript Sep 9, 2009
On the players visiting the Red Grange statue: "They will one time absolutely. They'll see it when we walk up the Illini Walk and so forth. I don't think there is any question they'll go over and look at it. Sometimes young people I don't know why this is, young people don't follow history. They assume everyone lives in the now. We are older guys and we seem to look back a lot. I remember talking a lot about the war. We will walk up Illini walk it isn't actually by it but we'll be able to see... (Fightingillini.com)
THE HUDDLE: Butkus says Halas would have banished Cutler to Canada Sep 8, 2009
Dick Butkus: Halas would have banished Jay Cutler to Canada - The Huddle: Football News from the NFL - USATODAY.com ... Dick Butkus: Halas would have banished Jay Cutler to Canada ... Jay Cutler's presence on the Bears doesn't make Hall of Famer Dick Butkus too confident about the. (USA Today -- Sports)
Butkus says Cutler cant carry Bears if D stinks Sep 8, 2009
- The way Dick Butkus sees it, Jay Cutler would be in Canada somewhere had he tried to force George Halas to trade him. The Hall of Fame linebacker also believes his former team wont go anywhere unless the defense holds up. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Conner on Butkus watch list Sep 5, 2009
Clemson has had four players reach at least the final 10 in the voting for the Butkus Award, which is named after former Illinois and Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus. Levon Kirkland was a finalist in 1990, then teammate Ed McDaniel was a finalist in 1991. (Clemson Sports -- Rivals.com)
Tebow time? Let the games begin Sep 4, 2009
Dick Butkus didn't get the statue during his Illinois career. Carefully consider their records before you run with the Tebow pack. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Special teams on display as Tide, Hokies meet Sep 4, 2009
She was like Dick Butkus. You couldn't make her miss. (Notre Dame Sports -- Rivals.com)
Hurricanes beat heat Aug 28, 2009
Miami linebackers Darryl Sharpton and Sean Spence have been named to the preseason watch list for the 2009 Dick Butkus Award, given to the nation's top linebacker. Miami is one of eight schools nationally with two players represented on the list, along with Penn State, Georgia, USC, Alabama, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Iowa. (Florida Today)
Student steroid tests get F, say some experts Aug 28, 2009
When proponents of testing in Texas enlisted the help of former Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus, the Hall of Famer released a statement saying recent reports estimate that steroid use among high school students is gripping as many as one-in-10 students, including both young men and women. . (MSNBC -- Health)
StewartMandelInside College Football Tim Tebow could go down as the best college player of all time. Aug 28, 2009
"I was never lucky enough to witness some of the all-time greats like Archie Griffin, Earl Campbell, Jim Brown and Dick Butkus," Robert Gardner writes on the fan site Bleacher Report. "However, I am also lucky enough to have seen Tebow. Tebow has nothing left to prove. He is the greatest college football player of this era, and the greatest that I have ever seen.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Sharpton, Spence Named to Butkus Award Watch List Aug 25, 2009
- University of Miami linebackers and have been named to the preseason watch list for the 2009 Dick Butkus Award, given to the nation's top linebacker ... Dick Butkus was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979, following an illustrious career with the Chicago Bears, University of Illinois and Chicago Vocational School. (Hurricanesports.com)
MICHAEL WEBER: Football teams on the move Aug 17, 2009
Forty years that have included Johnny Unitas, Fran Tarkenton, Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach, Joe Montana, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady; Walter Payton, Franco Harris, Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson, Emmitt Smith and LaDainian Tomlinson; Jerry Rice, Lynn Swan, Steve Largent, Charlie Joiner and Randy Moss; Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary, Ronnie Lott, Ray Lewis, and Mean Joe Greene; Tom Landry, Bud Grant, Don Schula, Chuck Noll, and the Big Tuna; the Steel Curtain, the Purple People Eaters, the Orange... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Seahawks Sign Aaron Curry Aug 9, 2009
"To be mentioned in the same sentence as Dick Butkus with the things he has done on the field and off the field, I'm just hoping that I get the chance to repeat the same intensity he instilled and the determination to punish the opponent.". CBS analyst and former NFL general manager Charlie Casserly famously referred to Curry as the best linebacker to come out of the draft in the last 10 years and there was speculation that he could be the first linebacker to be chosen 1st overall since... (SeahawksInsider.com)
AndyStaplesInside Recruiting Who is God's Power Offor? The answer to name-lovers' dreams. Aug 4, 2009
Yes, Dick Butkus had a fine ring to it indeed. The love of amazing appellations exploded earlier this decade, when Rivals. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Keeper of Steelers’ flame Aug 2, 2009
You re around guys like Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus. I was like, Wow, these are the guys I watched growing up. (Boston Globe)
Chiefs were the toast of the AFL ... after they left Dallas Jul 28, 2009
Chiefs were the toast of the AFL. after they left Dallas - USATODAY.com. (USA Today -- Sports)
Karen Basta enjoys the river, Rand Park Jul 23, 2009
Several Chicago sports figures Dick Butkus, Dennis McKinnon (Chicago Bears), Michele Goulet and Dennis Pang (Chicago Blackhawks) and Mayor Richard Daly. What do you do for fun. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
College football Jul 10, 2009
Dick Butkus, Illinois More than the numbers (he once recorded 23 tackles in a game against Ohio State); more than the honors (consensus All-America in 1963 and '64, after which he placed third in the Heisman balloting), it was Butkus' passion and cruel intensity -- the pleasure he took from the mayhem he meted out -- that set the standard for every middle linebacker to come after him. 2. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Bizzarri, Ruggeri garner Eddleman Awards Jun 18, 2009
1940 William J. Hapac, basketball all 1941 John Drish, basketball all 1942 Andy Phillip, basketball all 1943 Andy Phillip, basketball all 1944 Buddy Young, football 1945 Walton "Junior" Kirk, basketball 1946 Herbert McKenley, track 1947 Alex Agase, football ling 1948 Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, football, basketball 1949 Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, football, basketball 1950 Russell Steger, football all 1951 Don Sunderlage, basketball 1952 Charles Boerio, football 1953 Clive Follmer, basketball all 1954... (Fightingillini.com)
Navy Future Files: LB John Nurthen Jun 5, 2009
I love the throwbacks in football; guys like Ray Nitschke and Dick Butkus. My dad grew up playing the old fashion "eat nails and drink muddy water" type of football and I feel that is the only way football should be played, and the way I try to play it. (GoMidshipmen.com)
First one always the best Jun 1, 2009
" Just hours before the championship game, linebacker/running back Manti Te'o was named the first Dick Butkus award-winner as the most outstanding high school linebacker in the nation. Punahou also won mixed paddling this year, after winning boys and girls titles previously. The Buffanblu won titles in girls judo and wrestling for the first time. MOLOKA'I GIRLS BASKETBALL When Moloka'i captured the girls Division II basketball title in March, it was not only the first for the school, but for the... (Honolulu Advertiser)
The best NFL draft picks of all time Apr 28, 2009
(2000, ): If he can have a few more good seasons, the New Mexico alum will likely be as legendary as Monsters of the Midway Dick Butkus and Mike Singletary. S (2002, ): The Miami (Fla. (ESPN -- Football)
Linked on draft day, Falcons’ first picks took different paths Apr 28, 2009
Most opponents ranked him above Dick Butkus, the NFL s cover star of the times. Now that they ve moved Nobis to the seniors division, I m still trying and not giving up. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Five Frogs Taken In NFL Draft Apr 28, 2009
He also made watch lists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Dick Butkus Award and Rotary Lombardi Award. A native of Waller, Texas, Phillips topped the Frogs with 84 tackles in 2008. (Gofrogs.com)
Spikes one of the scariest defenders around Apr 9, 2009
"I would say I like guys like [Pro Football Hall of Famer] Dick Butkus. He was relentless and fearless," Spikes said. "When I was small, I saw an HBO special on him. He was flying around out there making plays. It was crazy. "I didn't know anything about playing linebacker then, but I wanted to model my game after him. (Florida Sports -- Rivals.com)
Offense Struggles During Scrimmage Apr 2, 2009
Former Arkansas running back Felix Jones and NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus are scheduled to attend this years RazorFest, which will be held at Reynolds Razorback Stadium before the Red-White Game on April 18. RazorFest, which consists of a number of family-friendly attractions, will be held from noon to 5:30 p.m. on Arkansas campus. (HawgsIllustrated.com)
NFL gets a relative pass on steroids Mar 5, 2009
"Baseball is so much more involved in its statistics than the NFL is, with the home runs and all that business," Dick Butkus, the former Chicago Bears middle linebacker who now runs an anti-steroid high school education program called "I Play Clean," said on the phone Wednesday. "Yes, football players get away with a little bit more, but that's due to baseball and its statistics.". (USA Today -- Sports)
WVU Defensive Standout Makes Coaching Move Mar 1, 2009
A finalist for the Dick Butkus and Bronko Nagurski Award, he made 67 tackles in 1996 while leading the Mountaineers to an 8-4 record. A three-year starter at linebacker for Coach Don Nehlen, Curtis made 192 tackles and recovered five fumbles in his career. (BlueGoldNews.com)
THE TOP 64: Best prospects for April's NFL draft Feb 18, 2009
He won the 2008 Dick Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker and has been compared to of the Tennessee Titans ... 59, 1: A three-time All-American whose productivity began earning honors in 2006 when he won the Bronko Nagurski Award as the top defensive player in the nation, Laurinaitis has added another Nagurski Award plus the Dick Butkus Award as top linebacker and last year the Lott Trophy as best all-around defensive player. (USA Today -- Sports)
Te'o is QB Club's Male Sportsperson of the Year Feb 17, 2009
Punahou School linebacker Manti Te'o, who led the Buffanblu to their first state football title and earned the first Dick Butkus Award as the most outstanding high school linebacker in the nation, was named the outstanding Male Sportsperson of the Year for 2008 by the Honolulu Quarterback Club. The award was announced at the club's 62nd annual Banquet of Champions last night. (Honolulu Advertiser)
