Former USC defensive tackle Kenny Bigelow, who played at West Virginia this season, was named to the Pro Football Focus All-Big-12 first team.
He barely could get on the field at USC but became a key contributor at West Virginia.
This shows you that the Clay Helton-Clancy Pendergast-Kenechi Udeze trio wasn’t getting the most out of linemen. I thought the defensive line was a huge disappointment this season outside of Porter Gustin, who is officially a linebacker.
Remember in 2017 when Helton said Bigelow was becoming a “coach” and let him go on the Notre Dame road trip? A few weeks later he transferred.
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Bigelow gave up in the team – no two ways about it. Sorry, Scottie. Can’t put lipstick on this proverbial pig of a theory.
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Who says he quit on the team? You? It’s a pretty distant journey to go from being a quitter one day, to an all conference player on a quality team the next. I categorically disagree.
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Talk to people in the program. Everyone loves Kenny – not a bad guy. But he literally stepped away from the team prior to the ND game.
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As I recall that is exactly what happened. There was an altercation with a coach and players. As for going from quitter to all conference, they are not related. He was always a good player, no doubt about that. But he was thinking about himself when he quit the team . And yes leaving school for another school is quitting the team.
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Good for, him. They play Defense in the Big 12? Who’da thought.
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Just another hard fact…under helton there is no progress …they practice in shorts …any player with any initiative to get better and/or succeed would leave…I see an average recruiting class under helton , as the truth is getting obvious.
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Some coaches have it in for players, believe it or not, they won’t play you for petty reasons, and it usually happens with loser coaches, who haven’t accomplished much . If Kenny Bigelow played for a reputable coaching staff from day one, this would have never happened
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Caleb Wilson was not good enough per Helton we know what happened there and o yeah he kept Tyler Petite who could not block,catch or run with the ball same story different player Helton is a ass!!!
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