The Road to the Championship Will Run through the Trenches in These Games

NEW YORK, New York – August 31, 2016— The Joe Moore Award announced today their first annual “Big Ugly Spotlight” list for the 2016 college football season. The list highlights games on every weekend of the regular season that will feature outstanding offensive lines and matchups.

“In the first year of the Joe Moore Award, we went a long way to help educate fans on how important the offensive line is to winning football,” said Aaron Taylor, CBS CFB Analyst and Chairman of the Joe Moore Award Voting Committee. “This year, we hope to take that a step further by, among many other ways, preparing fans to watch games with an eye on the big guys up front. It is no coincidence that all six of the 2015 finalists played in major bowl games at the end of the season.”
 

The Initial 2016 "Big Ugly Spotlight" List

The list includes teams from eleven conferences, including the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, ACC, PAC 12, SEC, Mountain West, Sun Belt, MAC, Conference USA and AAC. More games may be added as additional O-Line Units emerge from the pack. 

SEPTEMBER 1
Tennessee vs. Appalachian State

SEPTEMBER 3
LSU @ Wisconsin (Lambeau Field)
USC vs. Alabama (Neutral)
Georgia vs. North Carolina (Neutral)
Toledo vs. Arkansas State

SEPTEMBER 4
Notre Dame @ Texas

SEPTEMBER 10
Western Kentucky @ Alabama
CAL @ San Diego State
Notre Dame vs. Nevada

SEPTEMBER 17
USC @ Stanford
Ohio State @ Oklahoma
Michigan State @ Notre Dame
CAL @ Texas

SEPTEMBER 23
Utah vs. USC

SEPTEMBER 24
PITT @ North Carolina
Stanford @ UCLA

SEPTEMBER 30
Toledo @ BYU

OCTOBER 1
North Carolina @ FSU
Tennessee @ Georgia
Wisconsin @ Michigan
Michigan State @ Indiana
Air Force vs. Navy

OCTOBER 8
Alabama @ Arkansas
Indiana @ Ohio State
Florida State @ Miami
Oklahoma @ Texas (Cotton Bowl)

OCTOBER 15
Alabama @ Tennessee
Ohio State @ Wisconsin
North Carolina @ Miami
Stanford @ Notre Dame
Toledo vs. Bowling Green

OCTOBER 22
Wisconsin @ Iowa
UCLA vs. Utah

OCTOBER 27 (Thu)
CAL @ USC

OCTOBER 29
Clemson @ FSU
Michigan @ MSU
Miami @ Notre Dame

NOVEMBER 5
Alabama @ LSU
PITT @ Miami

NOVEMBER 12
PITT @ Clemson
Michigan @ Iowa
LSU @ Arkansas
SDSU vs. Nevada

NOVEMBER 19
Indiana @ Michigan
Ohio State @ Michigan State
Standford @ CAL
USC @ UCLA

NOVEMBER 26
Notre Dame @ USC
Michigan @ Ohio State
UCLA @ CAL

On a weekly basis, the Joe Moore Award will revisit the list to highlight new games and to provide more analysis for the upcoming weekend’s featured games. Stay tuned also for Joe Moore Honor Rolls which will begin to recognize outstanding offensive line play, culminating ultimately with the announcement of the 2016 winner of the Joe Moore Award after the conclusion of the regular season.

About the Joe Moore Award

The JOE MOORE AWARD is named after Joe Moore, widely regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches in college football history, and is the only major college football award to honor a unit. The award will annually recognize the nation’s Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit that best displays toughness, effort, teamwork, consistency, technique, and “finishing”. The voting committee is comprised of college football experts, especially people who played or coached the offensive line position, including all of the current offensive line coaches at the Division I/FBS level as well as former players, coaches, colleagues of Coach Moore and select media. 

About the Foundation for Teamwork 

The Foundation for Teamwork is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to fostering teamwork in all societal endeavors and bring that spirit of collective achievement to athletics, education, and organizations. Find out more at joemooreaward.com and follow the Joe Moore Award on Twitter (@joemooreaward), Instagram (@joemooreaward), and Facebook at www.facebook.com/JoeMooreAward.