First cut

The first revisions to the Payton and Buchannan awards lists are out today, and the news is good and bad for the OVC. There's an announcement about the revisions up at The Sports Network. The official Payton Page is here, and the Buchannan page is here.

First, the good: Jacksonville State running back Clay Green still is on the Payton list, and UT-Martin linebacker Markeseo Jackson has been added to the Buchannan list. Green, a senior, has 519 yards and nine touchdowns through five games for the Gamecocks. Jackson, also a senior, has been in on 41 tackles and four sacks for the Skyhawks, and has forced three fumbles, recovering one.

And the bad news: Eastern Kentucky quarterback Josh Greco and Eastern Illinois linebacker Clint Sellers have been dropped from the lists. Greco, a senior and the preseason OVC offensive player of the year, has struggled along with the rest of the Colonels in a 2-4 start. Sellers' season ended on the kickoff of the first game, at Illinois, when he injured a shoulder.

The lists will undergo two more revisions, one Nov. 1, and another just before ballots are mailed ot voters Nov. 20. The awards will be announced Thursday, Nov. 14 in Chattanooga, at a banquet the night before the NCAA I-AA National Championship.

In other player list news, the latest OVC player of the week awards are out. Greco, ironically, is the offensive player of the week. Eastern Illinois linebacker Lucius Seymour is the defensive player of the week. JSU punter Zach Walden was the special teams honoree, and Eastern Illinois quarterback Cole Stinson got the nod as newcomer of the week.