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2009 Big Ten Football Discussion

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I watched the show last night on BTN and when they showed the media 1st team picks, there were 3 Michigan players on the defense. Graham, Warren, and a safety which i can't remember his name.

edit-maybe they showed the punter on the screen as defense.....
 
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LordJeffBuck;1604285; said:
DL: Thad Gibson.........O'Brien Schofield....edge Gibson
DL: Cameron Heyward.....Adrian Clayborn......edge Heyward
DL: Todd Denlinger......Brandon Graham.......edge Graham
DL: Doug Worthington....Jared Odrick.........even
LB: Ross Homan..........Pat Angerer..........edge Homan
LB: Brian Rolle.........Greg Jones...........even
LB: Austin Spitler......Navorro Bowman.......edge Bowman
DB: Kurt Coleman........Kurt Coleman
DB: Jermale Hines.......Tyler Sash...........edge Hines
DB: Chimdi Chekwa.......Amari Spivey.........even
DB: Devon Torrence......Brad Phillips........edge Torrence

Please tell me if I'm being a total Buckeye homer here. And while we're at it ... Ohio State players definitely got screwed, but how in the Hell was Jared Odrick voted the defensive lineman and defensive player of the year over Brandon Graham?
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You're being a total Buckeye homer here. :wink2: But your point is valid anyhow; the media should be embarrassed by their voting. Heyward and Gibson should have been first team (though Graham, Clayborn and Odrick were all deserving, so I could possibly see one of them being left off). No way Sean Lee belongs on the second team except for reputation based on prior years. And no way Jim Tressel is not Coach of the Year. I'm starting to get pissed off at the media's lack of awareness of what an outstanding job the man does, year after year.

Personally, I find Odrick's selection as DPOY to be a huge joke. Should have been either Coleman, Heyward or Clayborn IMO. Odrick is good, but he ain't that good.
 
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Personally, I find Odrick's selection as DPOY to be a huge joke. Should have been either Coleman, Heyward or Clayborn IMO. Odrick is good, but he ain't that good.
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Graham has to be on that list, and I'd argue easily ahead of Heyward (as great as he was). Coleman was as great, but didn't have to carry his team like Graham & Clayborn did.
 
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MaxBuck;1604378; said:
And no way Jim Tressel is not Coach of the Year. I'm starting to get [censored]ed off at the media's lack of awareness of what an outstanding job the man does, year after year.
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True, but then again, our own fans were booing him :/ .

I guess we should worry about our own fans being idiots before the media.
 
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Zook predicts late nonconference games will be more common

Except for a couple of war-year games against military teams, Illinois' trip Friday to No. 5 Cincinnati will be its first nonconference game after the end of its Big Ten season since 1910. But coach Ron Zook said he expects other Big Ten teams to follow the Illini's lead and play late nonconference games, partly because they provide opportunities for practices that shorten the gap before bowl games. 'I think you'll begin to see people doing this more and more,'' Zook said Tuesday. ''If you look across the country, there's still interest in football [after Thanksgiving]. I don't think there has been interest in Big Ten football because there is no Big Ten football. But if you go to the other conferences ... there's a lot of interest.'' Illinois already has scheduled a late game next season. The Illini will travel to Fresno State on Dec. 4, 2010. The Bulldogs come to Champaign on Dec. 5 for Illinois' final game this season.

Entire article: Zook predicts late nonconference games will be more common :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Colleges
 
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2009 Academic All Big Ten

31 Buckeye football players made the list, including 10 starters (Zach Boren, Bryant Browning, Chimdi Chekwa, Jim Cordle, Ross Homan, Dexter Larimore, Terrelle Pryor, Anderson Russell, Dane Sanzenbacher, and Austin Spitler); 4 major contributors (Todd Denlinger, Andrew Miller, Nathan Williams, and Lawrence Wilson); 7 players listed on the depth chart (Garrett Goebel, Adam Homan, Orhian Johnson, Andrew Moses, Etienne Sabino, Jake Stoneburner, and Andrew Sweat); and 3 specialists (Devin Barclay, Jake McQuaide, and Aaron Pettrey).

The Harvard of the Midwest had just 10 players make the list, with 0 starters that don't kick the football.
 
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LordJeffBuck;1610516; said:
The Harvard of the Midwest had just 10 players make the list, with 0 starters that don't kick the football
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There goes their defense that the players are studying way too much to practice for over 20 hours.
 
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Fixed your quote, as the two kickers made the team, but the point remains the same.

11 - Starters: Boren, Browning, Chekwa, Cordle, Homan, Larimore, Pryor, Russell, Saanzenbacher, Spitler, Pettrey
9 - Contributors: Denlinger, Miller, Williams, Wilson, Homan, Johnson, Stoneburner, Sabino, Sweat
2 - Benchwarmers: Goebel, Moses
2 - Walkons: McQuaide (multi-year starter), Barclay (started in Nov)

2 - Starters: P Mesko, K Olesnavage
1 - Contributors: LB Fitzgerald
1 - Benchwarmers: DL Ferrara
6 - Walkons: Cavanaugh, Conover, Heininger, Johnson, North, Therman
 
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For those of you who haven't had a good laugh today:

Scout.com: 2009 CFN All-Big Ten Team & Top 30 Players

Penn State and Wisconsin both get five first-teamers. They must have been in the championship hunt right down to the end with that kind of talent & production. Ohio State with only two first-teamers - maybe if they had better players they'd be going somewhere nicer than Pasadena for their bowl game. :roll2:

Ray Small was the conference's top punt returner?! :lol:

At least they had the good sense to name Jim Tressel their COTY.
 
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All-Big-Ten lists that exclude Terrelle Pryor lose all credibility for me. You can say he doesn't do what you'd like a QB to do in all cases, and you'd be right. You can say he doesn't live up to the hype he received before he committed to the Buckeyes, and you'd be right. But look what he can (and usually does) do when it's 3rd-and-13 and the Buckeyes really need a first down -- and then tell me he's not one of the five best players in the conference.

He's as dangerous a player as there is in college football, and anyone who doubts me can ask any opposing head coach. They all know they'd better scheme to limit Pryor, as their first and overriding priority, when playing Ohio State. People who fail to vote Pryor as first-team Big Ten are comparing him to his potential, rather than comparing him to his competition.

Pfui.
 
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