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CBS names All-Decade Team

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CBS picked a first and second team for the decade of the 2000s.

Teams with multiple selections:

Team........1st team...2nd team
Oklahoma......4............2
Miami.........4............0
Ohio State....3............1
USC...........1............2
Arkansas......1............1
Iowa..........1............1
Texas.........0............2 (no Vince Young)
Virginia......0............2


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OFFENSE

POS..First Team......................Second Team

QB...Tim Tebow...........Florida.....Matt Leinart...........USC
RB...Adrian Peterson.....Oklahoma....LaDainian Tomlinson....TCU
RB...Darren McFadden.....Arkansas....DeAngelo Williams......Memphis
WR...Larry Fitzgerald....Pitt........Calvin Johnson.........Ga Tech
WR...Michael Crabtree....Texas Tech..Charles Rogers.........Mich St
TE...Kellen Winslow, Jr..Miami.......Heath Miller...........Va
OL...Jake Long...........TSUN........Joe Thomas.............Wisconsin
OL...Robert Gallery......Iowa........Andre Smith............Alabama
OL...Greg Eslinger.......Minnesota...Alex Barron............Fla St
OL...Jammal Brown........Oklahoma....D'Brickashaw Ferguson..Va
OL...Bryant McKinnie.....Miami.......Shawn Andrews..........Arkansas

DEFENSE

POS..First Team......................Second Team

DL...Julius Peppers.....N. Carolina..Elvis Dumervil.........Louisville
DL...David Pollack......Georgia......Tommie Harris..........Oklahoma
DL...Glenn Dorsey.......LSU..........John Henderson.........Tennessee
DL...Dwight Freeney.....Syracuse.....Terrell Suggs..........Arizona St
LB...A.J. Hawk..........Ohio State...Paul Posluszny.........Penn St
LB...Rocky Calmus.......Oklahoma.....E.J. Henderson.........Maryland
LB...James Laurinaitis..Ohio State...Derrick Johnson........Texas
DB...Roy Williams.......Oklahoma.....DeAngelo Hall..........Va Tech
DB...Ed Reed............Miami........Michael Huff...........Texas
DB...Sean Taylor........Miami........Troy Polamalu..........USC
DB...Terence Newman.....Kansas St....Derrick Strait.........Oklahoma

SPECIAL TEAMS

POS..First Team......................Second Team

PK...Mike Nugent........Ohio State...Nate Kaeding........Iowa
P....Daniel Supulveda...Baylor.......Ryan Plackemeier....Wake Forest
RET..Reggie Bush........USC..........Ted Ginn, Jr........Ohio State
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I think they used the awards lists as a big factor in their selections. That's one reason that Doss isn't there as a 3-time All-American - he didn't win an individual award.

As opposed to James Laurinaitis, who is the only player in college football history to win a major national award in three different seasons (Nagurski, Butkus, Lott in '06, '07, and '08, respectively).

That's quite a distinction; and one that he'll almost certainly share with Tebow after this year.
 
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If awards drive the selections, then I understand it. Otherwise, I'm not sure he was a top-5 LB this decade. His prestige & award chest appear as one, but his play never truly matched that.
 
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muffler dragon;1512253; said:
Leinhart over Vince Young? Hmmm...
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Vy's 467 yards of offense outplayed Leinart in the BCS Title game. But if Texas wouldn't have recovered VY's fumble in the 4th quarter, or if the DB Ting would have held onto VY's across-the-field wounded duck, also in the 4th quarter; Leinart would be the easy pick for almost everybody.

A single play (a turnover or non-turnover) can have a gigantic impact on how players' careers are perceived.
 
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BB73;1512265; said:
Vy's 467 yards of offense outplayed Leinart in the BCS Title game. But if Texas wouldn't have recovered VY's fumble in the 4th quarter, or if the DB Ting would have held onto VY's across-the-field wounded duck, also in the 4th quarter; Leinart would be the easy pick for almost everybody.

A single play (a turnover or non-turnover) can have a gigantic impact on how players' careers are perceived.
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Wouldn't it be proper to say that Vince did more with less than Leinhart in college though?
 
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BB73;1512265; said:
Vy's 467 yards of offense outplayed Leinart in the BCS Title game. But if Texas wouldn't have recovered VY's fumble in the 4th quarter, or if the DB Ting would have held onto VY's across-the-field wounded duck, also in the 4th quarter; Leinart would be the easy pick for almost everybody.

A single play (a turnover or non-turnover) can have a gigantic impact on how players' careers are perceived.
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True, Gideon's dropped int proves that. He makes that interception and Colt gets the heisman no contest. What I don't understand is if Colt was the clear cut winner of the heisman before the drop then why does what another player did (a defensive player at that) change that? That is the problem with college football today. I thought the heisman was an outstanding player award. Not which team looks best at the end of the season award.

That being said I still would personally take Vince over Leinart. And I would take both over Tebow. But my Tebow dislike has been well documented on another thread. :biggrin:
 
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muffler dragon;1512267; said:
Wouldn't it be proper to say that Vince did more with less than Leinhart in college though?
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They both had great records as starters. USC's talent was tremendous, but the guys at Texas weren't exactly chopped liver (I will stop short of sounding like xrayrandy, though). :biggrin:

VY probably should have won the Heisman - and for that matter, so should have Colt McCoy last year - and Colt will break most of VY's career records for offense and wins at Texas.

I'm just being a Devil's advocate, and pointing out that one turnover (which almost happened twice) would have given VY zero NC's and no Heismans, while Leinart would have ended his career with 35 straight wins, a Heisman, and either 2, 2-and-a-half, or 3 National Championships, depending on your point of view.
 
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