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CFN's National Midseason Report

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Defense still wins Championships
CollegeFootballNews.com released their midseason report today.


<table id="table2" border="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2"> Midseason All-America Team</td> </tr> <tr> <td>QB – Matt Leinart, Sr. USC
RB – Reggie Bush, Jr. USC
RB – Laurence Maroney, Jr. Minnesota
WR – James Hardy, RFr. Indiana
WR – Mike Hass, Sr. Oregon State
TE – Vernon Davis, Jr. Maryland
OL – Greg Eslinger, Sr. Minnesota
OL – Max-Jean Gilles, Sr. Georgia
OL – Marcus McNeil, Sr. Auburn
OL – Taitusi Lutui, Sr. USC
OL – Joe Thomas, Jr. Wisconsin

PK – Mason Crosby, Jr. Colorado
KR – Darrell Blackman, Soph. NC State</td> <td>DL – Elvis Dumervil, Sr. Louisville
DL – Jesse Mahelona, Sr. Tennessee
DL – Quentin Moses, Jr. Georgia
DL – Le Kevin Smith, Sr. Nebraska
LB – A.J. Hawk, Sr. Ohio State
LB – Kai Parham, Jr. Virginia
LB – Paul Posluszny, Jr. Penn State
DB – Greg Blue, Sr. Georgia
DB – Darrell Brooks, Sr. Arizona
DB – Brandon Merriweather, Jr. Miami
DB – Jimmy Williams, Sr. Virginia Tech

P – Danny Baugher, Sr. Arizona
PR – Maurice Drew, Jr. UCLA</td></tr></tbody> </table>

The Top 30 Players of the first half of the season
1. QB Matt Leinart, Sr. USC
2. QB Vince Young, Jr. Texas
3. RB Reggie Bush, Jr. USC
4. RB Laurence Maroney, Jr. Minnesota
5. RB Tyrell Sutton, Fr. Northwestern
6. LB A.J. Hawk, Sr. Ohio State
7. RB DeAngelo Williams, Sr. Memphis
8. RB Maurice Drew, Jr. UCLA
9. RB Brian Calhoun, Jr. Wisconsin
10. RB Jerome Harrison, Sr. Washington State
11. DE Elvis Dumervil, Sr. Louisville
12. WR Mike Hass, Sr. Oregon State
13. LB Paul Poslusny, Jr. Penn State
14. QB Drew Stanton, Sr. Michigan State
15. QB Cody Hodges, Sr. Texas Tech
16. FS Greg Blue, Sr. Georgia
17. QB Marcus Vick, Jr. Virginia Tech
17. LB Kai Parham, Jr. Virginia
18. LB DeMeco Ryans, Sr. Alabama
19. QB Brodie Croyle, Sr. Alabama
20. OT Marcus McNeil, Sr. Auburn
21. DT Jesse Mahelona, Sr. Tennessee
22. DE Quentin Moses, Jr. Georgia
23. DT Le Kevin Smith, Sr. Nebraska
24. DT Claude Wroten, Sr. LSU
25. LB D’Qwell Jackson, Sr. Maryland
26. LB Patrick Willis, Jr. Ole Miss
27. WR James Hardy, RFr. Indiana
28. WR Calvin Johnson, Soph. Georgia Tech
29. OG Max-Jean Gilles, Sr. Georgia
30. LB Patrick Willis, Jr. Ole Miss


I only included OSU related things from this question...
Q: Give your Offensive Player of the Midseason, Defensive Player of the Midseason, Coach of the Midseason, Surprise of the Midseason, and Disappointment

Pete Fiutak
Best Defensive Player - A.J. Hawk, LB Ohio State
Hawk suffers from the same problem Leinart does; he's so good and playing so flawlessly well, the he's not getting the credit he deserves. He has been everything Ohio State could've asked for and more all season long. If you want to argue for Louisville's Elvis Dumervil, I won't fight it.

Disappointment of the Midseason - There are several. The top ten are 1) Purdue, 2) Oklahoma, 3) North Texas offense, 4) Ted Ginn Jr., 5) Urban Meyer, 6) Michigan, 7) Iowa State, 8) Steve Breaston, 9) Miami University, 10) SEC offenses


Richard Cirminiello
Best Defensive Player – Elvis Dumervil, Louisville – Since opening the season with six sacks against Kentucky, Elvis has spread doom to every offensive lineman that’s tried to stop him in the first half of 2005. He’s a disruptive blur coming off the edge, and his 15½ sacks have him within range of Terrell Suggs’ NCAA-record of 24 set three years ago. Dumervil has also forced seven fumbles, and draws the kind of crowd that makes all of his teammates better. He stands alone as the best defensive player thus far, followed by (fill in the name of your favorite Big Ten linebacker).


Matthew Zemek
Best Defensive Player - Tie: AJ Hawk, Ohio St., and Paul Posluszny, Penn St.
How do you separate what these two linebackers have been able to do? They are one-man tackling machines who have relentlessly and methodically gone about their business this year. Hawk has had the slightly better overall season, given his ability to contain Vince Young, a tremendous feat. But Posluszny earns this tie because he outshined Hawk when the Nittany Lions turned back the Bucks in Happy Valley.


John Harris
Defensive Player of the Midseason – AJ Hawk, Ohio State – I’ve thought that Hawk has been the best defensive player in the nation two years running, and there’s no reason to change that thought now. He can and has changed the complexion of many games and will do the same the rest of the year. Some others (Bobby Carpenter, D’Qwell Jackson, Paul Posluszny) deserve some mention, but Hawk is the best.


Mark Risley
Disappointment of the Midseason: Player – Ted Ginn, Ohio State
It seems unfair to pick on Ted Ginn, given all the negative attention he’s received lately from the national media (which is probably far less than he’s receiving locally), but his lack of “big play” production on special teams and on the offensive side of the ball may be what’s separating a 4-2 team from an undefeated first half, and a No. 2 ranking behind USC in the BCS standings. The disappointment may be due more to the coaches’ game plan than his overall personal performance, but playmakers must make plays. After what we saw last season, we know this kid is a playmaker.
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But Posluszny earns this tie because he outshined Hawk when the Nittany Lions turned back the Bucks in Happy Valley.
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That's because he's the only good LB they have...he had to make the tackles. Hawk had tackles split pretty evenly between him, Carp, and Schlegs. Also, Punkslobski had only one more solo tackle and had 1/2 fewer tackles-for-loss than did Hawk. Seeing as we had more rushing attempts than Penn State and Punkslobski was assigned as a spy on Smith, it's not suprising that he had five more total tackles than Hawk.
 
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If you want to argue for Louisville's Elvis Dumervil, I won't fight it.
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Did that guy just mention a Louisville defensive player in the same breath as Hawk.........:slappy: He has an amazing sack number, but 6 came against Kentucky.......the same Kentucky team that Indiana steamrolled. Didn't this Louisville defense give up 45 points to South Florida? Didn't they give up 46 points to West Virginia? Enough said........I don't care if he's got the stats of a God, his defense sucks.......Hawk plays on one of the best in the country.
 
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Thank you!!

AJ Hawk is the best player on one of the best if not the best defensive teams in the nation.

Penn State fans are just crowing about Posluzny. He's a great player, but he wouldn't be starting at Ohio State, IMO.

If Hawk doesn't win the Butkus then that award loses all it's credibility. It lost a lot when he wasn't even a finalist last season.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
That's because he's the only good LB they have...he had to make the tackles. Hawk had tackles split pretty evenly between him, Carp, and Schlegs. Also, Punkslobski had only one more solo tackle and had 1/2 fewer tackles-for-loss than did Hawk. Seeing as we had more rushing attempts than Penn State and Punkslobski was assigned as a spy on Smith, it's not suprising that he had five more total tackles than Hawk.
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True...and I would also argue that PSU's front four played a little bit better that night than our front four and kept our OL off of Posluszny better than our DL kept PSU's OL off of Hawk. Plus AJ was getting held on every other play...
 
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CFBNews has named Vince Young the player of the game in every game Texas has played except the Rice game where they gave it to Jamaal Charles. I was kind of surprised not to see that D-lineman (Wright?) on their mid-season report...how has he been playing HL?
 
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I agree...VY is definitely the AA QB...this year, not only can VY run...but he passes the ball as well as Leinart has been. Leinart is part of the reason teams have been able to hang with USC late in games.
 
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JonathanXC said:
I agree...VY is definitely the AA QB...this year, not only can VY run...but he passes the ball as well as Leinart has been. Leinart is part of the reason teams have been able to hang with USC late in games.
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The reason teams have been able to hang with USC late in games is because their defense is horrible. "Leinart is part of the reason" is technically true, because he's on the team and he's not perfect, but he's a very, very small part of the reason.
 
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Leinart's last 3 games:

2 TD passes, 3 picks

And he scored a winning TD by being shoved in, on a play they were fortunate to be able to run, after a bad decision and a fumble by him.

Not anywhere near AA caliber performances.
 
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