All BE team...Did anyone notice

[BullsFanInTX]

I was looking at the All BE team, and it seemed USF was under represented, so I decided to count how many each team had on the first and second team.  What is wrong with this picture folks.  We are woefully under represented on the all BE teams.

UL -    12 players on First and Second team

WVU - 9

RU -    14

USF -   3

UC -    6

Pitt -    5

Conn - 2

SU -    3

I understand the top 3 teams getting most of the players, but come on, we weren't that far behind.  And what about UC and Pitt getting twice the players on that we did.  The bottom teams that won a grand total of ONE conference game each had basically the same amount of players we did.  Are they saying they have the same talent as we do.  I thought we could have had more picked especially on defense, seeing we gave up less than 300 yards a game, and were one of the top teams in the country in that category.  I thought this was a big slight.  Not to mention we finished better than 4 teams in conference, so naturally we should have more, especially the 1 win teams.   And another thing.  How does Syracuse get 3 2nd team defensive players, and we get one Stephen Nicholas.  Someone explain that to me.

OFFENSE

Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Junior College

WR Harry Douglas Louisville Jr. 5-11 170 Jonesboro, Ga./Jones

WR Derek Kinder Pittsburgh Jr. 6-1 205 Albion, N.Y./Albion

OT George Bussey Louisville So. 6-4 298 Louisville, Ky./Western

OT Renardo Foster Louisville Sr. 6-7 325 Ripley, Tenn./Ripley

OT Jeremy Zuttah Rutgers Jr. 6-4 290 Edison, N.J./J.P. Stevens

OG Kurt Quarterman Louisville Sr. 6-5 328 Albany, Ga./Westover

OG Jeremy Sheffey West Virginia Sr. 6-3 290 Catlettsburg, Ky./Boyd County

C Dan Mozes West Virginia Sr. 6-4 290 Washington, Pa./Washington

TE Clark Harris Rutgers Sr. 6-6 260 Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional

QB Patrick White West Virginia So. 6-2 190 Daphne, Ala./Daphne

RB Ray Rice Rutgers So. 5-9 195 New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle

RB Steve Slaton West Virginia So. 5-10 190 Levittown, Pa./Conwell-Egan

K Art Carmody Louisville Jr. 5-9 180 Shreveport, La./Loyola College

KR/PR Ean Randolph USF Fr. 5-9 175 Plant City, Fla./Durant

DEFENSE

Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Junior College

DL Terrill Byrd Cincinnati So. 6-1 285 Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain

DL **Amobe Okoye Louisville Sr. 6-2 305 Huntsville, Ala./Lee

DL Eric Foster Rutgers Jr. 6-2 260 Homestead, Fla./Homestead

DL Keilein Dykes West Virginia Jr. 6-4 290 Youngstown, Ohio/Chaney

LB Kevin McCullough Cincinnati Sr. 6-2 240 Hudson, Ohio/Hudson/Grand Rapids

LB H.B. Blades Pittsburgh Sr. 6-0 240 Plantation, Fla./Plantation

LB Stephen Nicholas USF Sr. 6-3 225 Jacksonville, Fla./Lee

CB William Gay Louisville Sr. 5-11 184 Tallahassee, Fla./Rickards

CB Darrelle Revis Pittsburgh Jr. 6-0 200 Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa

CB Trae Williams USF Jr. 5-10 185 Plant City, Fla./Durant

S Dominic Ross Cincinnati Sr. 6-0 200 Marion, Ohio/Harding

S **Eric Wicks West Virginia Sr. 6-1 210 Pittsburgh, Pa./Perry

P Joe Radigan Rutgers Sr. 6-5 220 Hoboken, N.J./Hoboken

** - unanimous selection

2006 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM

OFFENSE

Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Junior College

WR Mario Urrutia Louisville So. 6-6 228 Louisville, Ky./Fern Creek

WR Darius Reynaud West Virginia Jr. 5-10 200 Luling, La./Hahnville

OT Pedro Sosa Rutgers Jr. 6-5 295 Union City, N.J./Union Hill

OT Ryan Stanchek West Virginia So. 6-4 280 Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle

OG Trevor Canfield Cincinnati So. 6-5 300 Cincinnati, Ohio/Western Hills

OG Cameron Stephenson Rutgers Sr. 6-5 305 Inglewood, Calif./Hawthorne/LA Harbor

C Eric Wood Louisville So. 6-4 297 Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder

TE Brent Celek Cincinnati Sr. 6-4 260 Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle

QB Brian Brohm Louisville Jr. 6-4 226 Louisville, Ky./Trinity

RB Donald Brown II Connecticut Fr. 5-10 207 Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Red Bank Catholic

RB Brian Leonard Rutgers Sr. 6-2 235 Gouverneur, N.Y./Gouverneur

K Jeremy Ito Rutgers Jr. 5-11 185 Redlands, Calif./Redlands

KR/PR Vaughn Rivers West Virginia Jr. 5-9 170 Pittsburgh, Pa./Perry

DEFENSE

Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Junior College

DL Rhema Fuller Connecticut Sr. 6-2 266 Cocoa, Fla./Cocoa

DL Joe Clermond Pittsburgh Jr. 6-3 260 Tampa, Fla./Chamberlain

DL Ramel Meekins Rutgers Sr. 6-0 275 Westwood, N.J./Westwood

DL Jamaal Westerman Rutgers So. 6-3 252 Brampton, Ontario/Notre Dame

DL Jameel McClain Syracuse Jr. 6-1 252 Philadelphia, Pa./George Washington

LB Malik Jackson Louisville Jr. 6-2 231 Dunwoody, Ga./Dunwoody

LB Devraun Thompson Rutgers Sr. 5-11 220 Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway

LB Kelvin Smith Syracuse Sr. 6-2 233 New Hempstead, N.Y./North Rockland

CB Mike Mickens Cincinnati So. 6-0 165 Huber Heights, Ohio/Wayne

CB Tanard Jackson Syracuse Sr. 6-1 193 Silver Spring, Md./Bullis School

S Brandon Sharp Louisville Sr. 5-11 195 Jacksonville, Fla./Bolles

S Ron Girault Rutgers Jr. 5-11 195 Spring Valley, N.Y./St. Joseph's (Montvale)

S Courtney Greene Rutgers So. 6-1 205 New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle

P Adam Graessle Pittsburgh Sr. 6-4 225 Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman

[Rabbi Bull]

trae williams made the list as well, along with stephen nicholas

[Bull Dozer]

Im not surprised by this at all really.  Can you name me some players that should be on there but arent and state a good case against whose ahead of them on the team?   However if things keep going the way they have been you can expect more and more bulls to be showing up on these teams every year.  

[Greg Auman]

You can make a case for Moffitt, but aside from him, not sure who else was really compelling to make the team.

[BullsFanInTX]

I guess my question is how do worse teams and in some cases much worse teams end up with as many or more players.  Also, you have 2 teams nearly identical, talent wise Rutgers and USF, one has 14 players and one has 3.  Are we saying all 14 players RU got on made a compelling case to be there any more than our players did.  Both had very good D's, Rutgers a little better.  But to the tune of 14-3 better???

[Bull Dozer]

I guess my question is how do worse teams and in some cases much worse teams end up with as many or more players.  Also, you have 2 teams nearly identical, talent wise Rutgers and USF, one has 14 players and one has 3.  Are we saying all 14 players RU got on made a compelling case to be there any more than our players did.  Both had very good D's, Rutgers a little better.  But to the tune of 14-3 better???

Question, can you give me numbers stating the RU players dont deseve to be on the team over USF players?  Honestly i see nothing wrong with the team selections that i see,, and other than the "OMG WE NEVAR GET TEH RESPEKT" crowd i dont see how anyone else could think we should have more players on the team than we do.  Basically if you cant name specific players that should be there and why they should be there over the current player dont complain.  

 

[bulls96go]

in 2007 we will earn our respect

[MikeG]

look at the class ear a lot of these guys are -- Rutgers was senior heavy as were a few others. We are pretty young and where we aren'[t young, there are some studs in the league.

we'll get more guys as we get older, build depth, and gain reputation

[The Sheriff]

I would say Mike Jenkins deserves to be at least a 2nd teamer. His shut down ability is why Trae is where he is... they threw at Trae all season avoiding Mike and he made plays. I still don't think Ben Moffitt was slighted... he got exposed pretty bad in one outing this season (although he played great the rest of the season). Stephen Nicholas was by far the monster player on our defense. He will be sorely missed.

[MikeG]

Terry-- would you agree that St. Louis should have gotten some attention as well?

He has been the silent but deadly bookend to Snake. He reminds me a little of Harry Carson sometimes in his workman like approach.