The only one I'm absolutely sure about is Worthy our punter. He might be the best in the nation.

Cincinnati's PK Andrew Gantz will be in the discussion for All-AAC honors. He is currently 12/14 on FG attempts (51 yard long) and 21/21 on extra point attempts.

Deyshawn Bond (Center) and Parker Ehinger (Tackle) will also likely make All-AAC.

We have a number of good WR's and I would guess Shaq Washington is worthy of honors.

On defense Eric Wilson has been tearing it up at linebacker but as others have noted that is a deep position in this conference.

(10-05-2015 02:54 PM)NJ1 Wrote:  Interesting no Memphis players on your list.

Paxton Lynch will very much be in the discussion for 1st team all conference. We're already hearing his name as a sleeper Heisman candidate (which seems like a stretch, but still).
Jae'Lon Oglesby will make some noise before the end of the year
Nick Jacobs or Spencer Smith should get a nod on special teams, as should Jake Elliott
Doroland Dorceus or Jarvis Cooper could back into a 2nd or 3rd team slot
...as could Roderick Proctor

i actually noticed that...
our arguable best team has no all-conference...but honestly outside of lynch no one one memphis stands out, you rotate alot of people on offense so no one is standing out there and your defense hasnt been stout to date

paxton has the best chance especially if he wins the league ...

Memphis has the best QB and place kicker in the league.

If it's based on AAC POWs, then the only certainty for Memphis would be on special teams. They've won it for the third week in a row and are the only K/Ps recognized by the conference thus far.

(10-05-2015 01:26 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 11:52 AM)pesik Wrote:  IF the season ended today this is what i think the all conference team would look like

Offense:

QB: Keenan reynolds, Navy (i think the conference is set on giving it to him)
note: keenan is atleast getting first or second..meaning ward or paxton arent getting honors.

WR: Keevan Lucas, Tulsa (injured last game, if he cant return soon enough someone else will get it)
WR: Courtland Sutton, SMU (playing for a bad team will hurt his chances)

TE: Bryce Williams, ECU

RB: Jahad Thomas, temple
RB: Marlon Mack, usf

OL:??


Defense:
DL: Nate D. Smith, temple
DL: Folorunso Fatukasi, uconn
DL: Royce LaFrance, tulane
DL: Bruce Hector, usf

LB: Tyler Matakevich, Temple
LB: Steven Taylor, Houston
LB: Zeek Bigger, ECU
LB: Eric Wilson, Cincy

DB: William Jackson, Houston
DB: Michael Mudoh, Tulsa
DB: Adrian Mcdonald. Houston
DB: Andrew Adams, uconn

note: 3 of the db i named are Safties....its 2 safeties and 2 cb...no other touted cb in the league that was clear cut...but on the real thing it will be 2 cbs

edited to to change the DBs

Appreciate the objectivity, Pesik.......seriously.

C'mon you know he has to create some houston love somehow.

(10-05-2015 03:18 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  I'd be a homer and say Lynch is the objective best, but Ward scares the absolute crap out of me in ways I doubt Lynch scares our opponents.

I am willing to say Lynch is the best. Of the 3 QBs discussed, I believe he is the most accurate passer and has more mobility than he is given credit for.

Best qb is a completely objective arguement: i pick reynolds for first team, because i have hard time seeing the AAC passing up the qb of the best navy team in 30 years, after he will shatter the ncaa rushing td record on his way to serve 5 years in the military

they basically give him some weekly honor, no matter how his stats compare to others

with my homer hat on: i think it greg ward, he is putting up crazy stats and he is just scratching the surface (again this is just his first year being fully emcompassed as the qb)...he is getting better each game

Ward missed some wide open receivers and has some ill placed passes against Tulsa on Saturday. So I am docking him points on accuracy.

Lynch is the most accurate passer of the three. There is a reason he hasn't thrown any interceptions. I say his first interception will be on a pass where he hit his receivers in the hands and the receivers mishandles it.

(10-05-2015 03:22 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  The only one I'm absolutely sure about is Worthy our punter. He might be the best in the nation.

Hmmmm. He ranks 7th in conference stats....

http://theamerican.org/custompages/stats...m#conf.wi2

(10-05-2015 04:21 PM)3601 Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 03:22 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  The only one I'm absolutely sure about is Worthy our punter. He might be the best in the nation.

Hmmmm. He ranks 7th in conference stats....

http://theamerican.org/custompages/stats...m#conf.wi2

Lmao that's based off one stat. He's a Alabama transfer, he's the best punter in the league hands down.

(10-05-2015 04:20 PM)uhmump95 Wrote:  Ward missed some wide open receivers and has some ill placed passes against Tulsa on Saturday. So I am docking him points on accuracy.

Lynch is the most accurate passer of the three. There is a reason he hasn't thrown any interceptions. I say his first interception will be on a pass where he hit his receivers in the hands and the receivers mishandles it.

lynch missed some passes versus usf too....and threw an int that should have been caught right to a defenders (specifically LB) but bounced right out of his hands

no qb is perfect

and to me the mistakes are why he is that good to me..he is leaving 100yds and 2 tds on the table each game and is still shattering records

herman said ward didnt have a good game versu tulsa while breaking 2 school qb record, winning 3 national qb awards and winning our conferences player of the week

imagine what he'd be once he starts to fix the mistakes

(10-05-2015 04:34 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 04:21 PM)3601 Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 03:22 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  The only one I'm absolutely sure about is Worthy our punter. He might be the best in the nation.

Hmmmm. He ranks 7th in conference stats....

http://theamerican.org/custompages/stats...m#conf.wi2

Lmao that's based off one stat. He's a Alabama transfer, he's the best punter in the league hands down.

He is very good that's for sure. But in all honesty, how many of us actually follow and watch other teams punters?

Really, all we have is stats. It's still too early for any of this anyways, some teams have only 4 games played, very few against conference mates for comparison

(10-05-2015 04:34 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 04:21 PM)3601 Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 03:22 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  The only one I'm absolutely sure about is Worthy our punter. He might be the best in the nation.

Hmmmm. He ranks 7th in conference stats....

http://theamerican.org/custompages/stats...m#conf.wi2

Lmao that's based off one stat. He's a Alabama transfer, he's the best punter in the league hands down.

Agree, it is just one stat. However, it "yards per punt", which we would agree is a significant or even most significant stat for a punter. Would it makes sense for you to explain what factors would move him from 7th to "best punter in the league hands down". That's a big jump. Thanks Dowdy.

(10-05-2015 04:38 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 04:20 PM)uhmump95 Wrote:  Ward missed some wide open receivers and has some ill placed passes against Tulsa on Saturday. So I am docking him points on accuracy.

Lynch is the most accurate passer of the three. There is a reason he hasn't thrown any interceptions. I say his first interception will be on a pass where he hit his receivers in the hands and the receivers mishandles it.

lynch missed some passes versus usf too....and threw an int that should have been caught right to a defenders (specifically LB) but bounced right out of his hands

no qb is perfect

and to me the mistakes are why he is that good to me..he is leaving 100yds and 2 tds on the table each game and is still shattering records

herman said ward didnt have a good game versu tulsa while breaking 2 school qb record, winning 3 national qb awards and winning our conferences player of the week

imagine what he'd be once he starts to fix the mistakes

If the biggest thing you can ding Paxton for is that he ALMOST threw an interception...

The guy is throwing at over a 70% accuracy rate. He's top ten in total passing yards, third in yards per attempt, fourth in passer rating, and of the top ten in passing yards is the only one without an interception. Oh, and he's on a 12 game win streak...

Yes, all three are very different QBs and all being a great and unique skillset. As far as a passer, though, Paxton is the best in the league bar none.

(10-05-2015 05:35 PM)transitt Wrote:  If the biggest thing you can ding Paxton for is that he ALMOST threw an interception...

The guy is throwing at over a 70% accuracy rate. He's top ten in total passing yards, third in yards per attempt, fourth in passer rating, and of the top ten in passing yards is the only one without an interception. Oh, and he's on a 12 game win streak...

Yes, all three are very different QBs and all being a great and unique skillset. As far as a passer, though, Paxton is the best in the league bar none.

it wasnt a ding on paxton..he deducted points from ward for missing a pass last game, and i said paxton has had some bad passes too
my point was that he was nitpicking details of ward but giving paxton the a nice big bigger picture without nitpicking his details

and so we are aware, ward has similar completion percentage and qbr to paxton, and before last week ward was actually higher on both

paxton has 500 more passing yards but has played 1 more game, but ward has 400 more rushing yards


and to me without question the best passer in this league is gunner kiel....
before you attack, ward uses his scrambles as a tool, and memphis offense is heavily reliant on the play action and misdirection...gunner almost every play is just in the pocket picking apart defenses..their arent 2 fake handoffs and then people running one way or another like memphis, its just him

the kid cant stay healthy to save his life but to me he is the best pure passer in the league

(10-05-2015 05:10 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 04:34 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 04:21 PM)3601 Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 03:22 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  The only one I'm absolutely sure about is Worthy our punter. He might be the best in the nation.

Hmmmm. He ranks 7th in conference stats....

http://theamerican.org/custompages/stats...m#conf.wi2

Lmao that's based off one stat. He's a Alabama transfer, he's the best punter in the league hands down.

Agree, it is just one stat. However, it "yards per punt", which we would agree is a significant or even most significant stat for a punter. Would it makes sense for you to explain what factors would move him from 7th to "best punter in the league hands down". That's a big jump. Thanks Dowdy.

Punts inside the 20, many being inside the 10.

(10-05-2015 06:05 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(10-05-2015 05:35 PM)transitt Wrote:  If the biggest thing you can ding Paxton for is that he ALMOST threw an interception...

The guy is throwing at over a 70% accuracy rate. He's top ten in total passing yards, third in yards per attempt, fourth in passer rating, and of the top ten in passing yards is the only one without an interception. Oh, and he's on a 12 game win streak...

Yes, all three are very different QBs and all being a great and unique skillset. As far as a passer, though, Paxton is the best in the league bar none.

it wasnt a ding on paxton..he deducted points from ward for missing a pass last game, and i said paxton has had some bad passes too
my point was that he was nitpicking details of ward but giving paxton the a nice big bigger picture without nitpicking his details

and so we are aware, ward has similar completion percentage and qbr to paxton, and before last week ward was actually higher on both

paxton has 500 more passing yards but has played 1 more game, but ward has 400 more rushing yards


and to me without question the best passer in this league is gunner kiel....
before you attack, ward uses his scrambles as a tool, and memphis offense is heavily reliant on the play action and misdirection...gunner almost every play is just in the pocket picking apart defenses..their arent 2 fake handoffs and then people running one way or another like memphis, its just him

the kid cant stay healthy to save him life but to me he is the best pure passer in the league

Paxton played ONE QUARTER vs Mo St and 2 1/2 vs Kansas.

He's top ten in the nation in every passing category....top 5 in most. It's odd that you mention the play action because Paxton is third in the country in yards per attempt. Kiel might be the best passer (according to you), but Lynch is the one who has shown it. Paxton Lynch is one of the best quarterbacks in the country....not AAC, the country. His stats 100% back that up.

Yards per punt is a silly, useless stat.

If you're not punting from deep in your own territory, you don't WANT the ball to go 70 yards.

If I ruled the world of statistics, my punting stats would be inside 5, inside 10, inside 20, fair catches and that's about it.

(10-05-2015 03:22 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  The only one I'm absolutely sure about is Worthy our punter. He might be the best in the nation.

I said after the VT game that he should have gotten the game ball. He pinned them inside the 10 twice late in the game. He also is the only kicker I have seen in a while that has the ability to accurately kick the ball out of bounds. I thought that was a lost art since Ray Guy.