PROVIDENCE, R.I. – West Virginia quarterback Patrick White, who led the Mountaineers to a share of the BIG EAST Conference championship and a berth in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, has been chosen as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season by the league’s eight head coaches.
USF defensive end George Selvie, the national leader in tackles for loss, was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, while Cincinnati punter Kevin Huber was tabbed as BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year. Pittsburgh running back LeSean McCoy was a unanimous choice as BIG EAST Rookie of the Year, and Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year.
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ALL-BIG EAST CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School
WR Harry Douglas Louisville Sr. 5-11 170 Jonesboro, Ga./Jones
WR Tiquan Underwood Rutgers Jr. 6-2 180 Lawrenceville, N.J./Notre Dame
OT Jeff Otah Pittsburgh Sr. 6-6 340 New Castle, Del./Valley Forge Military Academy
OT Jeremy Zuttah Rutgers Sr. 6-4 290 Edison, N.J./J.P. Stevens
OG Donald Thomas Connecticut Sr. 6-4 290 West Haven, Conn./Career
OG Greg Isdaner West Virginia So. 6-4 315 Gladwyne, Pa./Episcopal
C Eric Wood Louisville Jr. 6-4 301 Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder
TE Gary Barnidge * Louisville Sr. 6-6 234 Middleburg, Fla./Middleburg
QB Patrick White * West Virginia Jr. 6-2 190 Daphne, Ala./Daphne
RB Ray Rice * Rutgers Jr. 5-9 205 New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle
RB LeSean McCoy Pittsburgh Fr. 5-11 210 Harrisburg, Pa./Milford Academy
K Art Carmody Louisville Sr. 5-9 180 Shreveport, La./Loyola College
KR/PR Max Suter Syracuse Fr. 5-11 190 Ruffs Dale, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic
DEFENSE
DL Terrill Byrd Cincinnati Jr. 6-1 270 Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain
DL Eric Foster Rutgers Sr. 6-2 265 Homestead, Fla./Homestead
DL George Selvie * USF So. 6-4 245 Pensacola, Fla./Pine Forest
DL Keilen Dykes West Virginia Sr. 6-5 295 Youngstown, Ohio/Chaney
LB Danny Lansanah Connecticut Sr. 6-0 248 Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg
LB Scott McKillop * Pittsburgh Jr. 6-2 240 Export, Pa./Kiski Area
LB Ben Moffitt USF Sr. 6-2 240 Bushnell, Fla./South Sumter
CB Mike Mickens * Cincinnati Jr. 6-0 165 Huber Heights, Ohio/Ohio Wayne
CB Mike Jenkins USF Sr. 6-2 200 Bradenton, Fla./Southeast
S Haruki Nakamura * Cincinnati Sr. 5-10 190 Elyria, Ohio/Lakewood St. Edward
S Eric Wicks West Virginia Sr. 6-1 205 Pittsburgh, Pa./Perry
P Kevin Huber Cincinnati Jr. 6-1 210 Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas
* unanimous selection
ALL-BIG EAST CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
WR Marcus Barnett Cincinnati Fr. 6-1 165 Upper Marlboro, Md./Frederick Douglass
WR Kenny Britt Rutgers So. 6-4 205 Bayonne, N.J./Bayonne
WR Mike Williams Syracuse So. 6-2 204 Buffalo, N.Y./Riverside
WR Darius Reynaud West Virginia Sr. 5-10 200 Luling, La./Hahnville
OT George Bussey Louisville Jr. 6-4 298 Louisville, Ky./Western
OT Pedro Sosa Rutgers Sr. 6-5 290 Union City, N.J./Union Hill
OG Trevor Canfield Cincinnati Jr. 6-5 320 Cincinnati, Ohio/Western Hills
OG Ryan Schmidt USF Jr. 6-4 305 Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton/Kansas State
C Mike Dent West Virginia Jr. 6-4 285 Jeannette, Pa./Jeannette
QB Brian Brohm Louisville Sr. 6-4 228 Louisville, Ky./Trinity
RB Andre Dixon Connecticut So. 6-1 195 New Brunswick, N.J./New Brunswick
RB Steve Slaton West Virginia Jr. 5-10 190 Levittown, Pa./Conwell-Egan
K Pat McAfee West Virginia Jr. 6-1 220 Plum, Pa./Plum
KR/PR Tyvon Branch Connecticut Sr. 6-0 199 Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse
DEFENSE
DL Anthony Hoke Cincinnati Sr. 6-1 230 Warren, Ohio/Harding
DL Joe Clermond Pittsburgh Sr. 6-3 250 Tampa, Fla./Chamberlain
DL Arthur Jones Syracuse So. 6-4 289 Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott
DL Johnny Dingle West Virginia Sr. 6-3 270 Miami, Fla./Booker T. Washington
LB Lamar Myles Louisville Jr. 6-0 220 Winter Haven, Fla./Lake Region
LB Tyrone McKenzie USF Jr. 6-2 230 Riverview, Fla./Riverview/Iowa State
LB Marc Magro West Virginia Sr. 6-3 240 Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown
CB DeAngelo Smith Cincinnati Jr. 6-0 185 Columbus, Ohio/Independence
CB Trae Williams USF Sr. 5-10 185 Plant City, Fla./Durant
S Courtney Greene Rutgers Jr. 6-2 210 New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle
S Joe Fields Syracuse Sr. 6-1 210 Houston, Texas/Washington
P Rob Long Syracuse Fr. 6-4 175 Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West
I'm confused on how Edsall could not win the COY.
Now Kelly is a great coach but he did not do a better job this year than Edsall.
To go from last to tied for first is an impressive feat, especially with the least heralded players in the Big East. I mean there's less Uconn players on the all Big East teams than any other team in the league. So its not like talent override the coaching.
I'm not saying Uconn is better than Cinci.
I'm saying if
1.Uconn finished ahead of Cincy
2.Uconn was predicted to finish behind Cincy
3.Uconn finished last, last year
4.Uconn has the least heralded players in the league
5.Uconn finished tied for first
How could Edsall not win coach of the year?
ccbfan Wrote:I'm confused on how Edsall could not win the COY.
Now Kelly is a great coach but he did not do a better job this year than Edsall.
To go from last to tied for first is an impressive feat, especially with the least heralded players in the Big East. I mean there's less Uconn players on the all Big East teams than any other team in the league. So its not like talent override the coaching.
I'm not saying Uconn is better than Cinci.
I'm saying if
1.Uconn finished ahead of Cincy
2.Uconn was predicted to finish behind Cincy
3.Uconn finished last, last year
4.Uconn has the least heralded players in the league
5.Uconn finished tied for first
How could Edsall not win coach of the year?
This is Kelly's first year at UC. How long has Edsall been at UConn?
That is one the major difference - look at what Kelly accomplished in his first season in a new conference, with mostly someone else's players, and installing a completely new offense. The argument could be made that's even more impressive than what Edsall did.
I'm a UC fan and I'll concede that Edsall deserves it more than Kelly. UCONN is the BE co-champs and were expected to be a doormat. I'm not saying that UCONN's better than us but they did finish higher. Also even though Kelly was new we also had a 7-5 team coming back that was sophmore-dominated so we knew we were going to get better. 9-3 is about what was expected around here.
Quote:West Virginia quarterback Patrick White, who led the Mountaineers to a share of the BIG EAST Conference championship and a berth in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, has been chosen as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season by the league’s eight head coaches.
Not to reopen any old wounds, but I'm willing to bet that there were a couple of coaches who wouldn't have voted for Edsall after that whole "fair catch" fiasco once Edsall gave Larry Taylor a game ball. I certainly am willing to bet that Steve Kragthorpe didn't vote for him...
USFFan
usffan Wrote:Quote:by the league’s eight head coaches.
Not to reopen any old wounds, but I'm willing to bet that there were a couple of coaches who wouldn't have voted for Edsall after that whole "fair catch" fiasco once Edsall gave Larry Taylor a game ball. I certainly am willing to bet that Steve Kragthorpe didn't vote for him...
USFFan
Spot on. I guarantee Kragthorpe didn't vote for Edsall. There is no need to reopen the debate, but he was not pleased with the game ball.
Who cares. What would you rather have, COTY or the Tire Bowl and Big East title? Besides, I don't feel sorry for UConn fans. When the new league was configured UConn and USF were considered to be future powers and Cincinnati was considered to be a future bottom feeder, another Vanderbilt or Duke.
RealDeal Wrote:I'm a UC fan and I'll concede that Edsall deserves it more than Kelly. UCONN is the BE co-champs and were expected to be a doormat. I'm not saying that UCONN's better than us but they did finish higher. Also even though Kelly was new we also had a 7-5 team coming back that was sophmore-dominated so we knew we were going to get better. 9-3 is about what was expected around here.
This is slight karma. We thought we should have gotten the Tire Bowl, it went to UConn. UConn thought they should have gotten COTY it went to Cincinnati. Who cares really, it's just a piece of wood.
ccbfan Wrote:I'm confused on how Edsall could not win the COY.
Now Kelly is a great coach but he did not do a better job this year than Edsall.
To go from last to tied for first is an impressive feat, especially with the least heralded players in the Big East. I mean there's less Uconn players on the all Big East teams than any other team in the league. So its not like talent override the coaching.
I'm not saying Uconn is better than Cinci.
I'm saying if
1.Uconn finished ahead of Cincy
2.Uconn was predicted to finish behind Cincy
3.Uconn finished last, last year
4.Uconn has the least heralded players in the league
5.Uconn finished tied for first
How could Edsall not win coach of the year?
Kelly got more votes. That's how. I think a good bit of it had to do with the fan interest he's generated in Cincinnati. His tirade against the local media that shunned The BEast's media day to kick off the football season got a ton of publicity around the nation, and that got a lot of people looking at UC. All of that is taken into consideration.
Rice, Underwood, and Zuttah were clearly deserving of first team honors, but even as a Rutgers fan, I have to question Eric Foster's selection. I felt he had a poor season and was exposed as being slightly overrated. Meekins graduating killed Foster; he truly made Eric a much better player.
I love Foster's attitude and passion, but based on merit he did not deserve this honor. Good luck to him though, of course.