Big East Player of the Year

Pat White, QB West Virginia
There's no wrong answer between White, WVU RB Steve Slaton, Louisville QB Brian Brohm or Rutgers RB Ray Rice. White gets the nod for a brilliant five game stretch in the middle of the Big East season when he was unstoppable on the ground and solid with the passing attack. He ran for 1,074 yards and 17 touchdowns while completing 66% of his throws with 11 touchdown passes and seven interceptions. With Slaton hurting for a stretch against Louisville, White almost carried the team to the win rushing for four scores and throwing for 222 yards.

Defensive Player of the Year - H.B. Blades, Sr. Pitt
Blades was consistent and dominant all season long finishing third in th nation with 147 stops with double-digit tackles in every game but the blowout against Citadel when he was given a rest. Even though he wasn't always turned loose because of his duties against the run, he did a good job of getting into the backfield.

2006 Collegefootballnews.com All-Big East Team
Offense
QB - Pat White, Soph. WVU
RB - Ray Rice, Soph. Rutgers
RB - Steve Slaton, Soph. WVU
WR - Harry Douglas, Jr. Louisville
WR - Mario Urrutia, Soph. Louis.
TE - Clark Harris, Sr. Rutgers
OL - George Bussey, Soph. Louis.
OL - Renardo Foster, Sr. Louis.
OL - Dan Mozes, Sr. W. Virginia
OL - Jeremy Sheffey, Sr. WVU
OL - Jeremy Zuttah, Jr. Rutgers
PK - Arthur Carmody, Jr. Louisville
KR - Darius Reynaud, Jr. WVU Defense
DL - Terrill Byrd, Soph. Cincinnati
DL - Keilein Dykes, Jr. WVU
DL - Jameel McClain, Jr. Syracuse
DL - Amobi Okoye, Sr. Louisville
LB - H.B. Blades, Sr. Pitt
LB - Stephen Nicholas, Sr. USF
LB - Kelvin Smith, Sr. Syracuse
DB - Mike Mickens, Soph. Cin.
DB - Courtney Greene, Soph. Rut.
DB - Eric Weeks, Sr. W. Virginia
DB - Trae Williams, Jr. USF
P - Joe Radigan, Sr. Rutgers
PR - Ean Randoplph, Sr. USF

Top 30 players regardless of position
Based on the season the player had
1. QB Pat White, Soph. WVU
2. RB Steve Slaton, Soph. WVU
3. QB Brian Brohm, Jr. Louisville
4. RB Ray Rice, Soph. Rutgers
5. C Dan Mozes, Sr. West Virginia
6. LB H.B. Blades, Sr. Pitt
7. DT Amobi Okoye, Sr. Louisville
8. WR Harry Douglas, Jr. Louisville
9. S Eric Weeks, Sr. West Virginia
10. QB Tyler Palko, Sr. Pitt
11. CB Trae Williams, Jr. USF
12. LB Kelvin Smith, Sr. Syracuse
13. WR Mario Urrutia, Soph. Louis.
14. LB Stephen Nicholas, Sr. USF
15. WR Derek Kinder, Jr. Pitt
16. DE Jameel McClain, Jr. SU
17. RB Donald Brown, Fr. Conn.
18. DT Keilein Dykes, Jr. WVU
19. OT George Bussey, Soph. Louis.
20. TE Clark Harris, Sr. Rutgers
21. LB Malik Jackson, Jr. Louis.
22. OG Jeremy Sheffey, Sr. WVU
23. DT Terrill Byrd, Soph. Cincinnati
24. S Courtney Greene, Soph. Rut.
25. PK Arthur Carmody, Jr. Louis.
26. QB Matt Grothe, Fr. USF
27. RB LaRod Stephens, Soph. Pitt
28. WR Darius Reynaud, Jr. WVU
29. FB Brian Leonard, Sr. Louis.
30. TE Brent Celek, Sr. Cincinnati

Top Quarterbacks
1. Pat White, WVU
2. Brian Brohm, Louisville
3. Tyler Palko, Pitt
4. Matt Grothe, USF
5. Mike Teel, Rutgers

Top Running Backs
1. Steve Slaton, WVU
2. Ray Rice, Rutgers
3. Donald Brown, Conn.
4. L. Stephens-Howling, Pitt
5. Kolby Smith, Louisville

Top Wide Receivers
1. Harry Douglas, Louisville
2. Mario Urrutia, Louisville
3. Derek Kinder, Pitt
4. Darius Reynaud, WVU
5. Oderick Turner, Pitt

Top Offensive Linemen
1. Dan Mozes, WVU
2. George Bussey, UL
3. Jeremy Sheffey, WVU
4. Jeremy Zuttah, Rutgers
5. Renardo Foster, UL

Top Defensive Linemen
1. Amobi Okoye, UL
2. Jameel McClain, SU
3. Keilein Dykes, WVU
4. Terrill Byrd, Cincinnati
5. Rameel Meekins, Rutgers

Top Linebackers
1. H.B. Blades, Pitt
2. Kelvin Smith, Syracuse
3. Stephen Nicholas, USF
4. Malik Jackson, Louisville
5. Clint Session, Pitt

Top Defensive Backs
1. Eric Weeks, WVU
2. Trae Williams, USF
3. Courtney Greene, Rutgers
4. Mike Mickens, Cincinnati
5. William Gay, Louisville

Top Kickers
1. PK Art Carmody, Louis.
2. PK Jeremy Ito, Rutgers
3. P Joe Radigan, Rutgers
4. PK Pat Shadle, Syracuse
5. PK Conor Lee, Pitt

Coach of the Year

With all due respect to Donald Brown, there was NO better freshman in the BigEast than Matt Grothe.

Not sure what CFN was thinking...

biggest dissapointment by far is pitt

biggest surprise has to be rutgers

most overrated player is tyler palko

kinder and turner top 5 wr? lmfao

CyberBull Wrote:With all due respect to Donald Brown, there was NO better freshman in the BigEast than Matt Grothe.

Not sure what CFN was thinking...

Donald Brown is going to be a stud RB but absolutely agree Matt Grothe is going to be one sick QB.

This list has zero credibility. Darrel Revis is the best DB in the conference and wasn't listed among the top 5??

Shannon Panther Wrote:This list has zero credibility. Darrel Revis is the best DB in the conference and wasn't listed among the top 5??

No kidding But, it only further validates USF Mike's point about you guys underachieving.

Also didn't know Brian Leonard was a Card:

Quote:29. FB Brian Leonard, Sr. Louis.

lmfao

I noticed on the CFN prediction that only Louisville and WVU were right on the money. The rest were all predicted way worse than they finished, except for Pittsburgh. Pitt just keeps underacheiving under Wanny.

did SU not try any other qb's besides perry??? 25 INT's is a lot.

MrHankyTheChristmasPoo Wrote:Also didn't know Brian Leonard was a Card:

Quote:29. FB Brian Leonard, Sr. Louis.

lmfao

I just read this thread for the first time and noticed that in the original post. You noticed it as well, but I've been saying all season that Petrino was under utilizing Leonard at the FB spot for the Cards! He simply refused to give him the ball in key situations.

As most have noted the CFN guys are idiots. I'll add another absurd omission. The fact that Eric Wood is not listed as one of the best offensive linemen in the league is a joke. The kid is an All-American center.