2012 Preseason All BIg 12 Team and Awards

[colleyvillesooner]

Little surprised to see Landry lose out to a guy who put up his numbers in the Big East last year. Yes i know he had a huge game against LSU, but game in game out, the defenses are bigger and better.


Offensive Player of the Year: Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia

Defensive Player of the Year: Alex Okafor, DE, Texas

Newcomer of the Year: Trey Metoyer, WR, Oklahoma

OFFENSE
QB: Geno Smith, WVU
RB: Malcom Brown, Texas
RB: Joseph Randle, Oklahoma State
WR: Tavon Austin, WVU
WR: Kenny Stills, Oklahoma

TE: Jordan Najvar, Baylor
C: Ben Habern, Oklahoma
OL: Lane Taylor, Oklahoma State
OL: Cyril Richardson, Baylor

OL: Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma
OL: LaAdrian Waddle, Texas Tech

DEFENSE
DL: Alex Okafor, Texas
DL: Stansly Maponga, TCU
DL: Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas
DL: Jamarkus McFarland, Oklahoma
LB: Jake Knott, Iowa State
LB: Arthur Brown, Kansas State
LB: A.J. Klein, Iowa State
DB: Nigel Malone, Kansas State
DB: Brodrick Brown, Oklahoma State
DB: Kenny Vaccaro, Texas
DB: Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma

SPECIALISTS
P: Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State

PK: Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State

PR: Tavon Austin, West Virginia

KR: Tyler Lockett, Kansas State

[colleyvillesooner]

Aaron Colvin is not happy:


@AColvin14

Tired of the NCAA and BIGXII disrespecting me with the preseason selections but I've been through this before. Hurts but it's all good..

[goingoneight]

I think AC's gonna be really good this year. That said, I hope he's not actually concerned with this.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

A lot of good db's in the conference, and pretty average d lineman

[badger]

I think AC's gonna be really good this year. That said, I hope he's not actually concerned with this.

Chip on shoulder = Reason to prove everyone wrong and have a monster year :)

As for Geno, this was probably voters being like "We have to be inclusive of our new teams in these All-Big-12 rankings! Let's name WVU's best player" and there you go.

Or... crazy thought here... LJ is getting dissed because OU kept taking him out on goalline and 4th down/3rd and short stances in favor of Belldozer.