The official Coaches All Big XII team thread

[RedStripe]

http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112806aac.html

Pretty goog showing

Irving, Texas - The AT&T All-Big 12 Conference football teams and individual award winners have been announced.Selections are made by the league's 12 head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players.

AT&T OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Zac Taylor, Nebraska, Sr., QB, Norman, Okla.

AT&T DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Rufus Alexander, Oklahoma, Sr., LB, Baton Rouge, La.

AT&T SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor, Sr., P, Dallas, Texas

AT&T OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Colt McCoy, Texas, QB, RF, Tuscola, Texas

AT&T DEFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Andre Sexton, Oklahoma State, S, RF, Houston, Texas

AT&T OFFENSIVE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Adarius Bowman, Oklahoma State, WR, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn.

AT&T DEFENSIVE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Misi Tupe, Texas A&M, LB, Jr., St. George, Utah

AT&T OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR
Justin Blalock, Texas, OT, Sr., Plano, Texas

AT&T DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR
Adam Carriker, Nebraska, DE, Sr., Kennewick, Wash.

AT&T COACH OF THE YEAR
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma, 8th season

All-Big 12 Honors Notebook:

# Zac Taylor is the second player from Nebraska to be named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.He joins two-time winner Eric Crouch (2001, 1999) in earning the honor.

# Rufus Alexander is the third Oklahoma player to earn Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, following Teddy Lehman (2003) and Roy Williams (2001).

# Daniel Sepulveda's Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year recognition marks the first time in conference history a Baylor player has earned a major football award.

# Bob Stoops wins Coach of the Year for the third time.The total is more than any coach in league history.

# Sexton and Bowman's honors mark just the second and third time in Big 12 history an Oklahoma State athlete has garnered a major award.Former Cowboy quarterback Tony Lindsay was chosen as Freshman of the Year in 1997.

# Texas and Oklahoma are tied for the most major award honorees in the 11-year history of the Big 12 with 18 each.Kansas State is next with 11 winners, followed by Nebraska (9), Iowa State (6), Colorado (5) and Texas Tech (4).

# Three athletes earned All-Big 12 First Team honors for the third time in their career.Mason Crosby (Colorado), Adrian Peterson (Oklahoma) and Justin Blalock were first team choices in 2006, `05 and `04.

2006 AT&T All-Big 12 Football First Team

OFFENSE
Pos. Player School Class Hometown/Previous School(s)
QB Zac Taylor Nebraska Sr. Norman, Okla./Wake Forest/Butler County CC
RB Jon Cornish Kansas Sr. New Westminster, British Columbia/Saint Thomas More
RB Adrian Peterson [3r] Oklahoma Jr. Palestine, Texas/Palestine
FB Dane Todd Nebraska Sr. Lincoln, Neb./Southeast
WR Adarius Bowman Oklahoma State Jr. Chattanooga, Tenn./Notre Dame/North Carolina
WR Joel Filani [r] Texas Tech Sr. Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley
WR Limas Sweed Texas Jr. Brenham, Texas/Brenham
TE Martin Rucker Missouri Jr. St. Joseph, Mo./Benton
OL Justin Blalock [3r] Texas Sr. Plano, Texas/East
OL Kasey Studdard Texas Sr. Lone Tree, Colo./Highlands Ranch
OL Corey Hilliard Oklahoma State Sr. New Orleans, La./Jesuit
OL Joel Clinger Missouri Sr. Warrenton, Mo./Warren County R-III
OL Chris Messner Oklahoma Sr. Frederick, Okla./Frederick
PK Mason Crosby [3r] Colorado Sr. Georgetown, Texas/Georgetown
KR/PR Yamon Figurs Kansas State Sr. Lakeland, Fla./Garden City CC

DEFENSE
DL C.J. Ah You Oklahoma Sr. Highland, Utah/Snow CC
DL Adam Carriker Nebraska Sr. Kennewick, Wash./Kennewick
DL Ian Campbell Kansas State So. Cimarron, Kan./Cimarron
DL Abraham Wright Colorado Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Southeast/NE Oklahoma A&M
DL Larry Birdine Oklahoma Sr. Lawton, Okla./Eisenhower
LB Rufus Alexander [r] Oklahoma Sr. Baton Rouge, La./Christian Life Academy
LB Marcus Bacon Missouri Sr. Houston, Texas/Cypress Springs
LB Bo Ruud [r04] Nebraska Jr. Lincoln, Neb./Southeast
DB Michael Griffin Texas Sr. Austin, Texas/Bowie
DB Aaron Ross Texas Sr. Tyler, Texas/John Tyler
DB Aqib Talib Kansas So. Richardson, Texas/Berkner
DB Melvin Bullitt Texas A&M Sr. Garland, Texas/Naaman Forest
DB Terrence Wheatley Colorado Jr. Richardson, Texas/Plano East
P Daniel Sepulveda [r04] Baylor Sr. Dallas, Texas/Highland Park

[3r] - 3-time All-Big 12 selection (2004, `05, `06)
[r] - Repeat selection from last season
[r04] - Repeat selection from 2004

2006 AT&T All-Big 12 Football Second Team

OFFENSE
Pos. Player School Class Hometown/Previous School(s)
QB Chase Daniel Missouri So. Southlake, Texas/Carroll
RB Jorvorskie Lane Texas A&M So. Lufkin, Texas/Lufkin
RB Brandon Jackson Nebraska Jr. Horn Lake, Miss./Horn Lake
FB Brandon McAnderson Kansas Jr. Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence
FB Chris Alexander Texas A&M Jr. Humble, Texas/Humble
WR Malcolm Kelly Oklahoma So. Longview, Texas/Longview
WR Maurice Purify Nebraska Jr. Eureka, Calif./San Francisco City College
WR Dominique Zeigler Baylor Sr. Killeen, Texas/Harker Heights
TE Martellus Bennett Texas A&M So. Alief, Texas/Taylor
TE Chase Coffman Missouri So. Peculiar, Mo./Raymore-Peculiar
OL Scott Stephenson Iowa State Sr. St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall/Minnesota
OL David Ochoa Kansas Sr. Houston, Texas/Dobie
OL Cody Wallace Texas A&M Jr. Cuero, Texas/Cuero
OL Lyle Sendlein Texas Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral
OL Glenn January Texas Tech Sr. Houston, Texas/Second Baptist
PK Garrett Hartley Oklahoma Jr. Southlake, Texas/Southlake Carroll
KR/PR Aaron Ross Texas Sr. Tyler, Texas/John Tyler

DEFENSE
DL Keyunta Dawson Texas Tech Sr. Shreveport, La./Evangel Christian
DL Brian Smith Missouri Sr. Denton, Texas/Ryan
DL Tim Crowder Texas Sr. Tyler, Texas/John Tyler
DL Victor DeGrate Oklahoma State Sr. DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto
DL Jay Moore Nebraska Sr. Elkhorn, Neb./Elkhorn
LB Brandon Archer Kansas State Sr. St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Durham
LB Alvin Bowen Iowa State Jr. East Orange, N.J./Montclair/Garden City CC
LB Joe Pawelek Baylor Fr. Spring Branch, Texas/Smithson Valley
DB Marcus Watts Kansas State Jr. Hays, Kan./Hays
DB Marcus Walker Oklahoma Jr. Waco, Texas/Waco
DB David Overstreet Missouri Sr. Dallas, Texas/W.W. Samuel
DB Nic Harris Oklahoma So. Alexandria, La./Alexandria
DB Reggie Smith Oklahoma So. Edmond, Okla./Sante Fe
P Matt Fodge Oklahoma State So. Garland, Texas/Garland

Ties in the voting created additional positions on the second team for fullback and tight end.

2006 AT&T All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team

Baylor: Anthony Arline, DB; Shawn Bell, QB; Dwain Crawford, DB; Ryan Havens, PK; Maurice Linguist, DB; Trent Shelton, WR; C.J. Wilson, DB
Colorado: Brian Daniels, OL; Jordon Dizon, LB; George Hypolite, DL; Thaddaeus Washington, LB
Iowa State: Ryan Baum, PR/KR; Todd Blythe, WR; Aaron Brant, OL; Brent Curvey, DL; Shawn Moorehead, DL
Kansas: Jerome Kemp, DB; James McClinton, DL; Mike Rivera, LB; Bob Whitaker, OL
Kansas State: Zach Diles, LB; Yamon Figurs, WR; Rob Jackson, DL; Jermaine Moreira, WR; Leon Patton, PR/KR; Jeff Snodgrass, PK; Greg Wafford, OL; Kyle Williams, DB
Missouri: Will Franklin, WR; Xzavie Jackson, DL; Darnell Terrell, DB; Tony Temple, RB; Lorenzo Williams, DL; Dedrick Harrington, LB; Jeff Wolfert, PK
Nebraska: Stewart Bradley, LB; Brett Byford, OL; Cortney Grixby, DB; Marlon Lucky, RB; Corey McKeon, LB; Andrew Shanle, DB; Matt Slauson, OL
Oklahoma: Steven Coleman, DL; Brody Eldridge, FB; Joe Jon Finley, TE; Lendy Holmes, DB; Zach Latimer, LB; Allen Patrick, RB; George Robinson, OL; Reggie Smith, PR/KR; Paul Thompson, QB; Brandon Walker, OL; Darien Williams, DB
Oklahoma State: Perrish Cox, PR/KR; Nathan Peterson, DL; Brandon Pettigrew, TE; Andre Sexton, DB; D'Juan Woods, WR
Texas: Billy Pittman, WR; Tony Hills, OL; Colt McCoy, QB; Brian Robison, DL
Texas A&M: Justin Brantly, P; Mike Goodson, RB; Kirk Elder, OL; Chris Harrington, DL; Stephen McGee, QB; Chad Schroeder, WR; Misi Tupe, LB; Justin Warren, LB
Texas Tech: Joe Garcia, DB; Graham Harrell, QB; Chris Hudler, DL; Manuel Ramirez, OL; Jake Ratliff, DL; Alex Reyes, P; Brock Stratton, LB; Louis Vasquez, OL; Shannon Woods, RB

[mrowl]

McCoy deserved offensive player of the year also, not just freshman.

[Widescreen]

I'm more in agreement with this list than the other one. At least MK made the 2nd team.

[RedStripe]

Daniel 2nd team qb is a joke. I agree on McCoy as POY, he was getting Heisman talk 3 weeks ago. Plus he played in the south

[TMcGee86]

Griffin being picked above Reggie Smith is a joke IMHO.

[BIG_IKE]

This is more accurate, but several things dont seem right to me.

1) McCoy should be higher
2) Sweed should be 2nd team and Kelly 1st Team
3) Griffin should 2nd team and Smith 1st Team
4) Bobino from Texas should be 2nd team at least
5) Cosby from Texas outplayed Sweed in Conference play and should be 2nd team in my opinion
6.) Lendy Holmes should be 2nd team not honorable mention


Gross...I cant believe I am defending Whorns

[BIG_IKE]

..and one more thing...Tech's QB should have been mentioned. He may throw the most, but he almost has the highest completion % too.

[TheLadiesMike]

I only saw 2 A&M games (OU and texas), but their DE Barrington seemed very impressive in those two....does anyone know anything about him? Did he just happen to have two good games when I was watching?

[tru2ou]

Texas pass defense ranks like 100th in the nation yet two of their DB's are 1st team all conference. Either they are really over rated or Chizek had no f'in clue.

I choose to believe they are over rated.


- TRU

[BIG_IKE]

Texas pass defense ranks like 100th in the nation yet two of their DB's are 1st team all conference. Either they are really over rated or Chizek had no f'in clue.

I choose to believe they are over rated.


- TRU

Well.

After watching them play for the last 4 years I can't say they are overrated. Name one college secondary in America they could not start in.

If UT did not have these two, no MNC last year and they would not have won the RRS this year. Ross will probably win the Thorpe too.

RRS 2K5- Ross 2 INT's 1 FR, 1 FF, 1 TD
Griffin- 2 FF

[SoonerShark]

McCoy deserved offensive player of the year also, not just freshman.

Amen. Colt McCoy was much more impressive than Taylor.

I do not know how in the world Taylor was chosen, he was okay, but not great. Of course, Eric Crouch was not that great either, but for some reason he received accolades beyond his accomplishments two years. They should just be grateful they did not play in the Big XII South or they would have been no higher than third team QB since their stats would have suffered so badly. Neither NU QB can carry Jason White's or Vince Young's jocks.

[CHHS_Aggie]

I only saw 2 A&M games (OU and texas), but their DE Barrington seemed very impressive in those two....does anyone know anything about him? Did he just happen to have two good games when I was watching?

Its Harrington, he's definently our best defensive lineman and leads the team in sacks.

[badger]

There's a mistake in the list. You left out Adrian Peterson.

[StoopTroup]

Bob Stoops wins Coach of the Year for the third time.The total is more than any coach in league history.

Bob is the Man!

[Collier11]

There is no way crosby is 1st team over hartley, is crosby a groza finalist??? The only reason he is on there is cus he can kick a 70yd fg in colorado, that is the only joke I see on the team, though there are some that I thought should be diff.

[RedStripe]

Did anyone think AD would be a 1st teamer? or on the list at all?

[The Maestro]

Um..........Messner?

[Widescreen]

Um..........Messner?
Lifetime achievement award? :confused:

[MiccoMacey]

AT&T OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Zac Taylor, Nebraska, Sr., QB, Norman, Okla.

[Torrence Marshall voice] I'm coming to get my boy's trophy back [/Torrence Marshall voice]

[OSUAggie]

Did Ah You and Birdine end up with good #'s? I thought OU's ends were struggling most of the year...

[MiccoMacey]

Ah You saved our DL's bacon. He moved to NG a lot as well.

Stats are misleading. Ah You can disrupt an OLine like no other.

[OSUAggie]

I wonder if Okam's still gonna go to the league even though he didn't even make honorable mention.

[royalfan5]

I'm stunned that Bo Ruud is first team all-conference. The has to be better LB's out there.

[BIG_IKE]

I thought Bobino from Texas would have been on there. That guy is a monster.

[Big Red Cop]

Man talk about some major sour grapes (ref. Taylor first team). A Norman boy playing for NU, and has just as good, if not better stats than McCoy, and is voted by the Big 12 Coaches as Offensive POY, but he doesn't deserve it?? McCoy does!:rolleyes:

There are really only two arguments as to why you Sooners feel this way:

1) McCoy lit up your defense in your game with them
1a) Taylor is a Norman boy that turned out to be a better than average QB, and is at NU as we speak!

Nothing more!

[OSUAggie]

Man talk about some major sour grapes (ref. Taylor first team). A Norman boy playing for NU, and has just as good, if not better stats than McCoy, and is voted by the Big 12 Coaches as Offensive POY, but he doesn't deserve it?? McCoy does!:rolleyes:

There are really only two arguments as to why you Sooners feel this way:

1) McCoy lit up your defense in your game with them
1a) Taylor is a Norman boy that turned out to be a better than average QB, and is at NU as we speak!

Nothing more!

who won head to head?

[Big Red Cop]

who won head to head?

Texas did, and were very lucky to have done that. Nunn doesn't fumble, NU wins (old topic)

The better question would be who had a better day head to head:

Taylor: 15/28 277 yds. 2 tds 1 int. 1 fumble/1 lost

McCoy: 25/39 220 yds. 2 tds 0 int. 3 fumbles/1 lost

No doubt that McCoy deserves newcomer of the year, but Taylor as voted by the Big 12 coaches was the OPOY! Sooners will see him in three days.

[BIG_IKE]

McCoy did not have a big game vs. the Sooners. He made some clutch plays, but he did not "light anyone up". But in comparing Taylor and McCoy

McCoy

Big 12 QB Rating: #1 (Taylor #2)
Completion Percentage: #1 (Taylor #4)
Touchdowns: 27 (Taylor 24)
INT's: 7 (Taylor 4)
Sacked: 14 (Taylor 23)
Wins: 9 (Taylor 9)
Head to Head: beat Taylor
Scoring Offense: #1 in Big 12

How does Taylor seem better. Statisitcally he is not overall.
He has more passing yards, and less interceptions, but in every other category he is not. Plus, McCoy beat him on his own field.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

Man talk about some major sour grapes (ref. Taylor first team). A Norman boy playing for NU, and has just as good, if not better stats than McCoy, and is voted by the Big 12 Coaches as Offensive POY, but he doesn't deserve it?? McCoy does!:rolleyes:

There are really only two arguments as to why you Sooners feel this way:

1) McCoy lit up your defense in your game with them
1a) Taylor is a Norman boy that turned out to be a better than average QB, and is at NU as we speak!

Nothing more!

dude, get off your frickin high horse. there is nothing more that ****es me off than an opposing fan meandering on here and acting all nickzeppish with regards to other people's opinions. THEY ARE OPINIONS MORON. taylor played in a much easier division and didn't face the #1 defense in the league, yet still ended up with inferior stats. so maybe, just maybe, there might be another reason.

[Big Red Cop]

McCoy beat him on his own field.


Terrance Nunn not holding onto the football was the reason TEXAS, not McCoy won that day! Not even arguable!

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I still think if you measure both QB's out not only by numbers which they are just as good as each other, but the heart as well. Taylor has the heart of ten men, McCoy....well I just don't think that he is there yet. Given the choice to have either McCoy or Taylor leading my team down the field with 2 minutes left in the game, IMO that is a no brainer. I do think that McCoy will be one helluva QB when all is said and done. In Taylor's defense, McCoy played behind a much much better O-Line than Taylor.

[cvsooner]

...McCoy....well I just don't think that he is there yet. {SNIPPED} I do think that McCoy will be one helluva QB when all is said and done.

The Big XII South has too many good/scary/decent quarterbacks coming back for the next several years.

McCoy. McGee. Reid. Harrell. Frosh. Junior. Soph. Soph.

And we've got...who, exactly?

And then there's Chase Daniel at Missouri, also a soph. And the frosh kid at K. State. Man.

I hope some really smart QB prospect realizes what an oppOrtUnity awaits him at Oklahoma. I also hope Heupel can work some magic with Halzle and Bradford this spring.

[Big Red Cop]

I thought that Zac Lee would for sure end up in Norman! OU will get a stud QB, I wouldn't worry too much about that.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

Gosh, what I'm really concerned about is our defensive secondary next year... Just look at that 2nd team defense... losing all those guys... what?... what's that you say?.... not?... NOT losing?... ok, then...

Carry on. :D

[Collier11]

The Associated Press was supposed to announce the Big 12 off and def players of the year along with the coach of the year, has anyone heard or have a link???

[Big Red Cop]

Here are the POY per the AP:

http://www.wowt.com/sports/headlines/4779601.html

The full team will be announced in the next couple of days. It pretty much matches up with the coaches team!

[Collier11]

Thanks!!

[mrjeffmaxwell]

Ruuuuuufus.