My Pre Season Top 25 & All American Team

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OklahomaOhio S.TAlabamaBoise S.TFloridaTCUIowaNebraskaTexasUNCWisconsinMiamiVirginia TechOregonAuburnUSCGeorgiaSouth CarolinaFlorida S.THoustonGeorgia TechArkansasPenn S.TStanfordUCONNAll American TeamOffenseQB - 1) Case Keenum        2) Ryan Mallet        3) Christian PonderRB - 1) Mark Ingram        2) Dion Lewis        3) John ClayWR - 1) A.J Green         2) Julio Jones         3) Terrance TolliverTE - 1) Lance Kendrick       2) Kyle Rudolph       3) Charlie Gantt C  -  Mike PounceyG - 1) Rodney Houston      2) Stephen SchillingT - 1) Anthony Castonzo       2) Orlando FranklinDefenseDE - 1) Adrian Clayborn         2) Robert Quinn        3) Da&#x27;Quan BowersDT - 1) Jared Crick       2) Jarvis Jenkins       3) Marvin AustinLB  - 1) Greg Jones        2) Bruce Carter        3) Kelvin Sheppard        4) Dont&#x27;a Hightower        5) Von MillerCB  - 1) Prince Amukamara         2) Stephon Gilmore         3) Curtis Brown         4) Patrick Peterson         5) Brandon HarrisSafety&#x27;s -  1) DeAndre McDaniel                2) Rahim Moore                3) Johnny Brown                4) Will Hill                5) Blake Gideon No Kickers and Punters...... Who Cares? Right...

Boom_Boom · Answer

OklahomaOhio S.TAlabamaBoise S.TFloridaTCUIowaNebraskaTexasUNCWisconsinMiamiVirginia TechOregonAuburnUSCGeorgiaSouth CarolinaFlorida S.THoustonGeorgia TechArkansasPenn S.TStanfordUCONNAll American TeamOffenseQB - 1) Case Keenum        2) Ryan Mallet        3) Christian PonderRB - 1) Mark Ingram        2) Dion Lewis        3) John ClayWR - 1) A.J Green         2) Julio Jones         3) Terrance TolliverTE - 1) Lance Kendrick       2) Kyle Rudolph       3) Charlie Gantt C  -  Mike PounceyG - 1) Rodney Houston      2) Stephen SchillingT - 1) Anthony Castonzo       2) Orlando FranklinDefenseDE - 1) Adrian Clayborn         2) Robert Quinn        3) Da&#x27;Quan BowersDT - 1) Jared Crick       2) Jarvis Jenkins       3) Marvin AustinLB  - 1) Greg Jones        2) Bruce Carter        3) Kelvin Sheppard        4) Dont&#x27;a Hightower        5) Von MillerCB  - 1) Prince Amukamara         2) Stephon Gilmore         3) Curtis Brown         4) Patrick Peterson         5) Brandon HarrisSafety&#x27;s -  1) DeAndre McDaniel                2) Rahim Moore                3) Johnny Brown                4) Will Hill                5) Blake Gideon No Kickers and Punters...... Who Cares? Right...

DoubleUp4Life · Answer

Love it Brother ....&#xD;&#xA;I also am NOT a Fan of Kickers and Punters  &#xD;&#xA;Have a Fantastic 4th

Hindu · Answer

No Kellen Moore? He should be one of the reasons you have Boise st in the top 5. 2nd in the nation in passing effciency, only threw 3 INTs and probably the smartest QB around.

Boom_Boom · Answer

Kellen Moore is a tremendous QB  .....IMO tho, Keenum, Mallet and Ponder will put up very good numbers. That&#x27;s why I have them in my top 3.

Boom_Boom · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by DoubleUp4Life]  Love it Brother ....&#xD;&#xA;I also am NOT a Fan of Kickers and Punters  &#xD;&#xA;Have a Fantastic 4th   [/Quote]  Double up........  Happy 4th to you bro.

D_Unit · Answer

Where is WR James Cleveland for UH? He is Keenum&#x27;s go-to guy and put up insane #&#x27;s last yr meanwhile missing 3 games due to injury.

DoubleUp4Life · Answer

&#xD;&#xA;I give you credit Brother  ....&#xD;&#xA;You are the First Cougars  Homer I have met...&#xD;&#xA;Not saying he couldn&#x27;t be first team material ...

bookieassassin · Answer

dude he already threw you one bone (Keenum)......having 2 other great WR on same team means no better than 3rd team or so....Floyd....Baldwin.... Broyles.....or Rodgers before him anyway...best WR in CUSA is probably DeAndre Brown

DoubleUp4Life · Answer

&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at the Secondaries Oklahoma Faces week in and out &#xD;&#xA;100&#x2B; Catches ???

DoubleUp4Life · Answer

Boom really Happy to see a respected Covers Brother on Wisconsin This Year....&#xD;&#xA;Badgers should be a MoneyMaker

Vegasbuster · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by DoubleUp4Life]  Boom really Happy to see a respected Covers Brother on Wisconsin This Year....&#xD;&#xA;Badgers should be a MoneyMaker&#xD;&#xA;   [/Quote]I hope so. Wisconsin was a beast ATS in 2005-2007 going 24-12. They were below average the past 3 seasons: 15-21.

Vegasbuster · Answer

Make that 24-12 from 2004-2006 and 15-21 from 2007-2009.

nostradamus12 · Answer

nice work boom, thoughts below are for national media in general rather than your rankings

seems like OU is popular pick for publications this year, then again basically the same team (minus 2 top five picks - McCoy and Williams) went 8-5, so guess most are thinking Jones will become Bradford and Murray will finally live up to the hype (4.1 ypc, two 100 games LY one was against Idaho St), then again looking at the other teams tend to agree OU has top 5 talent

although there's no way Nebraska has better personnel than Texas (sure they overachieved against Texas staying in the game in spite of 106 yds offense) and is getting a lot of overhype, with an easier schedule that does not include OU and home against Texas suppose they could finish the year ahead of them, oddly enough Huskers haven't actually beaten a top 10-15 team that I recall in 5-10 years and now many magazines have them as top 10, not so clear how having (in terms of yardage) the #7 defense (Suh) and #99 offense equals top 10, fortunately with schedule they may only have to beat one top 25 team (Texas) and can make B12 title game and convince Husker fans they're back

nostradamus12 · Answer

actually scratch that, Nebraska won&#x27;t even have to beat any top 25 team to make the B12 title game

Boom_Boom · Answer

D - Unit - Bookie is right...there are many above Cleveland. Not saying he isn't a great player, I just have him a little below the others.

Doubleup - Broyles is as good as Green,Jones and Tolliver... I thought about it a long time and decided that who would I trust a little more in the Money Zone...AKA the Red Zone....

Vegasbuster - Lets hope Wisconsin will be as profitably as they have been...

Nos - Excellent point about the better talent with Texas. I made Nebraska higher because of the schedule and the overall experience factor the have right now over Texas. Plus, when Texas plays at Nebraska in October.... I fully expect Nebraska to win that game...

nostradamus12 · Answer

agree sets up as good shot for the Huskers against Texas, need that one to keep momentum going that Pelini has going, if get the win could be tricky getting back up at Okla St (even though many expecting OSU to have down year), then vs Mizzou after that who play them tough (winning 41-6 and 52-17 in 07-08, before losing 27-12 LY blowing 12-0 lead heading into 4th in the slop), if Nebraska starts undefeated (should) and then beats Texas could set up nice dog role for Mizzou probably catching TD&#x2B;

nostradamus12 · Answer

looks like the GOY lines have Neb 7.5 over Okla St and 10 over Mizzou in the weeks following Texas game

payne034 · Answer

Ingram will not be there....  he may be our second best back this season.  We have a tripod this year and could be nasty.

bracks · Answer

Boom- Lookin good and glad guys like you are already on this. The WC has had me barely open my steele yet. I do just have a coupel of things to ask though.

1- I hope the Heels finish the best of the 3 in the ACC, however do you think they should start the highest? I think overall teams the other two are ahead. Think the could all be ranked around there but think VT maybe deserves to be in the Top 10 (9-10)

2- I think the Big East ranking is missing from your Top 25

. The UCONvicts do have the schedule in their favor (getting Pitt,Neers, and cincy @ H) and return a lot of starters, but this is the Neers Conf to lose IMO. Don't know that they make it out of death Valley w/ a W, but they have a shot. After that, they should go into the last 2 weeks with 1 loss. The title will come down to the backyard brawl again IMO. I will not joke myself w/ the Neers having a problem w/ RU, since I don't know if the Knights will beat them in my lifetime.

Long story short, I think if you have 1 team from the BE ranked, it has to be Pitt or Neers. just my opinion.

Look forward to chatting thru another yr w/ you

Boom_Boom · Answer

Bracks - I ranked UNC the highest based on nothing more than just pure talent and overall potential. UNC has a chance to be really good this season and even though I picked Miami to come out of that league, it would not surprise me at all if UNC does.

The Big East is better than my rankings show them. UCONN is my pre season pick to win the Big East. Pitt is very close to the top 25 and to be honest with you, the last 5 teams or so could be replaced with another 5 teams I had Pitt and West Virginia there right on the edge. I like the Big East Bro...there a very balanced Conference.

tideman · Answer

Boom&#xD;&#xA; Excellent writeups   and I just wanted to throw another name out for you that will be an absolute beast this year at defensive tackle for Alabama, which is Marcell Dareus. If this kid can stay healthy, he will have an unbelievable season. During Spring practice, they had to take him out on numerous occasions, just so they could run some offensive plays. This kid was blowing up everything in the backfield. Again I have enjoyed reading your stuff, and can&#x27;t wait to get this season kicked off.

TREE88 · Answer

Good stuff buddy.&#xD;&#xA;Love that #1 pick.

bracks · Answer

Boom- Again, I will hope" they finish the best of the 3, however, their Offense has real ?'s. I have said this team should be like the Ravens SB team, but they don't have the ground game of VT, or the passing of "Da U". Sched doesn;t help them either.

With the BE, I never wanted it to come off as you didn;t respect it, just saying, only 1 might be ranked, just shouldn;t be UC

ps- Its OK, no one respects it

QBoption · Answer

QB&#x27;s :&#xD;&#xA;1. J. Locker  UW - Mobile PASSER, good size&#xD;&#xA;2. K. More  BSU - smart, accurate&#xD;&#xA;3. R. Mallett  Ark. - strong arm, accurate, &#xD;&#xA;...i like these QB&#x27;s, and props also to: T. taylor vtech, J. nessbit GT...

Mr. Insight · Answer

Great stuff BOOM&#xD;&#xA;Only comment I would have is Cam Heyward is a beast.  I would have him over Bowers

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