Breaking Down Phil Steele's 2011 All-Pac-12 Team
by Jon Woods on May 27, 2011 8:36 AM MDT
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First, let's take a look at the Buffs that did make the list.
1st Team:
Ryan Miller, OG
2nd Team:
Rodney Stewart, RB
Will Pericak, DT
3rd Team
Ryan Deehan, TE
Ethan Adkins, OG
Josh Hartigan, DE
4th Team
David Bakhtiari, OT
Thoughts:
- Ryan Miller will most likely be first team on all of these lists. He's poised for a breakout year in a big way.
- Along those lines, it's nice to see three o-linemen make the teams. Talk about a key for our offense, if this line can open holes for Speedy and give Hansen time then that side of the ball could surprise.
- Speaking of Speedy, what an eye opener it is to see the lack of running back talent in this conference. Not a whole lot after Polk, James and Stewart. Quite the departure from the Big 12 isn't it?
- Good to see Deehan there, but where is Paul Richardson? He even has Kenjon Barner on the 4th team in a receiver spot. Richardson is going to surprise a lot of people in this league, especially if Toney Clemons can up his game enough to take some pressure off of Paul.
- Like Phil said in another post, interesting to see Pericak make it to the second team when there is a decent chance he won't start. I like that Hartigan is there and it wouldn't surprise me if Obi made it as well when the year is over.
- Ouch, no LB's, no CB's, no S's. That is downright scary. The linebackers don't worry me, but we still may want to prepare for some shootouts this year...
What do you guys think? Other misses?
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Major should be on that list
I think he will be all Pac-12 this year.
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Major probably would have made the list if he'd been healthy
But then, James Rodgers is on the list, maybe just due to national profile. richardson seems like a pretty egregious oversight. And I think you’re underrating the tailback talent. Taylor and Franklin were both over 1100 yards, and USC, Ucla, Oregon, and Stanford all have at least 3 starter quality backs. We should be so lucky to have that kind of depth. They maybe just don’t have as many workhorse types.
And Steele really should have quit at 3 teams. He ran out of receivers, guards, and cornerbacks
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
Fair enough
considering we are new to the PAC 12 and have to earn some respect.
Guys who should be on this list next year, or the revisted list halfway through the season:
Richardson, Jack Harris, DeVaughn Thornton
Sure would like to see Clemmons come out and prove something, too.
why?
this wasn’t a vote among our PAC 12 peers, it’s from a national football writer and we’re moving from one BCS conference to another BCS conference. Harris and Thornton are one thing, since they haven’t actually done anything, but Richardson won numerous awards last year and he got overlooked in favor of a backup running back
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
by Phil Fraser on May 27, 2011 10:50 AM MDT up reply actions
We looked so bad against our lone PAC12 opponent last year
when we played CAL (painful road trip for me on a lot of levels), seems like Steele would consider us the low team on the totem pole. Maybe we look “not ready for prime time” (not talking as a buff fan here, trying to see if Steele would look at last season and see how CU stacks up against our new football collegues.) Heck, we couldn’t match up against KU. Sad.
Richardson should have been included – no doubt. But some of our best players last year graduated (Solder, Jimmy Smith, McKnight, Jalil Brown) so the remaining players don’t have enough playing time to show people they are going to be good yet. I’m a believer, but I can see why Steele thinks we have to prove it before our guys make the “ALL PAC 12” lists.
excellent point
that Cal game is a real albatross
Look, I've already told Utah to suck it. There's no going back now.
by Phil Fraser on May 27, 2011 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions
4th Team UCLA Center????
Sounds like a fullback I once knew….ugh!!!!!!
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