College Football Midseason Awards

Welcome to the second part of my two part series (if you could call it a series) of college football this week.  This article will be devoted to the midseason awards.  I don’t know enough, and don’t pretend to know, about offensive lines and defenses to generate first and second teams for them.  The positions I will use for first and second teams will be QB, RB, WR, and K.  For the Big East I refuse to acknowledge that there is a lot of talent so in my protest I will only be making a first team.  Anyway, I know the anticipation is hardly controllable so I’ll let you read on. (Forgive the formatting.  I’m not sure what’s wrong.  For some reason the formatting using the Blogger for Word app doesn’t transfer from Word to the web that well.)

MVP- Vince Young, QB- Texas
Most Outstanding Player- Reggie Bush, RB- USC
Most Overrated Player- Chris Leak, QB- Florida
Most Underrated Player- Maurice Drew, RB- UCLA
Most Overrated Team- Texas Tech
Most Underrated Team- Fresno State

1st Team All-American               2nd Team All-American
QB- Matt Leinart, USC               QB- Vince Young, Texas
RB- Reggie Bush, USC               RB- DeAngelo Williams, Memphis
RB- Laurence Maroney, Minn          RB- Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin
WR- Dwayne Jarrett, USC               WR- Derek Hagan, Arizona State
WR- Jeff Samardzija, Notre Dame          WR- Chad Jackson, Florida
K- Brandon Pace, Virginia Tech          K- Brandon Coutu, Georgia

                    3rd Team All-American
                    QB- Drew Stanton, Michigan State
                    RB- Tyrell Sutton, N’western
                    RB- LenDale White, USC
                    WR- Greg Jennings, W. Michigan
                    WR- Mike Hass, Oregon State
                    K- Jad Dean, Clemson

ACC
New Projected Finish:
Atlantic
1. Florida State
2. Boston College
3. Clemson
4. Maryland
5. NC State
6. Wake Forest

Coastal
1. Virginia Tech*
2. Miami
3. Georgia Tech
4. Virginia
5. North Carolina
6. Duke

ACC MVP- Marcus Vick, QB- Virginia Tech
ACC Most Outstanding Player- Vick
Best Team of the 1st Half- Virginia Tech
Biggest Surprise Team- Boston College

1st Team All-ACC               2nd Team All-ACC
QB- Marcus Vick, V. Tech          QB- Drew Weatherford, FSU
RB- Chris Barclay, WF          RB- Micah Andrews, W. Forest
RB- Tyrone Moss, Miami          RB- James Davis, Clemson
WR- Calvin Johnson, GT          WR- Deyon Williams, Virginia
WR- Vernon Davis, M’land          WR- Greg Carr, FSU
K- Brandon Pace, V. Tec          K- Jad Dean, Clemson

Big 12
New Projected Finish:
North
1. Colorado
2. Nebraska
3. Missouri
4. Kansas State
5. Iowa State
6. Kansas

South
1. Texas
2. Texas Tech
3. Texas A&M
4. Baylor
5. Oklahoma
6. Oklahoma State

Big 12 MVP- Vince Young, QB- Texas
Big 12 Most Outstanding Player- Young
Best Team of the 1st Half- Texas
Biggest Surprise Team- Oklahoma (for worse)

1st Team All-Big 12               2nd Team All-Big 12
QB- Vince Young, Texas          QB- Cody Hodges, TT
RB- Brad Smith, Missouri          RB- Hugh Charles, Colorado
RB- Jamaal Charles, Texas          RB- Taurean Henderson, TT
WR- Joel Filani, Tex A&M          WR- Robert Johnson, TT
WR- Jason Carter, TT               WR- D’Juan Woods, Ok State
K- Mason Crosby, Colorado          K- Bruce Redden, Ok State

Big East
New Projected Finish:
1. Louisville
2. West Virginia
3. South Florida
4. Connecticut
5. Rutgers
6. Pittsburgh
7. Cincinnati
8. Syracuse

Big East MVP- Brian Brohm, QB- Louisville
Big East Most Outstanding Player- Elvis Dumervil, DE- Louisville
Best Team of the 1st Half- Louisville
Biggest Surprise Team- South Florida

1st Team All Big East
QB- Brian Brohm, Louisville
RB- Michael Bush, Louisville
RB- Andre Hall, South Florida
WR- Greg Lee, Pittsburgh
WR- Mario Urrutia, Louisville
K- Arthur Carmody, Louisville

Big Ten
New Projected Finish:
1. Penn State
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan State
4. Iowa
5. Minnesota
6. Wisconsin
7. Michigan
8. Purdue
9. Northwestern
10. Indiana
11. Illinois

Big Ten MVP- Drew Stanton, QB- Michigan State
Big Ten Most Outstanding Player- A.J. Hawk, LB- Ohio State
Best Team of the 1st Half- Penn State
Biggest Surprise Team- Penn State

1st Team All Big Ten               2nd Team All Big Ten
QB- Drew Stanton, Michigan State     QB- Drew Tate, Iowa
RB- Laurence Maroney, Minnesota     RB- Tyrell Sutton, N’western
RB- Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin     RB- Gary Russell, Minnesota
WR- Jason Avant, Michigan          WR- Dorien Bryant, Purdue
WR- James Hardy, Indiana          WR- Clinton Solomon, Iowa
K- Taylor Mehlhaff, Wisconsin     K- Kyle Schlicher, Iowa

Pac-10
New Projected Finish:
1. USC
2. UCLA
3. California
4. Arizona State
5. Oregon
6. Oregon State
7. Washington State
8. Arizona
9. Stanford
10. Washington

Pac-10 MVP- Maurice Drew, RB- UCLA
Pac-10 Most Outstanding Player- Reggie Bush, RB- USC
Best Team of the 1st Half- USC
Biggest Surprise Team- UCLA

1st Team All Pac-10               2nd Team All Pac-10
QB- Matt Leinart, USC          QB- Sam Keller, ASU
RB- Reggie Bush, USC          RB- LenDale White, USC
RB- Maurice Drew, UCLA          RB- Justin Forsett, California
WR- Derek Hagan, ASU          WR- Mike Hass, Oregon State
WR- Dwayne Jarrett, USC          WR- Demetrius Williams, Oregon
K- Alexis Serna, OSU               K- Paul Martinez, Oregon

SEC
New Projected Finish:
East
1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. Tennessee
4. Vanderbilt
5. South Carolina
6. Kentucky

West
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Auburn
4. Arkansas
5. Mississippi
6. Mississippi State

SEC MVP- Jay Cutler, QB- Vanderbilt
SEC Most Outstanding Player- D.J. Shockley, QB- Georgia
Best Team of the 1st Half- Alabama
Biggest Surprise Team- Alabama

1st Team All SEC               2nd Team All SEC
QB- D.J. Shockley, Georgia          QB- Chris Leak, Florida
RB- Gerald Riggs Jr., Tennessee     RB- Rafael Little, Kentucky
RB- Kenneth Darby, Alabama     RB- Joseph Addai, LSU
WR- Chad Jackson, Florida          WR- Erik Davis, Vanderbilt          
WR- Sidney Rice, South Carolina     WR- Dallas Baker, Florida
K- Brandon Coutu, Georgia          K- Bryant Hahnfeldt, Vanderbilt