Athlon's All MAC Team

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:19 pm

Four members of Bowling Green dot our 2005 preseason All-MAC team, including quarterback Omar Jacobs, who had one of the best statistical seasons in the country last year.

By Athlon Sports
Published: July 21, 2005

Athlon Sports Preseason All-MAC First Team

Offense

QB Omar Jacobs Bowling Green
RB P.J. Pope Bowling Green
RB Garrett Wolfe Northern Illinois
WR Eric Deslauriers Eastern Michigan
WR Greg Jennings Western Michigan
TE Tony Scheffler Western Michigan
OL John Greco Toledo
OL Todd Londot Miami
OL Kory Lichtensteiger Bowling Green
OL Ben Lueck Northern Illinois
OL Brian Van Aker Northern Illinois

Defense
DL Dan Bazuin Central Michigan
DL Marcus Johnson Miami
DL Devon Parks Bowling Green
DL Justin Parrish Kent State
LB John Busing Miami
LB Anthony Jordan Toledo
LB Terna Nande Miami
DB Darrell Hunter Miami
DB Keon Jackson Toledo
DB Ray Smith Northern Illinois
DB T.J. Wright Ohio

Specialists
K Andrew Wellock Eastern Michigan
P Matthew Miller Ohio
KR Domenik Hixon Akron
PR Ryne Robinson Miami

http://www.athlonsports.com/article.php ... 3BFootball

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:33 pm

No Rob Warren?

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:51 pm

And look at all those Miami players on defense.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:02 pm

Falconfreak90 wrote:No Rob Warren?

I would have switched Kory with Rob. Lichensteiger is a stud though.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:07 pm

And no Sharon or Sanders? Are you kidding me? No offense to Deslauriers and Jennings, but they play for awful teams. They are the only offense their teams have. Sanders and Sharon will both end up with better stats all the while having to fight for catches/yards with Pope, Lane, Lett, Partridge, Alexander, Ruiz, etc.

BGSUFootballFan · Post by **BGSUFootballFan** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:25 pm

Warthog wrote:And no Sharon or Sanders? Are you kidding me? No offense to Deslauriers and Jennings, but they play for awful teams. They are the only offense their teams have. Sanders and Sharon will both end up with better stats all the while having to fight for catches/yards with Pope, Lane, Lett, Partridge, Alexander, Ruiz, etc.

yea maybe Sharon and Jennings would be fair, but Sanders is deserving as well

Redwingtom · Post by **Redwingtom** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:41 am

Warthog wrote:And no Sharon or Sanders? ... Sanders and Sharon will both end up with better stats:roll:

Actually that is pretty doubtful. It did not happen last year so I would not expect it to happen this year for the reasons you mentioned.

Jennings and Oscar DeLaRenta are the only offensive weapons those teams have and will put up huge numbers again. DeLaHoya was 7th in yardage for the whole NCAA last year and was phenomenal against BG last year catching everything in sight...I can't argue with his selection at all.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:26 am

Gotta agree with Tom. I don't expect our guys to end up with better stats either, because of our distribution of the ball. Not that it's a bad thing, but its the biggest reason why our WRs get so little pub.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:37 am

BGSU33 wrote:And look at all those Miami players on defense.

I know a lot of people, including some here, dismiss Miami as not being as good as BG this year. I'll stand by my statement that they have a very good team with an excellent defense and and offense that could be very good if Betts steps up at all. As for the Betts bashers, I don't think he's as bad as they make him out to be.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:08 am

Are you guys saying you would rather have DeSladfasjdiue or Jennings over Sharon or Sanders? I wouldn't.

TD's: Sharon 15, DeSldfaop'o 13, Jennings 11, Sanders 8
Yards per Catch: Sanders 17.9

, Sharon 16.2, Desllsajdaf 14.9, Jennings 14.8 Of players with 50 or more catches last year, Sanders ranked third and Sharon ranked 11 in all of Div I-A.

Big plays and TDs are how I judge a WR.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:16 am

Warthog wrote:Are you guys saying you would rather have DeSladfasjdiue or Jennings over Sharon or Sanders? I wouldn't.

HELL NO!

I don't even think they're as good as Sharon or Sanders. But they WILL have better numbers due to the fact they're the only decent players on those pathetic teams. Maybe not TDs, but they will probably have more catches & yards. Hence they'll get more recognition and the all conference selections.

The way we run our offense with balance causes our WRs to miss out on the pub that these other guys get, but its good for the team. Last year we had 3 of the best WRs in the MAC, but didn't get a single all conference selection, because we had 3 of them instead of 1. I expect that trend to continue because Partridge, Pope, and probably Alexander will take some catches from Sanders & Sharon.

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:36 am

TD's: Sharon 15, DeSldfaop'o 13, Jennings 11, Sanders 8
Yards per Catch: Sanders 17.9 , Sharon 16.2, Desllsajdaf 14.9, Jennings 14.8 Of players with 50 or more catches last year, Sanders ranked third and Sharon ranked 11 in all of Div I-A

I think a lot of these guys simply ignore the statistics. Sharon scores 15 TD's and can't even crack the first team on almost every pre-season All-MAC list out there? DeSlauries and Jennings teams' COMBINED won four fewer win games than BG last year.

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:40 am

1987alum wrote:
BGSU33 wrote:And look at all those Miami players on defense.
I know a lot of people, including some here, dismiss Miami as not being as good as BG this year. I'll stand by my statement that they have a very good team with an excellent defense and and offense that could be very good if Betts steps up at all. As for the Betts bashers, I don't think he's as bad as they make him out to be.

No doubt 87, and my point was to acknowledge how many Miami guys are on the defensive list and not that it was too many. In my eyes, Miami, not BG, is the team to beat. They are defending East champs and have owned BG over the years. Until we top them, we are the hunters, not the hunted.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:59 am

JoeFalcon wrote:
TD's: Sharon 15, DeSldfaop'o 13, Jennings 11, Sanders 8
Yards per Catch: Sanders 17.9 , Sharon 16.2, Desllsajdaf 14.9, Jennings 14.8 Of players with 50 or more catches last year, Sanders ranked third and Sharon ranked 11 in all of Div I-A
I think a lot of these guys simply ignore the statistics. Sharon scores 15 TD's and can't even crack the first team on almost every pre-season All-MAC list out there? DeSlauries and Jennings teams' COMBINED won four fewer win games than BG last year.

That's part of my point too. All-Americans or All league selections usually come from successful teams or guys that have absolutley incredible stats for bad teams. My point is that Desalklsoeracxd and Jennings, while putting up good numbers, they are not

eye-popping crazy numbers that you just can't ignore. Therefore, it makes much more sense to give the honors to a player(s) whose stats are similar but actually helped his team win.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:19 am

I think it comes down to the fact that they are not going to put 6 BGSU players on offense. That would be a little too much homering.