If the SEC coaches were only going to unanimously vote one player as first-team preseason All-SEC, it's only fitting that Arkansas' Darren McFadden, Humanity Advanced, would be the one they picked. It's the third year in a row that just one SEC player was chosen as a unanimous selection (Ole Miss LB Patrick Willis in '06 and Auburn OL Marcus McNeil in '05), so it is a trend, though I wouldn't have been surprised to see some other guys picked on all of the ballots, like LSU DT Glenn Dorsey or Kentucky TE Jacob Tamme. Though McFadden's unanimous pick was predictable, there were a couple of oddities within the teams. For example, Vanderbilt had as many first-team selections (three) as Tennessee and more than anybody else but LSU (five); maybe there is reason for optimism in Nashville. South Carolina's Ryan Succop was named second-team punter and kicker, and no third team punter was named. Only Georgia didn't have a player picked on the first-team offense or defense, though Bandon Coutu was the first-team kicker.
Florida speed demon Percy Harvin, a key to Florida's national championship last year, was relegated to the third team... though I can't imagine most coaches in the league passing up Harvin if given the chance to have him this year. Also, most teams in the SEC rely on offensive sets that use more than two receivers, shouldn't there be more than two slots for WRs on the All-SEC team?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-21-2007 @ 1:26AM
petejayhawk said...
ONE HUNDRED COCKTAILS to you, sir, you angel you.
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7-21-2007 @ 1:43AM
football picks said...
How can Blake Mitchell not be considered one of the top 3 QB's in the SEC? The Vandy QB lit up 2 crap defenses last year Duke & Kentucky, that earns him a spot on the preseason team ahead of Mitchell?
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7-21-2007 @ 12:11PM
Acid Reign said...
The coaches' format IS outdated. They're doing a 3-4 defense, and they have three running backs on offense. I think things should be changed to reflect the times.
I think the 4-3 D is more common. And, I have lobbied in the past for a true fullback position on all-star teams. I think on offensive teams, there should be a fullback, a running back, a tight end, and three wide receivers. Yeah, that's 12 players, but there are 12 in the old system, too.
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7-21-2007 @ 5:42PM
Ryan Ferguson said...
Yeah. How does Harvin not make first team? Everything else I can sorta kinda buy/believe.
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7-21-2007 @ 7:03PM
KGar said...
Great running back, especially since he won't have to face USC this year. He was able to duck the Trojies last year so now he can manhandle the extremely overhyped SEC competition. Go McFadden, whoop up on those southern boys, you won't have to see Pac 10 foes this year.
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7-23-2007 @ 4:47PM
guilded said...
KGar, in the hopes that you come back to check you idiotic comment...let me say:
You suck at talking about football...now go pull a tube, watch a men's water polo match, go to an equestrian event, ya know, do something else...and let the real football fans of the MOST GLORIOUS CONFERENCE get on with our important business
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