Larry English, the Mid American Conference Player of the Decade (per CBS) caps off a group of four Northern Illinois Huskies on the team, the most of any school in the conference. Followed by three from Marshall, Central Michigan, and Western Michigan.
Your 2008 Team:
| CB | Dwight Smith | Akron |
| P | Chris Miller | Ball State |
| OL | Kory Lichtensteiger | Bowling Green |
| CB | Janssen Patton | Bowling Green |
| OL | Joe Staley | Central Michigan |
| LB | Red Keith | Central Michigan |
| DL | Dan Bazuin | Central Michigan |
| K | Andrew Wellock | Eastern Michigan |
| LB | James Harrison | Kent State |
| QB | Byron Leftwich | Marshall |
| WR | Darius Watts | Marshall |
| DL | Jonathan Goddard | Marshall |
| LB | Terna Nande | Miami (Ohio) |
| Ret | Ryne Robinson | Miami (Ohio) |
| RB | Garrett Wolfe | Northern Illinois |
| RB | Michael Turner | Northern Illinois |
| OL | Doug Free | Northern Illinois |
| DL | Larry English | Northern Illinois |
| CB | Dion Byrum | Ohio |
| OL | John Greco | Toledo |
| OL | Nick Kaczur | Toledo |
| CB | Atari Bigby | UCF |
| WR | Greg Jennings | Western Michigan |
| TE | Tony Scheffler | Western Michigan |
| DL | Jason Babin | Western Michigan |
Buffalo and Temple were the only two teams in the conference who did not place a player among the 25 players.
for punter they have chris miller???.......
ReplyDeletetry reggie hodges???..... brett kern???
josh cribbs not being on this list is a crime. there wasn't a better college football player in the MAC during the time i was watching constantly (2001-2005).
ReplyDelete1) Chester Taylor?
ReplyDelete2) Big Ben Roethlisberger?
3) Josh Harris?
4) Steve Sanders?
5) Martin Nance?
This list is about as good as that greatest coaches list put out by the sporting news. Ill informed and not thought out.
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ReplyDeleteIt appears they only chose one QB, so that's why Big Ben or Cribbs don't appear on it. It'd be hard to pick against Leftwich if you're only picking one QB though. He was unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree Phil, in terms of overall career you have to give the nod to Ben but in the MAC Leftwich was far and away the best QB of the decade..
ReplyDeleteDave Zastudil is the MAC punter of the decade. Miller had great numbers while Kern and Hodges were NFL draft picks. Nonetheless Dave Zastudil tops them all, no contest.
ReplyDeleteOthers who deserved placement: Barry Church, Max Yates, Josh Harris, Steve Sciullo, Ryan Diem, Chase Blackburn, Randee Drew, Darius Hill, and Ben Roethlisberger.
The MAC player of the decade: Nick Kaczur. 4-time All-MAC, 3-time 1st Team, made time and space for the lofty numbers of Chester Taylor, Bruce Gradkowski, Lance Moore, and a committee of other RBs.
ReplyDeleteBesides, how many MAC players do you know who have started on a 16-0 NFL squad?