ESPN Midseason All-B1G: Three Gophers Named

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Offense

QB: Connor Cook, Michigan State
RB: Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin
RB: Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska
RB: Tevin Coleman, Indiana
WR: Tony Lippett, Michigan State
WR: DaeSean Hamilton, Penn State
OT: Brandon Scherff, Iowa
OT: Jack Conklin, Michigan State
C: Jack Allen, Michigan State
G: Zac Epping, Minnesota
G: Pat Elflein, Ohio State

Defense

DE: Joey Bosa, Ohio State
DE: Marcus Rush, Michigan State
DT: Anthony Zettel, Penn State
DT: Carl Davis, Iowa
LB: Mike Hull, Penn State
LB: Damien Wilson, Minnesota
LB: Derek Landisch, Wisconsin
CB: Desmond King, Iowa
CB: Eric Murray, Minnesota
S: Frankie Williams, Purdue
S: Michael Caputo, Wisconsin

Special teams
PK: Brad Craddock, Maryland
P: Justin DuVernois, Illinois
KR: Stefon Diggs, Maryland
PR: De'Mornay Pierson-El, Nebraska
 


GopherHoleDigger said:
Maybe its my biased opinion, but I think Mortell should be there too.
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Was just thinking the same thing. He's been a huge weapon for us and has played a pivotal role in some of our "field position" battle games. Obviously an Illini fan could say the same thing about their punter, who I know nothing about outside of his stats.

Go Gophers!!
 

GopherHoleDigger said:
Maybe its my biased opinion, but I think Mortell should be there too.
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Honestly, it could be either. They have pretty identical stats with the exception of touchbacks (DuVernois 45.1 average, 2 touchbacks, Mortell 45.1 average, 7 touchbacks) - although that could be a result of field position.
 




ESPN: Big Ten midseason overview

Best coach: Jerry Kill, Minnesota. With apologies to Flood, no coach has maximized his talent more than the head Gopher. Minnesota is 5-1 and tied atop the Big Ten West Division, with its only loss coming at TCU. Kill's team finds ways to win without an overpowering offensive attack.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/109039/big-ten-midseason-overview-3

Go Gophers!!
 

I like that we have 3 all big guys and they list us as having 2…thanks ESPN

However, best coach….Jerry Kill….I am 100% in agreement. Not a coach in the country for whom I would trade him. He makes it a pleasure to support this program.
 

BleedGopher said:
Was just thinking the same thing. He's been a huge weapon for us and has played a pivotal role in some of our "field position" battle games. Obviously an Illini fan could say the same thing about their punter, who I know nothing about outside of his stats.

Go Gophers!!
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I think it has more to do with the lack of success Illinois has had as opposed to him being the best punter. Kind of a snarky backhanded compliment to say your best player is the punter.
 




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Botticelli hopefully was a near miss as I can't imagine a DT playing better than him so far. You can't just ignore TE because there are too many RBs. Name an extra RB if you have to but there has to be a TE. My guess is we put six or seven guys on first or second team B1G teams at the end of the year: Mortell, Boticelli, Cobb, Williams, Murray and Epping should be locks with Olson, BBC and Cockran in the mix.
 

Mortell is the best punter in the BIG and will be on that first team by the end of the season imo.
 




Eric Murray is listed number 4 on Mel Kiper's Top 10 prospects by position at CB. Looks like he's finally starting to get national recognition. Here's the Link for those with ESPN Insider.
 

Ski-U-Mah24 said:
Eric Murray is listed number 4 on Mel Kiper's Top 10 prospects by position at CB. Looks like he's finally starting to get national recognition. Here's the Link for those with ESPN Insider.
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Wow, thanks for sharing.
 

Ski-U-Mah24 said:
Eric Murray is listed number 4 on Mel Kiper's Top 10 prospects by position at CB. Looks like he's finally starting to get national recognition. Here's the Link for those with ESPN Insider.
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Awesome. Go Gophers!
 


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