Utah picked 2nd, TCU 1st in Mountain West
by JazzyUte on Jul 27, 2010 1:03 PM MDT
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The defending conference champion TCU Horned Frogs were picked by an overwhelming margin to repeat as conference champions, while the media pegged the Utes as second and BYU third.
Air Force, who has finished fourth the last two years, was once again picked at that spot. Wyoming, the Mountain West's other bowl team from a year ago, came in fifth, while upstart San Diego State is projected to finish sixth. Colorado State, UNLV and New Mexico round out the bottom.
While the Frogs are a no-brainer at the top, they will have to travel to Salt Lake City later in the season. That game could decide who wins the Mountain West championship and certainly one the Utes will have circled after last year's embarrassing debacle in Fort Worth.
Beyond just preseason conference poll, TCU swept the preseason Player of the Year awards - with Andy Dalton being named Offensive Player of the Year, Tank Carder Defensive Player of the Year and Jeremy Kerley Special Teams Player of the Year.
Surely the Frogs have the goods to establish the most dominant team in Mountain West history. After the jump you can see the entire 2010 Preseason All-Mountain West Football Team. Four Utes (three on offense, one on defense) make the list. Second most behind TCU's six.
2010 Preseason All-Mountain West Football Team
Offense
QB
Andy Dalton#*
Sr.
TCU
WR
Vincent Brown**
Sr.
San Diego State
WR
Phillip Payne
Jr.
UNLV
RB
Eddie Wide*
Sr.
Utah
RB
Jared Tew**
Sr.
Air Force
OL
Matt Reynolds#*
Jr.
BYU
OL
Jake Kirkpatrick**
Sr.
TCU
OL
Caleb Schlauderaff**
Sr.
Utah
OL
Marcus Cannon*
Sr.
TCU
OL
Zane Taylor**
Sr.
Utah
TE
Alston Umuolo
Sr.
San Diego State
Defense
DL
Johnathan Rainey**
Jr.
New Mexico
DL
Wayne Daniels**
Sr.
TCU
DL
Cory Grant**
Sr.
TCU
LB
Carmen Messina*
Jr.
New Mexico
LB
Tank Carder**
Jr.
TCU
LB
Brian Hendricks**
Jr.
Wyoming
LB
Mychal Sisson**
Jr.
Colorado State
DB
Brandon Burton
Jr.
Utah
DB
Reggie Rembert*
Sr.
Air Force
DB
Anthony Wright**
Jr.
Air Force
DB
Andrew Rich**
Sr.
BYU
DB
Chris Prosinski**
Sr.
Wyoming
Note: Five defensive backs were selected due to a tie in the voting.
Specialists
P
Brian Stahovich**
Jr.
San Diego State
PK
Ross Evans*
Jr.
TCU
Ret.
Jeremy Kerley#*
Sr.
TCU
Offensive Player of the Year:
Andy Dalton, Sr., QB, TCU
Defensive Player of the Year:
Tank Carder, Jr., LB, TCU
Special Teams Player of the Year:
Jeremy Kerley, Sr., KR/PR TCU
# - unanimous 2010 preseason selection.
* - member of the 2009 All-Mountain West Conference first-team.
** - member of the 2009 All-Mountain West Conference second-team.
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Edit: should be “three on offense, one on defense”.
I’m not surprised to see the Utes in 2nd behind TCU. That team is just scary this year. The Utes offense is pretty loaded, but defense (esp. the secondary) will be a question mark going into fall camp. Man, I can’t wait.
haha
I read it and thought, “Wow, maybe we don’t have as many holes to fill on defense as I thought!”
And when I was typing it...
I was thinking, “wow, our offense is going to be really, really good…”
Go figure!
It's kinda funny to me...
that Wide is on the list, but I don’t see him being even the best running back on his own team.
Asiata is going to have a big year.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
ESPN this morning
I was listening to ESPN this morning and Colin went over Las Vegas odds. He gave 4 teams that he thinks Las Vegas undervalued. He listed Utah as his number 1 best pick for a team that will get more wins than the Las Vegas odds makers predicted. He predicted 10 wins this year.
What are the odds?
8 games? 9?
Everyone hates a pink-shirt-wearing communist.
by displacedute on Jul 28, 2010 12:44 PM MDT up reply actions
they have unlv at 3.5. games and nevada at 10.5 games. golden nugget.
i put 200 on nevada not winning 11 games. they will lose to boise state, they will lose probably to 2 out of these three teams, cal, byu or fresno and they suck at bowl games. if utah is most undervalued, nevada is most overvalued.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. I still will always follow the Mountain West Conference. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez and face the winner of Junior Dos Santos vs Roy Nelson where he will defeat JDS and stake his claim as pound for pound champion. Womens MMA, the next big thing in sports. 5 weeks till the first game of college football. UTAH vs Pitt. September 2nd 2010.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Jul 31, 2010 8:33 PM MDT up reply actions
....have the goods to be the most dominant team in MWC history
Jazzy, are you a Frog fan in disguise? The Utes were in the MWC in ‘04 right? Did you miss the Utes ’04 season? Sure, I’m real anxious to see how Utah performs this year with 8-9 returning starters on offense, but that ’04 Ute offense was just sick. They were dominant on both sides of the field but especially offense. Urban practically called off the dogs in the 2nd quarter and let our scrubs take over…
I said the goods, didn't say they would become the most dominant team...
But we’ll see. They blew through their conference schedule rather easily last year.
Their closest conference game was a 20-17 win over AFA.
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