Phil Steele names his Midseason All-American and All-Big Ten teams
His All-American team:
http://philsteele.com/All_Conference/2010Midseason/all_american.html
Noteworthy:
- Denard Robinson is the 3rd team QB
- Only 4 Big Ten players on the 1st team (2 Wisconsin, 1 MSU, 1 Purdue)
- 6 Big Ten players on the 2nd team (2 MSU, 2 Wisconsin, 1 OSU, 1 Illinois)
- 6 Big Ten players on the 3rd team (1 UM, 1 MSU, 1 Iowa, 1 Indiana, 1 Wisconsin, 1 OSU)
- 2 Big Ten players on the 4th team (1 OSU, 1 Iowa)
Here's his All-Big Ten team:
http://philsteele.com/All_Conference/2010Midseason/Big10.html
UM players:
1st team - Denard Robinson, David Molk
2nd team - Mike Martin
3rd team - Roy Roundtree, Stephen Schilling, Jonas Mouton,
October 21st, 2010 at 1:31 PM ^
So we have the best QB in the Big Ten according to Steele (and the best in the country according to Rivals), but that's not enough to convince much of our fanbase that he should play.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:02 PM ^
thinks they should run a Pro style Offense. Hence the hatred for RR and the calling for Tate..Its a bunch of bull.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:46 PM ^
I hope there are no people who actually think he shouldn't play. That's insane.
Its reasonable to think he shouldn't be our QB, if we can get DR the ball in other ways that make sense; Tate has shown he is still a very good passer. I fantasize about running two qb's at the same time. Imagine a read option where both runners also have a pass option. SICK!
October 21st, 2010 at 3:04 PM ^
Its reasonable to think he shouldn't be our QB
Again I refer you to the above-cited All-America rankings. Do you normally feel that All-America candidates should switch positions?
Denard Robinson not only has rushed for 1,096 yards in seven games (stop and think about that - that's remarkable in and of itself), he also has one of the highest passer ratings in school history. Chad Henne never recorded a rating anywhere near Denard's current 159.1 . Our offense allows this incredible dual-threat player to have the ball in his hands every play. You are calling for him to have the ball less often than that. That is not a reasonable suggestion.
October 21st, 2010 at 3:00 PM ^
Michigan should get him the ball in the most direct way possible: The center/QB exchange
October 21st, 2010 at 4:02 PM ^
There's probably like 2 people who think he shouldn't play. The people who think Tate should get a chance aren't saying Denard shouldn't play they are just saying that if Denard is having an off day or it's quite clear the D has his number what's the point in not giving Tate a go at it? We did that against MSU (left Tate on the bench) and conceeded defeat and then against Iowa we were forced to give it a shot and we were 1 or 2 shoestrings away from a potential tieing scoring drive making for a very exciting finish in what was another throw away game just 10 or 15 mins prior. No one is saying Denard is bad (ok, well, no sane person) or that he shouldn't be the starter but we're still talking about 18, 19 and 20 year old kids who are susceptible to having a bad game. All that the sane people are asking for is if/when Denard is having a bad game and we're out of it what's the harm in putting a kid who's only 2nd string because 1st string is made of dilithium? Hate on Tate all you want but the kid is a starter at probably 90 Div I schools (if not more?) right now and we've got him sitting on our bench. We just want ALL the talent on the team to be utilized to help us win games since, ultimately, that's what matters (and that's why some people want to see Tate get some more time because we've lost the last two games, if we were 7-0 nobody would say anything...)
October 21st, 2010 at 5:40 PM ^
Again I ask: do you normally call for All-Americans to be benched if they get off to a slow start in a game?
October 21st, 2010 at 8:12 PM ^
1) I think Denard is as awesome as the next but we're half way through the season - there are no All-Americans until the end of the season when, ya know, they actually hand out those awards
2) WTF is wrong with recognizing the kid is having an off day? Are you so concerned about his mental ability to handle sitting on the bench when he's having a sh!t game? Seriously???
3) This is only an issue because our D sucks - if it didn't suck so much we wouldn't be in the position of being down 3 TD's in the 4th quarter.
4) As mentioned in the title - the 4th quarter isn't a slow start. Where did I say "off to a slow start"? Right, I didn't...
So, really, you're going to sit there and say down 3 TD's in the 4th quarter when everybody dead and alive knows you're going to be doing nothing but throwing the ball you'd rather have Denard than Tate? If that's true I want some of whatever it is that you're drinking... Denard starts and stays in until 1) we're beating the shit out of the other team or 2) the other team is beating the shit out of us. Unless of course you're "that guy" that screams about wanting the starters to stay in a basketball game down 30 w/ 5 mins left.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:32 PM ^
Really feel strong that Omameh should have received some Big 10 recognition
October 21st, 2010 at 1:35 PM ^
October 21st, 2010 at 1:53 PM ^
I could watch Omameh pancake Te'o all day. It's one of my favorite plays ever.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:05 PM ^
Especially since the DBs had a pretty good angle on Denard but he still beats them by 5ish yards to the end zone.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:36 PM ^
Yeah I'm kinda surprised but not really. Give it time (next year) and Omameh, Lewan and Molk (I know he is recognized this year) will be the best Center, Guard and Tackle combination in the Big Ten and arguably the country.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:51 PM ^
He has been far more impressive than Schilling this year.
October 21st, 2010 at 2:58 PM ^
First-year OL starters rarely get much recognition. He'll get his next year.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:33 PM ^
on Denard. I'm not saying he shouldn't be there but I would have thought it would be Stanzi or Pryor dues to the teams success. Again, don't neg me, I don't disagree, it just seems that a lot of the time the best player isn't on the first time. This time he is.
October 21st, 2010 at 1:34 PM ^
special teams players? Surely Seth and Brendan deserve a ranking? Oh wait, most FG's missed and KO's out of bounds are not recorded?
October 21st, 2010 at 1:45 PM ^
I get the joke... But, come on...
October 21st, 2010 at 3:03 PM ^
Remember the freak out, woe are us threads from the summer because none of our guys were really on any of Steele's preseason teams?
This might be considered a sign of progress, at least to the sane folks on this board
October 21st, 2010 at 3:16 PM ^
This is totally unrelated, but I thought you were crazy when you set your Denard over/under at 1200 rushing yards. Props to you, sir. You should write an over/under report when the season is over to see how people did
October 21st, 2010 at 4:16 PM ^
Martin should be first team DT, end of discussion. Steele is usually on top of things like this.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:26 PM ^
October 21st, 2010 at 4:48 PM ^
dont get me wrong, i love denard and tate equally. But i think there is a reason to debate who the qb should be. the last 2 games have proved that denard is not as developed as a passer as we all thought. In my opinion, the offense looked much more balanced and complete with Tate in. With all this said, I look forward to the QB competition for a while here
October 21st, 2010 at 5:44 PM ^
When Tate was in there, we threw on every down. How could that have offered more offensive balance than what we had when Denard was playing?
October 21st, 2010 at 6:13 PM ^
we were down by 21 points in the 4th quarter.... obviously were gonna throw every down
October 21st, 2010 at 6:59 PM ^
I think thats his point
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:44 PM ^
I'm Phil Steele. I'm the greatest! To prove it, here are 2 sentences about this year and 40 pages about my predictions from the past....