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Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:20 pm
by Screamin_Eagle174
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Defending Division I national champion Eastern Washington dominated the Big Sky Conference Preseason All-Conference Team, and Montana State’s DeNarius McGhee and Sacramento State defensive Zack Nash garnered individual preseason awards.
McGhee, a sophomore quarterback from Euless, Texas, was named the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Nash, a senior defensive end from Vacaville, Calif., was tabbed the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
Eastern Washington placed eight members on the 29-player team, which was voted by a select group of media and sports information directors. Six players were named on all 17 ballots, while 17 of the 29 players earned First Team All-Conference honors in 2010.
Beau Baldwin’s Eagles capped a 13-2 season beating Delaware 20-19 in the 2010 Division I National Championship game. EWU should be in the hunt again with the talent returning on both sides of the ball.
Eagle junior wide receiver Brandon Kaufman and senior defensive tackle Renard Williams were both unanimous selections to the team. They are joined on the squad by Eagle teammates Chris Powers (center), Gabe Jackson (offensive tackle), Zach Johnson (linebacker), Matt Johnson (safety), Jeff Minnerly (safety) and special teams star Darriell Beaumonte.
OFFENSE
POY - Denarious McGhee, QB, MSU
OL - Gabe Jackson - EWU
OL - Caleb Turner - WSU
OL - Chris Powers - EWU
OL - Alex Mott - NAU
OL - JC Oram - WSU
RB - Zach Bauman - NAU
RB - Cory McCaffrey - PSU
FB - Vinnie Palucci - NAU
WR - Brandon Kaufman, EWU
WR - Chase Deader - SAC
WR - Austin Shanks - NAU
TE - Greg Hardy - UM
QB - DeNarius McGhee - MSU
DEFENSE
POY - Zack Nash, DE, SAC
DL - Zach Nash - SAC
DL - Isaac Bond - NAU
DL - Renard Williams - EWU
DL - Bryan Waldhauser - UM
LB - A.J. Storms, ISU
LB - Nick Webb, WSU
LB - Zach Johnson EWU
LB - Caleb McSurdy - UM
DB - Trumaine Johnson - UM
DB - DeShawn Shead - PSU
DB - Matt Johnson, EWU
DB - Jeff Minnerly, EWU
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK - Jason Cunningham - MSU
P - David Harrington, ISU
KR - Tavoy Moore, ISU
ST - Darriell Beaumonte, EWU
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:36 pm
by DJH
Only one Montana player on the offensive team.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:46 pm
by Catattack
Good for those who made the list.
But last year only 12 out of 30 preseason picks made the final All-big Sky team.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:40 pm
by BigSkyBears
Not one player from UNC.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:03 pm
by uofmman1122
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:11 pm
by LDopaPDX
Who didn't vote for Trumaine Johnson? I think he might be the best player in the Big Sky right now. At the very least, he's a good candidate for best player in the Big Sky at a position that is tough to recruit for in the FCS ranks. The CB out of Cal Poly is really good too.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:21 pm
by Screamin_Eagle174
Except that Weber wasnt national champs...
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:39 pm
by Termite
Congrats to Zack From Sac State Big Sky Pre-Season Defevsive Player of the year.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:31 pm
by SDHornet
Termite wrote:Congrats to Zack From Sac State Big Sky Pre-Season Defevsive Player of the year.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:05 pm
by uofmman1122
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:43 am
by CatBlitz22
Waldhauser has no business being on there ahead of Minter. I fully expect Minter to be there at the end and be a Buchanan candidate as well. And our WR Bleskin might be on there by season's end too.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:00 am
by Green Cookie Monster
Termite wrote:Congrats to Zack From Sac State Big Sky Pre-Season Defevsive Player of the year.
Go hit em Zack!
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:55 pm
by AZGrizFan
Montana will be lucky to win 3 games.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:55 pm
by Screamin_Eagle174
AZGrizFan wrote:Montana will be lucky to win 3 games.
True.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:58 pm
by grizzaholic
AZGrizFan wrote:Montana will be lucky to win 3 games.
TENN
MSU
EWU
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:59 pm
by Screamin_Eagle174
grizzaholic wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:Montana will be lucky to win 3 games.
TENN
MSU
EWU
Yep, Montana will be VERY lucky to win any one of those three.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:01 pm
by grizzaholic
Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:grizzaholic wrote:
TENN
MSU
EWU
Yep, Montana will be VERY lucky to win any one of those three.
I am sure glad I jumped ship before Montana went to shit and am now a supporter/fan of SUU.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:16 pm
by ArmyOfDarkness
grizzaholic wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:Montana will be lucky to win 3 games.
TENN
MSU
EWU
IMHO...
TENN - Most likely a loss
MSU - You can never tell ( I say Griz due to homer pick of course)
EWU - I have a feeling they will not up us at home.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:17 pm
by Screamin_Eagle174
grizzaholic wrote:Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:
Yep, Montana will be VERY lucky to win any one of those three.
I am sure glad I jumped ship before Montana went to shit and am now a supporter/fan of SUU.
And Montana can be glad they jumped ship and got SUU off the schedule and replaced it with Northwestern School of the Blind Arts.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:36 pm
by uofmman1122
Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:And Montana can be glad they jumped ship and got SUU off the schedule and replaced it with Northwestern School of the Blind Arts.
I don't remember us having SUU on the schedule this year. I'd love to replace our D2 game with a lower FCS school.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:17 am
by EWURanger
uofmman1122 wrote:Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:And Montana can be glad they jumped ship and got SUU off the schedule and replaced it with Northwestern School of the Blind Arts.
I don't remember us having SUU on the schedule this year. I'd love to replace our D2 game with a lower FCS school.
SUU isn't a lower FCS school.......if they continue improving, they'll be a mid-tier team in the big sky capable of upsetting some of the traditional power teams.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:26 am
by Mvemjsunpx
CatBlitz22 wrote:Waldhauser has no business being on there ahead of Minter.
Really? Waldhauser had about double the tackles.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:40 am
by Screamin_Eagle174
uofmman1122 wrote:Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:And Montana can be glad they jumped ship and got SUU off the schedule and replaced it with Northwestern School of the Blind Arts.
I don't remember us having SUU on the schedule this year. I'd love to replace our D2 game with a lower FCS school.
It was on the schedule for a while, I don't know why they switched it. And as Grizza said, they're not a lower tier FCS team. They might've been 4 or 5 years ago, but they're not right now. They gave us all we could handle last year in Cheney. Although their QB Sorensen, a dropdown from BYU, is most of their team. He's the real deal.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:31 am
by CatBlitz22
Mvemjsunpx wrote:CatBlitz22 wrote:Waldhauser has no business being on there ahead of Minter.
Really? Waldhauser had about double the tackles.
So you're just about tackles. Look at the rest of the stats.
Re: Eagles Dominate Preseason All-Conference Team
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:45 am
by SACCAT
CatBlitz22 wrote:Mvemjsunpx wrote:
Really? Waldhauser had about double the tackles.
So you're just about tackles. Look at the rest of the stats.
I can't find Waldhauser stats from last year, but here are Minters.
28 tackles
10 tackles for a loss
5 sacks
9 pass break ups
2 INT (one ran back for TD)
1 fumble caused.