CFN: 2011 C-USA Midseason Recap

[Harry0569]

http://cfn.scout.com/2/1118603.html

ffensive Player of the Midseason
Case Keenum, QB Houston

Defensive Player of the Midseason
Sammy Brown, LB Houston

2011 Midseason All-CUSA Offense
QB - Case Keenum, Sr. Houston
RB – Joe Banyard, Sr. UTEP
RB - Zach Line, Jr. SMU
WR - Patrick Edwards, Sr. Houston
WR - Darius Johnson, Jr. SMU
TE - Luke Willson, Jr. Rice
OL - Clint Anderson, Sr. Tulsa
OL – Jacolby Ashworth, Jr. Houston
OL - Kelvin Beachum, Sr. SMU
OL - Tyler Holmes, Sr. Tulsa
OL - Chris Thompson, Sr. Houston
PK - Danny Hrapmann, Sr. USM
KR – Vernon Frazier, Sr. UTE

[Harry0569]

2011 Midseason All-CUSA Defense
DL – Scott Crichton, Fr. Oregon State (WHAT?!?!)
DL - Jamie Collins, Jr. Southern Miss
DL - Vinny Curry, Sr. Marshall
DL - Cordarro Law, Sr. Southern Miss
DL – Taylor Thompson, Sr. SMU
LB - Curnelius Arnick, Sr. Tulsa
LB - Sammy Brown, Sr. Houston
LB – Jeremy Grove, Fr. East Carolina
DB - Thomas Bates, Soph. Houston
DB - Omar Brown, Sr. Marshall
DB - Kemal Ishmael, Jr., UCF
DB - Josh Robinson, Jr. UCF
P - Ian Campbell, Jr. UTEP
PR – Richard Crawford, Sr. SMU


Ten Best C-USA Players of the Midseason
1. QB Case Keenum, Sr. Houston
2. RB Zach Line, Jr. SMU
3. LB Sammy Brown, Sr. Houston
4. QB Austin Davis, Sr. Southern Miss
5. WR Patrick Edwards, Sr. Houston
6. DE Vinny Curry, Sr. Marshall
7. DE Cordarro Law, Sr. Southern Miss
8. WR Darius Johnson, Jr. SMU
9. DE Jamie Collins, Jr. Southern Miss
10. CB Josh Robinson, Jr. UCF

[Harry0569]

3 Biggest Surprises
1. SMU over ranked TCU in overtime, 40-33, for the Iron Skillet.
2. Rice’s upset of Purdue on a blocked Carson Wiggs to snap a 21-game losing streak versus BCS conference programs.
3. Marshall over Louisville at PapaJohn’s Stadium as a double-digit underdog.

3 Biggest Disappointments
1. East Carolina QB Dominique Davis.
2. UCF’s back-to-back losses to Florida International and BYU after throttling Boston College.
3. The Tulsa offense.

The C-USA Champion Will Be ... UCF over Houston

Best Game of the First Half
Oct. 1 – SMU 40, TCU 33 OT

Worst Game of the First Half
Sept. 24 – Houston 56, Georgia State 0

Coach of the Midseason
Larry Fedora, Southern Miss

Best Performance So Far
On Sept. 29, Houston QB Case Keenum helped avoid the upset bid of UTEP in El Paso by going 30-of-46 for 471 yards, two touchdown passes and no interceptions.

Top Freshman
Jeremy Grove, LB East Carolina

3 Big Calls For The Second Half
1. Houston will lose a game that it shouldn’t because of the play of its leaky defense.
2. For the second straight season, Tulsa will rally around QB G.J. Kinne to once again finish the year as hot as any team in Conference USA.
3. Courtesy of a strong second half, Rice QB Taylor McHargue will enter the offseason as one of the league’s hottest young stars.

Best Remaining Conference Game
SMU at Houston, Nov. 19

[mustangxc]

Need to put DJ in bold along with Line and Beachum!

[Pony_Law]

So we have the second best defense in C-USA and only have 1 kid on the all-defense list? UH on the other hand has one of the worst Defenses and has two?

[PonyPlayer4]

Veteran move by Harry to stretch this our in to not only multiple posts, but multiple threads for the same article.

[ericdickerson4life]

So we have the second best defense in C-USA and only have 1 kid on the all-defense list? UH on the other hand has one of the worst Defenses and has two?

Helps to be ranked.

[Harry0569]

Veteran move by Harry to stretch this our in to not only multiple posts, but multiple threads for the same article.

I've learned from some of the best.

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The C-USA Champion Will Be ... UCF over Houston

this doesn't seem to make sense. we thumped UCF, and they are expecting UCF to beat Houston, which means they believe we would lose to Houston/UCF.
just rambling. I'm believing a totally different outcome, of course.