The NFL Draft begins Thursday and finishes Saturday as upcoming players hope to be drafted. This got me thinking, as a huge college football fan and NFL fan (you'll see in the fall), what would you pick as the "All-11" Big West team for your football team. Let's first make some rules, in which there are essentially none. You want multiple quarterbacks? Go for it. They can be current or former players, but they had to have at least gone to a current Big West school (No Boise State, UNLV, Hawaii yet, or Utah State players etc...). Coaches had to have played for the team (which their names are on the list). So with that in mind, here is the list:
Cal Poly:
Ramses Barden - Wide
Receiver, New York Giants
Courtney Brown - Cornerback,
New York Giants
Chris Gocong - Linebacker,
Philadelphia Eagles
Jordan Beck - Linebacker,
Denver Broncos
Mel Kaufman - Linebacker,
winner of two Super Bowl rings and Captain of the Washington Redskins
John Madden - Head
Coach, NFL Hall of Fame
CSU Fullerton
Mike Ernst QB 1972 Free Agent Denver
Broncos
Johnnie
Gray S 1975 Free Agent Green
Bay Packers
M. L. Carter CB
1979 Free Agent Kansas City Chiefs
Grady Richardson TE 1979 Free Agent Washington Redskins
Lucious
Smith CB 1980 Free Agent Los
Angeles Rams
Bobby Kemp DB 1981 202 Cincinnati Bengals
Daren Gilbert OT
1985 38 New Orleans Saints
Mark Collins DB 1986 44 New
York Giants
Vince Gamache P 1986 Free Agent Seattle
Seahawks
James
Pruitt WR 1986 107 Miami Dolphins
Vince
Abbott K 1987 Free Agent San Diego Chargers
Alex
Espinoza QB 1987 Free Agent Kansas City Chiefs
Rick Calhoun RB 1987 Free Agent Los Angeles Raiders
Hank Goebel OT 1987 Free Agent Los
Angeles Rams
A.J. Jenkins DE/LB 1987 228 Pittsburgh Steelers
Wade Lockett WR 1987 Free Agent Los Angeles Raiders
Ronald McLean DE/NT 1987 Free Agent Denver Broncos
Cornelius Redick
WR 1987 Free Agent Green Bay Packers
Marvin Williams TE 1987 Free
Agent Washington Redskins
Michael Rhyan QB
1988 332 Denver Broncos
Mike Pringle RB 1990 139 Atlanta
Falcons
Reggie Redding
OG/T 1991 Free Agent Atlanta Falcons
LBSU:
Terrell Davis: NFL, Denver
Broncos' football running
back
Jim Fassel: former offensive coordinator of the
NFL's Baltimore Ravens and former head coach of the
New York Giants.
Mike Horan: NFL, Denver
Broncos' punter
Terry Metcalf: NFL, Arizona Cardinals' running
back
Dan Bunz: NFL, San Francisco 49ers' linebacker
Mark Seay: NFL, San Diego Chargers' wide
receiver
Willie Brown: NFL, NFL Hall
of Fame Oakland Raiders' defensive
back
Jeff Graham NFL Quarterback
UCD:
Rolf Benirschke, NFL placekicker and TV host
Bob Biggs, college coach
Chris Carter, UC Davis career reception leader
Kevin Daft, NFL quarterback and college coach
Bo Eason, NFL cornerback, actor
Tim Lajcik, mixed martial artist
Casey Merrill, NFL defensive end
Mike Moroski, NFL quarterback
Ken O'Brien, NFL quarterback
J. T. O'Sullivan, NFL quarterback
Chris Petersen, college coach
Mike Wise, NFL defensive end
UCR
·
Michael Basinger – Former professional football
player for the Green Bay Packers
·
Pat
Hill – Head football coach of Fresno State
· Butch Johnson – Former
professional football player for the Dallas
Cowboys and the Denver Broncos
Pacific
Pete Carroll, 1973, NFL head coach of the Seattle Seahawks and former head football
coach at the University of Southern
California
Bruce Coslet, 1968, former NFL head coach for the New
York Jets and Cincinnati Bengals
Tom Flores, 1959, retired Super
Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland
Raiders of the National Football League
Walt Harris, 1967, former head football coach at Stanford University and University of Pittsburgh
Hue Jackson, 1986, former NFL Head Coach of
the Oakland Raiders
Eddie LeBaron, 1950, former NFL football player and NFL executive
Lionel Manuel, 1984 (non-graduate), former New
York Giants wide receiver
Mike Merriweather, 1982, Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings pro-bowl linebacker
Greg Robinson, 1976, former NFL assistant coach and current Michigan Wolverines defensive coordinator
Craig Whelihan, 1995, former NFL, XFL and AFL quarterback
Greg Bishop, 1993, former NFL offensive tackle 1993-1999
Here's my Big West "All 11:"
John Madden - LB
Pat Hill - C
Butch Johnson - WR
Tom Flores - QB
Hue Jackson - QB
Mel Kaufman - LB
Chris Petersen - QB
Pete Carroll - FS
Chris Carter - WR
Mike Merriweather - LB
Willie Brown - DB
Raise your hand if you knew all those people went to Big West schools to play football. I didn't, which shows that once again, this conference as a lot of history behind it as well as famous alumni. We're not just some obscure conference that shows it's face around baseball season every once in awhile. As much as I would love to bring football back to these schools though, I highly doubt it's feasible until the budget cuts are solved.
Agree? Disagree? Now it's your turn: in the comments below, list your "All-11" Big West team.
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Box Scores week 11/13-11/20:
11/14 Fresno State 39, UCR 30
11/15 Cal Poly 64, Northern Colorado 53
11/16 Fullerton 77, Nevada 80
Pacific 61, Fresno State 66
11/17 Fullerton 112, Southern Utah 69
11/18 Northern Arizona 85, UC Davis 82
Southern Utah 61, Nevada 79
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