PHIL STEELE’S 2012 PRESEASON ALL-BIG 12 TEAM

[cynicalpuppet]

www.philsteele.com/Pdf/2012PreseasonHonors/All-Big12.pdf

1st Team offense:
OFFENSE

QB: Landry Jones, Oklahoma
RB: Joseph Randle, Oklahoma State
RB: Malcolm Brown, Texas
WR: Tavon Austin, West Virginia
WR: Kenny Stills, Oklahoma
WR: Stedman Bailey, West Virginia
TE: Jordan Najvar, Baylor
C: Ben Habern, Oklahoma
OL: Lane Taylor, Oklahoma State
OL: Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma
OL: LaAdrian Waddle, Texas Tech
OL: Cyril Richardson, Baylor

1st Team Defense:
DL: Alex Okafor, Texas
DL: Stansly Maponga, TCU
DL: Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas
DL: Jamarkus McFarland, Oklahoma
LB: Jake Knott, Iowa State
LB: Tom Wort, Oklahoma
LB: A.J. Klein, Iowa State
LB: Arthur Brown, Kansas State
CB: Nigel Malone, Kansas State
CB: Brodrick Brown, Oklahoma State
S: Kenny Vaccaro, Texas
S: Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma

1st Team Special Teams:

P: Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State
K: Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State
PR: Tavon Austin, West Virginia
KR: Tyler Lockett, Kansas State

[Bone Crusher]

Just saw Lindy's and saw that WVU's QB was picked for B12 Offensive POTY...pretty lofty stuff for a former Big East team. Miami hasn't been the same since they joined the ACC so it's possible WVU will be in for a rude welcome to the B12.

[cynicalpuppet]

I think WVU is going to look a lot like Tech and OSU did(pre Weeden/Blackmon). Win the games against the teams they should, drop 1 against an equal opponent, and lose to the others.

I expect them to have 7-8 wins by the end of the season.

I think TCU will fair slightly better with 8-9 wins. Their defense will keep them in games where WVU's won't.

[Bone Crusher]

I agree on WVU and TCU but I don't think they will win the Big 12. Not even Boise State won the MWC last season in their first season in that conference. The deal with changing conferences is that year one is generally a schedule full of OOC games. I don't think WVU and TCU fans sound as overconfident as Utah fans last season.

Both should have at most eight to nine wins overall.