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December 5, 2006

Individual Accolades

Filed under: Football,Honors,Players — Chas @ 10:26 am

Pitt football had its award banquet the other night. Team honors mostly went to the players you would expect.

The various All-American or All-Big East teams are also being released (the Big East “official” All-Big East teams will be announced tomorrow).

Scout.com put H.B. Blades on their second-team All-American squad. Freshman Offensive Guard Joe Thomas was a 1st team Freshman All-American.

Thomas was named a 2nd team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News, along with teammate WR Oderick Turner. Darrelle Revis was named as a 3d team All-American team as a “utility player.” That’s what happens when no one throws his way after the first couple of games and a sub-par year as a punt returner.





I’m not sold on Revis quite yet. Made one big play (punt return for a TD) and that had more to do with Kinder’s tremendous block than anything else.
Here’s his 12-game stat line:
39 tackles (three per game… really?)
4 passes broken up
2 interceptions (both returned for TDs — kudos)
22 punt returns for 190 yards and 1 TD
(His pedestrian average of 8.6 YPR falls to 5.6 if you remove the aforementioned 73-yard TD)
Everybody says opponents threw away from him and I’m sure that was the case. But he did get torched by UL’s Mario Urrutia for 144 yards on seven catches and a TD and it would have been worse had Revis not taken a pass interference call late in the first half. That was really the only top-flight passing attack that Pitt faced this year.
Without a doubt, he is a very talented player. I just don’t see a lot of passion and leadership. Let’s be honest, the Pitt defense sucked this year. While you obviously can’t place all the blame on Revis, he deserves his fair share.
If he is a game-changing talent, he didn’t show it to me.
If you gave me a choice between Revis and Blades, I’d take Blades in a heartbeat.

Comment by Dave in Orlando 12.05.06 @ 11:54 am

Looks like Alabama is set to make a big offer to Rich Rodriguez in the next day or two. Sounds like upwards of $2 Mil a year which doubles his wvu contract. I think he would prefer to stay at WVU but that is a lot of money to leave on the table.

link to postgazette.com

Comment by Rex 12.05.06 @ 11:55 am

How did Kennard Cox win most improved defensive player?

Comment by Jeremy 12.05.06 @ 1:22 pm

How did anyone on the defense win an award?

Comment by Rex 12.05.06 @ 2:00 pm

YES!!!!! We are keeping Paul Rhoades!! GREAT NEWS!!!

Comment by johnson 12.05.06 @ 2:04 pm

Unbelievable I just read this. How does this guy keep his job??? Our defense could not have been much worse. I am shocked.

Comment by Rex 12.05.06 @ 2:09 pm

link to post-gazette.com

They fired Bray (LB coach) and moved Rhoads from DC/DB coach to DC/LB coach (“Rhoads will switch his positional emphasis from secondary to linebackers.”).
Strange that they would fire the individual responsible for the best performing unit on the defense in recent years — the linebackers.

Comment by Dave in Orlando 12.05.06 @ 3:04 pm

Im starting to believe the theory that Rhoads has some incriminating pictures of some high ranking Pitt officials. Nothing else can ever justify this to me.

Comment by Rex 12.05.06 @ 3:10 pm

Hey, Walt Harris is available too, let’s bring him back!! WE GOT PAUL RHOADES!!!

Comment by johnson 12.05.06 @ 3:42 pm

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