FWAA 75th Anniversary college football All American Teams

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When ever I look at these lists I always have to remind myself that these are put together by writers. They have to include a lot of areas. Can't have too much of one team unless that team has a writers favorite coach (See Nebraska, Osborne, Tom). I think some of these college writers watched too much NFL before deciding on this list. Some great names on here and some great guys got left off.

I see some of these guys as a representation of a position group at that school. Only way to see it when Ed Reed makes it but Blades and Sean Taylor do not.

Biggest surprise is a guy named Derek Abney makes the returner list but no Devin Hester? That right there tells you the writers got to keep the SEC happy or this list is not relevant to the regular old school fan base of college football.

This obviously has more to do with NFL than college is Calvin Johnson and Troy Polamalu showing up.

Even though I am Cane fan I am glad Ray Lewis is not on this list. He is a fist ballot HOF for the NFL but did not do that in college.

Most Disappointed on Dan Morgan not making this list. Most decorated and deserving defensive player Miami has ever had.

Frazier and Tebow are a representative of the great college offensive systems. Don't know how you have both on though. I know writers love them but how do you not get Ty Detmer to represent BYU QB's and the first college of the 80's to get the open west coast forward pass offenses multiple sets TE's and all.

Hudson represents all the great BYU TE's I guess. Not going to expect college football writers to put in a Miami TE

Happiest to see and most surprised to make this list is Will Shields. The guy was flat out amazing pre national championship Nebraska teams. The only guy who could really block any Maimi or FSU players in the late 80's early 90's. His measurements would get him a 3 star but the guy was so fast and so deceptively strong and tech was perfect.

Bo Jackson was great but can you believe there not one USC RB on here? OJ, yea not going to touch him. Reggie Bush, again writers not going to touch him either. But to not have Marcus Allen on? Really? College production and relevance and Bo makes it over Allen? Only because of the dual sports after college got him on this list. Oh yea SEC SEC SEC.



75th ANNIVERSARY FWAA ALL-AMERICA TEAM
OFFENSE
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM THIRD TEAM
QB Roger Staubach, Navy Tim Tebow, Florida Tommie Frazier, Nebraska
RB Archie Griffin, Ohio State Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh Bo Jackson, Auburn
RB Herschel Walker, Georgia Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State Doak Walker, SMU
WR Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh Fred Biletnikoff, Florida State Anthony Carter, Michigan
WR Jerry Rice, Mississippi Valley State Randy Moss, Marshall Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech
TE Keith Jackson, Oklahoma Mike Ditka, Pittsburgh Gordon Hudson, BYU
OL John Hannah, Alabama Bill Fralic, Pittsburgh Barrett Jones, Alabama
OL Orlando Pace, Ohio State John Hicks, Ohio State Willie Roaf, Louisiana Tech
OL Will Shields, Nebraska Calvin Jones, Iowa Jerry Sisemore, Texas
OL Ron Yary, USC Jonathan Ogden, UCLA Dean Steinkuhler, Nebraska
C Dave Rimington, Nebraska Chuck Bednarik, Penn Jim Ritcher, N.C. State
DEFENSE
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM THIRD TEAM
DT Lee Roy Selmon, Oklahoma Merlin Olsen, Utah State Steve Emtman, Washington
DT Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska Randy White, Maryland Reggie White, Tennessee
DE Leon Hart, Notre Dame Hugh Green, Pittsburgh Bubba Smith, Michigan State
DE Ted Hendricks, Miami (Fla.) Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech Jack Youngblood, Florida
LB Tommy Nobis, Texas Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma Jack Ham, Penn State
LB Mike Singletary, Baylor **** Butkus, Illinois Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama
LB Derrick Thomas, Alabama Luke Kuechly, Boston College Chris Spielman, Ohio State
DB Ronnie Lott, USC Champ Bailey, Georgia Dré Bly, North Carolina
DB Deion Sanders, Florida State Kenny Easley, UCLA Dave Brown, Michigan
DB Jack Tatum, Ohio State Jerry Gray, Texas Troy Polamalu, USC
DB Charles Woodson, Michigan Ed Reed, Miami (Fla.) Roy Williams, Oklahoma
SPECIALISTS
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM THIRD TEAM
P Ray Guy, Southern Miss Russell Erxleben, Texas Rohn Stark, Florida State
K Kevin Butler, Georgia Mason Crosby, Colorado Tony Franklin, Texas A&M
RS johnny Rodgers, Nebraska Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame Derek Abney, Kentucky

 

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Ricky Williams, Charlie Ward, Cam Newton, are guys who could have made the list.

 

[whoopingcane]

What about Jim Thorpe and Knute Rockne?

 

[Jmhcane]

Pudge Heffelfinger

 

[daddacane]

" They love to hate us "

 

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Reggie Bush not on that list is joke. Dude was the baddest college playmaker I've seen

 

[DC Dog Nuts]

Reggie Bush not on that list is joke. Dude was the baddest college playmaker I've seen

Too bad you are new to college football.

 

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Reggie Bush not on that list is joke. Dude was the baddest college playmaker I've seen

Too bad you are new to college football.

Yup, guess I'm in the minority that wasn't around to watch Roger Staubach, Archie Griffin, Jack Tatum or Mike Ditka play in college?

The list is bull **** and driven more so by what they did as pros. Jerry Rice? nobody saw him play in college and all his comp was D2 garbage. Calvin Johnson? look up his stats..He was barely thrown the ball in college.. Steve Emtman? dude was all hype and wasn't close to the DT that Jerome Brown or Warren Sapp were in college..

 

[Plzwork4]

The guys on Fox Sports 1 did spent a segment on this list. They had to name players from each position that they would've put on the list. They had to name one defensive player left off. The first guy said Warren Sapp from the U. 2nd guy said Sean Taylor from the U. Both threw up the U...and they spent an extra 2 minutes talking about Sean Taylor. One guy played in the NFL against ST. He said that he was the most dominant freak of a football player he ever saw. His quote was "He would be playing on one side of the field for the Redskins and he would cover deep-third it was just crazy"

I love Fox Sports Live...much better than ESPN.

 

[DC Dog Nuts]

Reggie Bush not on that list is joke. Dude was the baddest college playmaker I've seen

Too bad you are new to college football.

Yup, guess I'm in the minority that wasn't around to watch Roger Staubach, Archie Griffin, Jack Tatum or Mike Ditka play in college?

The list is bull **** and driven more so by what they did as pros. Jerry Rice? nobody saw him play in college and all his comp was D2 garbage. Calvin Johnson? look up his stats..He was barely thrown the ball in college.. Steve Emtman? dude was all hype and wasn't close to the DT that Jerome Brown or Warren Sapp were in college..

Quit being a giant pzzy. If Bush is your benchmark then that means you're a newbie.

 

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Reggie Bush not on that list is joke. Dude was the baddest college playmaker I've seen

Too bad you are new to college football.

Yup, guess I'm in the minority that wasn't around to watch Roger Staubach, Archie Griffin, Jack Tatum or Mike Ditka play in college?

The list is bull **** and driven more so by what they did as pros. Jerry Rice? nobody saw him play in college and all his comp was D2 garbage. Calvin Johnson? look up his stats..He was barely thrown the ball in college.. Steve Emtman? dude was all hype and wasn't close to the DT that Jerome Brown or Warren Sapp were in college..

You never saw Emtman play then. The guy was a beast. I love Jerome and I love Sapp but Emtman is not the guy to go after as replacing. 2 ACL's in back to back first years did him over for the NFL career. But in college he tore it up th middle for several years. Great play and deserves to be on this list.

Reggie Bush was never going on this list because of the USC probation scandal.

 

[AUcane]

Emtman was a monster in college. Lol at you guys dogging bush - I ain't no newbie and he's one of the most dominating college performers I have ever seen. The goat for me (that I watched regularly when he was on) was Barry sanders at osu. He was a monster.