With all that "TALENT" that LSU has....

...you would think they would be able to place more than 2 players on the first three teams of the All-America team!! LOL

2006 AP All-America Team

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Quarterback: Troy Smith, 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, senior, Ohio State.
Running backs: Darren McFadden, 6-2, 212, sophomore, Arkansas; Steve Slaton, 5-10, 195, sophomore, West Virginia.
Wide receivers: Calvin Johnson, 6-5, 235, junior, Georgia, Tech; Dwayne Jarrett, 6-5, 210, junior, Southern California.
Tight end: Matt Spaeth, 6-7, 265, senior, Minnesota.
Tackles: Jake Long, 6-7, 313, senior, Michigan; Joe Thomas, 6-8, 313, senior, Wisconsin.
Guards: Josh Beekman, 6-2, 318, senior, Boston College; Justin Blalock, 6-4, 335, senior, Texas.
Center: Dan Mozes, 6-4, 290, senior, West Virginia.
Kicker: Justin Medlock, 6-0, 197, senior, UCLA.
All-purpose player: DeSean Jackson, 6-0, 178, sophomore, California.


First-team defense
Ends: LaMarr Woodley, 6-2, 269, senior, Michigan; Gaines Adams, 6-5, 265, senior, Clemson.
Tackles: Glenn Dorsey, 6-2, 299, junior, LSU; Quinn Pitcock, 6-3, 295, senior, Ohio State.
Linebackers: Paul Posluszny, 6-2, 238, senior, Penn State; Patrick Willis, 6-2, 240, senior, Mississippi; James Laurinaitis, 6-3, 244, sophomore, Ohio State.
Cornerbacks: Leon Hall, 5-11, 193, senior, Michigan; Daymeion Hughes, 6-0, 188, senior, California.
Safeties: LaRon Landry, 6-2, 202, senior, LSU; Reggie Nelson, 6-1, 175, junior, Florida.
Punter: Daniel Sepulveda, 6-3, 230, senior, Baylor.


Second-team offense
Quarterback: Brady Quinn, senior, Notre Dame.
Running backs: Ray Rice, sophomore, Rutgers; Mike Hart, junior, Michigan.
Wide receivers: Jarrett Dillard, sophomore, Rice; Jeff Samardzija, senior, Notre Dame.
Tight end: Zach Miller, junior, Arizona State.
Tackles: Sam Baker, junior, Southern California; Arron Sears, senior, Tennessee.
Guards: Ben Grubbs, senior, Auburn; T.J. Downing, senior, Ohio State.
Center: Ryan Kalil, senior, Southern California.
Kicker: Arthur Carmody, junior, Louisville.
All-purpose player: Ted Ginn. Jr., junior, Ohio State.


Second-team defense
Ends: Justin Hickman, senior, UCLA; Mkristo Bruce, senior, Washington State.
Tackles: Alan Branch, junior, Michigan; Amobi Okoye, senior, Louisville.
Linebackers: Dan Connor, junior, Penn State; Ameer Ismail, senior, Western Michigan; David Harris, senior, Michigan.
Cornerbacks: Aaron Ross, senior, Texas; Ryan Smith, senior, Florida.
Safeties: Eric Weddle, senior, Utah; Michael Griffin, senior, Texas.
Punter: Durant Brooks, junior, Georgia Tech.


Third-team offense
Quarterback: Colt Brennan, junior, Hawaii.
Running backs: Ian Johnson, sophomore, Boise State; Garrett Wolfe, senior, Northern Illinois.
Wide receivers: Robert Meachem, junior, Tennessee; Johnnie Lee Higgins, senior, UTEP.
Tight end: Jonny Harline, senior, BYU.
Tackles: Levi Brown, senior, Penn State; Tony Ugoh, senior, Arkansas.
Guards: Kurt Quarterman, senior, Louisville; Nathan Bennett, senior, Clemson.
Center: Jonathan Luigs, sophomore, Arkansas.
Kicker: Mason Crosby, senior, Colorado.
All-purpose player: Sammie Stroughter, junior, Oregon State.


Third-team defense
Ends: Quentin Moses, senior, Georgia; Anthony Spencer, senior, Purdue.
Tackles: Jay Alford, senior, Penn State; Eric Foster, junior, Rutgers.
Linebackers: H.B. Blades, senior, Pittsburgh; Rufus Alexander, senior, Oklahoma; Brandon Siler, junior, Florida.
Cornerbacks: Dwight Lowery, junior, San Jose State; Brandon Flowers, sophomore, Virginia Tech.
Safeties: Tra Battle, senior, Georgia; Tom Zbikowski, senior, Notre Dame.
Punter: Jeremy Kapinos, senior, Penn State.
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LSU is nothing special top 20 team yes but nothing special

you can make that point...but they are a top 10 team, imo...dont need specific all stars to make a 'team' good. How many Pro Bowlers has the Pats produced during their 3 Super Bowl in four year run.

LSU had a brutal schedule, where they were the only team to play 4 Top 10 teams, on the road.

Also, Zibi as a third teamer? Any other ND fans can attest he is very overrated, as I feel that way.

Who cares? LSU would have at least 5 players on a 4th team if there was one..The Irish will feel the wrath of this "top 20" team after a 20+ point drubbing the Tigers will give them....The SEC will prove their dominance this bowl season.....

The point is that we keep hearing all this talk about how much "talent" LSU has, and how they are the most talented team in the SEC, etc., etc...

So, for as much as we hear this talk, one could be led to believe that LSU should have a greater number of players on the All America team than 2.

its not about star power with lsu but rather deep talent pools at every position. your point is well taken, as you would think theyd put a few more guys on those all-america teams. but their strength lies in the ability to just wear you down because the guys theres not a precipitous drop from the 1st to their 2nd teams.

Well said Prodigy..
LSU could go 3 deep at many positions including QB and RB..Having 3 great WR's and a QB that spread the ball around didn't help that position..
All American is really meaning-less anyway..
I do understand what you meant College Fan..I have listened to too many USC fans talk about their no Defense league over the past 3-4 years that I get a little worked up when my Tigers are mentioned...

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its not about star power with lsu but rather deep talent pools at every position. your point is well taken, as you would think theyd put a few more guys on those all-america teams. but their strength lies in the ability to just wear you down because the guys theres not a precipitous drop from the 1st to their 2nd teams.

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Bingo! It is sad how people can't understand such a simple concept. I guess that is why people are so gullible to believe the hype machine about how some are unbeatable.

how many teams have more than 3 all americans?

LSU has a very talented football team. The all-american team is centered around RESULTS, and not TALENT, which is the epitome of LSU this year. 2 losses, damn near 4 losses, because of 2 plays on the final seconds. All of the talent in the world, but little results to show for it because A) a BRUTAL schedule, B) probably not coached up well C) they cant seem to pull it all together

will they vs. Notre Dame? i think so.

I wasn't endorsing the All-America team as the be-all, end-all measuring stick for talent, but I just had to call out LSU's representation, after having been fed with all this media hype about how "GREAT" LSU is, and how much "TALENT" they have.

Prodigy & EDG -- I have to disagree with you on this one. LSU doesn't have any more depth than most other top-10, top-15 teams. Prodigy, you make it sound like LSU wears all these teams down and wins their games in the 4th Qtr b/c of their "depth." IMO, there is more of a drop between the 1st teamers and 2nd teamers than you are alluding to. To answer tigerclicks, you can't tell me that LSU wouldn't miss a beat if they inserted Matt Flynn in there instead of Russell. RB's, I'll give you -- they do have a lot of depth there. WRs - no. Only 3 WRs have more than 6 catches - that's not depth. They do have a little more "depth" on the defensive side, but I still don't think there is only a minimal drop between the one's and two's, as you assert.

So, what makes LSU so talented? What is the proper measuring stick? Is it just b/c the media keeps talking about all this talent, we have to believe it? We certainly aren't seeing all this talent by way of their results on the field, are we? For purposes of having a healthy discussion on this, I am asking that someone provide some type of proof to support this hypothesis. That's all....

you'll see the support come NFL draft day I believe over the next 2 years

they should have 2 or 3 1st rounders this year alone, and plenty of other draft picks in the other rounds

This stuff is all so messed up and media biased I don't know why anyone with a lick of sanity would bother analyzing it. Come on Troy Smith is a great college QB, but really now would you pick him as the QB of a team you were putting together just for an example? No one can tell me Smith didn't thrive thanks to a great OL and a ton of talented skill players to call upon. And he sure didn't throw for 53 TDs like Brennan did.

The whole AA teams are a joke really, subject to who plays on TV the most and who got the most hype coming into the season. I mean for all the hype he got, what did Ted Ginn really deliver this year?

ding ding ding....we have a winner...

"The whole AA teams are a joke really, subject to who plays on TV the most and who got the most hype coming into the season."

NFL draft will tell you who had/has most talent...end of discussion.

Come back in April and post your finding's!

of the 6 all american running backs, 4 are sophomores.

WV has 2 first teamers on offense in case anyone didn't notice. In fact the entire Big East is very well represented on this year's All American teams.

This is a really stupid thread. All you have to do is watch LSU play to realize the speed and talent that they possess as a TEAM, that is if you have an ounce of scouting talent, which may not be the case.

royalfan said:

This is a really stupid thread. All you have to do is watch LSU play to realize the speed and talent that they possess as a TEAM, that is if you have an ounce of scouting talent, which may not be the case.

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All that speed and talent didn't stop them from losing 2 games. BCS bowl or not they have underachieved this year as a team.