MVFC All Conference Teams Announced

[ronfitch]

Panthers on First Team:
Daurice Fountain, WR
Adam Reth, DL
Jared Farley, LB
Elijah Campbell, DB

Panthers on Second Team:
Lee Carhart, OL
Rickey Neal, DL
Sam Kuhter, P

Panthers earning Honorable Mention:
Marcus Weymiller RB
Briley Moore TE
Malcolm Washington DB

URL:

http://valley-football.org/news/2017/11/26/football-2017-mvfc-all-conference-teams.aspx

[Born-a-Panther]

Weymiller is only honorable mention??

[BCPanther]

Weymiller is only honorable mention??

Only played 5 games...

[achrist70]

I thought Ricky possibly deserved 1st team, and thought that Eli and Jackson Scott-Brown on offense and Preston Woods and Bryce Douglas on defense deserved honorable mention. But overall we got what we deserved.

[FOTY]

I thought Ricky possibly deserved 1st team, and thought that Eli and Jackson Scott-Brown on offense and Preston Woods and Bryce Douglas on defense deserved honorable mention. But overall we got what we deserved.

I agree, overall we got what we deserved. A full season of Weymiller and he'd probably be a 2nd teamer. The only surprise to me was Neal - I was also expecting 1st team for him.

[clenz]

Only played 5 games...

And only averaged 4.0 ypc flat.
Only 3 of his games had him over 4.0 YPC
He, in 6 games as a RB this year has 77 more carries than SDSU's main back who has played 11.
He was third in the conference in carries and averaged about a yard less per carry than the 2 in front of him.

He's a draft horse, not a thoroughbred. He's not going to be the fastest, but has decent speed. He isn't going to jump over anyone. Not going to really juke anyone. Doesn't really want too. Knows what he is, what he does well, and busts ass to do it.

He has been a massive part of the turnaround this year. These awards aren't for work horses though.

[vbfan19]

speaking of Weymiller, in today's press conference, Farley said that Marcus was quite sick on Saturday. He played through it, but certainly wasn't at 100%

[havok58]

How did Drysdale get overlooked at PK? He led the league in overall scoring and for kickers (88 points, Vinatieri 2nd place with 80, Slattery 7th place with 76). Had a higher field goal made and percentage than the other two. The only area he didn't lead was extra points, where Slattery hit 100% (34-34). Drysdale finished 6th with a 94.9% (37-39) while Vinatieri finished 9th at 92.2% (47-51). Is it because Slattery is a senior?

[clenz]

How did Drysdale get overlooked at PK? He led the league in overall scoring and for kickers (88 points, Vinatieri 2nd place with 80, Slattery 7th place with 76). Had a higher field goal made and percentage than the other two. The only area he didn't lead was extra points, where Slattery hit 100% (34-34). Drysdale finished 6th with a 94.9% (37-39) while Vinatieri finished 9th at 92.2% (47-51). Is it because Slattery is a senior?

It's amazing how good our FG unit was this year despite how bad it felt.

Between UNI and the Minnesota Vikings I despise PATs and field goals. Yet both are actually very good at it, statistically speaking.

[ronfitch]

That Sam was not first team is odd ... he dropped 22 of 64 punts inside the 20 and only one touchback all season. And his punts plus coverage forced FCs 23 times. Those are monster numbers.

I would argue that he was a big factor in keeping UNI in games all season, perhaps the MVP in the first half of the season.

[havok58]

That Sam was not first team is odd ... he dropped 22 of 64 punts inside the 20 and only one touchback all season. And his punts plus coverage forced FCs 23 times. Those are monster numbers.

I would argue that he was a big factor in keeping UNI in games all season, perhaps the MVP in the first half of the season.

I agree. Granted that Reazin led the league in punting with an average of 43.6, but Sam was only one yard behind in average and led in every other category except touchbacks, where Reazin had 8. I think our special teams players were overlooked a bit.