Campus Confidential

By Adam Abramson

I love you all. In fact, I love you all so much that I stayed up til 3:15 a.m. working on this.

I will not write blurbs for every pick on the All-Abramson Senior defenses and All-Abramson Underclass teams (I wanted to accomplish this now, but I don't want to be up until 5 a.m., so check back later). Instead, I’ll wrap it up with some thoughts about my choices and I’ll answer anything specific you all want to ask about my selections.

Below this entry are the All-Abramson Senior Offensive teams and an entry by Erik Boland about Hofstra’s struggles in hoops -- he has an amazing Dennis Green reference. Check it out.

And props to JTFerg for the Taco Bell Top 10…I hear it’s safe to eat there…theoretically (I don’t think it’s ever safe to eat there or any fast food joint).

All-Adam First Team Senior Defense

Defensive Ends
LaMarr Woodley, Michigan
Justin Hickman, UCLA

Defensive Tackles
Quinn Pitcock, Ohio State
Jay Alford, Penn State

Linebackers
Paul Posluszny, Penn State
Patrick Willis, Ole Miss
Ameer Ismail, Western Michigan

Cornerbacks
Aaron Ross, Texas
Daymeion Hughes, California

Safeties
LaRon Landry, LSU
Eric Weddle, Utah

All-Adam Second Team Senior Defense

Defensive Ends
Gaines Adams, Clemson
Anthony Spencer, Purdue

Defensive Tackles
Amobi Okoye, Louisville
Tank Tyler, NC State

Linebackers
H.B. Blades, Pittsburgh
Rufus Alexander, Oklahoma
Keyonvis Bouie, Florida International

Cornerbacks
Leon Hall, Michigan
Quincy Black, New Mexico

Safeties
Tra Battle, Georgia
Michael Griffin, Texas

• I almost made the same mistake as the AP, putting Ryan Smith at second team cornerback. But Mr. Smith is a junior. I know you’re probably wondering who is Quincy Black. Well, he had 113 tackles, three picks (one for a TD) and a forced fumble.

• Tom Zbikowski was a tough omission because I love the way he plays the game. But from a numbers standpoint, there were sexier picks. Also…is he really a senior? I was the one to tell y’all he’d be back in South Bend next year and I haven’t heard anything else that says otherwise…

• Keyonvis Bouie who? He played in 10 games, missing the last two with a knee injury. He was good for 12 tackles a game and 18 tackles for a loss…I’d say that’s active, to quite active.

• Did Quinten Moses from Georgia make third team All American because of hype? Statistically speaking, he wasn’t even the best defensive end on his team. Now I know he saw a lot of double teams, but so did every other good defensive end in college.

• The two biggest, baddest beasts on this team? LaRon Landry and Paul Posluszny.