Por (KoozeeKingdom) on December 08, 2009 (Suggest removal)

Please tell me that was a misprint on Phil Steele’s 1st Team selections.  If Jerome Murphy is the best corner the Big East has to offer then the league is in trouble.

Por (angryoldman) on December 09, 2009 (Suggest removal)

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Por (Scott Carter) on December 09, 2009 (Suggest removal)

KoozeeKingdom:

No misprint; All-conference teams and All-America teams have some legitimacy, but there’s always a few head scratchers as well. Murphy is obviously one that I’m sure caught a few folks by surprise, but he has been a valuable part of USF’s secondary, and all it takes is for a few people to convince the rest of the voters ... i.e. FSU’s Myron Rolle being named third-team All-American in 2008…no way that guy was one of the six best safeties in America; great student, valuable ambassador to the program and decent player, but he was a name-recognition pick only.

Thanks for checking in.

Por (Dan Alatorre) on December 10, 2009 (Suggest removal)

I can think of quite a few players who I would have put on that team before Murphy, but then I realized WE didn’t put him on there, EVERY TEAM WE PLAYED voted for him, and he won in a landslide. Murphy was the best player on every OTHER team in the Big East.

To be fair, he is a tremendous athlete who made several boneheaded plays each game, and a few expensive penalties in most games, usually followed by a few terrific plays each game. But to me it didn’t balance out in his favor. Tresey better have a more consistant player to replace him next year.