All-Decade Cougars and utes

[cougjunkie]

So who are the best players of the past decade in both football and basketball.

OVerall:

1. Alex Smith
2. Harvey Unga
3. John Beck
4. Brian Johnson
5. Luke Staley

Other notables: Austin Collie, David Reed, Max Hall

BYUs top 5 offense:

1. Harvey Unga
2. John Beck
3. Luke Staley
4. Austin Collie
5a. Dennis Pitta
5b. Brandon Doman

Utahs top 5 offense:
1. Alex Smith
2. Brian Johnson
3. Steve Smith
4. Quinton Ganther
5. David Reed

[smokymountainrain]

Replace Beck with Hall on your overall list and the offense list and then Doman with Beck on the offense list, and I think you are on the money.

[LiveCoug]

Replace Beck with Hall on your overall list and the offense list and then Doman with Beck on the offense list, and I think you are on the money.

Beck>>>Hall

[WashingtonCoug]

I think Staley and Collie were better than Beck. You don't win the Doak Walker award without being pretty dang good. Hall was better than Doman and probably not much worse than Beck.

[U-Ute]

Beck>>>Hall

My concern is that all of the lists are dedicated to offensive players.

Guys like Nixon, Poppinga, Weddle, and S. Smith are being overlooked.

U-Ute

[jay santos]

Replace Beck with Hall on your overall list and the offense list and then Doman with Beck on the offense list, and I think you are on the money.

Beck's last 10 games as a Cougar are > than Hall and just about anyone else you can possibly throw out as a comparison. The problem with Beck is that he played 30 or so games prior to those 10 that rank him among the worst of BYU QB's.

[cougjunkie]

My concern is that all of the lists are dedicated to offensive players.

Guys like Nixon, Poppinga, Weddle, and S. Smith are being overlooked.

U-Ute

I was going to do offense and defense but I forgot when I hit send.

[U-Ute]

So who are the best players of the past decade in both football and basketball.

My weak stab

Offense:
1. Alex Smith
2. Steve Smith
3. Chris Kemoeatu
4. Mike Anderson
5. David Reed

Others receiving votes: Paris Warren, Jordan Gross, Quinton Ganther

Defense:
1. Eric Weddle
2. Paul Kruger
3. Andre Dyson
4. Ma'ake Kemoeatu
5. Sean Smith

Others receiving votes: RoJo, Stevensen Sylvester, Siona Pouha

There are definitely arguments that can be made.

U-Ute

[Art Vandelay]

So who are the best players of the past decade in both football and basketball.

OVerall:

1. Alex Smith
2. Harvey Unga
3. John Beck
4. Brian Johnson
5. Luke Staley

Other notables: Austin Collie, David Reed, Max Hall

BYUs top 5 offense:

1. Harvey Unga
2. John Beck
3. Luke Staley
4. Austin Collie
5a. Dennis Pitta
5b. Brandon Doman

Utahs top 5 offense:
1. Alex Smith
2. Brian Johnson
3. Steve Smith
4. Quinton Ganther
5. David Reed

My list would be

BYU
1. Staley
2. Collie
3. Unga
4. Hall = Beck
5. Pitta

Utah
1. Alex Smith
2. Ummm...I don't know any other Utes.

[U-Ute]

My list would be
Utah
1. Alex Smith
2. Ummm...I don't know any other Utes.

Ya. That's why I stuck to my strength.

[Hot Lunch]

My weak stab

Offense:
1. Alex Smith
2. Steve Smith
3. Chris Kemoeatu
4. Mike Anderson
5. David Reed

Others receiving votes: Paris Warren, Jordan Gross, Quinton Ganther

Defense:
1. Eric Weddle
2. Paul Kruger
3. Andre Dyson
4. Ma'ake Kemoeatu
5. Sean Smith

Others receiving votes: RoJo, Stevensen Sylvester, Siona Pouha

There are definitely arguments that can be made.

U-Ute

I think that Jordan Gross should be #2 on Utah's offense. He dominated people and was the 8th pick of the draft, outland trophy finalist and was rated the number 1 O lineman in the NFL last year. The big uglies up front don't get noticed enough for what they do. Jordan was a once in a lifetime OT for Utah.

[SeattleUte]

Beck>>>Hall

Johnson>>>>Beck>>>>Hall

[Hot Lunch]

my Utah Team

Offense
1. Alex Smith
2. Jordan Gross
3. Brian Johnson
4. Chris Kemoeatu
5 a. Paris Warren
5 b. Mike Anderson

Defense
1. Eric Weddle
2. Andre Dyson
3. Paul Kruger
4. Steve Fifita
5. Sione Pouha

I left Steve Smith off the list because he didn't do what he has done in the Pros while at the U. A lot of that had to do with who was getting him the ball though. My list was based off of there performance at the U.

[SoCalCoug]

So who are the best players of the past decade in both football and basketball.

OVerall:

1. Alex Smith
2. Harvey Unga
3. John Beck
4. Brian Johnson
5. Luke Staley

Funny. Utes have 2 QB's on your list and BYU has 2 RB's. Isn't that a little counterintuitive?

[Shaka]

Beck's last 10 games as a Cougar are > than Hall and just about anyone else you can possibly throw out as a comparison. The problem with Beck is that he played 30 or so games prior to those 10 that rank him among the worst of BYU QB's.

Beck needed some rehab after the Crowton era. He is better than Hall.