Friday, June 5, 2009

Reflections on the Big Ten player rankings - Big Ten - ESPN

Reflections on the Big Ten player rankings - Big Ten - ESPN: "The Big Ten top 30 player rankings are finally complete, and it's time to take a look back at the rundown during the last few weeks (I feel like I channeled my inner David Stern with how long the series dragged on).
There were two basic parameters for evaluating players -- past performance and future potential. Here's the team-by-team and position-by-position breakdown:
Penn State -- 6
Iowa -- 4
Ohio State -- 3
Minnesota -- 3
Illinois -- 3
Wisconsin -- 2
Michigan State -- 2
Northwestern -- 2
Michigan -- 2
Indiana -- 2
Purdue -- 1"

Here is Iowa's Big Ten player rankings by ESPN's Adam Rittenberg:
No. 5 -- Bryan Bulaga, LT, Iowa
No. 15 -- Amari Spievey, CB, Iowa
No. 20 -- Pat Angerer, LB, Iowa
No. 23 -- Ricky Stanzi, QB, Iowa

Adam then goes on to list RT Kyle Calloway, DE Adrian Clayborn, and LB A.J. Edds as just missing the cut. Only OSU had more players (4) that just missed the cut. This goes on to prove to why I believe Iowa is a Top10 contender this year. I don't believe they are a pre-season Top10 but they definitely have what it takes to make it by season's end.

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