June 30, 2006
Sixty-four days and counting down until kickoff against Georgia Tech on Sept. 2 (see the countdown ticker on the right side of the front page from und.com for the exact hour and minutes until kickoff). Thirty-eight days and counting down until Football Media Day on Sunday, Aug. 6. The und.com Summer Football Fix continues…
As the summer progresses, the preseason pundits have released a number of different lists for the 2006 college football season. Here is a list of preseason accolades that the Irish players and team have accumulated over the past month. This list will be updated periodically during the month of July.
TEAM UNIT RANKINGS
– Lindy’s #3 Backfield
– Lindy’s #4 Receivers
– Lindy’s #6 Offensive Line
– Athlon Sports #1 Quarterback Unit
– Athlon Sports #4 Wide Receiver Unit
– The Sporting News #3 Backfield
– The Sporting News #10 Defensive Line
– Phil Steele’s #1 Quarterback Unit
– Phil Steele’s #10 Offensive Line
– Phil Steele’s #5 Defensive Backs
TEAM NATIONAL PRESEASON RANKINGS
Athlon Sports #2
CBSSportsline.com Magazine #4
ESPN.com #8 (post-spring)
FoxSports.com #11
Lindy’s #1
Phil Steele’s #7
Street and Smith’s #4
The Sporting News #1
Player Accolades:
Victor Abiamiri
– Athlon Sports Second Team All-America
– Street & Smith’s Walter Camp Football Foundation Third Team All-America
– Lindy’s #8 Defensive End
– Phil Steele’s #11 Defensive End
– The Sporting News #5 Defensive End
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
James Aldridge
– Phil Steele’s Second Team All-Independent
John Carlson
– Phil Steele’s #28 Tight End
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Maurice Crum
– The Sporting News #14 Inside Linebacker
– Phil Steele’s #43 Inside Linebacker
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
David Grimes
– Phil Steele’s Second Team All-Independent (kick returner)
Ryan Harris
– Athlon Sports Second Team All-America
– Street & Smith’s Walter Camp Football Foundation Third Team All-America
– Lindy’s #7 Offensive Tackle
– Phil Steele’s #17 Offensive Tackle
– The Sporting News #6 Offensive Tackle
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Derek Landri
– Insider’s Football News Third-Team All-America
– Street & Smith’s Walter Camp Football Foundation Honorable Mention All-America
– Lindy’s #8 Defensive Tackle
– Phil Steele’s #26 Defensive Tackle
– The Sporting News #8 Defensive Tackle
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Trevor Laws
– Street & Smith’s Walter Camp Football Foundation Honorable Mention All-America
– Lindy’s #18 Defensive Tackle
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Bob Morton
– Phil Steele’s #38 Offensive Guard
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Rhema McKnight
– Phil Steele’s #55 Wide Receiver
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Chinedum Ndukwe
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Brady Quinn
– Athlon Sports First Team All-America
– CBS Sportsline.com Magazine First Team All-America
– Insider’s Football News First Team All-America
– Lindy’s First Team All-America
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-America
– Rivals.com First Team All-America
– Street & Smith’s Walter Camp Football Foundation First Team All-America
– The Sporting News First Team All-America
– Lindy’s #1 Quarterback
– Phil Steele’s #1 Quarterback
– The Sporting News #1 Quarterback
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Mike Richardson
– Phil Steele’s Second Team All-Independent
Asaph Schwapp
– Phil Steele’s #15 Fullback
Jeff Samardzija
– Athlon Sports First Team All-America
– CBS Sportsline.com Magazine First Team All-America
– Rivals.com First Team All-America
– Street & Smith’s Walter Camp Football Foundation First Team All-America
– Lindy’s Second Team All-America
– Phil Steele’s Second Team All-America
– The Sporting News Second Team All-America
– Insider’s Football News Third Team All-America
– Lindy’s #3 rated wide receiver
– Phil Steele’s #3 rated wide receiver
– The Sporting News #3 Receiver
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Dan Santucci
– The Sporting News #10 Offensive Guard
– Phil Steele’s Second Team All-Independent
John Sullivan
– Phil Steele’s Third Team All-America
– Phil Steele’s #3 Center
– Lindy’s #10 Center
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Mitchell Thomas
– Phil Steele’s #60 Outside Linebacker
Darius Walker
– Lindy’s #16 Running Back
– Phil Steele’s #11 Running Back
– The Sporting News #19 Running Back
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Ambrose Wooden
– Phil Steele’s #13 Cornerback
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent
Tom Zbikowski
– CBS Sportsline.com Magazine First Team All-America (punt returner)
– CBS Sportsline.com Magazine Second Team All-America (defensive back)
– Athlon Sports Second Team All-America (safety)
– Lindy’s Second Team All-America (defensive back)
– Phil Steele’s Second Team All-America (safety)
– Street & Smith’s Walter Camp Football Foundation Second Team All-America (defensive back)
– Insider’s Football News Third-Team All-America (punt returner)
– Lindy’s #4 Safety
– Phil Steele’s #2 Strong Safety
– The Sporting News #8 Strong Safety
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent (safety)
– Phil Steele’s First Team All-Independent (punt returner)