2011 CFN All-Pac-12 Team & Top 30 Players

2011 Pac-12 Fearless Predictions, Game Stories, Game of the Week, Player of the Week, Roundup & Standings

2011 CFN All-Pac-12 Team

& Top 30 Players 

North California | Oregon | Oregon St | Stanford | Washington | Washington State
South Arizona | Arizona St | Colorado | UCLA | USC | Utah 

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2011 Pac-12 Standings
North
	Conf.		Overall
Oregon	8	1	11	2
Stanford	8	1	11	1
Wash.	5	4	7	5
Cal	4	5	7	5
Oregon St	3	6	3	9
Wash St	2	7	4	8
South
	Conf.		Overall
USC	7	2	10	2
UCLA	5	4	6	7
Arizona St	4	5	6	6
Utah	4	5	7	5
Colorado	2	7	3	10
Arizona	2	7	4	8
Players of the Week 9/3 WR Robert Woods, USC 9/10 QB Brock Osweiler, Arizona St 9/17 RB John White, Utah 9/24 RB LaMichael James, Oregon 10/1 QB Matt Barkley & WR Robert Woods, USC 10/8 QB Kevin Prince, UCLA 10/15 QB Keith Price, UW 10/22 WR Juron Criner, Az. 10/29 RB Chris Polk, Washington 11/5 RB LaMichael James, Oregon 11/12 QB Connor Halliday, Wash State 11/19 QB Matt Barkley, USC 11/26 QB Matt Barkley, USC Games of the Week 9/3 Sacramento State 29 … at Oregon State 28   9/10 Arizona State 37 … Missouri 30 OT 9/17 at Illinois 17 ... Arizona State 14 9/24 at Arizona State 43 … USC 22 10/1 at USC 48 … Arizona 41 10/8 at UCLA 28 … Washington State 25 10/15 ... at Oregon 41 … Arizona State 27 10/22 USC 31 … at Notre Dame 17 10/29 Stanford 56 … at USC 48 3OT 11/5 at UCLA 29 … Arizona State 28 11/12 Oregon 53 … at Stanford 30 11/19 USC 38 … at Oregon 35 11/26 at Colorado 17 ... Utah 14

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2011 CFN Offensive Player of the Year
QB Matt Barkley, Jr. USC
308-446, 3,528 yards, 39 touchdowns, seven interceptions, two rushing touchdowns

2011 CFN Defensive Player of the Year
LB Chase Thomas, Jr. Stanford
51 tackles, 8.5 sacks, 21 tackles for loss, five forced fumbles, four quarterback hurries

2011 CFN All-Pac-12 Offense
QB – Matt Barkley, Jr. USC
RB – LaMichael James, Jr. Oregon
RB – Chris Polk, Jr. Washington
WR – Marquess Wilson, Soph. Washington St
WR – Robert Woods, Soph. USC
TE – Coby Fleener, Sr. Stanford
OL – Tony Bergstrom, Sr. Utah
OL – David DeCastro, Jr. Stanford
OL – Matt Kalil, Jr. USC
OL – Jonathan Martin, Jr. Stanford
OL – Mitchell Schwartz, Sr. Cal
PK – Giorgio Tavecchio, Sr. Cal
KR – De’Anthony Thomas, Fr. Oregon

2011 CFN All-Pac-12 Defense
DL – Scott Crichton, Fr. Oregon State
DL – Dion Jordan, Jr. Oregon
DL – Star Lotulelei, Jr. Utah
DL – Nick Perry, Jr. USC
LB – Josh Kaddu, Sr. Oregon
LB – Mychal Kendricks, Sr. Cal
LB – Chase Thomas, Jr. Stanford
DB – John Boyett, Jr. Oregon
DB – T.J. McDonald, Jr. USC
DB – Eddie Pleasant, Sr. Oregon
DB – Nickell Robey, Soph. USC
P – Bryan Anger, Sr. Cal
PR – Jamal Miles, Jr. Arizona State

3 Biggest Surprises
1. Utah RB John White ranking second in Pac-12 rushing—and 11th nationally—in his debut out of Los Angeles Harbor College.
2. The play of Washington QB Keith Price, who did a terrific job of filling Jake Locker’s shoes.
3. The reemergence of USC as a national power.

3 Biggest Disappointments
1. The second-half implosion of Arizona State, which was a South Division shoe-in until finishing head coach Dennis Erickson’s final season with five losses in six games.
2. The inconsistent play of Sun Devils LB Vontaze Burfict, a microcosm for the program’s troubles this year. Proof that his bark is worse than his bite, he had four sacks in the first two games, and just one over the final ten.
3. The further regression of Oregon State, which opened a 3-9 campaign by losing to Sacramento State.

Best Pac-12 Game of the Season
Oct. 29 Stanford 56 … USC 48 3 OT
Forget the Pac-12. This might have been the best game of the year in all of college football. The Cardinal and Trojans traded blows long into the night, like a couple of heavyweights, until a Curtis McNeal fumble into the end zone put a halt to the pulsating drama. The showdown also featured one of the best quarterback battles of 2011, with USC’s Matt Barkley and Stanford’s Andrew Luck both throwing three touchdown passes and a pick.

Second Best Game: Nov. 19 USC 38 … Oregon 35
Third Best Game: Sept. 10 Arizona State 37 … Missouri 30 OT

Coach of the Year – Lane Kiffin, USC
2) Chip Kelly, Oregon, 3) David Shaw, Stanford

Performances of the Year
1) Sept. 24 – In his second of three straight 200-yard games on the ground, Oregon RB LaMichael James erupted for a career-high 288 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries.
2) Nov. 26 – USC QB Matt Barkley was nearly perfect in the Trojans’ 50-0 rout of crosstown rival UCLA, going 35-of-42 for 423 yards, six touchdowns and no picks.
3) Sept. 3 – USC WR Robert Woods caught a school-record 17 passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns, carrying Troy to an opening day escape of Minnesota.

Top Freshman - WR Marqise Lee, USC

The Best Pac-12 Players of 2011
1. QB Matt Barkley, Jr. USC
2. RB LaMichael James, Jr. Oregon
3. QB Andrew Luck, Jr. Stanford
4. WR Robert Woods, Soph. USC
5. OT Matt Kalil, Jr. USC
6. LB Chase Thomas, Jr. Stanford
7. LB Mychal Kendricks, Sr. Cal
8. WR Marquess Wilson, Soph. Washington State
9. WR Keenan Allen, Soph. Cal
10. OT Jonathan Martin, Jr. Stanford
11. OG David DeCastro, Jr. Stanford
12. RB Chris Polk, Jr. Washington
13. RB John White, Jr. Utah
14. QB Darron Thomas, Jr. Oregon
15. OT Mitchell Schwartz, Sr. Cal
16. WR Marqise Lee, Fr. USC
17. DT Star Lotulelei, Jr. Utah
18. TE Coby Fleener, Sr. Stanford
19. RB De’Anthony Thomas, Fr. Oregon
20. DE Nick Perry, Jr. USC
21. QB Keith Price, Soph. Washington
22. S T.J. McDonald, Jr. USC
23. RB Isi Sofele, Jr. Cal
24. QB Nick Foles, Sr. Arizona
25. LB Josh Kaddu, Sr. Oregon
26. WR Juron Criner, Sr. Arizona
27. RB Stepfan Taylor, Jr. Stanford
28. DE Dion Jordan, Jr. Oregon
29. ROV Eddie Pleasant, Sr. Oregon
30. CB Nickell Robey, Soph. USC