Big Ten Bloggers All-Big Ten Team

Again I want to thank LTP for all its hard work in putting this together. Getting 40+ college football bloggers to do anything consistently is enough of a challenge. Last week, we had the BTB Conference Projection. Next week, we'll get into the real juicy stuff, like best games, awards and such. So, without delay, here's the 2008 Big Ten Bloggers All-Big Ten Team:

1st Team All Big Ten Offense
QB - Curtis Painter, Purdue
RB - Beanie Wells, Ohio State
RB - Javon Ringer, Michigan State
WR - Brian Robiskie, Ohio State
WR - Arrelious Benn, Illinois
WR - Greg Orton, Purdue
TE/SB - Travis Beckum, Wisconsin
OT - Alex Boone, Ohio State
OG - Steve Rehring, Michigan
C - AQ Shipley, Penn State
OG - Kraig Urbik, Wisconsin
OT - Eric Vanden Heuvel, Wisconsin

1st Team All-Big Ten Defense
DE- Greg Middleton, Indiana
DE - Maurice Evans, Penn State
DT - Terrance Taylor, Michigan
DT - Mitch King, Iowa
LB - James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
LB - Marcus Freeman, Ohio State
LB - Anthony Heygood, Purdue
S - Anthony Scirrotto, Penn State
S - Anderson Russell, Ohio State
CB - Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State
CB - Vontae Davis, Illinois

K - Austin Starr, Indiana
PR - Marcus Thigpen, Indiana
P - Jeremy Boone, Penn State

Here's my ballot. We were originally going to include both first and second team, but realized it would be just too complicated. So LTP just took whoever received the most first-team votes, and went with that player. Simple enough. My picks:

1st Team offense
QB Curtis Painter, PU
RB Beanie Wells, OSU
RB Javon Ringer, MSU
WR Brian Robiskie, OSU
WR Arrelious Benn, Ill
WR Eric Decker, Minny
TE Travis Beckum, UW
C AQ Shipley
OG Kraig Urbik, UW
OG Seth Olsen, UI
OT Alex Boone, OSU
OT Eric Vanden Heuvel, UW

2nd Team offense
QB Todd Boeckman, OSU
RB PJ Hill, UW
RB Evan Royster, PSU
WR Greg Orton, PU
WR Kyle Jefferson, UW
WR Deon Butler, PSU
TE Andrew Quarless, PSU
C Rafael Eubanks, UI
OG Rich Ohrnberger, PSU
OG Steve Rehring, UM
OT Sean Sester, PU
OT Stephen Schilling, UM

1st Team Defense
DL Maurice Evans, DE PSU
DL Mitch King, DT UI
DL Matt Kroul, DT UI
DL Greg Middleton, DE IU
LB James Laurinaitis, OSU
LB Marcus Freeman, OSU
LB DeAndre Levy, UW
S Anthony Scirrotto, PSU
S Anderson Russell, OSU
CB Vonte Davis, Ill
CB Malcolm Jenkins, OSU

2nd Team Defense
DL Matt Shaughnessy, DE UW
DL John Gill, DT NU
DL Terrance Taylor, DT UM
DL Tim Jamison, DE UM
LB Martez Wilson, Ill
LB Anthony Heygood, PU
LB Greg Jones, MSU
S Austin Thomas, IU
S Shane Carter, UW
CB AJ Wallace, PSU
CB Morgan Trent, UM

1st Team
K Austin Starr, IU
P Jeremy Boone, PSU
KR Marcus Thigpen, IU
PR Derrick Williams, PSU

2nd Team
K Ryan Preorius, OSU
P AJ Trapasso, OSU
KR AJ Wallace
PR David Gilreath