UConn’s Jordan Todman is the (unanimous) offensive player of the year. Pitt DL Jabaal Sheard is the defensive player of the year. USF’s Lindsey Lamar is the special teams player of the year. Louisville’s Hakeem Smith is rookie of the year. UConn’s Randy Edsall and Louisville’s Charlie Strong share coach of the year.

Maybe some surprises there, but, whatever. I kind of like the notion there were good candidates for most of the awards. Things get interesting on the all-conference teams …

For starters, Cincinnati’s Zach Collaros is the first-team quarterback over Eu Smith. That’s fine, I suppose. In fact, I suspected that might happen … but Collaros was unanimous. No Mountaineers made the first-team on offense. The first-team defense had Chris Neild, J.T. Thomas, Keith Tandy and Robert Sands.

The second-team offense had Tavon Austin, Jock Sanders and Don Barclay while the second-team defense had Scooter Berry, Bruce Irvin and Brandon Hogan.

Aaaaand discuss …