On Monday ESPN’s Big Ten Blog released their “All Century Team” for Minnesota. What is an All Century Team you ask? It’s simple.
These are the top lineups each team could field consisting of players who have played since 2000. Next up is Minnesota.
Here is the list they came up with (please click through and read the whole piece to get their reasons for each player).
OFFENSE
QB Adam Weber
RB Laurence Maroney
RB Marion Barber III
WR Eric Decker
WR Ron Johnson
TE Matt Spaeth
OL Greg Eslinger
OL Mark Setterstrom
OL Zac Epping
OL Rian Melander
OL Joe Quinn
DEFENSE
DL Willie VanDeSteeg
DL Ra’Shede Hageman
DL Karon Riley
DL Theiren Cockran
LB Lee Campbell
LB Damien Wilson
LB De’Vondre Campbell
DB Eric Murray
DB Briean Boddy-Calhoun
DB Willie Middlebrooks
DB Brock Vereen
SPECIAL TEAMS
K Dan Nystrom
P Peter Mortell
KR/PR Troy Stoudermire
Thoughts
- It’s a solid list and I’m hard pressed to disagree strongly with any choice on there. I’m not saying there aren’t differing options available, just that on first glance it feels good.
- Gopher Nation would like all of you to admit that Adam Weber is the best and that he was always right about this.
What would your Gophers All Century Team look like?
- Would you make any big changes to what ESPN came up with?
- Who do you think got snubbed?
- Who shouldn’t have been added to the list?