UNT again dominates All-Conference Team

[MeanGreen61]

Even with this very young them, the Mean Green have 4 on offense, 3 on defense and 2 on special teams (Quinn named twice). Nearest is Troy & ULM with 4 each. Also you know who and you know who are co-offensive players of the year.

2005 PRESEASON ALL-SUN BELT TEAM

OFFENSE:

QB: Clint Marks (Middle Tennessee, Jr.)

RB: Jamario Thomas (North Texas, So.)

RB: Patrick Cobbs (North Texas, Sr.)

WR: Bill Sampy (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr.)

WR: Johnny Quinn (North Texas, Jr.)

TE: Joey Trappey (Louisiana-Monroe, Sr.)

OL: Dylan Lineberry (North Texas, Sr.)

OL: Victor Cernius (Florida International, Sr.)

OL: Zarah Yisrael (Troy, Sr.)

OL: Brandon Cox (Louisiana-Lafayette, Jr.)

OL: Kyle Cunningham (Louisiana-Monroe, So.)

DEFENSE:

DL: Brandon Guillory (Louisiana-Monroe, Sr.)

DL: Torre Lankford (Troy, Sr.)

DL: Jeff Littlejohn (Middle Tennessee, Sr.)

DL: Myron Anderson (Arkansas State, Sr.)

LB: Bernard Davis (Troy, Sr.)

LB: Shomari Earls (Florida Atlantic, Sr.)

LB: Brandon Monroe (North Texas, So.)

DB: Johnny Faulk (Troy, Sr.)

DB: Nick Turnbull (Florida International, Sr.)

DB: Ja'Mel Branch (North Texas, Sr.)

DB: T.J. Covington (North Texas, Sr.)

SPECIALISTS:

PK: Nick Bazaldua (North Texas, Sr.)

P: Joel Stelly (Louisiana-Monroe, Sr.)

RS: Johnny Quinn (North Texas, Jr.)

PRESEASON CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR:

Jamario Thomas (North Texas, So.) and Patrick Cobbs (North Texas, Sr.)

PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

Bernard Davis (Troy, Sr.)

Edited July 25, 2005 by MeanGreen61

[H-towngreen]

I'm surprised to see Branch listed as all conference at cb. Was he really that impressive during spring drills? I just think it might be jumping the gun a little bit.

[GreenBat]

This is a preseason team! All of it is jumping the gun. Nobody has played a game yet.

[MeanGreen61]

This is a preseason team! All of it is jumping the gun. Nobody has played a game yet.

Absolutely correct. This is what the conference coaches think going into the season.

[good_ken]

I am very impressed that the conference's coaches are that impressed with Branch's athletic skils to make the transistion to defensive back. These are the predictions of talent evaluators.

[GrayEagle]

Ja'Mel Branch did look all-conference in spring training BUT how much of it was familiarity with our plays? He always seemed to be at the right place at the right time. We can only hope that it transfers into top play against opponents.

To show the absurdity of this all-conference team, a quarterback on the 30 year team, Steven Jyles, is not the quarterback on the pre-season team. Do they know something that we don't?

[MeanGreen61]

Ja'Mel Branch did look all-conference in spring training BUT how much of it was familiarity with our plays?  He always seemed to be at the right place at the right time.  We can only hope that it transfers into top play against opponents.

To show the absurdity of this all-conference team, a quarterback on the 30 year team, Steven Jyles, is not the quarterback on the pre-season team.  Do they know something that we don't?

Maybe the coaches picked the all-conference team & PR people picked the 30 year team ??????

[Trojanman]

Ummm... maybe this is why Jyles didn't make the preseason all-conference team:

http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a.../507120335/1006

Louisiana-Monroe starting quarterback Steven Jyles is scheduled to make his first appearance in court later this month after an arrest for allegedly fleeing police on June 25.

Arraignment for Jyles is set for 9 a.m. July 25 in Fourth Judicial District Court, with Judge Wendell Manning presiding, according to D.A.'s office spokeswoman Vicki Houston-Hogg.

On June 25, Jyles was arrested and charged with aggravated resistance by flight, according to a Monroe Police Department offense report. Aggravated flight is a felony charge, according to Houston-Hogg. A person found guilty of that charge could face a maximum sentence of two years in prison.

Police say that Jyles also was charged with running a stop sign and a red light, which are misdemeanors.

Both ULM head football coach Charlie Weatherbie and athletics director Bobby Staub declined to comment about the case on Monday.

An arraignment is a first appearance in court or before a judge. At an arraignment, the charges against someone are read or they will be asked if they are aware of the charges against them and asked how they wish to plead.

Houston-Hogg said that aggravated flight is defined as refusal of a driver to come to a stop under circumstances where human life is endangered, knowing that he has been given a visual and audible signal to stop by a police officer. According to Houston-Hogg, circumstances of life endangerment shall be any situation where the operator of the fleeing vehicle commits two of the following acts — leaves the roadway or forces another vehicle to leave the roadway, collides with another vehicle, exceeds the posted speed limit by at least 25 miles per hour or travels against the flow of traffic.

Police say that Jyles drove into oncoming travel lanes and estimated that he accelerated to 60 mph or more in a 30 mph zone during his alleged flight.

According to the offense report, Jyles, the ULM starting quarterback was spotted driving a white 1994 Mitsubishi Galant northbound on North 19th Street about 2 a.m. on June 25.

The arresting officer said he saw Jyles travel through a flashing red light at Hudson Lane without slowing. As the officer tried to stop Jyles, he reportedly fled down numerous streets driving at high speeds and driving into oncoming traffic lanes in an attempt to avoid the stop.

Although the officer had activated his emergency lights, the vehicle continued. Police say Jyles drove through the stop sign at Royal Avenue at North 19th Street without slowing and again drove into oncoming traffic lanes before stopping at 1900 Auburn Ave. in a parking lot at Top Gun nightclub.

According to the police report, the driver turned off the vehicle's lights, cut across a gravel parking lot at a high speed and pulled between two vehicles.

As the officer approached Jyles and advised him he was under arrest, a large crowd of his friends — identified by police as ULM football players — approached and acted aggressively, according to the report.

A three-year starter who is the Sun Belt Conference's career passing leader, Jyles threw for 2,322 yards as a junior with 12 touchdown passes. For his career he has completed 586-of-1,094 passes for 6,752 yards and 43 touchdowns. The 586 completions and 1,094 attempts rank second on ULM's career lists. His 6,752 passing yards rank him third, while his 7,563 yards of total offense rank him second all-time.