More Honored Utes

More honors for those Utes!

Utah QB, Alex Smith, finished 4th in the Heisman voting and was named to the 2nd team AP All American team. Who woulda thunk it when the season first started? I'm not sure how I have the nerve to complain, but I don't get Matt Leinart being ahead of Alex Smith. In fact, when USC named their own MVP it wasn't even Leinart, but teammate Reggie Bush getting the honor (click for story). I think Leinart was voted by default. If I am Joe Average...urr, I mean Joe Wayaboveaverage with my Heisman vote, here is how I would of landed on Leinart:
"Hmm, Jason White is good, but he won last year and no way is he worth two in a row and being in the same company as Archie Griffin. Adrian Peterson is a freshman so he has to wait. Alex Smith, well I hear he is awesome and I like that cool red helmet, but I've never seen him play and besides his team is stealing some BCS money from 'our fraternal order of big schools'. Reggie Bush barely had more rushing yards than that Smith kid who is a QB. If Bush was so fast and so great why didn't he get the ball more? Okay, who is left, uhhh, yeah Leinart from USC. He is on a BCS team, has good smile for the cameras and statistics at least almost as good as White and that Smith guy."

Still, what an incredible year for Alex and a wonderful way he has been honored.

Congrats to Saftey Morgan Scalley and OL Chris Keomoeatu on joining Alex Smith on the 2nd team AP All American team. Keomoeatu will be playing on Sundays next year and Morgan should at least get a tryout. Morgan finished 3rd in the country in interceptions, scored TDs on fumble and kick returns and posted a 3.953 GPA! Alex on the other hand better stay in school. After all, he isn't done with his degree yet. Well, his MBA that is (Alex already has his under grad degree). See the complete list of AP All Americans by clicking HERE.

Even a former Ute, QB Brett Elliott, received a national honor. Brett was the quarterback who got hurt, thereby opening the door for Alex Smith, and he never got his job back. As a result he transferred to Division III Linfield College, and led them to a 12-0 record. Brett was named by the AP, to their Little All-American team for the best players in Division II, III and NAIA. You want jaw dropping? Elliott has 4,313 yards and 59 TDS, in this season alone.