OSU Places Three Players on All-Big 12 First Team

Strange times these are. For an offense that’s traditionally (and by “traditionally” I mean “in the last 10 years”) been as potent as Mike Gundy’s, it hasn’t put a player on the All-Big first team offense in the preseason since 2013. Not that it’s been deserved. Still, it’s strange to think about.

Especially when you juxtapose that with the fact that three Cowboys are on the All-Big 12 first team defense and one other (Chris Carson) snagged preseason Newcomer of the Year.

Chris Carson has been named the Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, marking the 2nd consecutive year an OSU RB has earned this honor.

— Kyle Boone (@PFBoone) July 15, 2015

Here’s a look at the teams.

The even stranger thing is that there’s nobody on offense that sticks out as “yeah, that dude should have made it.” You can’t be conscionable and put any of the offensive line on there. Nobody even knows who’s going to start at running back. And the only wide receiver who would sniff a spot is Brandon Sheperd. Sorry, he’s not making it over cousin Sterling, Doctson or Coleman.

Ogbah, Simmons and Peterson are all pretty obvious choices for the defensive side.

The preseason picks will be revealed on Thursday, and I’ll look at what they mean (or what they’ve meant historically) for this upcoming season.