Challenge... Accepted!

Based upon yesterday's comments, putting together an All Time All Ivy team of guys who did not win the Bushnell might be a fun project on a slow news day. :)

DONE!

The Bushnell Cup was established in 1970. So who are the best Ivy players since then who never won the player of the year award?

Here’s my list. Critique away:

Offense

WR Don Clune Penn
WR Craig Morton Dartmouth
TE John Spagnola Yale
TE Steve Jordan Brown
OL Dan Jiggets Harvard
OL Joe Valerio Penn
OL Craig Valentine Columbia
OL Matt Birk Harvard
OL Kevin Boothe Cornell
RB Clifton Dawson Harvard
RB Kenny Hill Yale
QB Jason McCullough
K Nick Lowery Dartmouth

Defense

DL Marcellus Wiley Columbia
DL Tom McHale Cornell
DL Seth Payne Cornell
DL Tom Csatari Dartmouth
LB Reggie Williams Dartmouth
LB Jeff Rohrer Yale
LB Zack DeOssie Brown
LB Rory Wilfork Columbia
DB Dean Cain Princeton
DB Ted Gregory Columbia
DB Lloyd Lee Dartmouth
DB Jay McCareins
WR/P Pat McInally Harvard

This list was really hard to come up with and it has some inherent imbalances.

For one thing, the defensive list is filled with generally better players than the offense because just about every truly outstanding offensive skill position player in the Ivies has won a Bushnell Cup.

For example, the defensive list includes an NFL Hall of Famer in Reggie Williams while the crucial QB position is held by Jason McCullough, a outstanding player, but not in Williams' league.

I expect a lot of changes in this list just in my mind in the coming years, and that doesn't include what future players will do to mess it all up.