LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is the Big East Conference offensive player of the year; Charlie Strong is the league's co-coach of the year. Strong won for the second time in three seasons after Louisville (10-2) clinched a share of the conference title for the second straight year. Bridgewater threw for 3,452 yards and 25 touchdowns in 11 games as a starter. He passed for 263 yards and two TDs in last week's title-clinching victory over Rutgers despite playing with a broken left wrist. The sophomore leads seven Cardinals on all-conference first and second teams announced Thursday. Louisville's other first-teamers on offense: center Mario Benavides and receiver DeVante Parker. On defense cornerback Adrian Bushell made first team; Cardinals linebacker Preston Brown and safeties Calvin Pryor and Hakeem Smith made second team.
Bridgewater, Strong top All-Big East teams
Dec. 6 4:26 PM EST
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Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (5) throws a pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Louisville won 20-17. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Louisville head football coach Charlie Strong smiles at a reporters question during a news conference Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Louisville, Ky. Strong announced this morning that he has turned down the head coaching job offer from the University of Tennessee and will stay at Louisville. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Louisville coach Charlie Strong directs his team against Connecticut during an NCAA college football game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. UConn 23-20 in triple overtime. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
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