#Rise of the WARHAWKS: Gsutiger's UL Monroe Dynasty

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Quote: Originally Posted by Tearz49ers

Good luck with this mate

Thanks for checking in and coming along for the ride Tearz

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Offensive Coordinator Coach Bruce Eugene and Defensive Coordinator Corey Raymond unveil their approach for the season

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach Bruce Eugene

We are going to open up camp looking for the best play-makers. This team has been a Spread Offensive team for years. There will be no hurry offense anymore. We will also transition to more of a Pro Style. There will still be plenty of times were we go 3, 4 and 5 wide. What will be different are the Pro sets we will utilize, 1 back sets and I- Formation. The hard part of installing these year 1 is we do not have Fullback on the roster. As we go through practice we may convert one of the Tight Ends to fill that role for us this season. This offense will look a lot like the one I ran as QB at Grambling under Coach Doug Williams.

this offensive set will be something new for me as I got away from a custom one I had used for years

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach Corey Raymond

I will be using the 4-2-5 base for our defense. It really wasn't a hard decision since the previous staff ran a 4-2-5 and the roster is set to run such a scheme. The biggest part for me as a defensive coordinator for the first time will be calling the show and knowing what every man is capable of doing. The plan is to bring tons of pressure and lock up my DBs one on one. We will see how things play out during fall camp. I know Coach Eugene will give us plenty of looks during practice to let me know just how good my guys are.

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2017 Schedule Notes

The Warhawks open the year against Rival Louisiana Tech. The two teams haven't meet since 2000. Tech leads the series 29-14

Trips down to South Louisiana:
The Warhawks will face LSU and Tulane. LSU has beaten ULM all 3 times they have played the last two times ULM has been shutout. ULM hasn't fared well against the Green Wave either only being 1-3 in their 4 meetings

The 1 Up Game: AD Floyd got East Carolina on the schedule and promptly announced it would be Homecoming when the Pirates come to town.

Late Pain: Could the end of the season be painful for the Warhawks? They play 3 of their last 5 games on the road. Two of those being rivals Arkansas State and UL Lafayette

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2017 UL Monroe Warhawks
#	OFFENSE (Overall)	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
13	Garrett Smith (76)	QB	6'1	203	JR-rs	Spring, TX
6	Caleb Evans (74)	QB	6'2	210	SO	Mansfield, TX
9	Will Collins (71)	QB	6'1	198	SO-rs	Lawton, OK
28	Thomas Koufie (74)	RB	5'10	226	JR-rs	Hampton, VA
24	Ben Luckett (74)	RB	5'11	229	JR-rs	Palestine, TX
26	Duke Carter IV (68)	RB	5'8	197	SO	Grand Prairie, TX
5	Jakyle Holmes (67) [Redshirting]	RB	5'9	221	FR	Ponchatoula, LA
33	Austin Vaughn (67) [Redshirting]	RB	5'8	218	SO	Alexandria, LA
17	Xavier Brown (74)	WR	6'0	194	JR	Duncanville, TX
3	Marcus Green (74)	WR	5'8	191	JR-rs	Pontotoc, MS
2	R.J. Turner (73)	WR	6'2	204	SO-rs	Natchitoches, LA
12	Markis McCray (69)	WR	5'11	171	JR	Euless, TX
10	D'Marius Gillespie (67)	WR	6'0	207	JR-rs	Olive Branch, MS
4	Brandius Batiste (66)	WR	6'0	170	FR-rs	Ruston, LA
1	Brian Williams (66)	WR	6'3	218	JR	Bogalusa, LA
18	Jonathan Hodoh (64)	WR	6'0	204	SO-rs	Gardere, LA
80	Brennan Bradley (64)	WR	6'4	202	JR-rs	Pass Christian, MS
85	Reagan Heddins (65)	TE	6'4	225	SO-rs	Grand Prairie, TX
88	Tyler Lamm (65)	TE	6'4	243	FR-rs	New Orleans, LA
86	Josh Pederson (65)	TE	6'5	227	FR-rs	Overland Park, KS
47	Cody McGuire (62)	TE	6'3	274	JR-rs	Monroe, LA
77	Trace Ellison (71)	LT	6'4	301	SO-rs	Euless, TX
74	Joq Savage (69)	LT	6'6	354	JR	Monroe, LA
75	Frank Sutton Jr. (83)	LG	6'3	306	SR-rs	Jackson, MS
66	Ben Moye (68)	LG	6'3	274	SO-rs	Garland, TX
70	Brian Thlang (68)	LG	6'1	294	JR-rs	Palestine, TX
56	Bobby Reynolds (73)	C	6'2	281	SO-rs	Keller, TX
71	Noah Ramsey (68)	C	6'3	297	FR-rs	Dalton, GA
73	Devin Jackson Jr (69)	RG	6'5	354	SO-rs	Marrero, LA
68	T.J Fiailoa (69)	RG	6'4	360	FR-rs	Lawton, OK
64	Eastwood Thomas (71)	RT	6'5	310	SO-rs	Jackson, AL
79	Keaton Baggs (69)	RT	6'6	297	SO-rs	Broken Arrow, OK
72	Sam Williams (69)	RT	6'7	297	FR-rs	Fordyce, AR
#	DEFENSE (Overall)	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
45	Shaquille Warren (70)	LE	6'2	243	JR-rs	Tyler, TX
58	Donald Louis Jr (68)	LE	6'3	270	SO-rs	Monroe, LA
44	TY Shelby (66)	LE	6'4	239	FR-rs	Houston, TX
8	Caleb Tucker (73)	RE	6'2	230	SR-rs	Monroe, LA
98	Sam Miller (66)	RE	6'3	239	SO-rs	Canyon, TX
48	Sterling Doss (66)	RE	6'0	254	JR-rs	Slidell, LA
97	Kerry Starks (66)	RE	6'1	220	FR-rs	Marrero, LA
90	Jaylen Veasley (70)	DT	6'2	278	SO-rs	Rockwall, TX
94	Tyler Johnson (69)	DT	6'2	283	JR	Red Bank, SC
92	Howard Houston Jr (66)	DT	6'0	286	SR	Riverside, CA
93	Mason Husmann (65)	DT	6'3	270	FR-rs	Arnold, MO
99	Derion Ford (65)	DT	6'0	291	JR-rs	Starkville, MS
91	David Elias Jr (64)	DT	6'2	283	SR-rs	Prien, LA
32	Chase Day (76)	MLB	6'1	235	SO-rs	Baton Rouge, LA
5	Jarred Dunn (69)	MLB	6'0	225	SR-rs	Monroe, LA
52	Tralon Thomas (64) [Redshirting]	MLB	5'11	232	FR	Ville Platte, LA
14	David Griffith (78)	OLB	6'1	209	JR-rs	Plano, TX
7	Cortez Sisco Jr (74)	OLB	5'11	211	SO-rs	Southaven, MS
4	Rashaad Harding (65) [Redshirting]	OLB	5'11	231	FR	Lafayette, LA
10	J.J Dallas (72)	CB	6'0	198	JR	San Diego, CA
9	Marcus Hubbard (72)	CB	5'9	174	JR-rs	Rowlett, TX
21	Corey Straughter (70) [Redshirting]	CB	5'10	165	FR	Monroe, LA
1	Juwan Offray (70)	CB	5'10	188	SR	New Orleans, LA
31	Aaron Townsend (69)	CB	6'0	174	JR-rs	Fort Worth, TX
12	Jarrell Brown (65)	CB	5'9	183	JR-rs	Wylie, TX
41	Semaj Franklin (65)	CB	5'8	171	FR-rs	Kenner, LA
23	Nick Ingram (72)	FS	5'11	195	SO-rs	Little Rock, AR
2	Roland Jenkins (71)	FS	5'11	204	SR-rs	New Orleans, LA
38	Korian Reynaud (66)	FS	5'11	183	SO-rs	St Rose, LA
15	Austin Hawley (64) [Redshirting]	FS	6'0	215	FR	Graham, TX
6	Wesley Thompson (73)	SS	6'0	195	JR-rs	Tyler, TX
29	Logan Latin (70)	SS	5'8	172	FR-rs	Houston, TX
34	Luke Hedrick (66)	SS	6'0	198	SO-rs	Clemmons, NC
3	Collin Turner (65)	SS	5'9	174	JR	Arlington, TX
#	SPECIAL TEAMS	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
16	Craig Ford (76)	K	6'2	160	JR-rs	Patterson, LA
39	Harrison Heim (70)	P	5'8	175	SO-rs	Texarkana, TX

UL Monroe Warhawks Depth Chart - 2017
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	X. Brown	M. Green	D. Gillespie
TE	J. Penderson	R. Heddins	T. Lamm
LT	T. Ellison	J. Savage
LG	F. Sutton Jr	B. Moye	B. Thlang
C	B. Reynolds	N. Ramsey
RG	T.J Fiailoa	D. Jackson Jr
RT	E. Thomas	S. WIlliams	K. Baggs
WR	R.J Turner	M. McCray	B. Batiste
QB	G. Smith	C. Evans	W. Collins
FB	T. Lamm
HB	B. Luckett	T. Koufie	D. Carter IV
Base 4-2-5 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	S. Warren	D. Louis Jr	T. Shelby
LDT	J. Veasley	H. Houston Jr	D. Ford
RDT	T. Johnson	M. Husmann
RDE	C. Tucker	K. Starks	S. Doss
SLB	C. Day	J. Dunn
WLB	D. Griffith	C. Sisco Jr
CB	J.J Dallas	A. Townsend
SS	J. Offray	L. Latin
FS	N. Ingram	R. Jenkins	K. Reynaud
SS	W. Thompson	L. Latin
CB	M. Hubbard	S. Franklin
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	C. Ford	H. Heim
P	H. Heim	C. Ford
PR	M. Green	M. McCray
KR	R.J. Turner	M. Green
LS	B. Reynolds

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NCAA Football Preseason Polls- Updated: Aug 1, 2017
RK	TEAM	Overall	Offense	Defense
1	Alabama	A(95)	A(95)	A+(97)
2	Ohio St	B+(90)	B+(88)	A-(92)
3	Florida St	B+(91)	B+(88)	A(95)
4	USC	A(95)	A(95)	A(95)
5	Clemson	B+(90)	B+(88)	A-(92)
6	Penn St	B+(91)	A+(97)	B+(88)
7	Washington	A-(93)	A(95)	A-(93)
8	Oklahoma	A(95)	A+(97)	A-(93)
9	Michigan	B+(88)	B+(88)	B+(88)
10	Wisconsin	B+(88)	B(86)	B+(90)
11	Oklahoma St	B+(91)	B+(91)	B+(90)
12	LSU	B+(90)	B+(91)	B+(90)
13	Auburn	A-(93)	A(95)	A-(93)
14	Stanford	B+(91)	A-(93)	A-(92)
15	Georgia	B+(91)	B+(91)	A- (92)
16	Florida	B+(90)	B+(88)	A-(92)
17	Louisville	B+(90)	B+(90)	B+(90)
18	Miami	B+(88)	B(86)	A-(92)
19	Kansas St	B+(88)	B+(88)	B+(90)
20	West Va	B(86)	B+(90)	B-(83)
21	USF	B(84)	B(86)	B(85)
22	Va Tech	B+(88)	B-(81)	A-(93)
23	Texas	B+(88)	B(84)	B+(90)
24	Tennessee	B(84)	B-(83)	B+(88)
25	Utah	B(86)	B-(81)	B+(90)

Preseason Sun Belt Conference Outlook- Updated: Aug 1, 2017
RK	Preseason Rank	TEAM	Overall	Offense	Defense
1	77	Arkansas St	C(75)	C(75)	C(75)
2	81	Troy	C(72)	C+(79)	D+(68)
3	98	UL Lafayette	D+(67)	D+(68)	D+(68)
4	109	New Mexico St	C(72)	C(72)	C(75)
5	112	Idaho	C(74)	C+(77)	C(73)
6	113	S. Alabama	C(75)	C(74)	C+(76)
7	120	UL Monroe	D+(68)	D+(67)	C-(70)
8	123	Georgia St	C(75)	C(74)	C+(76)
9	126	Texas St	D+(68)	D+(68)	C-(70)

And with this post the Warhawks will have one more day of practice and kickoff their first season under Coach Matt Roman tomorrow

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Week 1 Scores

#25 Utah Falls to Rival/SEC sets tone early in Out of Conference games/Pitt stuns #3 Florida St/Sun Belt's Arkansas St falls to an FCS team

N. Carolina 38 @ S. Carolina 6
#4 USC 48 @ Hawaii 28
Utah St 30 @ #25 Utah 23
Ole Miss 21 @ Vandy 24
Texas Tech 45 @ SMU 7
BYU 3 @ Virginia 13
#6 Penn St 34 @ Syracuse 17
Buffalo 7 @ #2 Ohio St 38
#8 Oklahoma 37 @ NC State 14
Mississippi St 3 @ #11 Oklahoma St 31 (Texas Kickoff Classic)
Ohio 7 @ #17 Louisville 45
Washington St 21 @ #13 Auburn 33
#22 Va Tech 14 @ #1 Alabama 49 (Chick Fil A Kickoff)
Boise St 21 @ #7 Washington 38
#15 Geogia 35 @ #5 Clemson 28
#12 LSU 21 @ TCU 35 (Cowboy Classic)
Pitt 31 @ #3 Florida St 24




FCS Southeast 14 @ Georgia St 28
FCS West 14 @ S. Alabama 16
UL Lafayette 7 @ Arkansas 28
FCS Midwest 17 @ Arkansas St 13
Texas St 7 @ Southern Miss 45

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Rivalry Game *|* August 7, 2017 |*Kickoff: 4:30 |*Broadcast: Sun Belt Network
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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (0-0, Away)		Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (0-0, Home)

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach Matt Roman

We are looking to get this season started off on the right foot. We host a team where we have gone after the same kids on the recruiting trail with them winning that battle. Coach Holtz will have them ready to play. Hopefully the home crowd can give us the edge needed.

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Warhawks claw their way back for a victory/QB Controversy?

The Warhawks opened the 2017 season by hosting rival Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs would jump out to 14-0 lead by the end of the first Quarter. ULM would finally respond with a score early in the 2nd, by halftime LA Tech would lead 17-10. The 2nd half would be were the game was won. The Warhawks were able to out score the Bulldogs 14-6 in the 3rd Quarter. As Coach Raymond's defense started to shut down the Bulldogs offense and get great stops. Coach Bruce Eugene would insert back up QB Caleb Evans in the 4th after watching starting QB Garrett Smith throw 3 INTs. Evans would get in and do a great job leading the Warhawks the rest of the way going 5/6 with 2 TDs. No throw bigger than 44 yard strike that would be the game winner to WR R.J Turner with :32 left to play in the game.

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
Sep 7, 2017	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (0-1)	14	3	6	9	32
Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (1-0)	0	10	14	14	38

Team Stats Comparison
	LT	ULM
Total Offense	475	477
Rushing Yards	63	113
Passing Yards	412	364
First Downs	19	18
Punt Return Yards	11	36
Kick Return Yards	195	221
Total Yards	681	734
Turnovers	1	3
3rd Down Conversion	12-20(60%)	6-12(50%)
4th Down Conversion		0-2
2-Point Conversion	0-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	7-3-3(85%)	6-4-1(83%)
Penalties	2-20
Possession Time	16:00	20:00

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		LT	ULM
7:26	(LT) J. Smith to K. McKnight 3 yard TD
3:42	(LT) J. Craft 7 yard TD Run
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		LT	ULM
7:34	(ULM) G. Smith to R. Turner 19 yard TD
2:08	(ULM) C. Ford 28 yard FG
1:00	(LT) J. Barnes 32 yard FG
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		LT	ULM
5:45	(ULM) B. Luckett 2 yard TD Run
3:56	(LT) J. Barnes 30 yard FG
2:25	(LT) J. Barnes 52 yard FG
1:32	(ULM) B. Luckett 1 yard TD Run
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		LT	ULM
5:35	(LT) J. Smith to B. Scott 10 yard TD
3:48	(ULM) C. Evans to R. Turner 12 yard TD
1:18	(LT) J. Barnes 23 yard FG
:32	(ULM) C. Evans to R. Turner 44 yard TD

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Smith 27/44 412 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Craft 16 55 3.4 1 J. SMith 15 12 .7 0 B. Scott 1 -4 -4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Veal 7 162 23.1 0 D. Oliver 6 60 10.0 0 J. Craft 5 8 1.6 0 A. Smith 5 109 21.8 0 K. McKnight 3 63 21.0 1 B. Scott 1 10 10.0 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK O. Dugas 1 0 G. Stallworth 1 1 E. Reed 1 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Durman 8 0 0 0 D. Lewis 8 0 1 0 C. Johnson 6 2 0 0 R. Dunn 5 0 0 0 J. Ferguson 5 1 0 0 R. Lewis 4 0 0 0 J. Bradford 4 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Barnes 4/4 2/2 52 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Dyer 3 141 47.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Roberston 5 145 29.0 0 A. Smith 2 50 25.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Craft 1 11 11.0 0

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Evans 5/6 90 2 0 G. Smith 18/27 274 1 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD B. Luckett 16 111 6.9 2 T. Koufie 8 29 3.6 0 G. Smith 6 -24 -4.0 0 C. Evans 2 -1 -.5 0 D. Carter IV 2 -5 -2.5 0 X. Brown 1 3 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Turner 6 127 21.1 3 B. Luckett 4 24 6.0 0 X. Brown 4 76 19.0 0 D. Gillespie 2 20 10.0 0 J. Pederson 2 22 11.0 0 M. Green 2 49 24.5 0 T. Koufie 2 10 5.0 0 M. McCray 1 36 36.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK F. Sutton Jr 0 2 T. Flailoa 0 1 B. Reynolds 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD N. Ingram 9 1 0 0 W. Thompson 7 0 0 0 D. Griffith 7 0 0 0 M. Hubbard 6 0 1 0 J. Dallas 4 0 0 0 C. Day 4 1 0 0 L. Latin 3 1 0 0 T. Johnson 2 2 0 0 A. Townsend 2 1 0 0 C. Tucker 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG C. Ford 1/2 5/5 29 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 H. Heim 1 42 42.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R. Turner 7 221 31.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Green 2 36 18.0 0

Quote: Originally Posted by HC Matt Roman

I could not be more proud of these young men. To come out and fight back the way they did. They could have laid down, but they fought back like champions do.

Quote: Originally Posted by OC Bruce Eugene

I saw some good things and bad thing today. Could just be first game jetters. Both QBs could see playing time again next week. I hope that one of them can lock down the position by the time we start conference play

Players of the Game
J. Smith (La Tech): 27-44, 412 yds, 2 TDs, INT, 15 car, 12 yds
R. Turner (ULM): 6 rec, 127 yds, 3 TDs, 221 KR yds

Up Next
The Warhawks will travel down to Baton Rouge to face #22 LSU