Monday, October 10, 2011
2012 Career Stats (SR’s and Early Entry’s)
QB Lee Holiday (SR): 1 time 2nd Team All-American QB. 2 time 1st Team All-Mac QB. Holds the WMU record for single season passing yards (4437) and single season passing TD’s (50). Top 5 in most major categories junior and senior year in the entire NCAA. NFL projection: 3rd QB, 2nd-3rd round. QB Rat: 160.6 Comp: 617 Att: 954 Pass Yds: 8218 Pass TD’s: 82 INT’s: 23 Avg. YPG: 293.5 Comp%: 64.7 Long Pass: 94 Times Sacked: 56 Finished career top 2 in every category for his class.
RB Dave Myers (JR): 1 time 2nd Team All-American RB. 2 time 1st team All-MAC RB. 2012 pre-season 1st team All-American. Was featured in the preseason Heisman watch list at the beginning of the 2012 season (JR). Holds WMU rushing records for rushing yards in a season (1891) and rushing touchdowns (22). In only 2 seasons, was 1 touchdown run from tying WMU record. Top 3 in most running back categories. Led nation both years in rushing touchdowns. NFL projection: 4th RB 2nd-3rd round. Att: 529 Yards: 3203 AVG: 6.0 TD: 42 Long: 80 AVG G: 114.3 1ST H: 1051 20+: 20 BTK: 65 FUMB: 2 KR: 55 YDS: 1441 AVG: 26.2 TD: 2 LONG: 91 PR: 80 YDS: 654 AVG: 8.1 TD: 0 LONG: 29 Finished career top 4 in every category for his class. *Also had 107 yard touchdown fumble return off missed field goal.
LE Shane Henley (RSSR): Finalist for 2011 Bednarik. 1 time 1st team All-American LE. 2 Time 1st team All-Mac LE. Led nation in total sacks 2011 year (JR). TOT TACK: 99 SOLO: 74 ATK: 25 TFL: 37 Sack: 23.0 INT: 0 INT YDS: 0 INT AVG: 0.0 INT LNG: 0 DEFL: 6 FFUMB: 4 FMBREC: 2 BLOCK: 0 SFTY:0 TD: 0
TE Kevin Brown (RSSR): Winner of 2012 Mackey. 1 time 1st Team All-American TE. 2 Time All-MAC TE. Led nation (2012) in receptions, total receiving yards and receiving TD’s. Finished as one of the best TE’s in CFB. Lee Holiday’s favorite receiving target, catching a touchdown in 8 straight games. REC: 193 YARDS: 2460 AVG: 12.7 TD: 31 LONG: 63 AVG G: 87.8 YAC: 1062 YC AVG: 5.5 DROPS: 12
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Balancing It Out: QB Lee Holiday and RB Dave Myers are both in the top 2 when it comes to attempts. That is something that doesn’t happen much. That shows that Western spend a lot of time on offense. No team in FCS Division 1 football history has had players that were both in the top 2 when it comes to passing attempts and rushing attempts. This also shows that the Broncos are fine with the short gains. Normally having such a high attempt percentage wouldn’t result in many wins, but WMU leads the nation in points per game.
Lee Holiday leads the nation in TD passes by 6, completions and the most important…..Completion percentage. No wonder Western lets him pass at will. Unlucky for the rest of football they boast an amazing running back too. Dave Myers leads the nation in rushing yards and is top 5 in many others.
The Other End of Lee Holiday: Speaking of passing a lot, Lee Holiday’s favorite target the past two years has been TE Kevin Brown. He is the highest ranking TE in every single receiving category. He also leads the nation in TD catches currently. That is pretty good for any player by any standards. Brown also is looking to be the Unanimous favorite to win the best TE award. Lucky for the Broncos, they picked up a very surprising top 8 TE last year during offseason recruiting. This should help fill the void when Kevin Brown leaves after this year.
On the Edge: WR Eric Montgomery is the other key part to Lee Holiday. He actually didn’t do anything until the last 3rd of the season. Since then he has led the nation in categories during the stretch. He was a Freshman All-American the year prior, but had a slow start to this season. Now he’s starting to catch fire and could turn into one of the best wide outs in the entire nation. The scary part, he’s only a sophomore. Word on the street is that the Broncos also picked up a top 25 WR in the nation during recruiting season who could be even better. Woah, the Broncos could be a force for a while at wide out.
Career Notes: Lee Holiday leads the entire nation the past 2 years in passing yards (by a huge margin) and touchdown passes. Dave Myers leads the nation in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Primetime on a Thursday night. It couldn’t get any better for Western Michigan who has been trying to get media attention. But it wasn’t the prettiest of games, but Western got it done. In the Bronco’s hardest conference test, they managed a 30-13 win against the Owls. Lee Holiday once again had an off day, but was able to prevail. Statistics wise it was very average.
And The Other Stars – Lee Holiday had an average game for his standards. Slightly more than 280 yards passing and 2 touchdowns. The big knock was two picks that ended long drives. Kevin Brown did his thing once again, 10 catches for 79 yards and 1 touchdown. Dave Myers had a good day on the ground, with over 130 yards, but no touchdown runs. Superstar corner Joe Austin got 1 INT and defensive tackle Michael Clay recovered a fumble for a touchdown.
Season Winding down – Western has 3 games left before their conference championship game. They look to have the MAC West locked with the remaining teams having losing records. Lee Holiday passed the 30 touchdown mark, while Dave Myers passed the 1000 yard rushing mark. Kevin brown now has 65 catches on the year to go with 12 touchdown grabs. Brown also is getting calls about the NFL after showing that he was no joke at TE. A big question is if superstar corner Joe Austin jumps to the NFL or stays for his senior season. He is a projected late 2nd rounder, 5th best CB.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Dave Myer’s Magical Day: Where shall we start? Okay let’s start with the running. He had a longs of 71 and 64 yards. Both were for scores. He scored 4 rushing touchdowns, and 1 return touchdown. After the first hit he had 105 yards. Myers had two 20+ runs and 6 broken tackles. He yet again had no fumbles for the millionth straight game. Oh and also 194 yards rushing on only 17 carries! That’s an average of 11.4 folks. So how many yards together did he have today? 441 yards total by Mr. Myers. Oh yeah and he had a 107 yard field goal kick returned for a touchdown. I would say that was a pretty darn good day.
The Rest of WMU: On offense they gained 760 total yards. On defense they did give up 447 yards, which is a little too much. But hey, if you still gain 300 more yards, then you should be fine. Lee Holiday, well he’s just torching defenses still. He had another 300 yard performance. 374 yards and 4 touchdowns by going 23-32 with no picks. Patrick Phillips is looking like he’s going to be a long term threat at slot. He had 142 yards catching on 6 catches with 1 touchdown. Kevin Brown as usual led the way with 9 catches for 109 yards with 2 TD grabs.
What’s Next: Western Michigan heads to Temple in their toughest conference test so far. It could be a good game if Temple can stop Dave Myers. Speaking of Myers, if he or Holiday doesn’t creep into the Heisman watch, then that is just stooped. They both have been torching defenses together the past 3 games. Holiday has combined for over 900 passes in the 3 games while Myers has over 800 combined yards.
Posted on October 1, 2011 at 10:19 AM.
| Western Michigan Broncos Recruiting - 2012 | ||||||
| NAME | POS | CLASS | HOMETOWN | HT | WT | CALIBER |
| Dan Hill | #24 WR | HS | Vandalia, OH | 6-4 | 186 |  |
| Ryan Williams | #7 FS | HS | Seagoville, TX | 6-0 | 212 | |
| Jonathan Long | #37 CB | HS | Madison Heights, MI | 6-1 | 192 |  |
| Kody Butler | #56 DT | HS | Saginaw South, MI | 6-3 | 259 | |
| Reggie Montgomery | #70 QB | HS | Highland Park, MI | 6-0 | 199 | |
| Nate Douglas | #89 OLB | HS | Cadillac, MI | 6-2 | 230 | |
| Tyler Campbell | #42 C | HS | North Olmsted, OH | 6-3 | 330 |  |
| Michael James | #31 P | HS | Macomb, IL | 5-11 | 218 |  |
| Jason Noble | #36 K | HS | Grand Haven, MI | 5-11 | 222 | |
| Roderick Davis | #16 FB | HS | Kentwood, MI | 6-1 | 219 | |
This class features two 4 star recruits in WR Dan Hill (Left) and FS Ryan Williams (Right). They both are ranked in the top 25 in their respective positions. Williams is the 7th best FS while Dan Hill is the 24th best WR. This also pushed Western's recruiting class to 25th. WMU has never had a class good, let alone be that high at any point of time. Hat's off to Joe Williams to the amazing recruiting efforts.
#24 WR Dan Hill: Has great size at 6-4, but could add to his skinny 186lb frame. Doesn't have that great top end speed, but might have the best Acceleration off the line that we've seen in a long time. Catching could do some work, but you can't go wrong with his ability to catch in traffic and his amazing one handers. Two other things that he's one of the best at is jumping and route running. He also is one of the few WR that look to be able to hold onto the ball. Maybe a little HB in his career? Sky is the limit for this guy barring injuires.
#7 FS Ryan Williams: Looks to have great top end speed and agility. He also good quckness along with one of the better tackling DB's out there. Can play man and zone well, but could use some work. Everything else is about above average to good talent, but it's the best that the Broncos have seen on their campus in their uni's in a long time. Sometimes he get's lost out there but look for him to be a force for the BRONCO FORCE.
#7 FS Ryan Williams: Looks to have great top end speed and agility. He also good quckness along with one of the better tackling DB's out there. Can play man and zone well, but could use some work. Everything else is about above average to good talent, but it's the best that the Broncos have seen on their campus in their uni's in a long time. Sometimes he get's lost out there but look for him to be a force for the BRONCO FORCE.
WR: 6-4, Dan Hill, #24 WR, 4 Star
FS: 6-0, Ryan Williams, #7 FS, 4 Star
FS: 6-0, Ryan Williams, #7 FS, 4 Star
Last year during off season, they were able to pick up the 10 best TE who was also a 4 star recruit. Before Joesph Williams had came in, WMU had no previous 4 star or 5 star recruits.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Western Michigan has won a combined by 104-20 over the past 2 games. They have gained over 900 yards on offense and forced 6 turnovers during that span.
Another large contributor is quarterback Lee Holiday. I am quite surprised he hasn’t crept up in any of the Heisman or Award talks yet. In the past 2 games he’s combined for this stat line: 206.4 Rating, 35-53 Comp/Att, 563 and 9 touchdown passes.
Lastily is soon to be All-American tight end Kevin Brown and Joe Austin. Brown has been a force all season, and expecially during the last 2 games. He has 16 catches and 167 yards with 4 touchdown grabs. Pretty good for a tight end I’d say. Joe Austin has 3 Int’s during the past 2 games, taking 2 of those back for touchdowns. He also has already 9 touchdown grabs on the season.
Looking Ahead: Western Michigan had 5 remaining games left, not counting the MAC Championship (if they qualify). Luckily for them, all the teams they have left to face have .500 or worse records. Their future opponents combined record is a measly 8-22. Their hardest test looks to be against Temple (3-3). Western Michigan is currently 5-2 and 3-0 in conference play. Lee Holiday looks to strengthen his already strong Maxwell campaign, whilst Dave Myers looks to bounce back into the Heisman race after his past 2 amazing performances.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Joesph Williams has had a perfect track record so far against fellow MAC opponents, and the Chippewa’s were no different. It had been 8 long years but the Broncos finally managed to beat them. This was an actually close game too, which was not expected. With William’s at helm, WMU has had a 15 plus margin of victory against conference opponents.
How WMU pulled it off: With a huge kickoff return in the second and with an air raid looking offense. Usually Coach Williams has a good mixture of run and pass, but today it was all about the pass. A lot of this was due to their star running back Dave Myers being hurt early in the 3rd. Myers actually was the player of the game with over 270 total yards, but was missed very much in the 4th. Also early in the 1st, WMU went for it on 4th due to being in an awkward spot in the field. They don’t have a kicker, well if you don’t count their water boy who kicks for them. With the 2 early conversions they kept their drives alive and were able to score. Quarterback Lee Holiday also had over 300 yards in the air with 3 touchdowns. He did though throw 2 INT’s which puts his season total at 7. Not good for a player with his skill, but we all make mistakes. Only we don’t have full ride scholarships to play Division 1 athletics.
Why Central lost, and how they managed to almost comeback: Well Central lost because they could not stop WMU in the first half. Also they could not move the ball to save their life. The second half was different. They absolutely pooped on Western’s defense and rushed for 146 yards. They also managed 236 yards in the air, 50 on a botched interception attempt that went wrong. The Chippewa’s loss was due most to not having the ball that long. The Broncos held the ball for 7 more minutes, which could have been enough time for CMU to win the game.
What’s next for both teams: Central Michigan (2-5) goes on to play Northern Illinois (3-2) in which the game could go either ways. CMU has the prolific offense, but one of the worst defenses in the country. NIU is very average all around. We’ll go with the Huskies on this one. For Western Michigan (3-2) they go to play Eastern Michigan (1-4), Yikes. The Ypsilanti hope to, well, I guess not get 70 dropped on them? Eastern Michigan has a worst shot against Western than Appalachian State has against the University of Michigan. Oh wait that didn’t turn out too well did it….. Any way’s EMU has absolutely no shot at all so I’m predicting Western by 40. By Halftime. Just kidding, by the end of the 1st quarter.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Why Uconn Won: The Huskies were able to keep their wheels churning on 3rd downs. They were an unbelievable 84% on 3rd down conversions. On the other side they held Western to 43% which isn’t great, but was just enough to stop their high powered offense. The huskies also had over 200 yards on the ground and averaged 5 plus yards per carry. What really won the game was that they were able to force the turnovers and then score at the perfect time. Late in the second when WMU was driving they picked Holiday off for a score. Again late in the 4th when Western was in the middle of their comeback Lee Holiday was once again picked off for 6.
Why Western Michigan Lost: Turnovers at the worst time. It was mostly the only reason that Western couldn’t knock off the Huskies. Lee Holiday had yet another 2 INT day which were very costly. The Broncos defense also could not stop the Huskies on defense and especially 3rd downs. It did look early that the run game was effective for WMU, but in the second half it disappeared. That wasn’t the case for UConn. Huskie running back Domminic Clark ran for 202 yards on the ground. Way to much if the Broncos wanted to win the game.
What’s Up Next: UConn are now 3-1 on the season and play Colorado State next. CSU has a star QB who many NFL scouts think have potential. That’s about all that CSU has going for them. UConn should have it in a 45-10 win. Western Michigan looks to bounce back but has to wait a week because of the bye week. They are now 2-2 on the season. This is Joesph Williams’s second career loss and second of this year. His two losses have come when QB Lee Holiday throws 2 or more INT's in a game.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The game started off rough for the Broncos early. On their first possession Holiday threw an ill-advised throw into double coverage and was picked. Colorado hoped to capitalize but couldn’t. Lucky for WMU they didn’t repeat the same performance as week one. Lee and his team were able to drive and score. After that it was over from there. Western scored 28 unanswered points in the first half. The game ended at a 35-14 score that could have been easily 38-7 at least. Oh well.
On a sour note for Western Michigan their Heisman hopeful Dave Myers had a solid game but was dropped from the top 5 in the watch list. He did though run for 132 yards on 17 attempts but had no touchdowns. Lee Holiday on the other hand had yet another good performance by going for 15-26 and 251 yards. He also had 4 TD’s to 1 INT. Maybe he can creep into the Heisman list if keeps performances like this up.
Colorado did have some bright spots. They were able to pass the ball pretty effectively early, just simply couldn’t finish drives. They turned the ball over twice at 2 very costly times. Western did also hold them to -1 yards rushing. Not good at all.
Next week Colorado plays #18 Pittsburgh where Pitt is heavily favored by 3 scores. Western Michigan has a rematch against UCONN who sent their old coach Cubit packing last year. As many recall Joesph Williams stepped in and took them on a 9 game winning streak and a bowl win. His current collegiate record stands at 11-1.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
| Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 15, 2012 | ||||
| NAME | POS | SCHOOL | SEASON STATS | |
| Melvin Chapman | QB | Mich |  | 15-22, 209 Yds, 3 TD, 3 Car, 12 Yds |
| Chandler Allen | HB | USF | | 26 Car, 114 Yds, 4 TD, 2 Rec, 46 Yds |
| Tyler Cochran | HB | LSU |  | 18 Car, 135 Yds, 4 TD, 13 Rec Yds |
| Dave Myers | HB | WMU |  | 22 Car, 99 Yds, 2 TD |
| Ricky Harper | HB | Wisc | | 9 Car, 61 Yds, 3 Total TD |
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 03:59 PM.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 05:07 PM.
Kalamazoo, Michigan – Well that’s more like it. Western Michigan knocked off #24 Michigan State in an unexpected blowout. WMU beat their first ranked opponent in over 20 years. This one wasn’t even close.
Lee Holiday finally stepped up and showed why he was All-MAC QB last year and this pre-season. He threw for 383 yards and 3 TD’s while completing 70% of his passes. His favorite target of the day was once again TE Kevin Brown. Brown eclipsed the 100 yard mark for the second straight week and caught 10 passes with 1 TD. Heisman watch player Dave Myers ran 22 times for 99 yards and had 2 TD’s. Better than last week but if he is wanting that Heisman trophy then he’s going to have to step up.
On the defensive side it was all All-MAC DT Michel Clay who got 3 sacks on the day. All-American CB Joe Austin had 2 key deflections that saved TD’s early. ROLB Austin Gutierrez had 2 Forced Fumbles with CB Cliff Davis picking up 2 of them and taking 1 all the way back for a TD.
Western did a much better job on defense holding Michigan State to only 268 yards and stopping their #3 rushing attack to only 75 yards. Once again though WMU gave up the long ball but only once. They also held the Spartans to only 193 yards passing on a dismal 8-24.
The game was tied 7-7 in the 2nd quarter on but turnovers by State screwed their chances. The Spartans gave up 5 turnovers, 3 fumbles and 2 interceptions. Western only gave up a fumble from Lee Holiday while attempting to throw.
Western scored 21 points in the 2nd and 4th quarter on their way to a blowout. Michigan State only scored in the 2nd. They made it twice to the red zone but threw a pick late in the 4th.
Western Michigan plays their second home game against a fast improving Colorado team next week. The game can be seen on ESPN2 at 10:00PM ET. Michigan State has a huge game at home against #4 Notre Dame.
| Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 8, 2012 | ||||
| NAME | POS | SCHOOL | SEASON STATS | |
| Melvin Chapman | QB | Mich | | 11-26, 104 Yds, TD, 19 Car, 116 Yds |
| Chandler Allen | HB | USF | | 26 Car, 114 Yds, 4 TD, 2 Rec, 46 Yds |
| Dave Myers | HB | WMU | | 9 Car, 44 Yds, TD, 2 Rec, 16 Yds |
| Omarr Setzer | HB | PSU | | 16 Car, 121 Yds, 2 TD, 1 Rec, 10 Yds |
| Caleb Weatherford | QB | PSU | | 18-34, 235 Yds, 15 Car, 89 Yds, 3 Total TD |
Dave Myers had the weakest showing with only 44 yards on 9 carries and 1 TD in a loss to Oregon State. Caleb Weatherford of PSU moved up after having over 300 total yards and 3 TD's.
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 03:44 PM.
Corvallis, Oregon – This was defiantly not how Joesph Williams wanted to start his second season as head coach for the Western Michigan Broncos. In a very hard fought battle the Oregon State Beavers came out with a 38-35 win over WMU.
The real killers for the Broncos were turnovers in the first half. Lee Holiday threw 3 early interceptions which put his team down early. In 14 games last year he only threw 5 all season so this was one of his worst showings. Besides the turnovers the Broncos could not stop the Beaver offense.
“I tried coming into the game with a different look on defense and well, it didn’t work out obviously. Next week against Michigan State we will probably go back to the defense that worked oh so well last year.” Coach Williams said on his team’s poor defensive performance.
Lee Holiday started to get in his rhythm in the second half, almost carrying his team to a huge comeback. Holiday ended the game going 24-38 for 283 yards and with 3 TD’s but 3 costly INT’s.
On the other side Jay Lewis threw for 205 yards with 2 TD’s and no INT’s. The star of the game for the Beavers was RB Ryan Hampton who had 179 yards on 27 carries and 3 rushing TD’s. He had a huge 3 and long run that sealed the game late. Western down by 21 at one point in the second half came storming back to lose by only 3.
Joesph Williams had this to say about his team’s almost comeback “Yeah we made a comeback and almost were able to tie the game, but in the end a loss is a loss and our team is here to win so it’s defiantly going to be a long practice when we get back home. We played sloppy throughout and played horrid defense. Our offense clicked early but a couple great play by Oregon’s defense stopped us cold.”
Heisman hopefull Dave Myers had a real quiet game rushing for only 44 yards on 9 carries. He did have 1 rushing TD though. TE Kevin Brown had another big game receiving catching 8 for 110 yards and 1 TD. He was 4th in the nation in receptions last year and his Lee Holiday’s favorite target so far.
This week Western Michigan goes to play a #24 Michigan State. Oregon State has a bye week. This game handed Joesph Williams his first collegiate loss as head coach. He is now 9-1.
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