A UAB Dynasty 2007 (TCY)

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After two very dismal seasons, the new breed of Blazer football players are ready to step in and give their shot at making UAB one of the premier programs in all the land...

Before we continue, know your history! Read up:

UAB 2004 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=52080)
UAB 2005 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=52272)
UAB 2006 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=52425)

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Our Southeast scout, Quentin Lauer, left the program. We replaced him with Lamar Arteaga, who is at least decent in every category, but not excellent in any. He's best at scouting DL and LB - we certainly need help with that.
Two of our players, Nick Booker (lack of playing time) and Moe Rasmussen (bad grades), left the squad.
Artie Schultz of Michigan is the Coach of the Year for 2006.

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A quick look at the roster...

UAB Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Cox, Deron 18 QB Jr* 13 15
Mardeusz, Lamar 12 QB Sr 11 22
Parker, Vernon 19 QB Sr 9 33
Raphael, Charles 11 QB So* 11 45
Weaver, Seth 14 QB Fr 12 66
Kemp, Cole 28 RB Fr 18 69
Koehler, Juan 44 RB So* 42 89
Marsh, Bob 22 RB Sr* 2 2
Razo, Mercury 39 RB So* 34 62
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr 12 32
Bell, Neil 21 RB* Jr 5 5
Barrows, Tyrell 36 FB Fr 23 48
Buckley, Bill 40 FB Sr 24 47
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr 27 52
Fox, Edgar 31 FB* So 8 18
Dunn, Arnold 84 TE Fr 21 43
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So 54 100
Harrison, Earnest 88 TE* So 11 11
Tanner, Shannon 96 TE* Jr 2 3
Cofield, Phillip 87 WR So 14 33
Lang, Matt 1 WR Jr* 16 35
Patton, Ben 6 WR Fr 20 65
Naquin, Rodney 8 WR* Sr 15 39
Shelton, Matt 9 WR* So* 4 4
Swift, Luther 80 WR* Sr 10 24
Henson, Donovan 57 C Fr 7 71
Peachey, Dale 56 C Jr* 39 67
Webster, Korey 53 C Sr 17 37
Bullock, Trevor 75 G Fr 9 29
Carlisle, Ty 69 G So 26 74
Cox, Sherman 68 G Sr 19 19
Lerner, Everett 70 G Jr* 19 42
Perlman, Jackie 78 G So* 10 38
Powell, Brad 64 G Sr 32 47
Charles, Earl 73 T Jr 12 19
Coates, Marlon 67 T Jr 9 9
Downs, Colin 66 T So* 25 56
Osburn, Jim 61 T So* 15 18
Pietraszak, Grant 74 T Fr 13 72
Harper, Leland 77 T* Sr 20 36
Finley, Bernard 2 P Fr 28 64
Harper, Eddie 17 P Jr* 35 35
Muterspaugh, Jamie 5 P Sr* 43 57
Elliott, Korey 10 K Sr 29 57
Garrison, Jake 4 K So* 16 86
Ashraf, Jake 97 DE Sr* 12 29
Davila, Michael 92 DE Jr* 36 54
Guthrie, Lincoln 94 DE So* 10 46
Harms, Howie 98 DE Jr* 19 32
Ornelas, Broderick 90 DE Fr 9 30
Desmond, Deron 60 DT Fr 9 32
Nelson, Bennie 72 DT Sr 15 34
Salvatori, Brady 79 DT Fr 3 52
Sawyer, Adam 76 DT Sr 17 35
Stowe, Dominic 99 DT Jr* 9 26
Welch, Rod 91 DT So* 25 78
Burgess, Ronnie 71 DT* Jr 6 16
Harvey, Richie 51 ILB Sr 10 14
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So 15 61
Bertsch, Derrick 47 ILB* Fr 5 23
Roosenraad, Kurt 58 OLB So* 20 26
Schroeder, Leon 55 OLB Fr 30 80
Stubbs, Al 54 OLB Fr 11 50
Wheeler, Luther 93 OLB Jr 6 17
Dukas, Ryan 52 OLB* Jr 0 12
May, Darnell 49 OLB* Jr* 6 6
Costello, Byron 45 CB So* 26 41
Durham, Bobby 37 CB Fr 18 30
Medley, Lincoln 26 CB Sr 13 13
Roberson, Bart 48 CB Jr 37 72
Caban, Warren 29 S So* 17 58
Corbett, Cole 46 S Sr 18 18
Dole, Jose 35 S Jr* 13 41
McElroy, Marco 33 S Sr 8 8
Rudy, Billy 23 S Sr 27 43
Springer, Brenden 34 S Jr* 34 83
Tavares, Heath 24 S Fr 11 48

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2007 definitely looks exciting. Here's why:

Quarterbacks
Let the Charles Raphael era begin. The redshirt freshman will be the starter in 2007. Raphael is an upgrade from what we've had at QB the last two years. Whether or not Raphael will be the starter in 2008 depends on how fast our recruit, Seth Weaver, progresses in his redshirt year. We didn't think he would have the amount of talent that he's shown this spring. He just might make Raphael a backup in 2008.

Seniors Lamar Mardeusz and Vernon Parker will be our backups. Note that we moved Rodney Naquin to WR; he just wasn't cutting it this spring.

Running Backs
Continuing our look at the vast improvement of our offense, we look to the RBs. 2007 will be the first year of the Thunder and Lightning era at UAB. Juan "Lightning" Koehler (So) has great breakaway speed and is effective on the outside run, while Mercury "Thunder" Razo (So) can wear down opposing defenses with good power and good endurance. Koehler is already better than Bobby Forbes and Moe Stewart were at the height of their careers, and he hasn't played an official down yet. This future Hall of Famer will be the No. 1 RB, while Razo will be the No. 2.

Luther Schneider (Jr) will be our main backup RB. Recruit Cole Kemp, who was a major find, it turns out, will redshirt 2007. He could possibly unseat Razo in the future. We are definitely stacked at the RB position.

At FB, Percy Schulz (Jr) returns as starter for the 3rd straight year.

Receivers
Matt Lang (So) will be our starter again this year at WR, and hopefully he won't get injured again. Rodney Naquin's (Sr) transition to WR has been okay, and he is a capable backup. Ben Patton will be redshirted. He'll be the best WR we've had at UAB in a long time.

Our best receiver may be our TE, Dean Snyder (So), who had a decent first year as a true freshman in 2006. Arnold Dunn, a true freshman, will be the backup.

Offensive Line
At center, Dale Peachey (So) returns as starter. Super recruit Donovan Henson will be redshirted.

At guard, we'll start Brad Powell (Sr) once again, while we decided to redshirt sophomore Ty Carlisle to maximize his potential. He'll be replaced by Everett Lerner (So). Disappointing recruit Trevor Bullock will also redshirt.

At tackle, Leland Harper (Sr) returns as a starter. Replacing C-USA second teamer Mark LaPorte will be promising freshman Colin Downs. Grant Pietraszak, who has even more talent than Downs, will redshirt. Downs and Pietraszak will allow for Koehler to get a lot of outside yardage in 2008.

Kickers
Korey Elliott (K, Sr) and Jamie Muterspaugh (P, Jr) will return as starters for the 3rd year.

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Now for the defense...

Defensive Line
At DE, michael Davila (So) will return as a starter, while sophomore Howie Harms will fill in for the departed Sean Lazetti. Broderick Ornelas will redshirt.

At DT, Adam Sawyer (Sr) will be a starter again, while Bennie Nelson (Sr) lost his starting spot to promising freshman Rod Welch. Deron Desmond and Brady Salvatori will both redshirt.

Linebackers
Gerald McCrory (So) will be our ILB once again. At OLB, we have two blah starters: Luther Wheeler (Jr) and Kurt Roosenraad (Fr). Don't expect any awards here. OLBs Leon Schroeder and Al Stubbs will redshirt.

Secondary
At CB, Bart Roberson (Jr) returns to start for his 3rd year. The other slot will be filled by freshman Byron Costello.

At safety, Brenden Springer (So) and Billy Rudy (Sr) return as starters. Heath Tavares will be redshirted.

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This should be an interesting year!

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Thunder and Lighting, the perfect combo backs for the Wishbone. :D

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NOLAN: Welcome to the Blazer Radio Show. I'm Skip Nolan, along with Bobby Forbes... Today we preview the 2007 UAB Blazer football season. Year 4 is a make or break year for the coach, B.B. Gunn, but he certainly has the personnel to get the job done this year, eh, Bobby?

FORBES: Well, maybe part of the job, anyway. He's not going to go undefeated, but with these new players, he'll certainly improve from 2-9...

NOLAN: UAB fans have never been as excited as they were this preseason, and for good reason.

FORBES: Two good reasons, actually - Juan Koehler and Mercury Razo. They call them "Thunder and Lightning".

NOLAN: That's right. Koehler is "Ligtning" with his speed and Mercury is "Thunder" - he can get you with power. The wishbone is going to be hard to stop this year.

FORBES: It's amazing, too. Razo doesn't look that big, but tell that to the defenses that had to try to stop him in the spring game...

NOLAN: Let's look at the 2007 schedule:
2007 UAB Schedule

Rival: Memphis
Stadium Capacity: 83,100
Season Tickets Sold: 12,600

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 at Fairbanks
3 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE
$$5 at Cincinnati
$$6 ARMY
$$7 at (22) TCU
$$8 EAST CAROLINA
$$9 SOUTH FLORIDA
$$10 at (36) Louisville
11 at North Texas
$$12 HOUSTON
$$13 at Memphis

Home Games in ALL CAPS
$$-Conference Games, ##-League Championship Games, **-Post-Season Games
FORBES: Fairbanks will be a great place for this team to start to jell, especially since UAB has had at least 300 yards rushing against Fairbanks each of the last two years, with relatively weak backs. Imagine what Thunder and Lightning are going to do against them.

NOLAN: Yeah, definitely. UAB should definitely start off 2-0 with Louisiana-Lafayette coming to Birmingham in Week 3. The North Texas game in Week 11 is winnable as well... they should go 3-0 out of the conference.

FORBES: But then you have the C-USA slate. Their three toughest games are on the road, at TCU, Louisville and Memphis.

NOLAN: Being a rivalry game, they play Memphis well all the time, but I'll say they lose all three of those.

FORBES: Really? I think they'll beat Memphis. Koehler and Razo will be on their game by then.

NOLAN: As for the other games, they should be able to win all of them, BUT... while the offense looks good, the defense has a lot of questions. The defense will lose a game out of those five for UAB.

FORBES: Yeah, I agree. They'll lose the South Florida game... they never play the Bulls well.

NOLAN: Yeah, but East Carolina can be dangerous too. By the way, it's good that they avoid Southern Miss. They've lost, what, 100-something to 0 combined in the last 3 years? Terrible.

FORBES: Remember, we were on that 2004 squad. We had a bit to do with it. (laughs)

NOLAN: Anyway, so you think they'll go 8-3 and 5-3 in C-USA?

FORBES: Yeah.

NOLAN: I'm at 7-4 and 4-4. I guess we disagree about the Memphis game, huh?

FORBES: I'm telling you... Thunder and Lightning will shock Tiger fans. Watch out.

NOLAN: Here's what the C-USA coaches think:
1. TCU
2. Louisville
3. East Carolina
4. Southern Miss
5. Memphis
6. Houston
7. Tulane
8. South Florida
9. **UAB
10. Cincinnati
11. Army
FORBES: Weren't they picked 9th last year, too? Don't they think this squad is better?

NOLAN: Well, it's understandable. The defense has yet to prove itself. I think they could do better than Tulane or USF or Houston, though... Alright, let's look at the national Top 25:
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 0-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 1
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 2 2 2.00 2
USC 0-0 PAC 3 4 3.50 3
Florida 0-0 SEC 4 5 4.50 5
Nebraska 0-0 B12 5 3 4.00 4
Georgia 0-0 SEC 6 7 6.50 6
Michigan 0-0 B10 7 8 7.50 7
LSU 0-0 SEC 8 6 7.00 8
Ohio State 0-0 B10 9 11 10.00 9
Texas 0-0 B12 10 9 9.50 10
Penn State 0-0 B10 11 12 11.50 11
Boston College 0-0 BET 12 16 14.00 13
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 13 17 15.00 15
Colorado 0-0 B12 14 10 12.00 12
UCLA 0-0 PAC 15 13 14.00 14
Florida State 0-0 ACC 16 30 23.00 19
California 0-0 PAC 17 19 18.00 17
Alabama 0-0 SEC 18 14 16.00 16
Michigan State 0-0 B10 19 33 26.00 21
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 20 15 17.50 18
Washington State 0-0 PAC 21 18 19.50 20
TCU 0-0 USA 22 21 21.50 22
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 23 34 28.50 25
Virginia Tech 0-0 ACC 24 20 22.00 23
South Carolina 0-0 SEC 25 25 25.00 24
NOLAN: TCU is at #22. Fair?

FORBES: Yeah, I think that's fair. But I'm surprised Louisville's not up there as well. They looked strong.

NOLAN: But they lost some key starters. Still, they could easily be in the top 25 when all is said and done. Here's hoping UAB will be, too... Well, that's it for the preview show. The week 2 matchup at Fairbanks is just around the corner. See you next time.

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Not much to report here... we really hit the recruiting roads hard for some good defensive players.

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UAB (0-0) at Fairbanks (0-0)
Line: Fairbanks by 5
Weather: 28 degrees, sunny
TV: none

For the third straight year, UAB travels to Alaska to face Fairbanks. However, this time, it's going to be really cold... Alaska cold. The forecast calls for a sunny but very frigid day.

Fairbanks is favored once again, but they were favored the last two years, and UAB won both matches. This should be the coming out party for backs Juan Koehler and Mercury Razo.

Our prediction: UAB 35, Fairbanks 17.

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UAB 52, Fairbanks 21

FAIRBANKS, AK - UAB didn't get 300 yards rushing on Fairbanks this year, but they certainly didn't need that much to win the game.

UAB RB Juan Koehler introduced himself to the few UAB fans in the audience with a nice 216-yard performance. He ran for 2 TDs and caught another. QB Charles Raphael, also making his first start, had a nice debut as well.

In the 4th quarter, CB Bart Roberson electrified the audience - well, the UAB audience - with one of the longest interception returns for a TD ever in Division I-A: 98 yards.

Box Score: UAB at Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK.

Week 2, 2007

Attendance: 20,600 (33,000).


Weather: 28 degrees, fair.

1Q: 06:46 FAIR - Brant Tate 22 run.
1Q: 06:46 FAIR - Sedrick Karle extra point.
1Q: 00:19 UABB - Rodney Naquin 25 pass from Charles Raphael.
1Q: 00:19 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 14:52 UABB - Juan Koehler 7 run.
2Q: 14:52 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 03:27 UABB - Juan Koehler 5 run.
2Q: 03:27 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 00:06 UABB - Korey Elliott 48 field goal.
3Q: 08:06 FAIR - Alvin Stephens 24 pass from Marcus England.
3Q: 08:06 FAIR - Sedrick Karle extra point.
3Q: 02:20 FAIR - Brant Tate 3 run.
3Q: 02:20 FAIR - Sedrick Karle extra point.
4Q: 12:26 UABB - Mercury Razo 5 pass from Charles Raphael.
4Q: 12:26 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
4Q: 09:48 UABB - Juan Koehler 18 pass from Charles Raphael.
4Q: 09:48 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
4Q: 08:43 UABB - Bart Roberson 98 interception return.
4Q: 08:43 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
4Q: 02:43 UABB - Matt Lang 24 pass from Vernon Parker.
4Q: 02:43 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 64 Brad Powell

UAB 7 17 0 28 - 52
Fairbanks 7 0 14 0 - 21

Team Statistics UABB FAIR

First Downs 27 11

Total Rushes 54 24
Net Rushing Yards 259 65
Yards Per Carry 4.7 2.7
Rushing Yards 275 73
Tckld Loss/Yards 3-5 2-4
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-11 1-4

Pass Attempts 17 27
Completions 11 11
Passing Yards 151 142
Yards Per Attempt 8.8 5.2
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1

Total Plays 71 51
Total Yards 410 207
Yards Per Play 5.7 4.0

3rd Down Plays 6/12 4/13

Penalties 3 5
Penalty Yards 34 30

Avg. Drive Start OWN 42 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 37:02 22:58

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 40 216 5.4 19 2 7 0
11 Raphael 7 4 0.5 9 0 1 2
39 Razo 7 39 5.5 11 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Raphael 15 10 127 8.4 25 3 0
19 Parker 2 1 24 12.0 24 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Naquin 4 67 16.7 34 25 1
44 Koehler 3 43 14.3 38 18 1
39 Razo 2 9 4.5 12 5 1
20 Schulz 1 8 8.0 2 8 0
1 Lang 1 24 24.0 21 24 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 5 1.6 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 59 19.6 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 4 148 37.0 40 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 1 1 48 7 7

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
93 Wheeler 3 1 0.0 1 0 0
48 Roberson 3 0 0.0 1 98 1
95 McCrory 2 2 0.0 0 0 0

COACH'S NOTE: Man, Naquin's doing better as a WR than he was as a QB.

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C-USA
From Week 1:
Missouri 38, TCU 7 (Mizzou just dominates TCU at will)
South Florida 45, Arkansas State 17

From Week 2:
Southern Miss 24, Oregon State 13
Tulane 24, LSU 18 :eek:
Oklahoma St. 31, Cincinnati 28
East Carolina 41, North Texas 10
Houston 20, Middle Tenn. St. 15
Colorado 24, Louisville 21
Fresno St. 38, Memphis 10

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 1-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 2
Oklahoma 1-0 B12 2 2 2.00 6
USC 1-0 PAC 3 5 4.00 34
Florida 1-0 SEC 4 4 4.00 18
Nebraska 1-0 B12 5 3 4.00 1
Georgia 1-0 SEC 6 6 6.00 14
Michigan 1-0 B10 7 7 7.00 5
Ohio State 1-0 B10 8 10 9.00 11
Texas 1-0 B12 9 8 8.50 10
Penn State 1-0 B10 10 11 10.50 9
Boston College 1-0 BET 11 14 12.50 16
Colorado 2-0 B12 12 9 10.50 3
UCLA 1-0 PAC 13 12 12.50 22
Florida State 1-0 ACC 14 20 17.00 4
Alabama 1-0 SEC 15 13 14.00 32
Michigan State 1-0 B10 16 22 19.00 7
Washington State 1-0 PAC 17 15 16.00 29
Wisconsin 1-0 B10 18 24 21.00 21
Virginia Tech 1-0 ACC 19 18 18.50 15
West Virginia 1-0 BET 20 28 24.00 28
Utah 1-0 MWC 21 21 21.00 38
Pittsburgh 2-0 BET 22 17 19.50 8
Virginia 1-0 ACC 23 19 21.00 37
Iowa 1-0 B10 24 25 24.50 17
Arizona State 1-0 PAC 25 16 20.50 31

Injuries
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Out Separated Shoulde 9 Weeks The Fairbanks win was costly. Hopefully he'll be able to play a little by the TCU game.

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Louisiana-Lafayette (0-1) at UAB (1-0)
Line: UAB by 2
Weather: 66 degrees, rainy
TV: none

After braving the Alaska cold and gaining a big win at Fairbanks, UAB plays its first home game against a bad Ragin Cajun team that was thrashed by Northern Illinois last week. Can Koehler give an encore, this time for the home fans? We think so.

Our prediction: UAB 45, La-Lafayette 10.

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Louisiana-Lafayette 21, UAB 16

BIRMINGHAM - Juan Koehler had a big day, but it wasn't enough as the Ragin Cajuns held on for the upset. Amazingly, the Ragin Cajun defense was able to put a lot of pressure on UAB QB Charles Raphael, forcing him to hurry his decisions. A crucial interception in the fourth quarter may have prevented UAB from getting the winning points it needed.

Box Score: Louisiana-Lafayette at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 3, 2007

Attendance: 26,500 (83,100).


Weather: 66 degrees, rain.

1Q: 05:19 LALF - Donnie Springer 6 run.
1Q: 05:19 LALF - Les Hooper extra point.
1Q: 00:01 UABB - Juan Koehler 22 run.
1Q: 00:01 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 08:39 UABB - Korey Elliott 31 field goal.
2Q: 04:18 LALF - Donnie Springer 8 pass from Bob Weaver.
2Q: 04:18 LALF - Les Hooper extra point.
2Q: 00:31 UABB - Korey Elliott 20 field goal.
3Q: 05:29 LALF - Leslie Sullivan 11 run.
3Q: 05:29 LALF - Les Hooper extra point.
4Q: 06:30 UABB - Korey Elliott 40 field goal.

Game MVP: LALF 3 Bob Weaver

Louisiana-Lafayette 7 7 7 0 - 21
UAB 7 6 0 3 - 16

Team Statistics LALF UABB

First Downs 20 17

Total Rushes 30 53
Net Rushing Yards 106 171
Yards Per Carry 3.5 3.2
Rushing Yards 133 204
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-10 6-9
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-17 4-24

Pass Attempts 24 13
Completions 23 7
Passing Yards 247 88
Yards Per Attempt 10.2 6.7
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1

Total Plays 54 66
Total Yards 353 259
Yards Per Play 6.5 3.9

3rd Down Plays 3/8 5/16

Penalties 9 2
Penalty Yards 65 10

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 36
Time Of Possession 27:06 32:54

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 43 194 4.5 37 1 7 0
39 Razo 6 1 0.1 2 0 4 0
11 Raphael 4 -24 -6.0 0 0 0 4

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Raphael 13 7 88 6.7 19 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Dunn 4 59 14.7 9 19 0
8 Naquin 1 13 13.0 0 13 0
20 Schulz 1 10 10.0 0 10 0
44 Koehler 1 6 6.0 4 6 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 17 5.6 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 2 49 24.5 0
45 Costello 2 39 19.5 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 4 122 30.5 40 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 3 3 40 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
95 McCrory 10 3 0.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 6 3 0.0 0 0 0
76 Sawyer 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 4 1 0.0 0 0 0

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SCORES:
Kansas State 21, So. Miss 18
East Carolina 30, #20 West Virginia 16
Washington 31, Houston 6
Louisville 38, Kentucky 26
Ole Miss 27, South Florida 24
Mississippi St. 44, Memphis 39
Ohio 36, Army 34
TCU 38, Boise St. 13
Tulane 34, San Jose St. 7

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 2 0 0 1.000 71 26 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 3
Tulane 2 0 0 1.000 58 25 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
South Florida 1 1 0 .500 69 44 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
TCU 1 1 0 .500 45 51 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
**UAB 1 1 0 .500 68 42 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Louisville 1 1 0 .500 59 50 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Southern Miss 1 1 0 .500 42 34 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Houston 1 1 0 .500 26 46 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Army 0 1 0 .000 34 36 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 11
Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 28 31 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
Memphis 0 2 0 .000 49 82 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 2-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 7
Oklahoma 2-0 B12 2 2 2.00 1
Florida 2-0 SEC 3 3 3.00 6
Nebraska 2-0 B12 4 4 4.00 3
Georgia 1-0 SEC 5 5 5.00 10
Michigan 2-0 B10 6 6 6.00 18
Ohio State 1-0 B10 7 9 8.00 35
Texas 2-0 B12 8 7 7.50 2
Penn State 2-0 B10 9 10 9.50 9
Boston College 2-0 BET 10 12 11.00 27
Colorado 2-0 B12 11 8 9.50 16
UCLA 2-0 PAC 12 11 11.50 13
Florida State 2-0 ACC 13 19 16.00 5
Michigan State 2-0 B10 14 21 17.50 4
Wisconsin 2-0 B10 15 22 18.50 26
South Carolina 1-0 SEC 16 15 15.50 17
LSU 2-1 SEC 17 17 17.00 12
Utah 2-0 MWC 18 18 18.00 19
Pittsburgh 3-0 BET 19 14 16.50 11
Virginia 2-0 ACC 20 16 18.00 22
Iowa 2-0 B10 21 23 22.00 32
Arizona State 2-0 PAC 22 13 17.50 8
Syracuse 2-0 BET 23 28 25.50 31
USC 1-1 PAC 24 25 24.50 33
Clemson 2-0 ACC 25 26 25.50 29
With that big win over West Virginia, East Carolina is inching closer to a national ranking.

Injuries
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Questionable Stretched Knee Li 5 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Out Separated Shoulde 8 Weeks NEW: McCrory. That's not helpful at all. At least he'll be able to play with the pain. Meanwhile, we can't wait until Snyder is back. We could've used his extra blocking in the La-Lafayette game.

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SCORES:
East Carolina 45, Wake Forest 35
Tulane 27, Ole Miss 14 (Tulane looks good this year)
Alabama 21, Southern Miss 9
SMU 25, TCU 21
Baylor 51, Army 14 (the streak continues for Army)
South Florida 36, Cincinnati 10
Louisville 42, Bethel 0

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
South Florida 2 1 0 .666 105 54 1 0 0 1.000 36 10 Won 1
East Carolina 3 0 0 1.000 116 61 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 4
Tulane 3 0 0 1.000 85 39 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 3
Louisville 2 1 0 .666 101 50 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
**UAB 1 1 0 .500 68 42 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Houston 1 1 0 .500 26 46 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
TCU 1 2 0 .333 66 76 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Southern Miss 1 2 0 .333 51 55 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Army 0 2 0 .000 48 87 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 12
Memphis 0 2 0 .000 49 82 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 38 67 0 1 0 .000 10 36 Lost 4

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 3-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 4
Oklahoma 3-0 B12 2 2 2.00 6
Florida 2-0 SEC 3 4 3.50 9
Nebraska 2-0 B12 4 3 3.50 7
Georgia 2-0 SEC 5 5 5.00 1
Michigan 3-0 B10 6 6 6.00 20
Texas 3-0 B12 7 7 7.00 3
Penn State 3-0 B10 8 9 8.50 5
Boston College 3-0 BET 9 11 10.00 10
Colorado 3-0 B12 10 8 9.00 12
UCLA 3-0 PAC 11 10 10.50 15
Florida State 2-0 ACC 12 16 14.00 2
USC 2-1 PAC 13 14 13.50 28
Wisconsin 3-0 B10 14 18 16.00 8
LSU 2-1 SEC 15 17 16.00 31
Utah 2-0 MWC 16 15 15.50 14
Virginia 3-0 ACC 17 13 15.00 18
Iowa 3-0 B10 18 19 18.50 35
Arizona State 3-0 PAC 19 12 15.50 16
Syracuse 3-0 BET 20 23 21.50 24
Clemson 2-0 ACC 21 20 20.50 22
Minnesota 2-0 B10 22 22 22.00 13
Miami (OH) 3-0 MAC 23 27 25.00 34
Ohio State 1-1 B10 24 31 27.50 40
East Carolina 3-0 USA 25 30 27.50 11
East Carolina makes it into the Top 25, at #25. They look good so far.

[bbgunn]

UAB (1-1) at Cincinnati (0-2)
Line: UAB by 7
Weather: 76 degrees, sunny
TV: none

After the shock loss to La-Lafayette two weeks ago, UAB travels to southwest Ohio to face Cincinnati. UAB is looking to prove itself against one of the weaker teams in C-USA.

So far in the so-called "Thunder and Lightning" era, we've seen a lot of Lightning (RB Juan Koehler) but haven't heard much Thunder (Mercury Razo). Why is that?

"You know, Juan is our No. 1 back," coach B.B. Gunn said. "Right now, he has the hot hand, so we're going to give him the rock as much as we can to take advantage of it. Mercury's not doing anything bad. We're sure that if Juan cools off, Mercury will step in there and do a good job."

Our prediction for the game: UAB 24, Cincinnati 14.

[bbgunn]

Cincinnati 45, UAB 17

CINCINNATI - Could this year's UAB team have been overhyped?

UAB's running game piled up yardage, but the Blazer defense let them down as Cincinnati's run and shoot drilled UAB. Mercury Razo finally had his coming out party, rushing for both of UAB's touchdowns.

Box Score: UAB at Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH.

Week 5, 2007

Attendance: 22,300 (35,000).


Weather: 76 degrees, fair.

1Q: 13:29 CINC - J.T. McIntosh 34 interception return.
1Q: 13:29 CINC - Steven Littlejohn extra point.
1Q: 05:34 CINC - Grant Wiggins 4 pass from Timothy Rodriguez.
1Q: 05:34 CINC - Steven Littlejohn extra point.
1Q: 01:37 CINC - Steven Littlejohn 39 field goal.
2Q: 12:56 UABB - Korey Elliott 24 field goal.
2Q: 00:22 UABB - Mercury Razo 9 run.
2Q: 00:22 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
4Q: 12:21 CINC - Mel Kramer 17 pass from Timothy Rodriguez.
4Q: 12:21 CINC - Steven Littlejohn extra point.
4Q: 12:10 CINC - Renaldo Hopkins 53 interception return.
4Q: 12:10 CINC - Steven Littlejohn extra point.
4Q: 06:29 CINC - Perry Tewkesbury 38 run.
4Q: 06:29 CINC - Steven Littlejohn extra point.
4Q: 04:40 UABB - Mercury Razo 47 run.
4Q: 04:40 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
4Q: 02:39 CINC - Hardy Reese 5 run.
4Q: 02:39 CINC - Steven Littlejohn extra point.

Game MVP: CINC 74 Rod Alcott

UAB 0 10 0 7 - 17
Cincinnati 17 0 0 28 - 45

Team Statistics UABB CINC

First Downs 15 21

Total Rushes 44 26
Net Rushing Yards 191 147
Yards Per Carry 4.3 5.6
Rushing Yards 226 164
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-12 5-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-23 1-7

Pass Attempts 26 31
Completions 10 18
Passing Yards 63 199
Yards Per Attempt 2.4 6.4
Interceptions 2 4
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0

Total Plays 70 57
Total Yards 254 346
Yards Per Play 3.6 6.0

3rd Down Plays 8/19 3/8

Penalties 7 4
Penalty Yards 63 49

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 39
Time Of Possession 34:23 25:37

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 26 104 4.0 21 0 6 0
39 Razo 12 82 6.8 47 2 4 0
11 Raphael 6 5 0.8 22 0 0 4

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Raphael 25 9 48 1.9 16 0 2
19 Parker 1 1 15 15.0 15 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
39 Razo 3 11 3.6 12 8 0
44 Koehler 3 10 3.3 5 8 0
40 Buckley 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
20 Schulz 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
1 Lang 1 16 16.0 2 16 0
88 Harrison 1 15 15.0 0 15 0
The College Years

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 1 3 3.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
22 Marsh 1 14 14.0 0
48 Roberson 1 21 21.0 0
45 Costello 1 15 15.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 7 249 35.5 41 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 1 2 24 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 6 4 0.0 1 45 0
48 Roberson 4 3 0.0 1 8 0
92 Davila 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
93 Wheeler 3 0 0.0 0 0 0

Injuries
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Probable Stretched Knee Li 3 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Out Separated Shoulde 6 Weeks
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr Out Broken Foot 8 Weeks
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr Out Broken Arm 8 Weeks NEW: Schneider, Schulz. The Schneider injury doesn't hurt, but the Schulz injury does.

[bbgunn]

SCORES:
Memphis 70, Army 49
East Carolina 24, TCU 22 (Big win for the Pirates)
Tulane 41, Houston 3
Southern Miss 23, Louisville 20
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 4 0 0 1.000 140 83 1 0 0 1.000 24 22 Won 5
Tulane 4 0 0 1.000 126 42 1 0 0 1.000 41 3 Won 4
South Florida 2 1 0 .666 105 54 1 0 0 1.000 36 10 Won 1
Southern Miss 2 2 0 .500 74 75 1 0 0 1.000 23 20 Won 1
Memphis 1 2 0 .333 119 131 1 0 0 1.000 70 49 Won 1
Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 83 84 1 1 0 .500 55 53 Won 1
Louisville 2 2 0 .500 121 73 0 1 0 .000 20 23 Lost 1
**UAB 1 2 0 .333 85 87 0 1 0 .000 17 45 Lost 2
Houston 1 2 0 .333 29 87 0 1 0 .000 3 41 Lost 2
TCU 1 3 0 .250 88 100 0 1 0 .000 22 24 Lost 2
Army 0 3 0 .000 97 157 0 1 0 .000 49 70 Lost 13
COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 4-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 2
Florida 3-0 SEC 2 3 2.50 7
Nebraska 3-0 B12 3 2 2.50 3
Georgia 3-0 SEC 4 4 4.00 1
Michigan 4-0 B10 5 5 5.00 9
Texas 4-0 B12 6 6 6.00 4
Oklahoma 3-1 B12 7 10 8.50 11
Penn State 4-0 B10 8 8 8.00 5
Boston College 3-0 BET 9 11 10.00 6
USC 3-1 PAC 10 12 11.00 15
Colorado 4-0 B12 11 7 9.00 10
UCLA 4-0 PAC 12 9 10.50 12
Florida State 3-0 ACC 13 15 14.00 8
Wisconsin 4-0 B10 14 17 15.50 13
LSU 2-1 SEC 15 14 14.50 16
Utah 3-0 MWC 16 16 16.00 28
Iowa 4-0 B10 17 18 17.50 32
Arizona State 4-0 PAC 18 13 15.50 19
Ohio State 2-1 B10 19 19 19.00 29
Syracuse 3-0 BET 20 23 21.50 23
Clemson 2-0 ACC 21 20 20.50 20
Miami (OH) 4-0 MAC 22 25 23.50 22
Virginia Tech 3-1 ACC 23 22 22.50 27
East Carolina 4-0 USA 24 29 26.50 14
Pittsburgh 4-1 BET 25 21 23.00 26
East Carolina goes up to #24. Meanwhile, Tulane is knocking at the door.

[bbgunn]

We had our first two commitments: G Dominic Pirtle (KY, 65+) and DE Les Riffle (GA, 64-). They'll help us out in the future.

Week 6 Preview
Army (0-3) at UAB (1-2) (-8)

UAB seeks to halt their two-game losing streak against a team that has a losing streak of their own: 13 games.

Army's bound to break the streak some time, but this is a chance for UAB to right the ship before getting into the meat of the C-USA schedule. Our prediction: UAB 21, Army 17.

[SFL Cat]

Looks to me like Raphael might be your problem. The guy isn't putting up wishbone QB stats, at least not in the rushing category.

[bbgunn]

Looks to me like Raphael might be your problem. The guy isn't putting up wishbone QB stats, at least not in the rushing category.

That's a very good point. Unfortunately, he's the most mobile QB on our squad, and that's not saying much. I might have to reevaluate how I recruit QBs; we do need more guys that can run it and give us that triple option.

[bbgunn]

Army 45, UAB 28

BIRMINGHAM - Three games in a row, UAB was favored to win. They've lost all three of those games.

UAB led this one 21-14 at the half, but then the game got away from them. If you look at the stats, UAB did most things right. They won the total yardage battle. They had over 230 yards rushing and controlled the clock. They even had comparable passing yardage to Army, with 225 to Army's 299.

However, UAB had 4 turnovers to Army's 2. In addition, UAB had 6 penalties (losing 35 yards) to Army's 1 (5 yards).

"We gotta reduce the turnovers and penalties," said B.B. Gunn. "If we keep making mistakes, we're not going to win."

UAB's safety Warren Caban had a 69 yard interception return in the first quarter.

Box Score: Army at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 6, 2007

Attendance: 20,900 (83,100).


Weather: 66 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:57 UABB - Warren Caban 69 interception return.
1Q: 10:57 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 11:49 ARMY - B.J. Allen 76 interception return.
2Q: 11:49 ARMY - Howie Simmons extra point.
2Q: 04:38 UABB - Juan Koehler 26 run.
2Q: 04:38 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 02:58 ARMY - Edwin Junker 72 fumble return.
2Q: 02:58 ARMY - Howie Simmons extra point.
2Q: 02:17 UABB - Juan Koehler 68 run.
2Q: 02:17 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
3Q: 13:14 ARMY - Cornell Borders 44 pass from Ryan Kelly.
3Q: 13:14 ARMY - Howie Simmons extra point.
4Q: 13:19 ARMY - Irv Gordon 42 pass from Ryan Kelly.
4Q: 13:19 ARMY - Howie Simmons extra point.
4Q: 04:17 ARMY - Howie Simmons 19 field goal.
4Q: 03:33 UABB - Matt Lang 22 pass from Charles Raphael.
4Q: 03:33 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
4Q: 01:36 ARMY - Edwin Junker 8 pass from Ryan Kelly.
4Q: 01:36 ARMY - Howie Simmons extra point.
4Q: 01:13 ARMY - Edwin Junker 9 pass from Ryan Kelly.
4Q: 01:13 ARMY - Howie Simmons extra point.

Game MVP: ARMY 9 Edwin Junker

Army 0 14 7 24 - 45
UAB 7 14 0 7 - 28

Team Statistics ARMY UABB

First Downs 20 18

Total Rushes 23 39
Net Rushing Yards 30 233
Yards Per Carry 1.3 5.9
Rushing Yards 71 266
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-10 3-5
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-31 4-28

Pass Attempts 38 32
Completions 20 14
Passing Yards 299 225
Yards Per Attempt 7.8 7.0
Interceptions 2 3
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0

Total Plays 61 71
Total Yards 329 458
Yards Per Play 5.3 6.4

3rd Down Plays 5/12 4/15

Penalties 1 6
Penalty Yards 5 35

Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 27
Time Of Possession 27:39 32:21

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 27 244 9.0 68 2 7 0
11 Raphael 6 -29 -4.8 2 0 1 4
39 Razo 5 18 3.6 7 0 1 0
40 Buckley 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Raphael 25 12 182 7.2 40 1 2
19 Parker 7 2 43 6.1 27 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
1 Lang 5 84 16.8 27 22 1
39 Razo 3 44 14.6 4 40 0
84 Dunn 3 48 16.0 7 17 0
8 Naquin 1 15 15.0 0 15 0
31 Fox 1 7 7.0 0 7 0
87 Cofield 1 27 27.0 7 27 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 36 12.0 0
44 Koehler 1 5 5.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Costello 3 77 25.6 0
48 Roberson 2 28 14.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 6 229 38.1 47 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 0 1 0 4 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
95 McCrory 7 2 0.0 1 0 0
34 Springer 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 5 1 1.0 0 0 0
23 Rudy 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Sawyer 2 1 1.0 0 0 0

Injuries
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Questionable Stretched Knee Li 4 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Out Separated Shoulde 5 Weeks
Naquin, Rodney 8 WR* Sr Out Hyperextended Elb 3 Weeks
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr Out Broken Foot 7 Weeks
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr Out Broken Arm 8 Weeks
NEW: Naquin. This injury doesn't hurt us so much.

[Izulde]

Wow, talk about your run of bad luck.

Koehler is a frigging beast, though, and I'd love to see him ported over to FOF when he graduates to see how he does in the NFL. :D

[bbgunn]

SCORES:
Cincinnati 28, Tulane 13 (upset!)
Houston 30, Louisville 20
Middle Tennessee St. 59, Memphis 28
Southern Miss 21, South Florida 7
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Southern Miss 3 2 0 .600 95 82 2 0 0 1.000 44 27 Won 2
East Carolina 4 0 0 1.000 140 83 1 0 0 1.000 24 22 Won 5
Memphis 1 3 0 .250 147 190 1 0 0 1.000 70 49 Lost 1
Cincinnati 2 2 0 .500 111 97 2 1 0 .666 83 66 Won 2
Tulane 4 1 0 .800 139 70 1 1 0 .500 54 31 Lost 1
South Florida 2 2 0 .500 112 75 1 1 0 .500 43 31 Lost 1
Houston 2 2 0 .500 59 107 1 1 0 .500 33 61 Won 1
Army 1 3 0 .250 142 185 1 1 0 .500 94 98 Won 1
TCU 1 3 0 .250 88 100 0 1 0 .000 22 24 Lost 2
Louisville 2 3 0 .400 141 103 0 2 0 .000 40 53 Lost 2
**UAB 1 3 0 .250 113 132 0 2 0 .000 45 90 Lost 3
If you told me at the beginning of the year that we would be just behind TCU and Louisville by week 6, I would have been pleased. But this is not what I had in mind.

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 5-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 3
Florida 3-0 SEC 2 3 2.50 9
Nebraska 4-0 B12 3 2 2.50 2
Georgia 4-0 SEC 4 4 4.00 1
Michigan 5-0 B10 5 5 5.00 10
Texas 5-0 B12 6 6 6.00 4
Penn State 5-0 B10 7 8 7.50 5
Boston College 4-0 BET 8 10 9.00 7
UCLA 5-0 PAC 9 9 9.00 6
Colorado 4-0 B12 10 7 8.50 12
USC 3-1 PAC 11 11 11.00 17
Florida State 4-0 ACC 12 13 12.50 8
Wisconsin 4-0 B10 13 14 13.50 11
Ohio State 3-1 B10 14 16 15.00 25
Oklahoma 3-2 B12 15 15 15.00 20
Arizona State 4-0 PAC 16 12 14.00 15
Syracuse 4-0 BET 17 19 18.00 18
Clemson 3-0 ACC 18 17 17.50 14
Miami (OH) 5-0 MAC 19 25 22.00 22
LSU 2-2 SEC 20 21 20.50 28
West Virginia 4-1 BET 21 31 26.00 21
Michigan State 3-1 B10 22 29 25.50 16
East Carolina 4-0 USA 23 28 25.50 13
Virginia Tech 3-1 ACC 24 22 23.00 26
South Carolina 3-1 SEC 25 24 24.50 19
East Carolina continues to cruise. They are now #23 after an off week. It looks like the better #21 West Virginia does, due to their win over WVU, East Carolina will do well in the BCS.

Recruiting
Two more commitments, one of which is a biggie:

RB Alvin Castillo
6-1, 208
College Park, GA (North Clayton)
Rating: 85+

It's becoming too easy to land premier running backs. This is the fourth blue-chip RB in 3 years now. He's the number one RB IN THE NATION this year, and the #2 overall prospect NATIONALLY. And he's coming to UAB! His strong point is power running. With him and Razo on the team, I'm seriously thinking of running a Power-I formation from 2008.

More evidence of this guy's potential? In 9 games in high school this year, he's had 1539 yards on 240 carries and 21 TDs.

[bbgunn]

Wow, talk about your run of bad luck.

Koehler is a frigging beast, though, and I'd love to see him ported over to FOF when he graduates to see how he does in the NFL. :D

Yeah, it's too bad I don't have FOF. (I know... what's wrong with me.) If you want me to export it for you, I can. Remind me in 2010, or 2009 if he jumps early. ;)

[MizzouRah]

You are a recruitng beast!! Give me some secrets! :)

[bbgunn]

You are a recruitng beast!! Give me some secrets! :)

:p The only secrets I'm using are the ones from you guys, here on FOFC. I've just been lucky, especially on the offensive side of the ball. I only recruit guys with good grades and at least a 1000 SAT, and most of those guys want academics and close distance. Now that UAB's academics are on the rise, we can meet those conditions.

I do have to say that I go after any player in Alabama, and outside Alabama, any red- or black-coded player with a fit score of above 80 is fair game. (My only other restriction so far is recruiting within a 400 mile radius.) I know that knocks down my credibility a bit, but hey... it's my first dynasty, and UAB is a tough team to build up. :D

[bbgunn]

UAB (1-3) at TCU (1-3)

UAB looks to halt its surprising 3-game skid this week at Fort Worth, Texas, as they face the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University.

Amazingly, TCU, ranked #22 nationally in the preseason, is near the bottom of the C-USA standings. Seems like the time is right for UAB to get their first win against the Horned Frogs since B.B. Gunn took over. However, it's not that simple. TCU's losses have come against Missouri (2-2), nationally-ranked East Carolina (4-0), and rival SMU (4-1). Meanwhile, UAB has lost to Louisiana-Lafayette (1-3), Cincinnati (2-2) and Army (1-3). Plus, this game is at Fort Worth and TCU is favored.

It would be nice to get a win here, but we don't see it. Our prediction: TCU 34, UAB 20.

[bbgunn]

UAB 33, TCU 22

FORT WORTH, TX - So what if TCU is down this year? UAB will definitely take this win.

Juan Koehler continued his big freshman year with his fifth-straight 100-yard game, while Mercury Razo added 49 more rushing yards, as UAB won a game that, surprisingly enough, wasn't as close as the final score might indicate.

UAB (2-3) scored all of its points in the first half, going into the locker room with a shocking 33-7 lead. TCU couldn't get its rushing attack going, and the Horned Frogs (1-4) had to rely on their passing game to try to mount a comeback in the 4th quarter. They were somewhat successful with that, getting 15 points in the final period. However, UAB's secondary forced TCU to attempt mostly short passes, running the clock down in the process.

This was the first win over TCU for UAB since B.B. Gunn brought the wishbone to Birmingham. However, Gunn wasn't that happy afterwards. "It's a good win, but we gave them an interception in the 4th quarter that led to a TD," he said. "It could have been worse. We have to be careful."

Box Score: UAB at TCU
Fort Worth, TX.

Week 7, 2007

Attendance: 43,100 (44,000).


Weather: 63 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:14 UABB - Safety: Rod Welch tackled ball carrier in end zone.
1Q: 06:59 UABB - Mercury Razo 48 run.
1Q: 06:59 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
1Q: 00:51 TCUU - Phil Mitchell 16 run.
1Q: 00:51 TCUU - Austin Sims extra point.
2Q: 12:35 UABB - Juan Koehler 7 run.
2Q: 12:35 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 04:16 UABB - Matt Lang 14 pass from Charles Raphael.
2Q: 04:16 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 02:17 UABB - Brenden Springer 34 interception return.
2Q: 02:17 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 00:08 UABB - Korey Elliott 33 field goal.
4Q: 09:47 TCUU - Aaron Downey 6 run.
4Q: 09:47 TCUU - Austin Sims extra point.
4Q: 02:53 TCUU - Jumbo Norton 15 pass from Phil Mitchell.
4Q: 02:53 TCUU - Phil Mitchell pass to Hunter Hogans for conversion

Game MVP: UABB 64 Brad Powell

UAB 9 24 0 0 - 33
TCU 7 0 0 15 - 22

Team Statistics UABB TCUU

First Downs 17 21

Total Rushes 43 31
Net Rushing Yards 201 128
Yards Per Carry 4.6 4.1
Rushing Yards 241 145
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-13 6-9
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-27 1-8

Pass Attempts 18 47
Completions 9 18
Passing Yards 114 276
Yards Per Attempt 6.3 5.8
Interceptions 1 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1

Total Plays 61 78
Total Yards 315 404
Yards Per Play 5.1 5.1

3rd Down Plays 4/12 6/18

Penalties 4 4
Penalty Yards 37 27

Avg. Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 25
Time Of Possession 30:25 29:35

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 31 135 4.3 19 1 5 0
11 Raphael 7 6 0.8 23 0 0 4
39 Razo 4 49 12.2 48 1 1 0
40 Buckley 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Raphael 18 9 114 6.3 18 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
1 Lang 3 46 15.3 26 16 1
87 Cofield 3 44 14.6 3 18 0
40 Buckley 1 7 7.0 4 7 0
39 Razo 1 17 17.0 2 17 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
44 Koehler 1 17 17.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 92 30.6 0
45 Costello 1 34 34.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 7 241 34.4 43 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 1 1 33 4 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
92 Davila 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 4 2 0.0 1 0 0
91 Welch 4 1 0.0 0 0 0

Injuries
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Questionable Stretched Knee Li 3 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Questionable Separated Shoulde 4 Weeks
Raphael, Charles 11 QB So* Doubtful Pulled Groin 4 Weeks
Naquin, Rodney 8 WR* Sr Doubtful Hyperextended Elb 2 Weeks
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr Out Broken Foot 6 Weeks
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr Out Broken Arm 7 Weeks
NEW: Raphael. He's not much of a mobile quarterback to begin with, but this will certainly make us rely on Koehler and Razo more on option plays. Meanwhile, Snyder was upgraded from "out". We don't want to rush him, but we could sure use his help a bit.

[bbgunn]

SCORES:
#23 East Carolina 48, Tulane 21
Army 34, South Florida 14
Cincinnati 24, Memphis 23
Houston 10, Southern Miss 6
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 5 0 0 1.000 188 104 2 0 0 1.000 72 43 Won 6
Cincinnati 3 2 0 .600 135 120 3 1 0 .750 107 89 Won 3
Houston 3 2 0 .600 69 113 2 1 0 .666 43 67 Won 2
Southern Miss 3 3 0 .500 101 92 2 1 0 .666 50 37 Lost 1
Army 2 3 0 .400 176 199 2 1 0 .666 128 112 Won 2
Memphis 1 4 0 .200 170 214 1 1 0 .500 93 73 Lost 2
Tulane 4 2 0 .666 160 118 1 2 0 .333 75 79 Lost 2
South Florida 2 3 0 .400 126 109 1 2 0 .333 57 65 Lost 2
**UAB 2 3 0 .400 146 154 1 2 0 .333 78 112 Won 1
Louisville 2 3 0 .400 141 103 0 2 0 .000 40 53 Lost 2
TCU 1 4 0 .200 110 133 0 2 0 .000 44 57 Lost 3
Except for East Carolina, C-USA is pretty mediocre this year. TCU in last place? Louisville 10th? Cincinnati 2nd? Memphis 1-4? We need to take advantage of this.

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 6-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 2
Florida 4-0 SEC 2 2 2.00 3
Nebraska 5-0 B12 3 3 3.00 6
Georgia 5-0 SEC 4 4 4.00 1
Michigan 6-0 B10 5 5 5.00 7
Texas 6-0 B12 6 6 6.00 4
Penn State 6-0 B10 7 8 7.50 8
Boston College 5-0 BET 8 9 8.50 5
Colorado 5-0 B12 9 7 8.00 10
USC 4-1 PAC 10 10 10.00 14
Florida State 5-0 ACC 11 12 11.50 9
Ohio State 4-1 B10 12 14 13.00 17
Arizona State 5-0 PAC 13 11 12.00 15
UCLA 5-1 PAC 14 13 13.50 13
Miami (OH) 6-0 MAC 15 20 17.50 16
LSU 3-2 SEC 16 18 17.00 23
Michigan State 4-1 B10 17 22 19.50 12
East Carolina 5-0 USA 18 23 20.50 11
Wisconsin 4-1 B10 19 25 22.00 19
Virginia Tech 4-1 ACC 20 17 18.50 20
Oklahoma 3-3 B12 21 26 23.50 34
West Virginia 4-1 BET 22 28 25.00 18
Utah 4-1 MWC 23 21 22.00 31
Bowling Green 4-1 MAC 24 19 21.50 27
Virginia 5-1 ACC 25 16 20.50 22
East Carolina climbs five spots to number 18.

Recruiting
We had a commitment from DT Devin Ponder (GA, 63-), but I have a feeling he's worse than our scout indicated and I don't expect much from him. He'll certainly help our depth, but we are not getting any gamechangers on the defensive side of the ball.

[Izulde]

Raphael sure seems interception-prone. I'd give one of the other QBs a shot, especially with Charles hurt.

[MizzouRah]

Are you playing on the hardest difficulty? Maybe that's my problem. :)

[bbgunn]

Are you playing on the hardest difficulty? Maybe that's my problem. :)

Nah, I'm not. I know, I know... what a wimp. But this was my first dynasty, and I wanted to make sure that I wasn't in over my head.

Actually, it's funny that you bring it up, because ever since Alvin Castillo signed, I've been thinking about starting over and running a dynasty on All-Star. No way in hell would the number 1 RB in the nation sign with UAB in real life, not with the way things stand now. Four blue-chip backs in 3 years? Come on. Obviously the recruiting is way too easy for me now (even though the game planning gives me fits).

In fact, I'm making my decision right now. I'm going to start a new dynasty on All-Star and see how that goes. I may crash and burn, but it's worth a try, right? I've had TCY too long to not try it.

[MizzouRah]

Nah, I'm not. I know, I know... what a wimp. But this was my first dynasty, and I wanted to make sure that I wasn't in over my head.

Actually, it's funny that you bring it up, because ever since Alvin Castillo signed, I've been thinking about starting over and running a dynasty on All-Star. No way in hell would the number 1 RB in the nation sign with UAB in real life, not with the way things stand now. Four blue-chip backs in 3 years? Come on. Obviously the recruiting is way too easy for me now (even though the game planning gives me fits).

In fact, I'm making my decision right now. I'm going to start a new dynasty on All-Star and see how that goes. I may crash and burn, but it's worth a try, right? I've had TCY too long to not try it.

Funny.. I always wonder if I should down grade a level since it would be nice to see fit scores without calling someone. :D

To each his own, I've just always played every Gindin game on the hardest level - but I've had fun reading your dynasty!!

[mrsimperless]

Yeah, I'd be sad to see this UAB team fold, but I'll follow the next one too! =D

[bbgunn]

Sorry guys... I couldn't let this dynasty die. I wanna see what Thunder and Lightning can do before all is said and done.:)

[bbgunn]

#18 East Carolina (5-0) at UAB (2-3)
Line: ECU by 18
Weather: 60 degrees, sunny
TV: none

As you all know, East Carolina has been on fire. They are 10th in the nation in points per game, and their run-and-shoot is among the top 15 in all national passing categories. Their one weakness is probably allowing too many points on defense as of late, but they keep winning.

UAB is high off of their big win at TCU last week, but they have to keep their emotions in check, or they won't win this. Coach Gunn has decided to start mobile QB senior Vernon Parker over Raphael, who has been quite interception-prone. How will that turn out? Who knows, but it doesn't look good for UAB, no matter the QB.

Our prediction: ECU 41, UAB 23.

[bbgunn]

#18 East Carolina 45, UAB 14

BIRMINGHAM, AL - UAB's offense couldn't do much, and the defense couldn't stop anybody.

Box Score: East Carolina at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 8, 2007

Attendance: 30,000 (83,100).


Weather: 60 degrees, fair.

1Q: 11:40 ECAR - Desmond Salo 10 pass from Timothy Maloney.
1Q: 11:40 ECAR - Kenneth Linquist extra point.
1Q: 08:24 ECAR - Rick Arnswaldt 13 run.
1Q: 08:24 ECAR - Kenneth Linquist extra point.
2Q: 02:50 ECAR - Gerald Hartman 18 pass from Timothy Maloney.
2Q: 02:50 ECAR - Kenneth Linquist extra point.
3Q: 10:41 UABB - Juan Koehler 12 run.
3Q: 10:41 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
3Q: 05:08 UABB - Arnold Dunn 7 pass from Vernon Parker.
3Q: 05:08 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
3Q: 00:25 ECAR - Kenneth Linquist 40 field goal.
4Q: 11:40 ECAR - Nolan Sherman 10 run.
4Q: 11:40 ECAR - Kenneth Linquist extra point.
4Q: 05:26 ECAR - Luther Goetzinger 23 run.
4Q: 05:26 ECAR - Kenneth Linquist extra point.
4Q: 00:41 ECAR - Jumbo Larrimore 1 run.
4Q: 00:41 ECAR - Kenneth Linquist extra point.

Game MVP: ECAR 3 Timothy Maloney

East Carolina 14 7 3 21 - 45
UAB 0 0 14 0 - 14

Team Statistics ECAR UABB

First Downs 25 10

Total Rushes 36 28
Net Rushing Yards 147 101
Yards Per Carry 4.0 3.6
Rushing Yards 181 122
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-19 2-4
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-15 3-17

Pass Attempts 33 23
Completions 26 8
Passing Yards 275 108
Yards Per Attempt 8.3 4.6
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 69 51
Total Yards 422 209
Yards Per Play 6.1 4.0

3rd Down Plays 8/14 5/13

Penalties 5 3
Penalty Yards 46 15

Avg. Drive Start OWN 45 OWN 26
Time Of Possession 34:33 25:27
UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 17 56 3.2 12 1 4 0
19 Parker 5 -4 -0.8 9 0 0 3
39 Razo 5 38 7.6 24 0 1 0
12 Mardeusz 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
The College Years
19 Parker 22 8 108 4.9 42 1 1
12 Mardeusz 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
40 Buckley 3 21 7.0 1 8 0
1 Lang 2 73 36.5 8 42 0
84 Dunn 2 13 6.5 6 7 1
39 Razo 1 1 1.0 1 1 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 26 8.6 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Costello 4 94 23.5 0
48 Roberson 3 73 24.3 0
22 Marsh 1 14 14.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 7 219 31.2 39 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 0 0 0 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
92 Davila 9 4 3.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 9 3 0.0 1 0 0
48 Roberson 5 4 0.0 0 0 0
51 Harvey 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
26 Medley 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Wheeler 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
23 Rudy 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
49 May 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
70 Lerner 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Guthrie 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Bertsch 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
64 Powell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Sawyer 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 McElroy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
21 Bell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
1 Lang 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Burgess 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 2 1
64 Powell 0 0 0 0 4 2
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 1 0
48 Roberson 1 0 0 0 0 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0

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Injuries
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Harms, Howie 98 DE Jr* Doubtful Torn Thumb Ligame 5 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Out Torn Knee Ligamen 13 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Out Separated Shoulde 9 Weeks
Raphael, Charles 11 QB So* Doubtful Pulled Groin 3 Weeks
Naquin, Rodney 8 WR* Sr Questionable Hyperextended Elb 1 Week
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr Doubtful Broken Foot 5 Weeks
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr Out Broken Arm 7 Weeks NEW: Harms. Hurts our DL even more.

[bbgunn]

Week 8 in C-USA
Louisville 36, Cincinnati 29
So. Miss 27, Memphis 21
Tulane 17, TCU 10
Bowling Green 31, So. Florida 21
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 6 0 0 1.000 233 118 3 0 0 1.000 117 57 Won 7
Southern Miss 4 3 0 .571 128 113 3 1 0 .750 77 58 Won 1
Houston 3 2 0 .600 69 113 2 1 0 .666 43 67 Won 2
Army 2 3 0 .400 176 199 2 1 0 .666 128 112 Won 2
Cincinnati 3 3 0 .500 164 156 3 2 0 .600 136 125 Lost 1
Tulane 5 2 0 .714 177 128 2 2 0 .500 92 89 Won 1
Louisville 3 3 0 .500 177 132 1 2 0 .333 76 82 Won 1
South Florida 2 4 0 .333 147 140 1 2 0 .333 57 65 Lost 3
Memphis 1 5 0 .166 191 241 1 2 0 .333 114 100 Lost 3
**UAB 2 4 0 .333 160 199 1 3 0 .250 92 157 Lost 1
TCU 1 5 0 .166 120 150 0 3 0 .000 54 74 Lost 4
COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 7-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 1
Florida 5-0 SEC 2 3 2.50 7
Nebraska 6-0 B12 3 2 2.50 4
Georgia 6-0 SEC 4 4 4.00 2
Michigan 7-0 B10 5 5 5.00 5
Texas 7-0 B12 6 6 6.00 6
Penn State 6-0 B10 7 8 7.50 9
Boston College 6-0 BET 8 9 8.50 3
USC 5-1 PAC 9 10 9.50 16
Colorado 6-0 B12 10 7 8.50 8
Florida State 6-0 ACC 11 12 11.50 10
Arizona State 6-0 PAC 12 11 11.50 12
UCLA 6-1 PAC 13 13 13.00 14
LSU 4-2 SEC 14 14 14.00 15
Miami (OH) 6-0 MAC 15 18 16.50 19
Michigan State 5-1 B10 16 19 17.50 13
Wisconsin 5-1 B10 17 20 18.50 18
Virginia Tech 5-1 ACC 18 15 16.50 17
Oklahoma 4-3 B12 19 21 20.00 28
Ohio State 4-2 B10 20 23 21.50 27
East Carolina 6-0 USA 21 22 21.50 11
West Virginia 5-1 BET 22 24 23.00 20
Bowling Green 5-1 MAC 23 16 19.50 21
Virginia 5-1 ACC 24 17 20.50 22
Syracuse 5-1 BET 25 26 25.50 23

[bbgunn]

South Florida 31, UAB 6
Box Score: South Florida at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 9, 2007

Attendance: 20,000 (83,100).


Weather: 52 degrees, rain.

1Q: 10:48 SFLA - Jon Talley 38 field goal.
1Q: 00:00 SFLA - Roy McCullough 19 pass from Kendall Reilly.
1Q: 00:00 SFLA - Jon Talley extra point.
2Q: 00:37 SFLA - Carlton Coleman 2 run.
2Q: 00:37 SFLA - Jon Talley extra point.
3Q: 02:50 SFLA - Artie Glenn 48 run.
3Q: 02:50 SFLA - Jon Talley extra point.
3Q: 01:28 UABB - Juan Koehler 42 fumble return.
3Q: 01:28 UABB - Vernon Parker pass for conversion failed.
4Q: 12:36 SFLA - Gene Ely 6 run.
4Q: 12:36 SFLA - Jon Talley extra point.

Game MVP: SFLA 69 Stan Ramirez

South Florida 10 7 7 7 - 31
UAB 0 0 6 0 - 6

Team Statistics SFLA UABB

First Downs 22 16

Total Rushes 38 33
Net Rushing Yards 201 102
Yards Per Carry 5.2 3.0
Rushing Yards 232 132
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-12 8-17
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-19 2-13

Pass Attempts 25 30
Completions 16 17
Passing Yards 224 197
Yards Per Attempt 8.9 6.5
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1

Total Plays 63 63
Total Yards 425 299
Yards Per Play 6.7 4.7

3rd Down Plays 7/14 6/15

Penalties 6 6
Penalty Yards 47 45

Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 24
Time Of Possession 31:19 28:41
Already, the massive scaling back of the dynasty begins. Anyway, this loss stinks.

[bbgunn]

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 24 74 3.0 19 0 8 0
19 Parker 5 8 1.6 10 0 0 2
39 Razo 4 20 5.0 10 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
19 Parker 30 17 197 6.5 43 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
1 Lang 5 65 13.0 0 16 0
39 Razo 5 49 9.8 11 28 0
40 Buckley 3 12 4.0 5 8 0
44 Koehler 1 7 7.0 3 7 0
31 Fox 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
87 Cofield 1 15 15.0 0 15 0
84 Dunn 1 43 43.0 0 43 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 2 4 2.0 0
44 Koehler 1 2 2.0 0

The College Years
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
22 Marsh 1 18 18.0 0
48 Roberson 1 18 18.0 0
45 Costello 1 19 19.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 6 224 37.3 51 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 0 1 0 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 9 4 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 7 2 1.5 0 0 0
48 Roberson 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
51 Harvey 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
23 Rudy 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Wheeler 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Guthrie 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
47 Bertsch 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
77 Harper 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Sawyer 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Nelson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tanner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
1 Lang 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Lerner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Ashraf 0 1 0.5 0 0 0
26 Medley 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 2 0
61 Osburn 0 0 0 0 0 1
44 Koehler 1 0 1 1 0 0
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 0 1
40 Buckley 0 0 0 0 2 0
64 Powell 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Parker 1 0 0 0 0 0
51 Harvey 0 1 0 0 0 0
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 1 0
73 Charles 0 0 0 0 1 0
84 Dunn 0 0 0 0 1 0
INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Harms, Howie 98 DE Jr* Doubtful Torn Thumb Ligame 10 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Out Torn Knee Ligamen 12 Weeks
Osburn, Jim 61 T So* Out Severe Hamstring 13 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Out Separated Shoulde 8 Weeks
Raphael, Charles 11 QB So* Questionable Pulled Groin 2 Weeks
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr Out Broken Foot 7 Weeks
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr Out Broken Arm 6 Weeks

[bbgunn]

WEEK 9 IN C-USA
Purdue 42, Cincinnati 7
Army 34, So. Miss 27
East Carolina 45, Louisville 14
Houston 38, Memphis 23
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 7 0 0 1.000 278 132 4 0 0 1.000 162 71 Won 8
Houston 4 2 0 .666 107 136 3 1 0 .750 81 90 Won 3
Army 3 3 0 .500 210 226 3 1 0 .750 162 139 Won 3
Southern Miss 4 4 0 .500 155 147 3 2 0 .600 104 92 Lost 1
Cincinnati 3 4 0 .428 171 198 3 2 0 .600 136 125 Lost 2
Tulane 5 2 0 .714 177 128 2 2 0 .500 92 89 Won 1
South Florida 3 4 0 .428 178 146 2 2 0 .500 88 71 Won 1
Louisville 3 4 0 .428 191 177 1 3 0 .250 90 127 Lost 1
Memphis 1 6 0 .142 214 279 1 3 0 .250 137 138 Lost 4
**UAB 2 5 0 .285 166 230 1 4 0 .200 98 188 Lost 2
TCU 1 5 0 .166 120 150 0 3 0 .000 54 74 Lost 4
COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 7-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 2
Nebraska 7-0 B12 2 2 2.00 4
Georgia 6-0 SEC 3 3 3.00 1
Michigan 8-0 B10 4 4 4.00 3
Texas 8-0 B12 5 5 5.00 6
Penn State 7-0 B10 6 7 6.50 5
USC 6-1 PAC 7 8 7.50 16
Colorado 7-0 B12 8 6 7.00 7
Florida 5-1 SEC 9 10 9.50 14
Florida State 7-0 ACC 10 11 10.50 8
Arizona State 7-0 PAC 11 9 10.00 9
UCLA 7-1 PAC 12 12 12.00 12
Boston College 6-1 BET 13 13 13.00 13
LSU 5-2 SEC 14 14 14.00 15
Miami (OH) 7-0 MAC 15 17 16.00 18
Michigan State 6-1 B10 16 18 17.00 11
Virginia Tech 6-1 ACC 17 15 16.00 17
East Carolina 7-0 USA 18 19 18.50 10
West Virginia 5-1 BET 19 22 20.50 20
Virginia 6-1 ACC 20 16 18.00 19
Syracuse 6-1 BET 21 24 22.50 22
Oklahoma 4-3 B12 22 20 21.00 29
Fresno State 6-1 WAC 23 25 24.00 23
California 5-2 PAC 24 23 23.50 21
Wisconsin 5-2 B10 25 28 26.50 24

[bbgunn]

WEEK 9 RECRUITING
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Castillo, Alvin RB GA 278 136 88
McLemore, Kim QB AL 298 196 89
Reyes, Phillip WR AL 247 40 88
Pirtle, Dominic G KY 343 278 92
Owens, Blaine CB AL 236 7 97
Riffle, Les DE GA 284 152 93
Ponder, Devin DT GA 314 209 92
Blake, Edward S AL 294 182 93
**Rutherford, Derrick OLB AL 234 0 77
Clark, Tom TE AL 254 64 89

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Castillo, Alvin 85+ 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
McLemore, Kim 80+ 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
Reyes, Phillip 65-- 2 3 Acad/Dist Committed *
Pirtle, Dominic 65+ 2 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
Owens, Blaine 65++ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
Riffle, Les 64- 2 2 Prest/Dist Committed *
Ponder, Devin 63- 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
Blake, Edward 63- 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
**Rutherford, Derrick 61- 3 2 Dist/Acad Committed *
Clark, Tom 55+ 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
McLemore, Clark, Rutherford and Owens committed this past week. We have two more targets left, an ILB and a T, plus the walk-on kicker we're going to recruit. This looks like an awesome class! QB McLemore loves to run... he'll be a factor in the wishbone, for sure.

[bbgunn]

WEEK 10
UAB 21, Louisville 17
Box Score: UAB at Louisville
Louisville, KY.

Week 10, 2007

Attendance: 22,600 (42,000).


Weather: 42 degrees, fair.

1Q: 09:43 LOUV - Tom Ramsey 17 run.
1Q: 09:43 LOUV - Dominic Gordon extra point.
2Q: 01:28 UABB - Juan Koehler 3 run.
2Q: 01:28 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 00:22 LOUV - Dominic Gordon 46 field goal.
3Q: 12:13 LOUV - Johnny Fulton 9 pass from Alonzo Poulsen.
3Q: 12:13 LOUV - Dominic Gordon extra point.
3Q: 08:27 UABB - Juan Koehler 14 run.
3Q: 08:27 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
3Q: 04:55 UABB - Bart Roberson 99 interception return.
3Q: 04:55 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 64 Brad Powell

UAB 0 7 14 0 - 21
Louisville 7 3 7 0 - 17

Team Statistics UABB LOUV

First Downs 20 19

Total Rushes 52 25
Net Rushing Yards 197 64
Yards Per Carry 3.7 2.5
Rushing Yards 219 103
Tckld Loss/Yards 8-17 2-7
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-5 6-32

Pass Attempts 17 37
Completions 9 22
Passing Yards 127 284
Yards Per Attempt 7.4 7.6
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1

Total Plays 69 62
Total Yards 324 348
Yards Per Play 4.6 5.6

3rd Down Plays 7/15 2/10

Penalties 3 11
Penalty Yards 15 90

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 32:28 27:32
Okay, let me get this straight... we have only 2 conference wins, and they're against TCU and Louisville? Amazing. Although it's no surprise we were in position to win, thanks to a great game by Koehler, as you can see below.

[bbgunn]

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 34 150 4.4 23 2 4 0
39 Razo 9 10 1.1 8 0 5 0
11 Raphael 6 13 2.1 8 0 0 1
40 Buckley 2 25 12.5 24 0 0 0
19 Parker 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Raphael 16 8 110 6.8 43 0 0
19 Parker 1 1 17 17.0 17 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Dunn 4 69 17.2 5 43 0
1 Lang 3 50 16.6 1 26 0
40 Buckley 1 6 6.0 7 6 0
21 Bell 1 2 2.0 0 2 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 2 3 1.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
33 McElroy 1 19 19.0 0
48 Roberson 1 28 28.0 0
The College Years
45 Costello 1 19 19.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 5 171 34.2 54 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 0 2 0 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 7 1 1.0 0 0 0
51 Harvey 5 1 2.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 5 3 0.0 2 99 1
23 Rudy 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Wheeler 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
26 Medley 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
1 Lang 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
71 Burgess 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
94 Guthrie 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
40 Buckley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Corbett 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Dunn 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Barnes 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Bertsch 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 0 1 0.5 0 0 0
76 Sawyer 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
64 Powell 0 0 0 0 7 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 3 0
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 3 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 3 0
40 Buckley 0 0 0 0 1 0
73 Charles 0 0 0 0 1 0
48 Roberson 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Raphael 1 0 0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 0 1 0 0 0 0
47 Bertsch 0 0 1 0 0 0

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WEEK 10 IN C-USA
Army 58, Cincinnati 30
South Florida 30, East Carolina 27 (UPSET!!!!!)
TCU 31, Houston 7
Tulane 45, Memphis 23
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 7 1 0 .875 305 162 4 1 0 .800 189 101 Lost 1
Army 4 3 0 .571 268 256 4 1 0 .800 220 169 Won 4
Tulane 6 2 0 .750 222 151 3 2 0 .600 137 112 Won 2
Houston 4 3 0 .571 114 167 3 2 0 .600 88 121 Lost 1
Southern Miss 4 4 0 .500 155 147 3 2 0 .600 104 92 Lost 1
South Florida 4 4 0 .500 208 173 3 2 0 .600 118 98 Won 2
Cincinnati 3 5 0 .375 201 256 3 3 0 .500 166 183 Lost 3
**UAB 3 5 0 .375 187 247 2 4 0 .333 119 205 Won 1
TCU 2 5 0 .285 151 157 1 3 0 .250 85 81 Won 1
Louisville 3 5 0 .375 208 198 1 4 0 .200 107 148 Lost 2
Memphis 1 7 0 .125 237 324 1 4 0 .200 160 183 Lost 5 We're officially out of the conference title hunt. The best we could do is tie with East Carolina and Army, and we lost to both of them.

PRINGLES COACHES TOP 25
The College Years
Voter Polls

School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 8-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 2
Georgia 7-0 SEC 2 2 2.00 1
Michigan 9-0 B10 3 3 3.00 3
Texas 9-0 B12 4 4 4.00 4
USC 7-1 PAC 5 6 5.50 10
Colorado 8-0 B12 6 5 5.50 6
Nebraska 7-1 B12 7 7 7.00 8
Florida 6-1 SEC 8 9 8.50 13
Florida State 8-0 ACC 9 10 9.50 5
Arizona State 8-0 PAC 10 8 9.00 7
Penn State 7-1 B10 11 11 11.00 9
Boston College 7-1 BET 12 12 12.00 12
LSU 6-2 SEC 13 13 13.00 11
West Virginia 6-1 BET 14 17 15.50 15
Syracuse 7-1 BET 15 16 15.50 14
UCLA 7-2 PAC 16 14 15.00 20
Oklahoma 5-3 B12 17 15 16.00 23
Fresno State 7-1 WAC 18 20 19.00 19
Miami (OH) 7-1 MAC 19 24 21.50 24
California 6-2 PAC 20 19 19.50 17
Michigan State 6-2 B10 21 25 23.00 18
Wisconsin 6-2 B10 22 26 24.00 21
Virginia Tech 6-2 ACC 23 18 20.50 22
Ohio State 5-3 B10 24 28 26.00 26
East Carolina 7-1 USA 25 27 26.00 16
East Carolina pays for that loss to South Florida.

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INJURIES:
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Harms, Howie 98 DE Jr* Doubtful Torn Thumb Ligame 9 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Out Torn Knee Ligamen 11 Weeks
Osburn, Jim 61 T So* Out Severe Hamstring 12 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Out Separated Shoulde 7 Weeks
Raphael, Charles 11 QB So* Doubtful Pulled Groin 4 Weeks
Downs, Colin 66 T So* Probable Bruised Ribcage 2 Weeks
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr Out Broken Foot 6 Weeks
Roosenraad, Kurt 58 OLB So* Out Broken Arm 8 Weeks
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr Out Broken Arm 5 Weeks

RECRUITING
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Castillo, Alvin RB GA 278 136 88
McLemore, Kim QB AL 298 196 89
Reyes, Phillip WR AL 247 40 88
Owens, Blaine CB AL 236 7 97
Pirtle, Dominic G KY 343 278 92
Riffle, Les DE GA 284 152 93
Ponder, Devin DT GA 314 209 92
Blake, Edward S AL 294 182 93
**Rutherford, Derrick OLB AL 234 0 77
Clark, Tom TE AL 254 64 89
$$Franz, J.T. ILB AL 255 65 84

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Castillo, Alvin 85+ 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
McLemore, Kim 80+ 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
Reyes, Phillip 65-- 2 3 Acad/Dist Committed *
Owens, Blaine 65++ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
Pirtle, Dominic 65+ 2 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
Riffle, Les 64- 2 2 Prest/Dist Committed *
Ponder, Devin 63- 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
Blake, Edward 63- 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
**Rutherford, Derrick 61- 3 2 Dist/Acad Committed *
Clark, Tom 55+ 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
$$Franz, J.T. 31+ 0 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
NEW: Franz.

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WEEK 11
UAB (3-6) 25
North Texas (5-3) 27
Box Score: UAB at North Texas
Denton, TX.

Week 11, 2007

Attendance: 21,700 (30,500).


Weather: 80 degrees, fair.

1Q: 12:05 NTEX - O.J. Maness 28 field goal.
1Q: 07:47 NTEX - Eric Unger 18 pass from Byron Landrum.
1Q: 07:47 NTEX - O.J. Maness extra point.
1Q: 03:35 UABB - Arnold Dunn 16 pass from Charles Raphael.
1Q: 03:35 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point failed.
2Q: 07:43 NTEX - Eric Unger 38 pass from Byron Landrum.
2Q: 07:43 NTEX - O.J. Maness extra point.
3Q: 11:28 UABB - Juan Koehler 3 pass from Charles Raphael.
3Q: 11:28 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
3Q: 06:25 NTEX - Eric Unger 8 pass from Byron Landrum.
3Q: 06:25 NTEX - O.J. Maness extra point.
4Q: 08:27 UABB - Juan Koehler 8 run.
4Q: 08:27 UABB - Juan Koehler run for conversion failed.
4Q: 06:36 NTEX - O.J. Maness 30 field goal.
4Q: 00:00 UABB - Bill Buckley 1 pass from Charles Raphael.
4Q: 00:00 UABB - Juan Koehler run for conversion failed.

Game MVP: NTEX 5 Byron Landrum

UAB 6 0 7 12 - 25
North Texas 10 7 7 3 - 27

Team Statistics UABB NTEX

First Downs 28 21

Total Rushes 36 33
Net Rushing Yards 222 180
Yards Per Carry 6.1 5.4
Rushing Yards 237 206
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-3 6-9
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-12 3-17

Pass Attempts 38 27
Completions 13 18
Passing Yards 158 254
Yards Per Attempt 4.1 9.4
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0

Total Plays 74 60
Total Yards 380 434
Yards Per Play 5.1 7.2

3rd Down Plays 6/16 3/11

Penalties 4 6
Penalty Yards 25 77

Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 30:24 29:36
Damn, what a way to lose. At least we rushed all over their ass, Koehler had a good game, and Raphael still hasn't thrown a pick since I reinstated him as the starter.

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 22 170 7.7 46 1 2 0
39 Razo 9 59 6.5 25 0 2 0
11 Raphael 5 -7 -1.4 3 0 0 2

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Raphael 38 13 158 4.1 32 3 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Dunn 5 69 13.8 34 17 1
39 Razo 4 45 11.2 5 27 0
8 Naquin 2 40 20.0 15 32 0
40 Buckley 1 1 1.0 10 1 1
44 Koehler 1 3 3.0 3 3 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 4 11 2.7 0

The College Years
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 4 122 30.5 0
22 Marsh 1 7 7.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 7 236 33.7 46 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 0 0 0 1 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 10 5 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 6 3 0.5 0 0 0
91 Welch 6 0 0.5 0 0 0
48 Roberson 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Sawyer 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
23 Rudy 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
49 May 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 2 1 1.0 0 0 0
94 Guthrie 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
47 Bertsch 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Sims 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
64 Powell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Harper 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tanner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Lerner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Wheeler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 3 1
77 Harper 0 0 0 0 2 1
64 Powell 0 0 0 0 4 0
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 3 0
40 Buckley 0 0 0 0 1 0
91 Welch 0 1 0 0 0 0
47 Bertsch 0 1 0 0 0 0

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WEEK 11 IN C-USA
TCU 34, Army 10 (are the Horned Frogs back? They're looking good.)
Cincinnati 26, Southern Miss 6
East Carolina 22, Houston 17
Louisville 51, Memphis 21 (we must have pissed the Cards off)
Tulane 38, South Florida 0 (The Green Wave are the hottest team in C-USA right now)
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 8 1 0 .888 327 179 5 1 0 .833 211 118 Won 1
Tulane 7 2 0 .777 260 151 4 2 0 .666 175 112 Won 3
Army 4 4 0 .500 278 290 4 2 0 .666 230 203 Lost 1
Cincinnati 4 5 0 .444 227 262 4 3 0 .571 192 189 Won 1
Houston 4 4 0 .500 131 189 3 3 0 .500 105 143 Lost 2
Southern Miss 4 5 0 .444 161 173 3 3 0 .500 110 118 Lost 2
South Florida 4 5 0 .444 208 211 3 3 0 .500 118 136 Lost 1
TCU 3 5 0 .375 185 167 2 3 0 .400 119 91 Won 2
**UAB 3 6 0 .333 212 274 2 4 0 .333 119 205 Lost 1
Louisville 4 5 0 .444 259 219 2 4 0 .333 158 169 Won 1
Memphis 1 8 0 .111 258 375 1 5 0 .166 181 234 Lost 6
PRINGLES COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 9-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 2
Georgia 8-0 SEC 2 2 2.00 1
Michigan 9-0 B10 3 3 3.00 3
Colorado 9-0 B12 4 4 4.00 4
Nebraska 8-1 B12 5 5 5.00 5
Florida 7-1 SEC 6 6 6.00 10
Texas 9-1 B12 7 7 7.00 9
Penn State 8-1 B10 8 8 8.00 6
Boston College 8-1 BET 9 9 9.00 7
USC 7-2 PAC 10 10 10.00 15
Florida State 8-1 ACC 11 12 11.50 8
Arizona State 8-1 PAC 12 11 11.50 11
UCLA 8-2 PAC 13 13 13.00 14
Oklahoma 6-3 B12 14 14 14.00 22
Syracuse 7-1 BET 15 18 16.50 12
Fresno State 8-1 WAC 16 17 16.50 19
LSU 6-3 SEC 17 15 16.00 13
Miami (OH) 8-1 MAC 18 21 19.50 21
California 7-2 PAC 19 16 17.50 17
Michigan State 7-2 B10 20 22 21.00 16
Ohio State 6-3 B10 21 24 22.50 20
East Carolina 8-1 USA 22 26 24.00 18
Bowling Green 7-2 MAC 23 19 21.00 26
Virginia Tech 6-2 ACC 24 20 22.00 24
West Virginia 6-2 BET 25 31 28.00 28

INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Harms, Howie 98 DE Jr* Questionable Torn Thumb Ligame 8 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Out Torn Knee Ligamen 10 Weeks
Osburn, Jim 61 T So* Out Severe Hamstring 11 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Out Separated Shoulde 6 Weeks
Raphael, Charles 11 QB So* Questionable Pulled Groin 3 Weeks
Downs, Colin 66 T So* Probable Bruised Ribcage 1 Week
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr Out Broken Foot 5 Weeks
Roosenraad, Kurt 58 OLB So* Out Broken Arm 7 Weeks
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr Out Broken Arm 4 Weeks

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Houston (4-5) 14
UAB (4-6) 17

BIRMINGHAM - The running attack could not get off in this game, but QB Charles Raphael had a good day through the air, and CB Byron Costello returned an interception as the Blazers upset the Cougars.

UAB now has won more games this year than each of the previous two seasons, and the Blazers can finish 5-6 with a win over the hated Memphis Tigers next week.

Box Score: Houston at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 12, 2007

Attendance: 20,900 (83,100).


Weather: 63 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:43 UABB - Byron Costello 83 interception return.
1Q: 10:43 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 09:37 HOUS - Calvin Devine 21 pass from Antonio Ross.
2Q: 09:37 HOUS - Chester Muerch extra point.
2Q: 00:50 UABB - Korey Elliott 32 field goal.
3Q: 11:12 UABB - Rodney Naquin 20 pass from Charles Raphael.
3Q: 11:12 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
3Q: 02:33 HOUS - Calvin Devine 5 run.
3Q: 02:33 HOUS - Chester Muerch extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 45 Byron Costello

Houston 0 7 7 0 - 14
UAB 7 3 7 0 - 17

Team Statistics HOUS UABB

First Downs 15 15

Total Rushes 40 44
Net Rushing Yards 203 85
Yards Per Carry 5.0 1.9
Rushing Yards 212 123
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-4 11-24
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-5 2-14

Pass Attempts 17 20
Completions 7 15
Passing Yards 89 152
Yards Per Attempt 5.2 7.6
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0

Total Plays 57 64
Total Yards 292 237
Yards Per Play 5.1 3.7

3rd Down Plays 5/13 9/18

Penalties 6 3
Penalty Yards 54 26

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 28:26 31:34

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 22 58 2.6 14 0 9 0
39 Razo 15 27 1.8 13 0 8 0
11 Raphael 5 -4 -0.8 14 0 2 2
40 Buckley 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
1 Lang 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
11 Raphael 20 15 152 7.6 20 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
40 Buckley 5 36 7.2 3 9 0
39 Razo 5 51 10.2 39 18 0
84 Dunn 4 45 11.2 7 17 0
8 Naquin 1 20 20.0 28 20 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 5 5 1.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 102 34.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 5 162 32.4 43 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 1 1 32 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
45 Costello 6 1 0.0 1 83 1
92 Davila 5 2 1.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 5 9 0.0 0 0 0
The College Years
48 Roberson 5 4 0.0 1 38 0
51 Harvey 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
23 Rudy 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
94 Guthrie 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Wheeler 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Barnes 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
40 Buckley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
22 Marsh 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Sawyer 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
46 Corbett 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Nelson 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
47 Bertsch 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 0 1
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 1 1
64 Powell 0 0 0 0 4 0
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 3 0
77 Harper 0 0 0 0 1 0

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Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Harms, Howie 98 DE Jr* Doubtful Torn Thumb Ligame 8 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Out Torn Knee Ligamen 9 Weeks
Welch, Rod 91 DT So* Out Severe Wrist Spra 5 Weeks
Osburn, Jim 61 T So* Out Severe Hamstring 10 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Out Separated Shoulde 5 Weeks
Raphael, Charles 11 QB So* Questionable Pulled Groin 2 Weeks
Downs, Colin 66 T So* Probable Bruised Ribcage 1 Week
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr Doubtful Broken Foot 4 Weeks
Roosenraad, Kurt 58 OLB So* Out Broken Arm 6 Weeks
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr Doubtful Broken Arm 3 Weeks
NEW: Welch. Great... how many times do I have to beat this drum? We do not need injuries on the D-Line.

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C-USA
Tulane 34, Army 29
East Carolina 33, Memphis 7
South Florida 24, Louisville 20
TCU 34, Southern Miss 14

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 9 1 0 .900 360 186 6 1 0 .857 244 125 Won 2
Tulane 8 2 0 .800 294 180 5 2 0 .714 209 141 Won 4
Army 4 5 0 .444 307 324 4 3 0 .571 259 237 Lost 2
South Florida 5 5 0 .500 232 231 4 3 0 .571 142 156 Won 1
Cincinnati 4 5 0 .444 227 262 4 3 0 .571 192 189 Won 1
TCU 4 5 0 .444 219 181 3 3 0 .500 153 105 Won 3
Houston 4 5 0 .444 145 206 3 4 0 .428 119 160 Lost 3
Southern Miss 4 6 0 .400 175 207 3 4 0 .428 124 152 Lost 3
**UAB 4 6 0 .400 229 288 3 4 0 .428 136 219 Won 1
Louisville 4 6 0 .400 279 243 2 5 0 .285 178 193 Lost 1
Memphis 1 9 0 .100 265 408 1 6 0 .142 188 267 Lost 7
The championship will go to either East Carolina or Tulane. ECU goes on the road to Cincy, while Tulane hosts So. Miss.

PRINGLES COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 10-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 2
Georgia 9-0 SEC 2 2 2.00 1
Colorado 10-0 B12 3 3 3.00 3
Michigan 9-1 B10 4 4 4.00 4
Texas 9-1 B12 5 5 5.00 6
Penn State 9-1 B10 6 6 6.00 5
USC 8-2 PAC 7 8 7.50 11
Nebraska 8-2 B12 8 7 7.50 9
Boston College 8-1 BET 9 9 9.00 7
Florida 7-2 SEC 10 11 10.50 15
Florida State 9-1 ACC 11 12 11.50 8
Arizona State 9-1 PAC 12 10 11.00 10
UCLA 8-2 PAC 13 13 13.00 16
Fresno State 9-1 WAC 14 15 14.50 17
Oklahoma 6-3 B12 15 16 15.50 22
Miami (OH) 9-1 MAC 16 20 18.00 20
California 8-2 PAC 17 14 15.50 13
Michigan State 8-2 B10 18 21 19.50 12
Ohio State 7-3 B10 19 22 20.50 19
LSU 6-3 SEC 20 17 18.50 18
East Carolina 9-1 USA 21 23 22.00 14
Virginia Tech 7-2 ACC 22 18 20.00 24
West Virginia 7-2 BET 23 25 24.00 23
Bowling Green 7-2 MAC 24 19 21.50 28
Syracuse 7-2 BET 25 27 26.00 21
ECU is at #21.

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We signed our final scholarship recruit of 2007: T Kendrick Evans of Blountsville, AL. Listed below are our 12 scholarship players:
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Castillo, Alvin RB GA 278 136 88
McLemore, Kim QB AL 298 196 89
Reyes, Phillip WR AL 247 40 88
Owens, Blaine CB AL 236 7 97
Pirtle, Dominic G KY 343 278 92
Riffle, Les DE GA 284 152 93
Ponder, Devin DT GA 314 209 92
Blake, Edward S AL 294 182 93
**Rutherford, Derrick OLB AL 234 0 77
Evans, Kendrick T AL 247 40 88
Clark, Tom TE AL 254 64 89
$$Franz, J.T. ILB AL 255 65 84

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Castillo, Alvin 85+ 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
McLemore, Kim 80+ 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
Reyes, Phillip 65-- 2 3 Acad/Dist Committed *
Owens, Blaine 65++ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
Pirtle, Dominic 65+ 2 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
Riffle, Les 64- 2 2 Prest/Dist Committed *
Ponder, Devin 63- 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
Blake, Edward 63- 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
**Rutherford, Derrick 61- 3 2 Dist/Acad Committed *
Evans, Kendrick 58- 3 3 Acad*/Dist Committed *
Clark, Tom 55+ 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
$$Franz, J.T. 31+ 0 3 Dist/Acad Committed * 2009 looks pretty good now, especially on the offensive side of the ball. Hell, I just might start McLemore next year. We need a running QB with his skills.

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Memphis 44, UAB 21

MEMPHIS - This is not how the Blazers (4-7) wanted to end the season. The Tigers' (2-9) run and shoot, combined with 7 UAB penalties, helped the Blazers go down here. Despite that, Koehler had another solid performance.

Box Score: UAB at Memphis
Memphis, TN.

Week 13, 2007

Attendance: 35,000 (62,400).


Weather: 44 degrees, fair.

1Q: 09:15 MEMP - Graham Howe 6 pass from Ricardo Hartland.
1Q: 09:15 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
1Q: 06:25 UABB - Korey Elliott 23 field goal.
2Q: 08:08 UABB - Korey Elliott 39 field goal.
2Q: 05:25 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams 31 field goal.
2Q: 01:37 UABB - Arnold Dunn 12 pass from Vernon Parker.
2Q: 01:37 UABB - Korey Elliott extra point.
2Q: 00:23 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams 36 field goal.
3Q: 13:26 MEMP - Charlie Durham 27 pass from Ricardo Hartland.
3Q: 13:26 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
3Q: 09:32 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams 25 field goal.
3Q: 06:39 MEMP - Louie Booker 24 run.
3Q: 06:39 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
4Q: 11:57 MEMP - Stephen Lane 7 run.
4Q: 11:57 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
4Q: 08:15 MEMP - Lincoln Joseph 7 pass from Ricardo Hartland.
4Q: 08:15 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
4Q: 08:09 UABB - Bart Roberson 91 kickoff return.
4Q: 08:09 UABB - Vernon Parker pass to Mercury Razo for conversion

Game MVP: UABB 92 Michael Davila

UAB 3 10 0 8 - 21
Memphis 7 6 17 14 - 44

Team Statistics UABB MEMP

First Downs 15 30

Total Rushes 34 37
Net Rushing Yards 109 171
Yards Per Carry 3.2 4.6
Rushing Yards 140 216
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-11 7-14
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-20 5-31

Pass Attempts 27 39
Completions 12 22
Passing Yards 187 411
Yards Per Attempt 6.9 10.5
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 61 76
Total Yards 296 582
Yards Per Play 4.8 7.6

3rd Down Plays 4/14 5/14

Penalties 7 0
Penalty Yards 55 0

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 37
Time Of Possession 28:21 31:39

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 19 110 5.7 32 0 3 0
39 Razo 9 12 1.3 4 0 3 0
19 Parker 6 -13 -2.1 8 0 1 3

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
19 Parker 24 11 170 7.0 43 1 0
11 Raphael 3 1 17 5.6 17 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
44 Koehler 3 57 19.0 17 43 0
84 Dunn 3 37 12.3 23 18 1
8 Naquin 2 57 28.5 12 41 0
40 Buckley 2 11 5.5 10 8 0
39 Razo 2 25 12.5 3 17 0
The College Years

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 143 47.6 1
22 Marsh 1 14 14.0 0
45 Costello 1 24 24.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 5 156 31.2 36 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
10 Elliott 2 4 39 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
92 Davila 14 0 4.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 11 7 0.0 0 0 0
23 Rudy 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Wheeler 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 2 1 1.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
49 May 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Guthrie 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Harvey 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
22 Marsh 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
5 Muterspaugh 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Ashraf 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
66 Downs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Barnes 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Bertsch 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
59 Sims 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Nelson 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 1
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 3 1
56 Peachey 0 0 1 0 1 1
40 Buckley 0 0 0 0 2 0
64 Powell 0 0 0 0 2 0
68 Cox 0 0 0 0 1 0
39 Razo 0 1 0 0 0 0

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C-USA
Houston 38, Army 14
Cincinnati 42, East Carolina 10 (Upset!)
TCU 17, Louisville 13
Tulane 40, So. Miss 7

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 9 2 0 .818 370 228 6 2 0 .750 254 167 Lost 1
Tulane 9 2 0 .818 334 187 6 2 0 .750 249 148 Won 5
Cincinnati 5 5 0 .500 269 272 5 3 0 .625 234 199 Won 2
TCU 5 5 0 .500 236 194 4 3 0 .571 170 118 Won 4
South Florida 5 5 0 .500 232 231 4 3 0 .571 142 156 Won 1
Houston 5 5 0 .500 183 220 4 4 0 .500 157 174 Won 1
Army 4 6 0 .400 321 362 4 4 0 .500 273 275 Lost 3
Southern Miss 4 7 0 .363 182 247 3 5 0 .375 131 192 Lost 4
**UAB 4 7 0 .363 250 332 3 5 0 .375 157 263 Lost 1
Louisville 4 7 0 .363 292 260 2 6 0 .250 191 210 Lost 2
Memphis 2 9 0 .181 309 429 2 6 0 .250 232 288 Won 1
ECU is officially the champion, due to its win over Tulane. Look how weak C-USA was this year. TCU had a nice streak to salvage a bad season. A win next game would give them another winning season.

PRINGLES COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 11-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 1
Colorado 11-0 B12 2 2 2.00 4
Michigan 10-1 B10 3 4 3.50 3
Georgia 9-1 SEC 4 3 3.50 2
Texas 10-1 B12 5 5 5.00 6
USC 9-2 PAC 6 7 6.50 11
Boston College 9-1 BET 7 8 7.50 7
Nebraska 9-2 B12 8 6 7.00 10
Florida 8-2 SEC 9 9 9.00 12
Florida State 9-1 ACC 10 11 10.50 5
Arizona State 9-1 PAC 11 10 10.50 14
Penn State 9-2 B10 12 12 12.00 8
Fresno State 10-1 WAC 13 14 13.50 16
California 9-2 PAC 14 13 13.50 9
Miami (OH) 9-1 MAC 15 18 16.50 18
Michigan State 9-2 B10 16 17 16.50 13
LSU 7-3 SEC 17 15 16.00 15
Virginia Tech 8-2 ACC 18 16 17.00 20
West Virginia 8-2 BET 19 21 20.00 17
Syracuse 8-2 BET 20 22 21.00 19
UCLA 8-3 PAC 21 19 20.00 23
Oklahoma 6-4 B12 22 23 22.50 29
Texas A&M 8-3 B12 23 20 21.50 22
Ohio State 7-4 B10 24 25 24.50 21
East Carolina 9-2 USA 25 27 26.00 24

INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Harms, Howie 98 DE Jr* Questionable Torn Thumb Ligame 7 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB So Out Torn Knee Ligamen 8 Weeks
Welch, Rod 91 DT So* Doubtful Severe Wrist Spra 4 Weeks
Osburn, Jim 61 T So* Out Severe Hamstring 9 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE So Questionable Separated Shoulde 4 Weeks
Raphael, Charles 11 QB So* Questionable Pulled Groin 2 Weeks
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Jr Questionable Broken Foot 3 Weeks
Roosenraad, Kurt 58 OLB So* Out Broken Arm 5 Weeks
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Jr Questionable Broken Arm 2 Weeks

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East Carolina (9-2), as the champion of C-USA, went to the Emerald Bowl in Seattle to face the 7-4 Maryland Terrapins. ECU came away with the victory 23-21, becoming the first C-USA team to beat the ACC team in the Emerald Bowl.

Meanwhile, Tulane, at 9-2, went to the new Birmingham Bowl in Alabama, facing the 9-2 West Virginia Mountaineers. The Green Wave lost 31-14.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Miami (FL) won their second straight title, beating Georgia 38-24. Still doesn't beat their 57-48 win over Penn State last year.

FINAL PRINGLES COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 12-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 11-1 B10 2 2 2.00 2
Georgia 11-2 SEC 3 4 3.50 3
Colorado 12-1 B12 4 3 3.50 4
USC 10-2 PAC 5 5 5.00 5
Nebraska 10-2 B12 6 6 6.00 6
Arizona State 11-1 PAC 7 7 7.00 8
Texas 10-2 B12 8 8 8.00 10
Boston College 10-2 BET 9 9 9.00 9
Florida 9-3 SEC 10 10 10.00 13
Florida State 10-2 ACC 11 12 11.50 11
Michigan State 10-2 B10 12 13 12.50 7
Virginia Tech 10-2 ACC 13 11 12.00 14
West Virginia 10-2 BET 14 16 15.00 12
Syracuse 10-2 BET 15 19 17.00 17
Oklahoma 8-4 B12 16 18 17.00 21
Penn State 9-3 B10 17 14 15.50 16
UCLA 9-3 PAC 18 17 17.50 18
Fresno State 10-2 WAC 19 21 20.00 23
Texas A&M 10-3 B12 20 15 17.50 15
California 9-3 PAC 21 20 20.50 20
East Carolina 10-2 USA 22 22 22.00 19
LSU 8-5 SEC 23 23 23.00 24
Miami (OH) 10-3 MAC 24 26 25.00 27
Bowling Green 9-4 MAC 25 24 24.50 25

FINAL C-USA STANDINGS
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
East Carolina 10 2 0 .833 393 249 6 2 0 .750 254 167 Won 1
Tulane 9 3 0 .750 348 218 6 2 0 .750 249 148 Lost 1
South Florida 6 5 0 .545 258 252 5 3 0 .625 168 177 Won 2
Cincinnati 5 6 0 .454 293 310 5 3 0 .625 234 199 Lost 1
TCU 5 6 0 .454 257 220 4 4 0 .500 191 144 Lost 1
Houston 5 6 0 .454 192 237 4 4 0 .500 157 174 Lost 1
Army 5 6 0 .454 348 386 4 4 0 .500 273 275 Won 1
Southern Miss 4 7 0 .363 182 247 3 5 0 .375 131 192 Lost 4
**UAB 4 7 0 .363 250 332 3 5 0 .375 157 263 Lost 1
Louisville 4 7 0 .363 292 260 2 6 0 .250 191 210 Lost 2
Memphis 2 9 0 .181 309 429 2 6 0 .250 232 288 Won 1

FINAL TEAM SUMMARY
2007 Summary for UAB

Record: 4-7
Rank: 97

UAB Team Rank
Rushes 460 24
Rushing Yards 1871 24
Yards Per Carry 4.06 32 (T)
Pass Attempts 261 107 (T)
Completions 125 119
Passing Yards 1570 115
Yards Per Attempt 6.01 104 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 38.7 32 (T)
Points Per Game 22.7 70
Turnovers 14 9 (T)
Turnover Margin +6 27 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 343 4
Rushing Yards 1442 61
Yards Per Carry 4.20 100
Pass Attempts 345 70 (T)
Completions 201 89 (T)
Passing Yards 2700 102
Yards Per Attempt 7.82 103
3rd Down Conversions 37.7 80 (T)
Points Per Game 30.1 104
Turnovers 20 65 (T)

Primary Formation: Wishbone Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 52 at FAIR (84) 21
3 16 LALF (120) 21
5 17 at CINC (79) 45
6 28 ARMY (82) 45
7 33 at TCUU (50) 22
8 14 ECAR (22) 45
9 6 SFLA (55) 31
10 21 at LOUV (67) 17
11 25 at NTEX (35) 27
12 17 HOUS (65) 14
13 21 at MEMP (116) 44

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
11 Raphael QB 173 84 996 5.75 9 6
19 Parker QB 87 41 574 6.59 3 2
Team --- 261 125 1570 6.01 12 8

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
44 Koehler RB 305 1511 4.95 10 62 78
39 Razo RB 85 355 4.17 3 30 35
11 Raphael QB 46 -36 -0.78 0 27 148
Team --- 460 1871 4.06 13 131 314

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
1 Lang WR 54 20 358 17.9 85 3
84 Dunn TE 48 26 383 14.7 91 3
39 Razo RB 40 26 252 9.6 89 1
8 Naquin WR 34 11 212 19.2 89 2
44 Koehler RB 34 13 126 9.6 70 2
40 Buckley FB 29 17 97 5.7 40 1
Team --- 261 125 1570 12.5 476 12

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
34 Springer S 80 36 1.0 13 2 10
92 Davila DE 64 15 13.0 24 0 1
48 Roberson CB 43 22 0.0 1 6 10
23 Rudy S 35 15 0.0 2 2 6
95 McCrory ILB 33 13 0.0 2 2 0
45 Costello CB 32 10 0.0 1 1 6
91 Welch DT 30 8 1.0 10 0 0
93 Wheeler OLB 28 7 2.5 3 1 1
51 Harvey ILB 23 9 2.0 5 0 2
94 Guthrie DE 19 3 1.0 5 0 0
58 Roosenraad OLB 16 4 1.0 3 0 4
76 Sawyer DT 15 5 3.0 6 0 0
29 Caban S 15 7 0.0 3 1 0
26 Medley CB 14 2 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms DE 14 6 3.0 6 0 0
49 May OLB 14 5 0.0 0 0 0
The College Years
37 Durham CB 13 5 1.0 2 0 1
Team --- 579 185 31.0 89 15 41
1511 yards on the year for Juan Koehler... not bad for a freshman.

Looking at the summary, our defense was terrible. We were passed all over, and although we allowed few rushes, we still let them run all over us when we did. No wonder we allowed at least 44 points twice and finished 4-7. We need some defensive talent, seriously.

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NATIONAL ALL-SENIOR TEAM
G Brad Powell

ALL-C-USA FIRST TEAM
RB Juan Koehler (Fr)
G Brad Powell (Sr)
DE Michael Davila (So)

ALL-C-USA SECOND TEAM
TE Arnold Dunn (Fr) (true freshman, that is. He filled in nicely for Dean Snyder this year.)

ALL-C-USA ACADEMIC TEAM
OLB Luther Wheeler
CB Byron Costello
S Brenden Springer

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Player # Pos Elig HT WT High School
Elliott, Korey 10 K Sr 5-10 170 Maplesville, AL - Isabella
Mardeusz, Lamar 12 QB Sr 6-1 203 Merkel, TX - Merkel
Naquin, Rodney 8 WR* Sr 5-11 191 York, PA - Central York
Nelson, Bennie 72 DT Sr 6-4 288 Langhorne, PA - Neshaminy
Parker, Vernon 19 QB Sr 6-1 202 Glenpool, OK - Glenpool
Sawyer, Adam 76 DT Sr 6-3 275 Amory, MS - Hatley
Swift, Luther 80 WR* Sr 6-4 215 Robertsdale, AL - Robertsdale
Buckley, Bill 40 FB Sr 6-0 228 Sugar Land, TX - Stephen F Aus
Corbett, Cole 46 S Sr 6-0 189 Garland, TX - Garland
Cox, Sherman 68 G Sr 6-3 286 Jacksonville, AL - Pleasant Va
Harper, Leland 77 T* Sr 6-3 288 Peoria, IL - Woodruff
Harvey, Richie 51 ILB Sr 6-0 216 Birmingham, AL - Ensley Magnet
McElroy, Marco 33 S Sr 6-1 194 Semmes, AL - Mary G Montgomery
Medley, Lincoln 26 CB Sr 6-0 183 Bandera, TX - Bandera
Powell, Brad 64 G Sr 6-4 287 Lexington, AL - Lexington
Rudy, Billy 23 S Sr 6-1 184 Brownsville, TX - Porter
Webster, Korey 53 C Sr 6-2 280 Channelview, TX - Channelview
We're not losing too much here, except on the D-line and kicker. Thanks for your service, guys. Good luck in the future.

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Now for the class of 2007:
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Castillo, Alvin RB GA 278 136 87
McLemore, Kim QB AL 298 196 88
Owens, Blaine CB AL 236 7 97
Reyes, Phillip WR AL 247 40 86
Pirtle, Dominic G KY 343 278 91
Riffle, Les DE GA 284 152 92
Blake, Edward S AL 294 182 92
Ponder, Devin DT GA 314 209 87
**Rutherford, Derrick OLB AL 234 0 75
Evans, Kendrick T AL 247 40 85
Clark, Tom TE AL 254 64 89
$$Franz, J.T. ILB AL 255 65 83
##Harper, Jose K AL 253 59 80

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Castillo, Alvin 85+ 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
McLemore, Kim 80+ 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
Owens, Blaine 65++ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
Reyes, Phillip 65-- 2 3 Acad/Dist Committed *
Pirtle, Dominic 65+ 2 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
Riffle, Les 64- 2 2 Prest/Dist Committed *
Blake, Edward 63- 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
Ponder, Devin 63- 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
**Rutherford, Derrick 61- 3 2 Dist/Acad Committed *
Evans, Kendrick 58- 3 3 Acad*/Dist Committed *
Clark, Tom 55+ 2 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
$$Franz, J.T. 31+ 0 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
##Harper, Jose 23++ 0 2 Acad*/Dist Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.

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The UAB saga continues with the 2008 season!

UAB 2008 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?p=1276111#post1276111)