A UAB Dynasty 2009 (TCY)

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After winning their first conference title, the Blazers are back and looking for more.

Previous seasons:
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)
UAB 2007 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=52526)
UAB 2008 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=53468)

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Quick History of the B.B. Gunn era:
Year Team Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV Tick Don Score
2008 UAB 7-5 Yes 58 65 55 90 65 21 65 58
2007 UAB 4-7 No 101 67 56 90 0 2 54 47
2006 UAB 2-9 No 115 2 66 89 51 5 33 33
2005 UAB 3-8 No 107 0 64 87 0 7 0 20
2004 UAB 7-4 No 59 65 49 90 40 11 61 52

Post - Post-Season Appearance, Perf - Team Performance Score, Acad - Academic
Performance Score, Recr - Recruiting Score, TV - Television Revenue Score,
Tick - Ticket Revenue Score, Don - Alumni Donations Score

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WR LANG LEAVES UAB

WR Matt Lang suffered a degenerative hip condition and has to leave the UAB Blazer program before his eligibility is up. It's unfortunate for the guy. But in football terms, the loss only hurts our depth at WR. Ben Patton has established himself as the guy to go to when we pass (him and TE Dean Snyder).

THE BEAVERS WANT ME

Oregon State, for the second straight year, is trying to get me to go out west. But I'm not moving yet, at least not until the Koehler/McLemore era is over.

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Unfortunately, there weren't many good replacement candidates out there that were willing to come to UAB, so we're stuck with our defensive coordinator for another year. He should consider this a second chance.

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Let's break down the rosters.
McLemore, Kim 10 QB So 32 73
Weaver, Seth 14 QB Jr* 24 66
Raphael, Charles 11 QB Sr* 19 45
Cox, Deron 18 QB Sr 17 17
Hurnblad, Dixon 19 QB Fr 12 85
McLemore will return as starter, while Weaver will remain the backup. Hurnblad will redshirt, but he'll be good in the future.

Castillo, Alvin 33 RB So* 64 80
Koehler, Juan 44 RB Sr* 56 90
Razo, Mercury 39 RB Sr* 49 61
Kemp, Cole 28 RB Jr* 23 70
Barrows, Tyrell 36 FB Jr* 49 49
Fox, Edgar 31 FB* Sr* 9 18
Koehler will still be our number one RB. However, it is possible that he gets less carries this year, as Alvin Castillo is a real threat. We're going to utilize both our starting tailbacks a lot. In any case, the Thunder and Lightning era is over. It'll be the Castillo and Lightning era from now on.

Barrows at FB is a no-brainer. We'll definitely be recruiting a FB this year.

Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr 70 100
Clark, Tom 83 TE So* 42 43
Cook, Al 89 TE Fr 22 70
Dunn, Arnold 84 TE Jr 18 42
Harrison, Earnest 88 TE* Sr 13 13
Patton, Ben 6 WR Jr* 30 66
Reyes, Phillip 85 WR So 24 52
Cofield, Phillip 87 WR Sr 16 32
Shelton, Matt 9 WR* Sr* 5 5
Snyder returns at TE (hopefully without injury), while Patton will be the starter at WR.

So far, so good on offense. :)

Peachey, Dale 56 C Sr 57 67
Henson, Donovan 57 C Jr* 23 71
Carlisle, Ty 69 G Sr* 34 74
Lerner, Everett 70 G Sr 26 42
Bullock, Trevor 75 G Jr* 21 29
Hutton, Derrick 65 G Fr 21 84
Pirtle, Dominic 63 G So* 17 58
Perlman, Jackie 78 G Sr* 16 38
Pietraszak, Grant 74 T Jr* 56 72
Downs, Colin 66 T Sr* 43 56
Osburn, Jim 61 T Sr* 17 18
Westbrook, Bryce 73 T Fr 17 72
Evans, Kendrick 68 T So* 12 40
Coates, Marlon 67 T Sr 10 10
At C, Peachey returns for his last year here. At G, it'll be Carlisle on the left and true freshman Hutton on the right. This will be the weaker part of the O-line at first, but look for these two guys to improve a lot. At T, it'll be Pietraszak on the left and Downs on the right.

Harper, Eddie 17 P Sr 44 44
Finley, Bernard 2 P Jr* 33 64
Douglas, Allen 13 P* Fr 10 10
Garrison, Jake 4 K Sr* 33 86
Harper, Jose 15 K* So 4 48
Windsor, Van 7 K* So* 0 20
Harper will be the new punter and Garrison will keep his job at kicker.

The offense looks improved! Of course, I'm sticking with the Wishbone. I'm beginning to think we can succeed with that formation here.

Now for the defense (which will be in a 4-3 formation again):
Davila, Michael 92 DE Sr 49 54
Riffle, Les 76 DE So 37 67
Harms, Howie 98 DE Sr 31 32
Brady, Ralph 97 DE Fr 22 55
Ornelas, Broderick 90 DE Jr* 16 30
Norton, Jeremy 50 DE* Jr 6 6
Welch, Rod 91 DT Sr* 43 78
Ponder, Devin 72 DT So* 28 77
Desmond, Deron 60 DT Jr* 20 32
Stowe, Dominic 99 DT Sr 17 26
Kindred, Rico 96 DT Fr 16 89
Salvatori, Brady 79 DT Jr* 15 52
Riffle and Davila will be the starting DEs, while at DT it'll be Welch and new starter Devin Ponder.

Guthrie, Lincoln 53 ILB Sr* 18 40
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Sr 15 47
Franz, J.T. 40 ILB So 14 18
Cohen, Leo 52 ILB Fr 12 45
Bertsch, Derrick 47 ILB* Jr 8 23
Barnes, Bubba 41 ILB* Jr 5 5
Schroeder, Leon 55 OLB Jr* 48 80
Roosenraad, Kurt 58 OLB Sr* 38 38
Stubbs, Al 54 OLB Jr* 32 50
Palma, Vinny 93 OLB Fr 18 76
Rutherford, Derrick 51 OLB So* 13 63
May, Darnell 49 OLB* Sr 6 6
Sims, Floyd 59 OLB* Jr* 6 6
It'll be Schroeder and Roosenraad on the outside (Palma will redshirt), while on the inside Guthrie will start over injury-prone McCrory. Cohen was disappointing this spring.

Roberson, Bart 48 CB Sr 76 76
Owens, Blaine 42 CB So 44 83
Costello, Byron 45 CB Sr* 33 41
Durham, Bobby 37 CB Jr 24 29
Smothers, Todd 22 CB Fr 7 49
Halbert, Andrew 25 CB* So 10 25
Gambrell, Emmanuel 38 CB* So 2 2
Springer, Brenden 34 S Sr 61 83
Caban, Warren 29 S Sr* 28 58
Blake, Edward 27 S So* 26 66
Jaster, Don 30 S Fr 25 68
Tavares, Heath 24 S Jr* 21 48
Dole, Jose 35 S Sr 18 42
Schwarzhaupt, Greg 23 S Fr 16 53
Oh, I was right the first time... Roberson returns. It'll be him and Owens at CB. At S, All-Everything Brenden Springer returns, along with Caban.

We still have a hole in the middle of our defense (ILB) - that worries me. Hopefully Guthrie will improve quickly, and hopefully Cohen will add something in 2010.

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NOLAN: Hey, Birmingham! I'm Skip Nolan, along with Bobby Forbes...

FORBES: UAB class of 2004, baby! This is the 2009 Blazer preview show...

NOLAN: Let's look at the schedule...
2009 UAB Schedule

Rival: Memphis
Stadium Capacity: 83,100
Season Tickets Sold: 29,000

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 FAIRBANKS
4 at (12) Ohio State
5 ARKANSAS STATE
$$6 at (46) Louisville
$$7 (34) TULANE
$$8 ARMY
$$9 at South Florida
$$10 EAST CAROLINA
$$11 at (36) TCU
$$12 at Houston
$$13 MEMPHIS

Home Games in ALL CAPS
$$-Conference Games, ##-League Championship Games, **-Post-Season Games
NOLAN: First, the non-conference games. Fairbanks comes back to Alabama for the 2nd straight year. UAB should be much improved from that debacle against them last year.

FORBES: Hopefully.

NOLAN: The Arkansas State match should be a win as well, but of course, there's the Buckeyes...

FORBES: As much as I would love to see an upset there, it ain't happening... not in Columbus. This OSU team is stacked.

NOLAN: Now for the C-USA slate... the Blazers play all the heavyweights: Louisville, TCU, Tulane and East Carolina.

FORBES: They beat Tulane and ECU last year, but not Louisville, and they didn't play TCU. I'd say they lose 2 of those.

NOLAN: I agree. As for the rest, they should be able to beat Army and Houston. USF gives the Blazers trouble sometimes...

FORBES: They should be able to beat the Bulls again... that team is down. And for Memphis, that game is always tough, but the Blazers should come out on top as well.

NOLAN: So we're looking at an 8-3 year, 6-2 in conference. Will that be good enough for the conference title?

FORBES: Depends on how well Louisville, TCU and/or Tulane do.

NOLAN: Let's look at the coaches predictions for C-USA:
Tulane 0-0 USA 34 44 39.00 37
TCU 0-0 USA 36 31 33.50 34
Louisville 0-0 USA 46 73 59.50 52
East Carolina 0-0 USA 54 75 64.50 61
**UAB 0-0 USA 65 82 73.50 68
South Florida 0-0 USA 78 80 79.00 78
Houston 0-0 USA 84 104 94.00 90
Memphis 0-0 USA 98 93 95.50 98
Southern Miss 0-0 USA 104 99 101.50 105
Cincinnati 0-0 USA 108 84 96.00 104
Army 0-0 USA 118 112 115.00 119
NOLAN: UAB is 5th... wow, no respect, even though, talentwise, UAB is at least as good as last year.

FORBES: I can see putting us behind Louisville and TCU. And Tulane will be good. But still... at least 3rd.

NOLAN: I think coaches believe that the close games will start to go against the Blazers this year.

FORBES: Let's hope not... let's hope for a good year...

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WEEK 1
No game for UAB this week.

C-USA
Southern Miss 28, N.C. State 24
Texas Tech 20, South Florida 17
Tulane 14, Temple 3
TCU 40, Sitka 17

RECRUITING
Same rules apply:
*Due to our conference championship last year, our recruiting radius has been extended to 500 miles. This takes us into Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, and deep into Florida.
*A winning season brings us an additional 50 mi. A conference title: +100 miles. An unlikely national title: +200 mi.
*Only those players with over a 1000 SAT score are recruited.

This year, we're going after these positions: RB, FB, WR, C, G, T, DT, ILB, CB, S, K (walk-on).

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WEEK 2 PREVIEW:
Fairbanks (0-1) at UAB (0-0)(-4)

[JeffW]

THE BEAVERS WANT ME

Oregon State, for the second straight year, is trying to get me to go out west. But I'm not moving yet, at least not until the Koehler/McLemore era is over.

If my vote counts, I vote that you just stick with the Blazers and lead them to a National Title. :D

[JeffW]

We still have a hole in the middle of our defense (ILB) - that worries me. Hopefully Guthrie will improve quickly, and hopefully Cohen will add something in 2010.

Convert an OLB to ILB?

I like the way your team is looking. Biggest needs look like FB, ILB and CB. I have noticed that some of your senior players look underdeveloped, might want to look for players with better Athletic Prep if you can.

-Jeff

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If my vote counts, I vote that you just stick with the Blazers and lead them to a National Title. :D

Yep, your vote certainly does. If I can win a national title with UAB, that would be awesome.

Convert an OLB to ILB?

I like the way your team is looking. Biggest needs look like FB, ILB and CB. I have noticed that some of your senior players look underdeveloped, might want to look for players with better Athletic Prep if you can.

-Jeff
Thanks for the advice. You're right - I've certainly neglected Athletic Prep... I'll be paying closer attention to that from now on.

And I've been thinking about taking true freshman Vinny Palma and moving him to ILB and removing his redshirt. We have plenty of good prospective OLBs in this year's recruiting ranks, but no ILBs (like usual). Anyway, I'll have to do that after the first game (already simmed).

[MizzouRah]

I'm still following along!! Go UAB!!

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UAB 31, Fairbanks 0

BIRMINGHAM - A UAB-record 44,000 fans showed up at Legion Field to see what could be called "The Kim McLemore Show." The sophomore QB became the first Blazer QB to rush for 100 yards (he had 109 total), and he also threw for 279 yards, breaking the previous passing record set by himself, as UAB (1-0) slaughtered Fairbanks (0-2).

"Everything just clicked for me today," McLemore said after the game.

WR Ben Patton had 3 catches for 91 yards. However, the lone TD pass of the game went to RB Juan Koehler, who had a miserable day, by his standards. He had only 3 carries and 24 yards rushing, both career lows. Meanwhile, UAB's much-hyped freshman RB, Alvin Castillo, had only 3 yards on 3 carries.

This begs the question, did McLemore carry the ball himself so much because he was on his game, or because Koehler and Castillo were very much off of theirs? Some are wondering if there's something wrong with Koehler, who usually shines against weak teams like Fairbanks.

Despite the McLemore display, it would be unfair to say that he won the game singlehandedly. UAB's oft-criticized defense answered cynics by shutting out a team for the first time under the B.B. Gunn era.

Box Score: Fairbanks at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 2, 2009

Attendance: 44,000 (83,100).


Weather: 79 degrees, fair.

1Q: 12:56 UABB - Kim McLemore 53 run.
1Q: 12:56 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
1Q: 00:57 UABB - Tyrell Barrows 3 run.
1Q: 00:57 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 07:24 UABB - Juan Koehler 5 run.
3Q: 07:24 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 04:13 UABB - Juan Koehler 36 pass from Kim McLemore.
3Q: 04:13 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 08:55 UABB - Jake Garrison 24 field goal.

Game MVP: UABB 10 Kim McLemore

Fairbanks 0 0 0 0 - 0
UAB 14 0 14 3 - 31

Team Statistics FAIR UABB

First Downs 11 21

Total Rushes 31 40
Net Rushing Yards 50 204
Yards Per Carry 1.6 5.1
Rushing Yards 78 214
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-14 5-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-14 0-0

Pass Attempts 27 24
Completions 12 13
Passing Yards 189 279
Yards Per Attempt 7.0 11.6
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0

Total Plays 58 64
Total Yards 239 483
Yards Per Play 4.1 7.5

3rd Down Plays 5/16 3/13

Penalties 3 6
Penalty Yards 14 60

Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 29:37 30:23

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
10 McLemore 21 109 5.1 53 1 4 0
36 Barrows 9 39 4.3 11 1 2 0
44 Koehler 3 24 8.0 14 1 0 0
33 Castillo 3 3 1.0 2 0 1 0
31 Fox 2 8 4.0 9 0 1 0
39 Razo 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0
6 Patton 1 19 19.0 19 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 24 13 279 11.6 45 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
33 Castillo 4 72 18.0 4 42 0
86 Snyder 3 62 20.6 2 32 0
6 Patton 3 91 30.3 6 45 0
44 Koehler 1 36 36.0 28 36 1
36 Barrows 1 1 1.0 2 1 0
85 Reyes 1 17 17.0 2 17 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 6 70 11.6 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 8 276 34.5 43 3
The College Years

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 1 24 4 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
45 Costello 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 5 0 1.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 3 3 0.0 1 0 0
42 Owens 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Ponder 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Blake 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Halbert 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Lerner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Stowe 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Cofield 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
6 Patton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
57 Henson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
68 Evans 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 3 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 3 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 2 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 2 0
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 2 0
48 Roberson 0 0 1 0 0 0
86 Snyder 0 0 0 0 1 0
58 Roosenraad 0 1 0 0 0 0
45 Costello 0 1 0 0 0 0

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C-USA - WEEK 2
N.C. State 23, Tulane 20
Nebraska 34, Memphis 7
Cincinnati 21, Kentucky 14
Alabama 21, Southern Miss 16
Bowling Green 40, East Carolina 31

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 1-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 8
Miami (FL) 2-0 ACC 2 2 2.00 1
Michigan 1-0 B10 3 3 3.00 9
Florida 1-0 SEC 4 4 4.00 19
USC 1-0 PAC 5 5 5.00 14
Nebraska 1-0 B12 6 6 6.00 11
Penn State 2-0 B10 7 7 7.00 3
Colorado 1-0 B12 8 8 8.00 4
UCLA 1-0 PAC 9 9 9.00 6
Oklahoma 1-0 B12 10 10 10.00 15
Ohio State 1-0 B10 11 12 11.50 5
Florida State 1-0 ACC 12 15 13.50 13
California 1-0 PAC 13 14 13.50 20
Texas 2-0 B12 14 11 12.50 2
Syracuse 1-0 BET 15 25 20.00 25
Notre Dame 1-0 IND 16 17 16.50 7
Virginia 1-0 ACC 17 16 16.50 30
Texas A&M 1-0 B12 18 13 15.50 12
Wisconsin 1-0 B10 19 22 20.50 21
Bowling Green 1-0 MAC 20 18 19.00 34
West Virginia 2-0 BET 21 28 24.50 17
Maryland 1-0 ACC 22 21 21.50 18
Iowa 1-0 B10 23 26 24.50 24
TCU 1-0 USA 24 23 23.50 29
Marshall 1-0 MAC 25 24 24.50 39
TCU is in at #24. Meanwhile, UAB actually received a few votes. It's too bad we have to play #11 Ohio State next.

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WEEK 3 - PREVIEW
No game for UAB in week 3. An extra week to prepare for the Buckeyes. :)

UAB INJURIES
None whatsoever!

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C-USA - WEEK 3
East Carolina 42, Wake Forest 28
Purdue 34, Southern Miss 13
Louisville 42, Texas Tech 24
Arizona State 40, Memphis 24
Fresno State 43, Houston 21

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 1 0 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
TCU 1 0 0 1.000 40 17 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 21 14 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Louisville 1 0 0 1.000 42 24 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
East Carolina 1 1 0 .500 73 68 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Tulane 1 1 0 .500 34 26 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Southern Miss 1 2 0 .333 57 79 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Army 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
South Florida 0 1 0 .000 17 20 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Houston 0 1 0 .000 21 43 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Memphis 0 2 0 .000 31 74 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 4

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 2-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 14
Miami (FL) 2-0 ACC 2 2 2.00 9
Florida 2-0 SEC 3 3 3.00 4
USC 2-0 PAC 4 4 4.00 11
Penn State 3-0 B10 5 5 5.00 1
UCLA 2-0 PAC 6 7 6.50 5
Colorado 1-0 B12 7 6 6.50 15
Oklahoma 2-0 B12 8 8 8.00 26
Boston College 1-0 BET 9 9 9.00 6
California 2-0 PAC 10 11 10.50 12
Texas 3-0 B12 11 10 10.50 3
Syracuse 2-0 BET 12 21 16.50 24
Notre Dame 2-0 IND 13 13 13.00 2
Virginia 2-0 ACC 14 14 14.00 30
Texas A&M 2-0 B12 15 12 13.50 20
Wisconsin 2-0 B10 16 18 17.00 21
Bowling Green 2-0 MAC 17 15 16.00 7
West Virginia 3-0 BET 18 24 21.00 18
Iowa 2-0 B10 19 22 20.50 10
Michigan 1-1 B10 20 23 21.50 13
Marshall 2-0 MAC 21 19 20.00 17
TCU 1-0 USA 22 20 21.00 19
Tennessee 2-0 SEC 23 16 19.50 25
Fresno State 2-0 WAC 24 28 26.00 34
Alabama 1-0 SEC 25 17 21.00 8
TCU moves to #22 during an off week. Meanwhile, our next opponent, Ohio State, falls from the rankings after a blowout loss to #6 UCLA.

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UAB (1-0) at Ohio State(1-1)(-6)
Can UAB do the impossible and win at the Horseshoe? Can they even make it close?

[bbgunn]

NOTE: I moved OLB true freshman Vinny Palma to ILB to help us out in the middle. He'll see playing time against the Buckeyes.

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Ohio State 24, UAB 17

COLUMBUS, OH - RB Alvin Castillo had his coming out party, rushing for over 100 yards, but QB Kim McLemore had a terrible day, throwing for 4 picks, as UAB (1-1) went down in Columbus to the Buckeyes (2-1).

Shocking a lot of people, UAB made this game a true contest, holding the lead twice, once in the 2nd quarter and once in the 3rd. But in the end, McLemore's mistakes cost UAB.

"I think he put too much pressure on himself," said FB Tyrell Barrows. "He was trying to live up to what he did in the Fairbanks game. He just needs to relax and be Kim."

Coach B.B. Gunn was nevertheless pleased with the effort. "To come to the horseshoe and keep it competitive like we did, and not get blown out... that shows where we are now. This team is a good team, and they showed it today. We're not on the level of an Ohio State, but as you can see, we're close."
Box Score: UAB at Ohio State
Columbus, OH.

Week 4, 2009

Attendance: 101,600 (101,600).


Weather: 65 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:54 OHST - Jack Johnston 22 field goal.
1Q: 05:46 UABB - Jake Garrison 23 field goal.
2Q: 03:51 UABB - Alvin Castillo 8 run.
2Q: 03:51 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 00:30 OHST - Donovan Griffin 6 run.
2Q: 00:30 OHST - Jack Johnston extra point.
3Q: 08:21 UABB - Ben Patton 16 pass from Kim McLemore.
3Q: 08:21 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 03:09 OHST - Donovan Griffin 4 run.
3Q: 03:09 OHST - Jack Johnston extra point.
4Q: 12:56 OHST - T.J. McGill 3 run.
4Q: 12:56 OHST - Jack Johnston extra point.

Game MVP: OHST 20 Donovan Griffin

UAB 3 7 7 0 - 17
Ohio State 3 7 7 7 - 24

Team Statistics UABB OHST

First Downs 19 24

Total Rushes 40 37
Net Rushing Yards 170 133
Yards Per Carry 4.2 3.5
Rushing Yards 184 166
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-6 5-9
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-8 4-24

Pass Attempts 25 25
Completions 9 15
Passing Yards 106 194
Yards Per Attempt 4.2 7.7
Interceptions 4 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0

Total Plays 65 62
Total Yards 276 327
Yards Per Play 4.2 5.2

3rd Down Plays 7/14 4/11

Penalties 2 9
Penalty Yards 22 70

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 30:58 29:02

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
33 Castillo 21 107 5.0 23 1 1 0
10 McLemore 9 34 3.7 20 0 1 1
44 Koehler 6 23 3.8 11 0 2 0
36 Barrows 4 6 1.5 5 0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 25 9 106 4.2 19 1 4

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Snyder 4 56 14.0 19 19 0
36 Barrows 2 17 8.5 0 9 0
44 Koehler 1 14 14.0 7 14 0
6 Patton 1 16 16.0 20 16 1
33 Castillo 1 3 3.0 0 3 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 23 7.6 0
34 Springer 1 6 6.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 2 61 30.5 0
The College Years
34 Springer 1 23 23.0 0
35 Dole 1 16 16.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 3 112 37.3 42 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 1 23 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
93 Palma 8 2 1.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 4 2 1.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 4 1 0.5 0 0 0
42 Owens 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 3 2 0.5 0 0 0
99 Stowe 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
6 Patton 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
10 McLemore 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Blake 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
72 Ponder 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Cofield 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Barrows 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 Gambrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 1 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 4 0
86 Snyder 1 0 1 0 2 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 2 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 Barrows 0 0 0 0 1 0
55 Schroeder 0 1 0 0 0 0

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C-USA - WEEK 4
#16 Wisconsin 31, East Carolina 24
Missouri 12, #22 TCU 10
#12 Syracuse 59, Louisville 13
#6 UCLA 56, Cincinnati 13
Tulane 23, LSU 14 (Tulane has OWNED LSU the past 3 years)
Ole Miss 38, Army 16
Miss. State 37, Memphis 31
#17 Bowling Green 37, South Florida 7

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Tulane 2 1 0 .666 57 40 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
TCU 1 1 0 .500 50 29 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
**UAB 1 1 0 .500 48 24 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 34 70 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Louisville 1 1 0 .500 55 83 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
East Carolina 1 2 0 .333 97 99 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Southern Miss 1 2 0 .333 57 79 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Houston 0 1 0 .000 21 43 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Army 0 1 0 .000 16 38 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 4
South Florida 0 2 0 .000 24 57 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Memphis 0 3 0 .000 62 111 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 5

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 3-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 16
Florida 3-0 SEC 2 2 2.00 2
USC 2-0 PAC 3 3 3.00 6
Penn State 3-0 B10 4 4 4.00 1
UCLA 3-0 PAC 5 5 5.00 4
Oklahoma 3-0 B12 6 6 6.00 12
Boston College 2-0 BET 7 7 7.00 18
California 3-0 PAC 8 9 8.50 5
Texas 3-0 B12 9 8 8.50 9
Syracuse 3-0 BET 10 18 14.00 7
Notre Dame 3-0 IND 11 11 11.00 3
Michigan 2-1 B10 12 14 13.00 21
Miami (FL) 2-1 ACC 13 13 13.00 11
Virginia 2-0 ACC 14 10 12.00 10
Wisconsin 3-0 B10 15 16 15.50 19
Bowling Green 3-0 MAC 16 12 14.00 14
West Virginia 3-0 BET 17 23 20.00 13
Nebraska 2-1 B12 18 19 18.50 28
Iowa 3-0 B10 19 20 19.50 22
Marshall 3-0 MAC 20 17 18.50 8
Tennessee 2-0 SEC 21 15 18.00 30
Fresno State 3-0 WAC 22 26 24.00 27
Ohio State 2-1 B10 23 24 23.50 26
San Jose State 3-0 WAC 24 31 27.50 25
Florida State 2-1 ACC 25 29 27.00 15
TCU falls out.

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WEEK 4 - PREVIEW
Arkansas State (0-2) at UAB (1-1)(-16)

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Patton, Ben 6 WR Jr* Out Dislocated Elbow 8 Weeks

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UAB 36, Arkansas State 31

BIRMINGHAM - UAB overcame a horrible 1st quarter to rally and get the victory here at Legion Field.

Arkansas State (0-3) would take a 14-0 lead by the last minute of the 1st quarter. The next 50 seconds would be wacky, as on the next kickoff, Bart Roberson fumbled as he was being tackled on the kickoff return. ASU took it into the end zone for a 21-0 lead.

On UAB's next valid play after that, QB Kim McLemore threw an interception that was returned for a TD. Like that, UAB was down 28-0.

Amazingly, UAB (2-1) didn't let that get them down, as they went ahead and dominated the next 3 quarters. They finally took the lead in the 4th quarter, when Jake Garrison's field goal kick made it 29-28. ASU would regain the lead later, 31-29. Then with less than 2 minutes remaining, FB Tyrell Barrows ran in the winning TD.

"This team blows my mind," said TE Dean Snyder, the Game MVP. "We didn't give up after being down 28-0, and we ended up winning. Amazing."
Box Score: Arkansas State at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 5, 2009

Attendance: 39,900 (83,100).


Weather: 73 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:54 ARST - Rodney Greene 13 pass from Eddie Emerson.
1Q: 08:54 ARST - Ronald Hayward extra point.
1Q: 01:00 ARST - Blake Sellers 2 run.
1Q: 01:00 ARST - Ronald Hayward extra point.
1Q: 00:53 ARST - Marshall Hadden 34 fumble return.
1Q: 00:53 ARST - Ronald Hayward extra point.
1Q: 00:10 ARST - Broderick Ramsey 53 interception return.
1Q: 00:10 ARST - Ronald Hayward extra point.
2Q: 13:14 UABB - Jake Garrison 40 field goal.
2Q: 11:01 UABB - Phillip Reyes 47 pass from Kim McLemore.
2Q: 11:01 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 04:02 UABB - Juan Koehler 11 run.
2Q: 04:02 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point failed.
3Q: 09:56 UABB - Dean Snyder 8 pass from Kim McLemore.
3Q: 09:56 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 03:22 UABB - Jake Garrison 27 field goal.
4Q: 13:05 UABB - Jake Garrison 40 field goal.
4Q: 08:32 ARST - Ronald Hayward 40 field goal.
4Q: 01:53 UABB - Tyrell Barrows 2 run.
4Q: 01:53 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 86 Dean Snyder

Arkansas State 28 0 0 3 - 31
UAB 0 16 10 10 - 36

Team Statistics ARST UABB

First Downs 15 23

Total Rushes 29 44
Net Rushing Yards 133 186
Yards Per Carry 4.5 4.2
Rushing Yards 147 193
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-2 4-7
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-12 0-0

Pass Attempts 25 20
Completions 14 13
Passing Yards 136 215
Yards Per Attempt 5.4 10.7
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/2

Total Plays 54 64
Total Yards 269 401
Yards Per Play 4.9 6.2

3rd Down Plays 5/12 8/13

Penalties 7 7
Penalty Yards 45 48

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 40
Time Of Possession 27:11 32:49

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 27 112 4.1 23 1 7 0
10 McLemore 9 44 4.8 12 0 1 0
33 Castillo 6 22 3.6 19 0 3 0
36 Barrows 1 2 2.0 2 1 0 0
85 Reyes 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 20 13 215 10.7 47 2 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Snyder 6 98 16.3 34 21 1
85 Reyes 3 100 33.3 49 47 1
44 Koehler 2 14 7.0 10 9 0
36 Barrows 2 3 1.5 0 8 0

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

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 5 102 20.4 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 1 27 27.0 27 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 3 3 40 3 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
48 Roberson 13 1 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 6 1 1.5 0 0 0
34 Springer 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
27 Blake 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 1 0.5 0 0 0
93 Palma 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
99 Stowe 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
85 Reyes 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 5 0
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 3 0
48 Roberson 2 0 0 0 0 0
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 2 0
35 Dole 0 1 0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 0 0 0 0 1 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 1 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 Gambrell 0 0 1 0 0 0

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C-USA - WEEK 5
Army 28, Cincinnati 0
TCU 27, East Carolina 21
Tulane 35, Houston 7
Louisville 31, Southern Miss 10

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Tulane 3 1 0 .750 92 47 1 0 0 1.000 35 7 Won 2
TCU 2 1 0 .666 77 50 1 0 0 1.000 27 21 Won 1
Louisville 2 1 0 .666 86 93 1 0 0 1.000 31 10 Won 1
Army 1 1 0 .500 44 38 1 0 0 1.000 28 0 Won 1
**UAB 2 1 0 .666 84 55 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
South Florida 0 2 0 .000 24 57 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Memphis 0 3 0 .000 62 111 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 5
Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 34 98 0 1 0 .000 0 28 Lost 2
East Carolina 1 3 0 .250 118 126 0 1 0 .000 21 27 Lost 2
Southern Miss 1 3 0 .250 67 110 0 1 0 .000 10 31 Lost 3
Houston 0 2 0 .000 28 78 0 1 0 .000 7 35 Lost 2

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 3-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 11
Florida 4-0 SEC 2 2 2.00 4
USC 3-0 PAC 3 3 3.00 9
Penn State 4-0 B10 4 4 4.00 1
UCLA 4-0 PAC 5 5 5.00 2
Miami (FL) 3-1 ACC 6 7 6.50 6
California 4-0 PAC 7 8 7.50 7
Texas 4-0 B12 8 6 7.00 10
Syracuse 3-0 BET 9 16 12.50 8
Notre Dame 3-0 IND 10 10 10.00 3
Michigan 2-1 B10 11 12 11.50 16
Virginia 3-0 ACC 12 9 10.50 5
Bowling Green 4-0 MAC 13 11 12.00 17
West Virginia 4-0 BET 14 22 18.00 12
Oklahoma 3-1 B12 15 14 14.50 30
Ohio State 3-1 B10 16 19 17.50 14
Colorado 2-1 B12 17 17 17.00 18
Marshall 4-0 MAC 18 15 16.50 13
Boston College 2-1 BET 19 21 20.00 25
Tennessee 3-0 SEC 20 13 16.50 27
Pittsburgh 4-1 BET 21 18 19.50 15
Fresno State 3-0 WAC 22 23 22.50 22
San Jose State 4-0 WAC 23 27 25.00 23
Arizona State 2-1 PAC 24 20 22.00 29
Wisconsin 3-1 B10 25 26 25.50 28

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WEEK 6 - PREVIEW
UAB (2-1) at Louisville (2-1)(-6) - TV5
The first conference game for the Blazers. Their only C-USA loss last year was to the Cardinals. Can UAB pull off the shocker?

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Patton, Ben 6 WR Jr* Out Dislocated Elbow 7 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr Probable Concussion 5 Weeks

RECRUITING
I forgot to mention that a few weeks ago, due to an earlier suggestion, I reassessed my recruiting strategy, and am now only going after players in the radius with a 1000 SAT and at least a 50 Athletic Prep.

Now, for our first recruit of 2009:
Recruiting List, Worksheet View

Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Battle, Ron T LA 343 426 91

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Battle, Ron 82+ 2 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.
Our OL will be strong, thanks to this tackle.

[bbgunn]

NOTE: It turns out that Alvin Castillo has only a 3 in endurance, causing havoc in my game planning. I decided to move him to FB.

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UAB 42, Louisville 34

LOUISVILLE - In front of a regional TV audience, UAB (3-1) avenged the only C-USA loss they had last year by defeating the Cardinals (2-2) in Louisville.

UAB held the lead for most of this one, but it was a close match for a while. Louisville had more yards by far in this one, thanks to a 465-yard passing performance. What eventually did Louisville in were the penalties and turnovers that they had.

Juan Koehler was the Game MVP. "Lightning" is quickly making people forget about his horrible Fairbanks game.

Meanwhile, people heard a bit of "Thunder" today, as Mercury Razo made his first 2009 start, replacing Alvin Castillo. The RB has 22 yards rushing and a TD, while also receiving for 22 yards and a TD. Castillo, in his first game as starting FB, did not have a carry.
Box Score: UAB at Louisville
Louisville, KY.

Week 6, 2009

Attendance: 21,200 (42,000).


Weather: 55 degrees, rain.

1Q: 07:35 LOUV - Jimmy Kiluk 3 pass from George Madrid.
1Q: 07:35 LOUV - Ed Parker extra point.
1Q: 04:26 UABB - Bart Roberson 82 punt return.
1Q: 04:26 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
1Q: 03:01 UABB - Gerald McCrory 3 blocked punt return.
1Q: 03:01 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 14:51 LOUV - Cedric Starks 20 pass from George Madrid.
2Q: 14:51 LOUV - Ed Parker extra point.
2Q: 04:35 UABB - Mercury Razo 7 run.
2Q: 04:35 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 00:12 LOUV - Ed Parker 21 field goal.
3Q: 14:05 UABB - Blaine Owens 46 interception return.
3Q: 14:05 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 09:07 LOUV - Tom Ramsey 27 pass from George Madrid.
3Q: 09:07 LOUV - Ed Parker extra point.
3Q: 04:58 UABB - Juan Koehler 6 run.
3Q: 04:58 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 01:39 LOUV - Jimmy Kiluk 19 pass from George Madrid.
3Q: 01:39 LOUV - Ed Parker extra point.
4Q: 11:53 LOUV - Ed Parker 24 field goal.
4Q: 06:07 UABB - Mercury Razo 10 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 06:07 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 44 Juan Koehler

UAB 14 7 14 7 - 42
Louisville 7 10 14 3 - 34

Team Statistics UABB LOUV

First Downs 18 29

Total Rushes 46 25
Net Rushing Yards 158 31
Yards Per Carry 3.4 1.2
Rushing Yards 172 90
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-10 9-18
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-4 5-41

Pass Attempts 15 60
Completions 8 34
Passing Yards 89 465
Yards Per Attempt 5.9 7.7
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 61 85
Total Yards 247 496
Yards Per Play 4.0 5.8

3rd Down Plays 6/14 10/19

Penalties 4 5
Penalty Yards 33 55

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 28
Time Of Possession 27:42 32:18

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 32 113 3.5 12 1 7 0
10 McLemore 7 13 1.8 11 0 2 1
39 Razo 6 22 3.6 7 1 0 0
85 Reyes 1 10 10.0 10 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 15 8 89 5.9 23 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
39 Razo 3 22 7.3 11 10 1
85 Reyes 2 43 21.5 11 23 0
The College Years
44 Koehler 1 12 12.0 1 12 0
86 Snyder 1 10 10.0 1 10 0
43 Castillo 1 2 2.0 3 2 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 101 33.6 1

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 1 22 22.0 0
38 Gambrell 1 16 16.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 6 221 36.8 42 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 0 0 0 6 6

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
48 Roberson 8 1 0.0 0 0 0
27 Blake 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 6 1 1.5 0 0 0
34 Springer 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
93 Palma 4 2 1.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 3 2 1.5 0 0 0
42 Owens 3 3 0.0 1 46 1
58 Roosenraad 2 2 0.5 0 0 0
72 Ponder 2 1 0.5 0 0 0
45 Costello 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Stowe 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
66 Downs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Ornelas 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 4 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 3 0
86 Snyder 0 0 1 0 1 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 2 0
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 0 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 4 0
48 Roberson 0 0 1 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0 0 0 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 1 0
95 McCrory 0 0 0 1 0 0
42 Owens 0 1 0 0 0 0

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C-USA - WEEK 6
Colorado 19, Houston 3
Sitka 30, Army 3
TCU 38, Cincinnati 3
East Carolina 41, Memphis 14
Tulane 31, South Florida 3

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Tulane 4 1 0 .800 123 50 2 0 0 1.000 66 10 Won 3
TCU 3 1 0 .750 115 53 2 0 0 1.000 65 24 Won 2
**UAB 3 1 0 .750 126 89 1 0 0 1.000 42 34 Won 2
Army 1 2 0 .333 47 68 1 0 0 1.000 28 0 Lost 1
Louisville 2 2 0 .500 120 135 1 1 0 .500 65 52 Lost 1
East Carolina 2 3 0 .400 159 140 1 1 0 .500 62 41 Won 1
Southern Miss 1 3 0 .250 67 110 0 1 0 .000 10 31 Lost 3
Houston 0 3 0 .000 31 97 0 1 0 .000 7 35 Lost 3
South Florida 0 3 0 .000 27 88 0 1 0 .000 3 31 Lost 3
Memphis 0 4 0 .000 76 152 0 1 0 .000 14 41 Lost 6
Cincinnati 1 3 0 .250 37 136 0 2 0 .000 3 66 Lost 3

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 4-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 10
Florida 5-0 SEC 2 2 2.00 2
USC 4-0 PAC 3 3 3.00 8
UCLA 5-0 PAC 4 4 4.00 1
California 5-0 PAC 5 6 5.50 9
Michigan 3-1 B10 6 10 8.00 6
Miami (FL) 3-1 ACC 7 8 7.50 7
Texas 4-0 B12 8 5 6.50 5
Syracuse 4-0 BET 9 17 13.00 12
Notre Dame 4-0 IND 10 9 9.50 3
Virginia 3-0 ACC 11 7 9.00 4
Bowling Green 5-0 MAC 12 11 11.50 17
Penn State 4-1 B10 13 12 12.50 11
West Virginia 5-0 BET 14 21 17.50 13
Oklahoma 4-1 B12 15 13 14.00 22
Colorado 3-1 B12 16 15 15.50 16
Ohio State 4-1 B10 17 18 17.50 14
Boston College 3-1 BET 18 20 19.00 24
Marshall 5-0 MAC 19 16 17.50 15
Tennessee 4-0 SEC 20 14 17.00 25
Pittsburgh 5-1 BET 21 19 20.00 20
San Jose State 5-0 WAC 22 24 23.00 27
Wisconsin 4-1 B10 23 23 23.00 21
Colorado State 4-1 MWC 24 22 23.00 19
Nebraska 2-2 B12 25 26 25.50 40
The better Ohio State does, the better our 24-17 loss to them looks.

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WEEK 7 - PREVIEW
Tulane (4-1)(-1) at UAB (3-1) - TV3
These two good C-USA teams will meet in front of a large regional TV audience. A win here would probably establish UAB as the team to beat in C-USA.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Patton, Ben 6 WR Jr* Out Dislocated Elbow 6 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr Probable Concussion 4 Weeks

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UAB 10, Tulane 7

BIRMINGHAM - UAB won its third straight game, defeating the Green Wave (4-2) in a game devoid of any offense.

The Blazers (4-1) won the game by going to the air, passing for more yardage than Tulane, a team better suited to taking to the air.

51,500 fans attended the game at Legion Field, breaking the previous record set earlier this year against Fairbanks. Looks like the Wishbone is beginning to make noise in Birmingham.
Box Score: Tulane at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 7, 2009

Attendance: 51,500 (83,100).


Weather: 61 degrees, rain.

3Q: 02:58 UABB - Jake Garrison 18 field goal.
4Q: 10:45 TULA - Tyrus Pearson 7 pass from Rick Singleton.
4Q: 10:45 TULA - Korey Whiting extra point.
4Q: 07:44 UABB - Juan Koehler 4 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 07:44 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 92 Michael Davila

Tulane 0 0 0 7 - 7
UAB 0 0 3 7 - 10

Team Statistics TULA UABB

First Downs 15 14

Total Rushes 44 39
Net Rushing Yards 108 98
Yards Per Carry 2.4 2.5
Rushing Yards 157 135
Tckld Loss/Yards 8-19 11-24
Sacked/Yards Lost 5-30 2-13

Pass Attempts 21 19
Completions 10 10
Passing Yards 115 180
Yards Per Attempt 5.4 9.4
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0

Total Plays 65 58
Total Yards 223 278
Yards Per Play 3.4 4.7

3rd Down Plays 9/18 3/13

Penalties 6 6
Penalty Yards 81 41

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 32:16 27:44

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 21 63 3.0 24 0 10 0
39 Razo 9 23 2.5 12 0 3 0
10 McLemore 9 12 1.3 10 0 2 2

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 19 10 180 9.4 55 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Snyder 3 43 14.3 20 19 0
85 Reyes 3 110 36.6 27 55 0
44 Koehler 2 7 3.5 1 4 1
43 Castillo 2 20 10.0 7 13 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 4 35 8.7 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 1 20 20.0 0
35 Dole 1 21 21.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 2 73 36.5 39 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 2 18 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 9 5 0.0 0 0 0
93 Palma 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 6 3 2.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
The College Years
27 Blake 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
72 Ponder 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 2 5 0.5 0 0 0
99 Stowe 2 0 0.5 0 0 0
85 Reyes 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 2 1.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 1 1 0.5 0 0 0
76 Riffle 1 1 0.5 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
87 Cofield 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 Gambrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 0 1 0.0 1 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 3 1
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 2 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 0 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 3 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0

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C-USA - WEEK 7
Army 17, TCU 9 (WOW)
Cincinnati 38, Southern Miss 27
Houston 17, South Florida 10
Memphis 28, Louisville 13

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 4 1 0 .800 136 96 2 0 0 1.000 52 41 Won 3
Army 2 2 0 .500 64 77 2 0 0 1.000 45 9 Won 1
Tulane 4 2 0 .666 130 60 2 1 0 .666 73 20 Lost 1
TCU 3 2 0 .600 124 70 2 1 0 .666 74 41 Lost 1
East Carolina 2 3 0 .400 159 140 1 1 0 .500 62 41 Won 1
Houston 1 3 0 .250 48 107 1 1 0 .500 24 45 Won 1
Memphis 1 4 0 .200 104 165 1 1 0 .500 42 54 Won 1
Louisville 2 3 0 .400 133 163 1 2 0 .333 78 80 Lost 2
Cincinnati 2 3 0 .400 75 163 1 2 0 .333 41 93 Won 1
Southern Miss 1 4 0 .200 94 148 0 2 0 .000 37 69 Lost 4
South Florida 0 4 0 .000 37 105 0 2 0 .000 13 48 Lost 4
UAB and Army play next week.

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Florida 6-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 2
UCLA 6-0 PAC 2 2 2.00 1
Georgia 4-1 SEC 3 4 3.50 15
Michigan 4-1 B10 4 7 5.50 4
Miami (FL) 4-1 ACC 5 6 5.50 5
California 6-0 PAC 6 5 5.50 7
Texas 5-0 B12 7 3 5.00 6
Syracuse 5-0 BET 8 14 11.00 8
Notre Dame 5-0 IND 9 8 8.50 3
USC 4-1 PAC 10 10 10.00 13
Bowling Green 5-0 MAC 11 9 10.00 16
West Virginia 6-0 BET 12 17 14.50 10
Penn State 4-1 B10 13 11 12.00 9
Colorado 4-1 B12 14 12 13.00 12
Ohio State 4-1 B10 15 16 15.50 11
Marshall 5-0 MAC 16 13 14.50 14
Pittsburgh 6-1 BET 17 15 16.00 18
San Jose State 6-0 WAC 18 23 20.50 20
Wisconsin 5-1 B10 19 21 20.00 21
Colorado State 5-1 MWC 20 18 19.00 17
Oklahoma 4-2 B12 21 19 20.00 30
Virginia 3-1 ACC 22 20 21.00 22
Boston College 3-2 BET 23 26 24.50 23
Vanderbilt 5-0 SEC 24 25 24.50 19
Tennessee 4-1 SEC 25 22 23.50 27

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WEEK 8 - PREVIEW
Army (2-2) at UAB (4-1)(-15) - TV4
This is a game for first place in the conference? UAB will take it. Army is 2-0 in C-USA, including a surprising win over TCU last week. They've had to win by defense; their run-and-shoot offense has been terrible. They're good at limiting rushes by opposing teams - not a good sign for UAB.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr Out Repetitive Concus 77 Weeks
Patton, Ben 6 WR Jr* Out Dislocated Elbow 5 Weeks
The Snyder injury is devastating... we were hoping for a big senior year from him. Now his career has prematurely ended.

RECRUITING
3 more recruits:
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Battle, Ron T LA 343 426 91
Brewer, Oliver FB NC 396 347 96
**McCormick, Marshall RB MO 422 409 87
**Mueller, C.J. C GA 331 281 86

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Battle, Ron 82+ 2 2 Acad/Dist Committed *
Brewer, Oliver 79+ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
**McCormick, Marshall 76+ 2 3 Acad/Prest Committed *
**Mueller, C.J. 72+ 2 3 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.
Brewer is our FB of the future and near future. McCormick is the latest in a line of great RBs at UAB, and Mueller will be a great replacement for Peachey.

[MizzouRah]

Nice run!!

[Izulde]

Davila is damn consistent in the pass rush.

[fmonster]

What a great history! I have gone back to 2004 and followed it to here. Good stuff all the way around! Thanks for the work!

[bbgunn]

I haven't given up on the Blazers just yet... it's just that things are hectic here in the real world.

What a great history! I have gone back to 2004 and followed it to here. Good stuff all the way around! Thanks for the work!

Thank you for the comment!

[bbgunn]

UAB 27, Army 21

BIRMINGHAM - Juan Koehler had another big game with 178 yards and a TD, and the Blazers came from behind in the 2nd half to defeat Army 27-21 to take sole possession of first place in C-USA.

QB Kim McLemore, who had trouble running the offense early on, let his emotions get the best of him. He shot the finger at UAB fans who were booing his performance, earning McLemore an ejection. Backup QB Seth Weaver came in and did a good job, playing an important role in UAB's (5-1) second half comeback.

Box Score: Army at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 8, 2009

Attendance: 47,400 (83,100).


Weather: 57 degrees, stormy.

1Q: 11:07 UABB - Leon Schroeder 56 interception return.
1Q: 11:07 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 10:50 ARMY - Adrian Moriarty 10 pass from Ryan Kelly.
2Q: 10:50 ARMY - Herman Spann extra point.
2Q: 05:22 ARMY - Sedrick Abrams 12 fumble return.
2Q: 05:22 ARMY - Herman Spann extra point.
3Q: 02:52 UABB - Alvin Castillo 9 pass from Seth Weaver.
3Q: 02:52 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 08:47 UABB - Jake Garrison 30 field goal.
4Q: 06:49 UABB - Juan Koehler 4 run.
4Q: 06:49 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 06:17 ARMY - Deon Cailao 66 pass from Ryan Kelly.
4Q: 06:17 ARMY - Herman Spann extra point.
4Q: 01:50 UABB - Jake Garrison 22 field goal.

Game MVP: UABB 56 Dale Peachey

Army 0 14 0 7 - 21
UAB 7 0 7 13 - 27

Team Statistics ARMY UABB

First Downs 15 19

Total Rushes 16 52
Net Rushing Yards -11 217
Yards Per Carry 0.6 4.1
Rushing Yards 38 228
Tckld Loss/Yards 1-1 3-3
Sacked/Yards Lost 7-48 1-8

Pass Attempts 40 19
Completions 22 14
Passing Yards 316 138
Yards Per Attempt 7.9 7.2
Interceptions 2 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1

Total Plays 56 71
Total Yards 305 355
Yards Per Play 5.4 5.0

3rd Down Plays 5/13 7/16

Penalties 5 8
Penalty Yards 49 63

Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 35
Time Of Possession 22:52 37:08

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 35 178 5.0 15 1 3 0
14 Weaver 8 33 4.1 19 0 3 0
39 Razo 6 8 1.3 3 0 2 0
10 McLemore 2 -5 -2.5 3 0 0 1
85 Reyes 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
14 Weaver 12 9 89 7.4 27 1 0
10 McLemore 7 5 49 7.0 19 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
39 Razo 4 24 6.0 1 7 0
85 Reyes 4 60 15.0 8 27 0
83 Clark 3 39 13.0 0 15 0
44 Koehler 2 6 3.0 5 3 0
43 Castillo 1 9 9.0 0 9 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 2 29 14.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 1 23 23.0 0
34 Springer 1 26 26.0 0
35 Dole 1 21 21.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 5 207 41.4 52 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 2 2 30 3 3

The College Years
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
58 Roosenraad 9 0 1.5 0 0 0
91 Welch 4 0 1.5 0 0 0
93 Palma 4 2 0.5 0 0 0
42 Owens 4 0 0.0 1 27 0
34 Springer 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Ponder 3 0 0.5 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 2 1 0.0 1 56 1
48 Roberson 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
88 Harrison 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
99 Stowe 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
66 Downs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Pietraszak 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Castillo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 Gambrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 0 2 1.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 4 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 1 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 6 0
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 2 0
34 Springer 0 0 1 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0 0 0 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 Blake 0 1 0 0 0 0

[fmonster]

WOOHOO! UAB is BACK!! :)

[bbgunn]

C-USA - WEEK 8
Houston 27, Cincinnati 17
East Carolina 59, Southern Miss 24
Tulane 20, Louisville 14
South Florida 52, Memphis 24

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 5 1 0 .833 163 117 3 0 0 1.000 79 62 Won 4
Tulane 5 2 0 .714 150 74 3 1 0 .750 93 34 Won 1
TCU 3 2 0 .600 124 70 2 1 0 .666 74 41 Lost 1
East Carolina 3 3 0 .500 218 164 2 1 0 .666 121 65 Won 2
Army 2 3 0 .400 85 104 2 1 0 .666 66 36 Lost 1
Houston 2 3 0 .400 75 124 2 1 0 .666 51 62 Won 2
South Florida 1 4 0 .200 89 129 1 2 0 .333 65 72 Won 1
Memphis 1 5 0 .166 128 217 1 2 0 .333 66 106 Lost 1
Louisville 2 4 0 .333 147 183 1 3 0 .250 92 100 Lost 3
Cincinnati 2 4 0 .333 92 190 1 3 0 .250 58 120 Lost 1
Southern Miss 1 5 0 .166 118 207 0 3 0 .000 61 128 Lost 5

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
UCLA 7-0 PAC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 5-1 B10 2 5 3.50 5
Miami (FL) 5-1 ACC 3 3 3.00 2
Florida 6-1 SEC 4 4 4.00 9
Texas 6-0 B12 5 2 3.50 3
Syracuse 6-0 BET 6 10 8.00 4
USC 5-1 PAC 7 7 7.00 10
Bowling Green 6-0 MAC 8 6 7.00 8
Penn State 5-1 B10 9 8 8.50 6
Georgia 4-2 SEC 10 13 11.50 21
California 6-1 PAC 11 12 11.50 15
Marshall 6-0 MAC 12 9 10.50 7
Notre Dame 5-1 IND 13 14 13.50 12
Pittsburgh 6-1 BET 14 11 12.50 11
San Jose State 7-0 WAC 15 20 17.50 16
Wisconsin 6-1 B10 16 17 16.50 20
Colorado State 6-1 MWC 17 16 16.50 18
West Virginia 6-1 BET 18 24 21.00 14
Virginia 4-1 ACC 19 15 17.00 17
Colorado 4-2 B12 20 19 19.50 23
Ohio State 4-2 B10 21 23 22.00 19
Vanderbilt 6-0 SEC 22 22 22.00 13
Tennessee 5-1 SEC 23 18 20.50 22
Boston College 3-2 BET 24 27 25.50 27
Alabama 5-1 SEC 25 21 23.00 34

[bbgunn]

WOOHOO! UAB is BACK!! :)

Yes, indeed! :) Hopefully there will be no more 2 month layoffs.

[bbgunn]

WEEK 9 - PREVIEW
UAB (5-1)(-12) at South Florida (1-4)

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Stowe, Dominic 99 DT Sr Doubtful Torn Thumb Ligame 7 Weeks
Davila, Michael 92 DE Sr Probable Sprained Ankle 1 Week
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr Out Repetitive Concus 76 Weeks
Reyes, Phillip 85 WR So Probable Influenza 1 Week
Patton, Ben 6 WR Jr* Doubtful Dislocated Elbow 4 Weeks

RECRUITING
4 more recruits:
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
**Burroughs, Kenyon S AL 257 73 84
Battle, Ron T LA 343 426 91
**Kimbrell, Mitch G WV 463 408 85
Brewer, Oliver FB NC 396 347 96
**McCormick, Marshall RB MO 422 409 87
**Mueller, C.J. C GA 331 281 86
$$Bernhardt, Vince DT IN 377 444 97
$$Strong, Jackie ILB IL 394 450 93

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
**Burroughs, Kenyon 87- 2 3 Acad/Dist Committed *
Battle, Ron 82+ 2 2 Acad/Dist Committed *
**Kimbrell, Mitch 80+ 2 3 Acad/Dist Committed *
Brewer, Oliver 79+ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
**McCormick, Marshall 76+ 2 3 Acad/Prest Committed *
**Mueller, C.J. 72+ 2 3 Acad*/Dist Committed *
$$Bernhardt, Vince 51+ 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *
$$Strong, Jackie 46+ 0 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
Burroughs will add to our evolving history of great safeties. Kimbrell will definitely add to our OL, and Bernhardt and Strong will make great backups.

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UAB 27, South Florida 6

TAMPA - In a place where UAB often has trouble playing, they didn't have much trouble today. UAB (6-1) won its 11th straight conference game as they dominated USF (1-5).

The win was perhaps the first "true" Thunder-and-Lightning game. Star tailback Juan Koehler had a monster day: 188 yards and 2 TDs. Meanwhile, Mercury Razo had 52 yards and a rushing TD. QB Kim McLemore, in his first game since being ejected against Army, went 11-16 for 123 yards and didn't throw a pick.

UAB is now bowl eligible for the second straight year. They have a big test coming up against East Carolina next week in Birmingham.
Box Score: UAB at South Florida
Tampa, FL.

Week 9, 2009

Attendance: 22,500 (41,400).


Weather: 67 degrees, stormy.

1Q: 07:12 UABB - Juan Koehler 24 run.
1Q: 07:12 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 14:05 UABB - Mercury Razo 4 run.
2Q: 14:05 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 01:09 UABB - Juan Koehler 2 run.
2Q: 01:09 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 07:37 UABB - Jake Garrison 30 field goal.
4Q: 12:11 UABB - Jake Garrison 21 field goal.
4Q: 08:57 SFLA - Fernando Hoke 27 field goal.
4Q: 04:39 SFLA - Fernando Hoke 53 field goal.

Game MVP: UABB 74 Grant Pietraszak

UAB 7 14 3 3 - 27
South Florida 0 0 0 6 - 6

Team Statistics UABB SFLA

First Downs 29 9

Total Rushes 62 23
Net Rushing Yards 275 23
Yards Per Carry 4.4 1.0
Rushing Yards 301 68
Tckld Loss/Yards 13-26 5-14
Sacked/Yards Lost 0-0 5-31

Pass Attempts 17 25
Completions 12 8
Passing Yards 139 115
Yards Per Attempt 8.1 4.6
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 3/3 1/1

Total Plays 79 48
Total Yards 414 138
Yards Per Play 5.2 2.8

3rd Down Plays 8/15 1/12

Penalties 4 4
Penalty Yards 30 24

Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 39:32 20:28

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 37 188 5.0 24 2 10 0
39 Razo 16 52 3.2 12 1 5 0
10 McLemore 6 31 5.1 11 0 1 0
14 Weaver 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0 2 0
43 Castillo 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 16 11 123 7.6 18 0 0
14 Weaver 1 1 16 16.0 16 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
39 Razo 3 23 7.6 3 9 0
6 Patton 3 48 16.0 1 18 0
83 Clark 2 23 11.5 2 16 0
85 Reyes 2 23 11.5 5 16 0
84 Dunn 1 16 16.0 0 16 0
43 Castillo 1 6 6.0 0 6 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 2 6 3.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 1 25 25.0 0
The College Years
34 Springer 1 26 26.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 4 165 41.2 51 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 2 2 30 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
93 Palma 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
27 Blake 3 3 0.0 1 28 0
92 Davila 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 2 0 2.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
66 Downs 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Cofield 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 0 2 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 11 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 7 0
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 6 0
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 2 0
48 Roberson 0 1 0 0 0 0
34 Springer 1 0 0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0 0 0 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0
91 Welch 0 0 1 0 0 0

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C-USA - WEEK 9
Army 59, Memphis 16
Louisville 19, Cincinnati 10
TCU 31, Houston 10

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 6 1 0 .857 190 123 4 0 0 1.000 106 68 Won 5
Tulane 5 2 0 .714 150 74 3 1 0 .750 93 34 Won 1
Army 3 3 0 .500 144 120 3 1 0 .750 125 52 Won 1
TCU 4 2 0 .666 155 80 3 1 0 .750 105 51 Won 1
East Carolina 3 3 0 .500 218 164 2 1 0 .666 121 65 Won 2
Houston 2 4 0 .333 85 155 2 2 0 .500 61 93 Lost 1
Louisville 3 4 0 .428 166 193 2 3 0 .400 111 110 Won 1
South Florida 1 5 0 .166 95 156 1 3 0 .250 71 99 Lost 1
Memphis 1 6 0 .142 144 276 1 3 0 .250 82 165 Lost 2
Cincinnati 2 5 0 .285 102 209 1 4 0 .200 68 139 Lost 2
Southern Miss 1 5 0 .166 118 207 0 3 0 .000 61 128 Lost 5

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
UCLA 8-0 PAC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 6-1 B10 2 4 3.00 5
Miami (FL) 6-1 ACC 3 3 3.00 2
Texas 7-0 B12 4 2 3.00 6
Syracuse 6-0 BET 5 8 6.50 4
Bowling Green 7-0 MAC 6 5 5.50 8
Penn State 6-1 B10 7 6 6.50 3
Georgia 5-2 SEC 8 9 8.50 16
California 7-1 PAC 9 10 9.50 12
Florida 6-2 SEC 10 11 10.50 18
Marshall 7-0 MAC 11 7 9.00 7
USC 5-2 PAC 12 14 13.00 23
Notre Dame 5-1 IND 13 15 14.00 14
Pittsburgh 6-1 BET 14 12 13.00 9
West Virginia 7-1 BET 15 21 18.00 13
Virginia 5-1 ACC 16 13 14.50 11
Wisconsin 6-1 B10 17 18 17.50 17
Colorado State 6-1 MWC 18 16 17.00 15
Vanderbilt 7-0 SEC 19 19 19.00 10
Tennessee 6-1 SEC 20 17 18.50 21
San Jose State 7-1 WAC 21 27 24.00 22
Fresno State 6-1 WAC 22 25 23.50 20
Alabama 5-1 SEC 23 20 21.50 29
Texas A&M 5-2 B12 24 22 23.00 27
Nebraska 4-3 B12 25 29 27.00 40

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WEEK 10 - PREVIEW
East Carolina (3-3) at UAB (6-1)(-6) - TV5

UAB INJURIES
No new developments.

RECRUITING
A new recruit:
CB Peter Devore
5-9, 167
Fort Smith, AR (Southside)
Rating: 89+ (Ath Prep: 58)

A blue-chipper indeed. The biggest recruit of the class of 2009. Our secondary continues to improve.

[bbgunn]

UAB 37, East Carolina 27

BIRMINGHAM - UAB won its 12th straight conference game by beating the ECU Pirates (3-4) by 10. Juan Koehler had a season high 245 yards for the Blazers (7-1). He also had one TD.

UAB won the game by dominating the clock. They had possession for over 40 minutes, putting pressure on both East Carolina's defense and run-and-shoot offense. UAB had no turnovers in the game.

UAB clinched a winning season for the second-straight year. They will go for number 8 next week against TCU.
Box Score: East Carolina at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 10, 2009

Attendance: 54,700 (83,100).


Weather: 64 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:34 ECAR - Claude Huntley 2 run.
1Q: 10:34 ECAR - Terrell George extra point.
1Q: 04:27 UABB - Alvin Castillo 13 pass from Kim McLemore.
1Q: 04:27 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 04:26 UABB - Jake Garrison 35 field goal.
2Q: 04:16 ECAR - Gene Fong 105 kickoff return.
2Q: 04:16 ECAR - Terrell George extra point.
2Q: 01:35 UABB - Vinny Palma 69 interception return.
2Q: 01:35 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 00:00 ECAR - Terrell George 24 field goal.
3Q: 06:18 UABB - Jake Garrison 31 field goal.
3Q: 03:59 UABB - Juan Koehler 3 run.
3Q: 03:59 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 14:53 UABB - Jake Garrison 26 field goal.
4Q: 11:49 ECAR - Edgar Greer 7 pass from Rex Sneller.
4Q: 11:49 ECAR - Terrell George extra point.
4Q: 08:10 ECAR - Terrell George 33 field goal.
4Q: 05:46 UABB - Tom Clark 8 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 05:46 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 44 Juan Koehler

East Carolina 7 10 0 10 - 27
UAB 7 10 10 10 - 37

Team Statistics ECAR UABB

First Downs 17 25

Total Rushes 17 57
Net Rushing Yards 62 273
Yards Per Carry 3.6 4.7
Rushing Yards 76 284
Tckld Loss/Yards 0-0 5-7
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-14 1-4

Pass Attempts 32 22
Completions 13 14
Passing Yards 262 160
Yards Per Attempt 8.1 7.2
Interceptions 2 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0

Total Plays 49 79
Total Yards 324 433
Yards Per Play 6.6 5.4

3rd Down Plays 5/10 10/18

Penalties 3 8
Penalty Yards 25 69

Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 39
Time Of Possession 19:25 40:35

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 44 245 5.5 29 1 3 0
10 McLemore 9 12 1.3 10 0 4 1
39 Razo 4 16 4.0 8 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 22 14 160 7.2 19 2 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
6 Patton 5 56 11.2 16 19 0
83 Clark 4 55 13.7 35 18 1
39 Razo 2 23 11.5 8 13 0
36 Barrows 2 13 6.5 6 10 0
43 Castillo 1 13 13.0 6 13 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 1 8 8.0 0
34 Springer 1 6 6.0 0
The College Years

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 104 34.6 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 3 116 38.6 39 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 3 3 35 4 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
93 Palma 4 1 0.0 1 69 1
42 Owens 4 1 0.0 1 4 0
34 Springer 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 3 1 1.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
56 Peachey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Cofield 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Ponder 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
65 Hutton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Blake 0 3 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 5 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 5 0
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 4 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 3 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 3 0
36 Barrows 0 0 0 0 2 0
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 1 0
48 Roberson 0 0 1 0 0 0
87 Cofield 0 1 0 0 0 0
83 Clark 0 0 0 0 1 0

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C-USA - WEEK 10
South Florida 49, Army 28
Louisville 17, Houston 11
Tulane 31, Memphis 0
TCU 44, Southern Miss 24

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 7 1 0 .875 227 150 5 0 0 1.000 143 95 Won 6
Tulane 6 2 0 .750 181 74 4 1 0 .800 124 34 Won 2
TCU 5 2 0 .714 199 104 4 1 0 .800 149 75 Won 2
Army 3 4 0 .428 172 169 3 2 0 .600 153 101 Lost 1
Louisville 4 4 0 .500 183 204 3 3 0 .500 128 121 Won 2
East Carolina 3 4 0 .428 245 201 2 2 0 .500 148 102 Lost 1
Houston 2 5 0 .285 96 172 2 3 0 .400 72 110 Lost 2
South Florida 2 5 0 .285 144 184 2 3 0 .400 120 127 Won 1
Cincinnati 2 5 0 .285 102 209 1 4 0 .200 68 139 Lost 2
Memphis 1 7 0 .125 144 307 1 4 0 .200 82 196 Lost 3
Southern Miss 1 6 0 .142 142 251 0 4 0 .000 85 172 Lost 6

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
UCLA 9-0 PAC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 7-1 B10 2 4 3.00 2
Miami (FL) 7-1 ACC 3 3 3.00 7
Texas 8-0 B12 4 2 3.00 5
Syracuse 7-0 BET 5 8 6.50 3
Bowling Green 8-0 MAC 6 5 5.50 8
Penn State 7-1 B10 7 6 6.50 4
Georgia 6-2 SEC 8 9 8.50 15
Marshall 8-0 MAC 9 7 8.00 6
California 7-1 PAC 10 11 10.50 10
USC 6-2 PAC 11 12 11.50 19
Notre Dame 6-1 IND 12 15 13.50 13
Pittsburgh 7-1 BET 13 10 11.50 9
West Virginia 8-1 BET 14 18 16.00 12
Colorado State 7-1 MWC 15 14 14.50 11
Florida 6-3 SEC 16 17 16.50 22
Tennessee 7-1 SEC 17 13 15.00 14
Fresno State 7-1 WAC 18 21 19.50 18
San Jose State 7-1 WAC 19 25 22.00 23
Alabama 6-1 SEC 20 16 18.00 27
Texas A&M 6-2 B12 21 19 20.00 24
Wisconsin 6-2 B10 22 24 23.00 25
Nebraska 5-3 B12 23 23 23.00 31
Virginia 5-2 ACC 24 22 23.00 21
South Carolina 6-2 SEC 25 20 22.50 16
UAB is inching closer and closer to its first-ever national ranking. A win against TCU next week should be enough to get us in.

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WEEK 11 - PREVIEW
UAB (7-1) at TCU(5-2)(-3) - TV4
The biggest game of the C-USA season to date. The winner will have the inside track to the conference title. TCU's rushing attack has looked good recently, and figures to give UAB a hard time. However, UAB is the Horned Frogs' toughest opponent on its schedule. The same can be said about TCU for UAB as well. This will be a good game.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Stowe, Dominic 99 DT Sr Questionable Torn Thumb Ligame 5 Weeks
Harms, Howie 98 DE Sr Probable Sprained Neck 4 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr Out Repetitive Concus 74 Weeks
Castillo, Alvin 43 FB So* Doubtful Pulled Groin 4 Weeks
Patton, Ben 6 WR Jr* Questionable Dislocated Elbow 2 Weeks

RECRUITING
Our last recruit was WR Darryl Prescott from St. Louis, MO. At 71--, he's decent, but not special. Our recruiting class is done, except for a walk-on kicker we will recruit after week 14.

[bbgunn]

TCU 26, UAB 3

FORT WORTH - TCU re-established themselves as C-USA's top dogs with a thorough whipping of the UAB Blazers (7-2). TCU (6-2) now sits in a first-place tie with UAB, with this game, of course, serving as any tiebreaker.

UAB's 12-game conference winning streak came to a halt, as did their overall 6-game winning streak. UAB also lost a chance to enter the Top 25 for the first time.
Box Score: UAB at TCU
Fort Worth, TX.

Week 11, 2009

Attendance: 44,000 (44,000).


Weather: 52 degrees, rain.

1Q: 09:30 TCUU - Korey Brandon 40 field goal.
2Q: 10:38 TCUU - Korey Brandon 32 field goal.
2Q: 04:39 TCUU - Jason Barlow 62 run.
2Q: 04:39 TCUU - Jason Barlow run for conversion failed.
4Q: 07:32 UABB - Jake Garrison 26 field goal.
4Q: 07:26 TCUU - Ronald Montgomery 67 fumble return.
4Q: 07:26 TCUU - Korey Brandon extra point.
4Q: 01:38 TCUU - Jason Barlow 11 run.
4Q: 01:38 TCUU - Korey Brandon extra point.

Game MVP: TCUU 95 A.J. Wolf

UAB 0 0 0 3 - 3
TCU 3 9 0 14 - 26

Team Statistics UABB TCUU

First Downs 10 16

Total Rushes 34 42
Net Rushing Yards 61 237
Yards Per Carry 1.7 5.6
Rushing Yards 88 260
Tckld Loss/Yards 8-19 8-17
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-8 1-6

Pass Attempts 23 19
Completions 11 13
Passing Yards 170 132
Yards Per Attempt 7.3 6.9
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1

Total Plays 57 61
Total Yards 231 369
Yards Per Play 4.0 6.0

3rd Down Plays 5/16 4/14

Penalties 9 4
Penalty Yards 74 41

Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 22
Time Of Possession 28:16 31:44

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 26 74 2.8 16 0 5 0
39 Razo 5 3 0.6 8 0 4 0
10 McLemore 2 -8 -4.0 0 0 0 2
6 Patton 1 -8 -8.0 -8 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 20 9 119 5.9 32 0 1
14 Weaver 3 2 51 17.0 34 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
6 Patton 3 65 21.6 5 32 0
39 Razo 2 -3 -1.5 3 0 0
83 Clark 2 31 15.5 13 17 0
87 Cofield 1 17 17.0 0 17 0
36 Barrows 1 18 18.0 16 18 0
84 Dunn 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
85 Reyes 1 34 34.0 24 34 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 23 7.6 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 4 103 25.7 0
34 Springer 2 46 23.0 0
The College Years

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 9 346 38.4 48 5

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 2 26 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
55 Schroeder 6 3 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
27 Blake 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Palma 3 4 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
72 Ponder 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 2 2 0.0 1 0 0
53 Guthrie 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
87 Cofield 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
69 Carlisle 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
76 Riffle 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
6 Patton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Pietraszak 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Stowe 0 1 0.5 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 3 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 0 2
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 1 0
87 Cofield 0 1 0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 0 0 1 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 0 1 0 0 0 0
85 Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 0
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 1 0

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C-USA - WEEK 11
Louisville 38, Army 17
Memphis 24, Cincinnati 13
East Carolina 56, South Florida 10
Houston 20, Southern Miss 14

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 6 2 0 .750 225 107 5 1 0 .833 175 78 Won 3
**UAB 7 2 0 .777 230 176 5 1 0 .833 146 121 Lost 1
Tulane 6 2 0 .750 181 74 4 1 0 .800 124 34 Won 2
East Carolina 4 4 0 .500 301 211 3 2 0 .600 204 112 Won 1
Louisville 5 4 0 .555 221 221 4 3 0 .571 166 138 Won 3
Army 3 5 0 .375 189 207 3 3 0 .500 170 139 Lost 2
Houston 3 5 0 .375 116 186 3 3 0 .500 92 124 Won 1
South Florida 2 6 0 .250 154 240 2 4 0 .333 130 183 Lost 1
Memphis 2 7 0 .222 168 320 2 4 0 .333 106 209 Won 1
Cincinnati 2 6 0 .250 115 233 1 5 0 .166 81 163 Lost 3
Southern Miss 1 7 0 .125 156 271 0 5 0 .000 99 192 Lost 7

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
UCLA 10-0 PAC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 8-1 B10 2 4 3.00 2
Miami (FL) 8-1 ACC 3 3 3.00 6
Texas 9-0 B12 4 2 3.00 3
Syracuse 8-0 BET 5 7 6.00 5
Bowling Green 9-0 MAC 6 5 5.50 7
Penn State 8-1 B10 7 6 6.50 4
Georgia 7-2 SEC 8 8 8.00 12
USC 7-2 PAC 9 10 9.50 15
Pittsburgh 8-1 BET 10 9 9.50 8
Colorado State 8-1 MWC 11 11 11.00 9
Marshall 8-1 MAC 12 12 12.00 10
California 7-2 PAC 13 14 13.50 11
Fresno State 8-1 WAC 14 17 15.50 13
Tennessee 7-1 SEC 15 13 14.00 16
Florida 6-3 SEC 16 15 15.50 19
San Jose State 8-1 WAC 17 23 20.00 22
West Virginia 8-2 BET 18 24 21.00 14
Notre Dame 6-2 IND 19 21 20.00 21
Nebraska 6-3 B12 20 19 19.50 26
Virginia 6-2 ACC 21 16 18.50 17
Texas A&M 6-2 B12 22 18 20.00 20
Oklahoma 6-3 B12 23 22 22.50 27
South Carolina 6-2 SEC 24 20 22.00 18
Boston College 5-3 BET 25 27 26.00 23
We have BCS controversy brewing. Should a one-loss Michigan team that lost to Notre Dame get in over undefeated Texas, who beat Nebraska and Oklahoma?

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WEEK 12 - PREVIEW
UAB (7-2) (-6) at Houston (3-5) - TV5
UAB plays in Texas for the second-straight week. Can the Blazers rebound from the TCU loss and keep focused?

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Razo, Mercury 39 RB Sr* Questionable Torn Thumb Ligame 4 Weeks
Stowe, Dominic 99 DT Sr Questionable Torn Thumb Ligame 4 Weeks
Harms, Howie 98 DE Sr Probable Sprained Neck 3 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr Out Repetitive Concus 73 Weeks
Castillo, Alvin 43 FB So* Questionable Pulled Groin 3 Weeks
Patton, Ben 6 WR Jr* Probable Dislocated Elbow 1 Week

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UAB 20, Houston 14

HOUSTON - UAB rebounded from a devastating loss to TCU last week, and they beat Houston (3-6). UAB's win was its 8th of the season, the most wins in one season in the B.B. Gunn coaching era, and also a school record.

QB Kim McLemore had 181 yards passing, while RB Juan Koehler added another 100-yard rushing game.

Box Score: UAB at Houston
Houston, TX.

Week 12, 2009

Attendance: 12,800 (32,000).


Weather: 49 degrees, stormy.

1Q: 06:41 HOUS - Rondell McGee 3 run.
1Q: 06:41 HOUS - Andy Murphy extra point.
1Q: 01:27 HOUS - Robbie Bailey 44 punt return.
1Q: 01:27 HOUS - Andy Murphy extra point.
2Q: 10:13 UABB - Jake Garrison 29 field goal.
2Q: 00:00 UABB - Jake Garrison 21 field goal.
4Q: 13:17 UABB - Phillip Reyes 49 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 13:17 UABB - Juan Koehler run for conversion.
4Q: 08:23 UABB - Jake Garrison 37 field goal.
4Q: 05:24 UABB - Jake Garrison 42 field goal.

Game MVP: UABB 92 Michael Davila

UAB 0 6 0 14 - 20
Houston 14 0 0 0 - 14

Team Statistics UABB HOUS

First Downs 9 7

Total Rushes 47 34
Net Rushing Yards 95 90
Yards Per Carry 2.0 2.6
Rushing Yards 141 132
Tckld Loss/Yards 18-39 6-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-7 5-32

Pass Attempts 18 24
Completions 10 5
Passing Yards 181 55
Yards Per Attempt 10.0 2.2
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0

Total Plays 65 58
Total Yards 276 145
Yards Per Play 4.2 2.5

3rd Down Plays 2/17 3/16

Penalties 2 5
Penalty Yards 20 26

Avg. Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 25
Time Of Possession 33:28 26:32

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 35 108 3.0 60 0 20 0
10 McLemore 7 -11 -1.5 2 0 5 1
39 Razo 3 4 1.3 3 0 1 0
36 Barrows 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 1 0
6 Patton 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 18 10 181 10.0 49 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
6 Patton 6 98 16.3 2 49 0
83 Clark 2 29 14.5 0 15 0
84 Dunn 1 5 5.0 0 5 0
85 Reyes 1 49 49.0 35 49 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 6 35 5.8 0
42 Owens 1 1 1.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 1 14 14.0 0
34 Springer 1 23 23.0 0
35 Dole 1 15 15.0 0
The College Years

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 11 383 34.8 46 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 4 4 42 0 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
55 Schroeder 10 1 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 9 1 4.5 0 0 0
34 Springer 5 2 0.0 1 23 0
93 Palma 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
74 Pietraszak 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Ponder 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 2 0.5 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
27 Blake 1 0 0.0 1 0 0
99 Stowe 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Cofield 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
9 Shelton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
6 Patton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 1 1
6 Patton 1 0 1 0 0 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 2 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 1 0

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C-USA - WEEK 12
East Carolina 44, Army 26
Tulane 34, Cincinnati 26
Memphis 13, Southern Miss 9
TCU 23, South Florida 20

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 7 2 0 .777 248 127 6 1 0 .857 198 98 Won 4
**UAB 8 2 0 .800 250 190 6 1 0 .857 166 135 Won 1
Tulane 7 2 0 .777 215 100 5 1 0 .833 158 60 Won 3
East Carolina 5 4 0 .555 345 237 4 2 0 .666 248 138 Won 2
Louisville 5 4 0 .555 221 221 4 3 0 .571 166 138 Won 3
Army 3 6 0 .333 215 251 3 4 0 .428 196 183 Lost 3
Houston 3 6 0 .333 130 206 3 4 0 .428 106 144 Lost 1
Memphis 3 7 0 .300 181 329 3 4 0 .428 119 218 Won 2
South Florida 2 7 0 .222 174 263 2 5 0 .285 150 206 Lost 2
Cincinnati 2 7 0 .222 141 267 1 6 0 .142 107 197 Lost 4
Southern Miss 1 8 0 .111 165 284 0 6 0 .000 108 205 Lost 8
We need to win against Memphis next week, and also hope that TCU loses at Louisville, in order for us to win the conference for the second-straight year. We already beat Tulane.

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
UCLA 10-0 PAC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 9-1 B10 2 3 2.50 4
Texas 10-0 B12 3 2 2.50 3
Syracuse 9-0 BET 4 5 4.50 5
Penn State 9-1 B10 5 4 4.50 2
Georgia 8-2 SEC 6 6 6.00 6
Miami (FL) 8-2 ACC 7 7 7.00 8
USC 8-2 PAC 8 9 8.50 16
Colorado State 9-1 MWC 9 10 9.50 9
Bowling Green 9-1 MAC 10 8 9.00 13
Marshall 9-1 MAC 11 12 11.50 10
California 8-2 PAC 12 14 13.00 14
Florida 7-3 SEC 13 15 14.00 19
Tennessee 8-1 SEC 14 11 12.50 11
Pittsburgh 8-2 BET 15 13 14.00 7
Virginia 7-2 ACC 16 16 16.00 15
West Virginia 8-2 BET 17 19 18.00 12
Texas A&M 7-2 B12 18 17 17.50 18
Boston College 6-3 BET 19 20 19.50 17
North Texas 8-2 SBC 20 22 21.00 25
<b>Tulane 7-2 USA 21 24 22.50 33</b>
Fresno State 8-2 WAC 22 23 22.50 21
<b>TCU 7-2 USA 23 18 20.50 22 </b>
San Jose State 8-2 WAC 24 30 27.00 30
Wisconsin 7-3 B10 25 26 25.50 23

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WEEK 13 - PREVIEW
Memphis (3-7) at UAB (8-2)(-24)
UAB is heavily favored in this game, but in this rivalry, anything goes.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Razo, Mercury 39 RB Sr* Questionable Torn Thumb Ligame 3 Weeks
Stowe, Dominic 99 DT Sr Probable Torn Thumb Ligame 3 Weeks
Harms, Howie 98 DE Sr Probable Sprained Neck 3 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr Out Repetitive Concus 72 Weeks
Castillo, Alvin 43 FB So* Questionable Pulled Groin 2 Weeks

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UAB 34, Memphis 7

BIRMINGHAM - UAB dominated the clock with great running by star RB Juan Koehler as the Blazers (9-2) knocked off their rivals Memphis (3-8) in C-USA action. However, the celebration was short-lived, as TCU eliminated the Blazers from title contention with a big win at Louisville.

"It's sad," said UAB coach B.B. Gunn, who has coached the Blazers to their best season ever, "but what can you do. We lost to TCU. We had a chance to wrap up the conference, and we didn't, and we're paying for that."

The C-USA title will go to either TCU or Tulane. The two teams don't play each other this year, so the conference champ will be determined after Tulane's game against East Carolina next week. Meanwhile, UAB hopes for a bowl berth in two weeks.

Box Score: Memphis at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 13, 2009

Attendance: 52,300 (83,100).


Weather: 60 degrees, fair.

1Q: 06:26 UABB - Phillip Reyes 3 pass from Kim McLemore.
1Q: 06:26 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
1Q: 04:43 MEMP - Justin Bronson 32 run.
1Q: 04:43 MEMP - Nate Coffin extra point.
2Q: 04:32 UABB - Juan Koehler 14 run.
2Q: 04:32 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 00:09 UABB - Jake Garrison 31 field goal.
3Q: 08:27 UABB - Alvin Castillo 7 pass from Kim McLemore.
3Q: 08:27 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 05:37 UABB - Edward Blake 65 interception return.
4Q: 05:37 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 03:28 UABB - Jake Garrison 22 field goal.

Game MVP: UABB 44 Juan Koehler

Memphis 7 0 0 0 - 7
UAB 7 10 7 10 - 34

Team Statistics MEMP UABB

First Downs 8 26

Total Rushes 17 57
Net Rushing Yards 19 243
Yards Per Carry 1.1 4.2
Rushing Yards 60 287
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-9 13-36
Sacked/Yards Lost 5-32 1-8

Pass Attempts 26 29
Completions 9 13
Passing Yards 139 171
Yards Per Attempt 5.3 5.8
Interceptions 3 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0

Total Plays 43 86
Total Yards 158 414
Yards Per Play 3.6 4.8

3rd Down Plays 0/9 9/18

Penalties 1 5
Penalty Yards 5 40

Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 43
Time Of Possession 19:31 40:29

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 30 170 5.6 24 1 7 0
10 McLemore 13 20 1.5 18 0 6 1
39 Razo 10 35 3.5 20 0 3 0
28 Kemp 2 10 5.0 9 0 0 0
6 Patton 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0
43 Castillo 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 29 13 171 5.8 27 2 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
44 Koehler 4 45 11.2 10 12 0
43 Castillo 3 43 14.3 31 27 1
85 Reyes 3 41 13.6 16 21 1
39 Razo 2 22 11.0 17 12 0
6 Patton 1 20 20.0 0 20 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 21 7.0 0
42 Owens 2 29 14.5 0
The College Years

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 2 37 18.5 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 3 120 40.0 49 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 2 5 31 4 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
27 Blake 4 0 0.0 1 65 1
93 Palma 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Cofield 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 1 1.5 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 1 0 0.0 1 0 0
48 Roberson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 Gambrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 0 1 0.0 1 49 0
91 Welch 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 7 1
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 3 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 3 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 McLemore 1 0 1 0 0 0
36 Barrows 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 Durham 0 1 0 0 0 0
83 Clark 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 Gambrell 0 1 0 0 0 0
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 1 0

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C-USA - WEEK 13
Houston 34, Army 20
East Carolina 35, Cincinnati 10
TCU 20, Louisville 7
Tulane 17, Southern Miss 14

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 8 2 0 .800 268 134 7 1 0 .875 218 105 Won 5
**UAB 9 2 0 .818 284 197 7 1 0 .875 200 142 Won 2
Tulane 8 2 0 .800 232 114 6 1 0 .857 175 74 Won 4
East Carolina 6 4 0 .600 380 247 5 2 0 .714 283 148 Won 3
Louisville 5 5 0 .500 228 241 4 4 0 .500 173 158 Lost 1
Houston 4 6 0 .400 164 226 4 4 0 .500 140 164 Won 1
Army 3 7 0 .300 235 285 3 5 0 .375 216 217 Lost 4
Memphis 3 8 0 .272 188 363 3 5 0 .375 126 252 Lost 1
South Florida 2 7 0 .222 174 263 2 5 0 .285 150 206 Lost 2
Cincinnati 2 8 0 .200 151 302 1 7 0 .125 117 232 Lost 5
Southern Miss 1 9 0 .100 179 301 0 7 0 .000 122 222 Lost 9


COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
UCLA 11-0 PAC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 10-1 B10 2 3 2.50 3
Texas 10-0 B12 3 2 2.50 4
Syracuse 10-0 BET 4 5 4.50 5
Penn State 10-1 B10 5 4 4.50 2
Georgia 9-2 SEC 6 6 6.00 6
Miami (FL) 9-2 ACC 7 7 7.00 7
Colorado State 10-1 MWC 8 9 8.50 8
Bowling Green 10-1 MAC 9 8 8.50 12
Marshall 10-1 MAC 10 10 10.00 9
California 8-2 PAC 11 11 11.00 11
USC 8-3 PAC 12 13 12.50 14
Texas A&M 8-2 B12 13 12 12.50 15
West Virginia 8-2 BET 14 18 16.00 10
North Texas 9-2 SBC 15 20 17.50 20
<b>Tulane 8-2 USA 16 22 19.00 30 </b>
Fresno State 9-2 WAC 17 21 19.00 18
<b>TCU 8-2 USA 18 15 16.50 17 </b>
Florida 7-4 SEC 19 19 19.00 22
San Jose State 9-2 WAC 20 28 24.00 27
Tennessee 8-2 SEC 21 14 17.50 16
Pittsburgh 8-3 BET 22 16 19.00 13
Wisconsin 8-3 B10 23 25 24.00 23
Notre Dame 7-3 IND 24 26 25.00 31
Nebraska 7-4 B12 25 24 24.50 32

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UAB INJURIES

Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Razo, Mercury 39 RB Sr* Probable Torn Thumb Ligame 2 Weeks
Stowe, Dominic 99 DT Sr Probable Torn Thumb Ligame 2 Weeks
Harms, Howie 98 DE Sr Probable Sprained Neck 2 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr Out Repetitive Concus 71 Weeks
Castillo, Alvin 43 FB So* Probable Pulled Groin 1 Week

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C-USA - WEEK 14
Louisville 48, Kentucky 18
Navy 14, Army 7
Miami (OH) 47, Cincinnati 7
Tulane 20, East Carolina 17
Rice 34, Houston 6
Southern Miss 17, South Florida 14
TCU 16, SMU 3

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 9 2 0 .818 284 137 7 1 0 .875 218 105 Won 6
**UAB 9 2 0 .818 284 197 7 1 0 .875 200 142 Won 2
Tulane 9 2 0 .818 252 131 7 1 0 .875 195 91 Won 5
East Carolina 6 5 0 .545 397 267 5 3 0 .625 300 168 Lost 1
Louisville 6 5 0 .545 276 259 4 4 0 .500 173 158 Won 1
Houston 4 7 0 .363 170 260 4 4 0 .500 140 164 Lost 1
Army 3 8 0 .272 242 299 3 5 0 .375 216 217 Lost 5
Memphis 3 8 0 .272 188 363 3 5 0 .375 126 252 Lost 1
South Florida 2 8 0 .200 188 280 2 6 0 .250 164 223 Lost 3
Cincinnati 2 9 0 .181 158 349 1 7 0 .125 117 232 Lost 6
Southern Miss 2 9 0 .181 196 315 1 7 0 .125 139 236 Won 1
TCU wins the C-USA title after a 2 year layoff.


COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
UCLA 11-0 PAC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 10-1 B10 2 2 2.00 3
Penn State 10-1 B10 3 3 3.00 2
Georgia 9-2 SEC 4 5 4.50 6
Miami (FL) 9-2 ACC 5 6 5.50 7
Texas 10-1 B12 6 4 5.00 4
Syracuse 10-1 BET 7 10 8.50 5
Colorado State 10-1 MWC 8 8 8.00 9
Bowling Green 10-1 MAC 9 7 8.00 14
Marshall 10-1 MAC 10 9 9.50 12
California 9-2 PAC 11 11 11.00 10
USC 8-3 PAC 12 14 13.00 16
Texas A&M 9-2 B12 13 12 12.50 13
West Virginia 9-2 BET 14 17 15.50 11
<b>Tulane 9-2 USA 15 21 18.00 28
TCU 9-2 USA 16 15 15.50 21 </b>
Tennessee 9-2 SEC 17 13 15.00 8
North Texas 9-2 SBC 18 22 20.00 22
Fresno State 9-2 WAC 19 23 21.00 17
Florida 7-4 SEC 20 20 20.00 20
San Jose State 9-2 WAC 21 28 24.50 24
Virginia 8-3 ACC 22 19 20.50 18
Pittsburgh 8-3 BET 23 16 19.50 15
Wisconsin 8-3 B10 24 27 25.50 26
Nebraska 7-4 B12 25 24 24.50 31
With TCU and Tulane ranked so high, it makes me wonder if UAB will be able to get into a bowl game this year.

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C-USA WEEK 15
Air Force 28, South Florida 7

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
MAC - Marshall 32, Bowling Green 7
B12 - Texas A&M 30, Missouri 3
SEC - Georgia 42, Ole Miss 21

BOWL MATCHUPS:
*Due to the lack of a 6th bowl-eligible Big Ten team, the UAB Blazers are going bowling!!! The 9-2 Blazers, who won a share of the C-USA title, will face WAC champ UTEP (9-2) in the Maui Bowl.
*TCU (9-2) will head to the Emerald Bowl to face Georgia Tech (7-4). Tulane (9-2) will go to the Birmingham Bowl to face Pittsburgh (8-3).
*Meanwhile, #1 UCLA (11-0) will face #2 Penn State (10-1) in the national championship game.

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FINAL 2009 BCS STANDINGS
School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
UCLA 11-0 PAC 1.25 1.00 0.00 3.40 5.65 1
Penn State 10-1 B10 1.75 3.50 1.00 1.28 7.53 2
Michigan 10-1 B10 3.00 2.00 1.00 2.52 8.52 3
Georgia 10-2 SEC 9.00 3.50 2.00 1.04 15.54 4
Syracuse 10-1 BET 4.75 8.00 1.00 3.04 16.79 5
Texas 10-1 B12 7.75 5.50 1.00 3.16 17.41 6
Miami (FL) 9-2 ACC 9.00 5.50 2.00 2.40 18.90 7
Texas A&M 10-2 B12 10.25 10.50 2.00 0.60 23.35 8
Colorado State 10-1 MWC 11.25 7.50 1.00 3.96 23.71 9
Marshall 11-1 MAC 10.75 8.50 1.00 3.68 23.93 10
Tennessee 9-2 SEC 6.75 15.00 2.00 1.60 25.35 11
California 9-2 PAC 10.50 10.50 2.00 4.24 27.24 12
West Virginia 9-2 BET 9.00 15.50 2.00 2.12 28.62 13
Pittsburgh 8-3 BET 9.75 19.50 3.00 0.44 32.69 14
USC 8-3 PAC 22.00 13.00 3.00 1.48 39.48 15
Bowling Green 10-2 MAC 20.50 12.50 2.00 4.80 39.80 16
Fresno State 9-2 WAC 16.25 21.00 2.00 4.72 43.97 17
Virginia 8-3 ACC 17.25 20.00 3.00 3.76 44.01 18
UTEP 9-2 WAC 19.25 22.50 2.00 4.48 48.23 19
Florida 7-4 SEC 24.25 20.00 4.00 1.24 49.49 20
North Texas 9-2 SBC 24.75 20.00 2.00 4.96 51.71 21
<b>TCU 9-2 USA 29.75 15.50 2.00 4.92 52.17 22 </b>
Vanderbilt 8-3 SEC 11.75 38.00 3.00 1.12 53.87 23
<b>Tulane 9-2 USA 30.25 18.00 2.00 5.00 55.25 24 </b>
San Jose State 9-2 WAC 24.25 24.50 2.00 4.76 55.51 25

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PREVIEW - MAUI BOWL

UAB (9-2) vs UTEP (9-2)(-7) - TV2

UAB goes bowling for the second straight season as they travel to Hawaii to face WAC champions UTEP in a game that will be on national TV in the first week of bowls.

The Miners run a balanced offense that tends to favor the run, something that might spell trouble for UAB. UTEP won the conference by beating highly-ranked Fresno State and San Jose State, one reason why the Miners are favored in this contest.

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MAUI BOWL GAME LOG
Since I'm sick at home today, I'll be doing this game in a running commentary format, for your viewing pleasure. And here we go!

Welcome to the Maui Bowl in beautiful Wailuku. UAB takes the kickoff first. McLemore puts together a good first drive, complete with several good option runs in tandem with Juan Koehler, and finishes the drive with a 9-yard TD pass to Koehler. After about 7 minutes, its UAB 7, UTEP 0.

Then UTEP puts together a good, balanced drive of its own, and ties the score with 3:57 remaining in the first quarter. UAB 7, UTEP 7. They just announced the attendance. Only 15,600 people are in attendance here in Wailuku. Too bad... they're missing a good game here.

After a UAB drive that was killed by terrible penalties, UTEP makes its way down the field again for another TD. At 11:59 in the 2nd quarter, it's UTEP 14, UAB 7. Their QB, Ameche, already has 105 yards passing on us.

We go 3-and-out on the next drive, then UTEP once again makes its way into the red zone. This time, our defense prevents them from getting into the end zone, and they settle for a field goal. UTEP 17, UAB 7.

We have yet ANOTHER drive killed by horrible penalties. Something must be done about all the penalties we have accumulated this year. Anyway, we punt, and what do you know, UTEP drives down the field for another score. UTEP 24, UAB 7. 4:45 left before halftime.

Finally, we get another decent drive going. But with 4th-and-10, and 1:30 on the clock, the OC decides to go for it!!! McLemore is sacked for a loss of 8 yards, and the ball is turned over on downs. This game is not going well for us. Just TWO plays later, thanks to a big 50-yard pass to set up a 9-yard TD run, UTEP is up 31-7 with less than a minute remaining. We can't do anything on the ensuing drive, and we go into the locker room with our heads down.

HALFTIME: UTEP 31, UAB 7.

I give one of my usual low-key but forceful halftime speeches. McLemore was pressured into making bad throws all throughout the first half. I tell him to calm down and just run the wishbone like we usually do. I also tell the D that it's up to them to hold UTEP to 31 in order for us to win.

UTEP takes the kick. On the first play from scrimmage after that, ILB Vinny Palma comes up with a HUGE interception for us. We take the ball on the UTEP 47. However, two plays later, McLemore attempts to throw it into the end zone from the UTEP 39. It's picked off by the Miners in the end zone. Damn... We make up for it, though, as the defense comes up with a drive stop and forces the Miners to punt for the first time in the game. A few plays later, McLemore connects with Koehler on a big 56-yard pass that takes us to the UTEP 8. Koehler dazzled, gaining 35 yards after the catch. But two plays later, McLemore fumbles the ball as he is sacked, and UTEP recovers at their own 10. DAMN...

UTEP drives down the field, and the UAB defense comes up with a BIG stop just short of the red zone. UTEP turns the ball over on downs. However, their RB Stewart is having a big day against us. 90 yards rushing so far...

On the next drive, McLemore gets another big connection to Koehler out of the backfield, this one for 34 yards. At this point, we have 202 yards passing, and only 78 yards rushing. Meanwhile, UTEP has 165 yards rushing, and 226 yards passing. No wonder we're losing.

3:15 left in the 3rd quarter now. We still have the ball... But then McLemore throws 3 straight incompletions, and we have to punt. The story of the game... The defense does its job, though, as they stop UTEP and force them to punt as well. McLemore then throws 3 more incompletions. Garrison attempts a 54-yard FG, but it just misses the crossbar. DAMN...

After another big stop, we get the ball back. McLemore connects with RB Mercury Razo for 32 yards. As we head into the 4th quarter, however, we lose momentum when McLemore is sacked. Garrison tries a 56-yarder this time, and this time he makes it! UTEP 31, UAB 10.

13:17 left in the game... UTEP fails to get a first down, and they punt. The defense is doing what I told them to do at the half. UTEP hasn't sniffed a point yet in the 2nd half. Now if only the offense can do something...

McLemore makes a big 31-yard pass play to TE Clark, taking us into UTEP territory. Then, again, McLemore throws 3 straight incompletions. Garrison then misses another 54-yarder. UTEP takes the ball. UTEP gets into the red zone, but the Blazers come up with a stop. Their kicker makes a 27-yarder. UTEP 34, UAB 10. 6:23 left in the game... Looks like it's over for us.

McLemore, after getting into trouble early, connects with Clark on a 42-yard pass, but then throws a pick on the next play, sealing the loss for us... that is, if it wasn't already sealed.

After an insurance TD by the Miners, Seth Weaver comes in for mop-up duty, but can't get any points.

FINAL: UTEP 41, UAB 10

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Box Score: UAB vs UTEP
Wailuku, HI.

Maui Bowl, 2009

Attendance: 15,600 (48,000).


Weather: 75 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:53 UABB - Juan Koehler 9 pass from Kim McLemore.
1Q: 08:53 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
1Q: 03:57 UTEP - Kelvin Daniels 4 pass from Van Ameche.
1Q: 03:57 UTEP - Adam Barlup extra point.
2Q: 11:59 UTEP - Kelvin Daniels 29 pass from Van Ameche.
2Q: 11:59 UTEP - Adam Barlup extra point.
2Q: 08:09 UTEP - Adam Barlup 36 field goal.
2Q: 04:45 UTEP - Nicky Sevcik 24 pass from Van Ameche.
2Q: 04:45 UTEP - Adam Barlup extra point.
2Q: 00:50 UTEP - Blake Stewart 9 run.
2Q: 00:50 UTEP - Adam Barlup extra point.
4Q: 13:17 UABB - Jake Garrison 56 field goal.
4Q: 06:23 UTEP - Adam Barlup 27 field goal.
4Q: 02:50 UTEP - Dan Chadwick 3 run.
4Q: 02:50 UTEP - Adam Barlup extra point.

Game MVP: UTEP 75 Rod Tate

UAB 7 0 0 3 - 10
UTEP 7 24 0 10 - 41

Team Statistics UABB UTEP

First Downs 15 27

Total Rushes 31 36
Net Rushing Yards 125 177
Yards Per Carry 4.0 4.9
Rushing Yards 179 220
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-9 7-25
Sacked/Yards Lost 7-45 3-18

Pass Attempts 37 35
Completions 13 20
Passing Yards 307 316
Yards Per Attempt 8.2 9.0
Interceptions 2 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0

Total Plays 68 71
Total Yards 432 493
Yards Per Play 6.3 6.9

3rd Down Plays 1/14 6/13

Penalties 9 5
Penalty Yards 84 28

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 28:02 31:58

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 13 77 5.9 17 0 1 0
10 McLemore 12 -11 -0.9 18 0 0 7
39 Razo 3 15 5.0 11 0 0 0
28 Kemp 3 44 14.6 49 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 37 13 307 8.2 56 1 2
14 Weaver 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
44 Koehler 6 137 22.8 84 56 1
6 Patton 4 102 25.5 28 42 0
39 Razo 2 37 18.5 7 32 0
83 Clark 1 31 31.0 12 31 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 2 6 3.0 0

The College Years
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
48 Roberson 3 78 26.0 0
34 Springer 2 55 27.5 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
17 Harper 5 183 36.6 47 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 3 56 1 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
92 Davila 7 3 1.5 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 7 5 0.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 6 4 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Palma 4 3 0.0 1 0 0
42 Owens 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 3 2 0.5 0 0 0
91 Welch 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
27 Blake 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Roberson 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
9 Shelton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
6 Patton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
10 McLemore 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
65 Hutton 0 0 0 0 1 2
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 4 2
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 0 1
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 2 2
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 McLemore 1 0 0 0 0 0

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OTHER C-USA BOWLS:
*BIRMINGHAM BOWL - Pittsburgh (9-3) 14, Tulane (9-3) 7
*EMERALD BOWL - TCU (10-2) 17, Georgia Tech (7-5) 7

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
#1 UCLA 40, #2 Penn State 38

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2009 Summary for UAB

Record: 9-3
Rank: 32

UAB Team Rank
Rushes 549 8
Rushing Yards 2105 13
Yards Per Carry 3.83 25 (T)
Pass Attempts 268 106 (T)
Completions 140 100 (T)
Passing Yards 2135 68
Yards Per Attempt 7.96 26 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 38.1 30 (T)
Points Per Game 24.5 53 (T)
Turnovers 18 37 (T)
Turnover Margin +4 41 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 351 15 (T)
Rushing Yards 1052 30
Yards Per Carry 2.99 41 (T)
Pass Attempts 359 94
Completions 175 46 (T)
Passing Yards 2434 74
Yards Per Attempt 6.77 54 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 34.9 75
Points Per Game 19.8 42 (T)
Turnovers 22 49 (T)

Primary Formation: Wishbone Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 31 FAIR (79) 0
4 17 at OHST (33) 24
5 36 ARST (124) 31
6 42 at LOUV (52) 34
7 10 TULA (25) 7
8 27 ARMY (105) 21
9 27 at SFLA (108) 6
10 37 ECAR (55) 27
11 3 at TCUU (13) 26
12 20 at HOUS (87) 14
13 34 MEMP (101) 7
16 10 vs UTEP (23) 41

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
10 McLemore QB 252 128 1979 7.85 12 10
Team --- 268 140 2135 7.96 13 10

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
44 Koehler RB 309 1375 4.44 8 75 87
10 McLemore QB 106 240 2.26 1 43 151
39 Razo RB 63 180 2.85 2 19 34
43 Castillo FB 32 141 4.40 1 5 0
Team --- 549 2105 3.83 14 156 301

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
6 Patton WR 62 26 496 19.0 78 1
44 Koehler RB 37 19 271 14.2 146 3
85 Reyes WR 36 20 477 23.8 177 3
83 Clark TE 35 14 208 14.8 62 1
39 Razo RB 27 18 148 8.2 50 1
86 Snyder TE 27 17 269 15.8 76 1
43 Castillo FB 24 14 168 12.0 51 3
36 Barrows FB 14 8 52 6.5 24 0
Team --- 268 140 2135 15.2 664 13

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
34 Springer S 57 25 0.0 7 2 16
92 Davila DE 53 14 15.0 22 0 0
55 Schroeder OLB 49 19 0.0 9 1 3
48 Roberson CB 47 11 0.0 4 1 18
93 Palma ILB 44 18 4.5 8 2 5
58 Roosenraad OLB 39 8 5.5 9 0 2
42 Owens CB 36 14 0.0 4 4 10
27 Blake S 36 14 0.0 6 3 7
91 Welch DT 27 16 5.5 8 0 0
53 Guthrie ILB 21 8 0.0 4 0 0
72 Ponder DT 19 4 1.0 4 0 0
45 Costello CB 16 5 1.5 4 0 3
76 Riffle DE 14 7 1.0 3 0 0
The College Years
Team --- 580 186 46.0 109 15 65

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2009 Season Standings, Conference USA

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 10 2 0 .833 301 144 7 1 0 .875 218 105 Won 7
**UAB 9 3 0 .750 294 238 7 1 0 .875 200 142 Lost 1
Tulane 9 3 0 .750 259 145 7 1 0 .875 195 91 Lost 1
East Carolina 6 5 0 .545 397 267 5 3 0 .625 300 168 Lost 1
Louisville 6 5 0 .545 276 259 4 4 0 .500 173 158 Won 1
Houston 4 7 0 .363 170 260 4 4 0 .500 140 164 Lost 1
Army 3 8 0 .272 242 299 3 5 0 .375 216 217 Lost 5
Memphis 3 8 0 .272 188 363 3 5 0 .375 126 252 Lost 1
South Florida 2 9 0 .181 195 308 2 6 0 .250 164 223 Lost 4
Cincinnati 2 9 0 .181 158 349 1 7 0 .125 117 232 Lost 6
Southern Miss 2 9 0 .181 196 315 1 7 0 .125 139 236 Won 1

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FINAL COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
UCLA 12-0 PAC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 11-1 B10 2 2 2.00 2
Miami (FL) 10-2 ACC 3 4 3.50 6
Texas 11-1 B12 4 3 3.50 3
Georgia 10-3 SEC 5 6 5.50 10
Penn State 10-2 B10 6 5 5.50 4
California 10-2 PAC 7 8 7.50 7
Syracuse 10-2 BET 8 11 9.50 8
Texas A&M 11-2 B12 9 7 8.00 5
Colorado State 10-2 MWC 10 10 10.00 14
West Virginia 10-2 BET 11 15 13.00 9
Marshall 11-2 MAC 12 9 10.50 12
<b>TCU 10-2 USA 13 12 12.50 19 </b>
North Texas 10-2 SBC 14 17 15.50 17
Fresno State 10-2 WAC 15 19 17.00 16
Florida 8-4 SEC 16 20 18.00 21
San Jose State 10-2 WAC 17 25 21.00 18
Bowling Green 10-3 MAC 18 18 18.00 27
Virginia 9-3 ACC 19 14 16.50 13
USC 8-4 PAC 20 21 20.50 25
Pittsburgh 9-3 BET 21 13 17.00 11
Nebraska 8-4 B12 22 23 22.50 23
UTEP 10-2 WAC 23 16 19.50 15
Oklahoma 8-4 B12 24 24 24.00 26
<b>Tulane 9-3 USA 25 28 26.50 34 </b>

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ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
G Derrick Hutton

C-USA FIRST TEAM
RB Juan Koehler
C Dale Peachey
T Grant Pietraszak
K Jake Garrison

C-USA SECOND TEAM
TE Dean Snyder (made the 2nd team even though he missed half the year with injury)
G Ty Carlisle
DE Michael Davila (he of the 15 sacks)
S Brenden Springer

C-USA ACADEMIC TEAM
CB Byron Costello

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Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Cox, Deron 18 QB Sr 17 17
Peachey, Dale 56 C Sr 57 67
Lerner, Everett 70 G Sr 26 42
Coates, Marlon 67 T Sr 10 10
Harper, Eddie 17 P Sr 44 44
Davila, Michael 92 DE Sr 49 54
Harms, Howie 98 DE Sr 31 32
Stowe, Dominic 99 DT Sr 17 26
May, Darnell 49 OLB* Sr 6 6
Roberson, Bart 48 CB Sr 76 76
Springer, Brenden 34 S Sr 61 83
Dole, Jose 35 S Sr 18 42
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Sr 70 100
Harrison, Earnest 88 TE* Sr 13 13
Cofield, Phillip 87 WR Sr 16 32
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Sr 15 47
You could say that the loss of TE Snyder will hurt, but he was oft injured and never reached his true potential. With his concussion syndrome, it's a shame to see such NFL talent wasted.

We lose the anchor of our OL, C Peachey, and we lose a LOT of key starters on defense: sackmaster Davila, Harms, Roberson, Springer, and McCrory. The OL and the secondary will be fine, but our DL takes a hit.

Anyway, so long guys.

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Recruiting List, Worksheet View

Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
**Devore, Peter CB AR 346 453 89
**Burroughs, Kenyon S AL 257 73 84
**Battle, Ron T LA 343 426 89
**Kimbrell, Mitch G WV 463 408 85
Brewer, Oliver FB NC 396 347 96
**McCormick, Marshall RB MO 422 409 85
**Mueller, C.J. C GA 331 281 86
**Prescott, Darryl WR MO 422 409 83
$$Bernhardt, Vince DT IN 377 444 97
$$Strong, Jackie ILB IL 394 450 93
##Osborne, Bryan K GA 282 148 81

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
**Devore, Peter 89+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
**Burroughs, Kenyon 87- 2 3 Acad/Dist Committed *
**Battle, Ron 82+ 2 2 Acad/Dist Committed *
**Kimbrell, Mitch 80+ 2 3 Acad/Dist Committed *
Brewer, Oliver 79+ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
**McCormick, Marshall 76+ 2 3 Acad/Prest Committed *
**Mueller, C.J. 72+ 2 3 Acad*/Dist Committed *
**Prescott, Darryl 71-- 3 2 Acad*/Dist Committed *
$$Bernhardt, Vince 51+ 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *
$$Strong, Jackie 46+ 0 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
##Osborne, Bryan 45- 0 1 Dist*/Prest 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.
Except at ILB, we recruited well to replace our losses. Devore and Burroughs will more than make up for the losses of Roberson and Springer. Meanwhile, with a redshirt season to get ready, McCormick should step in nicely when Koehler graduates next year. Welcome aboard, guys.

TCY Today Recruiting Rank for UAB: #8

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We took a step forward. Improving from 7-5 to 9-3 helps our prestige. But it would've been nice to win the conference again, and to get our first bowl win. We have many of the pieces to do just that in 2010. Let's go for it.

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Follow the Blazers to 2010!

UAB 2010 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=54902)