TCY Dynasty: Passing Yardage Challenge

[larrymcg421]

Since I'm absolutely bored at work tonight, I thought it would be fun to try a TCY dynasty.

Primary goals of the dynasty:

1) Get the most passing yards as possible for my QB. (In random tests, I've been able to get 5900. I'd like to break 6000).
2) Test this insane new defense. (Designed to create more passing attempts on both sides.)
3) I might care about winning, too.

I looked for a team with low prestige to make it somewhat challenging, but also needed a conference without a championship game (so there will be year to year consistency on stats) and one with reasonable competition. I'm gonna go ahead and use Temple. I'll try to schedule current Big East teams like Louisville and South Florida as my OOC games.

House rules:

*Set on the highest level (All-star).

*I cannot offer scholarships to anyone on defense. Walk-ons only. Hey chemistry genius? Yep, you're gonna start at LB.

*The few good players I have now cannot be redshirted. The sooner this is all my team, the better.

*Sol8 is located in Montana, far away from me.

*No redshirting. Let's see how many freshman awards we can win.

*That's about it. No restrictions on recruiting/academics.

[larrymcg421]

Here is the insane defense:

*Run expectation set to 99 in all situations

*Goal Line package set to 99. All other packages set to 0. Both blitzing categories set to 99.

*100% man to man coverage.

*Scout recommended blitzing position %'s. Coverage set at 100% man to man.

Hopefully, this will compel the opposing teams to pass. Whether they are successful at it or not, this will increase the number of plays in the game, which will increase the number of pass attempts by my QB.

On offense, we will be throwing every down (although the AI will probably still call the occassional run, I've set all situations to 0% running.) I've also increased 4th down attempts to 99, and lowered running inside the twenty to 0.

Passing distances will be: 15-55-25-3-2.

[larrymcg421]

Here are your 2004 Temple Owls. Sophomore Jermaine Pence will get the first crack at the total yardage, although I think he'll come closer to the NCAA record for INT's.

Overall Ranking: 82
Conference Ranking: 5


Temple Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Wagner, Joey 2 QB So* 14 29
Pence, Jermaine 17 QB So 23 54
Swedberg, Ronald 1 QB Sr 25 25
Fulton, Bo 10 QB* So 14 14
McWilliams, Zach 19 QB* So 11 38
Hopkins, Charles 29 RB Jr 30 40
Barrett, Shaun 43 RB Sr 37 57
Culp, Dan 38 RB Sr 21 24
Burns, Roman 23 RB So 22 34
Butler, Fernando 28 RB* So 23 23
Lecis, Andy 30 FB Sr* 19 32
Bennett, Drew 36 FB Jr 25 40
Roberson, Robbie 45 FB* Fr 15 38
McNeil, Peter 89 TE Sr 21 32
Coles, Howie 87 TE Sr* 36 41
Kudlacz, Chuck 85 TE Sr* 52 52
Bustos, Kelvin 81 TE* Fr 13 14
Wile, Martin 88 WR Sr* 17 17
Methe, Clifton 9 WR Sr 26 26
Monroe, Greg 83 WR Jr 26 26
Taylor, Billy 4 WR Sr 35 45
Bosela, Leslie 86 WR* Jr 18 27
Weaver, Hugh 8 WR* Fr 9 33
Stringer, Kendall 5 WR* So* 9 23
Smith, Riddick 59 C So* 12 19
Howe, Jared 53 C So* 13 46
Ricksecker, Sammie 54 C Fr 27 52
Tubbs, Rod 77 G Jr* 13 62
Sanford, Terrance 62 G So* 12 69
Kempthorn, Sam 76 G Fr 10 34
Fleming, Vernon 70 G* Fr 5 47
Molina, Carl 67 T Jr* 27 62
Kinney, Randy 66 T Jr* 22 27
Kemp, Darren 60 T* So* 4 23
Wyse, Billy Joe 68 T* So* 8 31
Carhart, Emmanuel 11 P So 34 34
Shea, Marvin 7 P Fr 12 52
Diblasio, Riddick 13 K Jr* 18 54
Oglivie, Rufus 14 K So* 22 23
Frohbieter, Mario 96 DE So 12 22
Flaurnay, Cris 74 DE Sr 27 45
DeVito, Shane 92 DE Sr* 28 40
Jarvis, Louie 95 DE So 17 36
Buford, Lionel 72 DE Fr 14 46
Newsome, Harry 73 DT So* 17 35
Waldroup, Jermaine 79 DT So 11 12
Banks, Robbie 91 DT Sr 39 54
Rosser, Kenny 97 DT Jr* 19 24
Seabury, Dixon 57 ILB Sr* 42 42
Barker, Chris 49 ILB Sr 40 40
Osburn, Jorge 47 ILB Sr 24 44
Cunningham, Bernie 55 ILB* Fr 10 27
Bergman, Devin 98 OLB Sr* 14 35
Henry, Christian 93 OLB Jr 16 16
Alexander, Harry 90 OLB Sr* 42 42
Snyder, Clay 99 OLB Sr 33 33
Tate, Deron 40 OLB* Jr* 7 31
Woodard, Marvin 25 CB Jr 39 50
Dunlap, Neal 46 CB So 31 34
Hudrlik, Richard 39 CB Sr 23 32
Duran, Ethan 37 CB* So* 4 36
Downs, Gerald 22 CB* So 21 21
Gunn, Chad 48 S Jr* 31 31
Humphrey, Morris 21 S Jr 50 50
Randle, Johnnie 44 S Sr 31 52
Sheldon, Donald 27 S Jr 20 20
Shula, Joel 34 S Sr* 21 21

[larrymcg421]

Pence was injured for two games and only managed 2035 passing yards. he did throw only 19 INT's, much less than I had expected. We did lead the nation in pass attempts, which is a good sign for the future.

2004 Summary for Temple

Record: 1-10
Rank: 121

Temple Team Rank
Rushes 104 125
Rushing Yards -282 125
Yards Per Carry -2.0-71 125
Pass Attempts 597 1
Completions 284 9 (T)
Passing Yards 3037 22
Yards Per Attempt 5.08 110
3rd Down Conversions 23.5 117
Points Per Game 16.0 105 (T)
Turnovers 51 125
Turnover Margin -33 125

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 474 120
Rushing Yards 1718 78
Yards Per Carry 3.62 53
Pass Attempts 338 69
Completions 204 104 (T)
Passing Yards 2660 109
Yards Per Attempt 7.86 111
3rd Down Conversions 38.1 76 (T)
Points Per Game 45.0 123
Turnovers 18 88 (T)

Primary Formation: Run and Shoot Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 17 VIRG (72) 61
3 0 at MARY (21) 65
4 23 MONT (80) 31
5 15 at TOLE (41) 37
6 34 BOWG (40) 31
7 7 PITT (60) 45
8 3 at RUTG (84) 20
9 27 at CONN (102) 38
11 15 at WVIR (25) 59
12 10 SYRA (18) 52
13 25 BOSC (43) 56

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
17 Pence QB 405 194 2035 5.02 7 19
1 Swedberg QB 132 63 696 5.27 4 10
19 McWilliams QB 60 27 306 5.10 4 8
Team --- 597 284 3037 5.08 15 37

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
17 Pence QB 57 -191 -3.35 0 43 257
1 Swedberg QB 31 -90 -2.90 0 24 139
Team --- 104 -282 -2.71 0 75 436

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
83 Monroe WR 115 53 647 12.2 89 1
4 Taylor WR 109 55 676 12.2 168 2
86 Bosela WR 101 46 579 12.5 141 4
9 Methe WR 97 43 443 10.3 107 5
8 Weaver WR 56 24 223 9.2 58 2
29 Hopkins RB 32 16 72 4.5 48 0
43 Barrett RB 28 14 77 5.5 64 1
89 McNeil TE 24 16 152 9.5 52 0
88 Wile WR 12 4 44 11.0 9 0
5 Stringer WR 11 5 58 11.6 0 0
Team --- 597 284 3037 10.6 738 15

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
57 Seabury ILB 80 28 4.0 11 0 2
91 Banks DT 74 25 6.0 14 0 0
21 Humphrey S 65 32 0.0 5 2 4
99 Snyder OLB 46 12 5.5 9 1 2
46 Dunlap CB 40 12 0.0 2 0 13
44 Randle S 40 7 1.0 3 1 2
49 Barker ILB 38 14 2.0 5 0 2
90 Alexander OLB 30 11 1.0 6 1 1
98 Bergman OLB 26 15 5.5 8 1 0
25 Woodard CB 25 5 0.0 2 1 3
48 Gunn S 24 9 0.0 3 1 2
74 Flaurnay DE 19 9 3.5 5 0 1
73 Newsome DT 16 10 2.0 4 0 0
22 Downs CB 16 4 0.0 2 0 0
92 DeVito DE 15 6 3.0 3 0 1
39 Hudrlik CB 14 6 0.0 0 1 1
96 Frohbieter DE 13 3 1.0 1 0 1
97 Rosser DT 12 6 1.5 4 0 0
86 Bosela WR 11 0 0.0 0 0 0
Team --- 728 225 41.0 95 10 36

Season Awards:

All Big East 1st Team:

DT Robbie Banks
ILB Dixon Seabury
OLB Clay Snyder
S Morris Humphrey

[larrymcg421]

Not a terrible recruiting year, considering I had nothing to offer. I expect Bates to start immediately and look for improved WR play.

Recruiting List, Ranking View

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Buchanan, Terry C 6-5 276 NJ 240 17 11 1
**Ferguson, Roosevelt WR 6-3 191 NJ 527 48 20 2
Walton, Vincent G 6-3 280 NY 610 57 47 7
**Bates, Colin QB 6-2 177 NY 633 52 49 10
Walker, Richie WR 6-3 193 PA 687 61 32 3
**Lyons, Drew T 6-4 278 PA 703 53 33 3
**Abell, Earnest T 6-4 270 PA 907 77 41 5
$$Linquist, Stanley RB 5-9 177 TX --- 86 83 9
##Battle, Timothy G 6-3 272 NY --- 100 71 10
##Thompson, Kent OLB 6-2 212 CA --- --- --- 15
##Cain, Vince S 6-0 170 OK --- --- 18 2
##Messerly, Neil DE 5-11 204 CA --- --- --- 13
##Lyons, Leslie DT 6-4 267 IN --- --- 48 3
##Lyon, Harvey ILB 6-2 198 TX --- --- --- 5
##Walls, Benjamin CB 5-11 160 FL --- --- --- 8
##Matthew, Terry K 5-10 160 MI --- 96 93 4

[RPI-Fan]

Cool idea, definitely following!

[larrymcg421]

Heisman Trophy Winner: QB Dwight Colton, Oklahoma - 4010 Yards, 39 TD, 14 INT,
National Championship: Oklahoma 34, Georgia 22

Final Top 25:

Overall Rankings

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Oklahoma 13-0 B12 1.50 1.00 0.00 0.24 2.74 1
Miami of Florida 12-0 ACC 1.50 2.00 0.00 1.04 4.54 2
Georgia 12-1 SEC 3.75 4.00 1.00 0.04 8.79 3
Nebraska 11-2 B12 3.00 7.00 2.00 0.12 12.12 4
Michigan 11-1 B10 5.25 3.00 1.00 2.96 12.21 5
Southern California 10-2 P10 4.75 9.00 2.00 1.40 17.15 6
Florida State 10-2 ACC 7.25 7.00 2.00 1.08 17.33 7
Penn State 11-1 B10 8.50 5.00 1.00 3.28 17.78 8
Auburn 11-2 SEC 6.25 11.50 2.00 1.48 21.23 9
Kansas State 10-2 B12 8.25 13.00 2.00 0.76 24.01 10
Notre Dame 10-2 IND 11.50 11.50 2.00 0.44 25.44 11
Ohio State 10-2 B10 14.75 7.00 2.00 1.96 25.71 12
UCLA 10-2 P10 13.75 10.00 2.00 1.76 27.51 13
Clemson 9-3 ACC 11.50 18.00 3.00 0.32 32.82 14
Louisiana State 9-3 SEC 12.75 16.50 3.00 1.92 34.17 15
Washington State 9-3 P10 13.75 21.50 3.00 1.36 39.61 16
Texas 9-3 B12 20.50 14.50 3.00 2.12 40.12 17
Utah 10-2 MWE 20.25 15.50 2.00 4.20 41.95 18
Syracuse 10-2 BEA 18.50 19.00 2.00 2.60 42.10 19
Florida 9-3 SEC 22.75 17.00 3.00 1.88 44.63 20
Maryland 9-3 ACC 20.25 22.00 3.00 1.72 46.97 21
Boise State 10-2 WAC 22.25 18.50 2.00 4.24 46.99 22
Georgia Tech 9-3 ACC 22.75 22.50 3.00 1.24 49.49 23
Colorado 8-4 B12 17.50 29.50 4.00 0.56 51.56 24
Tennessee 8-4 SEC 23.00 25.00 4.00 0.68 52.68 25

[larrymcg421]

Your 2005 Temple Owls. Not happy with my QB recruit, but he'll have to do. The WR's and C look very good, though.

Preseason Rankings

National: 110
Big East: 6

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Bates, Colin 1 QB Fr 18 46
Pence, Jermaine 17 QB Jr 28 54
Wagner, Joey 2 QB Jr* 17 30
Fulton, Bo 10 QB* Jr* 18 18
McWilliams, Zach 19 QB* Jr 16 37
Burns, Roman 23 RB Jr 26 33
Hopkins, Charles 29 RB Sr 31 40
Linquist, Stanley 32 RB Fr 30 63
Butler, Fernando 28 RB* Jr 23 23
Bennett, Drew 36 FB Sr 25 40
Lecis, Andy 30 FB Sr 20 33
Roberson, Robbie 45 FB* So* 15 39
Coles, Howie 87 TE Sr 36 41
Kudlacz, Chuck 85 TE Sr 50 50
Bustos, Kelvin 81 TE* So 15 15
Ferguson, Roosevelt 3 WR Fr 31 86
Monroe, Greg 83 WR Sr 26 26
Walker, Richie 89 WR Fr 27 78
Wile, Martin 88 WR Sr 19 19
Bosela, Leslie 86 WR* Sr 18 26
Stringer, Kendall 5 WR* Jr* 10 23
Weaver, Hugh 8 WR* So 12 32
Buchanan, Terry 58 C Fr 10 68
Howe, Jared 53 C Jr* 11 46
Ricksecker, Sammie 54 C So 22 52
Smith, Riddick 59 C Jr* 6 19
Battle, Timothy 63 G Fr 25 53
Kempthorn, Sam 76 G So 13 34
Sanford, Terrance 62 G Jr* 23 69
Tubbs, Rod 77 G Sr* 13 62
Walton, Vincent 74 G Fr 13 55
Dale, Courtney 64 G* Sr 23 23
Fleming, Vernon 70 G* So 3 47
Abell, Earnest 65 T Fr 9 47
Kinney, Randy 66 T Sr* 31 31
Lyons, Drew 75 T Fr 1 36
Molina, Carl 67 T Sr* 31 62
Kemp, Darren 60 T* Jr* 6 23
Wyse, Billy Joe 68 T* Jr* 8 31
Carhart, Emmanuel 11 P Jr 35 35
Shea, Marvin 7 P So* 12 52
Diblasio, Riddick 13 K Sr* 23 54
Matthew, Terry 16 K* Fr 6 22
Buford, Lionel 72 DE So 20 46
DeVito, Shane 92 DE Sr 28 40
Frohbieter, Mario 96 DE Jr 14 22
Jarvis, Louie 95 DE Jr 26 36
Messerly, Neil 71 DE* Fr 4 42
Newsome, Harry 73 DT Jr* 20 35
Rosser, Kenny 97 DT Sr* 21 24
Waldroup, Jermaine 79 DT Jr 15 15
Lyons, Leslie 91 DT* Fr 8 27
Seabury, Dixon 57 ILB Sr 42 42
Cunningham, Bernie 55 ILB* So 10 27
Lyon, Harvey 51 ILB* Fr 7 36
Alexander, Harry 90 OLB Sr 42 42
Bergman, Devin 98 OLB Sr 19 35
Henry, Christian 93 OLB Sr 17 17
Tate, Deron 40 OLB* Sr* 5 31
Thompson, Kent 56 OLB* Fr 10 65
Dunlap, Neal 46 CB Jr 28 34
Woodard, Marvin 25 CB Sr 38 50
Downs, Gerald 22 CB* Jr 23 23
Duran, Ethan 37 CB* Jr* 5 36
Walls, Benjamin 43 CB* Fr 9 57
Gunn, Chad 48 S Sr* 33 33
Humphrey, Morris 21 S Sr 52 52
Sheldon, Donald 27 S Sr 20 20
Shula, Joel 34 S Sr 22 22
Cain, Vince 38 S* Fr 11 63

[larrymcg421]

Much better season than last. True freshman Bates played much better than I expected and had some huge games (two 400 yard days) along the way. Once again led the nation in pass attempts. When we finally get some good personnel in the passing game, should see some fireworks.

2005 Summary for Temple

Record: 4-7
Rank: 91

Temple Team Rank
Rushes 153 125
Rushing Yards 4 125
Yards Per Carry 0.02 125
Pass Attempts 594 1
Completions 324 3 (T)
Passing Yards 3141 24
Yards Per Attempt 5.28 112
3rd Down Conversions 25.6 114
Points Per Game 21.2 79
Turnovers 27 92 (T)
Turnover Margin -9 102 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 395 62 (T)
Rushing Yards 1378 49
Yards Per Carry 3.48 46
Pass Attempts 326 55 (T)
Completions 183 59 (T)
Passing Yards 2641 99
Yards Per Attempt 8.10 102
3rd Down Conversions 34.2 52 (T)
Points Per Game 33.1 102
Turnovers 18 89 (T)

Primary Formation: Run and Shoot Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 13 at KENT (24) 35
2 52 NAVY (120) 17
3 34 at CFLA (100) 3
4 11 at LOUV (18) 37
5 3 at PITT (46) 16
7 7 NOTR (19) 80
8 28 CONN (104) 3
9 14 at SYRA (54) 50
10 7 at WVIR (26) 69
12 52 RUTG (111) 14
13 13 BOSC (12) 41

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
1 Bates QB 487 262 2604 5.34 18 15
17 Pence QB 107 62 537 5.01 2 5
Team --- 594 324 3141 5.28 20 20

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
1 Bates QB 118 -54 -0.45 1 59 320
17 Pence QB 26 10 0.38 1 14 54
Team --- 153 4 0.02 2 74 375

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
3 Ferguson WR 143 76 832 10.9 267 7
89 Walker WR 132 63 692 10.9 228 4
88 Wile WR 63 34 325 9.5 50 1
8 Weaver WR 52 26 232 8.9 86 4
83 Monroe WR 49 21 274 13.0 75 3
86 Bosela WR 45 30 210 7.0 45 1
29 Hopkins RB 42 33 272 8.2 182 0
32 Linquist RB 30 13 72 5.5 58 0
87 Coles TE 14 12 71 5.9 21 0
5 Stringer WR 12 9 87 9.6 27 0
Team --- 594 324 3141 9.6 1080 20

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
57 Seabury ILB 90 26 3.5 13 1 6
90 Alexander OLB 62 28 2.5 8 2 4
56 Thompson OLB 43 13 3.5 9 1 1
38 Cain S 42 10 0.5 6 0 2
21 Humphrey S 38 19 0.0 5 2 6
73 Newsome DT 36 15 1.0 9 0 0
46 Dunlap CB 30 12 0.0 2 1 6
25 Woodard CB 24 5 0.0 1 3 3
22 Downs CB 22 3 0.0 4 1 5
48 Gunn S 22 3 0.0 2 0 1
79 Waldroup DT 20 6 3.0 4 0 0
95 Jarvis DE 16 5 2.0 4 0 0
98 Bergman OLB 16 10 4.5 7 1 1
92 DeVito DE 15 6 5.0 6 0 0
97 Rosser DT 15 4 0.5 4 0 0
96 Frohbieter DE 12 5 4.5 6 0 0
Team --- 627 185 33.0 98 12 36

Award winners:

National Freshman Team: WR Roosevelt Ferguson

Big East Top Offensive Freshman: QB Colin Bates

All Big East 1st Team:

ILB Dixon Seabury
OLB Harry Alexander

All Big East 2nd Team:

WR Roosevelt Feguson

[larrymcg421]

I went for broke this recruiting season with mixed results. I landed a blue chip QB along with a very good G and WR, but not anyone else in the top 1000. Hopefully my academics will be solidified by this season and I'll be able to take advantage for a more balanced recruiting class.

Recruiting List, Ranking View

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Rayburn, J.J. QB 6-1 185 MD 3 1 1 1
Ross, Marshall G 6-5 280 TX 159 18 16 4
Worzella, Dustin WR 6-1 184 NY 170 10 13 1
**Brown, B.J. RB 5-10 187 VT --- --- 2 1
**Douthett, Michael WR 6-4 202 FL --- --- 56 4
$$Tolar, Jared TE 6-3 223 VA --- 89 42 3
##Harper, Levon DE 6-2 221 MD --- --- 45 5
##Coles, Rondell FB 5-10 216 MA --- 75 38 3
##Bailey, Mickey CB 5-9 158 CA --- --- --- 16
##Houston, John S 6-1 179 HI --- --- 7 2
##Groh, Kendall DT 6-5 279 MT --- --- 34 4
##Alcott, Norman OLB 6-3 214 NY --- --- --- 7
##Page, Morris S 5-8 166 AZ --- --- 32 2
##Bromley, Toby OLB 6-2 211 KS --- --- 19 2
##Woodard, Scottie ILB 6-3 206 TN --- --- 41 2
##Copenhauer, Trevor CB 5-8 163 MA --- --- 42 7

[larrymcg421]

Heisman Trophy Winner: RB Luther Rhodes, Texas - 2785 rushing yards, 26 TD, 31 catches, 432 yards, 7 TD
National Championship: Michigan 38, Nebraska 35

Final Top 25:

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Michigan 12-0 B10 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.68 2.68 1
Florida State 11-1 ACC 3.25 3.00 1.00 1.68 8.93 2
Nebraska 12-1 B12 4.25 2.50 1.00 1.40 9.15 3
Southern California 11-1 P10 3.75 3.50 1.00 1.24 9.49 4
Louisiana State 11-1 SEC 5.00 5.00 1.00 1.88 12.88 5
Auburn 11-2 SEC 3.75 8.50 2.00 0.72 14.97 6
Miami of Florida 10-2 ACC 8.75 6.00 2.00 1.48 18.23 7
Virginia Tech 11-1 ACC 8.00 9.00 1.00 3.84 21.84 8
Boston College 11-1 BEA 8.75 10.00 1.00 3.28 23.03 9
Texas 11-2 B12 11.50 8.50 2.00 2.60 24.60 10
Tennessee 10-2 SEC 11.50 13.50 2.00 1.00 28.00 11
Oregon 10-2 P10 10.75 14.00 2.00 1.36 28.11 12
Oklahoma 9-3 B12 12.50 13.00 3.00 0.64 29.14 13
Washington 11-2 P10 11.25 16.00 2.00 1.16 30.41 14
Utah 10-2 MWE 13.75 14.00 2.00 3.40 33.15 15
Boise State 11-1 WAC 20.25 9.50 1.00 4.96 35.71 16
Kansas State 9-3 B12 15.25 19.50 3.00 0.84 38.59 17
Notre Dame 9-3 IND 15.50 19.50 3.00 0.76 38.76 18
Ohio State 9-3 B10 17.00 16.50 3.00 2.76 39.26 19
Wisconsin 9-3 B10 19.50 23.00 3.00 0.80 46.30 20
Louisville 10-2 CUS 23.25 17.50 2.00 4.24 46.99 21
Georgia 8-4 SEC 21.75 21.50 4.00 1.52 48.77 22
Colorado 9-3 B12 23.25 24.00 3.00 1.76 52.01 23
West Virginia 9-3 BEA 20.75 27.50 3.00 2.08 53.33 24
Oregon State 9-3 P10 23.50 27.00 3.00 1.12 54.62 25

[larrymcg421]

Notes:

*Our overall academic reputation has moved up to 23rd, with top 10's in several subjects. This should bode well for recruiting.

*The dynasty strategy allows me to cut some corners with staff. The scouts I only need to be good at evaluating offensive positions, and with my DC I don't have to worry about his development ratings, just his playcalling and injury abilities.

*The style of my passing offense seems to do a good job of limiting INT's. While 15 INT's seems like alot, it's not that bad when you throw 487 passes.

*We had 4 rushing yards last season. That's way too much. Gonna have to talk to the OC about that.

*In the preseason rankings, we move back up to 86th overall and 5th in the Big East.

*One aspect of this dynasty that will be difficult is all the angry defensive players that won't have scholarships.

[larrymcg421]

Your 2006 Temple Owls...

Rayburn will clearly get the start, and it's doubtful I will look for a QB in the next class, unless he suffers a serious injury. I'm thinking we can break 3000 yards this season and maybe get to 5 wins. A bowl game would be a great acheivement.

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Wagner, Joey 2 QB Sr* 20 31
Pence, Jermaine 17 QB Sr 32 52
Bates, Colin 1 QB So 24 48
Rayburn, J.J. 13 QB Fr 29 83
Fulton, Bo 10 QB* Sr* 23 37
McWilliams, Zach 19 QB* Sr* 14 21
Burns, Roman 23 RB Sr 27 52
Linquist, Stanley 32 RB So 28 63
Brown, B.J. 31 RB Fr 23 53
Butler, Fernando 28 RB* Sr 23 23
Roberson, Robbie 45 FB* Jr* 12 12
Coles, Rondell 33 FB* Fr 13 39
Bustos, Kelvin 81 TE* Jr 13 14
Tolar, Jared 82 TE* Fr 21 63
Allen, Cris 86 TE* Fr 9 24
Ferguson, Roosevelt 3 WR So 47 50
Walker, Richie 89 WR So 21 48
Worzella, Dustin 9 WR Fr 20 65
Douthett, Michael 87 WR Fr 21 68
Weaver, Hugh 8 WR* Jr 16 33
Stringer, Kendall 5 WR* Sr* 9 9
Smith, Riddick 59 C Sr* 14 22
Howe, Jared 53 C Sr* 16 43
Ricksecker, Sammie 54 C Jr 25 54
Buchanan, Terry 58 C So 44 77
Tubbs, Rod 77 G Sr 19 27
Sanford, Terrance 62 G Sr* 26 67
Kempthorn, Sam 76 G Jr 16 37
Battle, Timothy 63 G So 32 68
Walton, Vincent 74 G So 36 69
Ross, Marshall 69 G Fr 28 83
Dale, Courtney 64 G* Sr 22 22
Fleming, Vernon 70 G* Jr* 5 45
Molina, Carl 67 T Sr 38 59
Kinney, Randy 66 T Sr 34 34
Abell, Earnest 65 T So 14 49
Lyons, Drew 75 T So 17 38
Kemp, Darren 60 T* Sr* 11 11
Carhart, Emmanuel 11 P Sr 39 52
Shea, Marvin 7 P Jr* 23 50
Matthew, Terry 16 K* So 8 23
Burgess, Ted 14 K* Fr 6 15
Frohbieter, Mario 96 DE Sr 25 25
Jarvis, Louie 95 DE Sr 30 53
Buford, Lionel 72 DE Jr 28 46
Messerly, Neil 71 DE* So 11 59
Harper, Levon 92 DE* Fr 6 55
Newsome, Harry 73 DT Sr* 23 35
Waldroup, Jermaine 79 DT Sr 27 40
Rosser, Kenny 97 DT Sr 24 48
Lyons, Leslie 91 DT* So 13 27
Groh, Kendall 94 DT* Fr 16 20
Cunningham, Bernie 55 ILB* Jr 12 28
Lyon, Harvey 51 ILB* So 8 18
Woodard, Scottie 98 ILB* Fr 5 31
Tate, Deron 40 OLB* Sr 13 32
Thompson, Kent 56 OLB* So 28 66
Bromley, Toby 42 OLB* Fr 12 28
Alcott, Norman 93 OLB* Fr 15 38
Dunlap, Neal 46 CB Sr 43 43
Duran, Ethan 37 CB* Sr* 9 33
Downs, Gerald 22 CB* Sr 25 25
Walls, Benjamin 43 CB* So 29 54
Copenhauer, Trevor 36 CB* Fr 20 54
Bailey, Mickey 35 CB* Fr 3 16
Gunn, Chad 48 S Sr 26 41
Cain, Vince 38 S* So 24 60
Page, Morris 39 S* Fr 16 53
Houston, John 27 S* Fr 19 30

[larrymcg421]

Well, we cracked 3000 yards, but it happened at the price of a ton of INT's. Yikes. We also had a tough year with only 2 wins. But who cares about all that? We're just looking for yardage. We moved up to 2nd in completions and 15th in passing yardage. Still a long way from my goal of 6000.

2006 Summary for Temple

Record: 2-9
Rank: 113

Temple Team Rank
Rushes 130 125
Rushing Yards -130 125
Yards Per Carry -1.00 125
Pass Attempts 576 1
Completions 319 2
Passing Yards 3424 15
Yards Per Attempt 5.94 105
3rd Down Conversions 29.4 101 (T)
Points Per Game 20.4 87
Turnovers 47 125
Turnover Margin -26 125

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 462 119
Rushing Yards 2050 116
Yards Per Carry 4.43 105 (T)
Pass Attempts 307 29
Completions 177 43 (T)
Passing Yards 2372 53
Yards Per Attempt 7.72 86 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 38.5 86 (T)
Points Per Game 42.9 125
Turnovers 21 65 (T)

Primary Formation: Run and Shoot Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 17 NCAR (88) 48
2 32 at DUKE (87) 35
3 21 at NAVY (63) 55
4 14 at CFLA (89) 44
5 7 WVIR (10) 55
7 3 at NOTR (16) 55
9 24 at CONN (83) 46
10 31 PITT (85) 26
11 13 at BOSC (29) 27
12 14 at SYRA (37) 58
13 49 RUTG (118) 23

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
13 Rayburn QB 528 291 3126 5.92 22 36
17 Pence QB 31 21 177 5.70 0 2
Team --- 576 319 3424 5.94 23 39

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
13 Rayburn QB 113 -109 -0.96 2 74 372
Team --- 130 -130 -1.00 2 83 419

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
9 Worzella WR 128 70 817 11.6 207 4
87 Douthett WR 118 59 734 12.4 244 9
89 Walker WR 78 44 526 11.9 182 2
8 Weaver WR 77 37 384 10.3 119 2
3 Ferguson WR 58 34 347 10.2 103 2
5 Stringer WR 36 20 235 11.7 77 2
32 Linquist RB 26 21 124 5.9 106 0
81 Bustos TE 16 9 88 9.7 12 0
31 Brown RB 15 12 94 7.8 60 1
23 Burns RB 14 6 12 2.0 16 0
Team --- 576 319 3424 10.7 1149 23

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
38 Cain S 84 43 0.0 11 2 7
56 Thompson OLB 52 16 0.5 5 1 7
48 Gunn S 51 19 0.0 7 3 1
79 Waldroup DT 44 17 2.5 6 0 0
46 Dunlap CB 39 8 0.0 1 1 4
40 Tate OLB 37 13 2.0 3 0 4
93 Alcott OLB 37 26 4.0 8 0 2
43 Walls CB 34 8 0.0 2 1 2
98 Woodard ILB 29 6 1.0 4 2 1
96 Frohbieter DE 28 7 2.5 4 0 0
55 Cunningham ILB 24 7 1.0 3 0 2
73 Newsome DT 20 10 1.5 1 0 1
39 Page S 19 7 0.0 0 0 4
71 Messerly DE 15 10 6.0 8 0 0
8 Weaver WR 13 0 0.0 0 0 0
72 Buford DE 12 8 4.5 5 0 1
Team --- 693 229 29.0 85 12 40

Awards

National Freshman Team:

QB JJ Rayburn
WR Dustin Worzella

Big East Top Offensive Freshman:

QB JJ Rayburn

Big East 1st Team:

DT Jermaine Waldroup

[larrymcg421]

A terrible recruiting year. We did get another target for Rayburn, but not much else.

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Forbes, Grant WR 6-1 173 NY 120 8 11 1
**Brummitt, Marc G 6-4 260 NY 504 38 34 6
**McNeill, Cornelius QB 6-0 181 PA 835 61 38 4
$$Reid, Sammie G 6-4 262 NY 995 80 77 17
$$May, Ted T 6-5 267 FL 997 89 74 8
##Holloman, Jared DE 6-2 216 TN --- --- 43 3
##Banks, Ted ILB 6-1 212 NM --- --- 9 1
##Suto, Calvin OLB 6-4 235 MD --- --- 58 6
$$Woods, Anthony ILB 5-11 197 NJ --- --- 49 4
##Carriger, Harold TE 6-3 231 AR --- --- 20 2
##Griffith, Doug S 5-11 172 AL --- --- 42 5
##Terrell, Shane DE 5-11 222 MS --- --- 18 1
##Hammond, Harold OLB 6-2 213 AR --- --- 21 1
##Clancy, Johnny DT 6-3 245 GA --- --- 50 4
##Gaddis, Charles CB 5-9 169 FL --- --- --- 15
##Bishop, Nate DT 6-2 243 AL --- --- 52 6

[larrymcg421]

Heisman Trophy Winner: QB Kevin Butler, Florida - 4769 Yards, 53 TD, 18 INT
National Championship: Auburn 37, Southern California 17

Top 25:

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Auburn 12-1 SEC 1.00 2.00 1.00 0.08 4.08 1
Southern California 11-1 P10 2.50 1.00 1.00 0.64 5.14 2
Kansas State 11-2 B12 5.00 5.00 2.00 1.56 13.56 3
Miami of Florida 10-2 ACC 6.75 4.00 2.00 1.16 13.91 4
Oklahoma 11-2 B12 7.75 3.00 2.00 1.24 13.99 5
Florida State 9-3 ACC 5.00 6.50 3.00 0.24 14.74 6
Louisiana State 9-3 SEC 4.50 10.50 3.00 0.04 18.04 7
Washington State 10-2 P10 10.25 10.00 2.00 0.88 23.13 8
Tennessee 9-3 SEC 6.50 15.00 3.00 0.60 25.10 9
Nebraska 9-3 B12 16.25 7.50 3.00 1.52 28.27 10
Ohio State 9-3 B10 15.00 12.00 3.00 1.28 31.28 11
Texas 9-3 B12 16.25 11.50 3.00 1.96 32.71 12
West Virginia 10-2 BEA 16.25 11.50 2.00 3.68 33.43 13
Utah 10-2 MWE 23.00 7.00 2.00 3.72 35.72 14
Alabama 9-3 SEC 9.00 23.00 3.00 0.96 35.96 15
Mississippi 9-3 SEC 9.75 24.00 3.00 0.48 37.23 16
UCLA 9-3 P10 16.50 18.00 3.00 0.92 38.42 17
Oregon 9-3 P10 18.50 16.50 3.00 1.88 39.88 18
Penn State 9-3 B10 17.25 18.00 3.00 2.80 41.05 19
Florida 9-4 SEC 13.00 24.00 4.00 0.40 41.40 20
Notre Dame 9-3 IND 20.50 18.00 3.00 3.28 44.78 21
Michigan 8-4 B10 24.75 13.50 4.00 2.76 45.01 22
Georgia 7-4 SEC 15.25 25.50 4.00 0.32 45.07 23
Illinois 9-3 B10 24.50 22.00 3.00 4.56 54.06 24
Boise State 9-3 WAC 27.00 22.50 3.00 3.32 55.82 25

[larrymcg421]

Notes:

*Unfortunately, we'll have to go with a new OC this year, which could stifle the progress we've made in the passing game.

*We have moved up to #14 in Academic Reputation, with a top 10 ranking in 9 subjects. Hopefully, this will finally impress some recruits.

*The roster strength screen gives us good marks at QB (31st), WR (54th), C (5th!), and G (24th). The Tackles are abysmal and listed near the bottom. A must need in recruiting this year. No point in checking any other positions.

*In the preseason rankings, we have fallen back down to #107 overall and #6 in the Big East.

[larrymcg421]

Your 2007 Temple Owls...

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Wagner, Joey 2 QB Sr 23 31
Bates, Colin 1 QB Jr 27 48
Rayburn, J.J. 13 QB So 45 83
McNeill, Cornelius 17 QB Fr 11 64
Fulton, Bo 10 QB* Sr 23 37
McWilliams, Zach 19 QB* Sr 19 21
Linquist, Stanley 32 RB Jr 29 63
Brown, B.J. 31 RB So 26 53
Campbell, Pete 30 RB* Fr 12 12
Roberson, Robbie 45 FB* Sr* 14 14
Coles, Rondell 33 FB* So 15 39
Bustos, Kelvin 81 TE* Sr 15 15
Tolar, Jared 82 TE* So 23 63
Allen, Cris 86 TE* So* 12 24
Carriger, Harold 83 TE* Fr 12 55
Ferguson, Roosevelt 3 WR Jr 53 53
Walker, Richie 89 WR Jr 28 48
Worzella, Dustin 9 WR So 24 65
Douthett, Michael 87 WR So 25 68
Forbes, Grant 88 WR Fr 33 75
Weaver, Hugh 8 WR* Sr 20 33
Stringer, Kendall 5 WR* Sr 10 10
Smith, Riddick 59 C Sr 16 22
Howe, Jared 53 C Sr 24 43
Ricksecker, Sammie 54 C Sr 35 54
Buchanan, Terry 58 C Jr 64 77
Sanford, Terrance 62 G Sr 32 67
Kempthorn, Sam 76 G Sr* 25 37
Battle, Timothy 63 G Jr 42 68
Walton, Vincent 74 G Jr 56 69
Ross, Marshall 69 G So 31 83
Brummitt, Marc 77 G Fr 14 69
Reid, Sammie 79 G Fr 11 63
Abell, Earnest 65 T Jr 13 49
Lyons, Drew 75 T Jr 29 38
May, Ted 70 T Fr 11 60
Kemp, Darren 60 T* Sr 12 12
Shea, Marvin 7 P Sr* 23 51
Cushman, Bernie 6 P* Fr 4 29
Matthew, Terry 16 K* Jr 7 23
Burgess, Ted 14 K* So* 7 15
Buford, Lionel 72 DE Sr 30 46
Messerly, Neil 71 DE* Jr 10 58
Harper, Levon 92 DE* So 11 55
Holloman, Jared 78 DE* Fr 4 52
Terrell, Shane 90 DE* Fr 20 77
Newsome, Harry 73 DT Sr 28 35
Lyons, Leslie 91 DT* Jr 13 27
Groh, Kendall 94 DT* So 14 20
Clancy, Johnny 97 DT* Fr 11 32
Bishop, Nate 96 DT* Fr 9 19
Cunningham, Bernie 55 ILB* Sr 16 28
Lyon, Harvey 51 ILB* Jr 12 18
Woodard, Scottie 98 ILB* So 5 31
Banks, Ted 41 ILB* Fr 12 19
Woods, Anthony 44 ILB* Fr 11 40
Thompson, Kent 56 OLB* Jr 44 66
Bromley, Toby 42 OLB* So 14 28
Alcott, Norman 93 OLB* So 22 38
Suto, Calvin 52 OLB* Fr 20 22
Hammond, Harold 95 OLB* Fr 6 47
Duran, Ethan 37 CB* Sr 8 33
Walls, Benjamin 43 CB* Jr 37 54
Copenhauer, Trevor 36 CB* So 19 54
Bailey, Mickey 35 CB* So 3 16
Gaddis, Charles 22 CB* Fr 17 46
Cain, Vince 38 S* Jr 35 60
Page, Morris 39 S* So 10 53
Houston, John 29 S* So 26 30
Griffith, Doug 26 S* Fr 9 47

[larrymcg421]

Well, we improved passing yardage for the 4th straight year, almost breaking the 4000 mark this season. Thankfully the INT's dropped off a little bit eventhough the TD's stayed the same. I think we would have done better, but we had some problems with WR injuries and of course pass protection. Rayburn was dropped 60 times this season, actually an increase from last year.

2007 Summary for Temple

Record: 2-9
Rank: 113

Temple Team Rank
Rushes 137 125
Rushing Yards -131 125
Yards Per Carry 0.0-95 125
Pass Attempts 599 1
Completions 331 1 (T)
Passing Yards 4068 3
Yards Per Attempt 6.79 68 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 29.5 102 (T)
Points Per Game 20.8 88
Turnovers 36 123
Turnover Margin -15 122

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 430 103 (T)
Rushing Yards 1658 93
Yards Per Carry 3.85 80
Pass Attempts 325 45 (T)
Completions 199 88 (T)
Passing Yards 2615 91
Yards Per Attempt 8.04 106
3rd Down Conversions 41.4 101
Points Per Game 40.0 123
Turnovers 21 64 (T)

Primary Formation: Run and Shoot Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 3 SMTH (44) 24
2 28 at NAVY (87) 35
3 35 at CFLA (66) 49
5 25 PITT (95) 21
7 22 CONN (120) 19
8 21 NOTR (3) 56
9 20 at SYRA (24) 59
10 14 at WVIR (16) 52
12 27 at RUTG (96) 45
13 20 BOSC (21) 28
14 14 DUKE (121) 52

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
13 Rayburn QB 565 315 3857 6.82 22 30
1 Bates QB 31 14 190 6.12 1 2
Team --- 599 331 4068 6.79 23 32

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
13 Rayburn QB 121 -176 -1.45 2 72 398
Team --- 137 -131 -0.95 4 77 417

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
9 Worzella WR 143 72 980 13.6 446 9
88 Forbes WR 127 70 896 12.8 200 4
89 Walker WR 121 62 829 13.3 193 2
3 Ferguson WR 46 29 469 16.1 103 2
31 Brown RB 41 33 302 9.1 203 3
87 Douthett WR 34 16 207 12.9 32 2
32 Linquist RB 30 22 165 7.5 127 1
8 Weaver WR 28 12 133 11.0 20 0
5 Stringer WR 11 4 27 6.7 7 0
Team --- 599 331 4068 12.2 1357 23

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
38 Cain S 73 33 0.0 5 3 2
56 Thompson OLB 54 13 2.0 6 1 7
29 Houston S 44 25 0.0 5 3 5
73 Newsome DT 38 17 1.5 9 0 0
55 Cunningham ILB 37 11 3.0 6 2 4
36 Copenhauer CB 31 9 1.0 2 0 3
44 Woods ILB 31 10 4.0 7 1 2
52 Suto OLB 31 11 2.5 5 0 1
90 Terrell DE 30 13 6.5 12 1 0
93 Alcott OLB 28 12 2.5 3 0 0
43 Walls CB 27 9 0.0 2 0 2
72 Buford DE 22 8 8.5 11 0 0
91 Lyons DT 20 9 2.0 6 0 0
94 Groh DT 17 7 0.0 0 0 0
39 Page S 17 6 0.0 3 0 0
22 Gaddis CB 17 7 0.0 0 3 7
42 Bromley OLB 16 7 1.5 2 0 3
8 Weaver WR 11 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Duran CB 11 0 0.0 0 0 0
88 Forbes WR 11 0 0.0 0 0 0
Team --- 676 219 41.0 95 14 37

[larrymcg421]

Awards

National Freshman Team:
DE Shane Terrell

Big East Top Offensive Freshman:
WR Grant Forbes

All-Big East 1st Team:
WR Dustin Worzella

Big East 2nd Team:
QB JJ Rayburn

[larrymcg421]

What an excellent recruiting season! We finally landed two big time Tackles, picked up three good WR's, got another great Guard, and even landed the #4 RB in the country. Hope he likes catching out of the backfield, because that's all he's gonna be doing for us. I'll look to land my replacement for Rayburn in next year's class.

Recruiting List, Ranking View

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Hughes, Calvin T 6-5 289 TN 13 3 2 1
Willis, Brad RB 6-2 198 TN 39 4 3 1
McGee, Melvin G 6-4 298 NY 61 7 3 1
Franz, Courtney T 6-5 288 NY 92 12 7 1
Badillo, Blaine G 6-5 290 KS 255 23 2 1
Neal, J.R. WR 6-3 196 NY 280 17 18 3
Copeland, Calvin WR 6-1 175 PA 281 18 9 1
Van Lanen, Alfred WR 6-1 184 CA 415 32 54 5
Montgomery, Steven C 6-6 279 VA 822 47 24 1
$$Aiton, Ralph S 5-10 167 MN --- 87 25 2
$$Maxwell, Jeremy CB 5-11 168 MS --- --- 16 4
$$Robb, Curtis DE 6-1 207 MA --- --- 37 3
$$Stickney, Mark P 6-2 199 WV --- 53 13 1
##Malcolm, Henry DT 6-0 231 TX --- --- --- 7
##Daily, Roderick CB 6-1 168 FL --- --- --- 11
##Bush, Pat ILB 6-1 200 WI --- --- 32 2

[larrymcg421]

Heisman Trophy: RB Wayne Bloomer, Bowling Green - 2322 rushing yards, 25 TD, 40 catches, 507 yards, 3 TD
National Championship: Nebraska 42, Ohio State 36

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Nebraska 12-1 B12 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 4.00 1
Southern California 10-2 P10 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.28 7.28 2
Ohio State 10-2 B10 3.00 5.00 2.00 0.40 10.40 3
Michigan 10-2 B10 4.50 3.50 2.00 0.56 10.56 4
Penn State 10-2 B10 4.75 7.00 2.00 0.60 14.35 5
Notre Dame 11-1 IND 6.00 3.50 1.00 3.96 14.46 6
Oklahoma 9-3 B12 10.00 7.00 3.00 1.04 21.04 7
Tulane 10-2 CUS 6.75 13.50 2.00 0.68 22.93 8
Marshall 11-2 MDF 9.25 9.50 2.00 2.32 23.07 9
Miami of Florida 9-3 ACC 12.25 7.00 3.00 1.76 24.01 10
Florida 10-3 SEC 11.25 12.00 3.00 0.36 26.61 11
Wisconsin 9-3 B10 9.50 16.00 3.00 0.84 29.34 12
Washington 9-3 P10 7.50 21.50 3.00 0.12 32.12 13
Texas 9-3 B12 16.50 9.50 3.00 3.68 32.68 14
Louisiana State 9-4 SEC 14.75 15.00 4.00 0.16 33.91 15
Georgia Tech 9-3 ACC 17.00 20.50 3.00 1.36 41.86 16
Utah 9-3 MWE 24.75 11.50 3.00 3.20 42.45 17
Florida State 8-4 ACC 22.25 15.00 4.00 1.80 43.05 18
Kansas State 8-4 B12 18.00 20.00 4.00 2.00 44.00 19
Texas A&M 10-3 B12 17.25 25.50 3.00 2.20 47.95 20
Virginia Tech 9-3 ACC 18.75 23.50 3.00 3.44 48.69 21
Syracuse 9-3 BEA 18.75 25.50 3.00 2.60 49.85 22
Bowling Green 10-3 MDF 18.25 26.50 3.00 2.64 50.39 23
Boston College 9-3 BEA 27.50 20.00 3.00 2.16 52.66 24
Mississippi 9-3 SEC 30.00 16.00 3.00 3.76 52.76 25

[larrymcg421]

Notes:

*Overall Academic is up to 9th, and we are now top 20 in everything we offer, including top 10 in 23 subjects. I should be getting some great recruiting classes now.

*Roster Strength rankings getting better. This year: QB (9th), WR (31st), C (9th), G (16th), T (82nd). The Tackle ranking looks awful, but that's because my two starters are very green and it's still 20 spots higher than last year.

*We actually move up in the preseason rankings to 105th overall and remain 6th in the Big East. Don't lose faith! We're turning it around!

*This is the last season for my original recruiting class, and their last chance to go to a bowl game. Of that original group, Center Terry Buchanan and Guard Vincent Walton have been the best, although WR Roosevelt Ferguson seems primed for a breakout year if he can stay healthy.

[larrymcg421]

Here is my coaching performance so far. Not very good...


Year Team Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV Tick Don Score
2007 Temple 2-9 No 115 37 88 100 40 52 1 48
2006 Temple 2-9 No 114 1 85 100 5 46 12 34
2005 Temple 4-7 No 85 74 80 100 74 55 75 74
2004 Temple 1-10 No 119 0 75 99 24 58 0 34

[larrymcg421]

And here are your 2008 Temple Owls.

At 72/83, JJ Rayburn is one of the best QB's in the country. The question is if he finally has enough protection and the right weapons around him.


Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Rayburn, J.J. 13 QB Jr 72 83
Bates, Colin 1 QB Sr 30 48
McNeill, Cornelius 17 QB So* 26 64
Willis, Brad 28 RB Fr 48 92
Brown, B.J. 31 RB Jr 38 53
Linquist, Stanley 32 RB Sr 34 63
Campbell, Pete 30 RB* So 12 12
Bowman, Louie 24 RB* So 7 19
Coles, Rondell 33 FB* Jr 19 39
Roberson, Robbie 45 FB* Sr 14 14
Tolar, Jared 82 TE* Jr 30 63
Carriger, Harold 83 TE* So 16 55
Allen, Cris 86 TE* Jr* 11 24
Ferguson, Roosevelt 3 WR Sr 62 62
Forbes, Grant 88 WR So 52 75
Worzella, Dustin 9 WR Jr 43 65
Neal, J.R. 2 WR Fr 38 80
Walker, Richie 89 WR Sr 34 48
Douthett, Michael 87 WR Jr 27 68
Van Lanen, Alfred 85 WR Fr 26 91
Copeland, Calvin 81 WR Fr 23 85
Buchanan, Terry 58 C Sr 70 77
Montgomery, Steven 59 C Fr 21 51
Walton, Vincent 74 G Sr 65 69
Battle, Timothy 63 G Sr 53 68
Brummitt, Marc 77 G So* 42 69
Ross, Marshall 69 G Jr 35 83
McGee, Melvin 66 G Fr 25 76
Badillo, Blaine 68 G Fr 22 91
Reid, Sammie 79 G So* 17 63
Lyons, Drew 75 T Sr 44 44
Franz, Courtney 61 T Fr 18 63
May, Ted 70 T So 16 60
Abell, Earnest 65 T Sr 13 49
Hughes, Calvin 64 T Fr 10 75
Shea, Marvin 7 P Sr 25 50
Stickney, Mark 15 P* Fr 25 42
Cushman, Bernie 6 P* So* 3 29
Matthew, Terry 16 K* Sr 11 23
Burgess, Ted 14 K* Jr* 8 15
Terrell, Shane 90 DE* So 15 77
Messerly, Neil 71 DE* Sr 13 59
Harper, Levon 92 DE* Jr 13 55
Holloman, Jared 78 DE* So 8 52
Robb, Curtis 73 DE* Fr 5 54
Lyons, Leslie 91 DT* Sr 22 27
Groh, Kendall 94 DT* Jr 17 20
Malcolm, Henry 76 DT* Fr 11 20
Clancy, Johnny 97 DT* So 10 31
Bishop, Nate 96 DT* So* 10 18
Banks, Ted 41 ILB* So 16 19
Woods, Anthony 44 ILB* So 15 40
Lyon, Harvey 51 ILB* Sr 11 18
Woodard, Scottie 98 ILB* Jr 9 32
Bush, Pat 47 ILB* Fr 3 24
Thompson, Kent 56 OLB* Sr 50 66
Suto, Calvin 52 OLB* So 24 24
Bromley, Toby 42 OLB* Jr 21 28
Alcott, Norman 93 OLB* Jr 20 38
Hammond, Harold 95 OLB* So 8 46
Walls, Benjamin 43 CB* Sr 43 54
Copenhauer, Trevor 36 CB* Jr 31 54
Gaddis, Charles 22 CB* So 21 47
Daily, Roderick 21 CB* Fr 15 48
Maxwell, Jeremy 46 CB* Fr 11 34
Bailey, Mickey 35 CB* Jr 5 15
Cain, Vince 38 S* Sr 42 60
Houston, John 29 S* Jr 29 29
Page, Morris 39 S* Jr 16 53
Griffith, Doug 26 S* So 13 47
Aiton, Ralph 25 S* Fr 11 68

[bbgunn]

This is where it gets exciting!

[larrymcg421]

You're right. It did get interesting as the offense finally broke out in a big way. We crossed the 5000 yard mark this season, and if we could've got to a bowl game, would have been around 5400-5500 yards, not that far from our goal. We also get one more season of JJ Rayburn, who was the runner up in Heisman voting eventhough he was on a 3-8 team. Not only that, but Sophomore WR Grant Forbes also had an amazing season, earning him 1st Team All-American honors. I listed Rayburn's game logs next to the scores for the individual games below:

2008 Summary for Temple

Record: 3-8
Rank: 111

Temple Team Rank
Rushes 136 125
Rushing Yards -124 125
Yards Per Carry 0.0-91 125
Pass Attempts 650 1
Completions 381 1
Passing Yards 5136 1
Yards Per Attempt 7.90 37
3rd Down Conversions 36.1 54
Points Per Game 29.9 32
Turnovers 27 97 (T)
Turnover Margin -13 115 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 399 66 (T)
Rushing Yards 1749 102 (T)
Yards Per Carry 4.38 107
Pass Attempts 313 36 (T)
Completions 174 46 (T)
Passing Yards 2630 93
Yards Per Attempt 8.40 116
3rd Down Conversions 39.7 97 (T)
Points Per Game 33.1 110 (T)
Turnovers 14 110 (T)

Primary Formation: Run and Shoot Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 44 at SFLA (110) 7 38-62-535-5-2
2 32 at SMTH (38) 35 18-41-315-1-5
3 41 CFLA (103) 10 33-50-492-5-2
4 49 NAVY (73) 42 46-67-598-7-2
5 35 at CONN (116) 42 48-76-640-4-2
7 25 WVIR (7) 37 39-58-492-2-4
9 21 SYRA (9) 62 22-52-322-2-1
10 28 at RUTG (67) 38 31-62-488-2-2
11 10 at NOTR (12) 41 30-49-383-1-2
12 17 BOSC (59) 20 31-63-416-2-3
13 27 at PITT (69) 31 28-46-368-4-0

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
13 Rayburn QB 640 374 5061 7.90 37 21
Team --- 650 381 5136 7.90 38 21

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
13 Rayburn QB 114 -177 -1.55 0 65 385
Team --- 136 -124 -0.91 1 71 402

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
88 Forbes WR 173 114 1610 14.1 642 14
3 Ferguson WR 144 76 1001 13.1 426 10
2 Neal WR 74 43 600 13.9 178 2
9 Worzella WR 65 38 582 15.3 181 4
81 Copeland WR 55 29 434 14.9 120 3
28 Willis RB 40 25 244 9.7 180 0
32 Linquist RB 36 24 234 9.7 188 1
89 Walker WR 24 9 141 15.6 92 2
85 Van Lanen WR 23 12 145 12.0 57 1
82 Tolar TE 12 8 114 14.2 50 1
Team --- 650 381 5136 13.4 2135 38

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
38 Cain S 94 27 1.0 11 2 6
56 Thompson OLB 60 23 4.0 11 3 4
93 Alcott OLB 42 18 6.0 6 0 0
44 Woods ILB 42 17 3.0 7 0 2
90 Terrell DE 33 6 4.0 7 0 0
41 Banks ILB 32 5 2.0 2 1 1
94 Groh DT 29 12 1.0 4 0 1
29 Houston S 29 21 0.0 3 0 9
43 Walls CB 28 8 0.0 3 0 2
52 Suto OLB 23 6 3.0 5 0 1
91 Lyons DT 22 6 1.5 3 0 0
71 Messerly DE 21 9 3.5 7 0 1
36 Copenhauer CB 20 8 0.0 1 2 0
22 Gaddis CB 17 6 0.0 0 1 4
92 Harper DE 12 6 3.0 3 0 0
Team --- 610 189 34.0 77 12 31

[larrymcg421]

Season Awards


WR Grant Forbes
1st Team National All American
1st Team All-Big East

QB JJ Rayburn
Big East Conference MVP
Big East Top offensive Player
1st Team All-Big East

WR JR Neal
National All-Freshman Team
Big East Top Offensive Freshman

S Vince Cain
1st Team All-Big East

WR Roosevelt Ferguson
2nd Team All-Big East

OLB Kent Thompson
2nd Team All-Big East

[larrymcg421]

And now time to say goodbye to my original recruiting class...

QB Colin Bates (#633 Overall, #52 QB)

Colin started as a true freshman and all things considered he had a decent year. He actually led us to our highest win total to date and threw more TD's than INT's. Since then, he's been replaced by JJ Rayburn and has only attempted 48 passes in the last two years. He actually has one year of eligibility left since he did not play a single down in 2008, but I listed him here because he was part of that recruiting class.

Honors: Big East Top Offensive Freshman (2005)

RB Stanley Linquist (Unranked Overall, #86 RB)

Stanley started 21 games over 4 years and was a pretty good sport about the offensive system. He caught 80 passes for 595 yards and 2 TD's in his career.

WR Roosevelt Ferguson (#527 Overall, #48 WR)

Despite his low ranking, Roosevelt filled out pretty quickly and was a solid contributor when healthy. Unfortunately, that was not often during his sophomore and junior years when he only played 11 games total, but he rebounded with a solid senior season, just edging out a 1000 yard season. His final career numbers were 215 catches, 2649 yards, and 21 TD.

Honors: National Freshman Team (2005), All-Big East 2nd Team (2005), All-Big East 2nd Team (2008)

WR Richie Walker (#687 Overall, #61 WR)

Walker was never a standout, but he put up decent numbers over the years, especially when asked to fill in for a depleted receiving corps in 2007. The talent started flowing in and he only saw limited action in his senior year. Still pretty good career numbers of 178 catches, 2188 yards, and 10 TD.

C Terry Buchanan (#240 Overall, #17 C)

Eventually became one of the best Centers in the country and was a solid starter for us all four years, although he struggled a bit in his junior year when he allowed 13 sacks. His overall sack% was still only 1.3% including a 0.9 in his senior year. Also a very durable starter, participating in almost 60 plays a game during his senior year.

G Timothy Battle (Unranked Overall, #100 G)

Battle struggled mightily his first two seasons and was benched as a sophomore. However, he finally started to reach his potential and became a great hidden gem from this class. Filled out to an 80 in pass blocking and had a sack% of 1.2 in his senior year.

G Vincent Walton (#610 Overall, #57 G)

Four year starter but never fully reached his potential and was surpassed by Battle at the end. Career sack rating of 1.9% was just not good enough.

T Earnest Abell (#907 Overall, #77 T)

Desperate last minute offer because everyone else had turned me down. never started a game in four years and didn't play a down last year, so will have one season of eligibility left.

T Drew Lyons (#703 Overall, #53 T)

Developed to an 83 in pass blocking, but had trouble in the very difficult assignment of LT in an all pass offense. Career sack% of 2.5

Also worth mentioning are walk on defensive players OLB Kent Thompson and S Vince Cain, both of whom started for 4 years and made the All-Big East team as Seniors.

[larrymcg421]

Landed a stud WR and added some valuable depth to the line. Still haven't found Rayburn's replacement. Will have to do that next year or we'll be in trouble.

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Butler, Dana WR 6-0 182 AL 12 1 1 1
Glover, Craig K 5-10 169 DC 20 1 1 1
Vaughn, Melvin T 6-4 270 GA 117 13 4 1
Reid, Bernard G 6-1 260 NC 143 12 4 2
Sweeney, Floyd T 6-6 270 VA 155 17 6 2
Grinnell, Jamie C 6-3 273 GA 258 14 10 2
$$Riley, Quinn S 6-0 184 OH --- --- 85 9
##Burns, Gerald OLB 6-0 208 IL --- --- 79 4
##Lynch, Wink CB 5-10 174 OK --- --- 31 4
##Ford, Gerald S 6-0 183 TN --- --- 30 1
**Besmer, Luke DE 6-2 217 NJ --- --- 64 5
##Hamrahi, Lamar ILB 6-1 210 IL --- --- 91 4
##Beisner, Walter CB 6-0 170 OH --- --- 97 11
##Blades, Quinn DE 6-0 216 OR --- --- 24 1
##Jizmejian, Percy DT 6-5 262 OH --- --- 98 3
##Carlson, Levon DT 6-4 262 MN --- --- 49 3

[larrymcg421]

Heisman Trophy Winner: Emmanuel Kemock, Stanford (3878 yards, 39 TD, 21 INT)
National Championship Game: Michigan 24, Virginia Tech 23

Top 25:


School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Michigan 12-0 B10 1.00 1.00 0.00 1.20 3.20 1
Southern California 11-1 P10 4.75 2.00 1.00 2.88 10.63 2
Virginia Tech 11-1 ACC 3.75 6.50 1.00 1.32 12.57 3
Central Michigan 13-0 MDF 5.50 4.50 0.00 4.36 14.36 4
Nebraska 10-2 B12 11.25 3.00 2.00 0.88 17.13 5
Maryland 10-2 ACC 2.50 12.50 2.00 0.44 17.44 6
Texas 10-3 B12 4.50 9.50 3.00 0.72 17.72 7
West Virginia 11-1 BEA 8.50 6.50 1.00 2.12 18.12 8
Auburn 11-2 SEC 11.75 4.50 2.00 2.00 20.25 9
Miami of Florida 9-3 ACC 8.00 8.00 3.00 1.48 20.48 10
Syracuse 10-2 BEA 6.75 11.00 2.00 1.40 21.15 11
Minnesota 10-2 B10 10.00 15.50 2.00 2.52 30.02 12
Texas Christian 10-2 CUS 13.25 11.50 2.00 3.88 30.63 13
Ohio State 8-4 B10 10.25 18.50 4.00 0.08 32.83 14
Illinois 9-3 B10 10.25 21.50 3.00 1.00 35.75 15
Wisconsin 9-3 B10 16.00 16.00 3.00 1.16 36.16 16
Stanford 10-2 P10 13.00 20.50 2.00 2.84 38.34 17
Notre Dame 9-3 IND 19.75 13.00 3.00 3.00 38.75 18
Utah 9-3 MWE 21.75 15.00 3.00 0.68 40.43 19
Florida 10-3 SEC 23.00 14.00 3.00 2.16 42.16 20
UCLA 9-3 P10 19.25 17.50 3.00 2.48 42.23 21
Great Falls 10-2 BSK 16.00 21.50 2.00 5.00 44.50 22
Boise State 9-3 WAC 25.50 22.50 3.00 4.28 55.28 23
Iowa State 9-4 B12 23.25 28.50 4.00 0.64 56.39 24
Houston 9-3 CUS 21.25 28.50 3.00 4.12 56.87 25

[larrymcg421]

Preseason Notes:

*Academic ranking is up to 8th overall and we are 14th or better in every subject.

*Preseason rankings have us at 96th overall and 6th in the Big East.

*Rankings look very ugly for us this year: QB (5th), WR (46th, but 4th in reserves), C (105th, ouch), G (30th), T (104th). This is mostly because the guys are very green. Hopefully they will develop over the course of the year.

*I don't have a QB to replace Rayburn, so that will be the primary goal of this recruiting class. I might make multiple offers, which I rarely do.

[larrymcg421]

Here are the 2009 Temple Owls. This roster isn't quite as strong as I expected it to be, but that's mostly due to players being underdeveloped. The exception is true freshman Dana Butler, who already looks great and will be the #2 receiver next to returning All-American Grant Forbes.

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Rayburn, J.J. 13 QB Sr 83 83
Bates, Colin 1 QB Sr 40 48
McNeill, Cornelius 17 QB Jr* 38 64
Willis, Brad 28 RB So 57 92
Brown, B.J. 31 RB Sr 37 53
Campbell, Pete 30 RB* Jr 13 13
Bowman, Louie 24 RB* Jr* 7 19
Coles, Rondell 33 FB* Sr 18 39
Dawson, Lawrence 45 FB* Fr 7 7
Tolar, Jared 82 TE* Sr 33 63
Carriger, Harold 83 TE* Jr 16 55
Allen, Cris 86 TE* Sr* 12 24
Forbes, Grant 88 WR Jr 61 75
Worzella, Dustin 9 WR Sr 51 65
Butler, Dana 80 WR Fr 50 97
Copeland, Calvin 81 WR So 45 85
Neal, J.R. 2 WR So 34 80
Douthett, Michael 87 WR Sr 33 68
Van Lanen, Alfred 85 WR So 31 91
Montgomery, Steven 59 C So 21 51
Grinnell, Jamie 51 C Fr 14 68
Brummitt, Marc 77 G Jr* 54 69
McGee, Melvin 66 G So* 47 76
Ross, Marshall 69 G Sr 35 83
Reid, Bernard 74 G Fr 27 84
Reid, Sammie 79 G Jr* 22 63
Badillo, Blaine 68 G So* 22 91
Vaughn, Melvin 60 T Fr 28 80
Abell, Earnest 65 T Sr 23 49
May, Ted 70 T Jr 19 60
Franz, Courtney 61 T So 18 63
Sweeney, Floyd 75 T Fr 16 76
Hughes, Calvin 64 T So 8 75
Stickney, Mark 15 P* So* 23 42
Cushman, Bernie 6 P* Jr* 4 29
Glover, Craig 12 K Fr 46 76
Burgess, Ted 14 K* Sr* 9 15
Terrell, Shane 90 DE* Jr 29 77
Harper, Levon 92 DE* Sr 19 55
Holloman, Jared 78 DE* Jr 10 52
Robb, Curtis 73 DE* So 8 53
Blades, Quinn 99 DE* Fr 5 52
Besmer, Luke 71 DE* Fr 0 34
Groh, Kendall 94 DT* Sr 18 20
Clancy, Johnny 97 DT* Jr 17 32
Bishop, Nate 96 DT* Jr* 15 19
Malcolm, Henry 76 DT* So 15 21
Jizmejian, Percy 72 DT* Fr 5 13
Carlson, Levon 91 DT* Fr 0 39
Woods, Anthony 44 ILB* Jr 27 40
Banks, Ted 41 ILB* Jr 25 25
Woodard, Scottie 98 ILB* Sr 9 31
Hamrahi, Lamar 53 ILB* Fr 7 29
Bush, Pat 47 ILB* So 6 24
Suto, Calvin 52 OLB* Jr 29 29
Alcott, Norman 93 OLB* Sr 24 38
Bromley, Toby 42 OLB* Sr 23 28
Burns, Gerald 56 OLB* Fr 11 58
Hammond, Harold 95 OLB* Jr 10 47
Copenhauer, Trevor 36 CB* Sr 38 54
Gaddis, Charles 22 CB* Jr 23 47
Daily, Roderick 21 CB* So 19 48
Lynch, Wink 49 CB* Fr 17 45
Maxwell, Jeremy 46 CB* So 15 34
Beisner, Walter 37 CB* Fr 9 51
Bailey, Mickey 35 CB* Sr 8 15
Houston, John 29 S* Sr 36 36
Aiton, Ralph 25 S* So 24 68
Page, Morris 39 S* Sr 20 53
Griffith, Doug 26 S* Jr 13 47
Riley, Quinn 20 S* Fr 13 35
Ford, Gerald 27 S* Fr 9 48

[larrymcg421]

Now that we're finally getting the yardage, I'm gonna switch to a brief game by game summary.

Week 1

In the search to replace JJ Rayburn, we've offered scholarships to both the #2 and #4 QB's in the nation, both of whom seem good fits for the program.

Temple at Eastern Michigan

Our hopes of making a bowl game do not look so good, as Rayburn struggles out of the gate with a mere 362 yards against Eastern Michigan. His 3 picks certainly didn't help and the walk-on defense got blitzed. The bright spot was freshman Dana Butler who debuted with 120 yards receiving. Eastern Michigan 38, Temple 17

JJ Rayburn: 25-44-362-2-3
Dana Butler: 9-110-1
Grant Forbes: 3-38-0

[larrymcg421]

Week 2

Central Florida at Temple

We put on a show for the 57,700 fans that attended this one. The defense actually showed up, playing inspired against the pass and limiting the Golden Knights to 262 total yards. On the other side of the ball, JJ Rayburn had a field day spreading the ball around to his various weapons, ending with a 478 yard, 5 TD performance. Temple 55, Central Florida 24

JJ Rayburn: 38-55-478-5-1
Forbes: 9-139-2
Butler: 5-62-1

[larrymcg421]

Week 3

Temple at Navy

The defense wasn't so good in this one, giving up 200 yards on the ground, but even more astounding was the day Navy's QB had. He only attemptes 8 passes int he game, but he completed 7 of them for 178 yards. That's a 22.2 YPA, folks. Perhaps even more amazing than that is that we managed to win the game. It was a grand shootout, but Rayburn's 594 passing yards, including 3 TD passes in the 4th quarter, led us to victory.

Final Score: Temple 38, Navy 31

JJ Rayburn: 47-68-594-5-0
Grant Forbes: 8-92-1
Dana Butler: 9-170-1

Race to 6,000 Update (through 3 games)

JJ Rayburn: 1436 yards, 12 TD, 4 INT
Avg. Per Game: 478.67
Last Season Avg.: 460.09
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00

[larrymcg421]

Week 4

Central Michigan at Temple

This was one we badly needed to get to a bowl game, and it looked good as a Rayburn TD put ups up 24-21 entering the 4th quarter. Then Central Michigan scored 42 (not a typo) points in the 4th quarter to win in a 63-32 blowout. Rayburn put up alot of yards again, but still below pace for a 6,000 yard season.

Final Score: Central Michigan 63, Temple 32

JJ Rayburn: 36-68-492-4-2
Grant Forbes: 10-100-0
Dana Butler: 10-125-1
Calvin Copeland: 8-170-2


Race to 6,000 Update (through 4 games)

JJ Rayburn: 1928 yards, 16 TD, 6 INT
Avg. Per Game: 482.00
Last Season Avg.: 460.09
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[larrymcg421]

Week 5

West Virginia at Temple

Ouch, that's all I got to say. The final score and Rayburn's stats say it all.

Final Score: West Virginia 87, Temple 17



JJ Rayburn: 4-21-29-0-2
Cornelius McNeill (even at a 9 the AI benched Rayburn): 18-32-265-1-5
Dana Butler: 5-123-1
Calvin Copeland: 4-61-0
Grant Forbes: 2-18-0


Race to 6,000 Update (through 5 games)

JJ Rayburn: 1957 yards, 16 TD, 8 INT
Avg. Per Game: 391.60
Last Season Avg.: 460.09
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[RPI-Fan]

Can you update the receiver yearly stats as you go along? Will be interesting to see if you can get a WR Heisman candidate!

[larrymcg421]

Can you update the receiver yearly stats as you go along? Will be interesting to see if you can get a WR Heisman candidate!

Good idea! I'll keep a running tally from here on out. Here's where we're at after 5 games:

Dana Butler 38-600-5
Calvin Copeland 31-566-3
Grant Forbes 32-387-3

[larrymcg421]

Week 6

A much needed bye week. Also we get some much needed good news after last week's slaughter. QB Zach Fields, the #4 QB in the country and #26 recruit overall has committed to Temple. That's my only commitment so far but I've still got offers out to 3 WR, a Center, 3 Guards, and 3 Tackles.

[larrymcg421]

Week 7

#5 Notre Dame (5-0) at Temple (2-3)

Rayburn gets off to a good start with two first quarter TD passes and we have an early 14-7 lead. Unfortunately, early in the 2nd quarter, Rayburn falls to a serious injury (on a play where Notre Dame was offsides. Bastards!). The injury is a torn triceps muscle and his college career is over. Seems like the game would be over, but the team plays inspired in honor of Rayburn. McNeill leads a beautiful TD drive early in the 3rd quarter. Then on a 4th down play later int he 3rd, he also falls to an injury and 5th year Senior Colin Bates, who hasn't played a snap in two years, comes into the game. The game heads into OT tied 24-24. In the 1st OT, it is Senior Kendall Groh (a nursing major!) that comes up with a huge sack on 3rd down and forces the fumble! Turnover! On our first play in overtime, Bates finds Dana Butler for a 25 yard TD pass and the goalposts are coming down!!!

Final Score: Temple 30, Notre Dame 24

JJ Rayburn 12-16-165-2-0 (162-272-2122-18-8)
Cornelius McNeill 22-35-212-1-0
Colin Bates 11-17-166-1-0
Combined QB Game Total: 45-68-543-4-0

Grant Forbes 13-200-0 (45-587-3)
Dana Butler 13-143-3 (51-743-8)
Calvin Coplenad 7-93-1 (38-659-4)

Race to 6,000 Update (through 5 games):

The race to 6000 is over, but it will be itneresting to see how close our combined QB totals will come.

Combined QB Total: 2864 yards, 21 TD, 13 INT
Avg. Per Game: 477.33
Last Season Avg.: 460.09
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00<!-- / message --><!-- sig --><!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[larrymcg421]

Week 8

Bye Week. In recruiting, we pick up the #9 Center and #14 WR in the nation. Still a bunch of offers out there.

[larrymcg421]

Week 9

In recruiting, we pick up the #7 WR and #9 G in the nation. Two of our three targets at Tackle say no, which is not a good sign. We still have a really good prospect left, but I'll have to scour the bottom of the barrel to find some depth.

Temple (3-3) at Connecticut (3-3)

An essential win for us if we want to go to a bowl. Bates gets his first start in 4 years and quickly throws a TD pass to give us a 7-0 lead. Connecticut would score the next 37 points, many off them coming off of Bates' 4 INT's.

Final Score: Connecticut 40, Temple 14

Colin Bates 27-47-321-2-4
Grant Forbes 7-75-0 (52-662-3)
Dana Butler 6-85-1 (57-828-9)
Calvin Copeland 7-96-0 (45-755-4)

Race to 6000 update:

Combined QB Total: 3204 yards, 23 TD, 17 INT
Avg. Per Game: 457.71
Last Season Avg.: 460.09
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00<!-- / message --><!-- sig --><!-- / message --><!-- sig --><!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[larrymcg421]

Week 10

In recruiting, I pick up the #17 Guard and #10 RB (enjoy catching the ball!). Still no word on my Tackle.

Pittsburgh (2-5) at Temple (3-4)

Bates gets the start over a still injured McNeill, but he just doesn't have a strong enough arm. He played tough and we weren't down by more than 14 the whole game, but 284 yards passing isn't enough when we have no defense.

Final Score: Pittsburgh 38, Temple 24

Colin Bates 26-46-284-3-1
Dana Butler 12-143-1 (69-971-10)
Grant Forbes 3-22-0 (55-684-5)
Calvin Copeland 2-47-0 (47-802-4)

Race to 6000 Update:

Combined QB Total: 3488 yards, 26 TD, 18 INT
Avg. Per Game: 436.00
Last Season Avg.: 460.09
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00

[larrymcg421]

Week 11

The #12 Tackle in the nation finally commits to us. We also landed the #24 Guard, which makes three Guard commitments in one class. I still have offers out to the #6 WR and the #29 Tackle, and now I'll move on to tageting walk-ons.

Temple (3-5) at Boston College (4-4)

McNeill is now downgraded to probable, but after thinking about it, I have to stick with Bates. McNeill is just too prone to INT's. This plan didn't completely work out since Bates threw 4 picks, but he did at least improve his yardage totals and once again kept the game close. We actually led at halftime, but unfortunately our defense just wasn't strong enough to hold Boston College down.

Final Score: Boston College 39, Temple 36

Colin Bates 29-55-414-4-4
Dana Butler 9-151-4 (78-1122-14) - This dude is an absolute stud. As a true freshman, he currently leads the nation in receptions, yards, and TD's
Grant Forbes 7-94-0 (62-778-5)
Calvin Copeland 3-69-0 (50-871-4)

Race to 6000 Update:

Combined QB Total: 3902 yards, 30 TD, 22 INT
Avg. Per Game: 433.56
Last Season Avg.: 460.09
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00

[larrymcg421]

Week 12

The #36 Tackle signs with us, so we're just waiting on the WR.

Temple (3-6) at #15 Syracuse (6-2)

Another embarassing loss. The game was so bad that even Butler was shut down, for the first time all year. With a 47-0 halftime score, Colin Bates was benched and McNeill came in to generate some offense and prevent a shutout.

Final Score: Syracuse 75, Temple 7

Colin Bates 5-17-69-0-2
Cornelius McNeill 15-25-155-1-2 (sacked 7 times)
Grant Forbes 5-52-0 (67-830-5)
Dana Butler 2-18-0 (80-1140-14)
Calvin Copeland 0-0-0 (50-871-4)

Race to 6000 Update:

Combined QB Total: 4126 yards, 31 TD, 26 INT
Avg. Per Game: 412.6
Last Season Avg.: 460.09
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00

[Crim]

Week 12

The #36 Tackle signs with us, so we're just waiting on the WR.

Temple (3-6) at #15 Syracuse (6-2)

Another embarassing loss. The game was so bad that even Butler was shut down, for the first time all year. With a 47-0 halftime score, Colin Bates was benched and McNeill came in to generate some offense and prevent a shutout.

Final Score: Syracuse 75, Temple 7

Colin Bates 5-17-69-0-2
Cornelius McNeill 15-25-155-1-2 (sacked 7 times)
Grant Forbes 5-52-0 (67-830-5)
Dana Butler 2-18-0 (80-1140-14)
Calvin Copeland 0-0-0 (50-871-4)

Race to 6000 Update:

Combined QB Total: 4126 yards, 31 TD, 26 INT
Avg. Per Game: 412.6
Last Season Avg.: 460.09
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00



Pretty sure you can omit the bolded line, from here on out, Larry.

[larrymcg421]

Pretty sure you can omit the bolded line, from here on out, Larry.

Heh. Do you mean for this season or forever? The latter may be true as well, although I think we would have won 6 games if Rayburn didn't get hurt. It will be hard tt make a bowl with my defensive rules, but we'll see.

[larrymcg421]

Week 13

Rutgers (3-7) at Temple (3-7)

Not happy with the play of Bates, so I give McNeill the start in the final week. He came through by providing a ton of offense and keeping us in the game throughout a seesaw battle. Rutgers seemed to take control for good with a 28-17 lead in the 4th quarter, but McNeill led us on two late TD drives, finishing it off with a 2 yard TD with 56 seconds left. The defense managed to hold and we won 32-28 to equal our best win total to date.

Final Score: Temple 32, Rutgers 28

Cornelius McNeill 37-56-431-3-1
Dana Butler 10-114-1 (90-1254-15)
Grant Forbes 6-68-1 (73-898-6)
Calvin Copeland 7-88-1 (57-959-5)

Race to 6000 Final Update:

Combined QB Total: 4557 yards, 34 TD, 27 INT
Avg. Per Game: 414.3
Last season Avg.: 460.1
Needed improvement (without bowl): 131.2
Needed improvement (with bowl): 85.7

[larrymcg421]

Despite the huge upset over Notre Dame (they finished the year ranked 9th), this was definitely a disappointing year. Due to Rayburn's injury we regressed in yardage totals quite a bit and it probably cost us a bowl game.

2009 Summary for Temple

Record: 4-7
Rank: 96

Temple Team Rank
Rushes 136 125
Rushing Yards -136 125
Yards Per Carry -1.00 125
Pass Attempts 613 1
Completions 358 1
Passing Yards 4557 1
Yards Per Attempt 7.43 43
3rd Down Conversions 33.0 81
Points Per Game 27.4 36 (T)
Turnovers 33 121 (T)
Turnover Margin -17 124

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 417 90 (T)
Rushing Yards 1796 108
Yards Per Carry 4.30 111
Pass Attempts 316 38 (T)
Completions 202 97 (T)
Passing Yards 2893 114
Yards Per Attempt 9.15 124
3rd Down Conversions 32.3 38 (T)
Points Per Game 44.2 125
Turnovers 16 105 (T)

Primary Formation: Run and Shoot Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 17 EMIC (110) 38
2 55 CFLA (100) 24
3 38 at NAVY (65) 31
4 32 CMIC (14) 63
5 17 WVIR (7) 87
7 30 NOTR (6) 24
9 14 at CONN (82) 40
10 24 PITT (86) 38
11 36 at BOSC (59) 39
12 7 at SYRA (22) 75
13 32 RUTG (107) 28

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
13 Rayburn QB 272 162 2122 7.80 18 8
1 Bates QB 182 98 1254 6.89 10 11
17 McNeill QB 156 96 1162 7.44 6 8
Team --- 613 358 4557 7.43 34 27

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
13 Rayburn QB 35 -81 -2.31 0 23 131
17 McNeill QB 30 -88 -2.93 0 23 110
1 Bates QB 29 -120 -4.13 0 24 133
Team --- 136 -136 -1.00 2 81 396

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
80 Butler WR 160 90 1254 13.9 531 15
88 Forbes WR 119 73 898 12.3 362 6
81 Copeland WR 108 57 959 16.8 384 5
85 Van Lanen WR 67 38 501 13.1 189 3
31 Brown RB 48 31 240 7.7 154 2
9 Worzella WR 47 25 342 13.6 128 2
28 Willis RB 35 25 192 7.6 150 1
82 Tolar TE 16 10 84 8.4 21 0
Team --- 613 358 4557 12.7 1921 34

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
29 Houston S 58 25 0.0 8 1 4
44 Woods ILB 50 19 5.0 9 0 7
42 Bromley OLB 45 10 3.5 5 1 0
90 Terrell DE 43 19 9.0 13 0 2
93 Alcott OLB 42 15 2.0 7 2 0
52 Suto OLB 33 13 9.0 10 3 0
22 Gaddis CB 32 8 0.0 1 1 1
25 Aiton S 32 15 0.0 0 2 4
92 Harper DE 30 10 3.0 6 0 0
41 Banks ILB 27 3 1.0 3 0 1
36 Copenhauer CB 25 10 0.0 0 0 2
39 Page S 19 9 0.0 2 1 1
76 Malcolm DT 18 9 2.0 3 0 0
94 Groh DT 17 6 2.0 6 0 1
21 Daily CB 13 4 0.0 1 0 3
78 Holloman DE 12 3 2.0 4 0 0
56 Burns OLB 12 10 1.0 3 0 1
Team --- 637 208 45.0 89 12 29

[larrymcg421]

WR Dana Butler

National Top Offensive Freshman
National Freshman Team
Big East Top Offensive Player
Big East Top Offensive Freshman
All-Big East 1st Team


QB JJ Rayburn

All-Big East 1st Team


WR Grant Forbes

All-Big East 2nd Team


WR Calvin Copeland

All-Big East 2nd Team


DE Shane Terrell

All-Big East 2nd Team

[larrymcg421]

Definitely our best recruiting class to date. We get our QB of the future, not to mention plenty of depth on the line and at WR.

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Fields, Zach QB 6-5 213 NJ 26 4 1 1
Sellers, Tom G 6-4 279 MN 68 5 3 1
Kirk, Jimmy C 6-2 254 NH 102 9 1 1
Ostrander, Maurice T 6-5 253 MI 106 12 3 2
Shantz, Rich RB 5-9 183 NY 148 10 8 2
Welch, Walter WR 5-11 178 NY 165 7 10 2
Erickson, Tracy G 6-4 283 TX 166 17 12 2
Boland, Willie WR 6-2 192 MI 209 12 7 1
Millner, Bryan G 6-5 289 FL 243 24 18 2
**Keeney, Ronald T 6-5 290 NJ 605 39 19 4
$$Rivera, Phil S 5-11 174 NC --- --- 49 5
##Bryant, Lionel OLB 6-0 206 FL --- --- --- 11
$$Ballard, Earl DE 6-3 244 NY --- --- --- 7
##Jennings, Dan DT 6-6 266 IL --- --- 94 6
##Anthony, Johnnie DT 6-1 243 TX --- --- --- 9
##Andersen, James CB 5-11 171 VA --- --- 68 8

[larrymcg421]

Heisman Winner: QB Luke Woodson, Notre Dame (4257 yards, 48 TD, 13 INT) - Nevermind that he choked against us by fumbling in OT.
National Championship: Texas 32, Southern Cal 7


School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Texas 13-0 B12 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.36 2.36 1
UCLA 11-1 P10 2.50 4.00 1.00 0.96 8.46 2
Stanford 11-1 P10 2.25 7.50 1.00 0.88 11.63 3
Wisconsin 11-1 B10 4.00 3.00 1.00 4.56 12.56 4
Michigan 10-2 B10 8.75 2.00 2.00 3.24 15.99 5
Southern California 9-3 P10 9.25 5.00 3.00 0.12 17.37 6
Georgia Tech 10-2 ACC 4.75 11.00 2.00 0.76 18.51 7
Illinois 10-2 B10 5.75 9.50 2.00 1.60 18.85 8
Notre Dame 10-2 IND 9.75 6.00 2.00 2.32 20.07 9
West Virginia 10-2 BEA 9.75 9.00 2.00 4.60 25.35 10
Nebraska 9-4 B12 11.50 11.00 4.00 0.20 26.70 11
Auburn 10-3 SEC 17.25 9.50 3.00 2.00 31.75 12
Tulane 10-2 CUS 13.50 12.50 2.00 3.76 31.76 13
Maryland 9-3 ACC 10.00 17.50 3.00 1.68 32.18 14
Carroll College 10-2 BSK 13.25 18.00 2.00 2.12 35.37 15
Virginia Tech 9-3 ACC 14.00 18.00 3.00 1.24 36.24 16
Central Michigan 10-2 MDF 17.00 14.00 2.00 5.00 38.00 17
Georgia 10-3 SEC 16.75 17.00 3.00 1.88 38.63 18
Florida 9-3 SEC 17.00 15.50 3.00 4.24 39.74 19
Clemson 9-3 ACC 17.00 20.00 3.00 2.84 42.84 20
Mississippi 9-3 SEC 22.25 20.00 3.00 3.68 48.93 21
Syracuse 8-4 BEA 27.00 23.50 4.00 1.40 55.90 22
Texas A&M 8-4 B12 23.00 28.50 4.00 0.56 56.06 23
Texas Christian 8-4 CUS 31.50 22.50 4.00 1.80 59.80 24
Houston 8-4 CUS 21.50 31.50 4.00 3.56 60.56 25

[larrymcg421]

Graduating Seniors:

QB JJ Rayburn (#3 Overall, #1 QB)

Rayburn was our superstar that finally took us to the next level. Despite throwing a ton of picks in his first two years, he still showed nice improvement and came away with a huge junior season where he threw for 5061 yards and 37 TD's. For this, he was the runner-up in Heisman balloting. He was off to a strong senior season, but his career was ended at midseason in the middle of a huge upset over Notre Dame. Finished career with 56.9% completion, 14166 yards, 99 TD, 95 INT

Honors: National Freshman Team (2006), Big East Top Offensive Freshman (2006), All-Big East 2nd Team (2007), Big East Conference MVP (2008), Big East Top Offensive Player (2008), All-Big East 1st Team (2008), All-Big East 1st Team (2009)

RB BJ Brown (Unranked)

Yeah, it's not fun to be an RB in our system, but BJ was just thankful to get a scholarship. He actually was a pretty good receiver in the limited time he got to play, finishing his career with 78 catches for 658 yards and 6 TD.

WR Michael Douthett (Unranked)

Desperation recruit that never really filled out. Had 59 catches for 734 yards and 9 TD in his freshman year, but only caught 18 passes over the next three years.

WR Dustin Worzella (#170 Overall, #10 WR)

Our first big time WR recruit. Despite strong freshman and sophomore years, injury problems plagued him the next two years and he has to be considered a disappointment. Still finished career with 205 catches, 2721 yards, and 19 TD.

Honors: National Freshman Team (2006), All-Big East 1st Team (2007)

G Marshall Ross (#159 Overall, #18 G)

A huge disappointment here. Started 10 games as a freshman, allowing 14 sacks. Didn't start another game in his entire career.

[Poli]

Preferred walk ons for defense? So are you recruiting smart kids for the defense, just not offering the scholarship?

[larrymcg421]

Preferred walk ons for defense? So are you recruiting smart kids for the defense, just not offering the scholarship?

Exactly, but not insanely smart. I'm still trying to get guys that can manage to find the field. Basically I go for the highest rated guys with SAT's 1200+ that don't have any offers.

[larrymcg421]

Offseason notes:

*Academics haven't changed. We're still ranked 8th and top 10 in everything.

*We've moved up in the preseason rankings to 84th overall and 5th in the Big East.

*Roster Strengths: QB (78th), WR (8th), C (76th), G (7th), T (71st). again, these are a bit misleading because many of my guys are green and they will be getting good development during the season.

*Rivals.com says we have the #1 recruiting class in the nation!

[larrymcg421]

Here are your 2010 Temple Owls. Welcome to the Zach Fields era.


Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
McNeill, Cornelius 17 QB Sr* 37 64
Fields, Zach 7 QB Fr 29 99
Murray, Al 3 QB* So 0 19
Willis, Brad 28 RB Jr 74 92
Shantz, Rich 34 RB Fr 32 99
Campbell, Pete 30 RB* Sr 14 14
Bowman, Louie 24 RB* Sr* 7 19
Murray, Hunter 43 FB* Fr 8 21
Dawson, Lawrence 45 FB* So 7 7
Carriger, Harold 83 TE* Sr 19 55
Allen, Cris 86 TE* Sr 14 24
Wagner, Larry 82 TE* Fr 8 8
Butler, Dana 80 WR So 78 97
Copeland, Calvin 81 WR Jr 65 85
Forbes, Grant 88 WR Sr 64 75
Van Lanen, Alfred 85 WR Jr 53 91
Neal, J.R. 2 WR Jr 40 80
Boland, Willie 87 WR Fr 38 92
Welch, Walter 4 WR Fr 33 69
Grinnell, Jamie 51 C So 37 67
Montgomery, Steven 59 C Jr 22 51
Kirk, Jimmy 58 C Fr 8 75
Brummitt, Marc 77 G Sr* 82 82
McGee, Melvin 66 G Jr* 62 75
Badillo, Blaine 68 G Jr* 42 91
Reid, Bernard 74 G So 30 84
Sellers, Tom 67 G Fr 22 58
Reid, Sammie 79 G Sr* 21 63
Erickson, Tracy 63 G Fr 16 72
Millner, Bryan 62 G Fr 14 77
Sweeney, Floyd 75 T So 39 76
Vaughn, Melvin 60 T So 37 76
Hughes, Calvin 64 T Jr 34 75
Franz, Courtney 61 T Jr 31 63
May, Ted 70 T Sr 25 60
Keeney, Ronald 69 T Fr 14 68
Ostrander, Maurice 65 T Fr 6 76
Stickney, Mark 15 P* Jr* 28 42
Cushman, Bernie 6 P* Sr* 5 29
Glover, Craig 12 K So 88 88
Burgess, Ted 14 K* Sr 11 15
Terrell, Shane 90 DE* Sr 46 77
Holloman, Jared 78 DE* Sr 16 52
Robb, Curtis 73 DE* Jr 10 53
Blades, Quinn 99 DE* So 4 52
Besmer, Luke 71 DE* So* 3 34
Ballard, Earl 92 DE* Fr 2 54
Bishop, Nate 96 DT* Sr* 24 24
Clancy, Johnny 97 DT* Sr 19 32
Malcolm, Henry 76 DT* Jr 19 21
Jennings, Dan 94 DT* Fr 9 60
Jizmejian, Percy 72 DT* So* 7 13
Anthony, Johnnie 98 DT* Fr 4 55
Carlson, Levon 91 DT* So* 1 39
Woods, Anthony 44 ILB* Sr 37 40
Banks, Ted 41 ILB* Sr 27 27
Bush, Pat 47 ILB* Jr 10 24
Hamrahi, Lamar 53 ILB* So 8 29
Suto, Calvin 52 OLB* Sr 28 28
Hammond, Harold 95 OLB* Sr 20 46
Bryant, Lionel 40 OLB* Fr 10 50
Burns, Gerald 56 OLB* So 9 57
Gaddis, Charles 22 CB* Sr 32 47
Daily, Roderick 21 CB* Jr 23 48
Lynch, Wink 49 CB* So 22 45
Maxwell, Jeremy 46 CB* Jr 16 34
Andersen, James 31 CB* Fr 12 28
Beisner, Walter 37 CB* So 10 51
Aiton, Ralph 25 S* Jr 34 68
Riley, Quinn 20 S* So 24 35
Rivera, Phil 35 S* Fr 18 57
Griffith, Doug 26 S* Sr 15 47
Ford, Gerald 27 S* So 7 48

[larrymcg421]

Week 1 is a bye

Week 2

Navy (0-0) at Temple (0-0)

The Zach Fields era begins a little shaky as he gives up a 15 yard sack on his second play and finds himself with a 3rd and 30 on his very first series. Navy quickly takes advantage to make the first score, but that's when Fields rose up. Two consecutive TD drives to close the quarter put us up 14-7. The game went back and forth as neither defense had a solution. Two TD's right before the half gave us a 28-17 lead and a two possession advantage. Navy kept scoring to make it close, but Fields would march right down the field. He comes away from his debut with 561 yards and 5 TD's and a 42-40 victory.

Final Score: Temple 42, Navy 40

Zach Fields 46-70-561-5-3
Dana Butler 14-183-1
Grant Forbes 10-160-1
Calvin Copeland 7-75-1
Alfred Van Lanen 6-57-1

Race to 6000 Update:

Current Avg. per game: 561.00
Last season average: 414.3
Avg. needed (without Bowl): 545.45
Avg. needed (with Bowl): 500.00

[Crim]

That's promising.

[larrymcg421]

That's promising.

Yep, and Fields is still very green. It'll be amazing to see what he can do when he maxes out his bars.

[larrymcg421]

Week 3

Bah, a bunch of defensive players asking for a scholarship. Aren't you guys late for class?

Temple (1-0) at Central Florida (0-1)

The offense is mostly firing on all cylinders right now. There are a couple of problems, though. Fields threw a couple of costly picks that were returned for TD's and kept Central Florida in the game. Also, the offensive coordinator somehow slipped in a couple runs for Brad Willis, who had 47 yards rushing and 2 TD in the game. What a travesty! Still, Fields had another nice game with 426 yards passing and 4 TD's and we won 49-46. That yardage total needs to get a bit higher if we're to hit 6000, though.

Final Score: Temple 49, Central Florida 46

Zach Fields 36-55-426-4-2 (82-125-987-9-5)
Calvin Copeland 11-158-0 (18-233-1)
Dana Butler 9-97-1 (23-280-2)
Grant Forbes 6-76-1 (16-236-2)
Alfred Van Lanen 6-62-2 (12-119-3)

Race to 6000 Update:

Fields Current Avg.: 493.5
Last Season Avg.: 414.3
Remaining Avg. Needed (without Bowl): 557.0
Remaining Avg. Needed (with Bowl): 501.3

[larrymcg421]

Week 4

Temple (2-0) at Central Michigan (1-0)

Not a bad start. Fields throws a TD pass to Copeland 5 minutes into the game to tie the score at 7. Unfortunately, that would be his only TD pass of the day. Central Michigan gave him fits all afternoon and he was replaced by McNeill at halftime (not happy about this, I had Fields set to 9 playing time). Meanwhile, our walk-ons had no hope against the Central Michigan offense.

Final Score: Central Michigan 52, Temple 14

Zach Fields 12-32-115-1-2 (94-157-1102-10-7)
Dana Butler 5-58-0 (28-338-2)
Grant Forbes 4-49-1 (20-285-3)
Alfred Van Lanen 3-41-0 (15-160-3)
Calvin Copeland 2-19-1 (20-252-2)

Race to 6000 Update:

Fields Current Avg: 367.3
Last Season Avg.: 414.3
Remaining Avg. Needed (without Bowl): 612.3
Remaining Avg. Needed (with Bowl): 544.2

[larrymcg421]

Week 5

Temple (2-1) at #10 Syracuse (2-0)

Fields rebounds a bit and actually keeps this game competitive until the 4th quarter. We actually led 14-7 at one point, but Syracuse was just too strong. Fields put up decent numbers considering he was sacked 8 times, but we're falling well behind the 6000 pace. Probably not gonna happen this year.

Final Score: Syracuse 52, Temple 17

Zach Fields 32-43-415-2-2 (126-200-1517-12-9)
Dana Butler 9-161-1 (37-499-3)
Grant Forbes 5-68-0 (25-353-3)
Alfred Van Lanen 4-45-0 (19-205-3)
Calvin Copeland 4-41-0 (24-293-2)

Race to 6000 Update:

Last Season Avg.: 414.3
Fields Current Avg: 379.3
Remaining Avg. Needed (without Bowl): 640.4
Remaining Avg. Needed (with Bowl): 560.4

[larrymcg421]

Week 6 is a bye.

No recruiting news yet.

Week 7

Rutgers (2-2) at Temple (2-2)

Rutgers sucks in this universe, and that's a problem for us. Fields has no problem moving the ball, but the dogs get called off at halftime and our yardage total suffers.

Final Score: Temple 42, Rutgers 13

Zach Fields 34-53-395-6-1 (160-253-1912-18-10)
Dana Butler 7-89-4 (44-588-7)
Grant Forbes 7-71-0 (32-424-3)
Alfred Van Lanen 5-89-0 (24-294-3)
Calvin Copeland 8-85-2 (32-378-4)

Race to 6000 Update:

Last Season Avg.: 414.3
Fields Current Avg: 382.4
Remaining Avg. Needed (without Bowl): 681.3
Remaining Avg. Needed (with Bowl): 584.0

[larrymcg421]

Week 8

Really struggling in recruiting as we still have no commits.

Temple (3-2) at Boston College (3-2)

BC races out an easy 21-0 lead and we have no chance in this one. Stupid AI replaces Fields at halftime, so we fall even further behind our goal. Doesn't even look like we'll do as good as last year at this point, although last year's average is cumulative and this year i'm just focusing on Fields numbers.

Final Score: Boston College 48, Temple 17

Zach Fields 15-31-245-1-4 (175-284-2157-19-14)
Dana Butler 9-103-0 (53-691-7)
Grant Forbes 9-145-0 (41-569-3)
Alfred Van Lanen 3-42-0 (27-336-3)
Calvin Copeland 3-55-2 (35-433-6)

Race to 6000 Update: (changed this a bit since the remainign avg.
numbers were getting out of hand)

Last Season Avg.: 414.3
Fields Current Avg: 382.4
Current Pace (without Bowl): 4206
Current Pace (with Bowl): 4589

[larrymcg421]

Week 9

Only recruit I've landed so far is a QB, which is the position I need the least. The guy is the #534 player in the nation and will serve primarily as a backup. Still got 9 offers out there for the line and WR's.

Temple (3-3) at Pittsburgh (2-4)

Exciting game where neither team managed more than one scoring drive in a row. Pittsburgh took a 35-31 lead with 54 seconds left, but they left way too much time on the clock. Fields completed a 42 yard pass to Copeland. Then with 23 seconds left, he found Grant forbes for a 33 yard TD pass and the win. This keeps our bowl hopes alive.

Final Score: Temple 38, Pittsburgh 35

Zach Fields 47-62-551-5-0 (222-346-2708-24-14)
Grant Forbes 12-181-2 (53-750-5)
Dana Butler 10-109-1 (63-800-8)
Calvin Copeland 8-119-1 (43-552-7)
Alfred Van Lanen 8-78-0 (35-414-3)

Race to 6000 Update:

Last Season Avg.: 414.3
Fields Current Avg: 386.9
Current Pace (without Bowl): 4257
Current Pace (with Bowl): 4644

[larrymcg421]

Week 10

Got a commitment from the #18 WR in the nation. Gonna need to find a stud WR next year, as the guys I've been getting are mostly solid #2 guys.

Temple (4-3) at Connecticut (1-6)

With 4 games left, we need two wins to qualify for a bowl. Two of those four games are against top 10 teams, so this one is a must win. Fields has another huge game, avoiding a pick for the 2nd week in a row. It looked like our defense had blown the game by giving up a 90 yard TD run early in the 4th quarter. however, Fields led us to 11 points in the final 3 minutes, and his TD pass to freshman Walter Welch in OT proved to be the winning score. Fields has 1098 yards and 10 TD's in the past two games.

Final Score: Temple 41, Connecticut 38

Zach Fields 44-64-547-5-0 (266-410-3255-29-14)
Grant Forbes 11-151-0 (64-901-5)
Dana Butler 9-132-1 (72-932-9)
Calvin Copeland 8-115-1 (51-667-8)
Van Lanen is out for 5 weeks, so I'll stop tracking him.

Race to 6000 Update:

Last Season Avg.: 414.3
Fields Current Avg: 406.9
Current Pace (without Bowl): 4476
Current Pace (with Bowl): 4883

[RPI-Fan]

Butler is on pace for a MONSTER season (108-1400-14) and he's only a sophomore.

In two years he could very well win the Heisman (2,000 receiving yards, 20 TD's????)

[larrymcg421]

Week 11 - Bye

Lost every target at Guard. Definitely the worst recruiting season in recent memory. Offered a scholarship to best Guard left, the #69 in the nation. Still only two commitments.

Week 12

Finally picked up a great recruit. The #12 Tackle in the nation decides to sign with us. Waiting back on four more offers that are out before I go after the walk-ons. Their pansy Heisman winner from last year is out for the season.

#1 Notre Dame (8-0) at Temple (5-3)

Revenge matchup. We ended Notre Dame's national title hopes last year, and now they are once again undefeated going into the matchup. Fields opens the game by running for a 6 yard TD. 8 seconds letter, we return an INT 73 yards for a TD. 2 minutes later, Fields finds freshman Willie Boland for a 19 yard TD. Scoring slows down, but early in the 2nd quarter Fields finds Dana Butler for a 14 yard TD. Scoreboard read: Temple 28, Notre Dame 0. My Temple Owls looking good in the 2nd quarter! Unfortunately, the Irish score 17 straight to close the half and the lead is down to 28-17. A FG gives us a 31-17 lead, but that would be our last score of the game. Three scoring drives from Notre Dame gave them a 34-31 lead. We cannot convert a 1st down in the 3rd quarter, ending drives with several 4trh and 1 situations, but the coach punts it away, even with only 2:28 left. What a heartbreaking defeat.

Final Score: Notre Dame 34, Temple 31

Zach Fields 38-63-419-2-1 (304-473-3674-31-15)
Grant Forbes 9-100-0 (73-1001-5)
Dana Butler 9-127-1 (81-1059)
Calvin Copeland 7-74-0 (58-741-8)

Race to 6000 Update:

Last Season Avg.: 414.3
Fields Current Avg: 408.2
Current Pace (without Bowl): 4490
Current Pace (with Bowl): 4898

[larrymcg421]

Butler is on pace for a MONSTER season (108-1400-14) and he's only a sophomore.

In two years he could very well win the Heisman (2,000 receiving yards, 20 TD's????)

That would be great to see, but if he has that kind of season then Fields will probably beat him for the Heisman. Also remember, Forbes had a sophomore season with 114 catches, 1610 yards and 14 TD's, but has since regressed a bit. Butler is definitely a special player, though. I've kept him (and Forbes) out of the #1 WR slot to get them better matchups and it seems to have helped.

[larrymcg421]

Week 13

Finally land some recruits. #12 Tackle in the nation signs with us. Also nabbed a #52 Tackle and the #69 Guard, both for depth purposes. Still have offers out to two top 5 Centers.

#14 West Virginia (7-2) at Temple (5-4)

We get off to another great start against a top notch team. Fields connects with Butler on a 74 yard TD pass to open the game and two more TD passes give us a 21-7 lead. West Virginia would score twice more in the half, but Fields 4th TD pass gives us a 28-17 halftime lead. Unfortunately, once again we collapse against a superior team. West Virginia would score on three consecutive TD drives before we could get on the board again. We made it close, but the Mountaineers iced the game with a 4 yard TD pass late int he 4th quarter.

Final Score: West Virginia 47, Temple 35

Zach Fields 31-49-478-5-1 (335-522-4152-36-16)
Dana Butler 10-191-1 (91-1250-11)
Grant Forbes 9-150-1 (82-1151-6)
Calvin Copeland 6-80-1 (64-821-9)

Race to 6000 Update:

Last Season Avg.: 414.3
Fields Current Avg: 415.2
Current Pace (without Bowl): 4567
Current Pace (with Bowl): 4972

Still an outside shot at 5000 if we can get to a bowl game, but we have to win our final game to qualify.

[larrymcg421]

Week 14

Landed both the #2 and #5 Centers in the country, somewhat saving this recruiting class.

Temple (5-5) at Eastern Michigan (1-9)

All we need was a win over lousy Eastern Michigan to qualify for a bowl. Fields immediately got a TD on the first drive, but after that he struggled and turned in one of the worst performances of the season. WR's Dana Butler and Grant Forbes (playing in his last career game) would turn in valiant performances, combining for 336 of Fields' 378 passing yards on the day. Unfortunately, ther 4 INT's thrown by Fields put us into too deep a hole and we would not recover.

Final Score: Eastern Michigan 37, Temple 24

Zach Fields 30-57-378-2-4 (365-579-4530-38-20)
Dana Butler 11-161-3 (102-1411-14)
Grant Forbes 12-175-0 (94-1326-6)
Calvin Copeland 0-0-0 (64-821-9) - Injured early in the game.

Missed the 6000 mark by quite a bit, but Fields is still pretty green so I expect him to be able to challenge it in the next few seasons.

[larrymcg421]

Despite the three consecutive losses at the end, this was still our best season yet. As our guys continue to develop, we look to get even better in the coming years abnd hopefully a bowl game is on the horizon.

Record: 5-6
Rank: 77

Temple Team Rank
Rushes 147 125
Rushing Yards -30 125
Yards Per Carry 0.0-20 125
Pass Attempts 629 1
Completions 398 1
Passing Yards 4912 1
Yards Per Attempt 7.80 38
3rd Down Conversions 31.3 79
Points Per Game 31.8 25
Turnovers 28 101 (T)
Turnover Margin -5 81 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 371 33 (T)
Rushing Yards 1817 111
Yards Per Carry 4.89 123 (T)
Pass Attempts 337 57 (T)
Completions 215 110
Passing Yards 3244 125
Yards Per Attempt 9.62 125
3rd Down Conversions 43.1 119
Points Per Game 40.1 123
Turnovers 23 43 (T)

Primary Formation: Run and Shoot Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 42 NAVY (73) 40
3 49 at CFLA (123) 46
4 14 at CMIC (11) 52
5 17 SYRA (12) 52
7 42 RUTG (110) 13
8 17 at BOSC (40) 48
9 38 at PITT (98) 35
10 41 at CONN (117) 38
12 31 NOTR (2) 34
13 35 WVIR (7) 47
14 24 at EMIC (112) 37

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
7 Fields QB 579 365 4530 7.82 38 20
17 McNeill QB 50 33 382 7.64 3 1
Team --- 629 398 4912 7.80 41 21

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
7 Fields QB 94 -214 -2.27 1 61 379
28 Willis RB 34 185 5.44 3 7 8
Team --- 147 -30 -0.20 4 76 430

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
80 Butler WR 162 102 1411 13.8 494 14
88 Forbes WR 132 94 1326 14.1 443 6
81 Copeland WR 95 64 821 12.8 271 9
28 Willis RB 82 53 435 8.2 269 4
87 Boland WR 66 30 364 12.1 113 3
85 Van Lanen WR 54 35 414 11.8 152 3
4 Welch WR 16 9 78 8.6 53 2
Team --- 629 398 4912 12.3 1829 41

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
44 Woods ILB 58 20 3.5 10 1 6
95 Hammond OLB 57 18 3.5 9 1 1
56 Burns OLB 57 21 1.5 9 0 2
25 Aiton S 52 10 0.0 2 3 5
90 Terrell DE 35 13 4.5 8 0 0
52 Suto OLB 30 16 1.0 3 0 4
22 Gaddis CB 30 11 0.0 4 1 1
35 Rivera S 30 13 0.0 1 1 1
21 Daily CB 26 9 0.0 2 2 3
41 Banks ILB 20 10 1.5 2 0 1
49 Lynch CB 20 6 1.0 4 0 4
76 Malcolm DT 17 4 3.0 5 1 0
73 Robb DE 16 9 3.5 6 0 1
94 Jennings DT 15 8 2.0 4 0 1
92 Ballard DE 12 3 0.0 1 0 0
78 Holloman DE 11 3 1.5 3 0 0
20 Riley S 11 12 0.0 4 0 1
Team --- 613 202 30.0 84 11 32

[larrymcg421]

Here's our ugly recruiting class...

Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Beavers, Preston C 6-2 261 NY 14 2 3 1
Roberts, Daniel C 6-4 274 NJ 45 5 1 1
Frederick, Greg T 6-6 290 TN 65 12 3 1
Niles, Orlando WR 5-11 176 MD 297 18 8 1
Cox, Jake T 6-5 270 NH 345 52 2 1
**Muirbrook, Jon QB 6-3 194 WI 534 45 18 1
Rivera, Clyde G 6-5 275 PA 732 69 43 4
##Samuels, Irving OLB 6-4 216 GA --- --- 43 3
##Bernard, Steve TE 6-3 209 AL --- 86 34 2
##Chitwood, Jeffrey S 5-8 178 WA --- --- 52 8
##Connell, Kelvin CB 5-10 163 FL --- --- --- 6
##Ocasio, Roosevelt P 5-9 158 LA --- 71 31 2
##Garrett, Dixon DE 6-4 239 UT --- --- 23 4
##Peterson, Cornelius ILB 6-2 212 TX --- --- --- 12
##Gerhart, Grady DT 6-5 242 IL --- --- --- 7

[larrymcg421]

Heisman Winner: QB Hardy Baxter, Eastern Michigan (262-387-3685-42-12)
National Championship: Virginia Tech 34, UCLA 10

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Virginia Tech 12-0 ACC 1.50 1.00 0.00 1.48 3.98 1
Florida 12-1 SEC 1.25 4.00 1.00 0.16 6.41 2
UCLA 11-1 P10 3.75 2.50 1.00 1.84 9.09 3
Ohio State 10-2 B10 4.25 7.50 2.00 0.12 13.87 4
Notre Dame 11-1 IND 8.25 2.50 1.00 3.60 15.35 5
Michigan 9-3 B10 6.75 6.00 3.00 0.20 15.95 6
Texas 10-3 B12 6.00 8.00 3.00 0.48 17.48 7
West Virginia 10-2 BEA 8.25 8.50 2.00 1.88 20.63 8
North Texas 11-1 SUN 8.25 7.50 1.00 3.92 20.67 9
Syracuse 10-2 BEA 8.00 12.00 2.00 1.56 23.56 10
Southern California 9-3 P10 17.50 7.50 3.00 1.12 29.12 11
Wisconsin 9-3 B10 12.25 13.50 3.00 1.36 30.11 12
Florida State 9-3 ACC 9.75 18.00 3.00 0.40 31.15 13
Penn State 9-3 B10 8.50 19.50 3.00 1.52 32.52 14
Illinois 9-3 B10 13.00 15.50 3.00 1.44 32.94 15
Washington 10-2 P10 17.25 14.00 2.00 3.48 36.73 16
Kansas State 9-3 B12 14.75 20.00 3.00 1.20 38.95 17
Boise State 10-2 WAC 17.50 16.00 2.00 3.64 39.14 18
Alabama 9-3 SEC 13.25 22.50 3.00 0.88 39.63 19
Central Michigan 11-2 MDF 24.25 11.00 2.00 4.84 42.09 20
Utah 9-3 MWE 20.75 20.50 3.00 3.04 47.29 21
Nebraska 8-4 B12 29.75 16.00 4.00 2.28 52.03 22
Georgia Tech 8-4 ACC 24.25 25.00 4.00 2.16 55.41 23
Minnesota 8-4 B10 17.75 34.00 4.00 2.12 57.87 24
Auburn 8-5 SEC 28.75 25.00 5.00 0.04 58.79 25

[larrymcg421]

Graduating seniors:

We actually only have one graduating scholarship player this year...

WR Grant Forbes (#120 Overall, #8 WR)

A future Temple (and maybe overall) Hall of Famer, Forbes was our first real standout receiver. After an impressive freshman year, he exploded as a sophomore with 114 catches for 1610 yards and 14 TD's, earning him National All-American honors. He tailed off a bit in his junior year with the arrival of freshman Dana Butler. He improved for a terrific senior season and leaves Temple with a career total of 351 catches, 4730 yards, and 30 TD's.

Awards: Big East Top Offensive Freshman (2007), National All-American (2008), All-Big East 1st Team (2008), All-Big East 2nd Team (2009), All-Big East 2nd Team (2010)

[larrymcg421]

Forgot to do the complete list of awards our guys won this year...

QB Zach Fields

National Top Offensive Freshman
National All-Freshman Team
Big East Conference MVP
Big East Top Offensive Player
Big East Top Offensive Freshamn
All-Big East 1st Team


WR Dana Butler

National All-American 2nd Team (he got screwed)
All-Big East 1st Team


WR Grant Forbes

All-Big East 2nd Team (also screwed)



ILB Anthony Woods

All-Big East 2nd Team

[larrymcg421]

Offseason Notes:

*We have moved up to 7th in Overall Academic Rep and are now #1 in 7 subjects.

*Roster Strengths looking good this year: QB (14th), RB (11th, heh), WR (1st), C (46th), G (2nd), T (40th), K (4th)

*We are now 76th in the preseason rankings and 4th (for the first time) in the Big East.

*After pulling in the #1 recruiting class in 2009, we come away with the #39 class in 2010. Hopefully we can rectify that this year.

[larrymcg421]

Here's how I've fared throughout the years...

Year Team Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV Tick Don Score
2010 Temple 5-6 No 79 70 85 100 26 56 66 67
2009 Temple 4-7 No 83 74 86 100 33 57 74 71
2008 Temple 3-8 No 104 69 91 100 75 48 38 68
2007 Temple 2-9 No 115 37 88 100 40 52 1 48
2006 Temple 2-9 No 114 1 85 100 5 46 12 34
2005 Temple 4-7 No 85 74 80 100 74 55 75 74
2004 Temple 1-10 No 119 0 75 99 24 58 0 34

[larrymcg421]

And here are your 2011 Temple Owls. Fields showed trmendous improvement in the offseason and the receiver corps is ridiculously talented.

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Fields, Zach 7 QB So 64 99
McNeill, Cornelius 17 QB Sr 33 64
Muirbrook, Jon 10 QB Fr 13 64
Murray, Al 3 QB* Jr* 1 19
Willis, Brad 28 RB Sr 75 92
Shantz, Rich 34 RB So 38 99
Bowman, Louie 24 RB* Sr 7 19
Dawson, Lawrence 45 FB* Jr 8 8
Murray, Hunter 43 FB* So 8 21
Donaldson, Marlon 33 FB* Fr 5 29
Bernard, Steve 91 TE* Fr 21 36
Farmer, Casey 88 TE* Fr 13 32
Wagner, Larry 82 TE* So 8 8
Butler, Dana 80 WR Jr 90 97
Copeland, Calvin 81 WR Sr 88 88
Van Lanen, Alfred 85 WR Sr 66 91
Boland, Willie 87 WR So 54 92
Welch, Walter 4 WR So 46 69
Neal, J.R. 2 WR Sr 45 80
Niles, Orlando 5 WR Fr 36 66
Grinnell, Jamie 51 C Jr 52 67
Beavers, Preston 55 C Fr 33 71
Montgomery, Steven 59 C Sr 33 51
Kirk, Jimmy 58 C So* 31 75
Roberts, Daniel 54 C Fr 26 91
McGee, Melvin 66 G Sr* 84 84
Brummitt, Marc 77 G Sr 83 83
Badillo, Blaine 68 G Sr* 46 91
Reid, Bernard 74 G Jr 41 84
Sellers, Tom 67 G So* 36 58
Erickson, Tracy 63 G So* 32 72
Reid, Sammie 79 G Sr 31 63
Rivera, Clyde 78 G Fr 21 48
Millner, Bryan 62 G So* 20 77
Sweeney, Floyd 75 T Jr 58 76
Franz, Courtney 61 T Sr 36 63
Vaughn, Melvin 60 T Jr 35 76
Hughes, Calvin 64 T Sr 28 75
Keeney, Ronald 69 T So* 27 68
May, Ted 70 T Sr 27 60
Ostrander, Maurice 65 T So* 20 76
Frederick, Greg 71 T Fr 14 79
Cox, Jake 95 T Fr 13 85
Stickney, Mark 15 P* Sr* 28 42
Ocasio, Roosevelt 1 P* Fr 16 63
Cushman, Bernie 6 P* Sr 5 29
Glover, Craig 12 K Jr 86 86
Embree, Kurt 8 K* Fr 0 0
Robb, Curtis 73 DE* Sr 19 54
Ballard, Earl 92 DE* So 12 54
Blades, Quinn 99 DE* Jr 9 53
Garrett, Dixon 90 DE* Fr 7 9
Malcolm, Henry 76 DT* Sr 25 25
Bishop, Nate 96 DT* Sr 24 24
Jennings, Dan 94 DT* So 13 61
Anthony, Johnnie 98 DT* So 8 55
Jizmejian, Percy 72 DT* Jr* 7 13
Gerhart, Grady 97 DT* Fr 1 31
Bush, Pat 47 ILB* Sr 11 24
Hamrahi, Lamar 53 ILB* Jr 7 29
Peterson, Cornelius 41 ILB* Fr 0 54
Burns, Gerald 56 OLB* Jr 18 58
Bryant, Lionel 40 OLB* So 12 51
Samuels, Irving 52 OLB* Fr 10 67
Narvaez, Cory 44 OLB* Fr 7 7
Lynch, Wink 49 CB* Jr 28 46
Daily, Roderick 21 CB* Sr 24 49
Maxwell, Jeremy 46 CB* Sr 23 33
Andersen, James 31 CB* So 18 27
Connell, Kelvin 30 CB* Fr 18 29
Beisner, Walter 37 CB* Jr 13 52
Aiton, Ralph 25 S* Sr 46 68
Rivera, Phil 35 S* So 27 58
Riley, Quinn 20 S* Jr 25 35
Ford, Gerald 27 S* Jr 12 48
Chitwood, Jeffrey 42 S* Fr 11 17

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Week 1

South Florida (0-0) at Temple (0-0)

Not the way I wanted to start the season. Fields throws a pick on his 2nd play from scrimmage and things wouldn't get any better from there. South Florida took advantage of our weakness at Center and Tackle and sacked Fields 9 times on the afternoon. Fields would throw two more picks on the day and could only muster 257 yards passing.

South Florida 47, Temple 24

Zach Fields 21-39-257-2-3
Dana Butler 7-73-1
Calvin Copeland 4-76-1
Alfred Van Lanen 5-69-0
Willie Boland 4-50-0

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 257.0
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 2827
Current Pace (with bowl): 3084

[larrymcg421]

Week 2

#19 Navy (1-0) at Temple (0-1)

A week 1 victory over Ball State was enough to get Navy a #19 ranking. May have been the biggest joke of a ranking ever. An Int return and three Fields TD passes makes it 28-0 in the 1st quarter. Unfortunately for pusposes of the dynasty, Navy played too bad. Even against my awful defense, they could not move the ball. This meant Zach Fields was benched at halftime when he already had over 300 yards.

Temple 56, Navy 13

Zach Fields 26-36-334-5-1 (47-75-591-7-4)
Dana Butler 9-152-3 (16-225-4)
Calvin Copeland 9-116-2 (13-192-3)
Alfred Van Lanen 7-104-1 (12-173-1)
Walter Welch 5-112-1 (6-130-2)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 295.5
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 3251
Current Pace (with bowl): 3546

[larrymcg421]

Week 3

Central Florida (1-0) at Temple (1-1)

The yardage just doesn't seem to be that easy to come by this year. Fields has a big day against the Golden Knights, but it's not nearly enough if we're going to reach our goal. The surprising thing is how good our defense has played so far. This one was almost a defensive struggle.

Temple 27, Central Florida 17

Zach Fields 33-53-412-3-0 (80-128-1003-10-4)
Dana Butler 6-77-1 (22-302-5)
Calvin Copeland 9-111-1 (22-303-4)
Alfred Van Lanen 8-77-1 (20-250-2)
Willie Boland 6-107-0 (12-179-0)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 334.3
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 3677
Current Pace (with bowl): 4012

[larrymcg421]

Week 4

Temple (2-1) at Nevada (1-0)

Two Fields TD passes would give us the early lead, but he got careless int he 2nd quarter and started throwing to the other team. Nevada quickly tied it up before a late TD run (glaring at the OC) gave us a 21-14 lead at the half. Early in the 3rd, Nevada woulc quickly tie it, but that was all she wrote. Fields finds Butler and Copeland for TD's and we pile on some late points for a runaway victory. Fields has his best yardage output of the season, but also threw 4 picks in the process.

Temple 52, Nevada 24


Zach Fields 39-55-503-5-4 (119-183-1506-15-8)
Dana Butler 9-158-1 (31-460-6)
Calvin Copeland 12-133-1 (34-436-5)
Alfred Van Lanen 5-98-2 (25-345-4)
Willie Boland 6-76-1 (18-255-1)


Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 376.5
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 4142
Current Pace (with bowl): 4518

[larrymcg421]

Week 5

Temple (3-1) at Pittsburgh (2-1)

Pretty slow start this week, as Fields doesn't get his first TD pass until 5 minutes remain in the half. The halftime score was a 10-10 tie. However, Fields blew through Pittsburgh in the 3rd quarter with three TD passes, two of them to Calvin Copeland. The defense plays good enough again and Pitt would only add a meaningless late score to the tally. This win brings us to 4-1, only two wins away from bowl eligibility.

Temple 38, Pittsburgh 17

Zach Fields 36-55-496-4-2 (155-238-2002-19-10)
Dana Butler 12-189-0 (43-649-6)
Calvin Copeland 6-123-2 (40-559-7)
Alfred Van Lanen 7-77-1 (32-425-5)
Willie Boland 4-54-0 (22-309-1)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 400.0
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 4400
Current Pace (with bowl): 4800

[larrymcg421]

Week 7 (after a bye)

Temple (4-1) at Connecticut (1-3)

Connecticut kept it close early thanks to the running of RB Matthew Lester, who had 140 yards in the game. However, their offense just could not match up with Fields who threw another 4 TD passes to lead us to yet another victory and our best start ever. The toughest part of our schedule is coming up (Notre Dame, Syracuse, West Virginia, Boston College). It will be interesting to see how Fields does against the bigger schools.

Temple 41, Connecticut 21

Zach Fields 34-51-419-4-0 (189-289-2421-23-10)
Dana Butler 10-114-2 (53-763-8)
Calvin Copeland 4-47-0 (44-606-7)
Alfred Van Lanen 11-143-1 (43-568-6)
Willie Boland 5-70-0 (27-379-1)


Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 403.5
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 4439
Current Pace (with bowl): 4842

[larrymcg421]

Week 8

Temple (5-1) at #17 Notre Dame (4-2)

Notre Dame has become one of our most intense rivalries due to the exciting games the last couple years. This would not be one of the memorable ones. Fields struggled all day, throwing 5 picks and only managing 2 TD's. Notre Dame raced out to an easy 35-14 halftime lead and we were never able to threaten.

Notre Dame 56, Temple 28

Zach Fields 27-53-370-2-5 (216-342-2791-25-15)
Dana Butler 11-162-1 (64-925-9)
Calvin Copeland 3-56-0 (47-662-7)
Alfred Van Lanen 3-51-0 (46-619-6)
Willie Boland 4-62-0 (31-441-1)


Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 398.7
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 4386
Current Pace (with bowl): 4784

[larrymcg421]

#10 Syracuse (5-1) at Temple (5-2)

A 4 yard TD pass from Fields to RB Brad Willis made it a 7-7 tie early in the 2nd quarter. Unfortunately, that was the end of all hope for us. Syracuse would score 28 consecutive points to put the game away. We added some late meaningless scores to make it look closer than it was.

Syracuse 38, Temple 21

Zach Fields 35-53-399-2-2 (251-395-3190-27-17)
Dana Butler 8-103-0 (72-1028-9)
Calvin Copeland 7-95-0 (54-757-7)
Alfred Van Lanen 4-29-0 (50-648-6)
Willie Boland 4-55-0 (35-496-1)
Walter Welch 3-71-1 (13-245-4)


Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 398.8
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 4387
Current Pace (with bowl): 4786

We have to win one of our final three games for bowl consideration.

[larrymcg421]

#2 West Virginia (6-0) at Temple (5-3)

It started out so promising. We took an early 10-6 lead and by halftime it was a 13-13 tie. Dana Butler was having a dominating game to keep us in it. Unfortunately, Fields became a pick machine again and threw 3 of them in the 2nd half. Our defense, which had played fairly well, finally broke under the pressure and gave up 19 4th quarter points.

West Virginia 39, Temple 21

Zach Fields 26-53-342-2-3 (277-448-3532-29-20)
Dana Butler 11-191-2 (83-1219-11)
Calvin Copeland 4-46-0 (58-803-7)
Willie Boland 2-17-0 (37-513-1)
Walter Welch 3-39-0 (16-284-4)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 392.4
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 4316
Current Pace (with bowl): 4709

At this rate, Butler may indeed be a Heisman candidate. He leads the nation in receptions and yards, and no one else is even close.

[larrymcg421]

Rutgers (2-6) at Temple (5-4)

We jumped out to a 21-7 lead thanks to two Zach Fields TD passes to RB Brad Willis. That turned out to be the deciding factor, as Rutgers matched every score through the rest of the game, but could get no closer because Fields came back to answer every one of their scores. He put together easily his best game of the season with 587 yards and 5 TD's, and 4 receivers went over 100 yards on the day. This win qualifies us for bowl consideration, but it might take a win next week to actually put us in a Bowl Game.

Temple 53, Rutgers 39

Zach Fields 47-65-587-5-2 (324-513-4119-34-22)
Dana Butler 10-103-1 (93-1322-12)
Calvin Copeland 9-137-0 (67-940-7)
Willie Boland 9-144-0 (46-657-1)
Brad Willis 12-119-3 (61-473-6)

*Bad news for Calvin Copeland. He will miss next week's game due a strained hamstring. His status for the bowl (if there is one) is in doubt, which may prevent the senior WR from crossing the 1000 yard mark for the only time in his career.

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 411.9
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 4531
Current Pace (with bowl): 4943
Finally passed last season's average. I was still expecting alot more out of this season.

[larrymcg421]

Week 13

Temple (6-4) at Boston College (7-3)

The game opens predictably with a wild first quarter in which both teams score twice for a 14-14 tie. Boston College takes control with two TD's in the 2nd quarter but a FG before the half keeps the Owls in it. Unfortunately, our offense starts sputtering again and Boston College breaks the game wide open in the 2nd half. Fields had one of his weakest games of the season and the Eagles go on to slaughter us.

Boston College 63, Temple 24

Zach Fields 27-53-279-3-4 (351-566-4398-37-26)
Dana Butler 10-116-2 (103-1438-14)
Alfred Van Lanen 4-24-0 (55-682-6)
Willie Boland 4-56-0 (50-713-1)
Brad Willis 3-25-0 (64-498-6)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 399.8
Last season Avg: 411.8
Current Pace (without bowl): 4398
Current Pace (with bowl): 4798

Looks like we will get our first bowl game. We will be playing Central Michigan in the Minor Bowl Tier. They beat us 52-14 last year. Hopefully we can exact some revenge.

[larrymcg421]

Unrequited Love Bowl

Temple (6-5) vs. #20 Central Michigan (9-3)

Our first bowl game gets off to a rough start as a Fields pass is intercepted and returned for a TD just two minutes into the game. Fields would rebound and throw two more TD passes in the first half, but the defense really struggled in this one, unable to do anything with CMU's rushing attack, and we were down 21-14 at the half. The wheels fell off int he 2nd half as CMU QB Hardy Baxter ran 76 yards for a TD, then followed that up with a 2 yard TD run and then a 6 yard TD pass. Fields finally got on the board again early in the 4th but it was too late. Very disappointing finish to a disappointing season overall.

Central Michigan 56, Temple 28

Zach Fields 29-43-371-4-4 (380-609-4769-41-30)
Dana Butler 7-98-2 (110-1536-16)
Calvin Copeland 10-118-2 (77-1058-9)
Alfred Van Lanen 7-96-0 (62-778-6)
Willie Boland 4-55-0 (54-768-1)

Race to 6000:

Well, we surpassed last year's total, but needed the extra game to do it. I really thought we'd do better this season, but Fields just threw too many picks, which is odd considering his Avoid Int rating is 100. We did make progress by getting to a bowl game for the first time. Onle one more year left for Dana Butler, so hopefully we can make the most of it.

[larrymcg421]

2011 Summary for Temple

Record: 6-6
Rank: 67

Temple Team Rank
Rushes 182 125
Rushing Yards 293 123
Yards Per Carry 1.60 123
Pass Attempts 644 1
Completions 402 1
Passing Yards 5131 1
Yards Per Attempt 7.96 29
3rd Down Conversions 36.2 45
Points Per Game 34.4 13
Turnovers 35 123 (T)
Turnover Margin -11 106 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 405 73 (T)
Rushing Yards 1744 104
Yards Per Carry 4.30 111
Pass Attempts 393 114
Completions 222 118
Passing Yards 3238 125
Yards Per Attempt 8.23 111 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 40.1 105
Points Per Game 35.8 117
Turnovers 24 28 (T)

Primary Formation: Run and Shoot Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 SFLA (105) 47
2 56 NAVY (48) 13
3 27 CFLA (93) 17
4 52 at NEVA (102) 24
5 38 at PITT (76) 17
7 41 at CONN (120) 21
8 28 at NOTR (12) 56
9 21 SYRA (19) 38
10 21 WVIR (3) 39
12 53 RUTG (113) 39
13 24 at BOSC (41) 63
16 28 vs CMIC (17) 56

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
7 Fields QB 609 380 4769 7.83 41 30
17 McNeill QB 35 22 362 10.34 3 2
Team --- 644 402 5131 7.96 44 32

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
7 Fields QB 106 -139 -1.31 1 66 373
28 Willis RB 57 406 7.12 5 12 17
Team --- 182 293 1.60 6 88 419

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
80 Butler WR 178 110 1536 13.9 636 16
81 Copeland WR 116 77 1058 13.7 444 9
85 Van Lanen WR 95 62 778 12.5 318 6
28 Willis RB 91 66 523 7.9 393 6
87 Boland WR 90 54 768 14.2 260 1
4 Welch WR 48 23 363 15.7 136 5
2 Neal WR 18 8 93 11.6 34 1
Team --- 644 402 5131 12.7 2221 44

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
56 Burns OLB 73 20 2.0 10 1 6
52 Samuels OLB 60 27 7.0 11 4 2
25 Aiton S 57 19 0.0 4 1 11
47 Bush ILB 48 18 5.0 8 1 3
35 Rivera S 46 20 0.0 2 3 8
21 Daily CB 30 6 0.0 0 0 4
76 Malcolm DT 29 13 3.5 7 0 0
40 Bryant OLB 29 11 1.5 5 1 2
20 Riley S 27 4 0.0 2 1 0
49 Lynch CB 25 8 0.0 1 0 9
46 Maxwell CB 22 9 0.0 2 4 5
92 Ballard DE 18 7 0.5 3 0 0
98 Anthony DT 18 7 2.5 4 0 0
73 Robb DE 17 9 6.5 8 0 0
99 Blades DE 15 6 8.5 10 0 1
96 Bishop DT 14 2 2.0 4 0 0
Team --- 657 198 42.0 88 18 52

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2011 Awards

QB Zach Fields

Heisman voting (2nd)
2nd Team All-American
Big East Conference MVP
Big East Top Offensive Player
1st Team All-Big East


WR Dana Butler

Heisman voting (5th)
1st Team All-American
1st Team All-Big East


WR Calvin Copeland

1st Team All-Big East


OLB Irving Samuels

National All-Freshman Team
Big East Top Defensive Freshman

[larrymcg421]

Heisman Trophy Winner: Hardy Baxter, Central Michigan (64.5% completion, 4235 yards, 45 TD, 12 INT, 295 yards rushing, 5 TD)

Quick note on this guy: He's destroyed us for the past three years, so I'm glad to see him go. Also, he's the real deal. My scout has him rated 99/100 so these weren't fluke numbers he just put up against weak competition. He finished his career with 15268 yards passing and 152 TD's.

National Championship Game: Michigan 31, West Virginia 6

Top 25:

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Michigan 11-1 B10 1.25 1.00 1.00 0.68 3.93 1
West Virginia 11-1 BEA 2.75 3.50 1.00 2.20 9.45 2
Southern California 10-2 P10 3.75 3.50 2.00 0.84 10.09 3
Texas 12-1 B12 4.75 2.00 1.00 2.88 10.63 4
Alabama 12-1 SEC 6.75 5.00 1.00 1.04 13.79 5
Georgia 11-2 SEC 4.00 9.50 2.00 0.48 15.98 6
Virginia Tech 10-2 ACC 5.75 8.00 2.00 2.44 18.19 7
Miami of Florida 10-2 ACC 10.75 7.50 2.00 1.44 21.69 8
Texas Christian 11-1 CUS 10.25 6.50 1.00 4.72 22.47 9
Notre Dame 9-3 IND 8.75 12.50 3.00 0.96 25.21 10
UCLA 9-3 P10 13.50 11.50 3.00 0.44 28.44 11
Ohio State 9-3 B10 12.00 12.00 3.00 1.88 28.88 12
Penn State 9-3 B10 8.25 18.50 3.00 0.12 29.87 13
Bowling Green 10-2 MDF 11.25 15.00 2.00 4.76 33.01 14
Nebraska 10-3 B12 20.50 8.50 3.00 2.92 34.92 15
Illinois 9-3 B10 21.00 16.00 3.00 1.48 41.48 16
Syracuse 9-3 BEA 17.75 19.00 3.00 2.28 42.03 17
Fresno State 10-1 WAC 25.50 15.00 1.00 5.00 46.50 18
Minnesota 9-3 B10 21.00 21.50 3.00 1.96 47.46 19
Central Michigan 10-3 MDF 23.25 18.50 3.00 4.52 49.27 20
Tulane 9-3 CUS 22.50 22.50 3.00 3.24 51.24 21
Oregon 9-3 P10 18.00 27.50 3.00 3.08 51.58 22
Georgia Tech 8-4 ACC 14.75 30.50 4.00 2.80 52.05 23
UNLV 10-2 MWE 27.75 19.00 2.00 3.88 52.63 24
Stanford 9-3 P10 21.75 24.50 3.00 3.48 52.73 25

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A much better recruiting year as we land the #1 Tackle and #3 Center, along with top notch Guard, Wide Receiver, and Kicker. Unfortunately, we could only land one WR, and this could be very problematic next season as we lose three senior WR's. This will leave us with only 5 scholarship WR's on the whole roster. Recruiting depth at this position will be essential next year.


Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Farmer, Dexter T 6-2 267 PA 28 1 4 1
Crawford, Andrew C 6-3 277 IL 45 3 3 1
Berry, Nathan G 6-3 262 OH 84 16 6 1
Marischen, Rickey WR 5-10 161 CA 180 11 23 1
Hill, T.J. K 5-11 174 PA 323 8 12 2
**Harris, Mercury T 6-3 249 NY 379 34 24 5
$$Kelley, Andy OLB 6-1 198 NY --- --- --- 8
##Madison, Carl CB 5-8 160 OH --- --- 79 10
##Wolfe, Don TE 6-4 237 OK --- 98 18 1
##Scherer, Bill DE 6-5 248 AZ --- --- 38 1
##Monroe, Richard S 6-0 184 NC --- --- 54 7
##Raymond, Donnell ILB 6-2 214 MN --- --- 28 2
##Sanford, Aaron OLB 6-2 218 WA --- --- 50 5
##DeVito, Joel CB 6-0 168 TX --- --- --- 11
##O'Neal, Nate DT 6-4 245 NY --- --- --- 12
##Winslett, Sean FB 5-11 206 MT --- 94 35 1

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Offseason Notes:

*Academic rep is at 7th. Probably won't see any more movement on this front.

*Roster strengths this year: QB (4th), WR (7th), C (20th), G (5th), T (12th). No reason we shouldn't be able to put up tons of yardage.

*We get our highest preseason ranking yet at #59 and we are picked to finish 4th in the Big East. Also, our Team Prestige has slowly improved to a 67.

*This will be the senior season for standout WR Dana Butler, who has amassed an amazing 302 receptions and 4201 yards over his first 3 seasons. I don't have anyone good enough to play decoy this year, so Dana will have to do it against the best CB's this time around.

[larrymcg421]

Week 1

Nevada (0-0) at Temple (0-0)

A great start to the game as Zach Fields throws two TD passes in the first 5 minutes of the game. He slowed down a bit after that, but Nevada still had no answer for our offense and they couldn't even figure out our weak defense. They were held to 314 total yards and one field goal while Fields would throw two more TD passes on the day as we rolled through an easy victory.

Final Score: Temple 38, Nevada 3

Zach Fields 32-46-445-4-1
Dana Butler 10-129-1
Walter Welch 9-180-1
Willie Boland 6-86-2

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 445
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4895
Current Pace (with bowl): 5340

[larrymcg421]

Week 2

#19 Temple (1-0) at #16 Navy (1-0)

Our first game ever on TV1, but yikes what an ugly affair. We were completely slaughtered. Fields laid an egg with a 5 INT performance and Navy whipped us by a 41 point margin. Not much else to really say, but it looks like another long season ahead. I'll look forward to recruiting another QB next season because it's looking like Fields just doesn't have what it takes to get it done.

Final Score: Navy 51, Temple 10

Zach Fields 22-49-272-0-5
Dana Butler 2-19-0
Walter Welch 0-0-0
Willie Boland 7-90-0

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 358.5
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 3946
Current Pace (with bowl): 4302

[larrymcg421]

Week 3

Central Florida (1-1) at Temple (1-1)

My scout must be way off on the Avoid INT rating for Fields, because this guy keeps throwing them. We were entering the 4th quarter with a 35-18 game and Fields had put up tons of yards to get us there. Unfortunately, he serves up two picks in the 4th quarter that help get Central Florida back in the game. It took a last minute drive and a 21 yard FG from Craig Glover to give us the victory.

Final Score: Temple 41, Central Florida 39

Zach Fields 33-49-559-4-4 (87-144-1276-8-10)
Dana Butler 11-193-1 (23-341-2)
Willie Boland 10-171-0 (23-347-2)
Walter Welch 8-125-1 (17-305-2)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 425.3
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4679
Current Pace (with bowl): 5104

[larrymcg421]

Week 4

Temple (2-1) at South Florida (0-1)

Great start to this one asless than a minute in, Zach Fields finds Dana butler for a 74 yard TD pass. 42 seconds later, Fields throws another TD pass to RB Rich Shantz. After a safety, Fields throws one more TD pass for a 23-0 1st quarter lead. South Florida had trouble moving the ball and turned it over quite a bit. They also had no clue how to cover Dana Butler, who turned in the best performance of his career with 244 yards and 3 TD's. Unfortunately, Fields was benched by the start of the 4th quarter when the score was 51-10.

Final Score: Temple 58, South Florida 13

Zach Fields 29-38-493-7-1 (116-182-1769-15-11)
Dana Butler 11-244-3 (34-585-5)
Walter Welch 9-140-1 (26-445-3)
Willie Boland 3-26-2 (26-373-4)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 442.3
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4865
Current Pace (with bowl): 5308

[larrymcg421]

Week 5

Pittsburgh (0-4) at Temple (3-1)

Didn't get quite as good a start this week. after taking an early 7-0 lead, the offense stalled and winless Pitt scored 17 straight points to take a 17-7 lead at the end of the 1st quarter. We were able to tie the score at the half, but still below the standards of what our offense can do. Thankfully, Fields got hot, throwing TD passes on 3 consecutive 3rd quarter drives to blow the game wide open.

Final Score: Temple 52, Pittsburgh 24

Zach Fields 36-49-470-5-1 (152-231-2239-20-12)
Dana Butler 5-78-0 (39-663-5)
Walter Welch 7-89-1 (33-534-4)
Willie Boland 8-91-1 (34-464-5)

Race to 6000:


Current Avg: 447.8
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4926
Current Pace (with bowl): 5374

[larrymcg421]

Temple (4-1) at #11 Notre Dame (4-1)

Well, we either win them big or lose them big, and this was a case of the latter. Fields struggled in the 1st quarter and the Irish took advantage to build a 21-0 lead. A 31 yard TD pass to Dana Butler cut into the lead, but Notre Dame immediately answered with a 75 yard TD run. Then Fields answered with an 80 yard TD pass to Willie Boland. It was a wild series of scores, but eventually Notre Dame slowed things down with solid drives and Fields just could not keep up any longer. Notre Dame put up 592 total yards and held the ball for 39:59.

Final Score: Notre Dame 65, Temple 21

Zach Fields 16-42-347-3-1 (168-273-2586-23-13)
Dana Butler 3-57-1 (42-720-6)
Walter Welch 5-102-1 (38-636-5)
Willie Boland 2-80-1 (36-544-6)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 431
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4741
Current Pace (with bowl): 5172

[larrymcg421]

Temple (4-2) at Connecticut (2-4)

I made some adjustments to the passing distances this week and it sure did wonders for Fields. Despite the slow start, he coolly led us on several impressive scoring drives and we pulled away for an easy victory. The revamped passing game did wonders not only for Fields, but also for Butler and Boland, who had excellent days.

Final Score: Temple 35, Connecticut 7

Zach Fields 35-53-486-4-1 (203-326-3072-27-14)
Dana Butler 11-160-1 (53-880-7)
Walter Welch 6-89-1 (44-725-6)
Willie Boland 10-151-1 (46-695-7)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 438.9
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4828
Current Pace (with bowl): 5267

[larrymcg421]

#6 Syracuse (5-0) at Temple (5-2)

Fields did what he could in this one, but a tough Syracuse defense held him in check for the most part and our defense got torn apart. We did lead 14-7 early, but Syracuse then outscored us 41-7 over the next 2 quarters to blow the game open. Butler had another great day and is over 1000 yards with three (possibly four) games to go.

Final Score: Syracuse 62, Temple 42

Zach Fields 22-50-326-5-3 (225-376-3398-32-17)
Dana Butler 10-130-3 (63-1010-10)
Walter Welch 1-15-0 (45-740-6)
Willie Boland 4-52-2 (50-747-9)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 424.8
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4672
Current Pace (with bowl): 5098

[larrymcg421]

#3 West Virginia (6-0) at Temple (5-3)

Our insane schedule continues, with our 2nd consecutive game against an undefeated top 10 team. Despite flirting with competitiveness early on, thanks to another superb game from Dana Butler, we could not get the job done in the 2nd half. A 24-13 halftime score turned into a 59-20 route.

Final Score: West Virginia 59, Temple 20

Zach Fields 27-48-367-2-0 (252-424-3765-34-17)
Dana Butler 14-220-0 (77-1230-10)
Walter Welch 8-116-1 (53-856-7)
Willie Boland 1-11-0 (51-758-9)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 418.3
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4601
Current Pace (with bowl): 5020

[larrymcg421]

Temple (5-4) at Rutgers (4-4)

From the start, Dana Butler was determined to make sure he made it to a bowl game in his Senior year. Less than a minute into the game, he got open for a 69 yard TD pass. This was a crazy game. We took a 28-14 lead at the half, but Rutgers came back to make it interesting. With only a 28-24 lead, Fields led us on two scoring drives, the last one a 1 yard TD pass to Butler to give our defense enough of a cushion to hold Rutgers off. Butler had an amazing game, and I now only wish I had used this offense earlier in the season. He could seriously threaten 2000 yards at this point.

Final Score: Temple 45, Rutgers 31

Zach Fields 34-57-531-5-0 (286-481-4296-39-17)
Dana Butler 15-276-3 (92-1506-13)
Walter Welch 7-97-0 (60-953-8)
Willie Boland out with injury.

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 429.6
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4726
Current Pace (with bowl): 5155

[Chia pet]

I decided to purchased TCY 2 weeks ago after following your dynasty thread.
I've been slowly getting better and learning the art of recruiting. larrymcg421 I was wondering how did you export your results, stats and recruiting, ect. As I have had one of my best seasons and would like to export or copy and paste to a word doc my results. I currently don't save game logs but save box scores for my team. When I did save game logs for my team I didn't like where the program saved on my hard drive it kinda just put in everywhere on the c: drive

[larrymcg421]

You should be able to set the path and file name that the game will save to. When you click on print and go to Generic Text in your printer options (do you have this part set up?), just type the path name in the box that should come up. Let me know if this works for you.

Thanks for reading!

[Chia pet]

Thanks, larrymcg421 I set up the generic text printer (you learn something new every day... thanks again) and got to save my results. Great

[larrymcg421]

Temple (6-4) at Boston College (5-4)

Fields starts off brilliantly, throwing 5 first half TD passes to give us a 35-14 lead. Unfortunately, Fields was hurt late in the half and would not be able to return to the game. What a shame as he was int he midst of the best game of his career. Backup John Muirbrook came in and looked terrific, throwing 4 of his own TD passes in the 2nd half as this game turned into an ugly rout. Unfortunately, it looks like Fields will miss the bowl game. Dana Butler had another incredible performance with his third straight 200 yard game. He needs 265 yards in the bowl game for a 2000 yard season.

Final Score: Temple 63, Boston College 35

Zach Fields 23-27-301-5-0 (309-508-4597-44-17)
Dana Butler 16-229-4 (108-1735-17)
Walter Welch 13-162-2 (73-1115-10)
JR Niiles 9-197-2 (48-815-7)

Race to 6000: (combined stats in brackets)

Current Avg: 417.9 (464.5)
Last season Avg: 397.4
Current Pace (without bowl): 4597 (5109)
Current Pace (with bowl): 5015 (5573)

[bselig]

I'm not sure maxing out the passing is the best way to max out passing yards. You're trading more attempts for a lower YPA, and at some point(because the offense doesn't work) you're also bleeding attempts due to shorter drives.

Loading up an old TCY game, my all-time record for passing yards in a season is 641 per game. Granted, that was with a powerhouse program

[larrymcg421]

Belle of the Bowl

Temple (7-4) at Georgia (9-3)

Well, we're moving up in the college football world ever so slightly. This year we've made it to the major Bowl tier. Unfortunately, we look to be completely overmatched against a superior Bulldogs team, especially when starting QB Zach Fields will not be able to play. Backup QB John Muirbrook had an excellent game against Boston College, but this was much different. Less than two minutes into the game, he threw a pick that Georgia returned for a 7-0 lead. Things didn't get any better from there. Muirbrook was benched for walk on scrubs byt he end of the 2nd quarter as Georgia exploded to take a 49-6 halftime lead. It was a pretty ugly game, and even Butler couldn't stand out, only managing 5 catches for 58 yards in his final college game.

Final Score: Georgia 76, Temple 13

John Muirbrook 12-33-136-0-2 (309-508-4597-44-17)
Dana Butler 5-58-0 (113-1793-17)
Walter Welch 1-19-0 (74-1134-10)
Willie Boland 3-40-0 (54-798-9)
Orlando Niles 5-63-1 (53-878-8)

Race to 6000:

Avg. per game: 444.3
Last year Avg.: 397.4

This was our highest output to date, but we're still a long way from the promised land. I'm not too confident about next season's prospects given the thin recruiting classes we've picked

[larrymcg421]

I'm not sure maxing out the passing is the best way to max out passing yards. You're trading more attempts for a lower YPA, and at some point(because the offense doesn't work) you're also bleeding attempts due to shorter drives.

I appreciate the feedback and some of what you say makes sense, but it hasn't really worked out like that for us. The YPA was a problem early on but we've increased that every year and finished this past season 17th in YPA with 8.69. I did adjust the passing yardage a bit and that helped a little.

Also, we're not bleeding attempts (1st in the nation for all but the 1st year of the dynasty), and the offense does seem to work as it was ranked 5th in the nation last year.

[larrymcg421]

The College Years
2012 Summary for Temple

Record: 7-5
Rank: 46

Temple Team Rank
Rushes 183 125
Rushing Yards 165 125
Yards Per Carry 0.90 125
Pass Attempts 613 1
Completions 361 1
Passing Yards 5332 1
Yards Per Attempt 8.69 17
3rd Down Conversions 38.9 30 (T)
Points Per Game 37.3 5
Turnovers 31 112 (T)
Turnover Margin -11 108

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 430 96 (T)
Rushing Yards 1863 102
Yards Per Carry 4.33 99
Pass Attempts 373 103
Completions 210 114 (T)
Passing Yards 3401 125
Yards Per Attempt 9.11 124
3rd Down Conversions 40.1 97
Points Per Game 38.7 121
Turnovers 20 65 (T)

Primary Formation: Run and Shoot Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 48 NEVA (76) 3
2 10 at NAVY (58) 51
3 41 CFLA (93) 39
4 58 at SFLA (114) 13
5 52 PITT (109) 24
7 21 at NOTR (11) 65
8 35 at CONN (118) 7
9 42 SYRA (2) 62
10 20 WVIR (7) 59
12 45 at RUTG (94) 31
13 63 at BOSC (55) 35
17 13 vs GEOR (20) 76

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
7 Fields QB 508 309 4597 9.04 44 17
10 Muirbrook QB 78 45 642 8.23 6 2
Team --- 613 361 5332 8.69 51 24

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
7 Fields QB 101 19 0.18 2 49 266
34 Shantz RB 36 116 3.22 2 10 15
21 Huffman RB 25 80 3.20 2 4 5
Team --- 183 165 0.90 7 79 370

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
80 Butler WR 179 113 1793 15.8 699 17
4 Welch WR 120 74 1134 15.3 425 10
87 Boland WR 113 54 798 14.7 379 9
5 Niles WR 87 53 878 16.5 338 8
34 Shantz RB 48 33 337 10.2 193 3
6 Marischen WR 46 22 277 12.5 94 2
Team --- 613 361 5332 14.7 2171 51

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
40 Bryant OLB 85 25 15.0 23 1 3
52 Samuels OLB 62 19 3.0 8 1 5
20 Riley S 58 12 0.0 7 0 4
35 Rivera S 43 23 0.0 4 0 4
46 Raymond ILB 36 19 6.0 6 3 4
53 Hamrahi ILB 27 6 2.0 6 1 3
49 Lynch CB 26 6 0.0 0 1 3
92 Ballard DE 24 11 4.5 10 0 0
37 Beisner CB 23 9 0.0 2 1 2
45 Kelley OLB 23 8 4.5 6 0 0 
The College Years
94 Jennings DT 19 6 2.0 4 0 0
31 Andersen CB 19 7 0.0 0 6 5
73 Scherer DE 19 12 2.5 3 0 0
27 Ford S 17 5 0.0 0 1 2
97 Gerhart DT 17 5 3.0 8 0 0
99 Blades DE 16 5 5.5 7 0 0
87 Boland WR 16 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Madison CB 13 2 0.0 1 0 1
Team --- 688 204 53.0 101 16 41

[larrymcg421]

QB Zach Fields

Heisman Trophy 2nd Place
National Top Offensive Player
All-American 1st Team
Big East Conference MVP
Big East Top Offensive Player
All-Big East 1st Team


WR Dana Butler

Heisman Trophy 4th Place
All-American 1st Team
All-Big East 1st Team
All-Senior Team


OLB Lionel Bryant

All-Big East Top Defensive Player
All-Big East 1st Team


ILB Donnell Raymond

Big East Top Defensive Freshman
All-Big East 2nd Team


WR Walter Welch

All-Big East 2nd Team

[larrymcg421]

Here's our weak recuiting class. I was not able to grab a Guard, which is troublesome considering we have three of them graduating.


Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
Durant, Frank T 6-4 277 MD 42 3 5 1
**Bauer, Wally WR 5-11 174 IN 272 16 7 1
**Colclough, Andre RB 5-10 174 NJ 306 28 12 2
**Owens, Corey C 6-5 274 HI 328 12 2 1
##Sullivan, Jim WR 6-2 205 FL 733 59 41 6
$$Stroud, Jimmy WR 6-2 186 MN 944 70 19 1
##Sims, Fred CB 5-11 167 MI --- --- 68 8
##McCaffrey, Renaldo ILB 6-1 200 OH --- 91 69 4
##Kessler, Nolan TE 6-4 228 IN --- --- 51 2
##Thornton, Cedric DT 6-3 262 TX --- --- --- 10
##Burgess, Junior S 5-9 181 WA --- --- 38 3
##Richmond, Joey S 5-8 176 MI --- --- 77 7
##Shea, Martin CB 5-9 159 MT --- --- 32 6
##Graham, Hunter DE 6-3 241 WV --- --- 18 1
##Luxmore, R.J. FB 5-8 198 NE --- 97 23 1
##Vance, Fernando OLB 6-0 196 TN --- --- 48 5

[larrymcg421]

National Championship: Syracuse 34, Georgia Tech 31
Heisman Trophy: QB Julio Pierce, Illinois (280-421-3270-32-8)


School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Syracuse 12-0 BEA 1.00 2.00 0.00 2.36 5.36 1
Southern California 11-1 P10 3.75 1.00 1.00 2.52 8.27 2
Boise State 12-0 WAC 1.75 3.00 0.00 4.08 8.83 3
Georgia Tech 11-1 ACC 2.50 6.00 1.00 1.76 11.26 4
Penn State 11-1 B10 4.75 5.00 1.00 2.16 12.91 5
Texas Christian 11-1 CUS 5.25 6.50 1.00 3.68 16.43 6
Texas 10-2 B12 9.75 5.00 2.00 2.72 19.47 7
West Virginia 10-2 BEA 9.75 9.50 2.00 2.04 23.29 8
Alabama 11-2 SEC 8.25 11.00 2.00 2.28 23.53 9
Virginia Tech 10-2 ACC 10.00 12.00 2.00 3.04 27.04 10
Michigan 9-3 B10 13.75 11.50 3.00 0.20 28.45 11
Illinois 10-2 B10 14.00 13.00 2.00 2.08 31.08 12
Ohio State 10-2 B10 19.00 10.00 2.00 1.60 32.60 13
Central Michigan 11-2 MDF 16.00 14.00 2.00 2.64 34.64 14
UCLA 9-3 P10 14.25 18.50 3.00 0.60 36.35 15
Georgia 10-3 SEC 12.50 20.50 3.00 0.56 36.56 16
Tulane 10-2 CUS 17.25 16.50 2.00 2.00 37.75 17
Notre Dame 10-2 IND 22.25 10.50 2.00 3.72 38.47 18
Colorado State 10-2 MWE 11.25 24.00 2.00 1.24 38.49 19
Utah 10-2 MWE 18.50 19.00 2.00 1.12 40.62 20
Stanford 9-3 P10 15.50 26.00 3.00 1.16 45.66 21
Buffalo 11-2 MDF 21.00 18.50 2.00 4.76 46.26 22
Bowling Green 10-2 MDF 22.50 18.00 2.00 4.04 46.54 23
Florida 9-3 SEC 19.75 22.50 3.00 1.64 46.89 24
Texas A&M 10-3 B12 18.00 26.50 3.00 0.28 47.78 25

[larrymcg421]

Realized I never posted the team overview for this season...



Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Fields, Zach 7 QB Jr 82 99
Muirbrook, Jon 10 QB So* 29 64
Murray, Al 3 QB* Sr* 0 20
Tindale, Geoff 2 QB* Fr 3 20
Shantz, Rich 34 RB Jr 51 99
Falcone, Sammy 24 RB* Fr 4 20
Horn, Thomas 29 RB* Fr 7 7
Huffman, Willie 21 RB* Fr 17 30
Donaldson, Marlon 33 FB* So 5 30
Murray, Hunter 43 FB* Jr 8 21
Winslett, Sean 26 FB* Fr 10 31
Bernard, Steve 91 TE* So 23 36
Farmer, Casey 88 TE* So 13 32
Krauss, Lester 86 TE* So* 10 10
Wagner, Larry 82 TE* Jr 10 10
Wolfe, Don 83 TE* Fr 29 46
Boland, Willie 87 WR Jr 53 92
Butler, Dana 80 WR Sr 88 97
Marischen, Rickey 6 WR Fr 25 57
Niles, Orlando 5 WR So 53 66
Welch, Walter 4 WR Jr 56 69
Beavers, Preston 55 C So 45 71
Crawford, Andrew 50 C Fr 25 83
Grinnell, Jamie 51 C Sr 73 73
Kirk, Jimmy 58 C Jr* 27 75
Montgomery, Steven 59 C Sr 36 51
Roberts, Daniel 54 C So* 51 91
Badillo, Blaine 68 G Sr 52 91
Berry, Nathan 79 G Fr 11 58
Erickson, Tracy 63 G Jr* 34 72
McGee, Melvin 66 G Sr 83 83
Millner, Bryan 62 G Jr* 21 77
Reid, Bernard 74 G Sr 57 84
Rivera, Clyde 78 G So 17 48
Sellers, Tom 67 G Jr* 29 58
Cox, Jake 95 T So* 18 85
Farmer, Dexter 76 T Fr 32 83
Frederick, Greg 71 T So* 29 79
Harris, Mercury 61 T Fr 8 85
Keeney, Ronald 69 T Jr* 27 68
Ostrander, Maurice 65 T Jr* 16 76
Sweeney, Floyd 75 T Sr 75 76
Vaughn, Melvin 60 T Sr 45 76
Boyd, Hunter 13 P* So* 3 13
Ocasio, Roosevelt 1 P* So 31 63
Paduano, Geoff 11 P* Fr 5 29
Glover, Craig 12 K Sr 89 89
Hill, T.J. 18 K Fr 21 99
Buckner, Ty 14 K* So* 2 2
Embree, Kurt 8 K* So 0 0
Ballard, Earl 92 DE* Jr 14 54
Blades, Quinn 99 DE* Sr 15 53
Garrett, Dixon 90 DE* So 7 9
Scherer, Bill 73 DE* Fr 1 43
Anthony, Johnnie 98 DT* Jr 9 55
Gerhart, Grady 97 DT* So* 1 31
Jennings, Dan 94 DT* Jr 15 61
Jizmejian, Percy 72 DT* Sr* 6 13
O'Neal, Nate 96 DT* Fr 17 55
Hamrahi, Lamar 53 ILB* Sr 12 29
Hawn, Glen 93 ILB* So 0 0
Peterson, Cornelius 41 ILB* So 2 54
Raymond, Donnell 46 ILB* Fr 6 50
Bryant, Lionel 40 OLB* Jr 22 51
Burns, Gerald 56 OLB* Sr 17 58
Kelley, Andy 45 OLB* Fr 7 45
Narvaez, Cory 44 OLB* So 8 8
Samuels, Irving 52 OLB* So 22 67
Sanford, Aaron 47 OLB* Fr 12 23
Andersen, James 31 CB* Jr 24 27
Beisner, Walter 37 CB* Sr 19 52
Connell, Kelvin 30 CB* So 23 29
DeVito, Joel 36 CB* Fr 11 29
Lynch, Wink 49 CB* Sr 39 46 
The College Years
Madison, Carl 25 CB* Fr 7 59
Chitwood, Jeffrey 42 S* So 14 17
Ford, Gerald 27 S* Sr 11 48
Monroe, Richard 23 S* Fr 13 30
Riley, Quinn 20 S* Sr 28 35
Rivera, Phil 35 S* Jr 41 58

[larrymcg421]

Graduating Seniors

WR Dana Butler (#12 Overall, #1 WR)

One of the best players I've ever had in a text sim. This guy caught 90 passes for 1254 yards and 15 TD's as a freshman. Then he got better every single year. He was an unstoppable force that could not be covered. He was a two time first team All-American (and really deserved three) and finished in the top 5 for Heisman voting twice. The final 3 regular season games of his career were amazing. Butler caught 45 passes for 725 yards and 7 TD's over that stretch and singlehandedly willed his team to the postseason. His final career numbers are 415 catches, 5994 yards, and 62 TD's.

Awards: National All-Freshman Team (2009), National Top Offensive Freshman (2009), All-Big East 1st Team (2009), Big East Top Offensive Freshman (2009), Big East Top Offensive Player (2009), All-American 2nd Team (2010), All-Big East 1st Team (2010), All-American 1st Team (2011), All-Big East 1st Team (2011), All-American 1st Team (2012), All-Big East 1st Team (2012), All-Senior Team (2012)

C Jamie Grinnell (#258 Overall, #14 C)

Jamie was a three year starter who improved on a dismal sophomore season (2.5 Sack%) to become a solid starter over the last two years.

G Blaine Badillo (#255 Overall, #23 G)

Blaine had potential, but remained underdeveloped throughout his career and only started 5 games.

G Melvin McGee (#61 Overall, #7 G)

Melvin was a solid 4 year starter with an impressive (for the run n shoot) 1.4 career sack %. Was a Big East All-Academic Guard over the last two seasons.

G Bernard Reid (#143 Overall, #12 G)

Reid was not able to crack the starting lineup until his senior year, but did a good job with a 1.6 Sack %.

T Floyd Sweeney (#155 Overall, #17 T)

Floyd was a 4 year starter at the very difficult LT spot. Despite maxed out ratings, he gave up a ton of sacks (47) over his career.

T Melvin Vaughn (#117 Overall, #13 T)

Also a 4 year starter, Melvin struggled in his sophomore and junior seasons, but had an amazing senior year. Despite participating in 507 pass plays, he only allowed 6 sacks for a 1.1%.

And yep, we just lost all 5 starting offensive linemen. I have a feeling that next year is not going to be pretty.

[larrymcg421]

*We have moved up to 5th in Academic Ranking and top 9 in every single subject.

*Roster Strengths this year: QB (3rd), WR (7th), C (9th), G (60th), T (84th). Yep, Fields is gonna be on his butt quite a bit this season.

*Preseason Rankings have us 48th Overall and 4th in the Big East.

*This will be a crucial recruiting year. Not only do I have to find a new star QB, but depth on the line and at receiver will need to be improved immediately.

[larrymcg421]

Year Team Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV Tick Don Score
2012 Temple 7-5 Yes 47 78 84 98 72 61 75 77
2011 Temple 6-6 Yes 59 75 84 100 78 65 76 77
2010 Temple 5-6 No 79 70 85 100 26 56 66 67
2009 Temple 4-7 No 83 74 86 100 33 57 74 71
2008 Temple 3-8 No 104 69 91 100 75 48 38 68
2007 Temple 2-9 No 115 37 88 100 40 52 1 48
2006 Temple 2-9 No 114 1 85 100 5 46 12 34
2005 Temple 4-7 No 85 74 80 100 74 55 75 74
2004 Temple 1-10 No 119 0 75 99 24 58 0 34

[larrymcg421]

And your 2013 Temple Owls


Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Fields, Zach 7 QB Sr 83 99
Muirbrook, Jon 10 QB Jr* 31 64
Tindale, Geoff 2 QB* So 3 20
Murray, Al 3 QB* Sr 1 19
Shantz, Rich 34 RB Sr 55 99
Colclough, Andre 49 RB Fr 27 46
Huffman, Willie 21 RB* So 17 30
Horn, Thomas 29 RB* So 8 8
Falcone, Sammy 24 RB* So 4 20
Luxmore, R.J. 28 FB* Fr 17 22
Winslett, Sean 26 FB* So 13 31
Murray, Hunter 43 FB* Sr 9 21
Donaldson, Marlon 33 FB* Jr 5 30
Wolfe, Don 83 TE* So 34 46
Bernard, Steve 91 TE* Jr 25 36
Farmer, Casey 88 TE* Jr 16 32
Kessler, Nolan 80 TE* Fr 15 30
Krauss, Lester 86 TE* Jr* 10 10
Welch, Walter 4 WR Sr 77 77
Niles, Orlando 5 WR Jr 65 66
Boland, Willie 87 WR Sr 61 92
Marischen, Rickey 6 WR So 46 57
Stroud, Jimmy 89 WR Fr 30 89
Sullivan, Jim 85 WR Fr 29 62
Bauer, Wally 9 WR Fr 18 65
Beavers, Preston 55 C Jr* 82 82
Roberts, Daniel 54 C Jr* 55 91
Kirk, Jimmy 58 C Sr* 31 75
Crawford, Andrew 50 C So* 26 83
Owens, Corey 53 C Fr 6 100
Sellers, Tom 67 G Sr* 47 58
Berry, Nathan 79 G So* 46 58
Erickson, Tracy 63 G Sr* 35 72
Millner, Bryan 62 G Sr* 32 77
Rivera, Clyde 78 G Jr* 16 48
Frederick, Greg 71 T Jr* 41 79
Keeney, Ronald 69 T Sr* 32 68
Harris, Mercury 61 T So* 31 85
Farmer, Dexter 76 T So 27 83
Cox, Jake 95 T Jr* 24 85
Durant, Frank 77 T Fr 21 79
Ocasio, Roosevelt 1 P* Jr 51 63
Paduano, Geoff 11 P* So* 6 29
Hill, T.J. 18 K So* 44 99
Embree, Kurt 8 K* Jr* 1 1
Buckner, Ty 14 K* Jr* 0 0
Ballard, Earl 92 DE* Sr 17 54
Graham, Hunter 99 DE* Fr 14 39
Scherer, Bill 73 DE* So 9 43
Garrett, Dixon 90 DE* Jr 8 8
O'Neal, Nate 96 DT* So 26 55
Jennings, Dan 94 DT* Sr 24 61
Anthony, Johnnie 98 DT* Sr 15 55
Jizmejian, Percy 72 DT* Sr 9 13
Gerhart, Grady 97 DT* Jr* 6 30
Thornton, Cedric 70 DT* Fr 4 44
McCaffrey, Renaldo 57 ILB* Fr 8 23
Raymond, Donnell 46 ILB* So 5 50
Peterson, Cornelius 41 ILB* Jr 2 54
Hawn, Glen 93 ILB* Jr 0 0
Bryant, Lionel 40 OLB* Sr 36 51
Samuels, Irving 52 OLB* Jr 34 67
Sanford, Aaron 47 OLB* So 17 23
Kelley, Andy 45 OLB* So 8 45
Narvaez, Cory 44 OLB* Jr 8 8
Vance, Fernando 48 OLB* Fr 4 55
Andersen, James 31 CB* Sr 26 27
Connell, Kelvin 30 CB* Jr 23 29
DeVito, Joel 36 CB* So 21 29
Sims, Fred 32 CB* Fr 15 25
Madison, Carl 25 CB* So 12 59
Shea, Martin 37 CB* Fr 7 17
Rivera, Phil 35 S* Sr 43 58
Burgess, Junior 39 S* Fr 19 43
Chitwood, Jeffrey 42 S* Jr 17 17
Monroe, Richard 38 S* So 16 30
Richmond, Joey 22 S* Fr 15 51

[larrymcg421]

Week 1

Wake Forest (0-0) at Temple (0-0)

Well, we sure looked good in Week 1, albeit against a weak team. Fields threw 4 TD passes before Wake Forest could even get on the board at the end of the half. Two more TD passes in the 3rd quarter sealed the game. 7 TD passes marks the terrific opener for Fields, and WR Willie Boland looks like he can fill the shoes of Dana Butler with a stunning Butler-like performance. We did get sacked 4 times and that is cause for concern against better teams.

Final Score: Temple 63, Wake Forest 21

Zach Fields 34-52-498-7-1
Willie Boland 11-224-4
Orlando Niles 9-114-0
Ricky Marischen 6-88-1
Jimmy Stroud 4-35-2
Walter Welch 2-19-0

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 498
Last season Avg: 444.3
Current Pace (without bowl): 5478
Current Pace (with bowl): 5976

[larrymcg421]

Week 2

#15 Temple (1-0) at South Florida (0-0)

This is the type of game I've been waiting for. Fields throws 6 TD passes for a narrow 42-35 score - at the half. Yup, that's the halftime score. The South Florida defense is hopeless. They can't cover any of our receivers and they can't even put pressure on Fields. Meanwhile, their offense loses steam and cannot keep up after the half. Fields would throw 3 more TD passes and the defense would pitch a 2nd half shutout for a nice blowout victory.

Final Score: Temple 77, South Florida 35

Zach Fields 40-58-602-9-1 (74-110-1100-16-2)
Walter Welch 16-210-2 (18-229-2)
Willie Boland 10-147-3 (21-371-7)
Orlando Niles 6-132-1 (15-246-1)
Ricky Marischen 6-73-2 (12-161-3)
Jimmy Stroud 1-28-1 (5-63-3)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 550
Last season Avg: 444.3
Current Pace (without bowl): 6050
Current Pace (with bowl): 6600

[larrymcg421]

Week 3

Navy (2-0) at Temple (2-0)

The early season TCY polls are pretty wacky. We were #15 last week, won by 42 points and promptly dropped from the top 25. Go figure. Maybe they remembered how ugly we looked last year against Navy. It would be different this time around. After a shaky start in which Fields was sacked for a safety, Fields got going once again with 3 1st half TD passes for a 21- halftime lead. Navy went to the ground game in the 2nd half, and this helped them get back in it, and also kept the ball away from Fields for large portions of the 2nd half. We were able to squeak out a narrow victory when Navy missed a 53 yard Fg with 1:52 left.

Final Score: Temple 28, Navy 26

Zach Fields 34-52-440-4-2 (108-162-1540-20-4)
Walter Welch 10-139-0 (28-368-2)
Willie Boland 7-92-1 (28-463-8)
Orlando Niles 3-44-1 (18-290-2)
Ricky Marischen 6-90-1 (18-251-4)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 513.3
Last season Avg: 444.3
Current Pace (without bowl): 5647
Current Pace (with bowl): 6160

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Week 4

Central Florida (0-2) at Temple (3-0)

Fields was bound to struggle at some point, and he couldn't have gotten off to a worse start in this game. His first two plays from scrimmage result in interceptions. His fourth play results in a lost fumble. The Golden Knights convert all of these turnovers into points and held a 30-0 lead with 12:58 left in the 2nd quarter. Fields was able to rally the team with three TD drives int he 2nd quarter and we were suddenly within 10 points. Unfortunately, the 2nd half began much the same, with two INT's and Central Florida began to pull away. Fields kept coming back, but the early hole was too much to overcome.

Final Score: Central Florida 65, Temple 40

Zach Fields 26-52-439-5-5 (134-214-1979-25-9)
Walter Welch 5-90-0 (33-458-2)
Willie Boland 8-128-3 (36-591-11)
Ricky Marischen 12-203-1 (30-454-5)
Orlando Niles Injured (18-290-2)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 494.8
Last season Avg: 444.3
Current Pace (without bowl): 5443
Current Pace (with bowl): 5937

[larrymcg421]

Week 5

Temple (3-1) at #4 West Virginia (3-0)

Another rough outing for Fields. As I predicted, pass protection would be problematic this year and Fields was sacked 6 times in this game. This led to 3 INT's, which were enough to slow the offense down as West Virginia 394 rushing yards on our defense.

Final Score: West Virginia 55, Temple 10

Zach Fields 28-52-315-1-3 (162-266-2294-26-12)
Walter Welch 6-69-0 (39-527-2)
Willie Boland 7-60-1 (43-651-12)
Ricky Marischen 3-47-0 (33-501-5)
Orlando Niles Injured (18-290-2)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 458.8
Last season Avg: 444.3
Current Pace (without bowl): 5047
Current Pace (with bowl): 5506

[larrymcg421]

Week 7

Notre Dame (3-2) at Temple (3-2)

Very bad news. Not only did Notre Dame pound us as usual, but WR Willie Boland will likely miss the rest of the season due to torn knee cartilage. Fields had another weak game, and the yardage is really tailing off after a great start.

Final Score: Notre Dame 63, Temple 21

Zach Fields 21-36-274-2-3 (183-302-2568-28-15)
Walter Welch 7-90-1 (46-617-3)
Ricky Marischen 6-90-0 (39-591-5)
Orlando Niles 3-36-0 (21-326-2)
Willie Boland 4-55-1 (47-706-13)

Race to 6000:

Current Avg: 428
Last season Avg: 444.3
Current Pace (without bowl): 4708
Current Pace (with bowl): 5136

[larrymcg421]

Some good news amidst all of this. We have landed our next QB star. Darrin Bordelon of Necedah, WI is the #4 QB in the country and has agreed to come play for us. On top of that, we also landed him a great target in Winston Whalen, the #6 WR in the country. Now if I can just get them some help on the line.