NCAA 2004: RU Ready (2007 season), the national championship year?

[General Mike]

The 2006 season is in the books. The sleeping giant of the North East is awake, and he is not happy. This is the year to win.

You can take a look back at past seasons, via the following links

2006 season/recruiting (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15194)
2006 results: 12-1, beat North Carolina State 34-7 in the Orange Bowl

2005 season/recruiting (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14462)
2005 results: 12-2, lost to Oklahoma 20-15 in the Fiesta Bowl

2004 season/ recruiting (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13902)
2004 Results: 10-3, beat Oregon in the Insight Bowl - 70-21

2003 season/ recruiting (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13356&perpage=20&pagenumber=1)
2003 Results: 12-1, Beat Washington in the Insight Bowl 23-20 OT

[General Mike]

The Roster - Offensive Backfield

Quarterbacks, Grade: B

#11 Tommie Herron (Sophomore) - 6'1, 196 Lbs.
OVR: 83, SPD: 75, AWR: 60, AGI: 75 ACC: 72, THP: 78, THA: 88

#14 Brendan Eldridge (RS Freshman) - 6'4, 235 Lbs.
OVR: 82, SPD: 73, AWR: 53, AGI: 74, ACC: 75, THP: 87, THA: 85

#16 Brooks Spencer (Sophomore) - 6'4, 199 Lbs.
OVR: 82, SPD: 60, AWR: 63, AGI: 60, ACC: 60, THP: 82, THA: 88

Analysis: Eldridge will get the starting nod this year, while we try to get both Spencer and Herron redshirts.

Halfbacks, Grade: B

#25 Dan York (RS Sophomore) - 5'11, 215 Lbs
OVR: 87, SPD: 82, STR: 69, AWR: 71, AGI: 86, ACC: 86, CTH: 61, CAR: 73, BTK: 77, PBK: 41, RBK: 40

#22 James Kendrick (RS Freshman) - 6'1, 210 Lbs
OVR: 84, SPD: 83, STR: 61, AWR: 57, AGI: 84, ACC: 84, CTH: 65, CAR: 74, BTK: 70, PBK: 41, RBK: 43

#34 Andrew Sloan (Sophomore) - 6'2, 210 Lbs
OVR: 82, SPD: 80, STR: 66, AWR: 62, AGI: 85, ACC: 85, CTH: 61, CAR: 69, BTK: 69, PBK: 42, RBK: 43

Al Moonlight (Freshman) - 5'8, 165 Lbs
OVR: 77, SPD: 84, STR: 40, AWR: 65, AGI: 82, ACC: 84, CTH: 60, CAR: 66, BTK: 60, PBK: 47, RBK: 41

#29 Seymour Molina (RS Sophomore) - 6'1, 185 Lbs
OVR: 77, SPD: 80, STR: 56, AWR: 59, AGI: 79, ACC: 74, CTH: 65, CAR: 70, BTK: 63, PBK: 46, RBK: 45

Analysis: York gets the starting nod after a really quality year as backup and great work in the offseason. Kendrick and Sloan will battle for the backup job. Moonlight is gonna redshirt, and Molina might get cut.

Fullbacks, Grade: C+

#40 Mike Ritschel (Sophmore) - 6'2, 233 Lbs.
OVR: 82, SPD: 80, STR: 67, AWR: 73, AGI: 84, ACC: 82, CTH: 72, CAR: 71, BTK: 71, PBK: 48, RBK: 48

Steven Berlin (Freshman) - 6'1, 257 Lbs
OVR: 78, SPD: 64, STR: 73, AWR: 48, AGI: 59, ACC: 66, CTH: 60, CAR: 58, BTK: 67, PBK: 61, RBK: 70

#36 Trey Williamson (RS Freshman) - 6'1, 252 Lbs
OVR: 72, SPD: 60, STR: 66, AWR: 53, AGI: 63, ACC: 66, CTH: 58, CAR: 65, BTK: 69, PBK: 55, RBK: 61

Timmy Slater (Freshman) - 6'21, 236 Lbs.
OVR: 65, SPD: 63, STR: 60, AWR: 49, AGI: 57, ACC: 68, CTH: 66, CAR: 58, BTK: 59, PBK: 45, RBK: 53

Analysis: Ritschel will be the starting FB, but I havent decided if I can afford to carry a 3rd FB. If I do, it will give Steve Berlin a year to redshirt.

[General Mike]

The Roster - Receiving Corps

Wide Receivers, Grade: B

#81 Josh Hendricks (Junior) - 6'3, 191 Lbs
OVR: 88, SPD: 87, AWR: 63, AGI: 97, ACC: 92, CTH: 86, JMP: 93, RBK: 38

#88 John Galt (RS Sophomore) - 6'3, 186 Lbs
OVR: 86, SPD: 90, AWR: 82, AGI: 90, ACC: 84, CTH: 85, JMP: 77, RBK: 48

#83 Chris Dodd (RS Junior) - 6'3, 205 Lbs
OVR: 85, SPD: 89, AWR: 69, AGI: 90, ACC: 90, CTH: 79, JMP: 97, RBK: 41

Keith Johnson (Freshman) - 6'3, 181 Lbs
OVR: 80, SPD: 89, AWR: 43, AGI: 88, ACC: 87, CTH: 83, JMP: 91, RBK: 42

#82 Jacque Crayton (RS Freshman) - 6'2, 196 Lbs
OVR: 80, SPD: 87, AWR: 49, AGI: 91, ACC: 92, CTH: 77, JMP: 97, RBK: 40

Analysis: Galt is gonna be our flanker, while Hendricks will be our split end for the 2nd straight year. Crayton gives us a good option as a 4th WR, and allows us to give Johnson a redshirt.

Tight Ends, Grade: B

#85 Samuel Johnson (RS Senior) - 6'3, 250 Lbs
OVR: 85, SPD: 71, STR: 70, AWR: 85, CTH: 78, CAR: 69, BTK: 69, PBK: 60, RBK: 65

#86 Derrell Humphrey (RS Junior) - 6'4, 251 Lbs
OVR: 79, SPD: 77, STR: 57, AWR: 83, CTH: 80, CAR: 63, BTK: 55, PBK: 49, RBK: 57

Analysis: We'll stick with the status quo and maybe try to continue to increase how much we use our TEs in passing situations.

[General Mike]

The Roster - Offensive Line

Tackles, Grade: B+

#71 RT Frederick Spivey (Senior) - 6'3, 313 Lbs
OVR: 97, STR: 91, AWR: 83, PBK: 94, RBK: 86

#76 RT Brandon Holt (Junior) - 6'3, 302 Lbs
OVR: 95, STR: 85, AWR: 77, PBK: 91, RBK: 92

#75 RT Tommy Cummings (RS Sophomore) - 6'4, 302 Lbs
OVR: 85, STR: 87, AWR: 74, PBK: 76, RBK: 88

#72 LT Chandler Hawkins (Senior) - 6'4, 303 Lbs
OVR: 83, STR: 82, AWR: 70, PBK: 85, RBK: 78

Analysis: Spivey has locked down the starting LT Spot. Brandon Holt will get the nod on the right side. Cummings and Hawkins will be the backups.

Guards, Grade: B+

#79 RG Omar Youngblood (Sophomore) - 6'5, 311 Lbs
OVR: 90, STR: 90, AWR: 65, PBK: 88, RBK: 88

#70 LG Khary McLaughlin (Junior) - 6'2, 322 Lbs
OVR: 88, STR: 86, AWR: 65, PBK: 83, RBK: 90

#73LG Morgan McClure (RS Sophomore) - 6'3, 296 Lbs
OVR: 84, STR: 78, AWR: 70, PBK: 79, RBK: 85

#60 RG Dustin McCullough (RS Freshman) - 6'3, 305 Lbs
OVR: 83, STR: 88, AWR: 50, PBK: 89, RBK: 84

Analysis: Youngblood and McLaughlin will get the starting nods, while McClure and McCullough will be the backups.

Centers, Grade: B-

#68 Kris Blankenship (Senior) - 6'2, 295 Lbs
OVR: 86, STR: 87, AWR: 82, PBK: 73, RBK: 84

#67 Jonathan Hardee (Junior) - 6'4, 294 Lbs
OVR: 85, STR: 75, AWR: 72, PBK: 81, RBK: 85

Kevin Browning (Freshman) - 6'2, 280 Lbs
OVR: 74, STR: 74, AWR: 46, PBK: 77, RBK: 83

Robbie Massey (Freshman) - 6'6, 255 Lbs
OVR: 69, STR: 72, AWR: 45, PBK: 69, RBK: 83

Analysis: I haven't made a decision on a starter yet. I'd really like to keep Browning around as a 3rd C, to redshirt him.

[General Mike]

The Roster - Defensive Line

Defensive Ends, Grade: B

#42 RE Justin Joiner (Senior) - 6'6, 280 Lbs
OVR: 88, SPD: 68, STR: 74, AWR: 78, AGI: 69, ACC: 61, TAK: 84

#95 RE Tyson Williams (RS Junior) - 6'3, 265 Lbs
OVR: 84, SPD: 69, STR: 72, AWR: 67, AGI: 69, ACC: 69, TAK: 75

#50 RE Shelton Rowland (Sophomore) - 6'5, 251 Lbs
OVR: 83, SPD: 66, STR: 72, AWR: 67, AGI: 71, ACC: 70, TAK: 72

#98 LE Trey Donnelly (Sophomore) - 6'1, 265 Lbs
OVR: 83, SPD: 68, STR: 72, AWR: 55, AGI: 65, ACC: 66, TAK: 77

LE Drew Spivey (Freshman) - 6'3, 257 Lbs
OVR: 76, SPD: 66, STR: 66, AWR: 53, AGI: 63, ACC: 75, TAK: 66

RE Clinton Givens (Freshman) - 6'2, 255 Lbs
OVR: 76, SPD: 71, STR: 65, AWR: 43, AGI: 71, ACC: 69, TAK: 63

Analysis: Joiner and Williams will get the starting nods, but I don't know what to do as far as the backups go.

Defensive Tackles, Grade: B

#92 Rich McGrady (RS Sophomore) - 6'5, 306 Lbs
OVR: 94, SPD: 63, STR: 93, AWR: 68, AGI: 61, ACC: 62, TAK: 87

#90 Ed Cobb (RS Junior) - 6'5, 314 Lbs
OVR: 93, SPD: 57, STR: 94, AWR: 81, AGI: 64, ACC: 56, TAK: 84

#96 Elton Bracy (RS Junior) - 6'2, 295 Lbs.
OVR: 82, SPD: 63, STR: 71, AWR: 81, AGI: 65, ACC: 67, TAK: 77

Mike Weber (Freshman) - 6'3, 292 Lbs
OVR: 78, SPD: 55, STR: 82, AWR: 55, AGI: 56, ACC: 56, TAK: 75

#52 Darrin Mathews (RS Sophomore) - 6'3, 278 Lbs.
OVR: 78, SPD: 63, STR: 71, AWR: 67, AGI: 71, ACC: 63, TAK: 72

Analysis: McGrady and Cobb get the starting nods, Bracy and Matthews will rotate in off the bench, while Weber redshirts.

[General Mike]

The Roster - Linebackers

Outside Linebackers, Grade: B

#59 LOLB Connor Miller (RS Freshman) - 5'11, 237 Lbs
OVR: 91, SPD: 86, STR: 69, AWR: 52, AGI: 82, ACC: 83, CTH: 60, TAK: 87, CAR: 65, BTK: 68

LOLB Irvin Hampton (Freshman) - 6'0, 230 Lbs
OVR: 84, SPD: 85, STR: 70, AWR: 45, AGI: 83, ACC: 83, CTH: 60, TAK: 76, CAR: 65, BTK: 70

#58 ROLB Dane Gatlin (RS Sophomore) - 6'2, 259 Lbs
OVR: 83, SPD: 68, STR: 70, AWR: 64, AGI: 72, ACC: 73, CTH: 58, TAK: 81

ROLB Matthew Bertrand (Freshman) - 6'1, 229 Lbs
OVR: 68, SPD: 70, STR: 64, AWR: 56, AGI: 71, ACC: 71, CTH: 42, TAK: 63

Analysis: Miller will be one of the starting OLBs, while Hampton redshirts. Bertrand will backup, but one of our MLBs will probably be the other starting OLB.

Middle Linebackers, Grade: B+

#48 MLB Brady Huff (Senior) - 6'0, 230 Lbs
OVR: 99, SPD: 85, STR: 79, AWR: 79, AGI: 94, ACC: 86, CTH: 63, TAK: 92

#51 MLB Rashawn Ricks (RS Senior) - 6'3, 245 Lbs
OVR: 96, SPD: 70, STR: 70, AWR: 99, AGI: 82, ACC: 70, CTH: 51, TAK: 82

#44 MLB Dwayne Smiley (RS Junior) - 6'4, 226 Lbs
OVR: 85, SPD: 73, STR: 67, AWR: 69, AGI: 71, ACC: 70, CTH: 55, TAK: 91

Sam Miles (Freshman) - 6'2, 228 Lbs
OVR: 82, SPD: 78, STR: 70, AWR: 57, AGI: 81, ACC: 85, CTH: 60, TAK: 83

Andrae Wheeler (Sophomore) - 6'2, 244 Lbs
OVR: 78, SPD: 84, STR: 69, AWR: 55, AGI: 80, ACC: 78, CTH: 53, TAK: 83

Warren Livingston (Freshman) - 6'2, 235 Lbs
OVR: 78, SPD: 72, STR: 71, AWR: 56, AGI: 74, ACC: 76, CTH: 58, TAK: 83

Analysis: We have 2 really good MLBs here and a bunch of quality backups. Both Huff and Ricks will be starting, possibly with Huff moving to the outside. I can't afford to carry 6 MLBs, so a choice has to be made between Wheeler and Livingston.

[General Mike]

The Roster - Defensive Backs

Cornerbacks, Grade: B

#3 Tavaris Gant (Senior) - 6'0, 168 Lbs
OVR: 90, SPD: 90, AWR: 75, AGI: 93, ACC: 89, CTH: 69, JMP: 79, TAK: 49

#2 Pete Kramer (Senior) - 5'11, 195 Lbs
OVR: 90, SPD: 83, AWR: 84, AGI: 80, ACC: 88, CTH: 67, JMP: 88, TAK: 57

#39 Adrian Gary (RS Sophomore) - 6'1, 183 Lbs
OVR: 88, SPD: 92, AWR: 64, AGI: 95, ACC: 86, CTH: 70, JMP: 88, TAK: 49

#24 Billy Collier (RS Freshman) - 6'0, 177 Lbs
OVR: 84, SPD: 89, AWR: 66, AGI: 85, ACC: 92, CTH: 66, JMP: 73, TAK: 47

Amon Minor (Freshman) - 6'1, 192 Lbs
OVR: 80, SPD: 89, AWR: 49, AGI: 92, ACC: 93, CTH: 57, JMP: 87, TAK: 49

Brock Anderson (Sophomore) - 6'2, 208 Lbs
OVR: 76, SPD: 85, AWR: 46, AGI: 83, ACC: 81, CTH: 67, JMP: 84, TAK: 55

#32 Keith Gutierrez (RS Junior) - 5'10, 177 Lbs
OVR: 75, SPD: 81, AWR: 59, AGI: 83, ACC: 82, CTH: 59, JMP: 75, TAK: 43


Analysis: Gant and Kramer are our starting CBs. Adrian Gary will be the nickelback, while Billy Collier will step in on the Dime. Minor will redshirt, Brock Anderson will be the emergency guy, and Gutierrez is probably gonna get cut.

Free Safeties, Grade: B

#9 Brett Irvin (RS Freshman) - 6'0, 186 Lbs
OVR: 87, SPD: 86, AWR: 63, AGI: 87, ACC: 87, CTH: 70, JMP: 88, TAK: 68

#21 Daniel Meeks (Senior) - 6'5, 195 Lbs
OVR: 84, SPD: 86, AWR: 60, AGI: 80, ACC: 90, CTH: 66, JMP: 89, TAK: 68

Khary Kendrick (Freshman) - 6'1, 177 Lbs
OVR: 72, SPD: 82, AWR: 57, AGI: 79, ACC: 83, CTH: 56, JMP: 78, TAK: 51

Analysis: Irvin takes over as the heir apparent. Meeks is a solid backup, I don't know If I can afford to keep Kendrick tho. If i can, he'll redshirt.

Strong Safeties, Grade: B+

#27 Maximus Meridius (Senior) - 6'4, 207 Lbs
OVR: 99, SPD: 81, AWR: 99, AGI: 86, ACC: 83, CTH: 65, JMP: 63, TAK: 90

#28 Earnest Bridges (RS Sophomore) - 6'2, 206 Lbs
OVR: 83, SPD: 79, AWR: 71, AGI: 85, ACC: 79, CTH: 60, JMP: 77, TAK: 79

B.J. Siegel (Freshman) - 6'1, 196 Lbs
OVR: 76, SPD: 91, AWR: 59, AGI: 82, ACC: 88, CTH: 57, JMP: 81, TAK: 69

Analysis: Maximus is coming off 2 straight all-american years and a Thorpe award. This is his year to lead us to the National Championship. Siegel will redshirt this year, while Bridges will likely be cut.

[General Mike]

The Roster - Special Teams

Kickers, Grade: B-

#47 Justin Apollo (Freshman) - 5'10, 190 Lbs
OVR: 80, AWR: 70, KPW: 85, KAC: 89

Analysis: Justin Apollo is going to get the starting nod here.

Punters, Grade: B-

#41 Adam Slaughter (Freshman) - 6'1, 191 Lbs
OVR: 78, AWR: 57, KPW: 90, KAC: 85

Analysis: Slaughter will be our punter and kickoff specialist again for the 2007 season.

[General Mike]

The Cuts

Here are the cuts we made in order to get to the 55 man limit.

FB Timmy Slater
C Robbie Massey
FS Khary Kendrick
CB Keith Gutierrez
MLB Warren Livingston
ROLB Matthew Bertrand
HB Seymour Molina
SS Earnest Bridges
LE Drew Spivey
RE Clinton Givens
FB Trey Williamson
C Kris Blankenship

[General Mike]

FOFCers on the Depth Chart

RS Jr. HB Paul Tracy, West Virginia - TheLionKing - #1 HB, #1 KR, #1 PR
Sr. LOLB Nyar Lahotep, Notre Dame - Nyarlahotep - #1 LOLB
Sr. MLB Colton Mayes, Oklahoma - Blade6119 - #1 MLB
Sr. LE Jeeber D Mack, Southern Miss - JeeberD - #1 RE, #2 LE
Sr. RG Franklin Brown, UCLA - Franklinnoble - Cut :(
Sr. CB Doug Daniel, Arkansas - Doug5984 - Cut :(
RS Jr. QB Dave Corson, Virginia Tech - EagleFan - Cut :(
RS Jr. QB Kevin Mitchell, Central Florida - RGunner - #2 QB, #6 WR
Sr. QB Chris Snow, Tennessee - RendeR - #1 QB
Sr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers - Sublime - #1 SS

Jr. HB Robert Rupkin, Iowa - atatange1 - #2 HB, #4 KR, #4 PR
Jr. HB Josh Hiscock, Kansas State - Sack Attack - #2 HB
Jr. WR Travis Elkin, Louisville - Travis - #2 WR, #3 PR, #3 KR
RS Soph. WR John Galt, Rutgers - JohnGalt - #2 WR, #3 TE #2 KR, #1 PR
Jr. WR BulletHead Jones, Georgia - VPI - Cut :(
Jr. TE Daniel McCarney, Oklahoma - mckerney - #3 TE
Jr. TE J.W. Smith, Southern Cal - Upstate J - Cut :(
Jr. CB Neuqua Man, Ohio State - Neuqua - #4 CB, #3 FS, #3 SS
RS Soph. CB Ross Wheeler, Ohio State - INDalltheway - #2 CB, #3 KR, #3 PR
Jr. FS Ignatius J Reilly, Wisconsin - Scholes - #1 FS, #4 KR, #4 PR

Soph. C Jonathan Cringer, Nevada - Cringer - #1 C
RS Fr. ROLB Al Hill, Tennessee - Real Deal - #1 ROLB
Soph. FS T.E. Almighty, Texas Tech - thealmighty - #1 FS
Soph. QB Eric Brignac, Tennessee - albionmoonlight - #2 QB
Soph. CB Craig Scarborough, Kansas State - CraigSca - #2 CB, #4 KR, #4 PR
Soph. DT Jobu Mack, Texas - JeeberD #2 - #1 DT
Soph. HB Jim Carabello, Iowa - Blade6119 #2 - #3 HB, #5 KR, #5 PR
Soph. K Justin Apollo, Rutgers - Sublime #2 - #1 K, #2 punter, Kickoff specialist
Soph. K Chris Carrabba, Oklahoma - mckerney #2 - #1 K, #2 P, #2 KOS
Soph. FB Mike Ritschel, Rutgers - General Mike - #1 FB, #4 HB

Fr. Kyle Kappe, Southern Cal - MrBug708 - #6 WR, #3 TE,
Fr. QB Sony Luangphone, Louisiana-Monroe - sony - #2 QB, #3 TE
Fr. CB Pumpy Tudors, Louisiana-Lafayette - Pumpy Tudors - #1 CB
Fr. C Randall Deacon, Miami - ntndeacon - not on depth chart
Fr. HB Al Moonlight, Rutgers- albionmoonlight #2 - redshirted
Fr. HB John E. Shaka, Virginia Tech - johnnyshaka - #4 HB

[Nyarlahotep]

Got to love that wonderful, stud cutting AI.

[RealDeal]

woohoo, not only did I get a redshirt, but now I'm the #1 OLB on the roster!

[General Mike]

Originally posted by Nyarlahotep
Got to love that wonderful, stud cutting AI.

Yeah it really shocked me with some of the guys getting cut over guys much worse then them.

[General Mike]

The Preseason 117

Here are the complete, concise preseason team rankings:


Rnk School OVR OFF DEF SpT
1 Texas A+ A A- A+
2 Rutgers A B+ A+ B+
3 Southern Cal A- A- B+ A
4 Miami A- B+ B+ B
5 Ohio State A A- B+ A+
6 Virginia Tech A B+ A- A-
7 Auburn B+ B+ B+ A
8 Louisville B+ B+ B+ A-
9 Oklahoma A+ A A A+
10 Texas A&M B+ B+ B B+
11 Arkansas B+ B+ B+ B+
12 Michigan A- B+ B+ A
13 Penn State B B B B+
14 Tennessee A- A- B+ A-
15 Ole Miss B B+ B- A-
16 North Carolina State B B+ B- B+
17 Oklahoma State B+ B+ B B+
18 Florida State B+ B+ B A
19 Washington B B+ B- B+
20 Maryland B+ B+ B A-
21 Southern Miss B+ B A- A-
22 Nebraska B B B B+
23 Iowa B+ B- B+ B+
24 Colorado B B- B B+
25 Louisiana State B B+ B- B+
Rnk School OVR OFF DEF SpT
26 Fresno State B+ B+ B+ B+
27 West Virginia B B B- B+
28 Georgia B+ B+ B A
29 Kansas State B+ B+ B+ B+
30 Oregon State B+ B A- B+
31 Virginia B+ B+ B B+
32 Minnesota B B B B+
33 Colorado State B B- B B+
34 Indiana B- B- C+ B
35 Notre Dame B+ B- A- B
36 Arizona State B B B- B-
37 Toledo B B B- B-
38 Tulane B- B C+ C+
39 Wisconsin B B- B B
40 Oregon B B B B
41 UCLA B B B B
42 South Carolina B- B- C+ A-
43 Syracuse B- B- B- A
44 Eastern Michigan B- B- B- B
45 Washington State B B- B+ B
46 Clemson B B C+ B+
47 Nevada-Las Vegas B- B- B- B-
48 Missouri B B C+ A-
49 Alabama B- B- B- B+
50 Central Michigan B- B- B- B+
Rnk School OVR OFF DEF SpT
51 Illinois B B- B- B+
52 Georgia Tech B- B- C+ B+
53 Purdue B C+ B+ B
54 Florida B- B- C+ B-
55 Texas Tech B- B- C+ B-
56 Stanford B B- B- B+
57 Cincinnati B B- B- B-
58 Northern Illinois B- C+ B B-
59 Boise State B- B- C+ B-
60 Boston College B- C+ B- B
61 Bowling Green B B- B B-
62 Air Force B B- B B+
63 Marshall B- B C+ B+
64 Louisiana-Monroe C+ C+ C+ C+
65 Kent State C+ C+ C+ B
66 San Diego State B- B C+ B
67 Kentucky C+ B- C+ C+
68 Wake Forest C+ C+ B- C+
69 Connecticut C+ C+ C+ B-
70 Hawaii B- B- C+ B-
71 California B- B- B- B
72 Central Florida B- B C+ B-
73 Pittsburgh B- C+ C+ B+
74 Arizona B- B+ B- B-
75 North Texas B B- B- B
Rnk School OVR OFF DEF SpT
76 Louisiana Tech B- B- C+ B
77 Louisiana-Lafayette C+ B- C+ C+
78 Duke B- B- C+ B
79 Texas Christian B- B- B- B
80 Iowa State C+ C+ C+ B
81 New Mexico B- B- B- B-
82 Mississippi State C+ B- C+ B-
83 Utah B- B- C+ B
84 Nevada B- B- B- B
85 Ball State C+ C+ B- B-
86 Michigan State C+ C C+ B-
87 Houston C+ C+ C+ B-
88 New Mexico State B- C+ B- B
89 Southern Methodist B- C+ C+ B-
90 Alabama-Birmingham C+ C+ B- B-
91 Texas-El Paso B- C+ B B-
92 Arkansas State B- B- B- C+
93 Vanderbilt C+ C C+ B-
94 Tulsa C+ C+ C+ B-
95 Northwestern C+ C+ C+ B-
96 North Carolina B- B- C+ B+
97 Ohio C+ C C+ B-
98 Western Michigan B- C+ C+ B
99 Utah State C+ C+ C+ C+
100 San Jose State C+ C+ C+ C+
Rnk School OVR OFF DEF SpT
101 South Florida C+ C+ C+ C+
102 Idaho C C C+ B-
103 Miami of Ohio C+ C+ C+ B-
104 Buffalo C+ C+ C+ B-
105 Brigham Young C+ C+ C+ B-
106 Baylor C C C C+
107 East Carolina C+ C+ C+ B-
108 Memphis C C C+ C
109 Akron C+ C+ C+ B+
110 Rice C C C+ C+
111 Army C C- C+ B-
112 Navy C+ C+ C+ B-
113 Kansas C C- C C+
114 Temple C C C+ C
115 Troy State C+ C C+ B-
116 Wyoming C C- C+ C+
117 Middle Tennessee State C C C+ B-

[General Mike]

Sports Illustrated - Preseason Preview

Cover Story
The Main Ingredient
Robinson has Texas fans excited about another National Championship.
Photo: Kris Robinson, Texas #52

Preseason Polls
Story: Hopes Renew
The preseason poll has the Trojans at #3.
Photo: Henry Porter, Southern Cal #9

Coaches' Poll

Rnk LW Team W-L PTS
1 -- Texas (37) 0-0 1453
2 -- Rutgers (21) 0-0 1346
3 -- Southern Cal (1) 0-0 1295
4 -- Miami 0-0 1202
5 -- Ohio State 0-0 1117
6 -- Virginia Tech 0-0 939
7 -- Auburn 0-0 895
8 -- Louisville 0-0 876
9 -- Oklahoma 0-0 873
10 -- Texas A&M 0-0 845
11 -- Arkansas 0-0 819
12 -- Michigan 0-0 767
13 -- Penn State 0-0 730
14 -- Tennessee 0-0 720
15 -- Ole Miss 0-0 673
16 -- North Carolina State 0-0 623
17 -- Oklahoma State 0-0 573
18 -- Florida State 0-0 476
19 -- Washington 0-0 461
20 -- Maryland 0-0 386
21 -- Southern Miss 0-0 379
22 -- Nebraska 0-0 302
23 -- Iowa 0-0 242
24 -- Colorado 0-0 241
25 -- Louisiana State 0-0 226

Media Poll

Rnk LW Team W-L PTS
1 -- Texas (45) 0-0 1749
2 -- Southern Cal (22) 0-0 1701
3 -- Rutgers (2) 0-0 1648
4 -- Miami (1) 0-0 1557
5 -- Ohio State 0-0 1371
6 -- Virginia Tech 0-0 1368
7 -- Oklahoma 0-0 1249
8 -- Texas A&M 0-0 1103
9 -- Auburn 0-0 1086
10 -- Arkansas 0-0 1009
11 -- Louisville 0-0 947
12 -- Michigan 0-0 925
13 -- Penn State 0-0 788
14 -- Ole Miss 0-0 784
15 -- Tennessee 0-0 777
16 -- Oklahoma State 0-0 712
17 -- Florida State 0-0 640
18 -- North Carolina State 0-0 574
19 -- Nebraska 0-0 387
20 -- Maryland 0-0 382
21 -- Washington 0-0 375
22 -- Colorado 0-0 318
23 -- Iowa 0-0 299
24 -- Southern Miss 0-0 291
25 -- Georgia 0-0 216


Heisman Watch
Story: Leigh!
Auburn's offense depends heavily on the legs of Curry.
Photo: Leigh Curry, Auburn #27

<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
Last Year: 308 car, 1715 yards, 15 TD, 20 rec, 324 yards, 1243 return yards
<> Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
Last Year: 379 car, 1986 yards, 17 TD, 21 rec, 355 yards, 2 TD, 46 return yards
<> Jr. WR Chandler Webster, Louisville
Last Year: 49 rec, 859 yards, 13 TD, 4 car, 21 yards, 924 return yards, 1 TD
<> Jr. HB Bo Allison, Nebraksa
Last Year: 247 car, 1088 yards, 6 TD, 9 rec, 64 yards, 1601 return yards, 4 TD
<> Sr. QB Blayne Gentry, Oklahoma State
Last Year: 227-341, 3325 yards, 29 TD, 18 INT, 84 car, 433 yards, 3 TD

Preseason All-Americans
Story: Mr. All-American
[i]Meridius is as talented as they come.
Photo: Maximus Meridius, Rutgers #27

1st Team
QB - Jr. David Arestegui, Marshall
HB - Soph. Ryan Moore, Florida State
HB - Jr. Dexter Novak, Colorado
HB - Jr. Bo Allison, Nebraska
WR - Sr. Luis Chambers, Air Force
WR - RS Sr. Tony Strong, Nevada
WR - Jr. Teddy Green, Oklahoma State
TE - Sr. Abraham Minton, Southern Miss
C - Jr. Brian Smith, Colorado
G - Sr. Maurice Griffin, West Virginia
G - Sr. Jermain Braxton, Ohio State
T - Sr. Jameal Givens, Colorado
T - Sr. Frederick Spivey, Rutgers

DE - RS Jr. Tyson Williams, Rutgers
DE - Jr. Derrick Gant, Boise State
DT - Soph. Lane Lamb, Toledo
DT - Sr. Kelly May, Tennessee
MLB - Soph. Cooper Parham, Louisiana-Lafayette
OLB - Sr. Kyle Brown, Brigham Young
OLB - Sr. Damian Archie, Ohio State
CB - Sr. Pete Kramer, Rutgers
CB - Sr. Dre Craft, Louisville
FS - Soph. Lennie Johnson, Arkansas
SS - Sr. Maxmius Meridius, Rutgers
K - Sr. Marshall Montgomery, Clemson

2nd Team
QB - Sr. Blayne Gentry, Oklahoma State
HB - Sr. Leigh Curry, Auburn
HB - Soph/ Bruce Hodges, Air Force
WR - Soph. John Cordes, Rice
WR - Soph. Ben Thomas, Hawaii
WR - Jr. Deron Frost, Indiana
TE - Jr. Ben Pace, Utah
G - Sr. Andrew Dunlap, Wake Forest
G - RS Jr. Ron Sutherland, Oklahoma
C - Jr. Emmanuel Johnson, Air Force
T - Jr. Omari Carey, Kansas State
T - Sr. Gaylon McLaughlin, Arkansas

DE - Sr. Jarad Reyes, Hawaii
DE - Soph. Andrea Foster, Eastern Michigan
DT - Sr. Dillon Brown, Oklahoma
DT - Sr. Mike Myles, New Mexico State
MLB - Sr. Monte Brown, Michigan
OLB - Jr. Javon English, Oregon State
OLB - Sr. Max Bratton, Ball State
CB - Jr. Blair Hart, Vanderbilt
CB - Jr. Reshard Drew, Virginia Tech
CB - Sr. Tavaris Gante, Rutgers
FS - Sr. Paul Conley, Colorado
SS - Sr. Jeremiah McCullough, Washington State
K - Sr. Marlan Gentry, North Carolina State

Conference Outlook
Story: Let the games begin!
Where will the Longhorns finish in the Big 12 for 2007?
Photo: Texas cheerleaders

Here are the predicted conferece champions:

ACC: North Carolina State
Big Ten: Ohio State
Big 12: Texas
Big 12 (North): Nebraska
Big 12 (South): Texas
Big East: Rutgers
Conference USA: Louisville
1A Indys: Notre Dame
MAC: Toledo
MAC (East): Marshall
MAC (West): Toledo
Mountain West: Colorado State
Pac-10: Southern Cal
SEC: Auburn
SEC (East): Tennessee
SEC (West): Auburn
Sun Belt: Louisiana-Monroe
WAC: Fresno State

[Pumpy Tudors]

I'm going to bring the Ragin' Cajuns to glory! Woohoo!

[General Mike]

Originally posted by Pumpy Tudors
I'm going to bring the Ragin' Cajuns to glory! Woohoo!

Good luck with that. They'll need it.

[General Mike]

Indepth Conference Predictions

Atlantic Coast Conference
1. North Carolina State
2. Floridaa State
3. Maryland
4. Virginia
5. Clemson
6. Georgia Tech
7. Wake Forest
8. Duke
9. North Carolina

Big Ten Conference
1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. Penn State
4. Iowa
5. Minnesota
6. Indiana
7. Wisconsin
8. Illinois
9. Purdue
10. Michigan State
11. Northwestern

Big Twelve Conference
1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Texas A&M
4. Oklahoma State
5. Nebrsaka
6. Colorado
7. Kansas State
8. Missouri
9. Texas Tech
10. Iowa State
11. Baylor
12. Kansas

Big Twelve (North Division)
1. Nebraska
2. Colorado
3. Kansas State
4. Missouri
5. Iowa State
6. Kansas

Big Twelve (North Division)
1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Texas A&M
4. Oklahoma State
5. Texas Tech
6. Baylor

Big East Confernce
1. Rutgers
2. Miami
3. Virginia Tech
4. West Virginia
5. Syracuse
6. Boston College
7. Pittsburgh
8. Temple

Conference USA
1. Louisville
2. Southern Miss
3. Tulane
4. Cincinnati
5. Texas Christian
6. Houston
7. Alabama-Birmingham
8. South Florida
9. East Carolina
10. Memphis
11. Army

1A Independents
1. Notre Dame
2. Connecticut
3. Navy
4. Troy State

Mid-American Conference
1. Toledo
2. Easternl Michigan
3. Central Michigan
4. Northern Illinois
5. Bowling Green
6. Marshall
7. Kent State
8. Central Florida
9. Ball State
10. Ohio
11. Western Michigan
12. Miami of Ohio
13. Buffalo
14. Akron

Mid-American (East Division)
1. Marshall
2. Kent State
3. Central Florida
4. Ohio
5. Miami of Ohio
6. Buffalo
7. Akron

Mid-American (West Division)
1. Toledo
2. Easternl Michigan
3. Central Michigan
4. Northern Illinois
5. Bowling Green
6. Ball State
7. Western Michigan

Mountain West Conference
1. Colorado State
2. Nevada-Las Vegas
3. Air Force
4. San Diego State
5. New Mexico
6. Utah
7. Brigham Young
8. Wyoming

Pacific Ten Conference
1. Southern Cal
2. Washington
3. Oregon State
4. Arizona State
5. Oregon
6. UCLA
7. Washington State
8. Stanford
9. California
10. Arizona

Southeastern Conference
1. Auburn
2. Arkansas
3. Tennessee
4. Ole Miss
5. Louisiana State
6. Georgia
7. South Carolina
8. Alabama
9. Florida
10.Kentucky
11. Mississippi State
12. Venderbilt

Southeastern (East Division)
1. Tennessee
2. Georgia
3. South Carolina
4. Florida
5. Kentucky
6. Vanderbilt

Southeastern (West Division)
1. Auburn
2. Arkansas
3. Ole Miss
4. Louisiana State
5. Alabama
6. Mississippi State

Sun Belt Conference
1. Louisiana-Monroe
2. North Texas
3. Louisiana-Lafayette
4. Nex Mexico State
5. Arkansas State
6. Utah State
7. Idaho
8. Middle Tennessee State

Western Athletic Conference
1. Fresno State
2. Boise State
3. Hawaii
4. Louisiana Tech
5. Nevada
6. Southern Methodist
7. Texas-El Paso
8. Tulsa
9. San Jose State
10. Rice

[General Mike]

Preseason Options


Our Schedule
We will be playing with the default schedule again this year:

Week 1 BYE
Week 2 BYE
Week 3 vs #112 Navy
Week 4 at #58 Northern Illinois
Week 5 at #68 Wake Forest
Week 6 at #74 Arizona
Week 7 vs #6 Virginia Tech
Week 8 at #27 West Virginia
Week 9 vs #73 Pittsburgh
Week 10 at #114 Temple (Rivalry Game)
Week 11 BYE
Week 12 vs #69 Connecticut
Week 13 vs #60 Boston College
Week 14 at #4 Miami
Week 15 vs #43 Syracuse
Week 16 BYE

Redshirts
Soph. QB Tommie Herron
Fr. HB Al Moonlight
Fr. WR Keith Johnson
Fr. DT Mike Weber
Fr. MLB Sam Miles
Fr. CB Amon Minor
Fr. SS B.J. Siegel
The following players do not have formal redshirts, but will not be on the depth chart, to save their year of eligiblity.
Fr. C Kevin Browning
Fr. LOLB Irvin Hampton

[General Mike]

Preseason Coach's Report Card
Get Rutgers's Football Program off to a good start by winning this first game against Navy.
Job Security: A+
Coach Stats
Career Record 46-7
Winning Seasons: 4
Longest Win Streak: 13
Record vs Top 25: 11-7
Record vs rival(s): 4-0
Bowl Record: 3-1
Conference Titles: 0
National Titles: 0

Contract Info
Contract Status: Year 5 of 8
Team Goals
Maintain Team Prestige
Win Conference Title
Win the National Title

[General Mike]

2007 Depth Chart

QB
1. RS Fr. Brendan Eldridge - 82 overall
2. Soph. Brooks Spencer - 82 overall
3. Soph. Justin Apollo - 36 overall

HB
1. RS Soph. Dan York - 87 overall
2. RS Fr. James Kendrick - 84 overall
3. RS Soph. Andrew Sloan - 82 overall
4. Soph. Mike Ritschel - 81 overall

FB
1. Soph. Mike Ritschel - 82 overall
2. Fr. Steve Berlin - 78 overall
3. RS Sr. Samuel Johnson - 72 overall

WR
1. Jr. Josh Hendricks - 88 overall
2. RS Soph. John Galt - 86 overall
3. RS Jr. Chris Dodd - 85 overall
4. RS Fr. Jacque Crayton - 80 overall
5. RS Soph. Adrian Gary - 61 overall
6. RS Fr. Brett Irvin - 60 overall

TE
1. RS Sr. Samuel Johnson - 85 overall
2. RS Jr. Derrell Humphrey - 79 overall
3. RS Soph. John Galt - 70 overall

LT
1. Sr. Frederick Spivey - 97 overall
2. Sr. Chandler Hawkins - 83 overall
3. RS Soph. Tommy Cummings - 85 overall

LG
1. Jr. Khary McLaughlin - 88 overall
2. RS Soph. Morgan McClure - 84 overall
3. RS Fr. Dustin McCullough - 83 overall

C
1. Jr. Jonathan Hardee - 85 overall
2. RS Soph. Tommy Cummings - 78 overall
3. RS Fr. Dustin McCullough - 77 overall

RG
1. Soph. Omar Youngblood - 90 overall
2. RS Fr. Dustin McCullough - 83 overall
3. RS Soph. Morgan McClure - 84 overall

RT
1. Jr. Brandon Holt - 95 overall
2. RS Soph. Tommy Cummings - 85 overall
3. Sr. Chandler Hawkins - 83 overall

LE
1. RS Jr. Tyson Williams - 84 overall
2. Soph. Trey Donnelly - 83 overall
3. Soph. Shelton Rowland - 83 overall

RE
1. Sr. Justin Joiner - 88 overall
2. Soph. Shelton Rowland - 83 overall
3. Soph. Trey Donnelly - 83 overall

DT
1. RS Soph. Rich McGrady - 94 overall
2. RS Jr. Ed Cobb - 93 overall
3. RS Jr. Elton Bracy - 82 overall
4. RS Soph. Darrin Mathews - 78 overall
5. Soph. Trey Donnelly - 65 overall

LOLB
1. RS Sr. Rashawn Ricks - 91 overall
2. RS Jr. Dwayne Smiley - 87 overall
3. RS Soph. Dane Gatlin - 83 overall

MLB
1. Sr. Brady Huff - 99 overall
2. RS Jr. Dwayne Smiley - 85 overall
3. Soph. Andrae Wheeler - 78 overall
4. RS Soph. Dane Gatlin - 74 overall

ROLB
1. RS Fr. Connor Miller - 91 overall
2. RS Jr. Dwayne Smiley - 87 overall
3. RS Soph. Dane Gatlin - 83 overall

CB
1. Sr. Tavaris Gant - 90 overall
2. Sr. Pete Kramer - 90 overall
3. RS Soph. Adrian Gary - 88 overall
4. RS Fr. Billy Collier - 84 overall
5. Sr. Daniel Meeks - 78 overall

FS
1. RS Fr. Brett Irvin - 87 overall
2. Sr. Daniel Meeks - 84 overall
3. RS Soph. Adrian Gary - 71 overall

SS
1. Sr. Maximus Meridius - 99 overall
2. Sr. Daniel Meeks - 67 overall
3. RS Soph. Adrian Gary - 65 overall

K
1. Soph. Justin Apollo - 80 overall
2. Soph. Adam Slaughter - 60 overall

P
1. Soph. Adam Slaughter - 78 overall
2. Soph. Justin Apollo - 70 overall

KR
1. RS Soph. Adrian Gary - 88 overall
2. RS Soph. John Galt - 86 overall
3. RS Jr. Chris Dodd - 85 overall
4. RS Fr. James Kendrick - 84 overall
5. Sr. Tavaris Gant - 90 overall

PR
1. RS Soph. John Galt - 86 overall
2. RS Soph. Adrian Gary - 88 overall
3. RS Jr. Chris Dodd - 85 overall
4. Jr. Josh Hendricks - 88 overall
5. Sr. Pete Kramer - 90 overall

KOS
1. Soph. Justin Apollo - 80 overall
2. Soph Adam Slaughter - 78 overall

The #1 Jersey
For the 2nd straight year, one of our defensive players will wear #1. This year's recipient, SS Maximus Meridius.

[General Mike]

Week 1 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#10 Texas A&M @ #14 Tennessee - Tennesse 30-0

Other National Games
Northwestern @ Stanford - Northwestern 34-27
California @ Hawaii - California 31-28
#6 Virginia Tech @ Oregon - Virginia Tech 21-17

Other Games
Buffalo @ San Jose State - Buffalo 36-15

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
On the Wrong Foot?
#6 Virginia Tech hangs on to win season opener 21-17 against Oregon.
Photo: Ronnie English, Virginia Tech #17

Top 25 Polls
Story: A Strong Start
The Volunteers open 2007 with a huge victory against #10 Texas A&M.
Photo: Rusty Moss, Tennessee #27

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (31) 0-0 1447
2 2 Rutgers (25) 0-0 1379
3 3 Southern Cal (2) 0-0 1313
4 4 Miami (1) 0-0 1248
5 5 Ohio State 0-0 1185
6 6 Virginia Tech 1-0 1122
7 7 Auburn 0-0 1062
8 8 Louisville 0-0 1002
9 9 Oklahoma 0-0 944
10 14 Tennessee 1-0 858
11 11 Arkansas 0-0 831
12 12 Michigan 0-0 777
13 13 Penn State 0-0 724
14 15 Ole Miss 0-0 623
15 16 North Carolina State 0-0 574
16 17 Oklahoma State 0-0 526
17 18 Florida State 0-0 480
18 19 Washington 0-0 435
19 10 Texas A&M 0-1 432
20 20 Maryland 0-0 391
21 21 Southern Miss 0-0 349
22 22 Nebraska 0-0 308
23 23 Iowa 0-0 269
24 24 Colorado 0-0 230
25 25 Louisiana State 0-0 193

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (48) 0-0 1752
2 2 Southern Cal (22) 0-0 1668
3 3 Rutgers (1) 0-0 1586
4 4 Miami 0-0 1505
5 5 Ohio State 0-0 1427
6 6 Virginia Tech 1-0 1350
7 7 Oklahoma 0-0 1275
8 9 Auburn 0-0 1131
9 15 Tennessee 1-0 1076
10 10 Arkansas 0-0 1061
11 11 Louisville 0-0 994
12 12 Michigan 0-0 928
13 13 Penn State 0-0 863
14 14 Ole Miss 0-0 801
15 16 Oklahoma State 0-0 682
16 17 Florida State 0-0 625
17 8 Texas A&M 0-1 574
18 18 North Carolina State 0-0 569
19 19 Nebraska 0-0 516
20 20 Maryland 0-0 464
21 21 Washington 0-0 415
22 22 Colorado 0-0 367
23 23 Iowa 0-0 320
24 24 Southern Miss 0-0 276
25 25 Georgia 0-0 233


Heisman Watch
Story: He Got Next?
Louisville's Webster has big hands to go along with his big heart.
Photo: Chandler Webster, Louisville #16

<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
Last Year: 308 car, 1715 yards, 15 TD, 20 rec, 324 yards, 1243 return yards
<> Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
Last Year: 379 car, 1986 yards, 17 TD, 21 rec, 355 yards, 2 TD, 46 return yards
<> Jr. WR Chandler Webster, Louisville
Last Year: 49 rec, 859 yards, 13 TD, 4 car, 21 yards, 924 return yards, 1 TD
<> Jr. HB Bo Allison, Nebraksa
Last Year: 247 car, 1088 yards, 6 TD, 9 rec, 64 yards, 1601 return yards, 4 TD
<> Sr. QB Blayne Gentry, Oklahoma State
Last Year: 227-341, 3325 yards, 29 TD, 18 INT, 84 car, 433 yards, 3 TD

Players of the Week
Story: Getting It Done
Hilton's awarded Player of the Week after Hokies open season with a win.
Photo: Charley Hilton, Virginia Tech #41, takes down an Oregon player.

National PotW
Offensive: Soph. HB Ben Harrison, Northwestern - 18 car, 77 yards, 3 rec, 25 yards, 2 total TD
Defensive: Jr. ROLB Taylor Smith, Northwestern - 9 tackles (1 TFL), 1 sack, INT, 2 FF, 2 FR

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. QB Ronnie English, Virginia Tech - 14-19, 221 yards, 3 car, 12 yards, 2 total TD
Defensive: Jr. MLB Charley Hilton, Virginia tech - 9 tackles (1 TFL), FF, FR

Conference Standings
Story: First Real Rest
Rebels focus on their conference opener against Vanderbilt.
Photo: Jose Connor, Ole Miss #82

[General Mike]

Week 2 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week

#6 Virginia Tech @ #3 Southern Cal - Virginia Tech 27-22

Other National Games
Indiana @ Notre Dame - Notre Dame 38-16
#15 North Carolina State @ #11 Arkansas - Arkansas 38-20
#4 Miami @ #13 Penn State - Miami 34-17

Other Top 25 Games
Middle Tennessee State @ #1 Texas - Texas 51-14
New Mexico @ #5 Ohio State - Ohio State 24-21
#7 Auburn @ Texas-El Paso - Auburn 48-17
The Battle for the Governor's Cup, #8 Louisville @ Kentucky - Louisville 49-14
#9 Oklahoma @ New Mexico State - Oklahoma 46-10
#10 Tennessee @ Memphis - Tennessee 77-3
Eastern Michigan @ #12 Michigan - Michigan 52-13
#14 Ole Miss @ Vanderbilt - Ole Miss 71-14
#16 Oklahoma State @ #22 Nebraska - Oklahoma State 24-20
#17 Florida State @ North Carolina - Florida State 34-7
Kansas @ #18 Washington - Washington 35-28 OT
#21 Southern Miss @ #19 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 34-19
Washington State @ #20 Maryland - Maryland 38-28
#23 Iowa @ Florida - Florida 19-17
Rocky Mountain Showdown, #24 Colorado @ Colorado State - Colorado 28-19
#25 Louisiana State @ UCLA - UCLA 34-24
Georgia @ West Virginia - West Virginia 31-24

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Painful Setback
#22 Nebraska loses a heartbreaker to Oklahoma State 24-20.
Photo: Nebraska coach

Top 25 Polls
Story: House Broken
Trojans lose a tough home game against Virginia Tech.
Photo: Southern Cal coach

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (38) 1-0 1454
2 2 Rutgers (21) 0-0 1392
3 4 Miami 1-0 1306
4 6 Virginia Tech 2-0 1295
5 5 Ohio State 1-0 1214
6 7 Auburn 1-0 1101
7 8 Louisville 1-0 1046
8 9 Oklahoma 1-0 992
9 10 Tennessee 2-0 940
10 11 Arkansas 1-0 912
11 3 Southern Cal 0-1 898
12 12 Michigan 1-0 837
13 14 Ole Miss 1-0 739
14 16 Oklahoma State 1-0 653
15 17 Florida State 1-0 600
16 18 Washington 1-0 556
17 19 Texas A&M 1-1 473
18 13 Penn State 0-1 472
19 20 Maryland 1-0 470
20 15 North Carolina State 0-1 367
21 24 Colorado 1-0 313
22 NR Fresno State 1-0 241
23 NR West Virginia 1-0 206
24 NR UCLA 1-0 153
25 22 Nebraska 0-1 148
Dropping Out: Southern Miss (#21 last week)
Iowa (#23 Last week)
Louisiana State (#25 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (45) 1-0 1749
2 3 Rutgers (21) 0-0 1607
3 6 Virginia Tech (3) 2-0 1598
4 4 Miami (1) 1-0 1576
5 5 Ohio State (1) 1-0 1469
6 7 Oklahoma 1-0 1336
7 8 Auburn 1-0 1271
8 9 Tennessee 2-0 1207
9 10 Arkansas 1-0 1166
10 2 Southern Cal 0-1 1144
11 11 Louisville 1-0 1083
12 12 Michigan 1-0 1022
13 14 Ole Miss 1-0 904
14 15 Oklahoma State 1-0 864
15 16 Florida State 1-0 790
16 17 Texas A&M 1-1 677
17 20 Maryland 1-0 576
18 13 Penn State 0-1 562
19 21 Washington 1-0 525
20 22 Colorado 1-0 475
21 18 North Carolina State 0-1 313
22 19 Nebraska 0-1 285
23 NR West Virginia 1-0 268
24 NR UCLA 1-0 181
25 NR Virginia 1-0 158
Dropping Out: Iowa (#23 last week)
Southern Miss (#24 last week)
Georgia (#25 last week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Ready to Shine
The Senior Curry looks to have a great season at the HB position.
Photo: Leigh Curry, Auburn #27

<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
28 car, 197 yards, 4 TD, 16 rec yards
<> Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
15 car, 85 yards, TD
<> Jr. WR Chandler Webster, Louisville
6 rec, 81 yards
<> Jr. HB Bo Allison, Nebraksa
29 car, 116 yards
/\ Jr. HB Rusty Moss, Nebraska
40 car, 228 yards, 5 TD

Players of the Week
Story: Super Start
Gilmore is honored after Miami opens 2007 with a victory over Penn State.
Photo: Gaylon Gilmore, Miami #19

National PotW
Offensive: Sr. HB Chance Kline, Texas Christian - 29 car, 164 yards, 4 TD, 16 rec yards
Defensive: Fr. LOLB Ellis Dyer, Arkansas - 6 tackles (2 TFL), 1 sack, FF, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami - 20-36, 312 yards, 2 TD, 15 car, 66 yards
Defensive: Sr. LOLB Markus Eaton, Boston College - 10 tackles (3 TFL), 1 sack, 2 INT

Conference Standings
Story: Starting Right
What a start for the 2007 Seminoles.
Photo: Chris Calloway, Florida State #83

[JeeberD]

Dammit, Southern Miss!

[thealmighty]

My teams always suck in these things (Texas Tech) it seems. :(

[General Mike]

I have made a change to the penalty settings for the 2007 season. All penalty sliders will now be set to the max, and we will see what happens.

[General Mike]

#87 Navy Midshipmen (1-0) @ #2 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-0)

The season opener is always a big game to help build confidence for us in the season. We have to break in a couple new key starters on offense, and will look to play solid all around effort on defense. This game will have regional television coverage.

Key Players
Navy: HB Carlan Kirby, FB Josh Blanchard, MLB L.C. Goodwin
Rutgers: SS Maximus Meridius, MLB Brady Huff, RT Frederick Spivey

Injuries
Navy: WR Stan Gentry - Broken Wrist - 4 weeks
Rutgers: None

On the 1st play of the 2nd quarter, FB Mike Ritschel suffered a strained pectoral. He will miss the remainder of the game.
Also in the 2nd quarter, Samuel Johnson was sidelined with a broken toe.

Halftime Score: Rutgers 31, Navy 7

Final Score: Rutgers 66, Navy 7

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 34 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 8:01
RU 6 yard pass from Eldridge to Humphrey (Apollo Kick) - 7:02
RU 60 yard interception return by Meridius (Apollo Kick) - 2:31

2nd quarter
Navy 1 yard run by Kirby (Griffin Kick) - 7:12
RU 34 yard FG by Apollo - 1:31
RU 4 yard run by Eldridge (Apollo Kick) - 0:02

3rd quarter
RU 5 yard pass from Eldridge to Humphrey (Apollo Kick) - 8:04
RU 28 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 1:41
RU 35 yard interception return by Kramer (Apollo Kick) - 1:16

4th Quarter
RU 13 yard run by Eldridge (Apollo Kick) - 8:25
RU 40 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 5:32

Players of the Game
Navy: CB Malcom Boyer - 6 tackles, INT
Rutgers: SS Maximus Meridius - 6 tackles, 2 INT, FF, TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 16-26, 218 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Navy: Grant Gentry - 9-18, 128 yards, 4 INT
Dale Smith - 0-3, 1 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 21 car, 256 yards, 2 TD, long 57
James Kendrick - 6 car, 66 yards, 1 TD, long 28
Brendan Eldridge - 8 car, 46 yards, 2 TD, long 15
Steven Berlin - 2 car, 6 yards, long 4
Mike Ritschel - 1 car, 2 yards

Navy: Carlan Kirby - 10 car, 25 yards, 1 TD, long 8
Josh Blanchard - 7 rec, 9 yards, long 5
Dale Smith - 1 car, 4 yards
Matt Rich - 1 car, 4 yards
Grant Gentry - 12 car, -51 yards, long 4

Receiving
Rutgers: Jacque Crayton - 3 rec, 59 yards, long 31
Derrell Humphrey - 5 rc, 57 yards, 2 TD
Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 40 yards, long 31
Dan York - 2 rec, 28 yards, long 15
James Kendricks - 2 rec, 14 yards, long 13
Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 11 yards
John Galt - 1 rec, 9 yards

Navy: Peter Morris - 3 rec, 68 yards, long 27
Carlan Dickey - 2 rec, 34 yards, long 25
Marco Bratton - 1 rec, 11 yards
Rashaud Clement - 2 rec, 8 yards
Carlan Kirby - 1 rec, 7 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 9 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Brandon Holt - 9 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 7 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Omar Youngblood - 6 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Derrell Humphrey - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Chris Dodd - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed

Navy: Josh Fox - 2 sacks allowed
Lynn Cole - 2 sacks allowed
Maurice Davenport - 1 sack allowed
Collin Bollinger - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Ed Cobb - 9; Maximus Meridius - 6; Brady Huff - 5
Sacks: Brady Huff - 3; Tyson Williams, Ed Cobb - 2; Rich McGrady - 1
INTs: Maximus Meridius, Pete Kramer - 2; Tavaris Gant - 1

Navy
Tackles: Houston Kendrick, Malcolm Boyer, Del Cox, Jerome Helms - 6; Jax Pears, Delvyn Thompson - 5; L.C. Goodwin, Matt Rich - 3
Sacks: Bennie Battle - 1
INTs: Devin Cowan, Malcom Boyer - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 1-1 FG, 34 yards, 9-9 XP
Navy: Kasey Griffin - 1-1 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 2 punts, 51.0 average, long 51, 1 inside the 20, 45.4 net average
Navy: DeWayne Edmonds - 8 punts, 44.3 average, long 49, 1 inside the 20, 29.6 net average, 1 touchback

Kick Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 2 ret, 19.0 average, long 20
Navy: Malcolm Boyer - 6 ret, 19.1 average, long 22
Carlan Kirby - 4 ret, 14.2 average, long 25
Greg Robinson - 1 ret, 7 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 6 ret, 16.3 average, long 22
Navy: Carlan Kirby - 1 ret, 11 yards

Next Week: We head out to Dekalb, Illinois to take on the Northern Illinois Huskies

[General Mike]

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

We got off to a great start in the 2007 season. We ran the ball well, we played solid D and forced turnovers. We had alot of penalties, that slowed us down, but none were too costly. The OLine did a tremendous job in the passing and running games. This game was never close, but it was a good game for us to get some of our new starters' feet wet and build confidence as the season moves on.

Offense: Dan York and Brendan Eldridge did a tremendous job in their 1st games as starters for us. Eldridge has great ability to improvise and scramble out of the pocket when need be. York just used pure athleticism to make defenders miss. We do need to work on not fumbling more.

Defense: We forced alot of turnovers, and turned them into points. We also did a good job of pressuring the QB and shutting down the run game. The Pass coverage was exceptional as well.

Special Teams: We made all the kicks we had to, plus 2 very good punts. We didn't have any great kick/punt returns but none were bad, and we had great kick coverage, including 2 forced fumbles on kickoffs, one of which we recovered.

Grades
QB: B+
RB: A
WR: B-
TE: A
OL: A
DL: B+
LB: B
DB: B+
Sp. Teams: B+

[General Mike]

Week 3 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week

#3 Miami @ #13 Ole Miss - Miami 42-24

Other National Games
Clemson @ #4 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech 38-17
#1 Texas @ Minnesota - Texas 17-3
#19 Maryland @ #15 Florida State - Florida State 34-27

Other Top 25 Games
Kent State @ #5 Ohio State - Ohio State 55-9
#6 Auburn @ Baylor - Baylor 28-13
#8 Oklahoma @ Miami of Ohio - Oklahoma 52-0
#9 Tennessee @ Tulsa - Tennessee 33-17
Boise State @ #10 Arkansas - Arkansas 31-17
Duke @ #11 Southern Cal - Southern Cal 35-23
#12 Michigan @ Bowling Green - Michigan 54-10
East Carolina @ #14 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State 29-21
#16 Washington @ Middle Tennessee State - Washington 35-26
North Carolina @ #17 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 42-29
#22 Fresno State @ #18 Penn State - Penn State 33-10
#20 North Carolina State @ Wake Forest - North Carolina State 42-20
Texas-El Paso @ #21 Colorado - Colorado 13-10
#23 West Virginia @ Louisiana-Monroe - West Virginia 34-14
#24 UCLA @ San Jose State - UCLA 37-28
#25 Nebraska @ Utah - Nebraska 34-16
Virginia @ Missouri - Virginia 31-26

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Simply the Best
There is no conference with more punch than the Big East.
Photo: Maximus Meridius, Rutgers #1

Top 25 Polls
Story: Who's Laughing Now?
#6 Auburn's visit to Waco was everything but a pleasant road trip.
Photo: Terence Harrington, Baylor #99, tackles Leigh Curry, Auburn #27

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (33) 2-0 1449
2 2 Rutgers (22) 1-0 1389
3 3 Miami (2) 2-0 1364
4 4 Virginia Tech (1) 3-0 1274
5 5 Ohio State (1) 2-0 1218
6 7 Louisville 1-0 1108
7 8 Oklahoma 2-0 1054
8 9 Tennessee 3-0 1001
9 10 Arkansas 2-0 950
10 12 Michigan 2-0 849
11 11 Southern Cal 1-1 836
12 14 Oklahoma State 2-0 751
13 15 Florida State 2-0 718
14 16 Washington 2-0 658
15 17 Texas A&M 2-1 571
16 18 Penn State 1-1 521
17 13 Ole Miss 1-1 490
18 21 Colorado 2-0 439
19 20 North Carolina State 1-1 429
20 23 West Virginia 2-0 358
21 24 UCLA 2-0 319
22 6 Auburn 1-1 277
23 19 Maryland 1-1 243
24 25 Nebraska 1-1 234
25 NR Virginia 2-0 171
Dropping Out: Fresno State (#22 Last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (46) 2-0 1750
2 2 Rutgers (21) 1-0 1674
3 3 Virginia Tech (2) 3-0 1601
4 4 Miami (1) 2-0 1569
5 5 Ohio State (1) 2-0 1457
6 6 Oklahoma 2-0 1388
7 8 Tennessee 3-0 1253
8 9 Arkansas 2-0 1188
9 11 Louisville 1-0 1061
10 10 Southern Cal 1-1 1046
11 12 Michigan 2-0 1000
12 14 Oklahoma State 2-0 882
13 15 Florida State 2-0 847
14 16 Texas A&M 2-1 720
15 19 Washington 2-0 611
16 18 Penn State 1-1 598
17 20 Colorado 2-0 561
18 13 Ole Miss 1-1 551
19 21 North Carolina State 1-1 453
20 23 West Virginia 2-0 419
21 22 Nebraska 1-1 408
22 24 UCLA 2-0 375
23 17 Maryland 1-1 360
24 25 Virginia 2-0 332
25 7 Auburn 1-1 280
Dropping Out: None


Heisman Watch
Story: The Early Favorite
If Gilmore remains healthy, he could be the next Heisman trophy winner.
Photo: Gaylon Gilmore, Miami #19

<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
60 car, 457 yards, 6 TD, 16 rec yards
<> Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
42 car, 223 yards, 10 rec yards, 2 total TD
<> Jr. WR Chandler Webster, Louisville
6 rec, 81 yards
/\ Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami
38-72, 490 yards. 25 car, 103 yards, 6 total TD
/\ RS Soph. QB Ronnie English, Virginia Tech
33-47, 501 yards, 18 car, 80 yards, 6 total TD

Players of the Week
Story: Getting It Done
York earns POTW honors following season opening win over Navy
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

National PotW
Offensive: Sr.HB Khary Gonzalez, Northern Illinois - 33 car, 219 yards, 3 TD
Defensive: RS Sr. CB Larry McClain, Syracuse - 3 tackles, 3 INT, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers - 21 car, 256 yards, 2 TD, 2 rec, 28 yards
Defensive: RS Sr. CB Larry McClain, Syracuse - 3 tackles, 3 INT, TD

Congrats to Colton Mayes who was Named Big 12 Defensive PotW after a 5 tackle (1 TFL), 1 sack, 2 FF, 2 FR performance.

Conference Standings
Story: Where It's At
The Big East is the class of the 2007 college football season.
Photo: Maximus Meridius, Rutgers #1, tackles Peter Morris, Navy #83

Coach's Report Card
You could tell our kids were prepared for the game with Navy. Good job, Coach.
Job Security: A+
Avg. Attendance: 41,641

[Blade6119]

Originally posted by General Mike
Congrats to Colton Mayes who was Named Big 12 Defensive PotW after a 5 tackle (1 TFL), 1 sack, 2 FF, 2 FR performance.

Hell yah...and a 52-0 win!...and we dont have to play rutgers again!:D Sad to see southern miss fall, and that guys got cut...maybe we can put them back in next year

[tucker342]

Just noticed this dynasty, great stuff:)

[General Mike]

#2 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-0) @ #41 Northern Illinois Huskies (2-0)

This game will be more of a challegen then our last game against Navy. The Huskies can be dangerous if we take them for granted. This game will have national television coverage.

Key Players
Rutgers: SS Maximus Meridius, HB Dan York, CB Pete Kramer
Northern Illinois: HB Khary Gonzalez, CB Chip Donovan, CB Jacob Johnson

Injuries
Rutgers: None
Northern Illinois:

Halftime Score: Rutgers 7, Northern Illinois 7

Final Score: Rutgers 38, Northern Illinois 17

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
NIU 63 yard pass from Atkins to Lester (Minton Kick) - 1:57

2nd quarter
RU 3 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 4:53

3rd quarter
RU 38 yard FG by Apollo - 8:10
NIU 34 yard FG by Minton - 5:30
NIU 7 yard pass from Atkins to Lester (Minton Kick) - 3:04
RU 6 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 1:14

4th Quarter
RU 5 yard run by Sloan (Apollo Kick) - 2:09
RU 2 yard run by Berlin (Apollo Kick) - 0:50
RU 34 yard interception return by Huff (Apollo Kick) - 0:34

Players of the Game
Rutgers: MLB Brady Huff - 1 tackle (1 TFL), 2 INT, TD
Northern Illinois: WR Leroy Lester - 6 rec, 109 yards, 2 TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 16-23, 234 yards,
Northern Illinois: Chas Atkins - 19-33, 316 yards, 2 TD, 7 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Mike Ritschel - 9 car, 92 yards, long 56
Dan York - 12 car, 76 yards, 1 TD, long 17
James Kendrick - 4 car, 18 yards, 1 TD, long 10
Andrew Sloan - 1 car, 5 yards, 1 TD
Steven Berlin - 1 car, 2 yards, 1 TD
Josh Hendricks - 1 car, -6 yards
Brendan Eldridge - 8 car, -43 yards, long 13

Northern Illinois: Khary Gonzalez - 11 car, 8 yards, long 8
Chandler Tatum - 4 car, 3 yards, long 3
Jason Jarrett - 1 car, -2 yards
Chas Atkins - 6 car, -3 yards, long 9

Receiving
Rutgers: Chris Dodd - 3 rec, 80 yards, long 66
Mike Ritschel - 4 rec, 39 yards, long 23
Jacque Crayton - 1 rec, 31 yards
Steven Berlin - 2 rec, 30 yards, long 16
Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 23 yards, long 16
Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 20 yards, long 12
John Galt - 1 rec, 11 yards

Northern Illinois: Leroy Lester - 6 rec, 109 yards, 2 TD, long 63
Beau Glover - 3 rec, 94 yards, long 41
Dennis Reeves - 4 rec, 52 yards, long 25
Nathan Clark - 4 rec, 36 yards, long 17
Khary Gonzalez - 1 rec, 16 yards
Billy Roth - 1 rec, 9 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Brandon Holt - 5 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Frederick Spivey - 4 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Omar Youngblood - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 1 pancakes, 1 sack allowed

Northern Illinois: Doug Brown - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Raymond McGrew - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Jeff Newman - 1 sack allowed
Dave Riggs - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Connor Miller - 8; Maximus Meridius, Rich McGrady - 4; Tavaris Gant, Rashawn Ricks, Pete Kramer - 3
Sacks: Tyson Williams, Rich McGrady, Justin Joiner, Connor Miller - 1
INTs: Brady Huff, Pete Kramer - 2; Maximus Meridius, Connor Miller, Dwayne Smiley - 1

Northern Illinois
Tackles: Ryan Bentley, Jacob Johnson, Rich Norton - 7; Will Garcia - 6; Isaac Bradley - 4
Sacks: Jed Patton - 2; Isaac Bradley, Rich Norton, Jeff Warren, Landon McClound - 1
INTs: None

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 1-1 FG, 38 yards, 5-5 XP
Northern Illinois - Gus Minton - 1-1 FG, 34 yards, 2-2 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 6 punts, 45.5 average, long 57, 35.8 net average, 1 touchback
Northern Illinois: Kelly Tolber - 2 punts, 42.0 average, long 44, 32.0 net average, 1 kickoff touchback


Kick Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 2 ret, 39.0 average, long 57
Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 15 yards
Northern Illinois: Khary Gonzalez - 5 ret, 29.3 average, long 63
Chip Donovan - 2 ret, 17.0 average, long 17

Punt Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 2 ret, 10.0 average, long 12
Northern Illinois: Chip Donovan - 4 ret, 9.5 average, long 20

Next Week: We head on down to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to take on the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest.

[General Mike]

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

We played a very undisciplined game. We committed alot of bad penalties, whethere it was holding, face masks or clipping penalties. We had a 99 yard interception return early in the game called back, and then a 70 yard TD pass erased in the 3rd quarter. We forced alot of turnovers, but we needed them to make up for the awful game we played. The fact that we got 3 INTs in the last 2 minutes made alot of difference in the result as well.

Offense: We had a couple big plays, but we mostly kept the ball on the ground and tried to play mistake free football. Turnovers had a big effect on us today as we kept moving backwards and kept killing drives. The OLine didn't play awful, but Eldridge was sacked more times than I would have liked to have seen.

Defense: We played sloppy, especially in our pass defense. We gave up alot of yardage through the air, but we did get some timely INTs to put us in a position to score. Connor Miller had a standout game on defense, and Brady Huff shined lated in the game with 2 picks in the last minute of the game.

Grades
QB: B
RB: B
WR: C
TE: C
OL: C
DL: B
LB: B
DB: B-
Special Teams: A-

[RealDeal]

Why did you turn the penalty sliders all the way up? I understand that penalties are a bit low normally, but I think all the way up is too much, particularly for some types of penalties. Also, does that make it more fun? As much as I like realism, I always found that I'd rather not have to deal with penalties because the AI screws them up anyway. In Madden 2004, holding happens once in a blue moon, but facemasks happen once a series.

[General Mike]

Originally posted by RealDeal
Why did you turn the penalty sliders all the way up? I understand that penalties are a bit low normally, but I think all the way up is too much, particularly for some types of penalties. Also, does that make it more fun? As much as I like realism, I always found that I'd rather not have to deal with penalties because the AI screws them up anyway. In Madden 2004, holding happens once in a blue moon, but facemasks happen once a series.

It does make it a little more challanging, which adds a little bit to the fun when playing teams like Navy and Temple. I might make some adjustments to some of the penalty sliders tho, basically holding and face mask, because they seemed to be happening every play. I'll probably drop the celebration penalty down to the default as well.

[General Mike]

Week 4 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#24 Nebraska @ #6 Louisville - Louisville 37-31 OT

Other National Games
Notre Dame @ #15 Texas A&M - Notre Dame 48-17
Nevada-Las Vegas @ #5 Ohio State - Ohio State 44-21
#2 Rutgers @ Northern Illinois - Rutgers 38-17

Other Top 25 Games
Washington State @ #1 Texas - Texas 41-13
Tulsa @ #3 Miami - Miami 40-13
#4 Virginia Tech @ Kansas - Virginia Tech 37-21
Indiana @ #7 Oklahoma - Oklahoma 45-19
#8 Tennessee @ Colorado State - Tennessee 14-10
Northwestern @ #9 Arkansas - Arkansas 38-6
Kent State @ #10 Michigan - Michigan 42-21
#11 Southern Cal @ Purdue - Southern Cal 24-17
#12 Oklahoma State @ Tulane - Oklahoma State 48-20
Georgia Tech @ #13 Florida State - Florida State 31-24
Kansas State @ #14 Washington - Kansas State 42-26
Syracuse @ #16 Penn State - Syracuse 33-23
Utah State @ #17 Ole Miss - Ole Miss 41-16
#19 North Carolina State @ Temple - North Carolina State 34-13
Ball State @ #20 West Virginia - Ball State 20-17 OT
Navy @ #21 UCLA - Navy 17-16
#22 Auburn @ Vanderbilt - Auburn 31-14
#23 Maryland @ San Diego State - Maryland 38-23
Michigan State @ #25 Virginia - Virginia 45-14

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Overpowering!
Aggies are demoralized in 48-17 whipping by Notre Dame
Photo: Kevin Williams, Notre Dame #24

Top 25 Polls
Story: House Broken
#15 Texas A&M fails to defend their home turf against Notre Dame.
Photo: Victor Abiamiri, Notre Dame #95, tackles Sydney Garrison, Texas A&M #7

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (39) 3-0 1455
2 2 Rutgers (20) 2-0 1395
3 3 Miami 3-0 1337
4 4 Virginia Tech 4-0 1279
5 5 Ohio State (1) 3-0 1223
6 6 Louisville 2-0 1172
7 7 Oklahoma 3-0 1113
8 8 Tennessee 4-0 1059
9 9 Arkansas 3-0 1006
10 10 Michigan 3-0 955
11 11 Southern Cal 2-1 854
12 12 Oklahoma State 3-0 854
13 13 Florida State 3-0 805
14 17 Ole Miss 2-1 575
15 18 Colorado 2-0 575
16 19 North Carolina State 2-1 490
17 NR Notre Dame 3-0 415
18 22 Auburn 2-1 369
19 23 Maryland 2-1 331
20 NR Syracuse 3-0 320
21 25 Virginia 3-0 293
22 14 Washington 2-1 276
23 15 Texas A&M 2-2 237
24 16 Penn State 1-2 228
25 NR Southern Miss 2-1 221
Dropping Out: West Virginia (#20 last week)
UCLA (#21 last week)
Nebraska (#24 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (45) 3-0 1749
2 2 Rutgers (22) 2-0 1678
3 3 Virginia Tech (1) 4-0 1608
4 4 Miami (2) 3-0 1540
5 5 Ohio State (1) 3-0 1472
6 6 Oklahoma 3-0 1406
7 7 Tennessee 4-0 1341
8 8 Arkansas 3-0 1277
9 9 Louisville 2-0 1228
10 10 Southern Cal 2-1 1091
11 11 Michigan 3-0 1091
12 12 Oklahoma State 3-0 1032
13 13 Florida State 3-0 973
14 17 Colorado 2-0 750
15 18 Ole Miss 2-1 645
16 19 North Carolina State 2-1 594
17 NR Notre Dame 3-0 542
18 23 Maryland 2-1 402
19 24 Virginia 3-0 402
20 NR Syracuse 3-0 396
21 25 Auburn 2-1 313
22 14 Texas A&M 2-2 308
23 15 Washington 2-1 304
24 16 Penn State 1-2 276
25 21 Nebraska 1-2 197
Dropping Out: West Virginia (#20 last week)
UCLA (#22 last week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Heisman Material?
Downs has led Oklahoma to a 3-0 record and has fans in Norman talking about Heisman.
Photo: Jermain Down, Oklahoma #14

<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
79 car, 550 yards, 7 TD, 2 rec, 32 yards
<> Jr. HB Deter Novak, Colorado
42 car, 223 yards, 10 rec, yards, 2 total TD
/\ Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami
47-94, 761 yards, 31 car, 165 yards, 7 total TD
/\ RS Jr. QB Jermain Downs, Oklahoma
48-80, 642 yards, 21 car, 213 yards, 9 total TD
/\ Jr. WR Adam Hedgecock, Arkansas
13 rec, 331 yards, 3 TD, 2 car, 11 yards

Players of the Week
Story: Another Level
An easy win against Texas A&M earns Notre Dame's Upton Player of the Week
Photo: Brian Upton, Notre Dame #40, tackles Sydney Garrison, Texas A&M #7

National PotW
Offensive: RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State - 26 car, 167 yards, 3 rec, 11 yards, 5 total TD
Defensive: Sr. ROLB Max Bratton, Ball State - 13 tackles (1 TFL), 1 sack, 2 INT

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. HB Brady Minton, Virginia Tech - 28 car, 198 yards, 2 TD
Defensive: Sr. MLB Brady Huff, Rutgers - 1 tackle (1 TFL), 2 INT, TD

Congrats to Southern Miss's Jeeber D Mack, who was named Conference USA's Defensive PotW after a 8 tackles (3 TFL), 3 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery performance.

Also congrats to Louisiana-Monroe's Sony Luangphone who was named the Sun Belt Offensive PotW after a 31-45, 405 yards, 10 car, 33 yards, 4 total TD performance.

Conference Standings
Story: Football Country
There's no denying that the Big East is best conference in football.
Photo: Chris Hood, Miami #55, and Gaylon Gilmore, Miami #19, discuss their win over Tulsa

Coaches' Report Card
Rutgers fans and the local media wants you to stay in New Brunswick.
Job Security: A+

[Nyarlahotep]

Wo0t!!!! Go Irish!!!!

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by General Mike
Congrats to Southern Miss's Jeeber D Mack, who was named Conference USA's Defensive PotW after a 8 tackles (3 TFL), 3 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery performance.

Damn, that's quite a game. Good to see Southern Miss back in the top 25...

[General Mike]

#2 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2-0) @ #73 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1-2)

I'm really not sure how this game stacks up. We need to stay focused at the task at hand tho. This game will have regional television coverage.

Key Players
Rutgers: MLB, Brady Huff, SS Maximus Meridius, CB Pete Kramer
Wake Forest: HB Jamie Taylor, MLB Donald Smiley, CB Jamar Strickland

Injuries
Rutgers: None
Wake Forest: CB Bryan Newman - Pulled Hamstring - 1 week
WR Jeff Wright - Broken Thumb - 1 week

In the 1st quarter, Justin Joiner suffered a dislocated shoulder and was sidelined for 2 quarters.

Halftime Score: Rutgers 28, Wake Forest 21

Final Score: Rutgers 48, Wake Forest 21

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 10 yard pass from Eldridge to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 2:56
Wake 34 yard pass from Robbins to Reid (Milton Kick) - 0:46

2nd quarter
Wake 1 yard run by Rawls (Milton Kick) - 7:16
RU 22 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 5:15
Wake 1 yard run by Robbins (Milton Kick) - 3:46
RU 34 yard interception return by Huff (Apollo Kick) - 1:34
RU 49 yard pass from Eldridge to Hendricks (Apollo Kick) - 0:20

3rd quarter
RU 21 yard pass from Eldridge to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 5:49
RU 37 yard FG by Apollo - 2:06

4th Quarter
RU 20 yard FG by Apollo - 7:11
RU 8 yard pass from Eldridge to Galt (Apollo Kick) - 3:48

Players of the Game
Rutgers: MLB Brady Huff - 7 tackles (2 TFL), INT, TD
Wake Forest: SS Mike Wesley - 14 tackles (3 TFL), INT, FF, FR

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 14-24, 210 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT
Wake Forest: Levi Robbins - 10-20, 152 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 13 car, 64 yards, long 24
Brendan Eldridge - 15 car, 39 yards, long 15
James Kendrick - 2 car, 22 yards, 1 TD, long 22
Mike Ritschel - 5 car, 16 yards, long 8
Steven Berlin - 1 car, 2 yards

Wake Forest: Jamie Taylor - 17 car, 92 yards, long 72
Dan Wood - 10 car, 21 yards, long 5
Barry Rawls - 2 car, 3 yards, 1 TD, long 2
Jermelle Floyd - 1 car, -9 yards
Levi Robbins - 13 car, -60 yards, 1 TD, long 2

Receiving
Rutgers: Samuel Johnson - 4 rec, 74 yards, 2 TD, long 32
John Galt - 3 rec, 30 yards, 1 TD, long 12
Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 56 yards, 1 TD, long 49
Mike Ritschel - 2 rec, 17 yards, long 10
Dan York - 1 rec, 17 yards
Steven Berlin - 1 rec, 9 yards
Chris Dodd - 1 rec, 7 yards

Wake Forest: Timi Reid - 4 rec, 76 yards, 1 TD, long 34
Barry Rawls - 2 rec, 45 yards, long 35
Ken McCormick - 2 rec, 18 yards, long 14
Dante Bradley - 1 rec, 10 yards
Jamie Taylor - 1 rec, 3 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Brandon Holt - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 1 sack allowed
Dan York - 1 sack allowed

Wake Forest: Tavarious Jones - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Jamie Taylor - 1 sack allowed
Ken McCormick - 1 sack allowed
Andrew Dunlap - 2 sacks allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 8; Brady Huff - 7; Connor Miller - 6
Sacks: Ed Cobb, Tyson Williams, Adrian Gary - 2; Rashawn Ricks - 1
INTs: Rashawn Ricks, Brady Huff - 1

Wake Forest
Tackles: Mike Wesley - 14; Donald Smiley - 6; Adrian Hedgecock - 5
Sacks: Douglas Stallings, Jonas Farrell, Ryan Davidson, Adrian Hedgecock, Donald Smiley - 1
INTs: Mike Wesley, Travis Hale, Donald Hess - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 2-2 FG, long of 37, 6-6 XP
Wake Forest: Sammie Milton - 3-3 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 4 punts, 48.2 average, long 54, 1 inside the 20, 38.0 net average
Wake Forest: Thomas Bowden - 10 punts, 42.1 average, long 50, 28.5 net average,

Kick Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 3 ret, 24.6 average, long 33
Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 22 yards
Wake Forest: Jamar Strickland - 5 ret, 18.0 average, long 20
Jamie Taylor - 3 ret, 17.0 average, long 19
Barry Rawls - 1 ret, 18 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 6 ret, 20.1 average, long 37
Adrian Gary - 2 ret, 14.0 average, long 15
Wake Forest: Jamie Taylor - 4 ret, 10.2 average, long 15

Next Week: Another road game, as this time we head to Tuscon, Arizona to take on the Wildcats.

[General Mike]

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

We played a game of 2 halfs today. Our 1st half was as sloppy as could be. We never got a good running game going, and we didn't do much right until 2 Interceptions late in the 2nd quarter to give us a 28-21 lead at the half. The 2nd half was a much better effort as we held onto the ball and were able to play a good enough defensive game to keep the Demon Deacons off the board.

Offensive: We didn't do a great job running the ball but we did have some short immediate passing success. Our OLine had neither a good or bad game. Sam Johnson had his best game as a collegian today.

Defense: Our 1st half was a lesson in mediocrity. We had a tough time stoping them in every facet of the game, but we turned things around in the 2nd half with a nice swarming effort by our Linebackers. We were able to put good pressure on the QB with a mixture of the blitz and our straight front 4 rushing.

Special Teams: Our punt return team did a good job all day with giving us good field position to work with. Justin Apollo made a ton of big kicks, and Adam Slaughter made a couple really nice punts. Our punt and kick coverage teams did a good job of racing down the field, to keep Wake Forest from breaking off a big return.

Grades
QB: C
RB: C
WR: B-
TE: A-
OL: C
DL: B
LB: A
DB: B
Sp. Teams: A

[General Mike]

Week 5 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#7 Oklahoma @ Nevada-Las Vegas - Oklahoma 52-10

Other National Games
Toledo @ #4 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech 28-20
The Battle for the Megaphone, Michigan State @ #17 Notre Dame - Notre Dame 29-3
#18 Auburn @ #21 Virginia - Auburn 32-22

Other Top 25 Games
#3 Miami @ Boston College - Miami 53-10
Central Florida @ #5 Ohio State - Ohio State 24-19
#6 Louisville @ Washington State - Louisville 17-10
#8 Tennessee @ Florida - Tennessee 52-3
#9 Arkansas @ North Texas - North Texas 24-11
Houston @ #10 Michigan - Michigan 41-10
#12 Oklahoma State @ Pittsburgh - Oklahoma State 50-16
Arkansas State @ #13 Florida State - Florida State 30-27
#14 Ole Miss @ Iowa - Iowa 31-28
#15 Colorado @ Wisconsin - Colorado 31-14
Bowling Green @ #16 North Carolina State - North Carolina State 49-32
California @ #19 Maryland - Maryland 42-16
#20 Syracuse @ UCLA - Syracuse 31-28
Missouri @ #22 Washington - Washington 34-9
#23 Texas A&M @ Louisiana-Monroe - Texas A&M 28-24
#25 Southern Miss @ Alabama - Southern Miss 27-13
Marshall @ Nebraska - Nebraska 34-27

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Who's Laughing Now?
A visit to Denton knocks the #9 Razorbacks back to earth.
Photo: Jerron Thomas, Arkansas #59

Top 25 Polls
Story: A Thin Win
The Hawkeyes inch past Ole Miss, 31-28
Photo: Brian Hamilton, Iowa #21, sheds a tackles from a Ole Miss defender.

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (33) 3-0 1449
2 2 Rutgers (22) 3-0 1382
3 3 Miami (1) 4-0 1317
4 4 Virginia Tech (1) 5-0 1254
5 5 Ohio State (1) 4-0 1192
6 6 Louisville 3-0 1132
7 7 Oklahoma 4-0 1073
8 8 Tennessee 5-0 1016
9 10 Michigan 4-0 905
10 12 Oklahoma State 4-0 801
11 11 Southern Cal 2-1 796
12 13 Florida State 4-0 750
13 15 Colorado 3-0 655
14 16 North Carolina State 3-1 568
15 17 Notre Dame 4-0 565
16 18 Auburn 3-1 493
17 19 Maryland 3-1 444
18 20 Syracuse 4-0 441
19 22 Washington 3-1 333
20 9 Arkansas 3-1 326
21 23 Texas A&M 3-2 289
22 NR Iowa 3-1 287
23 14 Ole Miss 2-2 280
24 24 Penn State 1-2 241
25 25 Southern Miss 3-1 236
Dropping Out: Virginia (#21 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (50) 3-0 1754
2 2 Rutgers (21) 3-0 1675
3 3 Virginia Tech 5-0 1598
4 4 Miami 4-0 1523
5 5 Ohio State 4-0 1450
6 6 Oklahoma 4-0 1378
7 7 Tennessee 5-0 1307
8 9 Louisville 3-0 1172
9 11 Michigan 4-0 1042
10 10 Southern Cal 2-1 1037
11 12 Oklahoma State 4-0 980
12 13 Florida State 4-0 920
13 14 Colorado 3-0 861
14 16 North Carolina State 3-1 698
15 17 Notre Dame 4-0 694
16 18 Maryland 3-1 595
17 20 Syracuse 4-0 541
18 21 Auburn 3-1 519
19 8 Arkansas 3-1 423
20 22 Texas A&M 3-2 394
21 23 Washington 3-1 365
22 15 Ole Miss 2-2 298
23 24 Penn State 1-2 290
24 NR Iowa 3-1 282
25 25 Nebraska 2-2 265
Dropping Out: Virginia (#19 last week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Rolling Along
Minton is mentioned on everybody's Heisman list.
Photo: Brady Minton, Virginia Tech #39

<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
95 car, 646 yards, 8 TD, 4 rec, 45 yards
/\ Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami
65-122, 1008 yards, 38 car, 261 yards, 12 total TD
/\ RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
75 car, 460 yards, 5 rec, 66 yards, 5 total TD
\/ Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
70 car, 393 yards, 3 rec, 44 yards, 5 total TD
/\ RS Soph. HB Brady Minton, Virginia Tech
116 car, 643 yards, 6 TD, 10 rec, 111 yards

Players of the Week
Story: A Hero Emerges
Oklahoma's Blake is named Player of the Week after convincing victory.
Photo: Kalvin Blake, Oklahoma #24

National PotW
Offensive: RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota - 30 car, 214 yards, 22 rec yards, 3 total TD
Defensive: Sr. CB Gaylon McKinney, Oklahoma State - 4 tackles, INT, FF, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami - 18-28, 247 yards, 7 car, 96 yards, 5 total TD
Defensive: Sr. SS Chris Renedo, Temple - 3 tackles, 2 INT, TD

Congrats to Sony Luangphone who was named the Sun Belt Offensive PotW for the second straight week. He put up the following numbers: 19-31, 229 yards, 12 car, 49 yards, 2 total TDs

Conference Standings
Story: What Hit 'Em?
The Volunteers rub it in against hated Florida.
Photo: Torrance Young, Tennessee #33, avoids a diving Roscoe Luhr, Florida #57

Coach's Report Card
Good game last week. Celebrate tonight, and then get ready for Arizona.
Job Security: A+

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by General Mike
#9 Arkansas @ North Texas - North Texas 24-11

Cover Story
Who's Laughing Now?
A visit to Denton knocks the #9 Razorbacks back to earth.
Photo: Jerron Thomas, Arkansas #59


Woohoo! Go Green!

Hmmm, what the heck happened to Southern Miss? They were ranked #25 last week, they beat Alabama, but now they're not in the top 25 anymore (and they aren't listed as having dropped out)?

Edit: Jut realized that #25 isn't listed. Is that where they're at still?

[Nyarlahotep]

Somebody at Tiberon loves North Texas. In every dynasty I have played, they have become a national powerhouse.

[John Galt]

Galt seems to be struggling as the Flanker. Hopefully, things will turn around as the season goes on.

[General Mike]

Originally posted by JeeberD
Woohoo! Go Green!

Hmmm, what the heck happened to Southern Miss? They were ranked #25 last week, they beat Alabama, but now they're not in the top 25 anymore (and they aren't listed as having dropped out)?

Edit: Jut realized that #25 isn't listed. Is that where they're at still?

Yeah, when I typed the poll up in notepad, I forgot to put #25 in.

I edited the week in review to reflect the change.

[General Mike]

Originally posted by John Galt
Galt seems to be struggling as the Flanker. Hopefully, things will turn around as the season goes on.

We haven't really found a passing rhythm early in the season. Look for the touches to increase as the season moves on.

[General Mike]

Originally posted by Nyarlahotep
Somebody at Tiberon loves North Texas. In every dynasty I have played, they have become a national powerhouse.

They haven't become one in this one yet. No team from the Sun Belt has really emerged as the top tier team, even tho Fresno State has continued success in the WAC, UNLV and Colorado State have been good in the Mountain West, and Southern Miss and Louisville are the class of Conference USA.

[Nyarlahotep]

Originally posted by General Mike
They haven't become one in this one yet. No team from the Sun Belt has really emerged as the top tier team, even tho Fresno State has continued success in the WAC, UNLV and Colorado State have been good in the Mountain West, and Southern Miss and Louisville are the class of Conference USA.

You really haven't gotten very far into the dynasty, although I have seen them having undefeated seasons as early as 2005 in my dynasties. It is usually around 2010 before they become a staple in the national championship race. I would be interesting to see if that was actually just some random occurance in all my dynasties.

[RealDeal]

So far so good for the Volunteers. Have I been making contributions in their fast start?

[General Mike]

Originally posted by RealDeal
So far so good for the Volunteers. Have I been making contributions in their fast start?

I'm not really sure how you've done. I'll check your stats next time I play.

[General Mike]

#2 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-0) @ #91 Arizona Wildcats (1-3)

I'm really not sure how this game stacks up. We need to stay focused on the task at hand tho and get back on track as the conference season is coming up fast. This game will have regional television coverage.

Key Players
Rutgers: MLB, Brady Huff, SS Maximus Meridius, HB Dan York
Arizona: HB Ron Reid, WR Collin Hooks, LOLB Dexter Mullins

Injuries
Rutgers: None
Arizona: LG Vincent Brown - Foot Stress Fracture - 9 weeks
QB Richard Kovalcheck - Foot Stress Fracture - 3 weeks
CB D.T. Wadsworth - Hip Pointer - 2 weeks

Halftime Score: Rutgers 31, Arizona 3

Brendan Eldridge's 6 TD passes were a new school record. Rich Policastro had set the previous record on November 22, 1969 vs Colgate.

Final Score: Rutgers 73, Arizona 6

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 39 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 4:16
RU 60 yard interception return by Gary (Apollo Kick) - 0:00

2nd quarter
RU 11 yard pass from Eldridge to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 5:24
RU 58 yard pass from Eldridge to Hendricks (Apollo Kick) - 3:55
Arizona 29 yard FG by Grady - 1:22
RU 26 yard FG by Apollo - 0:00

3rd quarter
RU 13 yard pass from Eldridge to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 6:31
RU 32 yard pass from Eldridge to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 4:50
Arizona 32 yard FG by Grady - 1:28

4th Quarter
RU 12 yard pass from Eldridge to Galt (Apollo Kick) - 9:57
RU 6 yard pass from Eldridge to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 4:21
RU 13 yard interception return by Huff (Apollo Kick) - 3:30
RU 9 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 1:26

Players of the Game
Rutgers: QB Brendan Eldrodge - 24-30, 426 yards, 6 TD
Arizona: FS Mack Hayes - 9 tackles, FF, FR

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 24-30, 426 yards, 6 TD
Arizona: Richie Woodson - 16-34, 212 yards, 3 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 13 car, 195 yards, 2 TD, long 56
Mike Ritschel - 4 car, 34 yards, long 28
Brendan Eldridge - 5 car, -30 yards

Arizona: Ron Reid - 19 car, 56 yards, long 19
Jamar Hull - 4 car, 3 yards, long 1
Phillip Landry - 1 car, 2 yards
Richie Woodson - 9 car, -18 yards, long 5

Receiving
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 80 yards, 1 TD, long 58
John Galt - 4 rec, 64 yards, 1 TD, long 23
Dan York - 4 rec, 61 yards, long 45
Mike Ritschel - 3 rec, 60 yards, 2 TD, long 32
Chris Dodd - 2 rec, 48 yards, 1 TD, long 42
Jacque Crayton - 3 rec, 37 yards, long 17
Derrell Humphrey - 2 rec, 30 yards, long 19
Samuel Johnson - 2 rec, 25 yards, 1 TD, long 13
Adrian Gary - 2 rec, 21 yards, long 12

Arizona: Jason Leslie - 5 rec, 90 yards, long 33
Emmanuel Barnard - 3 rec, 30 yards, long 19
Alexander Lee - 3 rec, 30 yards, long 18
Collin Hooks - 1 rec, 26 yards
Ron Reid - 1 rec, 14 yards
Michael Hess - 1 rec, 12 yards
Jermelle Craft - 1 rec, 6 yards
Mike Harris - 1 rec, 4 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Khary McLaughlin - 4 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Brandon Holt - 3 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Frederick Spivey - 3 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Josh Hendricks - 1 pancake

Arizona: Alexander Lee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Alonzo Hatcher - 1 sack allowed
Joe Dillard - 1 sack allowed
Michael Hess - 1 sack allowed
Travis Dickens - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Brett Irvin, Maximus Meridius - 8; Pete Kramer, Brady Huff - 5; Justin Joiner, Rich McGrady, Ed Cobb - 3
Sacks: Maximus Meridius, Tyson Williams, Brady Huff, Justin Joiner, Trey Donnelly - 1
INTs: Adrian Gary - 2; Brady Huff - 1

Arizona
Tackles: Mack Hayes - 9; Cal Barrett - 6; Hakim Grimes, Renaldo Farrell - 5
Sacks: Amon Hendricks, Mike Harris, Hakim Grimes, Curtis Ballard - 1
INTs: None

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 1-1 FG, 26 yards, 10-10 XP
Arizona: Jimi Grady - 2-3 FG, long of 32

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 1 punts, 33 yards, 33.0 net average
Arizona: Jerrell Ellis - 8 punts, 36.8 average, long of 48, 22.5 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 1 ret, 33 yards
Adrian Gary - 2 ret, 17.5 average, long 22
Arizona: Ron Reid - 6 ret, 28.0 average, long 61
Cal Barrett - 4 ret, 17.5 average, long 22
Mike Harris - 1 ret, 17 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 6 ret, 19.1 average, long 31
Arizona: No returns

Next Week: We head home for the conference opener against the #4 Virginia Tech Hokies.

[General Mike]

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

We finally just came out of the gates and dominated a team. We did a good job of preventing turnovers, and our defense and special teams really did a great job creating opportunities for our offense.

Offense: Eldridge had his best game as the starting QB. He found the wide open guys, didn't rush the ball and made some great plays. Our running game did a good jub of wearing down Arizona's Defensive Line, who put alot of pressure on us in the 1st half, but didn't have the same success in the 2nd half.

Defense: We kept them out of the endzone which is always a good sign, they did run the ball fairly well, but we did a nice job of keeping their passing attack under control. Brady Huff had another quality game.

Special Teams: Not much to comment on special teams wise. Slaughter's lone punt was fair caught at the 8 yard line. Apollo made all the kicks he had too, but I'm not sure if he's the right guy for kickoffs. Galt is a really solid kick returner, but he hasn't broken the big one yet. I have confidence it will happen in one of the next few games.

Grades
QB: A+
RB: A-
WR: B+
TE: B+
OL: B
DL: B+
LB: B
DB: B+
Sp. Teams: B+

[General Mike]

Originally posted by RealDeal
So far so good for the Volunteers. Have I been making contributions in their fast start?

You're 3rd on the the Vols in tackles with 27, plus 2 picks, and 4 pass deflections, 1 forced fumble.

[General Mike]

Week 6 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#1 Texas @ #15 Notre Dame - Texas 47-3

Other National Games
Boston College @ #16 Auburn - Auburn 33-10
The Battle for the Governor's Victory Bell, Minnesota @ #24 Penn State - Minnesota 35-14
West Virginia @ #17 Maryland - West Virginia 27-21

Other Top 25 Games
#3 Miami @ Wyoming - Miami 31-24
Northwestern @ #5 Ohio State - Ohio State 33-23
Baylor @ #6 Louisville - Louisville 37-17
South Carolina @ #8 Tennessee - Tennessee 31-7
Indiana @ #9 Michigan - Indiana 31-25
#11 Southern Cal @ California - Southern Cal 26-23
#12 Florida State @ Duke - Florida State 54-13
Nevada-Las Vegas @ #13 Colorado - Colorado 34-10
North Carolina @ #14 North Carolina State - North Carolina State 31-14
Memphis @ #18 Syracuse - Syracuse 33-13
Stanford @ #19 Washington - Washington 24-23
#20 Arkansas @ Alabama - Arkansas 24-14
#22 Iowa @ Michigan State - Iowa 31-6
#25 Southern Miss @ Bowling Green - Southern Miss 35-7

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Heart Stopper!
Michigan is stunned in a nail-biter to Indiana.
Photo: Gene Day, Indiana #11

Top 25 Polls
Story: Important Step
West Virginia sneaks past rival Maryland 27-21.
Photo: John Huggins, West Virginia #81

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (30) 4-0 1446
2 2 Rutgers (28) 4-0 1365
3 3 Miami (1) 5-0 1312
4 4 Virginia Tech 5-0 1259
5 5 Ohio State 5-0 1207
6 6 Louisville 4-0 1155
7 7 Oklahoma 4-0 1104
8 8 Tennessee 6-0 1053
9 10 Oklahoma State 5-0 953
10 11 Southern Cal 3-1 856
11 12 Florida State 5-0 856
12 13 Colorado 4-0 808
13 14 North Carolina State 4-1 718
14 16 Auburn 4-1 626
15 18 Syracuse 5-0 576
16 19 Washington 4-1 491
17 20 Arkansas 4-1 448
18 9 Michigan 4-1 412
19 15 Notre Dame 4-1 397
20 21 Texas A&M 3-2 387
21 22 Iowa 4-1 362
22 23 Ole Miss 2-2 295
23 NR West Virginia 4-1 254
24 25 Southern Miss 4-1 237
25 NR Fresno State 4-1 197
Dropping Out: Maryland (#17 last week)
Penn State (#24 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Texas (48) 4-0 1752
2 2 Rutgers (22) 4-0 1649
3 3 Virginia Tech (1) 5-0 1581
4 4 Miami 5-0 1513
5 5 Ohio State 5-0 1447
6 6 Oklahoma 4-0 1382
7 7 Tennessee 6-0 1318
8 8 Louisville 4-0 1255
9 10 Southern Cal 3-1 1071
10 11 Oklahoma State 5-0 1071
11 12 Florida State 5-0 1012
12 13 Colorado 4-0 954
13 14 North Carolina State 4-1 847
14 17 Syracuse 5-0 732
15 18 Auburn 4-1 633
16 19 Arkansas 4-1 582
17 20 Texas A&M 3-2 512
18 9 Michigan 4-1 509
19 21 Washington 4-1 483
20 15 Notre Dame 4-1 438
21 22 Ole Miss 2-2 407
22 24 Iowa 4-1 342
23 NR West Virginia 4-1 335
24 16 Maryland 3-2 281
25 25 Nebraska 2-2 271
Dropping Out: Penn State (#23 last week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Gaining Momentum
Gilmore has put up some nice numbers in leading Miami to a 5-0 record.
Photo: Gaylon Gilmore, Miami #19

<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
117 car, 779 yards, 4 rec, 45 yards, 9 total TD
/\ RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
100 car, 669 yards, 6 rec, 85 yards, 7 total TD
\/ Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami
80-146, 1264 yards, 48 car, 328 yards, 15 total TD
/\ RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
94 car, 615 yards, 7 rec, 85 yards, 9 total TD
/\ Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
140 car, 732 yards, 10 TD, 6 rec, 68 yards

Players of the Week
Story: In Control!
Rutgers's Gary earns POTW honors after great performance against Arizona.
Photo: Adrian Gary, Rutgers #39

National PotW
Offensive: RS Frosh. QB Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers - 24-30, 426 yards, 6 TD
Defensive: Jr. SS Nic Wagner, Indiana - 8 tackles (1 TFL), INT, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Frosh. QB Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers - 24-30, 426 yards, 6 TD
Defensive: RS Soph. CB Adrian Gary, Rutgers - 2 tackles, 2 INT, TD

Conference Standings
Story: Building Momentum
USC's sitting pretty after conference opener against Cal.
Photo: Gerard Genty, Southern Cal #44, is congratulated by Ryan Rollins, Southern Cal #53, on his game winning FG.

Coach's Report Card
The players seem to be responding to your coaching. Keep on winning, Coach.
Job Security: A+

[Nyarlahotep]

Noooooo!!! This was gonna be our season.

[JeeberD]

Seeing Texas bitch slap Notre Dame is simple beautiful... :)

[Nyarlahotep]

NOt as beautiful as watching Texas get bitch slapped later in the season will be.

[General Mike]

play nice children

[Nyarlahotep]

Do we have to?

[General Mike]

#4 Virginia Tech Hokies (5-0/0-0)#2 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-0/0-0)

This is gonna be a tough game. We had 1st half trouble against Northern Illinois and West Virginia, and they don't have the depth to match up with us. Virginia Tech does. This will be a hard fought battle, and is the National Game of the Week.

Key Players
Virginia Tech: HB Brady Minton, QB Ronnie English, MLB Charley Hilton
Rutgers: MLB Brady Huff, QB Brendan Eldridge, HB Dan York

Injuries
Virginia Tech: None
Rutgers: None

Halftime Score: Virginia Tech 17, Rutgers 14

Final Score: Virginia Tech 33, Rutgers 21

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 1 yard run by Berlin (Apollo Kick) - 6:54
VT 8 yard pass from English to Marks (Norman Kick) - 5:52

2nd quarter
VT 50 yard pass from English to Hilliard (Norman Kick) - 8:28
VT 34 yard FG by Norman - 7:29
RU 2 yard run by Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 0:04

3rd quarter
VT 35 yard FG by Norman - 6:21
VT 35 yard FG by Norman - 2:57

4th Quarter
RU 5 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 8:58
VT 1 yard run by Minton (Norman Kick) - 7:57
VT 51 yard FG by Norman - 3:14

Players of the Game
Rutgers: HB Dan York - 16 car, 178 yards, TD, 4 rec, 23 yards
Virginia Tech: CB Trevor Archer - 4 tackles (2 TFL), 2 INT

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 28-44, 369 yards, 4 INT
Virginia Tech: Ronnie English - 13-26, 350 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 16 car, 178 yards, 1 TD, long 49
James Kendrick - 4 car, 29 yards, long 14
Mike Ritschel - 6 car, 9 yards, 1 TD, long 5
Steven Berlin - 1 car, 1 yard, 1 TD
Brendan Eldridge - 11 car, -60 yards, long 16

Virginia Tech: Brady Minton - 18 car, 54 yards, 1 TD, long 33
Jeff Moultry - 1 car, 1 yard
Ronnie English - 8 car, -32 yards. long 3

Receiving
Rutgers: John Galt - 7 rec, 118 yards, long 45
Jacque Crayton - 4 rec, 72 yards, long 37
Derrell Humphrey - 2 rec, 60 yards, long 40
Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 41 yards, long 25
Mike Ritschel - 5 rec, 34 yards, long 10
Dan York - 4 rec, 23 yards, long 14
Josh Hendricks - 3 rec, 21 yards, long 10

Virginia Tech: Jermaine Hilliard - 6 rec, 156 yards, 1 TD, long 67
Zach Dempsey - 2 rec, 29 yards, long 19
Tyler Day - 1 rec, 29 yards
Jerome Marks - 3 rec, 28 yards, 1 TD, long 12
Jeff Moultry - 1 rec, 8 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Brandon Holt - 11 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Samuel Johnson - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Frederick Spivey - 3 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 3 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed

Virginia Tech: Matthew Evans - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Booker Osborne - 1 sack allowed
Demetri Darby - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 6; Pete Kramer, Tavaris Gant, Connor Miller, Justin Joiner, Rich McGrady, Brady Huff - 4
Sacks: Rich McGrady - 3; Trey Donnelly, Maximus Meridius - 1
INTs: Tavaris Gant, Pete Kramer - 1

Virginia Tech
Tackles: Louis Sheppard - 11; Reshard Drew - 9; Charley Hilton - 8; Skip Blanks - 7
Sacks: Gino Dennison - 2; Kevin Payton, Mike Paulding, Dominique Golden, Louis Sheppard, Charley Hilton - 1
INTs: Trevor Archer - 2; Mike Mason - 1; Charley Hilton - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 0-1 FG, 3-3 XP
Virginia Tech: Chris Norman - 4-4 FG, long 51, 3-3 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 2 punts, 52.5 average, long 53, 37.0 net average
Virginia Tech: Terrance Lamb - 5 kickoff touchbacks, 4 punts, 52.5 average, long 75, 1 inside the 20, 35.0 net average, 2 touchbacks

Kick Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 1 ret, 68 yards
Adrian Gary - 2 ret, 17.5 average, long 20
Virginia Tech: Jermaine Hilliard - 3 ret, 17.3 average, long 21
Reshard Drew - 1 ret, 13 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 1 ret, 30 yards
Virginia Tech: Reshard Drew - 2 ret, 15.5 average, long 20

Next Week: We head down to Morgantown, West Virginia to take on the Mountaineers, and to try to get our season back on track.

[General Mike]

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

That's a tough loss, and it's one of those games where we just did not execute. We had alot of turnovers and they weren't the silly turnovers either. They all came when we were moving the ball down the field and had a chance to put the ball in the endzone or at worse pick up 3 on a short FG.

Offense: We had a good game offensively, putting up nearly 500 yards of total offense, but the turnovers killed us. Sacks in the red zone were another momentum killer, and we couldn't get our other running backs into a groove.

Defense: We put good coverage on their QB, but we had trouble with our deep pass coverage as we gave up several deep plays, and we had discipline problems which led to a couple crucial roughing the passer penalties. Our run coverage was decent.

Grades
QB: C-
RB: A
WR: B+
TE: A
OL: B-
DL: B
LB: B
DB: C-
Special Teams: C

[Nyarlahotep]

Tough loss man.

[General Mike]

Originally posted by Nyarlahotep
Tough loss man.

Not as tough as Texas' loss. :p

[General Mike]

Week 7 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#4 Virginia Tech @ #2 Rutgers - Virginia Tech 33-21

Other National Games
#23 West Virginia @ #3 Miami - Miami 8-5
Kansas State @ #1 Texas - Kansas State 28-26
#8 Tennessee @ #14 Auburn - Auburn 41-34 OT

Other Top 25 Games
#6 Louisville @ South Florida - Louisville 44-24
#7 Oklahoma @ Iowa State - Oklahoma 47-13
#10 Southern Cal @ Arizona State - Arizona State 43-38
Utah @ #11 Florida State - Florida State 51-7
#12 Colorado @ Baylor - Colorado 35-3
#13 North Carolina State @ Georgia Tech - Georgia Tech 24-21
#16 Washington @ UCLA - UCLA 24-21
#18 Michigan @ #21 Iowa - Michigan 24-3
The Battle for the Legends Trophy, #19 Notre Dame @ Stanford - Notre Dame 44-21
#20 Texas A&M @ Texas Tech - Texas A&M 33-26
#22 Ole Miss @ Florida - Ole Miss 38-31
#24 Southern Miss @ Cincinnati - Southern Miss 23-13
Clemson @ Maryland - Maryland 30-23

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
The Way to Play
Kansas State's sitting pretty after conference opener against Texas.
Photo: Deshan Pickett, Kansas State #21

Top 25 Polls
Story: What Madness!
Texas's loss to unranked Kansas State tops a wild weekend in football.
Photo: Hook 'Em, Texas mascot

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 4 Virginia Tech (34) 6-0 1450
2 3 Miami (23) 6-0 1394
3 5 Ohio State (1) 5-0 1271
4 6 Louisville (1) 5-0 1215
5 7 Oklahoma 5-0 1159
6 9 Oklahoma State 5-0 1050
7 2 Rutgers 4-1 1028
8 1 Texas 4-1 950
9 11 Florida State 6-0 944
10 12 Colorado 5-0 892
11 14 Auburn 5-1 888
12 15 Syracuse 5-0 742
13 8 Tennessee 6-1 711
14 17 Arkansas 4-1 600
15 18 Michigan 5-1 567
16 19 Notre Dame 5-1 511
17 NR Kansas State 4-1 488
18 20 Texas A&M 4-2 452
19 10 Southern Cal 3-2 390
20 22 Ole Miss 3-2 360
21 24 Southern Miss 5-1 296
22 13 North Carolina State 4-2 286
23 25 Fresno State 4-1 253
24 16 Washington 4-2 215
25 NR Maryland 4-2 202
Dropping Out: Iowa (#21 last week)
West Virginia (#23 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 3 Virginia Tech (51) 6-0 1755
2 4 Miami (20) 6-0 1581
3 5 Ohio State 5-0 1512
4 6 Oklahoma 5-0 1450
5 8 Louisville 5-0 1329
6 2 Rutgers 4-1 1240
7 10 Oklahoma State 5-0 1210
8 1 Texas 4-1 1176
9 11 Florida State 6-0 1151
10 12 Colorado 5-0 1092
11 15 Auburn 5-1 1071
12 14 Syracuse 5-0 976
13 7 Tennessee 6-1 919
14 16 Arkansas 4-1 805
15 17 Texas A&M 4-2 733
16 NR Kansas State 4-1 730
17 18 Michigan 5-1 706
18 20 Notre Dame 5-1 585
19 9 Southern Cal 3-2 531
20 21 Ole Miss 3-2 504
21 13 North Carolina State 4-2 369
22 24 Maryland 4-2 349
23 25 Nebraska 3-2 289
24 NR Minnesota 5-1 208
25 NR Southern Miss 5-1 156
Dropping Out: Washington (#19 last week)
Iowa (#22 Last Week)
West Virginia (#23 last week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Too Early To Tell?
Novak credits his O-line for allowing him to put up the numbers he has.
Photo: Dexter Novak, Colorado #27

<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
133 car, 855 yards, 6 rec, 90 yards, 10 total TD
<> RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
115 car, 786 yards, 9 rec, 138 yards, 9 total TD
/\ RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
134 car, 870 yards, 8 rec, 93 yards, 10 total TD
\/ Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami
94-175, 1424 yards, 62 car, 403 yards, 16 total TD
/\ Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
123 car, 671 yards, 3 rec, 44 yards, 8 total TD

Players of the Week
Story: The Main Man
Virginia Tech's Archer has a great day in conference opener.
Photo: Trevor Archer, Virginia Tech #3, wraps up Dan York, Rutgers #25

National PotW
Offensive: Sr. QB P.J. Medley, Florida State - 17-29, 310 yards, 4 TD, 3 car, 16 yards
Defensive: Jr. ROLB Nick Boyer, Central Florida - 14 tackles (3 TFL), 2 sacks, 4 FF, 4 FR

Big East PotW
Offensive: Sr. K Chris Norman, Virginia Tech - 4-4 FG, long of 51, 3-3 XP
Defensive: Jr. CB Trevor Archer, Virginia Tech - 4 tackles (2 TFL), 2 INT

Conference Standings
Story: Starting Strong
Cardinals win their conference opener against USF.
Photo: Adrian Dale, Louisville #11

Coach's Report Card
The AD has a lot of passion for the game of football, so he's not very happy about that loss.
Job Security: A+
Fan Base
Regional TV: 3-0
National TV: 1-1
Avg. Attendance: 38, 007

[General Mike]

Time for the Red River Shootout!

Place your bets!

[Blade6119]

do you expect me to bet against my team...especially after Texas loses to K-state...come on

[tucker342]

ouch tough loss

[General Mike]

Originally posted by tucker342
ouch tough loss

It's not as bad as losing to Miami every year.

[General Mike]

#7 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-1/0-1) @ #29 West Virginia (4-2/0-1)

We need to get back on track after a tough loss last week. West Virginia would also like redemption after their heartbreaker against Miami last week. This game will have regional coverage.

Key Players
Rutgers: MLB Brady Huff, HB Dan York, QB Brendan Eldridge
Arizona: HB Paul Tracy, WR John Huggins, LE Jeff Norwood

Injuries
Rutgers: None
West Virginia: LT Ethan Wilson - Broken Tailbone - 1 week

Halftime Score: Rutgers 27, West Virginia 0

Final Score: Rutgers 76, West Virginia 21

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 1 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 4:52

2nd quarter
RU 17 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 8:36
RU 36 yard FG by Apollo - 7:32
RU 49 yard FG by Apollo - 2:57
RU 82 yard punt return by Gary (Apollo Kick) - 1:22

3rd quarter
RU 1 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 3:56
WVU 77 yard pass from Sutherland to Higgins (Theodore Kick) - 3:41
RU 17 yard pass from Eldridge to Galt (Apollo Kick) - 1:31

4th Quarter
WVU 37 yard pass from Sutherland to Higgins (Theodore Kick) - 9:30
RU 69 yard pass from Eldridge to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 9:16
RU 30 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 7:34
RU 80 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 6:04
WVU 75 yard pass from Sutherland to Huggins (Theodore Kick) - 5:10
RU 65 yard interception return by Miller (Apollo Kick) - 2:13
RU 12 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 0:00

Players of the Game
Rutgers: HB Dan York - 26 car, 201 yards, 5 TD, 2 rec, 24 yards
West Virginia: WR John Huggins - 7 rec, 266 yards, 3 TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 20-34, 361 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Brooks Spencer - 1-1, 35 yards
West Virginia: Joe Sutherland - 18-32, 413 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Floyd Newton - 0-3, 1 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 26 car, 201 yards, 5 TD, long 80
Brendan Eldridge - 8 car, 38 yards, long 24
James Kendrick - 3 car, 20 yards, 1 TD, long 12
Mike Ritschel - 1 car, 1 yards

West Virginia: Paul Tracy - 14 car, 55 yards, long 18
Keenan Ivey - 2 car, 6 yards, long 3
Floyd Newton - 1 car, 3 yards
Chris Wyatt - 3 car, 1 yard
Joe Sutherland - 8 car, -39 yards

Receiving
Rutgers: John Galt - 7 rec, 166 yards, 1 TD, long 49
Chris Dodd - 3 rec, 102 yards, 1 TD, long 69
Jacque Crayton - 3 rec, 31 yards, long 16
Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 29 yards, long 19
Dan York - 2 rec, 24 yards, long 14
Mike Ritschel - 2 rec, 19 yards, long 14
Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 13 yards
Derrell Humphrey - 1 rec, 12 yards

West Virginia: John Huggins - 7 rec, 266 yards, 3 TD, long 77
Antwone James - 5 rec, 93 yards, long 43
Tab Riggs - 4 rec, 30 yards, long 15
Paul Tracy - 1 rec, 14 yards
Marley Riley - 1 rec, 10 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 5 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Brandon Holt - 5 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancakes,0 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 2 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
Chandler Hawkins - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed

West Virginia: Terrell Whitfield - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Cedric Murray - 2 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
Maurice Griffing - 1 sack allowed
Marley Riley - 1 sack allowed
Spencer Donnelly - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Tyson Williams, Maximus Meridius - 7; Brady Huff, Billy Collier - 5; Adrian Gary, Tavaris Gant, Pete Kramer - 4
Sacks: Tyson Williams - 3; Ed Cobb - 2; Rashawn Ricks - 1
INTs: Tavaris Gant, Pete Kramer, Connor Miller -1

West Virginia
Tackles: Carnell Hawkins - 8; Anton Bullock - 7; Gary Gray, Micah Jenkins - 6
Sacks: Connor James, Jimi Neal, E.J. Sellers - 1
INTs: Branden Ali, Carnell Hawkins - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 2-3 FG, long of 49, 10-10 XP
West Virginia: Santonio Theodore - 3-3 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 2 punts, 53.5 average, long 57, 14.5 net average
West Virginia: Tremayne Jones - 8 punts, 41.8 average, long 48, 1 inside the 20, 21.5 net average, 2 touchbacks

Kick Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 2 ret, 19.5 average, long 24
Chris Dodd - 1 ret, 24 yards
Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 22 yards
West Virginia: Micah Jenkins - 8 ret, 19.8 average, long 23
Paul Tracy - 3 ret, 16.6 avergae, long 22
Tre Thomas - 1 ret, 20 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 4 ret, 10.2 average, long 19
Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 82 yards, 1 TD
West Virginia: Paul Tracy - 2 ret, 39.0 average, long 57

Next Week: We head back home and try not to overlook the 0-5 Pittsburgh Panthers.

[General Mike]

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

We put a really fantastic offensive effort together today. We made a statement by running the ball down their throat for 6 scores. We also moved the ball fairly well thru the air, and without the turnover problems of the last game.

Offense: I'm not sure of it, but it seems that Dan York is the best running back we've had yet. He had a tremendous game today and should have gotten a 6th TD. Galt had a 2nd really good game receiving and our OLine did a good job for the most part today.

Defense: Pass coverage was abysmal today. There is no excuse for giving up 400+ yards thru the air when you have 3 all americans in your secondary. Pass coverage, both man and zone, will be stressed in practice this week. Our run coverage was solid considering how much time we had to use the nickel and dime packages today.

Special Teams: We got another punt return TD today, which was great to see. Justin Apollo made his longest FG of the season, and we had both good and bad kick coverage.

Grades
QB: B+
RB: A+
WR: A
TE: B
OL: B+
DL: A-
LB: B+
DB: D-

[General Mike]

Week 8 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
The Red River Shootout
#5 Oklahoma vs #8 Texas - Oklaoma 17-10

Other National Games
#17 Kansas State @ #6 Oklahoma State - Kanasa State 30-6
#12 Syracuse @ #1 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech 59-3
#2 Miami @ #9 Florida State - Florida State 38-21

Other Top 25 Games
#3 Ohio State @ Wisconsin - Ohio State 26-7
Army @ #4 Louisville - Louisville 34-3
Kansas @ #10 Colorado - Colorado 41-13
#11 Auburn @ #14 Arkansas - Arkansas 34-29
Georgia @ #13 Tennessee - Tennessee 38-28
The Battle for the Little Brown Jug, #15 Michigan @ Minnesota - Minnesota 55-34
Baylor @ #18 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 43-24
Stanford @ #19 Southern Cal - Southern Cal 41-24
#20 Ole Miss @ #22 North Carolina State - Ole Miss 26-20 OT
Akron @ #21 Southern Miss - Akron 29-23
#23 Fresno State @ Hawaii - Fresno State 51-20
Duke @ #25 Maryland - Maryland 43-21
The Battle for the Missouri - Nebraska Bell, Nebraska @ Missouri - Missouri 31-30 OT

Sports Illustrated - Bowl rankings

Cover Story
What a Weekend!
Hokies answer doubters on a weekend filled with great Top 25 action.
Photo: Ronnie English, Virginia Tech #17

Bowl Rankings
Story: Where Do They Stand?
The very first Bowl Rankings list is released.
Photo Ronnie English, Virginia Tech #17, picks up James Griffin, Virginia Tech #26, in celebration.

Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Virginia Tech 1.0 1.35 1.20 0 -0.5 3.05
2 Ohio State 2.0 2.77 4.08 0 -0.0 8.85
3 Oklahoma 3.5 3.57 3.04 0 -0.0 10.11
4 Louisville 3.5 3.64 4.28 0 -0.0 11.42
5 Florida State 5.0 4.93 2.72 0 -0.4 12.25
6 Rutgers 6.0 5.65 0.62 1 -0.0 13.29
7 Miami 8.0 8.42 1.12 1 -0.0 18.54
8 Colorado 7.0 7.14 4.64 0 -0.0 18.78
9 Kansas State 9.0 9.91 0.60 1 -0.0 20.51
10 Arkansas 10.0 11.12 1.52 1 -0.0 23.64
11 Tennessee 11.0 10.37 2.60 1 -0.0 24.97
12 Texas 13.0 12.65 0.16 2 -0.0 27.81
13 Oklahoma State 12.0 12.21 3.76 1 -0.0 28.97
14 Notre Dame 14.5 14.71 2.76 1 -0.0 32.97
15 Texas A&M 14.5 17.86 0.92 2 -0.0 35.28


Top 25 Polls
Story: Hurricanes Lose One
Seminoles knock off previously-unbeaten Miami 38-21.
Photo: , Miami #40
Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Virginia Tech (33) 7-0 1449
2 3 Ohio State (21) 6-0 1301
3 4 Louisville (1) 6-0 1246
4 5 Oklahoma (3) 6-0 1235
5 9 Florida State (1) 7-0 1175
6 7 Rutgers 5-1 1039
7 10 Colorado 6-0 941
8 2 Miami 6-1 939
9 17 Kansas State 5-1 797
10 14 Arkansas 5-1 789
11 13 Tennessee 7-1 763
12 6 Oklahoma State 5-1 725
13 8 Texas 4-2 661
14 16 Notre Dame 5-1 634
15 18 Texas A&M 5-2 546
16 12 Syracuse 5-1 530
17 11 Auburn 5-2 522
18 19 Southern Cal 4-2 505
19 20 Ole Miss 4-2 476
20 23 Fresno State 5-1 378
21 NR Minnesota 6-1 378
22 24 Washington 4-2 335
23 15 Michigan 5-2 325
24 25 Maryland 5-2 307
25 NR UCLA 4-2 246
Dropping Out: Southern Miss (#21 last week)
North Carolina State (#23 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Virginia Tech (45) 7-0 1749
2 3 Ohio State (22) 6-0 1579
3 4 Oklahoma (3) 6-0 1565
4 5 Louisville (1) 6-0 1454
5 9 Florida State 7-0 1445
6 6 Rutgers 5-1 1332
7 10 Colorado 6-0 1158
8 2 Miami 6-1 1139
9 16 Kansas State 5-1 1022
10 14 Arkansas 5-1 978
11 13 Tennessee 7-1 944
12 7 Oklahoma State 5-1 837
13 8 Texas 4-2 825
14 15 Texas A&M 5-2 824
15 18 Notre Dame 5-1 689
16 11 Auburn 5-2 647
17 19 Southern Cal 4-2 626
18 12 Syracuse 5-1 612
19 20 Ole Miss 4-2 590
20 24 Minnesota 6-1 570
21 22 Maryland 5-2 495
22 17 Michigan 5-2 328
23 NR Washington 4-2 287
24 NR UCLA 4-2 249
25 NR Louisiana State 6-1 226
Dropping Out: North Carolina State (#21 last week)
Nebraska (#23 Last Week)
Southern Miss (#25 last week)


Heisman Watch
Story: The New Favorite?
There isn't a better player in the country right now than Minnesota's Maroney.
Photo: Laurence Maroney, Minnesota #22

/\ RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
130 car, 865 yards, 11 rec, 160 yards, 11 total TD
\/ Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
164 car, 1034 yards, 8 rec, 149 yards, 11 total TD
<> RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
167 car, 1031 yards, 12 rec, 141 yards, 11 total TD
/\ Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
189 car, 961 yards, 15 TD, 12 rec, 128 yards
<> Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
143 car, 778 yards, 3 rec, 44 yards, 9 total TD

Players of the Week
Story: Player of the Week
Rutgers's York is recognized following a drubbing of West Virginia.
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25, strikes the Heisman pose.

National PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers - 26 car, 201 yards, 5 TD, 2 rec, 24 yards
Defensive: RS Fr,. ROLB R.J. Morton, Michigan - 6 tackles (2 TFL), 2 sacks, 2 TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers - 26 car, 201 yards, 5 TD, 2 rec, 24 yards
Defensive: Sr. LOLB Markus Eaton - 7 tackles (3 TFL), 3 sacks, INT, FF, TD

Conference Standings
Story: What Hit 'Em?
Virginia Tech thrashes the #12 ranked Orangemen 59-3.
Photo: Otto, Syracuse mascot.

Coach's Report Card
New Brunswick is a much happier place after the 76-21 win over West Virginia.
Job Security: A+

[General Mike]

A Midseason look at the Stats

I'll start things off by going thru the stats of the FOFC created recruits.

RS Jr. HB Paul Tracy, West Virginia - TheLionKing - 142 car, 626 yards, 5 TD, 6 rec, 76 yards, 1 TD, 34 returns, 745 yards
Sr. LOLB Nyar Lahotep, Notre Dame - Nyarlahotep - 41 tackles (11 TFL), 5 sacks, 6 pass defl., 6 Forced fumbles,
Sr. MLB Colton Mayes, Oklahoma - Blade6119 - 44 tackles (6 TFL), 2 sacks, 1 INT, 3 forced fumbles,
Sr. LE Jeeber D Mack, Southern Miss - JeeberD - 39 tackles (10 TF), 8 sacks, 3 pass defl., 3 Forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery,
RS Jr. QB Kevin Mitchell, Central Florida - RGunner - 15-39, 166 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, 72.4 rating, 4 car, 15 yards
Sr. QB Chris Snow, Tennessee - RendeR - 119-200, 1476 yards, 10 TD, 6 INT, 132.0 rating, 37 car, 233 yards
Sr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers - Sublime - 39 tackles (5 TFL), 2 sacks, 3 INT, 2 pass defl., 1 Forced fumble, 1 TD

Jr. HB Robert Rupkin, Iowa - atatange1 - 31 car, 80 yards, 1 TD, 3 rec, 13 yards, 1 return, 11 yards
Jr. HB Josh Hiscock, Kansas State - Sack Attack - 123 car, 500 yards, 4 TD, 1 rec, 9 yards
Jr. WR Travis Elkin, Louisville - Travis - 28 rec, 421 yards, 3 TD, 3 car, 13 yards,
RS Soph. WR John Galt, Rutgers - JohnGalt - 23 rec, 398 yards, 3 TD, 36 ret, 755 yards, 2 tackles
Jr. TE Daniel McCarney, Oklahoma - mckerney - 1 rec, 22 yards,
Jr. CB Neuqua Man, Ohio State - Neuqua - 11 tackles (1 TFL), 1 INT, 1 fumble recovery,
RS Soph. CB Ross Wheeler, Ohio State - INDalltheway - 13 tackles, 2 INT, 4 pass defl.
Jr. FS Ignatius J Reilly, Wisconsin - Scholes - 11 tackles, 2 INT, 4 pass defl., 1 Forced fumble,

Soph. C Jonathan Cringer, Nevada - Cringer - 14 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
RS Fr. ROLB Al Hill, Tennessee - Real Deal - 39 tackles, 2 INT, 5 pass deflections, 2 Forced fumbles
Soph. FS T.E. Almighty, Texas Tech - thealmighty - 22 tackles (3 TFL), 1 sack, 3 INT, 1 pass defl.
Soph. QB Eric Brignac, Tennessee - albionmoonlight - 34-55, 614 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT, 11 car, 21 yards
Soph. CB Craig Scarborough, Kansas State - CraigSca - 13 tackles, 2 INT, 4 pass defl.
Soph. DT Jobu Mack, Texas - JeeberD #2 - 13 tackles (3 TFL), 2 sacks, 2 pass defl.,
Soph. HB Jim Carabello, Iowa - Blade6119 #2 - 29 car, 144 yards, 4 rec, 52 yards, 1 TD, 1 ret, 26 yards
Soph. K Justin Apollo, Rutgers - Sublime #2 - 7-9 FG, long of 49, 43-43 XP
Soph. K Chris Carrabba, Oklahoma - mckerney #2 - 9-10 FG, long of 42, 32-32 XP
Soph. FB Mike Ritschel, Rutgers - General Mike - 26 car, 154 yards, 1 TD, 16 rec, 169 yards, 2 TD, 5 tackles, 1 fumble recovered

Fr. Kyle Kappe, Southern Cal - MrBug708 - no stats
Fr. QB Sony Luangphone, Louisiana-Monroe - sony - 98-181, 1370 yards, 10 TD, 7 INT, 52 car, 224 yards
Fr. CB Pumpy Tudors, Louisiana-Lafayette - Pumpy Tudors - 15 tackles, 2 INT, 6 pass defl., 2 forced fumbles
Fr. C Randall Deacon, Miami - ntndeacon - no stats
Fr. HB Al Moonlight, Rutgers- albionmoonlight #2 - redshirted
Fr. HB John E. Shaka, Virginia Tech - johnnyshaka - 2 car, 6 yards

Next I'll go thru the national statistical leaders:

Passing
QB Rating: Brian Bates, Arkansas State - 164.5
Completions: Kevin McCabe, Virginia - 146
Attempts: Aaron Pitts, Hawaii - 290
Yardage: John Beck, Brigham Young - 2099
TD Passes: Johnny DuRocher, Oregon - 21
Interceptions: Aaron Pitts, Hawaii; Sherman Donovan, Connecticut - 17

Rushing
Carries: Bobby Whitehead, Ohio - 207
Yardage: Leigh Curry, Auburn - 1034
Average: Dan York, Rutgers - 9.6 (101 for 970)
TD Runs: Ryan Moore, Florida State - 15
Yards after Contact: Dan York, Rutgers - 377

Receiving
Receptions: Jamarkus Pettway, Oregon; Adam Harris, Buffalo - 50
Yardage: Adam Harris, Buffalo - 848
Average: John Huggins, West Virginia - 23.9 (32 for 767)
TD Catches: John Huggins, West Virginia - 9
RAC Yardage: Teddy Cox, Brigham Young - 490

Blocking
Pancakes: Frederick Spivey, Rutgers - 34
Sacks Allowed: Matt Mayfield, Utah State; Tremayne Penn, Oklahoma State - 12

Defensive
Tackles: Sergio James, Auburn - 75
Tackles for Loss: Roberto Landrum, Texas Christian; JaMaine Alexander; Tavarious West, Alabama - 15
Sacks: Jeff Norwood, West Virginia - 10
Interceptions: Pete Kramer, Rutgers - 6
Pass Deflections: Logan Knight, Western Michigan - 14
Forced Fumbles: Nick Boyer, Central Florida - 7
Fumble Recoveries: Derek Woods, Oklahoma State; R.J. Morton, Michigan - 4
Blocks: Jacque Garland, Arkansas State - 2
Defensive TDs: Brady Huff, Rutgers - 3

Kicking
FG Made: Paul Felton, Southern Miss - 20
FG Attempts: Fred Reyes, Buffalo - 26
Longest FG: Oliver Crawford, New Mexico State - 56
XP Made: Justin Apollo, Rutgers - 43
XP Attempts: Justin Apollo, Rutgers - 43
Kickoffs: Kerry Harrison, Tennessee - 58
Touchbacks: Eli Tidwell, Connecticut; Brennan Jackson, Auburn - 14

Punting
Punts: Mark Andrews, Michigan State - 56
Yardage: Mark Andrews, Michigan State - 2451
Average: Shane Irvin, Colorado State - 48.1 (40 punts, 1926 yards)
Longest Punt: Martin Gonzales, Ball State - 83
Punts Inside the 20: Mark Andrews, Michigan State - 27
Net Yards: Mark Andrews, Michigan State - 2055
Net Average: Aaron McNeil, Southern Miss - 39.7 (27 punts, 1072 net yards)
Touchbacks: Shane Irvin, Colorado State - 12

Kick Returns
Returns: Ben Thomas, Hawaii - 36
Yards: Blair Russell, Georgia - 821
Average: Ben Rucker, Tulsa - 33.9 ( 14 ret, 475 yards)
Longest Return: Tyler Higgins, Penn State - 103
Return TDs: Blair Russell - 2

Punt Returns
Returns: James Townsend, Iowa; Marc Miller - 30
Yardage: John Galt, Rutgers - 425
Average: Peter Butler, Bowling Green - 18.7 (15 ret, 282 yards)
Longest Return: Jackie Bridges, Duke - 99
Return TDs: Ulysses Hull, Louisville - 2

[Blade6119]

GO OU!!!!!!!! Man, why does Texas even show up for those games? Glad to see OU cruising towards the national championship ;)

[General Mike]

#101 Piitsburgh Panthers (0-5/0-1) @ #6 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-1/1-1)

We can not overlook Pittsburgh. They're going through a rough stretch this season, but are always difficult. We will be playing with regional TV coverage.

Key Players
Pittsburgh: LOLB Deshan Oliver, K Phil Combs, WR Bryan Ellison
Rutgers: MLB Brady Huff, QB Brendan Eldridge, HB Dan York

Injuries
Pittsburgh: None
Rutgers: None

In the 2nd quarter, Tyson Williams picked up his 44th career sack, a new NCAA record. Terrell Suggs of Arizona State was the previous record holder.

Halftime Score: Rutgers 41, Pittsburgh 0

The 2nd teamers will move up the depth chart for the 2nd half.
Brendan Eldridge's 19th TD pass of the season was a new school record for a single season. Mike McMahon held the previous record.

Branden Eldridge also set a new school record for passing yardage in a single game.

Final Score: Rutgers 62, Pittsburgh 14

Scoring Summary


1st Quarter
RU 8 yard pass from Eldridge to Galt (Apollo Kick) - 5:20
RU 32 yard FG by Apollo - 3:15
RU 24 yard pass from Eldridge to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 0:27

2nd quarter
RU 3 yard pass from Eldridge to Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 7:04
RU 24 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 5:20
RU 11 yard pass from Eldridge to Hendricks (Apollo Kick) - 3:22
RU 21 yard FG by Apollo - 0:00

3rd quarter
RU 35 yard pass from Eldridge to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 7:52
Pitt 54 yard run by Burrough (Combs Kick) - 6:47

4th Quarter
Pitt 29 yard fumble return by Glenn (Combs Kick) - 8:09
RU 2 yard run by Sloan (Apollo Kick) - 4:43
RU 18 yard pass from Eldridge to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 2:06

Players of the Game
Pittsburgh: CB Josh Glenn - 6 tackles, TD
Rutgers: WR Chris Dodd - 6 rec, 173 yards, 3 TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 30-41, 438 yards, 6 TD, 3 INT
Brooks Spencer - 1-1, 7 yards
Pittsburgh: Laurence Mann - 4-13, 62 yards, 2 INT
Clarke Aristegui - 1-2, 0 yards
Bryan Ellison - 0-1

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 12 car, 131 yards, 1 TD, long 38
James Kendrick - 10 car, 52 yards, long 15
Steven Berlin - 3 car, 9 yard, long 4
Mike Ritschel - 1 car, 3 yards
Andrew Sloan - 1 car, 2 yards, 1 TD
Brendan Eldridge - 11 car, -43 yards, long 16

Pittsburgh: Brandon Burrough - 11 car, 73 yards, 1 TD, long 54
Julius Williams - 1 car, -1 yards
Will Allison - 4 car, -2 yards, long 1
D.J. Parker - 1 car, -4 yards
Clarke Aristegui - 1 car, -6 yards
Laurence Mann - 14 car, -80 yards

Receiving
Rutgers: Chris Dodd - 6 rec, 173 yards, 3 TD, long 47
Dan York - 3 rec, 72 tards, long 56
John Galt - 4 rec, 50 yards, long 45
Jacque Crayton - 4 rec, 72 yards, 1 TD, long 25
Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 46 yards
Jacque Crayton - 4 rec, 37 yards, long 13
Derrell Humphrey - 2 rec, 29 yards, long 24
James Kendrick - 5 rec, 13 yards, 1 TD, long 7
Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 10 yards, 1 TD, long 11
Mike Ritschel - 2 rec, 9 yards, long 13
Steven Berlin - 1 rec, 9 yards
Andrew Sloan - 1 rec, -3 yards

Pittsburgh: Marquise Lacey - 2 rec, 37 yards, long 25
Trevor Stevens - 1 rec, 15 yards
Al Woodson - 1 rec, 10 yards
Will Allison - 1 rec, 0 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Brandon Holt - 9 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Tommy Cummings - 8 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Frederick Spivey - 7 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 4 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Morgan McClure - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Dustin McCullough - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Derrell Humphrey - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Chandler Hawkins - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
John Galt - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Chris Dodd - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed

Pittsburgh: Al Woodson - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Julius Williams - 1 sack allowed
Jameal Barnett - 1 sack allowed
Victor Pryor - 1 sack allowed
Brandon Burrough - 1 sack allowed
D.J. Parker - 2 sacks allowed
Elliot Nolan - 7 sacks allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 8; Tyson Williams - 6; Adrian Gary, Brady Huff - 4
Sacks: Tyson Williams - 5; Trey Donnelly, Ed Cobb, Brady Huff - 2; Maximus Meridius, Justin Joiner, Rich McGrady, Rashawn Ricks - 1
INTs: Pete Kramer, Adrian Gary - 1

Pittsburgh
Tackles: Brandon Slaughter - 10; Jordan Allen - 9; John Brock, Josh Glenn - 6
Sacks: A.J. Malloy, Brandon Slaughter, Jordan Allen, John Hess, Skip Dunlap, Kelley Spivey, Chris Perez, Deshan Oliver - 1
INTs: Huey Thompson, A.J. Malloy, Brandon Slaughter - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 2-3 FG, long of 32, 8-8 XP
Pittsburgh: Phil Combs - 2-2 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 1 punts, 42 yards, 42.0 net average
Pittsburgh: Jackson Smith - 11 punts, 42.4 average, long 52, 1 inside the 20, 25.6 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 2 ret, 41.0 average, long 65
John Galt - 1 ret, 12 yards
Pittsburgh: Brandon Slaughter - 7 ret, 31.8 average, long 65
Bryan Ellison - 2 ret, 23.0 average, long 25
John Brock - 1 ret, 16 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 8 ret, 19.1 average, long 32
Adrian Gary - 2 ret, 16.0 average, long 17
Pittsburgh: No punts returned

Next Week: The annual Turnpike Bowl against Temple. The short drive to Philadelphia should be very rewarding.

[General Mike]

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

Our 1st really great all around effort of the season. If we play likes this every game, we can beat anyone.

Offense: We passed the ball very well. We had a couple interceptions, because we basically forced the ball when we should have just thrown it away. We ran the ball really well, but we did give up alot of sacks today.

Defense: After last week's debacle, our pass coverage was spot on today. Except for one big play on an option pitch, we completely shut their offense down. We did a great job of mixing up the front 4 pass rush with blitzers from different direction.

Special Teams: Justin Apollo made both of the kicks he should have made, and the one he missed could have been good if it had taken the proper bounce off the crossbar. Galt and Gary had a solid day bringing kicks back.

Grades
QB: B+
RB: A-
WR: A
TE: B+
OL: B-
DL: A
LB: B
DB: B+
Special Teams: B+

[General Mike]

Week 9 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#7 Colorado @ #9 Kansas State - Kansas State 36-17

Other National Games
The Battle for the Jefferson-Eppes Trophy, #5 Florida State @ Virginia - Florida State 34-29
Penn State @ #14 Notre Dame - Penn State 16-14
Iowa @ #2 Ohio State - Ohio State 23-7

Other Top 25 Games
The Battle for the Black Diamond Trophy, #1 Virginia Tech @ West Virginia - West Virginia 17-16
Tulane @ #3 Louisville - Louisville 43-20
Missouri @ #4 Oklahoma - Oklahoma 37-11
Temple @ #8 Miami - Miami 30-10
Florida @ #10 Arkansas - Florida 24-10
Texas Tech @ #12 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State 56-26
#13 Texas @ Iowa State - Texas 45-7
#15 Texas A&M @ Nebraska - Texas A&M 19-13
Boston College @ #16 Syracuse - Syracuse 22-9
Mississippi State @ #17 Auburn - Auburn 50-30
Alabama @ #19 Ole Miss - Alabama 26-20 OT
Michigan State @ #21 Minnesota - Minnesota 31-10
#22 Washington @ Oregon State - Washington 37-27
Illinois @ #23 Michigan - Illinois 28-21
California @ #25 UCLA - UCLA 31-15

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Hokies Downed!
#1 Virginia Tech is one of the many upset victims this week.
Photo: Virginia Tech coach

Bowl Rankings
Story: They'll Gladly Accept
Sooners are content with their computer rankings in the latest poll.
Photo: Bob Hedgecock, Oklahoma #88

Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Ohio State 1.0 1.56 3.80 0 -0.0 6.36
2 Oklahoma 2.5 2.57 2.88 0 -0.1 7.85
3 Louisville 2.5 2.64 4.60 0 -0.0 9.74
4 Florida State 4.0 4.07 2.60 0 -0.4 10.27
5 Rutgers 5.0 4.72 1.16 1 -0.0 11.88
6 Kansas State 6.0 6.84 0.32 1 -0.1 14.06
7 Miami 7.0 7.28 1.60 1 -0.0 16.88
8 Virginia Tech 8.0 8.14 0.88 1 -0.6 17.42
9 Tennessee 9.0 8.58 2.32 1 -0.0 20.90
10 Texas 11.0 10.51 0.48 2 -0.0 23.99
11 Oklahoma State 10.0 9.79 3.76 1 -0.0 24.55
12 Colorado 12.0 12.35 3.68 1 -0.0 29.03
13 Texas A&M 13.0 16.01 1.08 2 -0.0 32.09
14 Auburn 14.5 14.99 2.08 2 -0.2 33.37
15 Syracuse 15.0 17.10 1.48 1 -0.0 34.58


Top 25 Polls
Story: No Love Lost
West Virginia sneaks past rival Virginia Tech 17-16
Photo: Paul Tracy, West Virginia #28, stiff arms a Hokie

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 2 Ohio State (31) 7-0 1447
2 3 Louisville (27) 7-0 1388
3 4 Oklahoma (1) 7-0 1330
4 5 Florida State 8-0 1273
5 6 Rutgers 6-1 1160
6 9 Kansas State 6-1 1109
7 8 Miami 7-1 1055
8 1 Virginia Tech 7-1 944
9 11 Tennessee 7-1 901
10 12 Oklahoma State 6-1 850
11 13 Texas 5-2 788
12 7 Colorado 6-1 781
13 15 Texas A&M 6-2 698
14 16 Syracuse 6-1 662
15 17 Auburn 6-2 608
16 18 Southern Cal 4-2 557
17 20 Fresno State 5-1 487
18 21 Minnesota 7-1 449
19 22 Washington 5-2 397
20 10 Arkansas 5-2 381
21 24 Maryland 5-2 320
22 NR West Virginia 5-3 318
23 14 Notre Dame 5-2 291
24 25 UCLA 5-2 283
25 NR Louisiana State 6-1 221
Dropping Out: Ole Miss (#19 last week)
Michigan (#23 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 2 Ohio State (50) 7-0 1754
2 3 Oklahoma (21) 7-0 1677
3 4 Louisville 7-0 1601
4 5 Florida State 8-0 1528
5 6 Rutgers 6-1 1383
6 9 Kansas State 6-1 1333
7 8 Miami 7-1 1249
8 1 Virginia Tech 7-1 1108
9 11 Tennessee 7-1 1057
10 12 Oklahoma State 6-1 994
11 13 Texas 5-2 918
12 7 Colorado 6-1 891
13 14 Texas A&M 6-2 865
14 16 Auburn 6-2 765
15 17 Southern Cal 4-2 694
16 18 Syracuse 6-1 663
17 20 Minnesota 7-1 567
18 21 Maryland 5-2 506
19 10 Arkansas 5-2 439
20 23 Washington 5-2 419
21 24 UCLA 5-2 378
22 NR West Virginia 5-3 376
23 25 Louisiana State 6-1 349
24 15 Notre Dame 5-2 315
25 NR North Carolina State 5-3 293
Dropping Out: Ole Miss (#19 last week)
Michigan (#22 Last Week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Mid-season Form
Moore's performance has the fans in Tallahassee believing in their Seminoles.
Photo: Ryan Moore, Florida State #2

<> RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
157 car, 1086 yards, 13 rec, 207 yards, 13 total TD
<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
167 car, 1045 yards, 8 rec, 149 yards, 11 total TD
/\ Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
214 car, 1067 yards, 17 TD, 15 rec, 185 yards
\/ RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
167 car, 1031 yards, 12 rec, 141 yards, 11 total TD
/\ RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers
113 car, 1101 yards, 12 TD, 16 rec, 225 yards

Players of the Week
Story: A Hero Emerges
Oklahoma's Hedgecock is named Player of the Week after convincing victory.
Photo: Bob Hedgecock, Oklahoma #88

National PotW
Offensive: Sr HB Chance Kline, Texas Christian - 28 car, 175 yards, 2 rec, 14 yards, 3 total TD
Defensive: Soph. ROLB Stan Newson, Buffalo - 7 tackles (2 TFL), 2 sacks, FF, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Jr. WR Chris Dodd, Rutgers - 6 rec, 173 yards, 3 TD
Defensive: RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers - 6 tackles (5 TFL), 5 sacks

Conference Standings
Story: Cardinals Keep Winning
Louisville (7-0) takes out conference opponent Tulane 43-20
Photo: Desmond Ray, Louisville #32

Coaches' Report Card
Make sure we don't get too full of ourselves, Coach, after that win over Pittsburgh.
Job Security: A+
Avg. Attendance: 41,245

[General Mike]

Turnpike Bowl 2007

#5 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-1/2-1) @ #95 Temple Owls (1-6/0-2)

This is a big game for us, but not because Temple is good, but because of the long standing rivalry between the schools. This game will have regional coverage.

Key Players
Rutgers: HB Dan York, QB Brendan Eldridge, MLB Brady Huff
Temple: RE Ernie Brown, LOLB Brian Hedgecock, SS Chris Renedo

Injuries
Rutgers: None
Temple: CB Trent Boyle - Torn Shoulder Muscle - 2 weeks

On Temple's 2nd play from scrimmage, their starting QB Rocky Robbins suffered a torn groin, sidelining him 7 weeks.

Halftime Score: Rutgers 34, Temple 7

Final Score: Rutgers 75, Temple 7

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
Temple 100 yard run by Phillips (Gutierrez Kick) - 7:24
RU 20 yard FG by Apollo - 5:16
RU 62 yard pass from Eldridge to Galt (Apollo Kick) - 1:05

2nd quarter
RU 35 yard FG by Apollo - 9:10
RU 3 yard run by Eldridge (Apollo Kick) - 4:15
RU 12 yard pass from Eldridge to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 1:51
RU 1 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 0:17

3rd quarter
RU 7 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 7:54
RU 17 yard pass from Eldridge to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 5:26
RU 39 yard FG by Apollo - 3:12

4th Quarter
RU 1 yard pass from Eldridge to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 9:58
RU 4 yard pass from Eldridge to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 7:39
RU 95 yard pass from Eldridge to Galt (Apollo Kick) - 3:19
RU 39 yard FG by Apollo - 1:54

Players of the Game
Rutgers: Qb Brendan Eldridge - 30-40. 477 yards, 6 car, 7 total TD
Temple: ROLB Juan Parham - 7 tackles (4 TFL), 3 sacks

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 30-40, 477 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT
Temple: Kurt Dickens - 14-26, 176 yards, 1 INT
Rocky Phillips - 1-1, -5 yards

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 16 car, 108 yards, 2 TD, long 27
James Kendrick - 5 car, 39 yards, long 17
Mike Ritschel - 2 car, 16 yards, long 9
Brendan Eldridge - 6 car, -31 yards, 1 TD, long 3

Temple: Rocky Phillips - 14 car, 120 yards, 1 TD, long 100
Rocky Robbins - 1 car, 4 yards
Derrell Barrett - 3 car, 4 yards, long 5
Brendan Dukes - 1 car, -1 yards
Carlan Pope - 1 car, -12 yards
Kurt Dickens - 18 car, -30 yards, long 9

Receiving
Rutgers: John Galt - 7 rec, 253 yards, 2 TD, long 95
Samuel Johnson - 7 rec, 71 yards, 2 TD, long 18
Chris Dodd - 4 rec, 54 yards, 1 TD, long 17
Dan York - 4 rec, 38 yards, long 26
Josh Hendricks - 4 rec, 30 yards, long 10
Jacque Crayton - 2 rec, 16 yards, long 10
James Kendrick - 1 rec, 14 yards
Mike Ritschel - 1 rec, 1 yards, 1 TD

Temple: Brendan Dukes - 3 rec, 51 yards, long 20
Luis McClain - 3 rec, 36 yards, long 16
Darius Hall - 3 rec, 34 yards, long 18
Rocky Phillips - 2 rec, 25 yards, long 19
Connor Fletcher - 2 rec, 15 yards, long 10
Matt Lavin - 1 rec, 15 yards
Kurt Dickens - 1 rec, -5 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Brandon Holt - 8 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Omar Youngblood - 5 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Frederick Spivey - 4 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 4 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Mike Ritschel - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
John Galt - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Dan York - 1 sack allowed

Temple: Dan Ross - 1 pancake, 2 sacks allowed
David Ferguson - 1 pancake, 5 sacks allowed
Derrell Barrett - 1 sack allowed
Ted Hutchinson - 1 sack allowed
Rocky Phillips - 1 sack allowed
Ivan Givens - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 12; Ed Cobb - 7; Brady Huff - 6; Tyson Williams, Pete Kramer - 5
Sacks: Tyson Williams - 4; Trey Donnelly, Brady Huff - 2; Maximus Meridius, Rich McGrady, Brett Irvin, Ed Cobb - 1
INTs: Pete Kramer - 1

Temple
Tackles: Collin Thurmond - 10; Juan Parham - 7; Jarvis Johnson - 5; 6 with 4 tackles
Sacks: Juan Parham - 3; Lawrence Brock - 1
INTs: Chris Renedo - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 4-4 FG, long of 39, 9-9 XP
Temple: Jason Gutierrez - 0-1 FG, 1-1 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 1 punts, 43 yards, 1 inside the 20, 43.0 net average
Temple: Troy Livingston - 8 punts, 42.7 average, long 47, 1 inside the 20, 31.2 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 39 yards
John Galt - 1 ret, 24 yards
Temple: Rocky Phillips - 9 ret, 28.6 average, long 65
Darius Hall - 3 ret, 18.3 average, long 22
Carlan Pope - 1 ret, 20 yards
Aaron Smith - 1 ret, 2 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 7 ret, 13.1 average, long 19
Temple: No returns

Next Week: We have a bye week to get rested for a home game against Connecticut.

[General Mike]

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

Today's game was very similar to our game against Pittsburgh. We did alot of good things, but we did allow them to move the ball at times, and did give up one big play early.

Offense: Eldridge is on a huge tear, and now I realize why he was the guy I wanted when we went on our QB recruiting binge. York had another quality game despite missing part of the 4th quarter with a tweaked hamstring. The OLine also did a good job of protection, but they have to work on their technique as holding penalties are hurting us.

Defense: Once again Tyson Williams is on a hot streak like he was last year. Meridius flew all around the field hitting anybody with the ball, and Ed Cobb had a big day shutting down the inside run, save for 1 play.

Special Teams: Apollo made all 4 FGs we asked him to make, Slaughter only had 1 punt, but it was a great one, that went out of bounds on the 1. Too bad we allowed them to get a 100 yard TD run on the same drive. Our return game was solid, but not spectacular.

Grades
QB: A
RB: B+
WR: A
TE: B+
OL: B+
DL: A-
LB: B+
DB: B
Special Teams: B+

[General Mike]

Week 10 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#3 Oklahoma @ #12 Colorado - Colorado 31-20

Other National Games
#15 Auburn @ #25 Louisiana State - Louisiana State 34-24
#16 Southern Cal @ #19 Washington - Southern Cal 45-28
#10 Oklahoma State @ #13 Texas A&M - Oklahoma State 38-20

Other Top 25 Games
#1 Ohio State @ Indiana - Ohio State 34-3
#2 Louisville @ East Carolina - Louisville 30-17
Wake Forest @ #4 Florida State - Florida State 27-7
The Battle for the Governor's Cup. Kansas @ #6 Kansas State - Kansas State 38-13
The 3rd Saturday in October, #9 Tennessee @ Alabama - Tennessee 44-17
#11 Texas @ Baylor - Texas 44-9
#14 Syracuse @ Pittsburgh - Syracuse 28-11
Rice @ #17 Fresno State - Fresno State 43-10
#18 Minnesota @ Illinois - Minnesota 31-24
#20 Arkansas @ Ole Miss - Ole Miss 24-23
#21 Maryland @ Georgia Tech - Maryland 34-7
The Battle for the Ireland Trophy, #23 Notre Dame @ Boston College - Notre Dame 24-10
Arizona State @ #24 UCLA - UCLA 34-17
North Carolina State @ Duke - Duke 31-13

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
What Hit 'Em?
#5 Rutgers celebrates after 75-7 thrashing of rival Temple.
Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95, and Maximus Meridius, Rutgers #1, celebrate the win.

Bowl Rankings
Story: Luck on Their Side.
Seminoles are looking to stir up some contraversy in latest Bowl Rankings.
Photo: P.J. Medley, Florida State #18

Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Ohio State 1.0 1.42 3.88 0 -0.0 6.30
2 Florida State 3.0 3.14 2.32 0 -0.5 7.96
3 Louisville 2.0 2.28 4.40 0 -0.0 8.68
4 Rutgers 4.0 3.79 2.80 1 -0.0 11.59
5 Kansas State 5.0 5.56 1.04 1 -0.3 12.30
6 Miami 6.0 6.42 1.80 1 -0.0 15.22
7 Virginia Tech 7.5 7.64 0.60 1 -0.7 16.04
8 Colorado 7.5 8.27 2.12 1 -0.1 18.79
9 Tennessee 9.0 8.51 2.24 1 -0.0 20.75
10 Oklahoma 10.5 10.08 1.20 1 -0.0 22.78
11 Oklahoma State 10.5 10.22 3.56 1 -0.0 25.28
12 Texas 12.0 11.44 0.64 2 -0.0 26.08
13 Syracuse 13.5 15.11 2.40 1 -0.0 32.01
14 Southern Cal 13.5 15.04 3.04 2 -0.0 33.58
15 Minnesota 15.5 15.57 3.92 1 -0.0 35.99


Top 25 Polls
Story: Uninspired Effort
Buffaloes outplay #3 Oklahoma, win 31-20.
Photo: A Colorado player tackles Jermain Downs, Oklahoma #14

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 2 Ohio State (35) 8-0 1451
2 2 Louisville (22) 8-0 1391
3 4 Florida State (2) 9-0 1276
4 5 Rutgers 7-1 1161
5 6 Kansas State 7-1 1107
6 7 Miami 7-1 1055
7 8 Virginia Tech 7-1 1003
8 12 Colorado 7-1 990
9 9 Tennessee 8-1 954
10 10 Oklahoma State 7-1 931
11 3 Oklahoma 7-1 917
12 11 Texas 6-2 842
13 14 Syracuse 7-1 715
14 16 Southern Cal 5-2 627
15 17 Fresno State 6-1 584
16 18 Minnesota 8-1 546
17 21 Maryland 6-2 419
18 25 Louisiana State 7-1 408
19 13 Texas A&M 6-3 386
20 22 West Virginia 5-3 373
21 23 Notre Dame 6-2 347
22 24 UCLA 6-2 312
23 15 Auburn 6-3 279
24 NR Northern Illinois 7-1 255
25 NR Ole Miss 5-3 228
Dropping Out: Washington (#19 last week)
Arkansas (#20 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 2 Ohio State (43) 8-0 1747
2 3 Louisville (25) 8-0 1603
3 4 Florida State (3) 9-0 1534
4 5 Rutgers 7-1 1393
5 6 Kansas State 7-1 1328
6 7 Miami 7-1 1264
7 12 Colorado 7-1 1213
8 8 Virginia Tech 7-1 1202
9 9 Tennessee 8-1 1142
10 2 Oklahoma 7-1 1140
11 10 Oklahoma State 7-1 1115
12 11 Texas 6-2 1008
13 15 Southern Cal 5-2 800
14 16 Syracuse 7-1 751
15 17 Minnesota 8-1 703
16 18 Maryland 6-2 640
17 23 Louisiana State 7-1 575
18 21 UCLA 6-2 503
19 13 Texas A&M 6-3 465
20 22 West Virginia 5-3 450
21 14 Auburn 6-3 388
22 24 Notre Dame 6-2 379
23 NR Fresno State 6-1 311
24 NR Ole Miss 5-3 292
25 NR Northern Illinois 7-1 275
Dropping Out: Arkansas (#19 last week)
Washington (#20 Last Week)
North Carolina State (#25 last week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Where Does He Stand?
No one is putting up better Heisman numbers than Rutgers's York.
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

<> RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
183 car, 1254 yards, 16 rec, 240 yards, 15 total TD
/\ Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
233 car, 1167 yards, 18 TD, 16 rec, 188 yards
/\ RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
188 car, 1136 yards, 14 rec, 185 yards, 12 total TD
\/ Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
180 car, 1132 yards, 10 rec, 170 yards, 11 total TD
<> RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers
129 car, 1209 yards, 14 TD, 20 rec, 263 yards

Awards Semifinalists
Story: Semifinalists Named
Rutgers's York is more concerned with team goals than the Best RB.
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

Players of the Week
Story: Big Man on Campus
Rutgers's Williams earns POTW after gutsy performance in rivalry game.
Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95

National PotW
Offensive: RS Fr. QB Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers - 30-40, 477 yards, 6 car, 7 total TD
Defensive: RS Jr. CB Russell Wilkerson, UCLA - 3 tackles, 2 INT, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Fr. QB Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers - 30-40, 477 yards, 6 car, 7 total TD
Defensive: RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers - 5 tackles (5 TFL), 4 sacks, FF, FR

Congrats to "Real Deal" Al Hill on being named SEC Defensive PotW. He had 5 tackles and 2 Interceptions against Alabama.

Conference Standings
Story: Owls Stunned by Rutgers
The Scarlet Knights rub it in against hated Temple.
Photo: Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers #14, is poised to throw the ball while Juan Parham, Temple #41 comes on a blindside rush.

Coach's Report Card
Whether by ground or air, all that matters is scoring more than the other team.
Job Security: A+

[JeeberD]

Oh geez, both Texas and Southern Miss tanking...

[General Mike]

2007 Awards Semifinalists

It's that time of the year again, and here is a rundown of the 12 finalists for each award.

Maxwell Award
1. Soph HB Ryan Moore, Florida State - #2
233 car, 1167 yards, 18 TD, 16 rec, 188 yards
2. RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers - #25
129 car, 1209 yards, 14 TD, 20 rec, 263 yards
3. RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota - #22
183 car, 1254 yards, 16 rec, 240 yards, 15 total TD
4. Sr. HB Khary Gonzalez, Northern Illinois - #25
241 car, 1265 yards, 13 TD, 9 rec, 100 yards, 2 TD
5. Sr. QB P.J. Medley, Florida State - #18
167-274, 2284 yards, 43 car, 189 yards, 19 total TD
6. RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State - #25
188 car, 1136 yards, 14 rec, 185 yards, 12 total TD
7. Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami - #19
113-217, 1731 yards, 73 car, 474 yards, 18 total TD
8. RS Fr. Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers - #14
178-262, 2733 yards,72 car, 29 total TD
9. Soph. HB Markus Parson, North Texas - #23
255 car, 1304 yards, 12 TD, 6 rec, 56 yards
10. Sr. QB Don Larson, Louisiana Tech - #15
199-372, 2937 yards, 21 TD, 20 car, 46 yards
11. RS Jr. QB Jermain Downs, Oklahoma - #14
97-180, 1583 yards, 52 car, 364 yards, 17 total TD
12. Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn - #27
180 car, 1132 yards, 10 rec, 170 yards, 11 total TD

Best QB
1. Sr. QB P.J. Medley, Florida State - #18
167-274, 2284 yards, 43 car, 189 yards, 19 total TD
2. Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami - #19
113-217, 1731 yards, 73 car, 474 yards, 18 total TD
3. RS Fr. Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers - #14
178-262, 2733 yards,72 car, 29 total TD
4. Sr. QB Don Larson, Louisiana Tech - #15
199-372, 2937 yards, 21 TD, 20 car, 46 yards
5. RS Jr. QB Hubert Reese, Maryland - #19
133-224, 1777 yards, 32 car, 154 yards, 21 total TD
6. RS Sr. QB Johnny DuRocher, Oregon - #13
169-287, 2278 yards, 23 TD, 34 car, 103 yards
7. RS Sr. QB Gerry Connell, Central Florida - #16
176-316, 2210 yards, 28 car, 120 yards, 21 total TD
8. Sr. QB Blayne Gentry, Oklahoma State - #19
119-227, 2012 yards, 48 car, 239 yards, 16 total TD
9. Sr. QB Sergio Crawford, Illinois - #11
141-258, 1946 tards, 90 car, 534 yards, 18 total TD
10. RS Sr. QB Kevin McCabe, Virginia - #11
163-275, 2312 yards, 29 car, 98 yards, 18 total TD
11. Jr. QB Sydney Garrison, Texas A&M - #7
144-250, 1922 yards, 77 car, 380 yards, 17 total TD
12. RS Soph. QB Adrian Dale, Louisville - #11
126-243, 1897 yards, 11 TD, 34 car, 179 yards

Best HB
1. Soph HB Ryan Moore, Florida State - #2
233 car, 1167 yards, 18 TD, 16 rec, 188 yards
2. RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers - #25
129 car, 1209 yards, 14 TD, 20 rec, 263 yards
3. RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota - #22
183 car, 1254 yards, 16 rec, 240 yards, 15 total TD
4. Sr. HB Khary Gonzalez, Northern Illinois - #25
241 car, 1265 yards, 13 TD, 9 rec, 100 yards, 2 TD
5. RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State - #25
188 car, 1136 yards, 14 rec, 185 yards, 12 total TD
6. Soph. HB Markus Parson, North Texas - #23
255 car, 1304 yards, 12 TD, 6 rec, 56 yards
7. Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn - #27
180 car, 1132 yards, 10 rec, 170 yards, 11 total TD
8. Jr. HB JaMaine Walsh, Ohio State - #29
172 car, 907 tards, 10 TD, 7 rec, 60 yards
9. RS Soph. HB Brady Minton, Virginia Tech - #39
173 car, 890 yards, 9 TD, 18 rec, 169 yards, 1 TD
10. RS Jr. HB Lamarr Dempsey, Texas - #26
133 car, 712 yards, 7 TD, 17 rec, 235 yards, 4 TD
11. Jr. HB Desmond Ray, Louisville - #32
117 car, 653 yards, 10 TD, 11 rec, 105 yards, 1 TD
12. Sr. HB Brad Myers, Central Michigan - #25
214 car, 998 yards, 9 TD, 13 rec, 79 yards

Best WR
1. Sr. WR John Huggins, West Virginia - #81
37 rec, 858 yards, 9 TD, 3 car, 20 yards
2. Sr. WR Jamarkus Pettway, Oregon - #87
58 rec, 882 yards, 9 total TD
3. Soph. Derek Burns, Central Florida - #86
61 rec, 822 yards, 10 total TD
4. Sr. WR Adam Harris, Buffalo - #82
59 rec, 988 yards, 5 TD, 2 car, 10 yards
5. Jr. WR Chris Calloway, Florida State - #83
49 rec, 798 yards, 5 TD
6. Soph. WR Jonathan Cochran, Clemson - #82
51 rec, 757 yards, 10 TD, 2 car, 12 yards
7. Sr. WR Jeff Williams, Louisiana Tech - #87
51 rec, 830 yards, 8 TD, 2 car, 13 yards
8. RS Sr. WR Lonnie Hurst, Illinois - #82
44 rec, 717 yards, 9 TD
9. Jr. WR Scott Farmer, Connecticut - #86
52 rec, 800 yards, 8 TD, 2 car, 15 yards
10. RS Jr. WR Kevin Kerr, Louisiana Tech - #85
54 rec, 765 yards, 6 TD
11. RS Soph. John Galt, Rutgers - #88
34 rec, 701 yards, 6 TD
12. Sr. WR Joseph Ferguson, Central Michigan - #81
39 rec, 556 yards, 7 TD

Best OL
1. Jr. RT Brandon Holt, Rutgers - #76
51 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
2. Sr. RT Frederick Spivey, Rutgers - #71
38 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed
3. RS Fr. RT J.P. Burke, Ohio State - #76
33 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
4. Soph. RT Glenn Savage, North Texas - #76
30 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
5. Sr. RT Bret Harvey, Arkansas State - #76
27 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
6. Sr. RT Jameal Givens, Colorado - #70
25 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
7. Jr. RT Aaron Watkins, UCLA - #71
28 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
8. Sr. LT David Abrams, North Texas - #75
26 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
9. Jr. RG Kellen Williams, Nebraska - #77
24 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
10. Jr. C Rich Grant, North Texas - #63
30 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
11. Sr. LT Pierre Stanton, Air Force - #71
23 pancakes, 0 sacks allowedInjured - Out 5 weeks
12. Soph. LT Bo Bush, Ohio - #70
25 pancakes, 1 sack allowed

Bednarik Award
1. RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers - #95
30 tackles (24 TFL), 18 sacks
2. Sr. LE Tavarious West, Alabama - #93
72 tackles (21 TFL), 14 sacks
3. Soph. MLB Fred Dunbar, Buffalo - #59
90 tackles (15 TFL), 10 sacks
4. Sr. MLB Brady Huff, Rutgers - #48
37 tackles (19 TFL), 8 sacks, 4 INT, FF, 3 TD
5. Jr. MLB Jamar Davis, North Carolina State - #51
73 tackles (15 TFL), 6 sacks, 1 INT
6. Jr. ROLB Jerron Thomas, Arkansas - #59
64 tackls (15 TFL), 8 sacks, 3 INT
7. Sr. LOLB Markus Eaton, Boston College - #43
65 tackles (10 TFL), 4 sacks, 5 INT, FF, TD
8. Sr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers - #2
27 tackles (3 TFL), 8 INT, 1 TD
9. Sr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers - #1
59 tackles (9 TFL), 4 sacks, 3 INT, 2 FF, 1 TD
10. Sr. MLB Sergio James, Auburn - #42
95 tackles (14 TFL), 5 sacks
11. Sr. DT Kelly May, Tennesssee - #91
44 tackles (15 TFL), 10 sacks
12. Soph. ROLB Derek Woods, Oklahoma State - #51
66 tackles (18 TFL), 8 sacks

Best DL
1. Sr. LE Tavarious West, Alabama - #93
72 tackles (21 TFL), 14 sacks
2. RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers - #95
30 tackles (24 TFL), 18 sacks
3. Sr. DT Kelly May, Tennesssee - #91
44 tackles (15 TFL), 10 sacks
4. Sr. LE Jeeber D Mack, Southern Miss - #98
42 tackles (11 TFL), 8 sacks
5. Jr. RE Jed Patton, Northern Illinois - #98
36 tackles (12 TFL), 7 sacks
6. RS Jr. DT Ed Cobb, Rutgers - #90
30 tackles (15 TFL), 9 sacks
7. Fr. LE Jeff Norwood, West Virginia - #90
36 tackles (12 TFL), 11 sacks
8. RS Jr. LE James Sawyer, Oregon - #57
48 tackles (7 TFL), 5 sacks
9. Soph. DT Matt Caraway, Brigham Young - #95
43 tackls (7 TFL), 7 sacks
10. Sr. RE Terrell Huffman, UCLA - #55
42 tackles (6 TFL), 5 sacks
11. Sr. DT Luke Hardin, UCLA - #95
44 tackles (13 TFL), 5 sacks
12. Jr. LE Rocky Dunham, Arizona State - #97
59 tackles (14 TFL), 8 sacks

Best LB
1. Soph. MLB Fred Dunbar, Buffalo - #59
90 tackles (15 TFL), 10 sacks
2. Jr. MLB Jamar Davis, North Carolina State - #51
73 tackles (15 TFL), 6 sacks, 1 INT
3. Sr. MLB Sergio James, Auburn - #42
95 tackles (14 TFL), 5 sacks
4. Sr. LOLB Markus Eaton, Boston College - #43
65 tackles (10 TFL), 4 sacks, 5 INT, FF, TD
5. Soph. ROLB Derek Woods, Oklahoma State - #51
66 tackles (18 TFL), 8 sacks
6. Jr. ROLB Jerron Thomas, Arkansas - #59
64 tackls (15 TFL), 8 sacks, 3 INT
7. Soph. LOLB Kory Wallace, South Carolina - #51
71 tackles (2 TFL), 4 INT
8. Jr. ROLB Nick Boyer, Central Florida - #58
61 tackles (12 TFL), 5 sacks, 1 INT
9. Sr. MLB Brady Huff, Rutgers - #48
37 tackles (19 TFL), 8 sacks, 4 INT, FF, 3 TD
10. Jr. ROLB Jackson McGrath, New Mexico State - #57
62 tackles (5 TFL), 3 sacks, 2 INT
11. Sr. ROLB Ryan Cordes, Miami - #40
54 tackles (13 TFL), 8 sacks
12. Jr. MLB Charley Hilton, Virginia Tech - #41
50 tackles (9 TFL), 5 sacks, 2 INT

Thorpe Award
1. Sr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers - #1
59 tackles (9 TFL), 4 sacks, 3 INT, 2 FF, 1 TD
2. RS Soph. CB Joshua Richard, Southern Miss - #7
31 tackles (1 TFL), 6 INT
3. Sr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers - #2
27 tackles (3 TFL), 8 INT, 1 TD
4. Jr. FS Akil Stallworth, Syracuse - #28
33 tackles (1 TFL), 5 INT
5. Soph. SS Jamie Flynn, California - #28
53 tackles (5 TFL), 2 sacks, 4 INT
6. Jr. SS Roland Hall, Auburn - #26
37 tackles (2 TFL), 4 INT
7. Sr. CB Jason Herbert, Washington - #1
42 tackles (1 TFL), 6 INT, 1 TD
8. Sr. FS Chandler Leach, Oklahoma State - #23
38 tackles (3 TFL), 4 INT
9. RS Jr. CB Russell Wilkerson, UCLA - #32
31 tackles, 5 INT, 1 FF, 1 TD
10. Sr. SS Lance Middleton, Utah - #32
35 tackles (1 TFL), 7 INT, 1 TD
11. Jr. CB Paul Altman, Utah - #9
41 tackles (1 TFL), 6 INT, 2 FF, 1 TD
12. Sr. FS Matt Smith, Buffalo - #8
42 tackles (5 TFL), 2 sacks, 4 INT

Groza Award
1. Sr. K Paul Felton, Southern Miss - #49
24-27 FG, long of 49, 24-24 XP
2. Soph. K Eli Tidwell, Connecticut - #44
23-27 FG, long of 47, 19-21 XP
3. RS Sr. K Rick Krautman, Syracuse - #17
20-23 FG, long of 54, 21-22 XP
4. Fr. K Michael Stuart, San Diego State - #2
21-25 FG, long of 52, 22-22 XP
5. Jr. K Darren Gamble, Florida State - #47
18-21 FG, long of 49, 37-37 XP
6. Soph. K Carlton Holmes, Southern Methodist - #7
16-18 FG, long of 49, 21-21 XP
7. Jr. K James Tatum, Texas Tech - #49
15-17 FG, long of 49, 24-24 XP
8. Jr. K Greg Gates, Ohio State - #44
18-22 FG, long of 50, 29-29 XP
9. Soph. K Tyrell Vinson, Rice - #41
13-14 FG, long of 53, 13-13 XP
10. Fr. K Renaldo Gilmore, Louisville - #47
18-22 FG, long of 49, 31-32 XP
11. Sr. K Gavin Blackburn, Idaho - #40
16-19 FG. long of 54, 8-8 XP
12. Sr. K Mike Brown, Michigan - #46
19-24 FG, long of 53, 29-29 XP

Best Coach
1. Florida State coach - 9-0
2. Central Michigan coach - 8-1
3. Minnesota coach - 8-1
4. Southern Methodist coach - 7-2
5. Tennessee coach - 8-1
6. Texas Christian coach - 7-2
7. Syracuse coach - 7-1
8. Northern Illinois coach - 7-1
9. Louisville coach - 8-0
10. Ohio State coach - 8-0
11. North Texas coach - 7-2
12. Colorado coach - 7-1

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by General Mike
Best DL
4. Sr. LE Jeeber D Mack, Southern Miss - #98
42 tackles (11 TFL), 8 sacks

Word...

[General Mike]

Originally posted by JeeberD
Oh geez, both Texas and Southern Miss tanking... Texas seems to be making a comeback. They do have Texas A&M and Oklahoma State left, and a decent Nebraska team.

If Southern Miss runs the table the rest of the way, they could get Conference USA's 2nd tied in bowl bid.

[RealDeal]

They don't call me Real Deal for nothing. Fear the best cover linebacker the world has ever seen!

[General Mike]

Week 11 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#6 Miami @ #7 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech 34-32

Other National Games
#1 Ohio State @ Penn State - Ohio State 27-7
The Bedlam Game, #10 Oklahoma State @ #11 Oklahoma - Oklahoma 34-24
Navy @ #21 Notre Dame - Navy 20-17

Other Top 25 Games
#2 Louisville @ Texas Christian - Louisville 41-22
Baylor @ #5 Kansas State - Kansas State 51-7
#8 Colorado @ Texas Tech - Colorado 30-13
Nebraska @ #12 Texas - Texas 45-21
Washington State @ #14 Southern Cal - Washington State 16-15
#15 Fresno State @ Southern Methodist - Fresno State 30-14
Indiana @ #16 Minnesota - Minnesota 27-24
North Carolina @ #17 Maryland - Maryland 41-10
Kansas @ #19 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 49-10
#22 UCLA @ Stanford - UCLA 38-27
Ball State @ #24 Northern Illinois - Ball State 23-17
South Carolina @ #25 Ole Miss - Ole Miss 45-10

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
The Year's Best
Can Rutgers's York win the 2007 Best RB?
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

Bowl Rankings
Story: Louisville Marches On
The Dale-ed Cardinals are looking at a potential NC appearance.
Photo: Adrian Dale, Louisville #11

Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Ohio State 1.0 1.35 3.72 0 -0.0 6.07
2 Louisville 2.0 2.21 4.08 0 -0.0 8.29
3 Florida State 3.0 3.28 3.08 0 -0.0 9.36
4 Rutgers 4.0 3.79 2.64 1 -0.0 11.43
5 Kansas State 5.0 5.21 2.32 1 -0.5 13.03
6 Virginia Tech 6.0 6.49 0.32 1 -0.7 13.11
7 Colorado 7.0 7.49 1.80 1 -0.3 16.99
8 Oklahoma 9.0 8.58 0.60 1 -0.1 19.08
9 Tennessee 8.0 7.58 2.68 1 -0.0 19.26
10 Texas 10.0 9.58 0.88 2 -0.0 22.46
11 Miami 11.5 11.92 0.96 2 -0.0 26.15
12 Syracuse 11.5 13.46 2.56 1 -0.0 28.52
13 Maryland 14.5 14.36 1.36 2 -0.0 32.22
14 Minnesota 13.5 13.92 3.91 1 -0.0 32.34
15 Louisiana State 16.0 16.77 2.96 1 -0.0 36.73


Top 25 Polls
Story: A Sigh of Relief
The Cougars barely edge out conference foe USC in a 16-15 thriller.
Photo Jeremiah McCullough, #29 Washinton State

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 2 Ohio State (30) 9-0 1446
2 2 Louisville (22) 9-0 1384
3 3 Florida State (2) 9-0 1324
4 4 Rutgers 7-1 1199
5 5 Kansas State 8-1 1144
6 7 Virginia Tech 8-1 1100
7 8 Colorado 8-1 984
8 9 Tennesseee 8-1 933
9 11 Oklahoma 8-1 899
10 12 Texas 7-2 778
11 13 Syracuse 7-1 742
12 6 Miami 7-2 740
13 15 Fresno State 7-1 654
14 16 Minnesota 9-1 614
15 17 Maryland 7-2 564
16 10 Oklahoma State 7-2 557
17 18 Louisiana State 7-1 532
18 19 Texas A&M 7-3 481
19 20 West Virginia 5-3 440
20 22 UCLA 7-2 381
21 23 Auburn 6-3 342
22 14 Southern Cal 5-3 293
23 25 Ole Miss 6-3 281
24 NR Washington State 6-3 226
25 NR Arkansas 6-3 225
Dropping Out: Notre Dame (#21 last week)
Northern Illinois (#24 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 12 Ohio State (48) 9-0 1752
2 2 Louisville (22) 9-0 1677
3 3 Florida State (1) 9-0 1605
4 4 Rutgers 7-1 1453
5 5 Kansas State 8-1 1387
6 8 Virginia Tech 8-1 1286
7 7 Colorado 8-1 1256
8 9 Tennessee 8-1 1132
9 10 Oklahoma 8-1 1110
10 12 Texas 7-2 943
11 6 Miami 7-2 895
12 14 Syracuse 7-1 845
13 15 Minnesota 9-1 795
14 16 Maryland 7-2 732
15 17 Louisiana State 7-1 693
16 18 UCLA 7-2 636
17 11 Oklahoma State 7-2 635
18 19 Texas A&M 7-3 583
19 20 West Virginia 5-3 532
20 21 Auburn 6-3 493
21 23 Fresno State 7-1 429
22 13 Southern Cal 5-3 414
23 24 Ole Miss 6-3 375
24 NR Arkansas 6-3 304
25 NR Washington State 6-3 282
Dropping Out: Notre Dame (#19 last week)
Northern Illinois (#20 Last Week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Looking Ahead
Moore has rushed for 1167 yards and 18 TD in his Sophomore year.
Photo: Ryan Moore, Florida State #2

<> RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
216 car, 1480 yards, 18 rec, 261 yards, 16 total TD
<> Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
233 car, 1167 yards, 18 TD, 16 rec, 188 yards
<> RS Sr. Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
188 car, 1136 yards, 14 rec, 185 yards, 12 TD
<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
180 car, 1132 yards, 10 rec, 170 yards, 11 total TD
/\ Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
195 car, 1040 yards, 5 rec, 59 yards, 12 total TD

Awards Semifinalists
Story: Is This His Year?
York, the sophomore from Rutgers, makes the first cut for the Best RB.
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

Dan York has dropped to 4th on the Maxwell list, and 4th on the Best RB List.
Brendan Eldridge is still at 8th for the Maxwell and 3rd for the Best QB.
John Galt dropped to 12th on the Best WR list.
Brandon Holt is still the top OL, but Frederick Spivey is down to 3rd.
Tyson Williams has dropped to 3rd for both the Bednarik and Best DL.
Brady Huff dropped to 8th for the Bednarik and 12th for the Best LB.
Pete Kramer and Maximus Meridius remained the same on both the Bednarik and Thorpe lists.
Jeeber D Mack is down to 5th on the Best DL list.

Players of the Week
Story: Steppin' It Up
An easy win against North Carolina earns Maryland's Hale Player of the Week.
Photo: Mark Hale, Maryland #80

National PotW
Offensive: Jr. QB Deandre Lindsay, California - 23-40, 391 yards, 4 TD, 8 car, 45 yards
Defensive Sr. MLB Chris Siegel, Connecticut - 14 tackles (2 TFL), 2 sacks, 2 FF, 2 FR

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. HB Brady Minton, Virginia Tech - 24 car, 81 yards, TD, 80 rec yards, TD
Defensive: Sr. LOLB Markus Eaton, Boston College - 5 tackles (1 TFL), INT, FF, TD

Conference Standings
Story: Cruise Control
Wildcats suffer a collapse against Big 12 foe Baylor WTF?
Photo Josh Hiscock, Kansas State #29

Coach's Report Card
With the bye week, our coordinators suggested adding a few trick plays to spice things up.
Job Security: A+

[General Mike]

#79 Connecticut Huskies (4-6) @ #4 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-1)

This game will be a statement game for our 2 Heisman hopefuls. Tyson Williams will try to make his case for the Bednarik award as well. This game will have regional coverage.

Key Players
Connecticut: MLB Chris Siegel, WR Scott Farmer, QB Sherman Donovan
Rutgers: HB Dan York, QB Brendan Eldridge, MLB Brady Huff

Injuries
Connecticut: LG Chance Adams - Forearm Fracture - Season ending
WR Leigh Sutherland - Torn Shoulder Muscle - 2 weeks
Rutgers: None

WR John Galt suffered broken ribs in the 1st quarter returning a punt. He will be out for 9 weeks. :(

Halftime Score: Rutgers 29, Connecticut 0

Final Score: Rutgers 83, Connecticut 0

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 20 yard pass from Eldridge to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 8:13
RU 3 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 6:33
RU 26 yard FG by Apollo - 3:14
RU 46 yard FG by Apollo - 1:12

2nd quarter
RU 48 yard FG by Apollo - 9:02
RU 39 yard FG by Apollo - 5:48
RU 32 yard FG by Apollo - 2:49

3rd quarter
RU 32 yard run by Eldridge (Apollo Kick) - 8:33
RU 20 yard pass from Eldridge to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 6:23
RU 3 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 2:21
RU 5 yard pass from Eldridge to Hendricks (Apollo Kick) - 0:00

4th Quarter
RU Safety - 9:08 (Tyson Williams sacked Sherman Donovan)
RU 7 yard pass from Eldridge to Gary (Apollo Kick) - 7:14
RU 43 yard FG by Apollo - 3:30
RU 10 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 1:49
RU 8 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 0:05

Players of the Game
Connecticut: MLB Chris Siegel - 7 tackles (3 TFL), 2 sacks
Rutgers: QB Brendan Eldridge - 28-37, 376 yards, 13 car, 38 yards, 5 total TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 28-37, 376 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Connecticut: Sherman Donovan - 8-21, 67 yards, 2 INT
Seneca Spence - 0-2
Matthew Caldwell - 0-1, 1 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 19 car, 214 yards, 1 TD, long 64
Brendan Eldridge - 13 car, 38 yards, 1 TD, long 32
James Kendrick - 6 car, 32 yards, 3 TD

Connecticut: Justin Hines - 3 car, 11 yards, long 8
Gerard Day - 1 car, 3 yards
Tracy Snyder - 1 car, 0 yards
Matthew Caldwell - 11 car, -6 yards, long 4
Sherman Donovan - 8 car, -26 yards

Receiving
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 9 rec, 143 yards, 1 TD, long 42
Chris Dodd - 4 rec, 70 yards, 2 TD, long 28
Derrell Humphrey - 3 rec, 43 yards, long 17
Mike Ritschel - 3 rec, 36 yards, long 25
Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 26 yards, long 12
Dan York - 2 rec, 19 yards, long 19
James Kendrick - 2 rec, 16 yards, long 11
Jacque Crayton - 1 rec, 16 yards
Adrian Gary - 1 rec, 7 yards, 1 TD

Connecticut: Carter Downs - 1 rec, 20 yards
Ricky Sparks - 2 rec, 20 yards, long 12
Todd McDaniel - 1 rec, 16 yards, long 16
Scott Farmer - 2 rec. 11 yards, long 14
Matthew Caldwell - 2 rec, 0 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Brandon Holt - 11 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 11 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 7 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Frederick Spivey - 6 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Omar Youngblood - 5 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Josh Hendricks - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Jacque Crayton - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 0 pancake, 1 sack allowed

Connecticut: Sammy Williams - 1 sack allowed
Ricky Sparks - 1 sack allowed
Maurice Snyder - 1 sack allowed
Gerren Emanuel - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Brady Huff - 7; Maximus Meridius - 6; Tyson Williams - 4
Sacks: Tyson Williams - 2; Ed Cobb, Connor Miller, Rich McGrady - 1
INTs: Brady Huff, Maximus Meridius, Brett Irvin - 1

Connecticut
Tackles: Travis Ellison - 10; Carlos Jackson, Chris Siegel, Corey Hull, Lamar Austin - 7; DeJuan Vaughn - 4
Sacks: Evan Williams, Chris Siegel - 2; Carlos Jackson - 1
INTs: Benji O'Neal - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 6-6 FG, long of 48, 9-9 XP
Connecticut: Eli Tidwell - 1 kickoff

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 0 punts today
Arizona: Toby Young - 11 punts, 37.0 average, long 44, 22.2 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: Billy Collier - 1 ret, 27 yards
Connecticut: Scott Farmer - 13 ret, 302 yards, long 64
LeRoy Thurmond - 1 ret, 21 yards
Benji O'Neal - 1 ret, 18 yards
Matthew Caldwell - 1 ret, 14 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 8 ret, 17.1 average, long 30
John Galt - 1 ret, 25 yards
Billy Collier - 1 ret, 17 yards
Connecticut: No Returns today

Next Week: The Boston College Eagles come to town.

[General Mike]

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

I may be criticized for not putting our 2nd team in, in the 4th quarter when we had a huge lead, but our players wanted the chance to go for the awards they are contending for. The injury to John Galt is a tough break, but hopefully guys like Jacque Crayton and Chris Dodd can really step up at WR, while Billy Collier and Adrian Gary can show some things on returns.

Offense: We dominated UConn. With the exception of an interception at the end of the 1st half, Brendan Eldridge had another tremendous game. Dan York ran the ball very well, with Kendrick doing a good job when he was in the game. We never had to punt, and we converted alot of crucial 3rd down plays.

Defense: We held them under 50 yards of offense today. They had no sustained drives, and our players did what they needed to do. We didn't give up that one big play like we have in the last couple of games and we played 60 solid minutes.

Special Teams: Apollo had a great day kicking FGs today. We didn't need the points, but he proved that he can be a very good placekicker for us. Adrian Gary did a nice job returning punts today for us.

Grades
QB: A-
RB: A
WR: A
TE: B+
OL: B+
DL: A-
LB: B+
DB: A
Special Teams: A-

[John Galt]

No!!!!!!!!!! Just when I was starting to play well. :(

[General Mike]

Week 12 in Review

Game of the Week
#10 Texas @ #16 Oklahoma State - Texas 45-17

Other National Games
#23 Ole Miss @ #21 Auburn - Auburn 31-24
Missouri @ #7 Colorado - Colorado 38-17
#18 Texas A&M @ #9 Oklahoma - Oklahoma 45-3

Other Top 25 Games
Michigan State @ #1 Ohio State - Ohio State 35-21
#3 Florida State @ Clemson - Florida State 37-9
#5 Kansas State @ Iowa State - Kansas State 28-10
#6 Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh - Virginia Tech 40-10
#8 Tennessee @ Troy State - Tennessee 43-3
Temple @ #11 Syracuse - Syracuse 37-13
#13 Fresno State @ Nevada - Fresno State 20-10
The Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe. Wisconsin @ #14 Minnesota - Minnesota 21-9
#17 Louisiana State @ Navy - Louisiana State 35-7
#19 West Virginia @ Boston College - Boston College 31-14
#20 UCLA @ #24 Washington State - Washington State 39-26
Oregon State @ #22 Southern Cal - Southern Cal 51-48
South Carolina @ #25 Arkansas - Arkansas 30-15

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
In the Zone...
Tigers take care of SEC opponent Ole Miss 31-24.
Photo Sergio James, Auburn #42, stands over an Ole Miss player.

Bowl Rankings
Story: In the Driver Seat
The latest Bowl Rankings have Louisville playing for the National Title.
Photo: , Louisville #28


Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Ohio State 1.0 1.35 4.32 0 -0.0 6.67
2 Louisville 2.0 2.49 4.04 0 -0.0 8.53
3 Florida State 3.0 3.14 3.04 0 -0.0 9.18
4 Rutgers 4.0 3.79 3.60 1 -0.0 12.39
5 Virginia Tech 6.0 6.28 1.12 1 -0.7 13.70
6 Kansas State 5.0 5.21 3.44 1 -0.5 14.15
7 Colorado 7.0 7.35 2.28 1 -0.3 17.33
8 Oklahoma 9.0 8.58 0.60 1 -0.1 19.08
9 Tennessee 8.0 7.58 3.48 1 -0.0 20.06
10 Texas 10.0 9.58 0.56 2 -0.0 22.14
11 Miami 11.5 12.13 0.68 2 -0.0 26.31
12 Syracuse 11.5 12.90 3.56 1 -0.0 28.96
13 Maryland 14.5 14.64 0.84 2 -0.0 31.98
14 Minnesota 13.5 13.85 3.96 1 -0.0 32.31
15 Louisiana State 15.5 15.92 2.32 1 -0.0 34.74


Top 25 Polls
Story: Flattened
Aggies are looking to regroup following a disturbing loss to Oklahoma.
Photo: Texas A&M coach

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 2 Ohio State (34) 10-0 1450
2 2 Louisville (23) 9-0 1395
3 3 Florida State (2) 10-0 1342
4 4 Rutgers 8-1 1225
5 5 Kansas State 9-1 1174
6 6 Virginia Tech 9-1 1123
7 7 Colorado 9-1 1073
8 8 Tennesseee 9-1 1024
9 9 Oklahoma 9-1 992
10 10 Texas 8-2 938
11 11 Syracuse 8-1 878
12 12 Miami 7-2 821
13 13 Fresno State 8-1 785
14 14 Minnesota 10-1 741
15 15 Maryland 7-2 685
16 17 Louisiana State 8-1 607
17 21 Auburn 7-3 429
18 22 Southern Cal 6-3 381
19 24 Washington State 7-3 371
20 16 Oklahoma State 7-3 287
21 25 Arkansas 7-3 267
22 NR Central Michigan 10-1 246
23 NR Cincinnati 7-2 199
24 NR Southern Miss 7-2 163
25 18 Texas A&M 7-4 147
Dropping Out: West Virginia (#19 last week)
UCLA (#20 last week)
Ole Miss (#23 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (47) 10-0 1751
2 2 Louisville (22) 9-0 1682
3 3 Florida State (2) 10-0 1614
4 4 Rutgers 8-1 1467
5 5 Kansas State 9-1 1404
6 6 Virginia Tech 9-1 1341
7 7 Colorado 9-1 1279
8 8 Tennessee 9-1 1217
9 9 Oklahoma 9-1 1178
10 10 Texas 8-2 1109
11 11 Miami 7-2 1026
12 12 Syracuse 8-1 982
13 13 Minnesota 10-1 928
14 14 Maryland 7-2 859
15 15 Louisiana State 8-1 817
16 20 Auburn 7-3 552
17 21 Fresno State 8-1 517
18 25 Washington State 7-3 463
19 22 Southern Cal 6-3 450
20 24 Arkansas 7-3 364
21 16 UCLA 7-3 303
22 17 Oklahoma State 7-3 298
23 NR Central Michigan 10-1 297
24 NR Georgia 6-3 236
25 NR Southern Miss 7-2 205
Dropping Out: Texas A&M (#18 last week)
West Virginia (#19 Last Week)
Ole Miss (#23 Last Week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Closer to the Heisman?
Maroney is the biggest reason why the 10-1 Golden Gophers are playing well in 2007.
Photo: Laurence Maroney, Minnesota #22, sheds a tackle against Wisconsin

<> RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
221 car, 1476 yards, 18 rec, 261 yards, 16 total TD
/\ Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
213 car, 1372 yards, 12 rec, 177 yards, 14 total TD
<> RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
209 car, 1330 yards, 14 rec, 185 yards, 14 total TD
/\ Sr. HB Khary Gonzalez, Northern Illinois
287 car, 1607 yards, 18 TD, 9 rec, 100 yards, 2 TD
\/ Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
259 car, 1272 yards, 19 TD, 17 rec, 198 yards

Awards Finalists
Story: Down to Three!
Williams, the standout RE from Rutgers, is named finalist for the Bednarik
Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95

Bowl Projections
Story On the Move!
Florida State is looking to a possible Orange Bowl bid this post season.
Photo: P.J. Medley, Florida State #18, avoids the pass rush against Clemson.

Outback Bowl: Georgia vs Purdue
Gator Bowl: #11 Syracuse vs #15 Maryland
Capital One Bowl: #8 Tennessee vs #14 Minnesota
Peach Bowl: #17 Auburn vs North Carolina State
Rose Bowl: #19 Washington State vs #4 Rutgers
Orange Bowl: #6 Virginia Tech vs #3 Florida State
Cotton Bowl: #21 Arkansas vs #7 Colorado
Fiesta Bowl: #16 Louisiana State vs #5 Kansas State
Sugar Bowl: #2 Louisville vs #1 Ohio State

Players of the Week
Story: Another Level
Tennessee's Clarke is named Player of the Week after convincing victory.
Photo: Fred Clarke, Tennessee #38, holds onto the ball with 2 hands against Troy State.

National PotW
Offensive: Jr. HB Bo Allison, Nebraska - 41 car, 214 yards, 4 TD, 11 rec yards
Defensive: Sr. FS John Blankenship, Texas - 6 tackles, 2 INT, FF, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Fr. QB Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers - 28-37, 376 yards, 13 car, 38 yards, 5 total TD
Defensive: RS Jr. LOLB Ray Scott, Boston College - 8 tackles (2 TFL), 2 sacks, FF, FR

Conference Standings
Story: Pasted!
All cylinders were clicking for Virginia Tech.
Photo: Brady Minton, Virginia Tech #39, stiff arms a defender from Pittsburgh.

Undefeated Teams
Florida State (10-0) W10
Louisville (9-0) W15
Ohio State (10-0) W11

Winless Teams
Kansas (0-10) L15
Michigan State (0-10) L15
Middle Tennessee State (0-9) L15
Pittsburgh (0-9) L10

Coach's Report Card
The players seem to be responding to your coaching. Keep on winning, coach.
Job Security: A+
Fan Base
Regional TV: 7-0
National TV: 1-1
Avg. Attendance: 42,138

[General Mike]

Originally posted by John Galt
No!!!!!!!!!! Just when I was starting to play well. :(

Hopefully we can rehab it, and get you back in time for our bowl game :(

[General Mike]

Awards Semifinalists

Here are the finalists for the major awards:

Maxwell Award
1. Sr. HB Khary Gonzalez, Northern Illinois - #25
287 car, 1607 yards, 18 TD, 9 rec, 100 yards, 2 TD
2. Soph HB Ryan Moore, Florida State - #2
259 car, 1272 yards, 19 TD, 17 rec, 198 yards
3. RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota - #22
221 car, 1476 yards, 18 rec, 261 yards, 16 total TD

Best QB
1. RS Fr. Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers - #14
206-299, 3109 yards, 85 car, 34 total TD
2. Sr. QB P.J. Medley, Florida State - #18
183-301, 2511 yards, 46 car, 201 yards, 21 total TD
3. Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami - #19
124-243, 1927 yards, 83 car, 522 yards, 19 total TD

Best RB
1. Sr. HB Khary Gonzalez, Northern Illinois - #25
287 car, 1607 yards, 18 TD, 9 rec, 100 yards, 2 TD
2. Soph HB Ryan Moore, Florida State - #2
259 car, 1272 yards, 19 TD, 17 rec, 198 yards
3. RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota - #22
221 car, 1476 yards, 18 rec, 261 yards, 16 total TD

Best WR
1. Sr. WR Jamarkus Pettway, Oregon - #87
69 rec, 1032 yards, 10 total TD
2. Sr. WR John Huggins, West Virginia - #81
42 rec, 94 yards, 10 TD, 3 car, 20 yards
3. Soph. WR Jonathan Cochran, Clemson - #82
56 rec, 837 yards, 11 TD, 2 car, 12 yards

Best OL
1. Jr. RT Brandon Holt, Rutgers - #76
62 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
2. RS Fr. RT J.P. Burke, Ohio State - #76
43 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
3. Sr. RT Frederick Spivey, Rutgers - #71
44 pancakes, 5 sacks allowed

Bednarik
1. Sr. LOLB Markus Eaton, Boston College - #43
77 tackles (13 TFL), 4 sacks, 6 INT, 2 FF, 2 TD
2. [color=scarlet]RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers - #95
34 tackles (28 TFL), 20 sacks
3. Jr. MLB Jamar Davis, North Carolina State - #51
82 tackles (17 TFL), 7 sacks, 1 INT

Best DL
1. Sr. LE Tavarious West, Alabama - #93
76 tackles (24 TFL), 17 sacks
2. Jr. RE Jed Patton, Northern Illinois - #98
[i]49 tackles (15 TFL), 9 sacks
3. RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers - #95
34 tackles (28 TFL), 20 sacks

Best LB
1. Sr. LOLB Markus Eaton, Boston College - #43
77 tackles (13 TFL), 4 sacks, 6 INT, 2 FF, 2 TD
2. Jr. MLB Jamar Davis, North Carolina State - #51
82 tackles (17 TFL), 7 sacks, 1 INT
3. Soph. MLB Fred Dunbar, Buffalo - #59
102 tackles (17 TFL), 10 sacks

Thorpe
1. Sr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers - #1
65 tackles (9 TFL), 4 sacks, 4 INT, 3 FF, TD
2. RS Soph. CB Joshua Richard, Southern Miss - #7
33 tackles (1 TFL), 6 INT
3. Sr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers - #2
28 tackles (3 TFL), 8 INT, TD

Groza
1. Sr. K Paul Felton, Southern Miss - #49
25-28 FG, long of 49, 31-31 XP
2. Soph. K Eli Tidwell, Connecticut - #44
24-28 FG, long of 47, 23-25 XP
3. RS Sr. K Rick Krautman, Syracuse - #17
23-27 FG, long of 54, 25-26 XP

Best Coach
1. Central Michigan coach - 10-1
2. Minnesota coach - 10-1
3. Florida State coach - 10-0

[General Mike]

#40 Boston College Eagles (6-4/3-2) @ #4 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-1/3-1)

This game will be a statement game for our 2 Heisman hopefuls. Tyson Williams will try to make his case for the Bednarik award as well. This game will have national coverage and there is a rain in the forecast.

Key Players
Boston College: LOLB Markus Eaton, QB Tavares Dickerson, MLB Scott Carr
Rutgers: HB Dan York, QB Brendan Eldridge, K Justin Apollo

Injuries
Boston College: FB Michael Hatfield - Knee Bursitis - 1 week
Rutgers: WR John Galt - Broken Ribs - 8 weeks

In the 1st quarter, Brendan Eldridge set a new school record for passing yardage in a season, passing Ryan Hart on the leader boards. Hart had 3122 yards in his best season, 2004.
In the 2nd quarter, Boston College's star OLB Markus Eaton suffered a sprained elbow and was sidelined for the rest of the game.
Also in the 2nd quarter, Brendan Eldridge suffered bruised ribs, and will be out for 4 weeks. :(

Halftime Score: Rutgers 14, Boston College 0

Final Score: Rutgers 51, Boston College 10

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 2 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 4:26

2nd quarter
RU 1 yard run by Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 6:13

3rd quarter
RU Safety - 7:11 (Tyson Williams sacked Tavares Dickerson in the end zone)
RU 35 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 6:03
RU 27 yard pass from Spencer to York (Apollo Kick) - 4:07
BC 43 yard FG by Felton - 2:51
RU 89 yard pass from Spencer to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 2:15

4th Quarter
BC 44 yard pass from Dickerson to Livingston (Felton Kick) - 9:53
RU 5 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 7:52
RU 6 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 3:57

Players of the Game
Boston College: MLB Scott Carr - 8 tackles (2 TFL), INT
Rutgers: HB Dan York - 27 car, 184 yards, 2 TD, 3 rec, 40 yards, 1 TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brendan Eldridge - 7-11. 70 yards
Brooks Spencer - 14-18, 242 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Justin Apollo - 1-2, 12 yards
Boston College: Tavares Dickerson - 11-24, 190 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Matthew Clayton - 3-3, 36 yards

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 27 car, 184 yards, 2 TD, long 48
James Kendrick - 2 car, 37 yards, 2 TD, long 35
Brendan Eldridge - 8 car, 32 yards, long 17
Mike Ritschel - 2 car, 3 yards, 1 TD, long 2
Brooks Spencer - 2 car, -6 yards, long 6

Boston College: Jayson Weaver - 13 car, 20 yards, long 6
Nolan Livingston - 4 car, 8 yards, long 5
Matt Patrick - 3 car, 2 yards, long 2
Tavares Dickerson - 11 car, -17 yards, long 8

Receiving
Rutgers: Chris Dodd - 4 rec, 121 yards, 1 TD, long 89
Josh Hendricks - 3 car, 47 yards, long 30
Mike Ritschel - 4 rec, 46 yards, long 20
Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 46 yards, long 22
Dan York - 3 rec, 40 yards, 1 TD, long 27
Adrian Gary - 2 rec, 12 yards, long 8
Jacque Crayton - 1 rec, 12 yards
Derrell Humphrey - 1 rec, 0 yards

Boston College: Warren Heath - 2 rec, 47 yards, long 40
Nolan Livingston - 1 rec, 44 yards, 1 TD
Andre Lawrence - 3 rec, 49 yards, long 17
Jamelle Pears - 2 rec, 36 yards, long 20
Stevie Callahan - 3 rec, 30 yards, long 23
Marcus Bishop - 2 rec, 29 yards, long 18
Jayson Weaver - 1 rec, 1 yard

Blocking
Rutgers: Brandon Holt - 12 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Frederick Spivey - 10 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 5 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Omar Youngblood - 2 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Brooks Spencer - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed

Boston College: E.J. Stewart - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Chad Berlin - 1 sack allowed
Keith McGrath - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 10; Connor Miller - 6; Ed Cobb, Justin Joiner, Rich McGrady - 4
Sacks: Tyson Williams, Ed Cobb, Justin Joiner, Rich McGrady - 1
INTs: Rashawn Ricks - 1

Boston College
Tackles: Kevin Miles - 12; Scott Carr - 8; Shelton Pritchett, Robert Francis - 6
Sacks: Jason Woodruff - 2; Ralph Wynn, Markus Eaton - 1
INTs: Robert Francis, Scott Carr - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 7-7 XP
Boston College: Gary Felton - 1-1 FG, 43 yards, 1-1 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - no punts
Boston College: Davon Lynch - 7 punts, 36.0 average, long 40, 1 inside the 20, 24.4 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: Billy Collier - 1 ret, 27 yards
Billy Collier - 2 ret, 18.5 average, long 25
Boston College: Jayson Weaver - 6 ret, 23.5 average, long 28
Robert Francis - 2 ret, 15.5 average, long 19

Punt Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 7 ret, 13.4 average, long 27
Boston College: No punt returns

Next Week: Make or break time, as we head to the Orange Bowl to take on the Miami Hurricanes.

[General Mike]

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

This was one of those games where nothing good came out of it. While the win over the hated Eagles was nice to pick up, the fact that we lost Brendan Eldridge until our bowl game makes it very bittersweet.

Offense: Brooks Spencer stepped in very nicely for the injured Eldridge. He threw 2 picks, but they were a result of trying to force some things, not a lack of ability. Dan York had another quality game, even tho he does seem to be wearing down as the season progresses. The OLine did a decent job of protecting the QB and creating holes for the run game.

Defense: Another really good effort by the defense as a whole. They did seem to wear down, or lose focus late in the 3rd quarter/ early in the 4th when they gave up the 10 points to BC, but they seemed to get back at the task at hand fairly quickly thereafter.We'll work on some small things during practice this week as we prepare for Miami.

Special Teams: There's not alot to be said for our special teams effort today. We didn't have to kick any FGs or punts, and our kick returns were decent. Our kickoff coverage was also acceptable.

Grades
QB: B
RB: A-
WR: B+
TE: B
OL: B
DL: A
LB: B+
DB: B
Special Teams: B

[General Mike]

Week 13 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#11 Syracuse @ #12 Miami - Miami 24-10

Other National Games
Boston College @ #4 Rutgers - Rutgers 51-10
South Florida @ Notre Dame - Notre Dame 34-14
North Carolina State @ #3 Florida State - North Carolina State 22-15

Other Top 25 Games
Purdue @ #1 Ohio State - Ohio State 24-21
Memphis @ #2 Louisville - Louisville 48-20
#5 Kansas State @ Nebraska - Nebraska 21-10
#6 Virginia Tech @ Temple - Virginia Tech 41-0
#7 Colorado @ Iowa State - Colorado 31-10
Mississippi State @ #8 Tennessee - Tennesse 43-24
Baylor @ #9 Oklahoma - Oklahoma 31-11
Texas Tech @ #10 Texas - Texas 57-24
San Jose State @ #13 Fresno State - Fresno State 31-3
The Battle for the Floyd of Rosedale, #14 Minnesota @ Iowa - Iowa 18-17
Virginia @ #15 Maryland - Virginia 19-3
#16 Louisiana State @ Alabama - Louisiana State 38-28
The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, #17 Auburn @ Georgia - Auburn 48-17
#18 Southern Cal @ Arizona - Southern Cal 54-10
Arizona State @ #19 Washington State - Arizona State 36-23
Kansas @ #20 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State 38-21
#22 Central Michigan @ Western Michigan - Central Michigan 42-10
#23 Cincinnati @ Texas Christian - Texas Christian 31-28
The Battle for the Bell, Tulane @ #24 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 41-16
#25 Texas A&M @ Missouri - Texas A&M 40-35
Oregon @ UCLA - Oregon 27-14

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Upended!
Florida State's loss to unranked NC State tops a wild weekend in football.
Photo: Florida State coach

Bowl Rankings
Story: The Bigger Picture
Louisville's excited about the possibilites of playing in the championship game.
Photo: Two Louisville players celebrate the great season, so far.


Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Ohio State 1.0 1.56 4.20 0 -0.0 6.76
2 Louisville 2.0 2.28 4.40 0 -0.0 8.68
3 Virginia Tech 4.0 4.21 1.76 1 -1.0 9.97
4 Rutgers 3.0 2.86 3.44 1 -0.0 10.30
5 Colorado 5.0 5.56 3.84 1 -0.5 14.90
6 Oklahoma 7.0 6.72 1.24 1 -0.3 15.66
7 Tennessee 6.0 5.72 3.88 1 -0.0 16.60
8 Texas 8.0 7.72 1.04 2 -0.0 18.76
9 Miami 9.0 9.56 0.64 2 -0.0 21.20
10 Florida State 10.0 9.86 2.80 1 -0.2 23.46
11 Louisiana State 11.5 12.13 2.48 1 -0.0 27.11
12 Auburn 13.0 13.84 0.84 3 -0.4 30.28
13 Fresno State 12.5 12.43 4.36 1 -0.0 30.29
14 Kansas State 13.0 12.86 3.68 2 -0.9 30.64
15 Syracuse 15.0 16.54 2.60 2 -0.0 36.14


Top 25 Polls
Story: A Sigh of Relief
NC State triumphs over Florida State in a ACC riot.
Photo: Jamar Davis, North Carolina State #51, takes down P.J. Medley, Florida State #18

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (38) 11-0 1454
2 2 Louisville (21) 10-0 1407
3 4 Rutgers 9-1 1256
4 6 Virginia Tech 10-1 1165
5 7 Colorado 10-1 1119
6 8 Tennessee 10-1 1074
7 9 Oklahoma 10-1 1029
8 10 Texas 9-2 975
9 12 Miami 8-2 946
10 3 Florida State 10-1 903
11 13 Fresno State 9-1 848
12 16 Louisiana State 9-1 715
13 5 Kansas State 9-2 692
14 17 Auburn 8-3 655
15 11 Syracuse 8-2 618
16 18 Southern Cal 7-3 609
17 20 Oklahoma State 8-3 524
18 21 Arkansas 7-3 478
19 22 Central Michigan 11-1 453
20 14 Minnesota 10-2 419
21 24 Southern Miss 8-2 357
22 25 Texas A&M 8-4 302
23 NR North Carolina State 7-4 301
24 15 Maryland 7-3 243
25 NR Air Force 10-1 195
Dropping Out: Washington State (#19 last week)
Cincinnati (#20 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (44) 11-0 1748
2 2 Louisville (27) 10-0 1687
3 4 Rutgers 9-1 1492
4 6 Virginia Tech 10-1 1378
5 7 Colorado 10-1 1321
6 8 Tennessee 10-1 1265
7 9 Oklahoma 10-1 1209
8 10 Texas 9-2 1144
9 11 Miami 8-2 1121
10 3 Florida State 10-1 1074
11 15 Louisiana State 9-1 886
12 16 Auburn 8-3 821
13 5 Kansas State 9-2 821
14 17 Fresno State 9-1 783
15 12 Syracuse 8-2 677
16 19 Southern Cal 7-3 662
17 20 Arkansas 7-3 613
18 13 Minnesota 10-2 535
19 22 Oklahoma State 8-3 519
20 23 Central Michigan 11-1 489
21 25 Southern Miss 8-2 385
22 NR North Carolina State 7-4 381
23 14 Maryland 7-3 351
24 NR Texas A&M 8-4 327
25 NR Notre Dame 8-3 287
Dropping Out: Washington State (#18 last week)
UCLA (#21 Last Week)
Georgia (#24 Last Week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Watch Out!
Novak has rushed for 1271 yards and 12 TD in his Junior year.
Photo: Dexter Novak, Colorado #27

<> RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
237 car, 1556 yards, 19 rec, 265 yards, 16 total TD
/\ RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
236 car, 1476 yards, 16 rec, 215 yards, 16 total TD
\/ Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
240 car, 1551 yards, 13 rec, 184 yards, 15 total TD
/\ RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers
175 car, 1607 yards, 17 TD, 25 rec, 322 yards, 1 TD
/\ Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
232 car, 1271 yards, 6 rec, 71 yards, 14 total TD

Awards Finalists
Story: Give It To Him!
Rutgers's Williams is one of three remaining candidates for the Bednarik.
Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95, takes down Tavares Dickerson, Boston College #11

Bowl Projections
Story: Hurricanes Go Bowlin'
Miami is looking at a Gator Bowl bid at season's end.
Photo: Gaylon Gilmore, Miami #19, jumps into the arms of Alexander Barr, Miami #94

Outback Bowl: #18 Arkansas vs Iowa
Gator Bowl: #9 Miami vs #23 North Carolina State
Capital One Bowl: #6 Tennessee vs #20 Minnesota
Peach Bowl: Ole Miss vs #24 Maryland
Rose Bowl: Washington State vs #3 Rutgers
Orange Bowl: #10 Florida State vs #4 Virginia Tech
Cotton Bowl: #14 Auburn vs #5 Colorado
Fiesta Bowl: #12 Louisiana State vs #13 Kansas State
Sugar Bowl: #2 Louisville vs #1 Ohio State

Players of the Week
Story: Makin' Big Plays
Southern Miss's Richard earns POTW after gutsy performance in rivalry game.
Photo: Joshua Richard, Southern Miss #7, tackles Marshall Kent, Tulane #41

National PotW
Offensive: Sr. HB Brad Myers, Central Michigan - 18 car, 166 yards, 2 TD, 5 rec, 2 TD
Defensive: RS Soph. CB Ross Wheeler, Ohio State - 4 tackles, 3 INT, 2 TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers - 27 car, 184 yards, 2 TD, 3 rec, 40 yards, 1 TD
Defensive: RS Sr. FS James Griffin, Virginia Tech - 2 tackles, 3 INT. TD

Congrats to INDalltheway on being named NCAA defensive POTW and Big Ten Defensive PoTW. Also congrats to Sony Luangphone, on being named Sun Belt Offensive PotW for the 3rd time this year. He was 17-31, 269 yards, 1 TD, 16 car, 85 yards, this week.

Conference Standings
Story: Conference Clash!
Cardinals remain undefeated following their conference victory over Memphis.
Photo: Adrian Dale, Louisville #11

Undefeated Teams
Louisville (10-0) W16
Ohio State (11-0) W12

Winless Teams
Kansas (0-11) L16
Michigan State (0-11) L16
Middle Tennessee State (0-10) L16
Pittsburgh (0-10) L11

Coach's Report Card
Boston College's coach threw down his headset after we beat them 51-10
Job Security: A+
Avg. Attendance: 40,184

[MrBug708]

SInce I have no stats and I'm a freshmen, am I looking at a RS?

[General Mike]

Originally posted by MrBug708
SInce I have no stats and I'm a freshmen, am I looking at a RS?

Yeah, definitely

[General Mike]

#3 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (9-1/4-1) @ # 9 Miami Hurricanes (8-2/4-1)

This game basically controls our postseason destiny. A win here would help our strength of schedule enough to move us ahead of Virginia Tech in the Bowl Rankings, and put us in a position to take advantage of a loss by Louisville or Ohio State. If we lose, we'll probably have to settle for a shot at the Gator Bowl, at best. This game will be the National Game of the Week. Clear skys are in the forecast.

Key Players
Rutgers: HB Dan York, K Justin Apollo, MLB Brady Huff
Miami: QB Gaylon Gilmore, ROLB Ryan Cordes, HB Mack McBride

Injuries
Rutgers: WR John Galt - Broken Ribs - 7 weeks
QB Brendan Eldridge - Broken Ribs - 3 weeks
Miami: RG Scotter Clay - Torn Shoulder Muscle - 6 weeks
MLB Chris Hood - Broken Tailbone - season ending

Tyson Williams' 1st quarter sack broke the school record of 52, previously held by
Near the end of the 2nd quarter, Tavaris Gant had possibly the biggest interception of his career, because it gave him the NCAA record and us a 17-10 lead going into the half.

Halftime Score: Rutgers 17, Miami 10

Final Score: Rutgers 31, Miami 24

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
Miami 37 yard FG by Kirk - 7:39
Miami 4 yard pass from Gilmore to Deacon (Kirk Kick) - 6:02

2nd quarter
RU 32 yard FG by Apollo - 8:14
RU 1 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 1:49
RU 73 yard interception return by Gant (Apollo Kick) - 0:47

3rd quarter
Miami 57 yard pass from Gilmore to Grimes (Kirk Kick) - 8:50
RU 32 yard pass from Spencer to York (Apollo Kick) - 6:46

4th Quarter
RU 9 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 8:38
Miami 53 yard interception return by Gary (Kirk Kick) - 6:31

Players of the Game
Rutgers: HB Dan York - 20 car, 98 yards,2 TD, 3 rec, 39 yards, 1 TD
Miami: CB Chris Gary - 6 tackles, INT, TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brooks Spencer - 19-28, 263 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Miami: Gaylon Gilmore - 1624, 235 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 20 car, 98 yards, 2 TD, long 28
James Kendrick - 7 car, 52 yards, long 18
Andrew Sloan - 1 car, 5 yards
Mike Ritschel - 1 car, 3 yards
Brooks Spencer - 11 car, -15 yards, long 13

Miami: Thomas Snyder - 3 car, 11 yards, long 6
Mack McBride - 11 car, 9 yards, long 7
Gaylon Gilmore - 11 car, -42 yards, long 12

Receiving
Rutgers: Chris Dodd - 6 rec, 125 yards, long 47
Mike Ritschel - 5 rec, 51 yards, long 22
Dan York - 3 rec, 39 yards, 1 TD, long 32
James Kendrick - 2 rec, 28 yards, long 20
Derrell Humphrey - 1 rec, 8 yards
Josh Hendricks - 1 rec, 6 yards
Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 6 yards

Miami: Craig Grimes - 5 rec, 144 yards, 1 TD, long 57
Matt McIntosh - 4 rec, 30 yards, long 13
Mike Owen - 3 rec, 27 yards, long 11
Norm Barnett - 1 rec, 14 yards
Thomas Snyder - 1 rec, 13 yards
Randall Deacon - 1 rec, 4 yards, 1 TD
Tony Clarke - 1 rec, 3 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Brandon Holt - 8 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Frederick Spivey - 8 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 1 sack allowed
Omar Youngblood - 1 sack allowed

Miami: Kelley Mitchell - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Robert Best - 1 pancake, 4 sacks allowed
Mack McBride - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 11; Tavaris Gant - 5; Tyson Williams - 4
Sacks: Tyson Williams - 4; Justin Joiner, Rich McGrady, Connor Miller, Maximus Meridius - 1
INTs: Tavaris Gant - 1

Miami
Tackles: Jonathan Warren - 11; Josh Weathers - 8; Chris Gary, Corey Cherry - 6
Sacks: Duane Clement - 2; Dorian Leach, Alexander Barr, Christian Ivey, Tom Tanner - 1
INTs: Chris Gary, Corey Cherry - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 1-2 FG, 32 yards, 4-4 XP
Miami: Dewayne Kirk - 1-1 FG, 37 yards, 3-3 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 3 punts, 46.6 average, long 49, 41.3 net average
Miami: Michael Barber - 5 punts, 47.7 average, long 71, 2 inside the 20, 38.6 net average, 1 punt touchback, 1 kickoff touchback

Kick Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 3 ret, 18.6 average, long 22
Billy Collier - 1 ret, 19 yards
Miami: Craig Grimes - 4 ret, 21.2 average, long 26
Marc Miller - 2 ret, 19.5 average, long 21

Punt Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 2 ret, 12.5 average, long 16
Brett Irvin - 1 ret, 0 yards
Miami: Marc Miller - 1 ret, 16 yards

Next Week: The regular season comes to an end with a homa game against Syracuse.

[General Mike]

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

We didn't play a pretty game or a great game, but we finally got the monkey off of our backs, and it feels great.

Offense: Brooks Spencer didn't have a great game, but he made enough timely passes to keep us in the game, and letting us hold on to the ball in crucial spots. Our RBs did a good job keeping 2 hands on the ball and moving the chains. Chris Dodd had several key 3rd down catches downfield which kept drives moving. The OLine gave up quite a few sacks, but they did a decent job all the way around.

Defense: I don't think any one had a really great game, but Maximus Meridius had a nice job flying across the field to make big hits all day, and Tavaris Gant's inteception at the end of the 1st half was as big as any interception ever. The D Line has a whole put alot of pressure on Miami's QB.

Special Teams: Slaughter did a good job punting, giving a lot of hang time and doing a great job of directional kicking. Justin Apollo shanked a FG, but in the ned it turned out to be meaning less.


Grades
QB: C+
RB: A-
WR: B+
TE: B
OL: B-
DL: B+
LB: B+
DB: B
Special Teams: B

[General Mike]

Week 14 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#3 Rutgers @ #9 Miami - Rutgers 31-24

Other National Teams
#1 Ohio State @ Michigan - Ohio State 26-0
The Battle for the Victory Bell, UCLA @ #16 Southern Cal - Southern Cal 48-24
#12 Louisiana State @ Ole Miss - Louisiana State 45-3

Other Top 25 Games
Houston @ #2 Louisville - Louisville 33-3
Boston College @ #4 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech 31-27
Vanderbilt @ #6 Tennessee - Tennessee 56-6
#7 Oklahoma @ Texas Tech - Oklahoma 69-23
Boise State @ #11 Fresno State - Fresno State 48-7
Missouri @ #13 Kansas State - Kansas State 27-14
The Iron Bowl, Alabama @ #14 Auburn - Auburn 31-13
The Battle for the Schwartzwalder Trophy, West Virginia @ #15 Syracuse - Syracuse 16-12
#17 Oklahoma State @ Baylor - Oklahoma State 41-3
Mississippi State @ #18 Arkansas - Arkansas 33-13
Texas Christian @ #21 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 33-7
#24 Maryland @ #23 North Carolina State - North Carolina State 31-28
#25 Air Force @ San Diego State - San Diego State 38-31 OT

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Clinched It!
Buckeyes sew up a spot in the national title game.
Photo: Dan Sterling, Ohio State #26

Bowl Rankings
Story: Sewn Up
Buckeyes clinch a spot in the National Championship game.
Photo: Dan Sterling, Ohio State #26


Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Ohio State 1.0 1.42 4.28 0 -0.0 6.70
2 Louisville 2.0 2.21 4.56 0 -0.0 8.77
3 Rutgers 3.0 2.86 2.36 1 -0.0 9.22
4 Virginia Tech 4.0 4.28 1.84 1 -0.8 10.32
5 Colorado 5.0 5.70 3.76 1 -0.5 14.96
6 Oklahoma 7.0 6.72 1.72 1 -0.3 16.14
7 Tennessee 6.0 5.72 4.12 1 -0.0 16.84
8 Texas 8.0 7.72 1.08 2 -0.0 18.80
9 Florida State 9.0 9.07 2.92 1 -0.0 21.99
10 Louisiana State 10.5 10.78 1.96 1 -0.0 24.24
11 Fresno State 11.5 11.01 4.44 1 -0.0 27.95
12 Auburn 12.0 12.63 1.00 3 -0.4 28.23
13 Kansas State 12.0 11.93 3.68 2 -0.9 28.71
14 Syracuse 14.0 15.75 2.56 2 -0.0 34.31
15 Miami 16.0 16.42 0.28 3 -0.0 35.70


Top 25 Polls
Story: Sigh of Relief...
Blacksburg is in shock following a near disaster to Boston College.
Photo: Brady Minton, Virginia Tech #39, stiff arms a Boston college player

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (30) 12-0 1446
2 2 Louisville (29) 11-0 1387
3 3 Rutgers 10-1 1294
4 4 Virginia Tech 11-1 1199
5 5 Colorado 10-1 1144
6 6 Tennessee 11-1 1091
7 7 Oklahoma 11-1 1039
8 8 Texas 9-2 979
9 10 Florida State 10-1 889
10 11 Fresno State 10-1 841
11 12 Louisiana State 10-1 795
12 13 Kansas State 10-2 742
13 14 Auburn 9-3 691
14 15 Syracuse 9-2 653
15 16 Southern Cal 8-3 604
16 9 Miami 8-3 593
17 17 Oklahoma State 9-3 565
18 18 Arkansas 8-3 523
19 19 Central Michigan 11-1 499
20 20 Minnesota 10-2 454
21 21 Southern Miss 9-2 416
22 22 Texas A&M 8-4 370
23 23 North Carolina State 8-4 339
Dropping Out: Maryland (#24 last week)
Air Force (#25 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (43) 12-0 1747
2 2 Louisville (28) 11-0 1672
3 3 Rutgers 10-1 1554
4 4 Virginia Tech 11-1 1433
5 5 Colorado 10-1 1364
6 6 Tennessee 11-1 1299
7 7 Oklahoma 11-1 1234
8 8 Texas 9-2 1158
9 10 Florida State 10-1 1048
10 11 Louisiana State 10-1 990
11 12 Auburn 9-3 915
12 13 Kansas State 10-2 870
13 14 Fresno State 10-1 824
14 15 Syracuse 9-2 763
15 16 Southern Cal 8-3 704
16 9 Miami 8-3 701
17 17 Arkansas 8-3 656
18 18 Minnesota 10-2 619
19 19 Oklahoma State 9-3 567
20 20 Central Michigan 11-1 538
21 21 Southern Miss 9-2 487
22 22 North Carolina State 8-4 440
23 24 Texas A&M 8-4 360
24 25 Notre Dame 8-3 329
25 NR Nebraska 6-5 194
Dropping Out: Maryland (#23 last week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Where Does He Stand?
Vincent is the biggest reason why the 10-1 Tigers are playing well in 2007.
Photo: Justin Vincent, Louisiana State #25

<> RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
237 car, 1556 yards, 19 rec, 265 yards, 16 total TD
/\ Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
268 car, 1751 yards, 14 rec, 190 yards, 17 total TD
\/ RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
248 car, 1569 yards, 17 rec, 225 yards, 16 total TD
<> RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers
195 car, 1705 yards, 19 TD, 28 rec, 361 yards, 2 TD
<> Jr. HB Dexter Novak, Colorado
232 car, 1271 yards, 6 rec, 71 yards, 14 total TD

Awards Finalists
Story: Tyson!
Bednarik names Rutgers's Williams a finalist.
Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95, wraps up Craig Grimes, Miami #80

Bowl Projections
Story: Holiday Madness!
If the season ended today, the Tigers are looking a Fiesta Bowl bid.
Photo: Reggie Hand, Louisiana State #22

Outback Bowl: Georgia vs Illinois
Gator Bowl: #16 Miami vs #23 North Carolina State
Capital One Bowl: #6 Tennessee vs #20 Minnesota
Peach Bowl: #18 Arkansas vs #25 Virginia
Rose Bowl: Washington State vs #3 Rutgers
Orange Bowl: #9 Florida State vs #4 Virginia Tech
Cotton Bowl: #13 Auburn vs #12 Kansas State
Fiesta Bowl: #11 Louisiana State vs #7 Oklahoma
Sugar Bowl: #2 Louisville vs #1 Ohio State

Players of the Week
Story: In Control!
Oklahoma's Hedgecock is recognized following a drubbing at Texas Tech.
Photo: Bob Hedgecock, Oklahoma #88

National PotW
Offensive: Sr. HB Ben Rucker, Tulsa - 23 car, 95 yards, 4 rec, 89 yards, 3 total TD
Defensive: Soph. MLB Richie Sanders, Bowling Green - 8 tackles, 1 INT, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers - 20 car, 98 yards, 2 TD, 3 rec, 39 yards, TD
Defensive: Sr. CB Tavaris Gant, Rutgers - 5 tackles, INT, TD

Congrats to "Real Deal" Al Hill on winning his 2nd SEC Defensive PotW honor this season. He had 7 tackles (1 TFL), 1 Interception, 1 Forced Fumble and 1 fumble recovery this week.

Conference Standings
Story: Conference Clash!
Rutgers (10-1) walks away with a conference victory against #9 Miami.
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

Undefeated Teams
Louisville (11-0) W17
Ohio State (12-0) W13

Winless Teams
Kansas (0-12) L17
Michigan State (0-12) L17
Middle Tennessee State (0-11) L17

Coach's Report Card
31-24 Victory! This is why we made you head coach.
Job Security: A+

[RealDeal]

WOOT! I'm a sooperstar.

[General Mike]

#14 Syracuse Orangemen (9-2/4-2) @ #3 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (11-1/5-1)

We need to avoid a let down after a huge win in Miami. . This game will also be our last chance to showcase Dan York in his quest to bring home the Heisman and Maxwell Awards. This game will have national coverage. There is heavy rain in the forecast.

Key Players
Syracuse: QB Ryan Thurmond, K Rick Krautman, HB Tom Bradford
Rutgers: HB Dan York, K Justin Apollo, SS Maximus Meridius

Injuries
Syracuse: FB Zac Blanton - Broken Fibula - 3 weeks
LT Damon Novak - High Ankle Sprain - 4 weeks
Rutgers: QB Brendan Eldridge - Broken Ribs - 2 weeks
WR John Galt - Broken Ribs - 6 weeks

Samuel Johnson's 1st quarter TD grab, broke Shawn Tuckers's school record of 18.

At the end of the 1st half, FB Mike Ritschel blocked the Syracuse punt, allowing Samuel Johnson to pick the ball up and take it to the end zone for 6

Halftime Score: Rutgers 41, Syracuse 0

Dan York's 4th TD run of the game gave him the new school single season record for rushing TDs, breaking Markis Facyson's record of 22.

Final Score: Rutgers 90, Syracuse 7

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 4 yard pass from Spencer to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 5:28
RU 2 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 2:35
RU 27 yard FG by Apollo - 0:22

2nd quarter
RU 39 yard FG by Apollo - 6:18
RU 29 yard pass from Spencer to Hendricks (Apollo Kick) - 4:47
RU 30 yard pass from Spencer to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 3:52
RU 38 yard fumble return by Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 0:39 Note: punt block recovery

3rd quarter
SU 3 yard run by Bradford (Krautman Kick) - 9:46
RU 2 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 6:29
RU 61 yard punt return by Gary (Apollo Kick) - 5:27
RU 7 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 1:58

4th Quarter
RU 17 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 8:26
RU 5 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 5:57
RU 14 yard pass from Spencer to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 3:22
RU 3 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 1:26

Players of the Game
Syracuse: FS Akik Stallworth - 7 tackles, 1 INT
Rutgers: HB Dan York - 19 car, 165 yards, 5 TD, 6 rec, 47 yards

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brooks Spencer - 27-37, 400 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Syracuse: Ryan Thurmond - 7-19, 48 yards, 1 INT
Justin Patrick - 0-3, 1 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 19 car, 165 yards, 5 TD, long 56
Mike Ritschel - 1 car, 10 yards
James Kendrick - 2 car, 5 yards, 1 TD, long 3
Brooks Spencer - 2 car, -12 yards

Syracuse: Tom Bradford - 25 car, 13 yards, 1 TD, long 8
Justin Patrick - 2 car, 8 yards, long 4
Darryl Pierce - 3 car, 5 yards, long 4
David Feeney - 7 car, 3 yards, long 3
Ryan Thurmond - 10 car, -22 yards, long 7

Receiving
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 6 rec, 141 yards, 1 TD, long 39
Derrell Humphrey - 5 rec, 58 yards, long 20
Mike Ritschel - 3 rec, 58 yards, 2 TD, long 30
Chris Dodd - 2 rec, 54 yards, long 40
Dan York - 6 rec, 47 yards, long 16
Samuel Johnson - 2 rec, 40 yards, 1 TD, long 36
Jacque Crayton - 1 rec, 8 yards
James Kendrick - 1 rec, -1 yard
Adrian Gary - 1 rec, -5 yards

Syracuse: Delvyn Wade - 5 rec, 22 yards, long 10
Lionel Pears - 1 rec, 19 yards
Cecil Mathis - 1 rec, 7 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 5 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Brandon Holt - 5 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 3 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Morgan McClure - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Dan York - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Chris Dodd - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed

Syracuse: Evan Blount - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Travis MacPherson - 1 sack allowed
Delvyn Wade - 1 sack allowed
Michael Meyer - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Brady Huff, Maximus Meridius - 12; Justin Joiner, Ed Cobb - 7; Rich McGrady - 6
Sacks: Tyson Williams, Justin Joiner - 2; Brady Huff, Connor Miller - 1
INTs: Tavaris Gant - 2

Syracuse
Tackles: Heyward Arnold - 10; Akil Stallworth - 7; Jamie Bullock - 5
Sacks: Troy Rose - 1
INTs: Akil Stallworth, Jamie Bullock - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - Justin Apollo - 2-2 FG, long of 39, 12-12 XP
Syracuse: Rick Krautman - 1-1 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - no punts today
Syracuse: Jafar Landry - 13 pounts, 34.9 average, long 45, 17.9 net average, 1 punt blocked

Kick Return
Rutgers: Billy Collier - 2 ret, 46.5 average, long 64
Syracuse: Tom Bradford - 9 ret, 18.8 average, long 24
Larry McClain - 4 ret, 31.0 average, long 62
Cecil Mathis - 1 ret, 21 yards
Darryl Pierce - 1 ret, 15 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 11 ret, 20.9 average, logn 61, 1 TD
Syracuse: No returns today

Next Week: The regular season is over. We'll have to wait and see which bowl game invites us.

[General Mike]

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

That was just a great offensive effort by our team, plus one of our best defensive efforts and some key plays on special teams to get the crowd pumped up.

Offense: Brooks Spencer finally seems to have found his rhythm in the offense and did a good job with the timing routes. York didn't get a ton of carries, but we did get him a lot of touchdowns, and possibly the Heisman Trophy. We finally got Josh Hendricks really worked into the offense and he stepped up. Our OLine also had a quality game in pass protection.

Defense: I really liked the way we played, and I think Tavaris Gant seems to have broked out of a season long slump. Brady Huff and Maximus Meridius also did a nice job picking up alot of big tackles for us.

Special Teams: We had a punt block for a TD and a punt returned for a TD. I'd say it was a pretty damn good day. Justin Apollo continued his recent success making 2 early FGs, and all of his PATs.

Grades
QB: B+
RB: B+
WR: A-
TE: A
OL: A
DL: A-
LB: A
DB: A+
Special Teams: A

[General Mike]

Week 15 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
The Lone Star Showdown, #8 Texas @ #22 Texas A&M - Texas 26-21

Other National Games
The Battle for the Commonwealth Cup, #4 Virginia Tech @ #25 Virginia - Virginia Tech 39-17
The Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh, #15 Southern Cal @ #24 Notre Dame - Notre Dame 24-7
#14 Syracuse @ #3 Rutgers - Rutgers 90-7

Other Top 25 Games
The Battle for the Keg of Nails, #2 Louisville @ Cincinnati - Louisville 47-14
Nebraska @ #5 Colorado - Nebraska 25-7
#6 Tennessee @ Kentucky - Tennessee 52-16
The Battle for the Governor's Cup, #9 Florida State @ Florida - Florida State 42-10
#10 Fresno State @ Texas-El Paso - Fresno State 48-8
The Battle for the Golden Boot, #18 Arkansas @ #11 Louisiana State - Louisiana State 29-19
#16 Miami @ Pittsburgh - Miami 35-13
#21 Southern Miss @ East Carolina - Southern Miss 56-16

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Crushed!
The #5 Buffaloes take a hard fall against Nebraska in Rivalry Game.
Photo: Jeremy O'Neal, Nebraska #11, leaps over a Colorado player

Bowl Rankings
Story: The Mad Dash!
Cardinals are slated to play in the championship game at season's end.
Photo: A Cincinnati player, attempts to tackle Adrian Dale, Louisville #11


Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Ohio State 1.0 1.63 4.24 0 -0.0 6.87
2 Louisville 2.0 2.28 4.44 0 -0.0 8.72
3 Rutgers 3.0 2.86 2.16 1 -0.0 9.02
4 Virginia Tech 4.0 4.35 1.96 1 -0.8 10.51
5 Oklahoma 6.0 5.79 2.00 1 -0.4 14.39
6 Tennessee 5.0 4.79 4.36 1 -0.0 15.15
7 Texas 7.0 6.79 0.72 2 -0.0 16.51
8 Florida State 8.0 8.08 3.08 1 -0.0 20.08
9 Louisiana State 9.5 9.78 2.12 1 -0.0 22.40
10 Fresno State 10.5 9.94 4.48 1 -0.0 25.92
11 Auburn 11.0 11.84 1.16 3 -0.5 26.50
12 Kansas State 11.0 11.00 3.40 2 -0.4 27.00
13 Colorado 13.0 13.28 3.52 2 -0.6 31.20
14 Miami 14.0 14.35 0.84 3 -0.0 32.19
15 Oklahoma State 15.5 15.43 3.56 3 -0.0 37.49


Top 25 Polls
Story: Important Step
Cornhuskers win in spectacular fashion against rival Colorado.
Photo: Jeremy O'Neal, Nebraska #11, is prepared to throw the ball
Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (37) 12-0 1453
2 2 Louisville (22) 12-0 1397
3 3 Rutgers 11-1 1295
4 4 Virginia Tech 12-1 1218
5 6 Tennessee 12-1 1114
6 7 Oklahoma 11-1 1063
7 8 Texas 10-2 1015
8 9 Florida State 11-1 966
9 10 Fresno State 11-1 918
10 11 Louisiana State 11-1 888
11 12 Kansas State 10-2 818
12 13 Auburn 9-3 765
13 5 Colorado 10-2 722
14 16 Miami 9-3 635
15 17 Oklahoma State 9-3 594
16 19 Central Michigan 11-1 526
17 20 Minnesota 10-2 479
18 21 Southern Miss 10-2 441
19 24 Notre Dame 9-3 435
20 NR Nebraska 7-5 432
21 23 North Carolina State 8-4 353
22 14 Syracuse 9-3 334
23 15 Southern Cal 8-4 262
24 NR North Texas 10-2 259
25 18 Arkansas 8-4 230
Dropping Out: Texas A&M (#22 last week)
Virginia (#25 last week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (42) 12-0 1746
2 2 Louisville (29) 12-0 1679
3 3 Rutgers 11-1 1556
4 4 Virginia Tech 12-1 1460
5 6 Tennessee 12-1 1337
6 7 Oklahoma 11-1 1276
7 8 Texas 10-2 1215
8 9 Florida State 11-1 1159
9 10 Louisiana State 11-1 1124
10 11 Auburn 9-3 1027
11 12 Kansas State 10-2 981
12 13 Fresno State 11-1 936
13 5 Colorado 10-2 866
14 16 Miami 9-3 762
15 18 Minnesota 10-2 671
16 19 Oklahoma State 9-3 615
17 25 Nebraska 7-5 601
18 20 Central Michigan 11-1 583
19 24 Notre Dame 9-3 531
20 21 Southern Miss 10-2 529
21 22 North Carolina State 8-4 469
22 14 Syracuse 9-3 354
23 17 Arkansas 8-4 336
24 15 Southern Cal 8-4 328
25 NR Maryland 8-4 259
Dropping Out: Texas A&M (#23 last week)


Heisman Watch
Story: Heisman Hype
Moore looks to garner AA honors, along with the coveted Heisman.
Photo: Ryan Morre, Florida State #2

/\ RS Sroph. HB Dan York, Rutgers
214 car, 1870 yards, 24 TD, 34 rec, 408 yards, 2 TD
\/ RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
237 car, 1556 yards, 19 rec, 265 yards, 16 total TD
<> RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
273 car, 1706 yards, 20 rec, 251 yards, 17 total TD
\/ Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
268 car, 1751 yards, 14 rec, 190 yards, 17 total TD
/\ Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
310 car, 1484 yards, 22 TD, 18 rec, 217 yards

Awards Finalists
Story: Give It To Him!
Florida State's Moore is named one of the three finalists for the Best RB.
Photo: Ryan Moore, Florida State #2

Bowl Projections
Story: Bowl Fever!
Texas is slated to play in the Alamo Bowl in our projections.
Photo: Lamarr Dempsey, Texas #26

Outback Bowl: #25 Arkansas vs Illinois
Gator Bowl: #14 Miami vs #21 North Carolina State
Capital One Bowl: #5 Tennessee vs #17 Minnesota
Peach Bowl: Ole Miss vs Virginia
Rose Bowl: Washington State vs #3 Rutgers
Orange Bowl: #8 Florida State vs #4 Virginia Tech
Cotton Bowl: #12 Auburn vs #11 Kansas State
Fiesta Bowl: #10 Louisiana State vs #6 Oklahoma
Sugar Bowl: #2 Louisville vs #1 Ohio State

Players of the Week
Story: Big Man on Campus
Being named Player of the Week can't top beating your rival.
Photo: John Stewart, Texas #22, tackles, Texas A&M #83

National PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers - 19 car, 165 yards, 5 TD, 6 rec, 47 yards
Defensive: Sr. FS Roy Skinner, Nevada-Las Vegas - 4 tackles (1 TFL), 1 sack, INT, FF, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers - 19 car, 165 yards, 5 TD, 6 rec, 47 yards
Defensive: Sr. MLB Brady Huff, Rutgers - 12 tackles (7 TFL), 1 sack, FF, FR

Conference Standings
Story: Still Unbeaten!
Cardinals remain undefeated following their conference victory over Cincinnati.
Photo: Adrian Dale, Louisville #11

Undefeated Teams
Louisville (11-0) W18
Ohio State (12-0) W13

Winless Teams
Kansas (0-12) L17
Michigan State (0-12) L17
Middle Tennessee State (0-11) L18

Coach's Report Card
Rutgers trusts you to bring in quality student athletes this off-season.
Job Security: A+
Fan Base
Regional TV: 7-0
National TV: 4-1
Avg. Attendance: 41,302

[Nyarlahotep]

Woo hoo back in the top 20!!!

[General Mike]

Week 16 in Review

Game of the Week
Boise State @ Hawaii - Boise State 27-17

Other National Games
Navy vs Army - Navy 26-20

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Making a Statement
No one is putting up better Heisman numbers than Rutgers's York
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

Bowl Rankings
Story: Latest Rankings
The Pearson led Cardinals are looking at a potential NC appearance.
Photo: Dale Pearson, Louisville #28


Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Ohio State 1.0 1.63 4.20 0 -0.0 6.83
2 Louisville 2.0 2.28 4.48 0 -0.0 8.76
3 Rutgers 3.0 2.86 2.08 1 -0.0 8.94
4 Virginia Tech 4.0 4.35 2.00 1 -0.8 10.55
5 Oklahoma 6.0 5.79 2.04 1 -0.4 14.43
6 Tennessee 5.0 4.79 4.36 1 -0.0 15.15
7 Texas 7.0 6.79 0.72 2 -0.0 16.51
8 Florida State 8.0 8.08 3.04 1 -0.0 20.04
9 Louisiana State 9.5 9.78 1.96 1 -0.0 22.24
10 Fresno State 10.5 9.94 4.44 1 -0.0 25.88
11 Auburn 11.0 11.84 1.16 3 -0.5 26.50
12 Kansas State 11.0 11.00 3.36 2 -0.4 26.96
13 Colorado 13.0 13.28 3.48 2 -0.6 31.16
14 Miami 14.0 14.35 0.84 3 -0.0 32.19
15 Oklahoma State 15.5 15.43 3.56 3 -0.0 37.49


Top 25 Polls
Story: A Job Well Done
Ohio State wins the Big Ten after going 8-0 in conference play.
Photo: Ohio State coach

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (39) 12-0 1455
2 2 Louisville (20) 12-0 1381
3 3 Rutgers 11-1 1239
4 4 Virginia Tech 12-1 1181
5 5 Tennessee 12-1 1124
6 6 Oklahoma 11-1 1066
7 7 Texas 10-2 1002
8 8 Florida State 11-1 958
9 9 Fresno State 11-1 905
10 10 Louisiana State 11-1 854
11 11 Kansas State 10-2 795
12 12 Auburn 9-3 738
13 13 Colorado 10-2 699
14 14 Miami 9-3 645
15 15 Oklahoma State 9-3 600
16 16 Central Michigan 11-1 571
17 17 Minnesota 10-2 521
18 18 Southern Miss 10-2 480
19 19 Notre Dame 9-3 433
20 20 Nebraska 7-5 382
21 21 North Carolina State 8-4 351
22 22 Syracuse 9-3 321
23 23 Southern Cal 8-4 280
24 24 North Texas 10-2 257
25 25 Arkansas 8-4 214
Dropping Out: None

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (48) 12-0 1752
2 2 Louisville (23) 12-0 1676
3 3 Rutgers 11-1 1492
4 4 Virginia Tech 12-1 1422
5 5 Tennessee 12-1 1353
6 6 Oklahoma 11-1 1284
7 7 Texas 10-2 1207
8 8 Florida State 11-1 1153
9 9 Louisiana State 11-1 1089
10 10 Auburn 9-3 1007
11 11 Kansas State 10-2 957
12 12 Fresno State 11-1 908
13 13 Colorado 10-2 841
14 14 Miami 9-3 776
15 15 Minnesota 10-2 731
16 16 Oklahoma State 9-3 670
17 17 Nebraska 7-5 602
18 18 Central Michigan 11-1 586
19 19 Notre Dame 9-3 521
20 20 Southern Miss 10-2 482
21 21 North Carolina State 8-4 422
22 22 Syracuse 9-3 386
23 23 Arkansas 8-4 337
24 24 Southern Cal 8-4 296
25 25 Maryland 8-4 258
Dropping Out: None


Heisman Watch
Story: Watch Out!
York is the biggest reason why the 11-1 Scarlet Knights are playing well in 2007.
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

<> RS Soph. HB Dan York, Rutgers
214 car, 1870 yards, 24 TD, 34 rec, 408 yards, 2 TD
<> RS Sr. HB Laurence Maroney, Minnesota
237 car, 1556 yards, 19 rec, 265 yards, 16 total TD
<> RS Sr. HB Justin Vincent, Louisiana State
273 car, 1706 yards, 20 rec, 251 yards, 17 total TD
<> Sr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
268 car, 1751 yards, 14 rec, 190 yards, 17 total TD
<> Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
310 car, 1484 yards, 22 TD, 18 rec, 217 yards

Awards Finalists
Story: Tyson!
Rutgers's Williams is one of the three remaining candidates for the Bednarik.
Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95

Bowl Projections
Story: Time To Put Up
Volunteers are looking to play in the Capital One Bowl at season's end.
Photo: Jeff Frye, Tennessee #26

Outback Bowl: #25 Arkansas vs Illinois
Gator Bowl: #14 Miami vs #21 North Carolina State
Capital One Bowl: #5 Tennessee vs #17 Minnesota
Peach Bowl: Ole Miss vs Virginia
Rose Bowl: Washington State vs #3 Rutgers
Orange Bowl: #8 Florida State vs #4 Virginia Tech
Cotton Bowl: #12 Auburn vs #11 Kansas State
Fiesta Bowl: #10 Louisiana State vs #6 Oklahoma
Sugar Bowl: #2 Louisville vs #1 Ohio State

Players of the Week
Story: Big Players, Big Plays
Navy's Cox earns POTW after gutsy performance in rivalry game.
Photo: Del Cox, Navy #58, drags down Luke Roberts, Army #82, from behind.

National PotW
Offensive: Jr. QB Seneca Brantley, Boise State - 19-26, 357 yards, 2 TD
Defensive: Soph. ROLB Del Cox, Navy - 5 tackles (1 TFL), 2 INT

Conference Standings
Story: Victory!
The Louisville Cardinals are your 2007 C-USA Champions.
Photo: Dale Pearson, Louisville #28

Undefeated Teams
Louisville (11-0) W18
Ohio State (12-0) W13

Winless Teams
Kansas (0-12) L17
Michigan State (0-12) L17
Middle Tennessee State (0-11) L18

[General Mike]

Conference Championship Week in Review

Mid American Conference Championship Game
Central Florida @ #16 Central Michigan - Central Michigan 49-25

Big Twelve Conference Championship Game
#11 Kansas State vs #6 Oklahoma - Kansas State 31-14

Game of the Week
Southeastern Conference Championship Game
#5 Tennessee vs #10 Louisiana State - Tennessee 35-17

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
The Bowl Map
Seminoles accept a bid to play in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.
Photo: Antonio Cromartie, Florida State #13

Bowl Rankings
Story: Holiday Madness!
See where the Scarlet Knights are playing this bowl season.
Photo: Maximus Meridius, Rutgers #1


Poll Comp Sched Qlty
Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total
1 Ohio State 1.0 1.63 4.32 0 -0.0 6.95
2 Louisville 2.0 2.28 4.48 0 -0.0 8.76
3 Rutgers 3.0 2.86 2.08 1 -0.0 8.94
4 Virginia Tech 4.0 4.35 2.04 1 -0.8 10.59
5 Texas 6.0 5.86 0.76 2 -0.0 14.62
6 Tennessee 5.0 4.79 4.04 1 -0.0 14.83
7 Florida State 7.0 7.07 3.08 1 -0.0 18.15
8 Kansas State 8.0 8.21 2.36 2 -0.6 19.97
9 Auburn 9.5 10.34 1.20 3 -0.5 23.54
10 Fresno State 9.5 9.22 4.44 1 -0.0 24.16
11 Oklahoma 11.5 10.80 1.24 2 -0.6 24.94
12 Colorado 11.5 11.99 3.40 2 -0.0 28.89
13 Miami 13.0 13.42 0.88 3 -0.0 30.30
14 Louisiana State 15.0 15.07 1.04 2 -0.2 32.91
15 Oklahoma State 15.0 14.79 3.48 3 -0.0 36.27


Top 25 Polls
Story: Conference Champs!
Wildcats look impressive in winning the Big 12 Championship over Oklahoma.
Photo: L.C. Crosby, Kansas State #53, wraps up an Oklahoma offensive player.

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (33) 12-0 1449
2 2 Louisville (26) 12-0 1390
3 3 Rutgers 11-1 1244
4 4 Virginia Tech 12-1 1190
5 5 Tennessee 13-1 1174
6 7 Texas 10-2 1021
7 8 Florida State 11-1 978
8 11 Kansas State 11-2 944
9 9 Fresno State 11-1 927
10 12 Auburn 9-3 766
11 6 Oklahoma 11-2 735
12 13 Colorado 10-2 727
13 14 Miami 9-3 674
14 15 Oklahoma State 9-3 629
15 10 Louisiana State 11-2 603
16 16 Central Michigan 12-1 600
17 17 Minnesota 10-2 549
18 18 Southern Miss 10-2 507
19 19 Notre Dame 9-3 459
20 20 Nebraska 7-5 406
21 21 North Carolina State 8-4 374
22 22 Syracuse 9-3 342
23 23 Southern Cal 8-4 298
24 24 North Texas 10-2 274
25 25 Arkansas 8-4 227
Dropping Out: None

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (50) 12-0 1754
2 2 Louisville (21) 12-0 1683
3 3 Rutgers 11-1 1507
4 4 Virginia Tech 12-1 1442
5 5 Tennessee 13-1 1425
6 7 Texas 10-2 1238
7 8 Florida State 11-1 1186
8 11 Kansas State 11-2 1158
9 10 Auburn 9-3 1045
10 12 Fresno State 11-1 948
11 13 Colorado 10-2 881
12 6 Oklahoma 11-2 881
13 14 Miami 9-3 816
14 15 Minnesota 10-2 771
15 9 Louisiana State 11-2 767
16 16 Oklahoma State 9-3 708
17 17 Nebraska 7-5 638
18 18 Central Michigan 12-1 622
19 19 Notre Dame 9-3 554
20 20 Southern Miss 10-2 513
21 21 North Carolina State 8-4 448
22 22 Syracuse 9-3 409
23 23 Arkansas 8-4 355
24 24 Southern Cal 8-4 310
25 25 Maryland 8-4 266
Dropping Out: None


Heisman Winner
Greatness!
York earns Heisman honors after rushing for 1870 yards and 24 scores.
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

Heisman Voting Results

Name School 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Dan York Rutgers 207 237 189 1284
214 car, 1870 yards, 24 TD, 34 rec, 408 yards, 2 TD
Laurence Maroney Minnesota 139 183 211 994
237 car, 1556 yards, 19 rec, 265 yards, 16 total TD
Justin Vincent Louisiana State 137 172 214 969
279 car, 1727 yards, 21 rec, 285 yars, 17 total TD
Leigh Curry Auburn 121 191 171 916
268 car, 1751 yards, 14 rec, 190 yards, 17 total TD
Ryan Moore Florida State 2 2 0 10
310 car, 1484 yards, 22 TD, 18 rec, 217 yards


Awards Winners
Story: The Only One
Florida State's Moore takes home the best RB after a spectacular Sophomore season.
Photo: Ryan Moore, Florida State #2

Maxwell: Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State - #2
310 car, 1484 yards, 22 TD, 18 rec, 217 yards
Best QB: Jr. QB Gaylon Gilmore, Miami - #19
164-311, 2479 yards, 108 car, 587 yards, 25 total TD
Best RB: Soph. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State - #2
310 car, 1484 yards, 22 TD, 18 rec, 217 yards
Best WR: Sr. WR Jamarkus Pettway, Oregon - #87
82 rec, 1234 yards, 12 total TD
Best OL: Jr. RT Brandon Holt, Rutgers - #76
87 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed
Bednarik: RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams - #95
43 tackles (36 TFL), 27 sacks
Best DL: RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams - #95
43 tackles (36 TFL), 27 sacks
Best LB: Jr. MLB Jamar Davis, North Carolina State - #51
103 tackles (21 TFL), 9 sacks, 1 INT
Thorpe: Sr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers - #1
98 tackles (13 TFL), 5 sacks, 4 INTR, 5 FF, 1 TD
Groza: Sr. K Paul Felton, Southern Miss - #49
31-25 FG, long of 49, 47-47 XP
Best Coach: Central Michigan coach - 1* coach prestige - 12-1

All-Americans
Story: Natural Instincts
EA Sports announces its All-American Teams for the 2007 season.
Photo: Jermain Downs, Oklahoma #14

Bowl Games
Story: The Big Bowl Picture
Check out where the Wildcats are headed in our Bowl Issue.
Photo: A Kansas Stat player attempts to take down Jermain Downs, Oklahoma #14

Conference Standings
Story: Wildcats Dominate!
There's little doubt that Kansas State is the best team in the Big 12.
Photo: L.C. Crosby, Kansas State #53

Coach's Report Card
The 2007 regular season is over and we are going bowling! Good luck, Coach Schiano.

[General Mike]

2007 All-Americans

1st Team
QB RS Jr. Jermain Downs, Oklahoma - #14
160-301, 2574 yards, 102 car, 647 yards, 26 total TD
HB RS Soph. Dan York, Rutgers - #25
214 car, 1870 yards, 24 TD, 34 rec, 408 yards, 2 TD
HB Soph. Ryan Moore, Florida State - #2
310 car, 1484 yards, 22 TD, 18 rec, 217 yards
WR RS Soph. Blair Russell, Georgia - #87
2267 All-purpose Yards, 5 total TD
WR Soph. Derek Burns, Central Florida - #86
82 rec, 1256 yards, 13 total TD
WR RS Jr. Kevin Kerr, Louisiana Tech - #85
78 rec, 1184 yards, 10 TD
TE Sr. Blayne Hill, Oklahoma - #84
38 rec, 658 yards, 9 TD
C Jr. Jonathan Hardee, Rutgers - #67
38 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
G Fr. Burt McKenzie, Air Force - #74
39 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
G Jr. Gino Bertrand, Nebraska - #75
35 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
T Jr. Brandon Holt, Rutgers - #76
87 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed
T Sr. Frederick Spivey, Rutgers - #71
67 pancakes, 7 sacks allowed

DE Sr. Tavarious West, Alabama - #93
91 tackles (27 TFL), 18 sacks
DE RS Jr. Tyson Williams, Rutgers - #95
43 tackles (36 TFL), 27 sacks
DT Sr. Kelly May, Tennessee - #91
61 tackles (21 TFL), 12 sacks
DT RS Jr. Ed Cobb, Rutgers - #90
46 tackles (22 TFL), 11 sacks
MLB Sr. Sergio James, Auburn - #42
121 tackles (21 TFL), 8 sacks, 6 FF, 1 TD
OLB Jr. Javon English, Oregon State - #49
99 tackles (17 TFL), 11 sacks, 2 INT
OLB Jr. Dorian Archie, Central Michigan - #55
104 tackles (22 TFL), 10 sacks, 1 INT
CB Sr. Henry Porter, Southern Cal - #9
39 tackles (2 TFL), 1 sack, 4 INT, FF, 3 TD
CB RS Soph. Joshua Richard, Southern Miss - #7
51 tackles (1 TFL), 9 INT
CB Sr. Jason Herbert, Washington - #1
64 tackls (1 TFL), 8 INT, 1 TD
FS Sr. Chandler Leach, Oklahoma State - #23
59 tackles (6 TFL), 1 sack, 8 INT, 3 FF, TD
SS Sr. Maximus Meridius - #1
98 tackles (13 TFL), 5 sacks, 4 INT, 5 FF, TD
K Sr. Paul Felton, Southern Miss - #49
31-35 FG, long of 49, 47-47 XP

2nd Team
QB RS Sr. Gerry Connell, Central Florida - #16
259-454, 3454 yards, 43 car, 187 yards, 28 total TD
HB Sr. Khary Gonzalez, Northern Illinois - #25
341 car, 1857 yards, 19 TD, 11 rec, 128 yards, 2 TD
HB RS Soph. Brady Minton, Virginia Tech - #39
298 car, 1459 yards, 15 TD, 26 rec, 353 yards, 3 TD
WR Soph. Darnell Alexander, Southern Cal - #80
59 rec, 1209 yards, 10 TD, 4 car, 12 yards
WR Sr. Jamarkus Pettway, Oregon - #87
82 rec, 1234 yards, 12 total TD
TE Sr. Marley Young, Michigan - #87
48 rec, 870 yards, 6 TD, 2 car, 14 yards
G Fr. Chris Hunter, Toledo - #71
33 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
C Sr. Jamil Garrett, Arkansas - #62
39 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed
G Jr. Kellen Williams, Nebraska - #77
35 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed
T RS Fr. J.P. Burke, Ohio State - #76
49 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
T Soph. Glenn Savage, North Texas - #76
46 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed

DE Sr. Jeeber D Mack, Southern Miss - #98
63 tackles (14 TFL), 10 sacks
DE Jr. Jed Patton, Northern Illinois - #98
56 tackles (17 TFL), 11 sacks
DT Sr. Thomas Edmonds, Kansas State - #90
63 tackles (11 TFL), 5 sacks
DT Sr. Luke Hardin, UCLA - #95
68 tackles (16 TFL), 6 sacks
OLB Sr. Markus Eaton, Boston College - #43
88 tackles (14 TFL), 5 sacks, 6 INT, 2 FF, 2 TD
MLB Jr. Jamar Davis, North Carolina State - #51
103 tackls (21 TFL), 9 sacks, INT
OLB Jr. Jerron Thomas, Arkansas - #59
94 tackles (18 TFL), 9 sacks, 3 INT
CB RS Sr. Leon Hall, Michigan - #38
31 tackles, 5 INT, 2 FF, 3 TD
CB Sr. Pete Kramer, Rutgers - #2
35 tackles (4 TFL), 8 INT, TD
CB RS Jr. Russell Wilkerson, UCLA - #32
44 tackles, 6 INT, 2 FF, TD
FS Jr. Shayne Gentry, Baylor - #20
53 tackles, 4 INT, 1 FF, 1146 KR yards, 2 TD, 353 PR yards
FS Jr. Akil Stallworth, Syracuse - #28
58 tackles (3 TFL), 6 INT
SS Soph. Jamie Flynn, California - #28
65 tackles (6 TFL), 2 sacks, 4 INT
K RS Sr. Rick Krautman, Syracuse - #17
27-31 FG, long of 54, 28-29 XP

Freshman Team
QB RS Fr. Brendan Eldridge, Rutgers - #14
213-310, 3179 yards, 93 car, 34 total TD
HB Fr. Shaun Barry, South Florida - #20
30 car, 141 yards, 16 rec, 121 yards, TD
HB Fr. Mo Howell, Oregon - #34
326 car, 1461 yards, 7 TD, 25 rec, 228 yards, 3 TD
HB Fr. Dan Sterling, Ohio State - #26
200 car, 808 yards, 10 TD, 10 rec, 100 yards
WR Fr. Frederick McMahon, Florida - #82
61 rec, 944 yards, 8 TD
WR Fr. Stan Wallace, Wyoming - #89
79 rec, 1050 yards, 7 TD, 3 car, 12 yards
TE Fr. Kevin Lacey, Hawaii - #89
57 rec, 696 yards, 7 TD
G Fr. Chris Hunter, Toledo - #71
33 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
C Fr. Steven Shelton, Virginia - #63
28 pancakes, 6 sacks allowed
G Fr. Burt McKenzie, Air Force - #74
39 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
T RS Fr. J.P. Burke, Ohio State - #76
49 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
T RS Fr. Gerald Bingham, Rice - #70
33 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed

DE Fr. Jeff Norwood, West Virginia - #90
49 tackles (16 TFL), 14 sacks
DE Fr. Jeff Smith, Texas A&M - #92
62 tackles (7 TFL), 3 sacks
DT Fr. Tony Peoples, Washinton - #90
45 tackles (12 TFL), 6 sacks
DT Fr. Torrie Billings, Southern Methodist - #92
36 tackls (14 TFL), 9 sacks
MLB Fr. Ell Morris, Maryland - #47
90 tackles (12 TFL), 4 sacks
OLB RS Fr. R.J. Morton, Michigan - #53
72 tackles (11 TFL), 5 sacks, 1 INT, 1 FF, 2 TD
OLB RS Fr. Al Hill, Tennessee - #57
73 tackles (2 TFL), 6 INT
CB Fr. Connor Sanchez, Houston - #3
50 tackles, 7 INT, 1 FF, TD
CB Fr. Connor Sanchez, Houston - #3:confused:
50 tackles, 7 INT, 1 FF, TD
CB Fr. Richard Bernard, Kansas State - #24
47 tackles, 2 INT, 2 FF, TD
FS Fr. Shedrick, Witten, Louisiana State - #29
47 tackles (4 TFL), 5 INT, 1 FF, TD
SS Fr. Damien Cook, UCLA - #22
45 tackles (7 TFL), 2 sacks, INT, 3 FF, TD
K Fr. Renaldo Gilmore, Louisville - #47
38-33 FG, long of 50, 48-51 XP

[General Mike]

Bowl Matchups Announced

The Bowl invitations were mailed out early last week, and now we can reveal who will play where this postseason.

New Orleans Bowl - 12/16/2007
East Carolina (6-6) vs #24 North Texas (10-2)

GMAC Bowl - 12/18/2007
Central Florida (8-5) vs Texas Christian (8-4)

Mazda Tangerine Bowl - 12/22/2007
#20 Nebraska (7-5) vs Maryland (8-4)

Fort Worth Bowl - 12/23/2007
Wasington (7-5) vs West Virginia (7-5)

Las Vegas Bowl - 12/25/2007
Oregon (7-6) vs Colorado State (7-5)

ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl - 12/25/2007
Southern Methodist (7-5) vs Buffalo (7-6)

Motor City Bowl - 12/26/2007
Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4) vs #16 Central Michigan (12-1)

Insight Bowl - 12/26/2007
#19 Notre Dame (9-3) vs California (7-6)

Continental Tire Bowl - 12/27/2007
Georgia Tech (8-4) vs Boston College (6-6)

Crucial.com Humanitarian Bowl - 12/29/2007
#9 Fresno State (11-1) vs Northern Illinois (8-4)

MasterCard Alamo Bowl - 12/29/2007
#12 Colorado (10-2) vs Penn State (7-5)

Houston Bowl - 12/30/2007
Cincinnati (8-4) vs Texas A&M (8-5)

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl - 12/30/2007
#23 Southern Cal (8-4) vs #6 Texas (10-2)

Silicon Valley Classic - 12/30/2007
Toledo (7-5) vs Louisiana Tech (9-3)

Wells Fargo Sun Bowl - 12/31/2007
UCLA (7-5) vs Iowa (7-5)

AXA Liberty Bowl - 12/31/2007
San Diego State (8-4) vs #18 Southern Miss (10-2)

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl - 12/31/2007
Georgia (7-5) vs Michigan (7-5)

MainStay Independence Bowl - 12/31/2007
Navy (8-4) vs #14 Oklahoma State (9-3)

Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl - 12/31/2007
Air Force (10-2) vs #22 Syracuse (9-3)

Outback Bowl - 1/1/2008
#25 Arkansas (8-4) vs Illinois (7-5)

Toyota Gator Bowl - 1/1/2008
#13 Miami (9-3) vs #21 North Carolina State (8-4)

CapitalOne Bowl - 1/1/2008
#15 Louisiana State (11-2) vs #17 Minnesota (10-2)

Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl - 1/1/2008
Ole Miss (7-5) vs Virginia (7-5)

The Rose Bowl - 1/1/2008
Washington State (7-5) vs #3 Rutgers (11-1)

FedEx Orange Bowl - 1/1/2008
#5 Tennessee (13-1) vs #4 Virginia Tech (12-1)

SBC Cotton Bowl - 1/2/2008
#10 Auburn (9-3) vs #11 Oklahoma (11-2)

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - 1/2/2008
#7 Florida State (11-1) vs #8 Kansas State (11-2)

National Championship Game - Nokia Sugar Bowl - 1/3/2008
#2 Louisville (12-0) vs #1 Ohio State (12-0)

[RealDeal]

Dang, you just barely missed out again. On the good side, the Rose Bowl is very nice.

On a better side, I was a freshman all-american and I'm playing in the Orange Bowl!

[John Galt]

Tough break. You should demolish WSU in the Rose Bowl. Hopefully, I'll be ready to play.

[Nyarlahotep]

Damn, two tenths of a point. That sucks.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Darn, no bowl game for the Ragin' Cajuns. At least I got some playing time in their defensive backfield as a freshman. Can't wait for next year!

[General Mike]

Originally posted by Pumpy Tudors
Darn, no bowl game for the Ragin' Cajuns. At least I got some playing time in their defensive backfield as a freshman. Can't wait for next year!

U LaLa is in the Motor City Bowl.

[General Mike]

Originally posted by RealDeal
Dang, you just barely missed out again. On the good side, the Rose Bowl is very nice.

On a better side, I was a freshman all-american and I'm playing in the Orange Bowl!

They actually used you properly for once. They didn't waste you on blitzes and allowed you to cover the TE alot, it seems.

[General Mike]

Bowl Week 1 in Review - The Games

12/16/2007 - New Orleans Bowl
East Carolina vs #24 North Texas - North Texas 31-24

12/18/2007 - GMAC Bowl
Central Florida vs Texas Christian - Central Florida 24-14

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
#1 vs #2!
On deck: #2 Louisville vs #1 Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl.
Photo: Dale Pearson, Lousville #28

Top 25 Polls
Story: Big Bowl Blowout
Ohio State fans have come in droves to see their Buckeyes take home the title.
Photo: Derrick Kincaid, Ohio State #83

Bowl Games
Story: Let's Settile THis
Griffin is confident his Hokies will come out on top in the Orange Bowl.
Photo: James Griffin, Virginia Tech #26

[General Mike]

Bowl Week 2 in Review - The Games

12/22/2007 - Mazda Tangerine Bowl
#20 Nebraska vs Maryland - Nebraska 27-13

12/23/2007 - Fort Worth Bowl
Washington vs West Virginia - Washington 34-31

12/25/2007 - Las Vegas Bowl
Oregon vs Colorado State - Oregon 39-14

12/25/2007 - ConAgra Foods Las Vegas Bowl
Southern Methodist vs Buffalo - Buffalo 24-17

12/26/2007 - Motor City Bowl
Louisiana-Lafayette vs #16 Central Michigan - Central Michigan 42-19

12/26/2007 - Insight Bowl
#19 Notre Dame vs California - Notre Dame 31-9

Sports Illustrated


Cover Story
More than Pride
The Fiesta Bowl may be the best game this bowl season.
Photo: Antonio Cromartie, Florida State #13

Top 25 Polls
Story: Heavy Weight Fight
Pearson realizes that there's still unfinished business for Louisville.
Photo: Dale Pearson, Louisville #28

Bowl Games
Story: Top Teams Tangle
Virginia Tech's Griffin is ready to take on Tennessee in the Orange Bowl.
Photo: James Griffin, Virginia Tech #26

[Pumpy Tudors]

Whoops, missed seeing U LaLa in the Motor City Bowl. Oh well. We honked it against Central Michigan anyway. Maybe next year!

[General Mike]

Originally posted by Pumpy Tudors
Whoops, missed seeing U LaLa in the Motor City Bowl. Oh well. We honked it against Central Michigan anyway. Maybe next year!
You gotta start somewhere. Hopefully by your senior year, you'll be in a top flight bowl.

[MrBug708]

How much does USC lose for next year?

[General Mike]

The Rose Bowl

#43 Washington State Cougars (7-5) @ #3 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (11-1)

This is a big game for us in many ways. We're playing in the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl. Since we couldn't make it to the National Championship Game in New Orleans, there's no other bowl I'd rather play in. This will also be the final game in a Rutgers' uniform for several players, including the following graduating seniors: TE Samuel Johnson, LT Chandler Hawkins, RT Frederick Spivey, RE Justin Joiner, MLB Brady Huff, MLB Rashawn Ricks, CB Tavaris Gant, CB Pete Kramer, FS Daniel Meeks and SS Maximus Meridius. We could have several players declare early as well.

Key Players
Washington State: QB Howard Herring, ROLB Daven Hopkins, WR Matt Smith
Rutgers: HB Dan York, QB Brendan Eldridge, K Justin Apollo

Injuries
Washington State: No Injuries
Rutgers: WR John Galt - Broken Ribs - 1 week :(

In the 2nd quarter, Dan York broke Markis Facyson's school record for rushing yards in a season. Markis had 1927 in his best year.
Halftime Score: Rutgers 14, Washington State 10

On the 1st drive of the 3rd quarter, Samuel Johnson suffered a torn shoulder muscle, which will sideline him for 6 weeks. Hopefully this doesn't affect his draft status.

Final Score: Rutgers 49 , Washington State 24

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
WSU 34 yard FG by Caldwell - 3:52
RU 12 yard pass from Eldridge to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 0:11

2nd quarter
RU 9 yard pass from Eldridge to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 7:41
WSU 92 yard pass from Herring to Paulding (Caldwell Kick) - 6:36

3rd quarter
RU 31 yard pass from Eldridge to Hendricks (Apollo Kick) - 7:25
RU 59 yard punt return by Gary (Apollo Kick) - 6:44
RU 11 yard run by Eldridge (Apollo Kick) - 2:55
WSU 22 yard pass from Herring to Paulding (Caldwell Kick) - 0:23

4th Quarter
RU 28 yard fumble return by Kramer (Apollo Kick) - 9:39
WSU 10 yard pass from Herring to Smith (Caldwell Kick) - 4:56
RU 9 yard run by Kendrick (Apollo Kick) - 2:02

Players of the Game
Washington State: WR D Paulding - 9 rec, 176 yards, 2 TD
Rutgers: QB Brendan Eldridge - 28-39, 305 yards, 6 car, 4 total TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: QB Brendan Eldridge - 28-39, 305 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Brooks Spencer - 1-1, 30 yards
Washington State: Howard Herring - 24-44, 357 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 14 car, 113 yards, long 54
James Kendrick - 4 car, 22 yards, 1 TD, long 9
Mike Ritschel - 2 car, 8 yards, long 6
Brendan Eldridge - 6 car, -4 yards, 1 TD, long 11

Washington State: Leonard Turner - 11 car, 14 yards, long 5
Jeff Nichols - 1 car, -1 yards
Howard Herring - 11 car, -40 yards, long 7

Receiving
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 6 rec, 108 yards, 1 TD, long 33
Jacque Crayton - 3 rec, 59 yards, long 26
Derrell Humphrey - 3 rec, 49 yards, long 30
Chris Dodd - 3 rec, 44 yards, long 27
Dan York - 9 rec, 34 yards, long 11
Mike Ritschel - 2 rec, 21 yards, 2 TD, long 12
Samuel Johnson - 2 rec, 11 yards, long 8
Adrian Gary - 1 rec, 9 yards

Washington State: David Paulding - 9 rec, 176 yards, 2 TD, long 92
Matt Smith - 6 rec, 59 yards, 1 TD, long 23
Rashaad Calhoun - 3 rec, 39 yards, long 20
Nate Massey 1 rec, 27 yards
Mark Mann - 2 rec, 24 yards, long 13
Travis Blake - 1 rec, 14 yards
Nolan Holloway - 1 rec, 10 yards
Leonard Turner - 1 rec, 8 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 10 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Brandon Holt - 4 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed

Washington State: Sam Banks - 2 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Alexander Weber - 1 sack allowed
Marley Butler - 2 sacks allowed
Lester McCormick - 3 sacks allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 7; Pete Kramer, Tavaris Gant, Justin Joiner - 5; Tyson Williams, Rich McGrady, Brady Huff - 4
Sacks: Rich McGrady - 3; Tyson Williams - 2; Ed Cobb, Darin Mathews, Rashawn Ricks - 1
INTs: Brett Irvin - 1

Washington State
Tackles: Jeremiah McCullough - 10; Edgar Penn, Akil McNeal - 7; Daven Hopkins - 5
Sacks: Chris Kidd - 2; Carlin Armstrong - 1
INTs: Zak Lawrence - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 0-1 FG, 7-7 XP
Washington State: Clayton Caldwell - 1-2 FG, 34 yards, 3-3 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 2 punts, 53.5 average, long 55, 1 inside the 20, 53.5 net average
Washington State: Chris Fowler - 7 punts, 35.7 average, long 46, 16.1 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 3 ret, 15.0 average, long 17
Billy Collier - 1 ret, 20 yards
Rashawn Ricks - 1 ret, 6 yards
Washington State: Jeremiah McCullough - 6 ret, 20.5 average, long 22
Akil McNeal - 2 ret, 18.5 average, long 19

Punt Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 6 ret, 22.8 average, long 59, 1 TD
Washington State: Akil McNeal - 1 ret, 0 yards

Next Week: Get ready to begin recruiting and try to find some difference makers.

[General Mike]

Originally posted by MrBug708
How much does USC lose for next year?

They have 6 seniors on the roster; their top CB and WR, their 2 best DEs and their top Offensive linemen, plus the starting FB, but their OL didn't play at all this year because of an injury, so he might get a redshirt year.

[General Mike]

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

This was a really big win for the program from a recruiting standpoint. We played a good game, but we were sloppy, and the 3 fumbles we gave away could have been a factor against a better team.

Offense: Brendan Eldridge looked fairly sharp in his 1st game back in quite awhile, and didn't do too many things wrong. Dan York and James Kendrick did a real nice job of getting behind the OLine and just picking up positive yardage all game. Our WRs had some problems with fumbling the ball after the catch, but we did enough through the air, to keep Wazzou honest. Our OLine did a pretty good job all in all.

Defense: We got exploited pretty badly through the air, but I think alot of it had to do with the fact, that Washington State ran alot of 4 WR sets all game long and we're able to pick up yardage underneath the safeties alot. Our DLine did an exceptional job forcing turnovers.

Special Teams: Like the Syracuse game, we had another reallygood game on special teams. Justin Apollo missing a FG that was a little out of his range, was the only bad spot of the game, as we had one punt we return for a TD, one punt we downed inside the 10 yard line, and another punt where Chris Dodd forced the fumble, and allowed Pete Kramer to take the ball to the house.

Grades
QB: B+
RB: B
WR: B
TE: B-
OL: B+
DL: A
LB: B+
DB: C
Special Teams: A+

[tucker342]

so close to the national championship game:(

Oh well. Great win in the Rose Bowl:)

[Travis]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I can feel that national championship baby. Going to look good on the resume...

[General Mike]

Bowl Week 3 in Review

12/27/2007 - Continental Tire Bowl
Georgia Tech vs Boston College - Boston College 44-14

12/29/2007 - Crucial.com Humanitarian Bowl
#9 Fresno State vs Northern Illinois - Northern Illinois 32-23

12/29/2007 - MasterCard Alamo Bowl
#12 Colorado vs Penn State - Colorado 12-7

12/30/2007 - Houston Bowl
Cincinnati vs Texas A&M - Texas A&M 41-9

12/30/2007 - Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
#23 Southern Cal vs #6 Texas - Texas 45-23

12/30/2007 - Silicon Valley Classic
Toledo vs Louisiana Tech - Louisiana Tech 20-14

12/31/2007 - Wells Fargo Sun Bowl
UCLA vs Iowa - Iowa 28-13

12/31/2007 - AXA Libery Bowl
San Diego State vs #18 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 52-16

12/31/2007 - Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Georgia vs Michigan - Michigan 42-30

12/31/2007 - MainStay Independence Bowl
Navy vs #14 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State 31-17

12/31/2007 - Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl
Air Force vs #22 Syracuse - Air Force 35-12

1/1/2008 - Outback Bowl
#25 Arkansas vs Illinois - Arkansas 38-25

1/1/2008 - Toyota Gator Bowl
#13 Miami vs #21 North Carolina State - Miami 39-29

1/1/2008 - Capital One Bowl
#15 Louisiana State vs #17 Minnesota - Minnesota 35-26

1/1/2008 - Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
Ole Miss vs Virginia - Virginia 41-23

1/1/2008 - FedEx Orange Bowl
#5 Tennessee vs #4 Virginia Tech - Tennessee 20-14

1/2/2008 - SBC Cotton Bowl
#10 Auburn vs #11 Oklahoma - Auburn 24-17

1/2/2008 - Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
#7 Florida State vs #8 Kansas State - Florida State 38-24

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Classic Showdown
Two teams, one trophy... does it get much better than this?
Photo: Dale Pearson, Louisville #28

Top 25 Polls
Story: A Game of Inches
Volunteers pull out a close Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech.
Photo: Ashley, Tennesse #84, celebrates the win with a teammate

Bowl Games
Story: One for the Ages
Frye's play at FS helps Tennessee to a nail biting 20-14 Orange Bowl victory.
Photo: Jeff Frye, Tennesse #26, celebrates with a teammate.

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by General Mike
12/31/2007 - AXA Libery Bowl
San Diego State vs #18 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 52-16


Very nice... :)

[General Mike]

I have been offered a 3 year head coaching contract by Oklahoma. I will not leave until I win a national championship/ get fired.

[General Mike]

Bowl Week 4 in Review

National Championship Game\
1/3/2008 - Nokia Sugar Bowl
#2 Louisville vs #1 Ohio State - Ohio State 41-16

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Undefeated Champs!
Ohio State celebrates a dream season after beating Louisville 41-16.
Photo: Ohio State coach

Top 25 Polls
Story: No Doubt About It!
Buckeyes finish perfect season with National Championship win.
Photo: An Ohio State player drags down Chandler Webster, Louisville #16.

Coaches' Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (59) 13-0 1475
2 3 Rutgers 12-1 1231
3 5 Tennessee 14-1 1201
4 6 Texas 11-2 1091
5 7 Florida State 12-1 1082
6 2 Louisville 12-1 1004
7 4 Virginia Tech 12-2 947
8 10 Auburn 10-3 931
9 12 Colorado 11-2 828
10 13 Miami 10-3 790
11 14 Oklahoma State 10-3 742
12 8 Kansas State 11-3 712
13 16 Central Michigan 13-1 677
14 17 Minnesota 11-2 677
15 11 Oklahoma 11-3 610
16 18 Southern Miss 11-2 597
17 19 Notre Dame 10-3 556
18 20 Nebraska 8-5 511
19 15 Louisiana State 11-3 457
20 9 Fresno State 11-2 438
21 24 North Texas 11-2 394
22 25 Arkansas 9-4 353
23 NR Air Force 11-2 309
24 NR Texas A&M 9-5 261
25 21 North Carolina State 8-4 217
Dropping Out: Syracuse (#22 Last Week)
Southern Cal (#23 Last Week)

Media Poll

Rk LW Team W-L PTS
1 1 Ohio State (71) 13-0 1775
2 3 Rutgers 12-1 1483
3 5 Tennessee 14-1 1451
4 6 Texas 11-2 1312
5 7 Florida State 12-1 1304
6 2 Louisville 12-1 1188
7 9 Auburn 10-3 1173
8 4 Virginia Tech 12-2 1142
9 11 Colorado 11-2 1048
10 13 Miami 10-3 953
11 14 Minnesota 11-2 925
12 8 Kansas State 11-3 862
13 16 Oklahoma State 10-3 803
14 17 Nebraska 8-5 746
15 18 Central Michian 13-1 728
16 12 Oklahoma 11-3 710
17 19 Notre Dame 10-3 671
18 20 Southern Miss 11-2 635
19 15 Louisiana State 11-3 570
20 23 Arkansas 9-4 501
21 10 Fresno State 11-2 486
22 NR North Texas 11-2 398
23 NR Texas A&M 9-5 312
24 NR Air Force 11-2 293
25 21 North Carolina State 8-5 285
Dropping Out: Syracuse (#22 Last Week)
Southern Cal (#24 Last Week)
Maryland (#25 Last Week)


Bowl Results
Story: Ohio State Celebrates
Buckeys take Louisville to school in Sugar Bowl.
Photo: Lionel Anthony, Ohio State #25

Coach's Report Card - Year End
A Great head coach has a nose for talent. Good luck during recruiting.
Job Security: A+
Fan Base
Regional TV: 7-0
National TV: 5-1
Avg. Attendance: 52,069
Coach Prestige: 6*
Season Record: 12-1
Current Winning Streak: 8
Winning Seasons: 5
Longest Win Streak: 13
Record vs Top 25: 13-8
Record vs Rival(s): 5-0
Bowl Record: 4-1
Conference Titles: 0
National Titles: 0

Contract Info
Years at Rutgers: 5
Record at Rutgers: 58-8 (0.879)
Contract Status: Year 6 of 8
Team Goals
/ Maintain Team Prestige
x Win Conference Title
x Win the National Title

[General Mike]

Year End Stats

FOFCers

RS Jr. HB Paul Tracy, West Virginia - TheLionKing - 284 car, 1174 yards, 9 TD, 18 rec, 223 yards, 1 TD, 34 Kick returns, 836 yards, 29 punt returns, 335 yards
Sr. LOLB Nyar Lahotep, Notre Dame - Nyarlahotep - 91 tackles (16 TFL), 8 sacks, 15 pass defl., 7 FF, 1 FR, 1 TD
Sr. MLB Colton Mayes, Oklahoma - Blade6119 - 103 tackles (13 TFL), 2 sacks, 2 INT, 6 pass defl., 3 forced fumbles,
Sr. LE Jeeber D Mack, Southern Miss - JeeberD - 67 tackles (14 TFL), 10 sacks, 3 pass defl., 4 FF, 2 FR
RS Jr. QB Kevin Mitchell, Central Florida - RGunner - 15-39, 166 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, 72.4 rating, 4 car, 15 yards
Sr. QB Chris Snow, Tennessee - RendeR - 197-334, 2669 yards, 24 TD, 13 INT, 137.9 rating, 68 car, 390 yards, 1 TD
Sr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers - Sublime - 105 tackles (15 TFL), 5 sacks, 4 INT, 8 pass defl., 5 FF, 1 TD

Jr. HB Robert Rupkin, Iowa - atatange1 - 52 car, 158 yards, 1 TD, 7 rec, 61 yards, 1 kick ret, 16 yards, 3 punt returns, 26 yards
Jr. HB Josh Hiscock, Kansas State - Sack Attack - 261 car, 1161 yards, 11 TD, 5 rec, 83 yards
Jr. WR Travis Elkin, Louisville - Travis - 55 rec, 996 yards, 8 TD, 4 car, 22 yards,
RS Soph. WR John Galt, Rutgers - JohnGalt - 34 rec, 701 yards, 6 TD, 2 pancakes, 13 kick ret, 366 yards, 41 punt ret, 695 yards, 2 tackles
Jr. TE Daniel McCarney, Oklahoma - mckerney - 3 rec, 53 yards,
Jr. CB Neuqua Man, Ohio State - Neuqua - 19 tackles (1 TFL), 1 INT, 1 pass defl., 1 FR
RS Soph. CB Ross Wheeler, Ohio State - INDalltheway - 30 tackles, 6 INT, 13 pass defl., 1 FR, 2 TD, 2 kick ret, 49 yards
Jr. FS Ignatius J Reilly, Wisconsin - Scholes - 22 tackles (1 TFL), 3 INT, 7 pass defl., 1 Forced fumble, 1 kick ret, 35 yards

Soph. C Jonathan Cringer, Nevada - Cringer - 26 pancakes, 7 sacks allowed
RS Fr. ROLB Al Hill, Tennessee - Real Deal - 77 tackles (2 TFL), 6 INT, 10 pass deflections, 3 FF, 1 FR
Soph. FS T.E. Almighty, Texas Tech - thealmighty - 43 tackles (5 TFL), 1 sack, 3 INT, 9 pass defl., 1 FF
Soph. QB Eric Brignac, Tennessee - albionmoonlight - 67-108, 1038 yards, 10 TD, 4 INT, 21 car, 56 yards
Soph. CB Craig Scarborough, Kansas State - CraigSca - 36 tackles, 4 INT, 8 pass defl., 2 FR, 1 block,
Soph. DT Jobu Mack, Texas - JeeberD #2 - 29 tackles (9 TFL), 6 sacks, 3 pass defl., 1 FF, 1 FR,
Soph. HB Jim Carabello, Iowa - Blade6119 #2 - 65 car, 292 yards, 4 rec, 52 yards, 1 TD, 1 kick ret, 25 yards
Soph. K Justin Apollo, Rutgers - Sublime #2 - 22-27 FG, long of 49, 99-99 XP, 131 kickoffs, 1-2, 12 yards
Soph. K Chris Carrabba, Oklahoma - mckerney #2 - 19-24 FG, long of 50, 65-65 XP
Soph. FB Mike Ritschel, Rutgers - General Mike - 35 car, 197 yards, 2 TD, 36rec, 391 yards, 7 TD, 1 pancake, 8 tackles, 1 FR, 1 block

Fr. Kyle Kappe, Southern Cal - MrBug708 - no stats (unofficial redshirt)
Fr. QB Sony Luangphone, Louisiana-Monroe - sony - 168-320, 2301 yards, 117.4 rating, 11 TD, 11 INT, 108 car, 532 yards, 2 TD
Fr. CB Pumpy Tudors, Louisiana-Lafayette - Pumpy Tudors - 46 tackles, 3 INT, 14 pass defl., 3 FF, 1 TD, 26 kick ret, 473 yards,
Fr. C Randall Deacon, Miami - ntndeacon - 1 rec, 4 yards, 1 TD, 1 sack allowed
Fr. HB Al Moonlight, Rutgers- albionmoonlight #2 - official redshirt
Fr. HB John E. Shaka, Virginia Tech - johnnyshaka - 3 car, 24 yards

I'll try to get more of the stats I usually report posted before I go on vacation Saturday, but if I don't I will post them, and start recruiting when I eventually come back.

[General Mike]

Oh yeah, for people who graduated this season or were cut during the offseason, next year you get to have a even more advanced physically, less intelligent recruit created. Say 85 overall to start with a 45 awareness vs 77 overall to start with a 65 awareness.

[Blade6119]

I got jipped for all american!!!! my guy was a monster!

[General Mike]

I'm back, so bump

[General Mike]

Year End Stats

Rutgers

Passing
Brendan Eldridge - 241-349, 3484 yards, 33 TD, 17 INT, 44 times sacked, 174.4 QB rating
Brooks Spencer - 63-86, 977 yards, 7 TD, 6 INT, 8 times sacked, 181.6 QB rating
Justin Apollo - 1-2, 12 yards

Rushing
Dan York - 228 car, 1983 yards, 24 TD, long 80, 789 yards after the 1st hit, 30 20+ yard runs, 85 broken tackles, 5 fumbles
James Kendrick - 55 car, 394 yards, 11 TD, long 35, 120 yards after the 1st hit, 3 20+ yard runs, 24 broken tackles, 2 fumbles
Mike Ritschel - 35 car, 197 yards, 2 TD, long 56, 100 yards after the 1st hit, 2 20+ yard runs, 18 broken tackles, 1 fumble
Steven Berlin - 8 car, 20 yards, 2 TD, long 4, 7 yards, after the 1st hit, 6 broken tackles, 1 fumble
Andrew Sloan - 3 car, 12 yards, 2 TD, long 5, 5 yards after the 1st hit, 2 broken tackles
Josh Hendricks - 1 car, -6 yards, 4 broken tackles, 1 fumble
Brendan Eldridge - 99 car, -18 yards, 5 TD, long 32, 122 yards after the 1st hit, 2 20+ yard runs, 28 broken tackles, 8 fumbles
Brooks Spencer - 15 car, -33 yards, long 13, 27 yards after the 1st hit, 3 broken tackles, 1 fumble

Receiving
Chris Dodd - 38 rec, 878 yards, 9 TD, long 89, 365 RAC, 4 drops
Josh Hendricks - 44 rec, 731 yards, 6 TD, long 58, 328 RAC, 2 drops
John Galt - 34 rec, 701 yards, 6 TD, long 95, 283 RAC, 3 drops
Dan York - 43 rec, 442 yards, 2 TD, long 56, 398 RAC
Samuel Johnson - 34 rec, 433 yards, 6 TD, long 46, 186 RAC, 4 drops
Mike Ritschel - 36 rec, 391 yards, 7 TD, long 32, 262 RAC
Jacque Crayton - 26 rec, 378 yards, long 37, 89 RAC, 2 drops
Derrell Humphrey - 25 rec, 346 yards, 2 TD, long 40, 91 RAC, 1 drops
James Kendrick - 13 rec, 84 yards, 1 TD, long 20, 84 RAC
Steven Berlin - 4 rec, 48 yards, long 16, 36 RAC
Adrian Gary - 7 rec, 44 yards, 1 TD, long 12, 16 RAC, 1 drop
Andrew Sloan - 1 rec, -3 yards

Blocking
Brandon Holt - 91 pancakes, 6 sacks allowed
Frederick Spivey - 77 pancakes, 8 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 41 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 34 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 31 pancakes, 10 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 13 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Tommy Cummings - 8 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Morgan McClure - 5 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Derrell Humphrey - 4 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Chris Dodd - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
John Galt - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Chandler Hawkins - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Dustin McCullough - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Josh Hendricks - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Brooks Spencer, Jacque Crayton, Mike Ritschel - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Dan York - 1 pancake, 2 sacks allowed

Defense
Maximus Meridius - 105 tackles (15 TFL), 5 sacks, 4 INT, 68 int. yards, 8 PD, 5 FF, 1 TD
Brady Huff - 65 tackles (33 TFL), 9 sacks, 5 INT, 90 int. yards, 1 PD, 2 FF, 1 FR, 0 fumb. yards, 3 TD
Ed Cobb - 44 tackles (22 TFL), 12 sacks, 1 PD, 2 FF, 2 FR, -2 fumb. yards
Tyson Williams - 47 tackles (39 TFL), 29 sacks, 2 FF
Connor Miller - 43 tackles (11 TFL), 4 sacks, 2 INT, 64 int. yards, 3 PD, 1 TD
Pete Kramer - 40 tackles (4 TFL), 8 INT, 84 int. yards, 5 PD, 1 FR, 28 fumb. yards, 2 TD

Rich McGrady - 39 tackles (23 TFL), 13 sacks,
Justin Joiner - 38 tackles (14 TFL), 7 sacks, 1 FF
Tavaris Gant - 35 tackles (4 TFL), 6 INT, 93 int. yards, 7 PD, 1 FF, 1 TD
Rashawn Ricks - 31 tackles (10 TFL), 4 sacks, 2 INT, 46 int. yards, 1 PD, 1 FR, 0 fumb. yards
Adrian Gary - 29 tackles (4 TFL), 2 sacks, 3 INT, 62 int. yards, 6 PD, 1 FF, 1 TD
Brett Irvin - 27 tackles (3 TFL), 1 sack, 2 INT, 30 int. yards, 6 PD, 1 FF, 1 fumb. yards

Billy Collier - 20 tackles (1 TFL), 3 PD
Dane Gatlin - 20 tackles (3 TFL), 1 FF
Dwayne Smiley - 17 tackles 1 INT, 0 int. yards, 1 FR, 0 fumb. yards
Steven Berlin - 16 tackles
Trey Donnelly - 13 tackles (6 TFL), 6 sacks, 1 FF
Daniel Meeks - 11 tackles (2 TFL), 1 PF, 1 FR, 0 fumb. yards

Elton Bracy - 8 tackles (2 TFL)
Shelton Rowland - 8 tackles (1 TFL)
Mike Ritschel - 8 tackles, 1 FR, 0 fumb. yards, 1 block
Derrell Humphrey - 6 tackles
Samuel Johnson - 5 tackles, 1 FR, 38 fumb. yards, 1 TD
Chris Dodd - 4 tackles, 1 FF,

Darrin Mathews - 3 tackles (2 TFL), 1 sack, 1 FF
Andrae Wheeler - 2 tackles
Khary McLaughlin - 2 tackles
John Galt - 2 tackles
Frederick Spivey - 2 tackles
Omar Youngblood - 2 tackles

Brendan Eldridge - 2 tackles
Dan York - 2 tackles
Brandon Holt - 2 tackles
James Kendrick - 1 tackle
Jacque Crayton - 1 tackle

Kicking
Justin Apollo - 22-27 FG, long of 49, 99-99 XP, FG 20-29 6-6, FG 30-39 12-13, FG 40-49 4-7, FG 50+ 0-1, 131 kickoffs

Punting
Adam Slaughter - 24 punts, 1145 yards (47.7 average), long 57, 5 inside the 20, 910 net yards (37.9 average), 1 touchback

Kick Return
Adrian Gary - 17 ret, 378 yards (22.2 average), long 65
John Galt - 13 ret, 366 yards (28.1 average), long 68
Billy Collier - 7 ret, 196 tards (28.0 average), long 64
Chris Dodd - 1 ret, 24 yards
Rashawn Ricks - 1 ret, 7 yards

Punt Return
Adrian Gary - 39 ret, 765 yards (19.6 average), long 82, 3 TD
John Galt - 41 ret, 695 yards (16.9 average), long 37
Billy Collier - 1 ret, 17 yards
Brett Irvin - 1 ret, 0 yards

Team Stats

Offensive

Team Stat Total NCAA Conf
Rank Rank
Total YPG 728.3 1st 1st
Off. YPG 540.1 1st 1st
Pass. YPG 344.0 1st 1st
Rush. YPG 196.0 17th 2nd
Points/game 58.6 1st 1st
Pass TD 40 1st 1st
Rush TD 46 1st 1st
1st downs 317 6th 2nd
Sacks All. 57 115th 8th
Redzone Att. 92 1st 1st
Redzone TD 61 1st 1st
RedZone FG 17 3rd(T) 1st
Redzone Score % 84 33rd(T) 2nd


Defensive

Team Stat Total NCAA Conf
Rank Rank
Total TPG 214.6 1st 1st
Pass. YPG 202.8 38th 4th
Rush. YPG 11.8 1st 1st
Avg. Pts. Ag. 14.6 4th(T) 1st
Sacks 93 1st 1st
Interceptions 33 1st 1st
Fumbles Rec. 10 30th(T) 3rd(T)
Redzone Att. 19 1st 1st
Redzone TD 9 3rd 1st
RedZone FG 8 18th(T) 1st(T)
Redzone Score % 89 102nd(T) 8th


Efficiency

Team Stat Total NCAA Conf
Rank Rank
3rd Dwn Conv 64 110th(T) 7th
3rd Dwn Att 139 117th 8th
3rd Dwn % 46 33rd(T) 3rd
4th Dwn Conv 11 24th(T) 2nd(T)
4th Dwn Att 18 15th(T) 2nd
4th Dwn % 61 51st(T) 5th
2 point Conv 0 78th(T) 6th(T)
2 point Att 0 108th(T) 8th
2 point % 0 78th(T) 6th(T)
Penalties 121 110th 8th
Yards Penalized 1057 115th 8th


Turnovers

Team Stat Total NCAA Conf
Rank Rank
INT(Thrown) 23 107th(T) 8th
Fum (Lost) 12 93rd(T) 7th
Giveaways 35 110th(T) 8th
INT (Def.) 33 1st 1st
Fumb (Rec.) 10 30th(T) 3rd(T)
Takeaways 42 4th(T) 1st
Turnover Diff. 7 23rd(T) 2nd(T)
Avg. Trn. Diff. 0.5 23rd(T) 2nd

[General Mike]

Year End Stats

National Leaders

Passing


QB Rating: Brendan Eldridge - 174.4
Joe Sutherland, West Virginia - 146.9
Brian Bates, Arkansas State - 146.4

Completions: Don Larson, Louisiana Tech - 291
Gerry Connell, Central Florida - 278
Ben Arnold, Utah State - 264

Attempts: Don Larson, Louisiana Tech - 539
Ben Arnold, Utah State - 513
Derek Sutton, Buffalo - 492

Yards: Don Larson, Louisiana Tech - 4180
Gerry Connell, Central Florida - 3791
Lionel Hansen, Southern Cal - 3749

TD passes: Brendan Eldridge - 33
Lionel Hansen, Southern Cal - 32
Don Larson, Louisiana Tech - 30

Interceptions: Nate Middleton, Memphis - 23
Dane Hayes, Northwestern - 22
Sherman Donovan, Connecticut - 22
Dominic Ricks, Baylor - 22
Korey Brantley, Cincinnati - 22

Comp. %: Brendan Eldridge - 69 (241-349)
Johnny DuRocher, Oregon - 58 % (247-424)
Demarcus Johnson, Central Michigan - 58% (206-350)
David White, Georgia Tech - 58% (208-357)
Ray Minor, Ohio State- 58% (143-245)
P.J. Medley, Florida State - 58% (224-385)


Rushing


Carries: Carlan Kirby, Navy - 422
Bo Allison, Nebraska - 397
Khary Gonzales, Northern Illinois - 367

Yards: Bo Allison, Nebraska - 2010
Khary Gonzales, Northern Illinois - 1984
Dan York, Rutgers - 1983

Average: Dan York, Rutgers - 8.6 (228 for 2983)
Leigh Curry, Auburn - 6.5 (291 for 1904)
Laurence Maroney, Minnesota - 6.5 (258 for 1694)

TD runs: Dan York, Rutgers - 24
Ryan Moore, Florida State - 22
Khary Gonzales, Northern Illinois - 20

Yards after 1st hit: Dan York, Rutgers - 789
Leigh Curry, Auburn - 583
Bo Allison, Nebraska - 492

20+ Yard Runs: Dan York, Rutgers - 30
Laurence Maroney, Minnesota - 10
Leigh Curry, Auburn - 8

Broken Tackles: Dan York, Rutgers - 85
Leigh Curry, Auburn - 79
Bo Allison, Nebraska - 76


Receiving


Receptions: Kevin Kerr, Louisiana Tech - 88
Snoop Moore, Northwestern - 86
Derek Burns, Central Florida - 86

Yards: Derek Burns, Central Florida - 1349
Kevin Kerr, Louisiana Tech - 1344
DeMarcus Manley, Nevada - 1286

Average: Darnell Alexander, Southern Cal - 20.2 (63 for 1276)
Brady Blackburn, Southern Cal - 18.6 (56 for 1042)
Chandler Webster, Louisville - 18.3 (66 for 1211)

TD catches: Derek Burns, Central Florida - 13
Jonathan Cochran, Clemson - 12
Jamarkus Pettway, Oregon - 11
Ashton Bryant, Hawaii - 11
Chester Blake, Texas - 11
Chris Rivero, San Diego State - 11
Jeff Williams, Louisiana Tech - 11
Kevin Kerr, Louisiana Tech - 11
Lonnie Hurst, Illinois - 11

Run after catch yards: Marley Young, Michigan - 656
Avery Robinson, Ole Miss - 652
Teddy Cox, Brigha Young - 624

Drops: Stan Wallace, Wyoming - 16
Jamarkus Pettway, Oregon - 11
Snoop Moore, Northwestern - 11
Adam Harris, Buffalo - 11
Darrion Smith, Virginia - 11


Blocking


Pancakes: Brandon Holt, Rutgers - 91
Frederick Spivey, Rutgers - 77
J.P. Burke, Ohio State - 52


Defensive


Tackles: Cooper Parham, Louisiana-Lafayette - 136
Sergio James, Auburn - 132
Mo Jenkins, Memphis - 125

Tackles For Loss: Tyson Williams, Rutgers - 39
Brady Huff, Rutgers - 33
Tavarious West, Alabama - 27

Sacks: Tyson Williams, Rutgers - 29
Tavarious West, Alabama - 18
Jeff Norwood, West Virginia - 15

Interceptions: Joshua Richard, Southern Miss - 10
Pete Kramer, Rutgers - 8
Chandler Leach, Oklahoma State - 8
Mark Hale, Maryland - 8
Ben Hanson, Western Michigan - 8
Jason Herbert, Washington - 8

Pass Deflections: Jacque Garland, Arkansas State - 21
Gary Gray, West Virginia - 20
Logan Knight, Western Michigan - 18

Forced Fumbles: Nick Boyer, Central Florida - 8
Antoine Malone, Oregon - 7
Nyar Lahotep, Notre Dame - 7

Fumble Recoveries: Derek Woods, Oklahoma State - 5
Joshua Richard, Southern Miss - 5
11 with 4 fumble recoveries

Blocks: Beau Frederick, Ole Miss - 3
Jacque Garland, Arkansas State - 2
Khalid McGee, Akron - 2

Safeties: Keyon Burton, Southern Cal - 2
Tyson Williams, Rutgers - 2

Defensive TD: Brady Huff, Rutgers - 3
Pete Kramer, Rutgers - 2
18 others with 2 TD


Kicking


FG Made: Paul Felton, Southern Miss - 32
Michael Stuart, San Diego State - 31
Renaldo Gilmore, Louisville - 31
Rick Krautman, Syracuse - 31

FG Attempts: Benny Gage, Hawaii - 39
Michael Stuart, San Diego State - 38
Marcus Braxton, Oregon - 38
Fred Reyes, Buffalo - 38
Greg Gates, Ohio State - 38
Clayton Caldwell, Washington State - 38

FG %: Matt Watts, South Carolina - 93% (14-15)
John Cummings, Bowling Green - 88% (16-18)
Rick Krautman, Syracuse - 88% (31-35)

Longest FG: Oliver Crawford, New Mexico State - 56

XP Made: Justin Apollo, Rutgers - 99
Matt Fowler, Tennessee - 72
Chris Carrabba, Oklahoma - 65

XP Attempts: Justin Apollo, Rutgers - 99
Matt Fowler, Tennessee - 76
Chris Carrabba, Oklahoma - 65

KO Touchbacks: Gary Olsen, Texas - 26
Brennan Jackson, Auburn - 23
Reuben Dixon, Louisiana-Lafayette - 20
Eli Tidwell, Connecticut - 20
Kerry Harrison, Tennessee - 20
Fredrick Jackson, Georgia - 20
Darren Gamble, Florida State - 20


Punting


Punts: Mark Andrews, Michigan State - 91
Cody Patterson, Idaho - 88
Adrian Gibbs, Ohio - 80
Jackson Smith, Pittsburgh - 80

Yards: Mark Andrews, Michigan State - 3884
Cody Patterson, Idaho - 3751
Lorenzo Fox, Kansas - 3579

Average: Adam Slaughter - 47.7 (24 for 1145)
Shane Irvin, Colorado State - 47.0 (73 for 3433)
Norman Leach, Georgia Tech - 46.4 (66 for 3066)

Punt Long: Martin Gonzales, Ball State - 83

Inside the 20: Mark Andrews, Michigan State - 38
Kenan Gates, California - 34
Jelani Thomas, Buffalo - 34

Net Yards: Mark Andrews, Michigan State - 3123
Cody Patterson, Idaho - 3011
Mark Hawkins, Middle Tennessee State - 2860

Net Average: Colin Tinsley, Southern Methodist - 38.7 (61 for 2361)
Adam Slaughter, Rutgers - 37.9 (24 for 910)
Zeke Morgan, Fresno State - 37.8 (51 for 1929)

Punt touchbacks: Shane Irvin, Colorado State - 19
Lorenzo Fox, Kansas - 19
Adrian Gibbs, Ohio - 16
Terrell Sprague, Iowa - 15


Kick Return


Returns: Peter Weeks, Memphis - 56
Blair Hart, Vanderbilt - 55
Ben Hand, San Jose State - 55

Yards: Peter Weeks, Memphis - 1347
Henry Porter, Southern Cal - 1319
Blair Russell, Georgia - 1284

Average: Leigh Curry, Auburn - 29.7 (35 for 1043)
Jason Harris, Fresno State - 29.6 (31 for 919)
Brandon Slaughter, Pittsburgh - 27.8 (25 for 696)

TDs: 6 with 2 kickoff return TDs


Punt Return


Returns: Jayson Swain, Tennessee - 51
Ulysses Hall, Louisville - 50
Derek Burns, Central Florida - 50

Yards: Adrian Gary, Rutgers - 765
John Galt, Rutgers - 695
Ulysses Hall, Louisville - 616

Average: Adrian Gary, Rutgers - 19.6 (39 for 765)
John Galt, Rutgers - 16.9 (41 for 695)
James Wiley, Missouri - 14.3 (34 for 488)
Peter Butler, Bowling Green - 14.3 (30 for 430)

TDs: Ulysses Hall, Louisville - 3
Adrian Gary, Rutgers - 3
Henry Porter, Southern Cal - 2

[General Mike]

2007 Final Conference Standings


Atlantic Coast Conference

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Florida State 12-1 .920 7-1 465 227 6-1 5-0 W2 6*
2 North Carolina State 8-5 .610 6-2 376 330 5-1 3-3 L1 5*
3 Virginia 8-5 .610 5-3 421 308 3-4 4-1 W1 4*
4 Maryland 8-5 .610 5-3 399 279 5-2 3-2 L1 4*
5 Clemson 5-7 .410 4-4 339 388 2-3 3-4 L1 3*
6 Georgia Tech 8-5 .610 4-4 384 329 6-2 2-2 L1 4*
7 North Carolina 4-8 .330 2-6 223 368 2-3 2-5 W1 2*
8 Wake Forest 3-9 .250 2-6 223 341 1-6 2-3 L5 2*
9 Duke 1-11 .080 1-7 225 389 1-4 0-7 L3 2*

Big Ten Conference

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Ohio State 13-0 1.000 8-0 416 175 8-0 4-0 W14 6*
2 Minnesota 11-2 .840 7-1 394 262 7-1 3-1 W1 5*
3 Illinois 7-6 .530 5-3 359 342 4-2 3-3 L1 3*
4 Penn State 7-6 .530 5-3 330 247 3-4 4-1 L1 4*
5 Wisconsin 5-7 .410 4-4 245 238 4-3 1-4 W2 3*
6 Iowa 8-5 .610 4-4 290 227 4-2 3-3 W1 4*
7 Indiana 5-7 .410 4-4 316 340 3-3 2-4 W1 3*
8 Purdue 5-7 .410 4-4 258 281 3-3 2-4 L3 3*
9 Michigan 8-5 .610 3-5 434 289 3-4 4-1 W1 4*
10 Northwestern 2-11 .150 0-8 169 390 0-5 2-6 L5 2*
11 Michigan State 0-12 .000 0-8 114 420 0-6 0-6 L17 1*


Big Twelve Conference (North Division)

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA DIV Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Kansas State 11-3 .780 8-1 428 245 4-1 6-0 5-2 L1 5*
2 Colorado 11-2 .840 6-2 348 197 3-2 5-1 5-1 W1 5*
3 Missouri 5-7 .410 4-4 292 322 3-2 4-2 1-5 L3 3*
4 Nebraska 8-5 .610 4-4 369 287 4-1 4-2 3-3 W4 5*
5 Iowa State 2-10 .160 1-7 234 373 1-4 1-5 1-5 W1 2*
6 Kansas 0-12 .000 0-8 161 444 0-5 0-6 1-6 L17 1*

Big Twelve Conference (South Division)

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA DIV Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Oklahoma 11-3 .780 7-2 526 220 5-0 5-1 6-1 L2 6*
2 Texas 11-2 .840 7-1 499 200 4-1 4-2 6-0 W7 6*
3 Oklahoma State 10-3 .760 5-3 457 282 3-2 4-2 5-1 W3 5*
4 Texas A&M 9-5 .640 5-3 390 376 2-3 4-3 4-2 W1 5*
5 Texas Tech 4-8 .330 2-6 359 376 1-4 2-4 2-4 L2 3*
6 Baylor 2-10 .080 1-7 169 456 0-5 1-5 1-5 L5 1*

Big East Conference

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Virginia Tech 12-2 .850 6-1 458 244 5-0 7-1 L1 6*
2 Rutgers 12-1 .920 6-1 763 191 5-1 6-0 W8 6*
3 Miami 10-3 .760 5-2 413 258 4-1 5-2 W2 6*
4 Syracuse 9-4 .690 4-3 303 355 5-0 4-3 L2 4*
5 Boston College 7-6 .530 3-4 286 287 5-2 1-4 W1 4*
6 West Virginia 7-6 .530 3-4 318 316 5-2 2-3 L1 4*
7 Pittsburgh 1-11 .080 1-6 170 428 0-5 1-6 L1 2*
8 Temple 1-11 .080 0-7 190 404 1-6 0-5 L8 1*

Conference USA

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Louisville 12-1 .920 8-0 476 236 6-0 6-0 L1 5*
2 Southern Miss 11-2 .840 8-0 498 191 4-1 6-1 W6 5*
3 Texas Christian 8-5 .610 6-2 323 321 3-2 5-2 L2 3*
4 Cincinnati 8-5 .610 5-3 342 283 3-2 5-2 L2 3*
5 East Carolina 6-7 .460 4-4 313 337 3-3 3-3 L2 1*
6 Houston 4-8 .330 3-5 256 347 2-4 2-4 L2 2*
7 Army 3-9 .250 3-5 208 323 2-3 1-6 L3 1*
8 Alabama-Birmingham 3-9 .250 2-6 210 379 1-4 2-5 W1 1*
9 Memphis 4-8 .330 2-6 197 435 2-4 2-4 W1 1*
10 South Florida 3-9 .250 2-6 236 410 1-4 2-5 L1 1*
11 Tulane 2-10 .160 1-7 306 390 0-7 2-3 L2 2*

Division 1A Independents

Team W-L PCT PF PA Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Notre Dame 10-3 .760 382 214 4-3 5-0 W4 5*
2 Navy 8-5 .610 260 316 3-2 5-2 L1 2*
3 Connecticut 5-7 .410 307 383 3-3 2-4 W1 3*
4 Troy State 3-9 .250 192 372 1-4 2-5 L1 1*

Mid-American Conference (East Division)

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA DIV Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Central Florida 9-5 .640 6-3 419 318 5-1 2-3 6-2 W1 3*
2 Buffalo 8-6 .570 5-3 347 363 5-1 3-2 4-4 W2 2*
3 Miami (Ohio) 5-7 .660 4-4 206 279 3-3 3-4 2-3 L2 1*
4 Marshall 4-8 .330 4-4 318 372 2-4 3-2 1-6 W1 2*
5 Kent State 4-8 .330 3-5 228 338 2-4 2-3 2-5 L2 2*
6 Ohio 4-8 .330 3-5 211 327 2-4 3-3 1-5 L1 1*
7 Akron 4-8 .330 2-6 278 327 2-4 3-3 1-5 L1 1*

Mid-American Conference (West Division)

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA DIV Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Central Michigan 13-1 .920 8-1 438 227 5-1 6-1 6-0 W7 4*
2 Toledo 7-6 .530 5-3 304 321 4-2 6-1 1-4 L2 3*
3 Northern Illinois 9-4 .690 5-3 338 258 3-3 2-3 6-1 W1 4*
4 Bowling Green 5-7 .410 5-3 284 352 3-3 2-4 3-3 W4 3*
5 Western Michigan 6-6 .500 3-5 272 305 3-3 3-2 2-5 L2 2*
3 Eastern Michigna 4-8 .330 3-5 258 355 2-4 2-4 2-4 W2 2*
7 Ball State 5-7 .410 1-7 254 272 1-5 2-4 3-3 L3 2*

Mountain West Conference

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 San Diego State 8-5 .610 6-1 381 377 5-2 3-2 L1 3*
2 Colorado State 7-6 .530 5-2 273 219 3-3 4-2 L1 3*
3 Air Force 11-2 .840 5-2 361 166 5-0 5-2 W1 4*
4 Nevada-Las Vegas 6-6 .500 4-3 239 300 3-3 3-3 W1 3*
5 Brigham Young 5-7 .410 3-4 267 333 4-3 1-4 W1 1*
6 Utah 3-9 .250 2-5 246 342 2-3 1-6 L1 2*
7 New Mexico 4-8 .330 2-5 224 293 3-3 1-5 W1 1*
8 Wyoming 3-9 .250 1-6 218 321 2-4 1-5 L5 1*

Pacific Ten Conference

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Washington State 7-6 .530 6-2 395 389 4-2 3-3 L3 3*
2 Southern Cal 8-5 .610 6-2 429 352 4-2 4-2 L2 5*
3 UCLA 7-6 .530 5-3 339 331 4-3 3-2 L4 4*
4 California 7-7 .500 5-3 368 372 4-2 3-4 L2 3*
5 Oregon 8-6 .570 4-4 422 363 1-6 6-0 W1 4*
6 Washington 8-5 .610 4-4 405 389 4-3 3-2 W2 4*
7 Oregon State 5-7 .410 3-5 374 300 3-3 2-4 W2 3*
8 Stanford 4-9 .300 3-5 332 424 3-4 1-5 W1 3*
9 Arizona 3-9 .250 2-6 245 438 0-6 3-3 W1 2*
10 Arizona State 5-7 .410 2-6 331 388 3-3 2-4 L1 3*

Southeastern Conference (East Division)

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA DIV Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Tennessee 14-1 .930 8-1 602 206 5-0 5-0 8-1 W8 6*
2 Georgia 7-6 .530 5-3 400 363 4-1 4-1 3-4 L2 4*
3 Vanderbilt 4-8 .330 3-5 210 405 2-3 1-4 3-4 L1 2*
4 Florida 5-7 .410 3-5 261 379 2-3 1-5 4-2 L1 3*
5 South Carolina 4-8 .330 2-6 280 328 2-3 3-4 1-4 W1 3*
6 Kentucky 3-9 .250 1-7 254 366 0-5 1-5 2-4 L4 2*

Southeastern Conference (West Division)

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA DIV Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Louisiana State 11-3 .780 8-1 459 310 5-0 6-1 5-1 L2 5*
2 Auburn 10-3 .760 6-2 435 294 3-2 5-0 4-3 W4 5*
3 Ole Miss 7-6 .530 5-3 383 336 2-3 3-3 4-2 L1 4*
4 Arkansas 9-4 .690 5-3 373 250 3-2 6-1 2-3 W1 5*
5 Alabama 4-8 .330 2-6 252 319 1-4 3-5 1-3 L4 3*
6 Mississippi State 3-9 .250 1-7 227 381 1-4 2-4 1-5 L3 2*

Sun Belt Conference

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 North Texas 11-2 .840 6-1 380 200 5-2 5-0 W5 3*
2 New Mexico State 6-6 .500 5-2 262 265 3-4 3-2 L2 2*
3 Arkansas State 7-5 .410 4-3 336 227 5-2 2-3 W1 2*
4 Louisiana-Monroe 6-6 .500 4-3 270 292 4-4 2-2 W2 2*
5 Louisiana-Lafayette 8-5 .610 4-3 371 310 4-2 4-2 L1 3*
6 Utah State 5-7 .410 4-3 279 368 1-4 4-3 L1 2*
7 Idaho 1-11 .080 1-6 152 383 1-3 0-8 L2 1*
8 Middle Tennessee St. 0-12 .000 0-7 212 358 0-5 0-7 L18 1*

Western Athletic Conference

Team W-L PCT CONF PF PA Home Road Strk Tm.Pr.
1 Fresno State 11-2 .840 8-0 448 224 7-0 4-1 L1 5*
2 Louisiana Tech 10-3 .760 5-3 385 332 5-1 4-2 W5 3*
3 Southern Methodist 7-6 .610 5-3 325 341 3-3 4-2 L4 3*
4 Nevada 4-8 .330 4-4 291 354 0-7 4-1 W1 2*
5 Boise State 6-6 .500 4-4 303 293 3-2 3-4 W1 2*
6 Texas-El Paso 5-7 .410 4-4 271 299 3-3 2-4 L1 2*
7 Tulsa 3-9 .250 3-5 271 380 1-5 2-4 W1 1*
8 Hawaii 5-8 .380 3-5 368 364 2-5 3-3 L1 2*
9 San Jose State 3-10 .230 2-6 236 400 1-7 2-3 L2 1*
10 Rice 4-8 .330 2-6 242 322 0-5 4-3 L2 1*

[General Mike]

Offseason Begins

Rutgers graduates and early declarers
Stats listed are career totals.

RS Jr. WR Chris Dodd - 85 overall
106 rec, 1822 yards, 16 TD, 4 pancakes, 11 tackles, 1 FF, 16 KR, 340 yards, 62 PR, 867 yards
RS Sr. TE Samuel Johnson - 85 overall
141 rec, 1558 yards, 19 TD, 43 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed, 22 tackles, 1 FR, 1 TD, 2 KR, 7 yards
Sr. LT Chandler Hawkins - 83 overall
19 pancakes, 8 sacks allowed
Sr. RT Frederick Spivey - 97 overall
192 pancakes, 43 sacks allowed, 5 tackles, 1 FF
Jr. RT Brandon Holt - 95 overall
164 pancakes, 21 sacks allowed, 5 tackles
Jr. C Jonathan Hardee - 85 overall
87 pancakes, 9 sacks allowed, 3 tackles
Sr. RE Justin Joiner - 88 overall
125 tackles (51 TFL), 19 sacks, 1 PD, 3 FF, 3 FR, 1 safety, 1 TD
RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams - 84 overall
106 tackles (74 TFL), 60 sacks, 1 PD, 5 FF, 3 safeties
RS Jr. DT Ed Cobb - 93 overall
106 tackles (52 TFL), 22 sacks, 1 PD, 3 FF, 2 FR
RS Sr. MLB Rashawn Ricks - 96 overall
85 tackles (18 TFL), 9 sacks, 2 INT, 2 PD, 1 FF, 2 FR
Sr. MLB Brady Huff - 99 overall
251 tackles (94 TFL), 29 sacks, 9 INT, 13 PD, 10 FF, 4 FR, 5 TD
Sr. CB Tavaris Gant - 90 overall
165 tackles (21 TFL), 1 sack, 32 INT, 42 PD, 2 FF, 9 TD, 15 KR, 330 yards, 3 PR, 99 yards, 5 rec, 64 yards
Sr. CB Pete Kramer - 90 overall
166 tackles (11 TFL), 27 INT, 24 PD, 2 FF, 2 FR, 9 TD
Sr. FS Daniel Meeks - 84 overall
64 tackles (8 TFL), 2 sacks, 1 INT, 5 PD, 1 FR
Sr. SS Maximus Meridius - 99 overall
298 tackles (49 TFL), 15 sacks, 15 INT, 28 PD, 10 FF, 3 FR, 6 TD, 2 PR, 32 yards

Early Declarers for the NFL Draft
Stats listed are season stats.

Quarterbacks
RS Jr. Jermain Downs, Oklahoma - 99 overall
168-315, 2701 yards, 20 TD, 13 INT, 138.1 QB rating, 104 car, 660 yards, 8 TD
RS Jr. Demarcus Johnson, Central Michigan - 83 overall
206-350, 2818 yards, 25 TD, 16 INT, 140.9 QB rating, 46 car, 92 yards, 2 TD

Halfbacks
RS Soph. Brady Minton, Virginia Tech - 87 overall
310 car, 1507 yards, 16 TD, 27 rec, 366 yards, 3 TD
Jr. Bo Allison, Nebraska - 90 overall
397 car, 2010 yards, 13 TD, 9 rec, 116 yards
Jr. Adam Frye, Toledo - 80 overall
286 car, 1363 yards, 11 TD, 15 rec, 156 yards
RS Jr. Bob O'Neill, Auburn - 89 overall
169 car, 946 yards, 9 TD, 19 rec, 213 yards, 2 TD
Jr. Matthew Tyson, Penn State - 81 overall
286 car, 1237 yards, 9 TD, 21 rec, 251 yards, 2 TD
Jr. JaMaine Walsh, Ohio State - 86 overall
243 car, 1253 yards, 13 TD, 11 rec, 140 yards, TD
Jr. Dexter Novak, Colorado - 89 overall
275 car, 1510 yards, 8 rec, 93 yards, 16 total TD
Jr. Desmond Ray, Louisville - 82 overall
200 car, 1100 yards, 14 TD, 19 rec, 221 yards, TD

Fullbacks
No Early Declarers

Wide Receivers
Jr. Jason Harris, Fresno State - 85 overall
2205 All-purpose yards, 12 total TD
Jr. Chandler Webster, Louisville - 93 overall
66 rec, 1211 yards, 8 TD, 4 car, 10 yards
Jr. Teddy Green, Oklahoma State - 83 overall
58 rec, 805 yards, 9 TD, 4 car, 24 yards
Jr. Chris Calloway, Florida State - 91 overall
63 rec, 1034 yards, 6 TD
Jr. Shaun Colbrun, California - 84 overall
74 rec, 1191 yards, 9 TD
Jr. Santino Owens, Oregon State - 89 overall
68 rec, 992 yards, 8 TD
RS Jr. David Lewis, Georgia Tech - 75 overall
68 rec, 1112 yards, 6 TD
RS Jr. Gino Jarrett, Oklahoma - 91 overall
49 rec, 928 yards, 8 TD, 18 car, yards
RS Jr. Chris Dodd, Rutgers - 85 overall
38 rec, 878 yards, 9 TD
Jr. Travis Elkin, Louisville - 87 overall
55 rec, 996 yards, 8 TD, 4 car, 22 yards
RS Jr. Kevin Kerr, Louisiana Tech - 75 overall
88 rec, 1344 yards, 11 TD

Tight Ends
No Early Declarers

Offensive Tackles
Jr. RT Brandon Holt, Rutgers - 95 overall
91 pancakes, 6 sacks allowed
Jr. RT Travis MacPherson, Syracuse - 78 overall
35 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed

Offensive Guards
Jr. RG Gino Bertrand, Nebraska - 85 overall
35 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed

Centers
Jr. Jonathan Hardee, Rutgers - 85 overall
41 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
Jr. Emmanuel Johnson, Air Force - 80 overall
39 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
Jr. Jonathan Gregory, North Carolina State - 86 overall
36 pancakes, 5 sacks allowed
Jr. Rick Grant, North Texas - 75 overall
44 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed

Defensive Ends
RS Jr. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers - 84 overall
47 tackles (39 TFL), 29 sacks
Jr. RE Marlon Briggs, Louisiana-Monroe - 75 overall
66 tackles (16 TFL), 11 sacks, 1 INT
Jr. RE Mark Johnson, California - 83 overall
69 tackles (14 TFL), 9 sacks
Jr. RE Derrick Gant, Boise State - 80 overall
72 tackles (18 TFL), 11 sacks
Jr. RE Lester Booth, Virginia - 86 overall
75 tackles (11 TFL), 6 sacks, 3 FF, TD
Jr. RE Jed Patton, Northern Illinois - 84 overall
59 tackles (17 TFL), 11 sacks

Defensive Tackles
RS Jr. Ed Cobb, Rutgers - 93 overall
49 tackles (24 TFL), 12 sacks
Jr. Jayson Sanders, Louisiana Tech - 75 overall
62 tackles (9 TFL), 6 sacks
Jr. Delvyn Moultry, Florida State - 87 overall
52 tackles (10 TFL), 7 sacks
Jr. Terrance Clemons, North Texas - 79 overall
44 tackles (13 TFL), 9 sacks

Outside Linebackers
Jr. ROLB Jerron Thomas, Arkansas - 92 overall
103 tackles (21 TFL), 11 sacks, 3 INT
Jr. ROLB Jackson McGrath, New Mexico State - 86 overall
92 tackles (12 TFL), 6 sacks, 2 INT

Middle Linebackers
Jr. Jamar Davis, North Carolina State - 93 overall
118 tackles (23 TFL), 9 sacks, 1 INT
RS Jr. Allan Riley, UCLA - 80 overall
111 tackles (20 TFL), 6 sacks, 2 INT
RS Jr. Keenan Bacon, Texas A&M - 87 overall
108 tackles (15 TFL), 5 sacks
Jr. Kris Robinson, Texas - 93 overall
92 tackles (15 TFL), 4 sacks, 2 INT
Jr. Charley Hilton, Virginia Tech - 93 overall
89 tackles (14 TFL), 7 sacks, 2 INT

Cornerbacks
RS Jr. Russell Wilkerson, UCLA - 80 overall
47 tackles, 6 INT, 2 FF, TD
RS Jr. Joe Martin, Michigan - 82 overall
39 tackles, 7 INT, 1 FF, TD

Free Safeties
Jr. Akil Stallworth, Syracuse - 79 overall
59 tackles (3 TFL), 6 INT
Jr. Robert Golden, Louisville - 79 overall
25 tackles (1 TFL), 4 INT

Strong Safeties
Jr. LaTroy Rhodes, Oregon - 80 overall
48 tackles (2 TFL), 2 sacks, 5 INT
Jr. Roland Hall, Auburn - 95 overall
49 tackles (4 TFL), 4 INT

Kickers
Jr. Darren Gamble, Florida State - 77 overall
22-27 FG, long of 49, 53-53 XP

Punters
No Early Declarers

If anyone wants any info/career stats for a specific player, let me know.

[RealDeal]

Wow rough year for you guys losing a lot of studs.

[Travis]

Look out NFL, here I come!

Please somebody draft me, you can even pay me in Canadian dollars!

[MrBug708]

I'll draft you. I'll give you 100 Canadian Dollars

[General Mike]

Originally posted by RealDeal
Wow rough year for you guys losing a lot of studs.

At least we didn't lose Dan York, the Heisman caliber HB.

[John Galt]

Originally posted by General Mike
At least we didn't lose Dan York, the Heisman caliber HB.

Or me. ;)

[General Mike]

A Few Key Phone Calls

We have 5 players who have decided to leave school early for the NFL. Hopefully we can talk at least one of them into staying in school for one more year. We have 825 recruiting points for week 1, which we can use here to try to influence the recruits.
Head coach visit costs 48
Asst. coach visit costs 24
Head coach call costs 12
Asst. coach call costs 6

RT Brandon Holt
Brandon is coming off a 1st team all american season and winning the Best OL award. He would surely be one of the 1st tackles off the board in the draft. He is slightly leaning toward staying in school.
Points allocated: 54 (HCV, ACC)
Brandon: "Thanks, Coach, for reminding me that my education is very important to me."

RE Tyson Williams
Tyson is a 2-time all-american and has won the Bednarik and Best DL awards the last 2 years. A pass rush beast, Tyson has recorded 56 sacks the last 2 years. He is slightly leaning toward leaving.
Points Allocated: 54 (HCV, ACC)
Tyson: "OK, you talked me into it. I think I'm gonna stick it out and earn my degree."

DT Ed Cobb
Ed is another 1st team all-american. He really stepped up nicely in replacing Nate Robinson at the nose tackle position. He is the most committed of our players to leaving.
Points Allocated: 54 (HCV, ACC)
Ed: "Talking it over with my folks, I think it's best for me to stick it out another year."

C Jonathan Hardee
Jonathan has been very consistent over his 1st 3 years and was finally rewarded for his hard work by being named a 1st team All-American. Hardee is slightly leaning toward leaving.
Points Allocated: 54 (HCV, ACC)
Jonathan: "My parents feel it's best for me to realize my opportunities in the pros."

WR Chris Dodd
Chris had his breakout year for us in 2007, especially after John Galt went down with his injury. Dodd is the consummate deep threat, and might be the best pure athlete in our receiving corps. He was named a freshman All-American in 2005. He is right in the middle between leaving and staying.
Points Allocated: 54 (HCV, ACC)
Chris: "I'm ready to make my decision. I'm gonna come back next year, Coach."

[Blade6119]

good job on getting 4 back, and only use about 250 points...600 is more then enough to recruit

[General Mike]

Originally posted by Blade6119
good job on getting 4 back, and only use about 250 points...600 is more then enough to recruit

Definitely. Week 1 is gonna be mostly targetting our need positions: CB, TE, SS, and maybe a LB or OL.

[General Mike]

The following players are the 2007 FOFC recruits who have signed up. Indepth profiles will be available shortly.

TE Johnny Atreyu - Minneapolis, MN - Scholes #2
MLB James Clark - Pelham, AL - jcclark02
HB Imran Siddiqui - Montclair, NJ - ISiddiqui
WR Huck L. Berry - Plano, TX - Huckleberry
QB A.J. Tucker - Clinton, IA - tucker342
FB John McDaniel - Brandon, FL, - wahoomac
QB Colton Mayes Jr - Kaneohe, HI - Blade6119 #3

[General Mike]

Scholes #2

Name: Johnny Atreyu
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Rank: #1 TE (#40 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest: High
Top 3: Minnesota, Michigan, Texas Tech
40 time: 4.54
Bench Press: 390
Squat: 535
Vertical: 39.2
Hands: A+
GPA: 2.41

jcclark02

Name: James Clark
Location: Pelham, AL
Rank: #7 MLB (#45 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest: Average
Top 3: Tennessee, Miami, Virginia Tech
40 time: 4.52
Bench Press: 370
Squat: 645
Vertical: 38.1"
Hands: A+
GPA: 2.45

ISiddiqui

Name: Imran Siddiqui
Location: Montclair, NJ
Rank: #5 HB (#41 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest: Average
Top 3: Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Auburn
40 time: 4.52
Bench Press: 220
Squat: 425
Vertical: 34.5"
Hands: B+
GPA: 2.36

Huckleberry

Name: Huck L. Berry
Location: Plano, TX
Rank: #4 WR (#44 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest: Average
Top 3: Texas, Texas A&M, Louisiana Tech
40 time: 4.48
Bench Press: 180
Squat: 300
Vertical: 38.9"
Hands: A+
GPA: 2.36

tucker342

Name: A.J. Tucker
Location: Clinton, IA
Rank: #4 QB (#43 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest: High
Top 3: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisville
40 time: 4.80
Bench Press: 195
Squat: 305
Arm Strength: A-
Pass Accuracy: A-
GPA: 2.41

wahoomac

Name: John McDaniel
Location: Brandon, FL
Rank: #1 FB (#42 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest: Average
Top 3: Auburn, Texas, Louisville
40 time: 4.78
Bench Press: 245
Squat: 470
Vertical: 33.6"
Hands: A-
GPA: 2.41

Blade6119 #3

Name: Colton Mayes Jr.
Location: Kaneohe, HI
Rank: #1 QB (#1 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest: High
Top 3: Southern Cal, Oklahoma, Hawaii
40 time: 4.99
Bench Press: 285
Squat: 450
Arm Strength: A+
Pass Accuracy: A+
GPA: 2.50

[Blade6119]

#1 Overall!!!

HELL YAH!!!!

Too bad i cant go run rutgers offense though...im trying to land in a pass-heavy offense so my stats go up, and they seem to all be out west....whats more west then hawaii? i wouldnt mind recruitment from rutgers;)

[General Mike]

Originally posted by Blade6119
#1 Overall!!!

HELL YAH!!!!

Too bad i cant go run rutgers offense though...im trying to land in a pass-heavy offense so my stats go up, and they seem to all be out west....whats more west then hawaii? i wouldnt mind recruitment from rutgers;)
That's alright. You don't have the wheels I like a QB to have in my offense. Look for either Eldridge or Herron to have a huge year in 2008. I'm talking about 4000+ passing yards and 40 TDs.

[Blade6119]

then when my #2 guy graduates ill make sure he is a fast as anything QB from NJ

[General Mike]

Roster Breakdown

Here is a brief look at our roster before we head into recruiting. As you can see, a few positions are relatively thin talent wise.


FR SO JR SR TOT GRD
QB 0 2 1 0 3 B
HB 1 1 2 0 4 B
FB 0 1 1 0 2 B-
WR 1 1 1 2 5 B
TE 0 0 0 1 1 B-
OT 0 0 1 1 2 B+
OG 0 1 2 1 4 B+
C 1 0 0 0 1 C+
DE 0 0 2 1 3 B
DT 1 0 2 2 5 B
OLB 1 1 1 0 3 B+
MLB 1 0 1 1 3 B
CB 1 2 1 0 4 B
FS 0 1 0 0 1 B+
SS 1 0 0 0 1 B-
K 0 0 1 0 1 B-
P 0 0 1 0 1 B-


QB: Between Eldridge and Herron we have 2 quality sophomore QBs who alot of teams would like to have and Brooks Spencer is as good as any backup in the country. I doubt I will bring in any QB recruits at this time.

HB: We bring back all 4 guys from last year's roster, and all 3 have had time to learn the system via the redshirt. I think we have other positions of greater need.

FB: We have 2 guys who both fill different roles at FB already. I've never been a fan of having more than 2 FBs on the roster, so we'll keep what we have.

WR: Our bunch of WRs are as solid as any in the country. We don't need a guy, but If a big time WR wanted to come here, I could find room on the roster for him.

TE: We need at least 1 TE to sign on board if not 2. We'll recruit TEs heavily early on.

OT: We need 2 guys here. They don't need to be able to play right away, but they do need to have big upside.

OG: I'm ok with what we have right now at guard. I would take a 5th guard if he was better than a 4th TE tho.

C: We need 1 guy, just to fill a backup role on the roster, maybe stepping in and starting, but not likely.

DE: We need 1 guy here. He doesn't have to be great, as he would get limited playing time as a freshman.

DT: We're loaded talent wise here. I'll reserve the right to change my mind, but I don't think this will be a heavily recruited position.

OLB: I like what we have here but we probably need 1 guy for depth reasons.

MLB: We have solid players here, but I think we need to take a look at another guy or 2.

CB: We lost 2 4 year starters at CB. The guys we have are good, but we need at least 1 guy for depth, and probably 1 guy to redshirt a year.

FS: Irvin looks to be the real deal at FS, but we do need a guy who can be a capable backup.

SS: B.J. Siegel has the speed to be a great CB, but the problem is he's playing SS. If I can get a really good recruit at SS this year, I could do some interesting things with Siegel.

K/P: I'm very happy with what we've gotten out of our special team guys the last 2 years. We're not gonna find anyone who is immediately better than them.

[Scholes]

If TE's is what you're into, look no further than Johnny Atreyu, the freak from the Minneapple...

[General Mike]

Week 1 Targets

Once again I will go in order of priority, IMO, in listing the recruits we target. We have 555 points available to us currently.

Name: Art Moore
Location: Lewisburg, WV
Rank: #1 CB (#4 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Miami, Northern Illinois, Florida State
40 time: 4.48
Bench Press: 310
Squat: 350
Vertical: 38.9"
Hands: C+
GPA: 2.91

Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Jordan Webb
Location: Fort Stockton, TX
Rank: #8 CB (#72 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Oklahoma State, Louisville, Rutgers
40 time: 4.31
Bench Press: 185
Squat: 315
Vertical: 36.6"
Hands: C-
GPA: 2.86

Points Allocated: 30 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Louis Payne
Location: Eden, NC
Rank: #10 CB (#90 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Notre Dame, Louisville, Tennessee
40 time: 4.39
Bench Press: 205
Squat: 275
Vertical: 37.2"
Hands: B
GPA: 2.91

Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Johnny Atreyu
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Rank: #1 TE (#40 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Minnesota, Michigan, Texas Tech
40 time: 4.54
Bench Press: 390
Squat: 535
Vertical: 39.2
Hands: A+
GPA: 2.41

Points Allocated: 24 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Playing time

Name: Benjamin Hester
Location: Albany, GA
Rank: #2 TE (#67 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Florida State, Louisville
40 time: 4.88
Bench Press: 400
Squat: 470
Vertical: 33.0"
Hands: A
GPA: 2.73

Points Allocated: 24 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Playing time

Name: Nathan Wilson
Location: South Miami Hts, FL
Rank: #3 TE (#68 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Central Florida, Tennessee
40 time: 4.82
Bench Press: 375
Squat: 460
Vertical: 33.9"
Hands: A+
GPA: 2.91

Points Allocated: 24 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Playing time

Name: Heath Givens
Location: Trenton, TN
Rank: #1 OT (RT) (#28 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Tennessee, Rutgers, Oklahoma
40 time: 5.37
Bench Press: 435
Squat: 580
Vertical: 25.0"
GPA: 2.77

Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Chris Harrington
Location: Crowley, LA
Rank: #7 OT (RT)
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Texas, Rutgers, Tennessee
40 time: 5.31
Bench Press: 405
Squat: 580
Vertical: 30.0"
GPA: 2.64

Points Allocated: 24 (AC, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Ben Miller
Location: Katy, TX
Rank: #2 C (#98 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Southern Miss, Rutgers, Kansas State
40 time: 5.20
Bench Press: 405
Squat: 695
Vertical: 26.5"
GPA: 2.59

Points Allocated: 30 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Mo Tillman
Location: Fair Lawn, NJ
Rank: #2 RE (#13 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Southern Miss, Fresno State, Connecticut
40 time: 4.80
Bench Press: 375
Squat: 525
Vertical: 30.6"
GPA: 2.36

Points Allocated: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Location

Name: Howard Boyd
Location: Woodbridge, NJ
Rank: #5 OLB (ROLB) (#65 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Rutgers
40 time: 4.71
Bench Press: 325
Squat: 585
Vertical: 30.3"
Hands: B
GPA: 2.59

Points Allocated: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Location

Name: Tyrus Stevenson
Location: Leesburg, FL
Rank: #1 FS (#54 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Oklahoma State, Air Force
40 time: 4.54
Bench Press: 300
Squat: 470
Vertical: 40.7"
Hands: B+
GPA: 2.50

Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Ell Manning
Location: Jeffersonville, IN
Rank: #4 SS
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Northern Illinois, Ohio State
40 time: 4.63
Bench Press: 245
Squat: 555
Vertical: 38.3"
Hands: B
GPA: 2.82

Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Rashad Hall JUCO Jr.
Location: West Covina, CA
Rank: #1 MLB (#8 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Louisville, Texas
40 time: 4.56
Bench Press: 395
Squat: 580
Vertical: 37.5"
Hands: C+
GPA: 2.86

Points Allocated: 30 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Maurio Stamps
Location: Greenwood, SC
Rank: #2 WR (#14 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Louisiana Tech, Tennessee, Louisville
40 time: 4.31`
Bench Press: 270
Squat: 360
Vertical: 41.9"
Hands: A+
GPA: 2.36

Points Allocated: 24 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Roy Stanton
Location: Willingboro, NJ
Rank: #10 WR (#93 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Lousiana Tech, Texas
40 time: 4.33
Bench Press: 170
Squat: 250
Vertical: 35.7"
Hands: A+
GPA: 2.41

Points Allocated: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Location

Name: Aaron Joyner
Location: Greenville, SC
Rank: #4 RE (#37 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Southern Miss, Rutgers, Texas
40 time: 4.80
Bench Press: 360
Squat: 445
Vertical: 27.4"
GPA: 2.32

Points Allocated: 24 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Miguel Bynum
Location: Lebanon, PA
Rank: #3 DT (#10 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Ohio State, Tennessee
40 time: 5.22
Bench Press: 455
Squat: 595
Vertical: 28.3"
GPA: 2.68

Points Allocated: 24 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Location

Name: Ahmaad Scott
Location: Union, NJ
Rank: #5 DT (#39 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Ohio State, Notre Dame
40 time: 4.97
Bench Press: 390
Squat: 640
Vertical: 29.4"
GPA: 2.77

Points Allocated: 15 (HCV, AC, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Location

Name: Tom Gilbert
Location: Fort Benning South, GA
Rank: #2 FS (#79 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Miami, Rutgers, Georgia Tech
40 time: 4.56
Bench Press: 240
Squat: 500
Vertical: 39.5"
Hands: A-
GPA: 2.50

Points Allocated: 24 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Daren Darnell
Location: Morristown, NJ
Rank: #11 RT
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Texas, Oklahoma
40 time: 5.33
Bench Press: 430
Squat: 605
Vertical: 28.3"
GPA: 2.09

Points Allocated: 12 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Ben Terry
Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Rank: #6 RG (#84 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Louisville
40 time: 5.33
Bench Press: 425
Squat: 630
Vertical: 28.0"
GPA: 2.82

Points Allocated: 9 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Location

[General Mike]

Week 1 Signings

The following targets gave a verbal commitment to Rutgers during week 1:
DT Miguel Bynum
WR Roy Stanton
TE Nathan Wilson
SS Ell Manning

The following Rutgers targets have decided to play elsewhere:

WR Maurio Stamps - Louisiana Tech
RE Mo Tillman - Southern Miss
FS Tom Gilbert - Georgia Tech

No FOFCers signed during week 1.

[General Mike]

Week 2 Targets

We have 21 scholarships remaining and 693 recruiting points remaining.

Existing Targets

TE Johnny Atreyu
Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

TE Benjamin Hester
Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

RT Heath Givens
Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Location

RT Daren Darnell
Points: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Location

RT Chris Harrington
Points: 36 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Location

RG Ben Terry
Points: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

C Ben Miller
Points: 30 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Location

RE Aaron Joyner
Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Location

DT Ahmaad Scott
Points: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

ROLB Howard Boyd
Points: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

MLB Rashad Hall
Points: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching style

CB Art Moore
Points: 36 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

CB CB Louis Payne
Points: 36 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

CB Jordan Webb
Points: 30 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

FS Tyrus Stevenson
Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

New Targets

Name: Anthony Hunt
Location: Meadowbrook, AL
Rank: #1 C (#12 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Tennessee, Louisville, Florida State
40 time: 5.33
Bench Press: 465
Squat: 640
Vertical: 27.1"
GPA: 2.86

Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Spencer Tyson
Location: S San Francisco, CA
Rank: #1 RE (#5 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Fresno State, Southern Cal, Ohio State
40 time: 4.88
Bench Press: 395
Squat: 580
Vertical: 33.3"
GPA: 2.14

Points Allocated: 60 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: James Ingram
Location: Andalusia, AL
Rank: #3 CB (#21 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Miami, Florida State, Southern Miss
40 time: 4.46
Bench Press: 215
Squat: 350
Vertical: 37.5"
Hands: A-
GPA: 2.91

Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Curtis Logan
Location: Highland Park, MI
Rank: #1 DT (#3 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Ohio State, Central Michigan, Southern Miss
40 time: 5.05
Bench Press: 425
Squat: 655
Vertical: 29.4"
GPA: 2.73

Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Cecil Ware
Location:Vinita, OK
Rank: #2 MLB (#19 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Oklahoma State, Texas, Notre Dame
40 time: 4.60
Bench Press: 380
Squat: 610
Vertical: 30.6"
Hands: A
GPA: 2.64

Points Allocation: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

Name: Jayson Dunbar
Location: E. Grand Rapids, MI
Rank: #2 QB (#7 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Oklahoma, Virginia, Rutgers
40 time: 5.03
Bench Press: 255
Squat: 360
Arm Strength: B+
Pass Accuracy: A+
GPA: 3.05

Points Allocated: 27 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

[General Mike]

Week 2 Signings

The following Rutgers' targets verbally committed during week 2:

ROLB Howard Boyd
CB Louis Payne
DT Ahmaad Scott
FS Tyrus Stevenson
RG Ben Terry
RT Daren Darnell

The following targets decided to take their talents elsewhere:
QB Jayson Dunbar - Oklahoma
TE Benjamin Hester - Tennessee
RT Heath Givens - Tennessee
C Anthony Hunt - Tennessee
CB Jordan Webb - Oklahoma State

The following FOFCers committed during week 2:
QB A.J. Tucker - Oklahoma
FB John McDaniel - Auburn
MLB James Clark - Tennessee

[General Mike]

Week 3 Targets

We have 15 scholarships and 495 recruiting points still available to us.

Existing Targets

DT Curtis Logan
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Location

CB Art Moore
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

RE Spencer Tyson
Points Allocated: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

MLB Rashad Hall
Points Allocated: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Location

MLB Cecil Ware
Points Allocated: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

CB James Ingram
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

RE Aaron Joyner
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

TE Johnny Atreyu
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Location

C Ben Miller
Points Allocated: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

RT Chris Harrington
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

New Targets

Name: Scott Carson
Location: Louisville, CO
Rank: #6 TE (#87 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Southern Cal, Rutgers, Oklahoma State
40 time: 4.65
Bench Press: 325
Squat: 460
Vertical: 36.6"
Hands: A+
GPA: 2.82

Points: 30 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Demetris Wells
Location: Cascade-Fairwood, WA
Rank: #9 WR (#76 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Southern Cal, Fresno State, Rutgers
40 time: 4.39
Bench Press: 210
Squat: 315
Vertical: 41.9"
Hands: B+
GPA: 2.27

Points: 30 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: R.J. Gibson
Location: Marietta, OH
Rank: #5 C
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Rutgers
40 time: 5.18
Bench Press: 350
Squat: 605
Vertical: 28.9"
GPA: 2.91

Points: 27 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Brandon Rose
Location: Atlantic City, NJ
Rank: #42 CB
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Syracuse, West Virginia, Rutgers
40 time: 4.37
Bench Press: 210
Squat: 280
Vertical: 39.8"
Hands: C+
GPA: 2.23

Points: 12 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

[Blade6119]

hmm....wonder where im headed...hopefully Hawaii, Louisiana Tech, or maybe even Boise State...anywhere where i can put up the all-american stats

[General Mike]

Week 3 signings

The following recruit verbally committed to Rutgers during week 3:

CB Art Moore

The following Rutgers' targets decided to play elsewhere:

TE Scott Carson - Southern Cal
RT Chris Harrington - Oklahoma
C Ben Miller - Kansas State
C R.J. Gibson - Ohio State
RE Spencer Tyson - Southern Cal
MLB Cecil Ware - Oklahoma State
CB Brandon Rose - Syracuse

The following FOFCers verbally committed during week 3:

QB Colton Mayes Jr. - Southern Cal
HB Imran Siddiqui - Louisiana State
WR Huck L. Berry - Texas

[Blade6119]

Southern cal?...there not a bad pick...looks like i talked two of your targets into signing with me;)...thnx for the lowdown on them so i could talk to them

[RealDeal]

Big recruiting year for Tennessee. Add those studs to me, and we will dominate.

[Blade6119]

and looks like ill grab demetrius walls too to throw at:)

[General Mike]

Week 4 Targets

We have 14 scholarships and 462 recruiting points remaining.

Existing Targets

DT Curtis Logan
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Coaching Style

MLB Rashad Hall
Points Allocated: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Playing Time

CB James Ingram
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Location

RE Aaron Joynder
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

TE Johnny Atreyu
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

WR Demetris Wells
Points Allocated: 30 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

New Targets

Name: Dylan Fox
Location: Cranford, NJ
Rank: #30 LE
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Tennessee, Rutgers, Virginia Tech
40 time: 4.78
Bench Press: 345
Squat: 470
Vertical: 28.0"
GPA: 2.36

Points: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Location

Name: Justin Bollinger
Location: Cranford, NJ
Rank: #29 TE
Rating: 3*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Rutgers, Michigan, Tennessee
40 time: 4.92
Bench Press: 395
Squat: 470
Vertical: 28.6"
Hands: A-
GPA: 2.73

Points: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Location

Name: DeMarcus Little
Location: Longview, WA
Rank: #10 C
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Washington, Southern Cal, Rutgers
40 time: 5.33
Bench Press: 375
Squat: 705
Vertical: 25.6"
GPA: 2.32

Points: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Jared Dixon
Location: Upper Arlington, OH
Rank: #15 C
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Ohio State, Rutgers, Texas
40 time: 5.33
Bench Press: 435
Squat: 630
Vertical: 28.6"
GPA: 2.59

Points: 27 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Taveres Murphy
Location: Menomonee Falls, WI
Rank: #12 C
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Kansas State, Louisville, Virginia Tech
40 time: 5.24
Bench Press: 345
Squat: 585
Vertical: 25.0"
GPA: 2.64

Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Orlando Brown
Location: Moncks Corner, SC
Rank: #9 RT
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Tennessee, Texas, Rutgers
40 time: 5.39
Bench Press: 405
Squat: 620
Vertical: 25.0"
GPA: 2.73

Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Dwayne Murray
Location: Lower Burrell, PA
Rank: #21 RT
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Very High
Top 3: Tennessee, Rutgers, Virginia Tech
40 time: 5.35
Bench Press: 405
Squat: 525
Vertical: 26.8"
GPA: 2.91

Points: 24 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: DeMarco Atkinson
Location: Whittier, CA
Rank: #7 LE
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Average
Top 3: Fresno State, Colorado, Southern Miss
40 time: 4.90
Bench Press: 350
Squat: 510
Vertical: 33.6"
GPA: 2.50

Points: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

[General Mike]

Week 4 Commitments

The following recruits committed to Rutgers this week:
MLB Rashad Hall
LE Dylan Fox
C Tavares Murphy
RT Dwayne Murray

The following targets decided to play elsewhere:

WR Demetris Wells - Fresno State
TE Johnny Atreyu - Michigan
RT Orlando Brown - Tennessee
C DeMarcus Little - Washington
C Jared Dixon - Ohio State
LE DeMarco Atkinson - Fresno State
DT Curtis Logan - Tennessee
CB James Ingram - Southern Miss

The following FOFCers signed this week:
TE Johnny Atreyu - Michigan

[Blade6119]

No!...wells signed elsewhere!

after training and all that, do you think you could PM the make-up of the USC offense? Looking to see how its going to be looking...is USC doing well in recruiting, as all i can see is guys you go after and it seems like Tenn. is mopping up

[General Mike]

Originally posted by Blade6119
No!...wells signed elsewhere!

after training and all that, do you think you could PM the make-up of the USC offense? Looking to see how its going to be looking...is USC doing well in recruiting, as all i can see is guys you go after and it seems like Tenn. is mopping up

Fresno State cleaned up Cali, recruiting wise. SC did get 2 of the top 5 players in the country tho.

[General Mike]

Week 5 Targets

We have 10 scholarships and 330 points remaining for the final stretch of recruiting.

Existing Targets

RE Aaron Joyner
Points Allocated: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Coaching Style

TE Justin Bollinger
Points Allocated: 15 (HCV, ACV, HCC, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

New Targets

Name: Chris Blount
Location: Highpoint, FL
Rank: #8 WB(#69 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Ole Miss, Oklahoma State, Louisiana Tech
40 time: 5.16
Bench Press: 275
Squat: 325
Arm Strength: B
Pass Accuracy: A-
GPA: 2.55

Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Justin Cochran
Location: San Marcos, TX
Rank: #18 HB (#97 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Auburn, Notre Dame, Kansas State
40 time: 4.29
Bench Press: 270
Squat: 375
Vertical: 31.5"
Hands: C+
GPA: 2.27

Points: 45 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Matt Andrews
Location: Lorton, VA
Rank: #25 TE
Rating: 3*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Texas Tech, Mississippi State, Texas
40 time: 4.97
Bench Press: 330
Squat: 525
Vertical: 31.2"
Hands: C+
GPA: 2.45

Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Andrae Curtis
Location: Hammond, IN
Rank: #32 TE
Rating: 3*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Virginia Tech, Southern Cal, West Virginia
40 time: 4.56
Bench Press: 330
Squat: 400
Vertical: 38.3"
Hands: A
GPA: 241

Points: 36 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Vinnie Clark
Location: Prattville, AL
Rank: #23 ROLB
Rating: 3*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Florida State, Notre Dame, Troy State
40 time: 4.78
Bench Press: 325
Squat: 605
Vertical: 33.3"
Hands: C
GPA: 2.32

Points: 36 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Mike Jennings
Location: Bolivar, TN
Rank: #3 HB (#24 overall)
Rating: 5*
Interest in RU: Average
Top 3: Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Virginia
40 time: 4.54
Bench Press: 330
Squat: 605
Vertical: 33.0"
Hands: B+
GPA: 2.27

Points: 30 (HCV, ACC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Edgar Shelton - JUCO Jr.
Location: Marshall, TX
Rank: #5 RT
Rating: 4*
Interest in RU: Average
Top 3: Texas, Oklahoma, Southern Miss
40 time: 5,31
Bench Press: 440
Squat: 690
Vertical: 26.5"
GPA: 2.59

Points: 30 (ACV, HCC)
Pitch: Prestige

Name: Tab Joseph
Location: Bethpage, NY
Rank: #79 WR
Rating: 3*
Interest in RU: High
Top 3: Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, Louisiana Tech
40 time: 4.24
Bench Press: 205
Squat: 300
Vertical: 39.2"
Hands: B
GPA: 2.00

Points: 24 (HCV, ACV)
Pitch: Prestige

[General Mike]

Week 5 Signings

The following targets verbally committed to Rutgers during week 5:

HB Justin Cochran
TE Matt Andrews
TE Justin Bollinger
TE Andrae Curtis

The following Rutgers targets committed elsewhere:

QB Chris Blount - Ole Miss
HB Mike Jennings - Virginia Tech
WR Tab Joseph - Virginia Tech
RT Edgar Shelton - Texas
RE Aaron Joyner - Southern Miss
ROLB Vinnie Clark - Florida State

No FOFCers committed this week.

[Scholes]

Thanks, but no thanks I guess... looks like Johnny's headed to Michigan... Hail to the Victors!

[Blade6119]

i hate fresno now

[General Mike]

Top Recruiting Classes


Rnk School 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* Ttl
1 Rutgers 11 5 3 0 0 18
2 Ohio State 8 8 3 1 1 21
3 Tennessee 7 10 1 0 0 18
4 Fresno State 7 6 2 1 1 17
5 Florida State 4 11 2 3 0 20
6 Virginia Tech 2 12 5 2 0 21
7 Oklahoma 5 8 1 2 0 16
8 Oklahoma State 4 9 3 0 3 19
9 Southern Cal 3 11 0 4 2 20
10 Texas 7 3 2 0 1 13
11 Southern Miss 4 8 3 1 0 16
12 Central Michigan 2 8 8 4 1 23
13 Miami 2 8 7 1 0 18
14 Air Force 3 6 4 4 4 21
15 Louisville 2 8 4 3 0 17
16 Texas A&M 1 8 8 2 1 20
17 Auburn 1 9 5 4 1 20
18 Louisiana Tech 3 4 5 6 4 22
19 Michigan 2 7 4 5 1 19
20 North Texas 2 5 5 3 5 20
21 San Diego State 1 5 8 5 3 22
22 Ole Miss 3 4 3 3 3 16
23 Washington 1 5 6 6 3 21
24 Virginia 0 7 8 1 3 19
25 Notre Dame 2 3 6 5 2 18
Rnk School 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* Ttl
26 Louisiana State 2 3 6 5 2 18
27 Colorado 2 4 5 2 4 17
28 Nebraska 2 4 5 2 2 15
29 California 1 4 6 5 5 21
30 North Carolina State 0 5 7 9 0 21
31 Georgia 0 3 7 11 4 25
32 Georgia Tech 1 1 9 6 5 22
33 Syracuse 0 4 7 7 2 20
34 Minnesota 1 2 6 8 4 21
35 Iowa 0 7 3 2 4 16
36 Northern Illinois 1 5 1 4 5 16
37 Southern Methodist 0 4 4 8 6 22
38 UCLA 0 3 7 7 2 19
39 Central Florida 1 0 8 6 4 19
40 Kansas State 1 2 3 9 2 17
41 Alabama 1 1 5 4 11 22
42 Texas Tech 0 3 6 4 5 18
43 Washington State 1 3 2 3 6 15
44 Maryland 0 2 6 8 1 17
45 Arkansas 0 2 6 6 4 18
46 West Virginia 0 3 5 3 5 16
47 Cincinnati 0 2 6 6 3 17
48 Oregon 0 2 5 8 2 17
49 Toledo 0 1 7 6 5 19
50 Navy 1 1 3 5 7 17
Rnk School 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* Ttl
51 Colorado State 0 2 5 6 3 16
52 Louisiana-Lafayette 0 1 6 5 5 17
53 Florida 0 0 6 8 6 20
54 Arkansas State 0 1 5 7 4 17
55 Louisiana-Monroe 0 1 4 7 8 20
56 Eastern Michigan 0 0 8 3 7 18
57 Texas Christian 0 1 3 8 8 20
58 Stanford 0 0 5 9 6 20
59 Oregon State 0 0 8 3 4 15
60 Texas-El Paso 0 1 3 7 7 18
61 Missouri 0 2 2 6 4 14
62 South Florida 0 0 4 7 9 20
63 South Carolina 0 1 4 5 5 15
64 Purdue 0 1 6 2 3 12
65 San Jose State 0 2 1 5 8 16
66 Kansas 0 3 2 2 2 9
67 Hawaii 0 1 4 3 7 15
68 New Mexico 0 1 3 5 6 15
69 Boston College 0 1 2 5 10 18
70 Rice 0 0 2 8 11 21
71 Penn State 0 0 4 6 5 15
72 New Mexico State 0 1 3 2 9 15
73 Houston 0 0 5 1 11 17
74 Bowling Green 0 1 3 4 5 13
75 Arizona State 0 0 3 7 6 16
Rnk School 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* Ttl
76 Akron 0 0 4 2 12 18
77 Kentucky 0 0 3 8 4 15
78 Connecticut 0 2 0 6 3 11
79 Tulane 0 1 3 4 3 11
80 Wake Forest 0 1 3 3 4 11
81 Tulsa 0 0 4 5 4 13
82 Iowa State 0 0 4 4 5 13
83 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 1 1 6 4 12
84 Middle Tennessee St. 0 1 2 3 6 12
85 Illinois 0 0 3 4 7 14
86 East Carolina 0 0 3 4 7 14
87 Indiana 0 1 2 2 5 10
88 Buffalo 0 0 1 7 7 15
89 Duke 0 1 1 4 4 10
90 Clemson 0 0 1 6 8 15
91 Ball State 0 1 1 1 10 13
92 Wisconsin 0 0 2 5 5 12
93 Vanderbilt 0 0 3 3 5 11
94 Nevada 0 0 1 5 9 15
95 Utah State 0 0 2 5 3 11
96 Memphis 0 0 2 3 8 13
97 Brigham Young 0 0 2 3 8 13
98 Western Michigan 0 0 0 8 5 13
99 Mississippi State 0 0 2 3 7 12
100 Boise State 0 1 1 3 3 8
Rnk School 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* Ttl
101 Baylor 0 0 2 2 9 13
102 Alabama-Birmingham 0 0 1 1 14 16
103 Michigan State 0 0 2 3 6 11
104 Pittsburgh 0 0 1 4 7 12
105 Ohio 0 0 2 3 4 9
106 North Carolina 0 0 1 2 10 13
107 Northwestern 0 0 1 4 4 9
108 Troy State 0 0 1 3 6 10
109 Marshall 0 0 1 3 6 10
110 Arizona 0 0 0 5 5 10
111 Temple 0 1 0 0 6 7
112 Miami of Ohio 0 0 0 4 6 10
113 Kent State 0 0 1 1 8 10
114 Utah 0 0 2 2 1 5
115 Army 0 0 0 3 7 10
116 Idaho 0 0 0 3 6 9
117 Wyoming 0 0 0 1 6 7

[General Mike]

2007 Recruiting Classes

Here are the 18 newest members of the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights.

HB Justin Cochran - San Marcos, TX - 5*
WR Roy Stanton - Willingboro, NJ - 5*
TE Nathan Wilson - South Miami Hts, FL - 5*
RG Ben Terry - Pennsauken, NJ - 5*
DT Miguel Bynum - Lebanon, PA - 5*
DT Ahmaad Scott - Union, NJ - 5*
ROLB Howard Boyd - Woodbridge, NJ - 5*
MLB Rashad Hall - West Covina, CA - 5*
CB Art Moore - Lewisburg, WV - 5*
CB Louis Payne - Eden, NC - 5*
FS Tyrus Stevenson - Leesburg, FL - 5*

RT Daren Darnell - Morristown, NJ - 4*
RT Dwayne Murray - Lower Burrell, PA - 4*
C Taveres Murphy - Menomonee Falls, WI - 4*
LE Dylan Fox - Cranford, NJ - 4*
SS Ell Manning - Jeffersonville, TN - 4*

TE Matt Andrews - Lorton, VA - 3*
TE Justin Bollinger - Cranford, NJ - 3*
TE Andrae Curtis - Hammond, IN - 3*

[General Mike]

2007 Training Results

Here are the results from the offseason training and conditioning program:

Rutgers

QB Brendan Eldridge - 82 +6 = 88
QB Tommie Herron - 83 +5 = 88
QB Brooks Spencer - 82 +6 = 88

HB Dan York - 87 +4 = 91
HB James Kendrick - 84 +5 = 89
HB Andrew Sloan - 82 +3 = 85
HB Al Moonlight - 77 +4 = 81

FB Mike Ritschel - 82 +5 = 87
FB Steve Berlin - 78 +9 = 87

WR John Galt - 86 +5 = 91
WR Chris Dodd - 85 +6 = 91
WR Josh Hendricks - 88 +2 = 90
WR Jacque Crayton - 80 +5 = 85
WR Keith Johnson - 80 +4 = 84

TE Derrell Humphrey - 79 +3 = 82

LG Khary McLaughlin - 88 +9 = 97
LG Morgan McClure - 84 +10 = 94
C Kevin Browning - 74 +4 = 78
RG Omar Youngblood - 90 +8 = 98
RG Dustin McCullough - 83 +5 = 88
RT Brandon Holt - 95 +4 = 99
RT Tommy Cummings - 85 +6 = 91

LE Trey Donnelly - 83 +3 = 86
RE Tyson Williams - 84 +7= 91
RE Shelton Rowland - 83 +6 = 89

DT Rich McGrady - 94 +5 = 99
DT Ed Cobb - 93 +6 = 99
DT Elton Bracy - 82 +8 = 90
DT Mike Weber - 78 +4 = 82
DT Darrin Mathews - 78 +3 = 81

LOLB Connor Miller - 91 +8 = 99
LOLB Irvin Hampton - 84 +4 = 88
MLB Sam Miles - 82 +8 = 90
MLB Dwayne Smiley - 85 +3 = 88
MLB Andrae Wheeler - 78 +7 = 85
ROLB Dane Gatlin - 83 +4 = 87

CB Adrian Gary - 88 +3 = 91
CB Billy Collier - 84 +3 = 87
CB Amon Minor - 80 +3 = 83
CB Brock Anderson - 76 +6 = 82

FS Brett Irvin - 87 +8 = 95
SS B.J. Siegel - 76 +5 = 81

K Justin Apollo - 80 +3 = 83
P Adam Slaughter - 78 +3 = 81

FOFCers

HB Paul Tracy, West Virginia - The Lion King - 85 +3 = 88
QB Kevin Mitchell, Central Florida - RGunner - 87 +5 = 92

HB Robert Rupkin, Iowa - atatange1 - 84 +3 = 87
HB Josh Hiscock, Kansas State - Sack Attack - 83 +5 = 88
TE Daniel McCarney, Oklahoma - mckerney - 86 +4 = 90
CB Neuqua Man, Ohio State - Neuqua - 84 +6 = 90
CB Ross Wheeler, Ohio State - INDalltheway - 88 +6 = 94
FS Ignatius J Reilly, Wisconsin - Scholes - 85 +3 = 88

C Jonathan Cringer, Nevada - Cringer - 79 +5 = 84
ROLB Al Hill, Tennessee - Real Deal - 83 +8 = 91
FS T.E. Almighty, Texas Tech - thealmighty - 83 +2 = 85
QB Eric Brignac, Tennessee - albionmoonlight - 83 +5 = 88
CB Craig Scarborough, Kansas State - CraigSca - 84 +4 = 88
DT Jobu Mack, Texas - JeeberD #2 - 83 +8 = 91
HB Jim Carabello, Iowa - Blade6119 #2 - 82 +4 = 86
K Chris Carrabba, Oklahoma - mckerney #2 - 80 +5 = 85

WR Kyle Kappe, Southern Cal - MrBug708 - 77 +4 = 81
QB Sony Luangphone, Louisiana-Monroe - sony - 77 +2 = 79
CB Pumpy Tudors, Louisiana-Lafayette - Pumpy Tudors - 77 +4 = 81
C Randall Deacon, Miami - ntndeacon - 77 +4 = 81
HB Al Moonlight, Rutgers- albionmoonlight #2 - 77 +4 = 81
HB John E. Shaka, Virginia Tech - johnnyshaka - 77 +6 = 83

[RealDeal]

Damn, I'm studly.

[INDalltheway]

I am having myself a pretty good career at Ohio State, and I have two more years! All I can say is, I am the best FOFCer. :P

[General Mike]

Originally posted by INDalltheway
I am having myself a pretty good career at Ohio State, and I have two more years! All I can say is, I am the best FOFCer. :P

Check the 2008 thread.

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18109

[JeeberD]

Jobu is da man...

Edit: Dammit, I got tricked!