Go Tigers Go! 2008 Season

[MacroGuru]

Still Here

That is the shocking thing. That winning season, and the AD and everyone seeing the kind of program we have has helped alot.

Appel didn't do a lot while he red shirted, it has actually pissed me off, and he will be lucky if I give him any kind of shot this season.

I am thankful, when I came into the office to not see any resignation slips, however, the thing I hate seeing the most, are suspension letters and transfer letters. I had a total of 4 on my desk.

Our P Jeremy Stone, that was going to start this year, appeared not to be happy with being relegated to a back up role this season, so he transferred out of the school.

As for suspensions,

S Malcolm Corley
OLB Marvin Wells
WR Eddie Osborne

Were all suspended due to academics. Osborne would have saw some PT, but we will be working FR WR Gabe Styles into his spot.

Other than that, they were all in backup roles.

[MacroGuru]

2008 Pre Season Top 25


School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Florida State 0-0 ATR 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.12 2.12 1
Penn State 0-0 BKT 2.00 2.00 0.00 0.72 4.72 2
Oklahoma 0-0 HTW 4.00 3.50 0.00 1.12 8.62 3
Southern California 0-0 WCT 3.00 4.00 0.00 1.88 8.88 4
UCLA 0-0 WCT 5.00 4.50 0.00 1.92 11.42 5
Michigan 0-0 BKT 6.00 9.00 0.00 0.52 15.52 6
Virginia 0-0 ATR 9.00 10.00 0.00 0.32 19.32 7
Boston College 0-0 ESE 8.00 11.50 0.00 1.32 20.82 8
Texas A&M 0-0 HTW 7.00 14.50 0.00 1.24 22.74 9
Utah 0-0 RME 12.00 9.00 0.00 2.76 23.76 10
Miami of Florida 0-0 ATR 10.00 13.50 0.00 1.36 24.86 11
Texas 0-0 HTW 14.00 10.50 0.00 1.20 25.70 12
Nebraska 0-0 HTW 13.00 14.50 0.00 1.04 28.54 13
Alabama 0-0 CFD 15.00 11.50 0.00 2.28 28.78 14
Ohio State 0-0 BKT 11.00 17.50 0.00 0.68 29.18 15
Auburn 0-0 CFD 16.00 12.50 0.00 2.36 30.86 16
Florida 0-0 CFD 18.00 14.00 0.00 2.04 34.04 17
Texas Christian 0-0 UBT 17.00 18.00 0.00 3.16 38.16 18
Georgia 0-0 CFD 19.00 18.50 0.00 2.08 39.58 19
Virginia Tech 0-0 ATR 22.00 17.50 0.00 1.56 41.06 20
West Virginia 0-0 ESE 23.00 21.50 0.00 1.60 46.10 21
Bowling Green 0-0 MDF 20.00 22.50 0.00 3.68 46.18 22
Colorado 0-0 HTW 21.00 25.00 0.00 0.84 46.84 23
Miami of Ohio 0-0 MDF 25.00 19.50 0.00 3.84 48.34 24
**Memphis 0-0 UBT 80.00 81.00 0.00 3.08 164.08 79


We are 79th, but I hope to crack the team below 50 this season, the goal is the Top 25, and a bowl game.

[MacroGuru]

2008 Schedule

It took a bit, but we finally lined up a game, Shelbyville did not want to play us. So we were able to line up Kansas coming into the Liberty Bowl.


2008 Memphis Schedule

Rival: Alabama-Birmingham
Stadium Capacity: 62,400
Season Tickets Sold: 26,500

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 at Mississippi State
3 KANSAS
4 SAN DIEGO STATE
$$5 at (17) Texas Christian
$$6 ARMY
$$8 SOUTH FLORIDA
$$9 at Southern Mississippi
$$10 HOUSTON
$$11 CINCINNATI
$$12 at (46) Tulane
$$13 at Alabama-Birmingham

Home Games in ALL CAPS
$$-Conference Games, ##-League Championship Games, **-Post-Season Games


The away games at TCU and Tulane will be a challange, but I think we are in the running for a good season.

[MacroGuru]

2008 Standings and Streaks


2008 Season Standings, Conference USA

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Alabama-Birmingham 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 9
Army 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 7
**Memphis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 3
East Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
Tulane 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 4
Southern Mississippi 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Texas Christian 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
South Florida 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Louisville 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1


UAB and Army are hating life, while we are riding the wave of a 3 game win streak

[MacroGuru]

Your 2008 Memphis Tigers


Memphis Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Drake, Martin 17 QB Sr 54 77
Appel, George 6 QB Jr* 19 87
Owens, Jason 15 QB So 19 59
Harrison, Roman 11 QB Fr 10 42
Beauregard, K.C. 16 QB* Sr 19 42
Pfingsten, Eugene 37 RB Sr 23 47
Carruth, Carlos 44 RB Sr 80 100
Ruhman, Maurice 47 RB So 27 55
James, Andy 49 RB Fr 26 36
Cirino, Harold 23 FB Sr 17 56
Cortez, Billy Joe 24 FB Sr* 45 52
Zaiser, Junior 38 FB Fr 18 38
Burnstine, Austin 84 TE Sr 39 77
Spikes, Bobby 88 TE* Sr 25 40
Franz, Jerome 80 TE* So 4 24
Dodge, John 89 TE* So 7 9
Cochrane, Ernie 82 WR Sr 35 35
Emmons, Darrell 2 WR Sr 78 84
Ogden, Rodney 4 WR Jr 51 87
Osborne, Eddie 83 WR So* 22 49
Cochrane, Kent 5 WR So* 20 31
Boatwright, Jon 9 WR So* 26 76
Styles, Gabe 7 WR Fr 22 78
Tubbs, Jeffrey 86 WR* Sr 19 31
Porter, Freddie 87 WR* Jr* 4 4
Carpenter, Chris 51 C Sr* 18 44
Weber, Preston 54 C Jr* 16 48
Fisk, Jay 50 C Jr 42 59
Kaplan, Ronnie 52 C Fr 36 56
Swift, Glen 79 G Sr* 50 83
Mahoney, Warren 70 G Jr 39 39
Rivera, Luke 76 G* Sr 4 18
Solis, Fred 63 G* Fr 0 0
Sims, Sherman 68 T Jr 34 81
O'Neill, Sam 65 T So* 14 20
Carter, Ty 75 T Fr 14 32
Weingrad, Adrian 61 T* So 8 15
Winter, Raymond 3 P* Fr 8 8
Patton, Junior 1 P* Fr 5 5
Cobb, Cornell 18 K So 20 69
Hopper, Willie 8 K* Sr* 3 3
Moore, Dusty 74 DE Sr 27 44
Abrams, Cornell 94 DE Sr* 22 50
Tepper, Lewis 96 DE Sr 31 52
Crowther, Billy 77 DE Sr* 21 63
Donaldson, Kevin 98 DE Jr* 24 42
Jaramillo, Louis 97 DE Fr 9 48
Brannan, Victor 78 DE* Sr 9 11
Garcia, Orlando 64 DE* So 1 22
Lewis, Cedric 71 DE* Fr 1 1
Gilmore, Carlton 92 DT Jr 3 3
Blades, Keith 73 DT Jr 36 42
Chapa, Ricardo 93 DT So 21 57
Shuman, A.J. 95 DT So* 20 39
Finley, Wally 72 DT* Jr* 9 28
Urban, J.J. 48 ILB Sr 39 72
Brewer, Lonnie 40 ILB Sr 33 73
Easley, Quinn 53 ILB Jr* 24 40
Malone, Chester 58 ILB So 20 67
Williamson, Emmitt 57 ILB Fr 9 44
Stuart, Nate 41 OLB Jr 21 56
Graham, Alonzo 59 OLB So* 8 33
Lynn, Wade 43 OLB So 27 31
Wells, Marvin 42 OLB So* 13 51
Farmer, Adam 90 OLB Fr 12 49
Mendez, Tracy 55 OLB* So* 1 1
Myers, Kyle 56 OLB* So 0 25
Kemp, Dean 29 CB Sr* 31 47
Goldade, Harold 45 CB Sr* 22 56
Finch, Mel 32 CB Sr 56 56
Sellers, Moe 20 CB Jr 30 50
McEndoo, Carlton 34 CB Jr* 41 62
Whitworth, Reggie 28 CB Fr 16 65
Mincey, Howie 27 S Sr 16 28
The College Years
Jarvis, David 46 S Sr 59 82
Mueller, Junior 22 S Jr* 18 27
Ralph, Eric 30 S Jr 48 72
Kemp, Alvin 33 S So* 19 34
Corley, Malcolm 25 S So* 10 21
Lewis, Harold 31 S So* 26 71
Asherian, Grant 26 S Fr 17 79
Mosier, Rich 36 S Fr 13 89

* in eligibility - Player has been red-shirted. * in position - Player is
walk-on. ** before name - Player is in danger of becoming academically ineligible.

[MizzouRah]

I'm looking for Carruth to have a monster year in his last year.


Todd

[MacroGuru]

I'm looking for Carruth to have a monster year in his last year.


Todd

I think he will do quite well, Drake as well.

[MacroGuru]

Week 1 Overview

We have a bye week, and we take it into heart, as we ramp up the season. No time off, it's work time.

We hit the recruiting trail pretty hard as well. We have some spots we need to build up. The following are must haves, and we should be hitting these numbers.

2 RB
2 FB
1 TE
2 G
1 P
3 DE
2 ILB
2 CB

[MacroGuru]

Week 1 Recruiting Report

We were able to get into the doors and recruit quite a few, I hope it pans out.

[MacroGuru]

Week 2 Overview

We head to Mississippi State as 5 point underdogs.

Offensively, we are still with the Pro Set, and setting up some serious yardage for Carruth.

Defensively, we are in a 4 down linemen set, and will be rotating the fronts depending on who we play.

Week 2 Injury Report

No inuries to report yet.

[MacroGuru]

Week 2 Box Score

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Starkville, MS.

Week 2, 2008

Attendance: 44,300 (55,100).


Weather: 76 degrees, fair.

1Q: 02:07 MSST - Shawn Compton 40 field goal.
2Q: 14:20 MEMP - Darrell Emmons 48 pass from Martin Drake.
2Q: 14:20 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
2Q: 00:45 MEMP - Rodney Ogden 17 run.
2Q: 00:45 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
3Q: 11:07 MEMP - Darrell Emmons 18 run.
3Q: 11:07 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
3Q: 07:16 MSST - Shawn Compton 39 field goal.
3Q: 01:11 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 12 run.
3Q: 01:11 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
4Q: 13:30 MEMP - Rodney Ogden 5 pass from Martin Drake.
4Q: 13:30 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
4Q: 04:24 MSST - Don Rome 13 pass from Norbert Bond.
4Q: 04:24 MSST - Shawn Compton extra point.
4Q: 00:28 MSST - Randall Stokes 26 pass from Corwin Henderson.
4Q: 00:28 MSST - Shawn Compton extra point.

Game MVP: MEMP 44 Carlos Carruth

Memphis 0 14 14 7 - 35
Mississippi State 3 0 3 14 - 20

Team Statistics MEMP MSST

First Downs 22 19

Total Rushes 47 26
Net Rushing Yards 242 85
Yards Per Carry 5.1 3.2
Rushing Yards 269 117
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-14 7-14
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-13 3-18

Pass Attempts 20 36
Completions 11 20
Passing Yards 164 271
Yards Per Attempt 8.2 7.5
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1

Total Plays 67 62
Total Yards 406 356
Yards Per Play 6.0 5.7

3rd Down Plays 5/13 5/13

Penalties 14 5
Penalty Yards 101 32

Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 35
Time Of Possession 31:46 28:14


Looks like everyone did ok...I don't like the amount of penalties we picked up, but it is the first game of the season.

I liked the time of possession we had, and then look at those glorius rushing yards.

[MacroGuru]

Week 2 Individual Stats

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Carruth 35 190 5.4 24 1 9 0
47 Ruhman 6 18 3.0 6 0 0 0
17 Drake 3 -14 -4.6 0 0 1 2
2 Emmons 2 31 15.5 18 1 0 0
4 Ogden 1 17 17.0 17 1 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
17 Drake 20 11 164 8.2 48 2 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
2 Emmons 4 98 24.5 62 48 1
4 Ogden 3 21 7.0 13 10 1
The College Years
24 Cortez 2 22 11.0 8 13 0
44 Carruth 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
84 Burnstine 1 12 12.0 15 12 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
86 Tubbs 1 10 10.0 0
2 Emmons 1 -1 -1.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
2 Emmons 2 48 24.0 0
44 Carruth 1 38 38.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
3 Winter 7 208 29.7 40 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Cobb 0 0 0 5 5

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
30 Ralph 10 0 1.0 0 0 0
48 Urban 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
43 Lynn 5 0 0.5 0 0 0
32 Finch 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
46 Jarvis 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 Shuman 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tepper 2 4 0.5 0 0 0
93 Chapa 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
27 Mincey 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
65 O'Neill 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Crowther 1 1 0.5 0 0 0
73 Blades 1 1 0.5 0 0 0
20 Sellers 1 1 0.0 1 0 0
29 Kemp 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
41 Stuart 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
34 McEndoo 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Pfingsten 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Carruth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Cortez 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
2 Emmons 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Goldade 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
52 Kaplan 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Farmer 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
26 Asherian 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Brewer 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
31 Lewis 0 0 0.0 1 14 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
68 Sims 0 0 0 0 2 1
70 Mahoney 0 0 0 0 4 0
50 Fisk 0 0 0 0 2 1
79 Swift 0 0 0 0 6 0
24 Cortez 0 0 0 0 2 0
75 Carter 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 Mincey 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Emmons 0 1 0 0 0 0
45 Goldade 0 0 1 0 0 0

Player Stokes Awarded
44 Carlos Carruth 13
17 Martin Drake 2
46 David Jarvis 2
4 Rodney Ogden 2
47 Maurice Ruhman 2
2 Darrell Emmons 1
96 Lewis Tepper 1
77 Billy Crowther 1
29 Dean Kemp 1
45 Harold Goldade 1
68 Sherman Sims 1
20 Moe Sellers 1
34 Carlton McEndoo 1
95 A.J. Shuman 1
43 Wade Lynn 1
31 Harold Lewis 1

Not a bad start for Carruth, at 190 yards this week. but the shocker was the two trick plays within the Red Zone that had our WR's scoring rushing TD's. Great playcalling.

Also, Drake had good stats for this game, with a 55% completion and 0 INT's

[MacroGuru]

Week 2 Top 25


School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
UCLA 2-0 WCT 9.00 3.50 0.00 2.64 15.14 1
Louisiana State 2-0 CFD 4.75 12.00 0.00 3.20 19.95 2
Michigan State 2-0 BKT 3.75 16.00 0.00 3.28 23.03 3
Florida State 1-0 ATR 22.25 1.00 0.00 3.64 26.89 4
Virginia Tech 1-0 ATR 12.25 11.00 0.00 3.92 27.17 5
West Virginia 2-0 ESE 13.00 11.00 0.00 3.40 27.40 6
Texas A&M 1-0 HTW 17.75 9.00 0.00 2.28 29.03 7
Utah 1-0 RME 21.25 5.50 0.00 2.32 29.07 8
Georgia 2-0 CFD 18.75 9.50 0.00 3.44 31.69 9
Penn State 2-0 BKT 25.25 2.00 0.00 4.56 31.81 10
Kansas State 2-0 HTW 11.75 17.00 0.00 3.32 32.07 11
Texas 1-0 HTW 21.50 7.00 0.00 3.88 32.38 12
Syracuse 2-0 ESE 11.50 18.00 0.00 3.36 32.86 13
Central Florida 1-0 MDF 6.25 24.00 0.00 2.68 32.93 14
New Mexico 2-0 RME 8.25 23.00 0.00 3.56 34.81 15
Tennessee 2-0 CFD 13.50 18.00 0.00 3.52 35.02 16
Arkansas 1-0 CFD 12.00 21.50 0.00 1.96 35.46 17
Troy 1-0 SNH 3.00 30.00 0.00 2.72 35.72 18
Bowling Green 2-0 MDF 20.25 12.50 0.00 4.60 37.35 19
Purdue 1-0 BKT 10.25 26.00 0.00 1.92 38.17 20
Virginia 1-0 ATR 29.00 6.50 0.00 3.72 39.22 21
Houston 2-0 UBT 7.00 31.50 0.00 2.92 41.42 22
Illinois 2-0 BKT 11.50 27.00 0.00 3.24 41.74 23
Southern California 1-0 WCT 34.25 4.00 0.00 3.96 42.21 24
Louisville 2-0 UBT 16.75 23.00 0.00 3.60 43.35 25
**Memphis 1-0 UBT 39.75 40.00 0.00 4.16 83.91 44


You see a 44 in the overall right there. a nice 30 point jump for us in the polls.

[MacroGuru]

Week 3 Overview

As the week progresses and we prepare for Kansan and CSTV to visit the Liberty Bowl, we hear that we have moved up in the polls even more, we are now, ranked 39th.

We are also 4 point favorites at home, and are now riding a 4 game win streak.

Kansas will be tough, but I think we can pull this one out.

Week 3 Injury Report

Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Brewer, Lonnie 40 ILB Sr Probable Shoulder Tendonit 7 Weeks
Urban, J.J. 48 ILB Sr Questionable Stretched Knee Li 4 Weeks


Both the starting ILBs are a little dinged up, but I think we can handle it without them.

[MacroGuru]

Week 3 Box Score


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Memphis, TN.

Week 3, 2008

Attendance: 38,500 (62,400).


Weather: 82 degrees, fair.

1Q: 06:59 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 10 run.
1Q: 06:59 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
1Q: 00:13 KANS - Hunter Lang 9 pass from Teddy Jamison.
1Q: 00:13 KANS - Alan Barker extra point.
2Q: 11:17 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 5 pass from Martin Drake.
2Q: 11:17 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point failed.
2Q: 01:17 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 4 run.
2Q: 01:17 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
2Q: 00:25 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 2 run.
2Q: 00:25 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
3Q: 10:25 KANS - Teddy Jamison 6 run.
3Q: 10:25 KANS - Alan Barker extra point.
4Q: 14:46 KANS - Hunter Lang 2 run.
4Q: 14:46 KANS - Alan Barker extra point.
4Q: 14:08 KANS - Donnie Barnette 49 fumble return.
4Q: 14:08 KANS - Alan Barker extra point.
4Q: 09:50 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 7 run.
4Q: 09:50 MEMP - Martin Drake pass to Billy Joe Cortez for conversion

Game MVP: MEMP 44 Carlos Carruth

Kansas 7 0 7 14 - 28
Memphis 7 20 0 8 - 35

Team Statistics KANS MEMP

First Downs 20 30

Total Rushes 38 41
Net Rushing Yards 127 174
Yards Per Carry 3.3 4.2
Rushing Yards 156 205
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-14 9-17
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-15 2-14

Pass Attempts 14 26
Completions 12 19
Passing Yards 221 203
Yards Per Attempt 15.7 7.8
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 52 67
Total Yards 348 377
Yards Per Play 6.6 5.6

3rd Down Plays 8/11 6/11

Penalties 8 6
Penalty Yards 72 34

Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 27:40 32:20


Rough game, hard fought battle, and Kansas showed why they were ranked at #38 here. It is going to be tough cracking the top 25 this season. If all our games are like this, I do not know if I will survive the season.

[MacroGuru]

Week 3 Individual Stats

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Carruth 33 164 4.9 25 4 9 0
17 Drake 6 -4 -0.6 4 0 1 2
2 Emmons 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0
9 Boatwright 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
17 Drake 26 19 203 7.8 22 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
2 Emmons 6 87 14.5 23 22 0
44 Carruth 4 33 8.2 23 11 1
24 Cortez 2 18 9.0 1 9 0
84 Burnstine 2 21 10.5 6 11 0
4 Ogden 2 20 10.0 4 10 0
88 Spikes 1 10 10.0 1 10 0
9 Boatwright 1 4 4.0 0 4 0
7 Styles 1 10 10.0 5 10 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
2 Emmons 1 20 20.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
44 Carruth 2 50 25.0 0
2 Emmons 2 49 24.5 0
82 Cochrane 1 25 25.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
3 Winter 1 48 48.0 48 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Cobb 0 0 0 3 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
41 Stuart 6 1 1.0 1 29 0
34 McEndoo 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
46 Jarvis 5 6 0.0 0 0 0
43 Lynn 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
48 Urban 4 3 0.5 0 0 0
30 Ralph 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
93 Chapa 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
32 Finch 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
77 Crowther 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
73 Blades 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Brewer 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Pfingsten 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tepper 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
90 Farmer 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Goldade 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 Shuman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Moore 0 3 0.5 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
75 Carter 0 0 0 0 4 1
70 Mahoney 0 0 0 0 1 1
79 Swift 0 0 0 0 5 0
24 Cortez 1 0 0 0 2 0
68 Sims 0 0 0 0 2 0
23 Cirino 0 0 0 0 1 0
84 Burnstine 0 0 0 0 1 0
50 Fisk 0 0 0 0 1 0

Player Stokes Awarded
44 Carlos Carruth 14
17 Martin Drake 5
74 Dusty Moore 1
48 J.J. Urban 1
46 David Jarvis 1
4 Rodney Ogden 1
70 Warren Mahoney 1
68 Sherman Sims 1
41 Nate Stuart 1
93 Ricardo Chapa 1
95 A.J. Shuman 1


Carruth had a monster game picking up 5 TD's with 4 on the ground and 1 receiving.

We lost FB Billy Joe Cortez for a bit due to a knee injury, that may hamper Carruth's running performance, as he is the bruiser that has been helping opening the holes up, and is great when we run Play actions.

Drake had another 0 INT performance, and his decisions are smart and crisp.

Defensively, we need to step it up a bit, Teppers isn't performing all to well like he did last season. I am trying to pump them all up.

[MacroGuru]

Week 4 Overview

We welcome San Diego State to the Liberty Bowl. We are on the rise of a 5 game win streak, and are 2-0. San Diego is 0 - 2. We are picked as 6 point favorites in this game.

Week 4 Injury Report


Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Brewer, Lonnie 40 ILB Sr Probable Shoulder Tendonit 6 Weeks
Cortez, Billy Joe 24 FB Sr* Out Arthroscopic Knee 5 Weeks
Urban, J.J. 48 ILB Sr Questionable Stretched Knee Li 3 Weeks


Billy Joe hurts, but Cirino should step up and do well, if not, we do have the Freshman waiting in the wings.

[MacroGuru]

Week 4 Box Score


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Memphis, TN.

Week 4, 2008

Attendance: 37,200 (62,400).


Weather: 67 degrees, fair.

1Q: 11:23 SDST - Lance Malone 20 pass from Matthew Dietrich.
1Q: 11:23 SDST - Conrad Sampson extra point.
1Q: 08:09 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 9 pass from Martin Drake.
1Q: 08:09 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point failed.
1Q: 04:07 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 17 run.
1Q: 04:07 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
1Q: 00:13 SDST - Edwin Zeigafuse 6 pass from Matthew Dietrich.
1Q: 00:13 SDST - Conrad Sampson extra point.
2Q: 11:01 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 39 run.
2Q: 11:01 MEMP - Martin Drake pass for conversion failed.
2Q: 01:20 SDST - Sammy McKnight 15 pass from Matthew Dietrich.
2Q: 01:20 SDST - Edwin Zeigafuse run for conversion failed.
3Q: 07:32 SDST - Edwin Zeigafuse 11 run.
3Q: 07:32 SDST - Conrad Sampson extra point.
3Q: 03:21 SDST - Sammy McKnight 16 pass from Matthew Dietrich.
3Q: 03:21 SDST - Conrad Sampson extra point.
3Q: 00:42 SDST - Alfred Talley 30 pass from Matthew Dietrich.
3Q: 00:42 SDST - Conrad Sampson extra point.
4Q: 11:52 SDST - Conrad Sampson 35 field goal.
4Q: 07:25 SDST - Edwin Zeigafuse 6 run.
4Q: 07:25 SDST - Conrad Sampson extra point.

Game MVP: SDST 17 Matthew Dietrich

San Diego State 14 6 21 10 - 51
Memphis 13 6 0 0 - 19

Team Statistics SDST MEMP

First Downs 29 19

Total Rushes 34 29
Net Rushing Yards 225 158
Yards Per Carry 6.6 5.4
Rushing Yards 250 197
Tckld Loss/Yards 2-5 8-16
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-20 4-23

Pass Attempts 27 27
Completions 22 17
Passing Yards 354 170
Yards Per Attempt 13.1 6.2
Interceptions 0 1
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 5/1

Total Plays 61 56
Total Yards 579 328
Yards Per Play 9.4 5.8

3rd Down Plays 3/9 3/10

Penalties 5 7
Penalty Yards 35 48

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 31:31 28:29


Disgust, it's all I can say about the defense, I am disgusted.

[MacroGuru]

Week 4 Individual Stats

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Carruth 19 109 5.7 39 2 9 0
17 Drake 7 -10 -1.4 6 0 0 4
47 Ruhman 2 7 3.5 4 0 0 0
9 Boatwright 1 52 52.0 52 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
17 Drake 27 17 170 6.2 20 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
44 Carruth 5 30 6.0 33 11 1
2 Emmons 4 58 14.5 4 20 0
4 Ogden 3 35 11.6 5 18 0
23 Cirino 2 10 5.0 7 8 0
84 Burnstine 2 29 14.5 9 19 0
9 Boatwright 1 8 8.0 0 8 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
2 Emmons 2 0 0.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
44 Carruth 3 81 27.0 0
2 Emmons 3 78 26.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
3 Winter 6 172 28.6 32 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Cobb 0 1 0 1 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
46 Jarvis 11 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Urban 8 1 0.0 0 0 0
41 Stuart 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
32 Finch 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
30 Ralph 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tepper 3 0 2.0 0 0 0
73 Blades 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
94 Abrams 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Lynn 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Farmer 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Crowther 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
93 Chapa 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
86 Tubbs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Carruth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
2 Emmons 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Swift 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 Fisk 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Donaldson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
20 Sellers 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
31 Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Kemp 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
34 McEndoo 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
36 Mosier 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
75 Carter 0 0 0 0 0 1
68 Sims 0 0 0 0 3 2
70 Mahoney 0 0 0 0 1 1
44 Carruth 3 0 1 0 0 0
50 Fisk 0 0 0 0 2 0
23 Cirino 0 0 1 0 0 0
86 Tubbs 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 Drake 1 0 0 0 0 0
84 Burnstine 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Emmons 1 0 0 0 0 0
45 Goldade 0 0 1 0 0 0
93 Chapa 0 1 0 0 0 0
43 Lynn 0 0 1 0 0 0
52 Kaplan 0 0 0 0 1 0

Player Stokes Awarded
44 Carlos Carruth 8
17 Martin Drake 1
2 Darrell Emmons 1
The College Years
96 Lewis Tepper 1
48 J.J. Urban 1
45 Harold Goldade 1
41 Nate Stuart 1
43 Wade Lynn 1
90 Adam Farmer 1

[MacroGuru]

Week 4 Recruiting Report

I have been absent minded in regards to reporting on this. So far, no declines and no commits.

I expect them to happen after this week.

[MacroGuru]

Week 5 Overview

I don't know what to expect this week.

We travel to TCU to take on the 7th ranked Horned Frogs.

We are 14 point underdogs, but with the way we played against San Diego State, I would place us at 30 at least.

I have expressed displeasure at the way we lost last week and that I DO NOT and WILL NOT tolerate mind lapses and miscues like we had.


Week 5 Injury Report

Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Brewer, Lonnie 40 ILB Sr Probable Shoulder Tendonit 5 Weeks
Cortez, Billy Joe 24 FB Sr* Out Arthroscopic Knee 4 Weeks
Urban, J.J. 48 ILB Sr Probable Stretched Knee Li 2 Weeks


It's going to hurt not having these guys at 100% on defense, but oh well.

[MizzouRah]

Is Carruth the leading rusher in the nation? That guy can do it all!! Would be interesting to see where he goes in the NFL draft.

Good luck this week coach!


Todd

[MacroGuru]

Is Carruth the leading rusher in the nation? That guy can do it all!! Would be interesting to see where he goes in the NFL draft.

Good luck this week coach!


Todd

Nope, he isn't.

He is ranked at 11th overall in the nation, however he is 4th overall in pts.

I have been exporting every seasons draft file, as I am thinking of running something with FOF as well with them

[MacroGuru]

bump....gym.....school....delayed....

[MacroGuru]

Week 5 Box Score


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Box Score: Memphis at Texas Christian
Fort Worth, TX.

Week 5, 2008

Attendance: 44,000 (44,000).


Weather: 75 degrees, rain.

1Q: 10:32 TXCH - Matthew Ohanian 3 run.
1Q: 10:32 TXCH - Craig Borkowski extra point.
1Q: 08:42 TXCH - Marc Clemons 42 punt return.
1Q: 08:42 TXCH - Craig Borkowski extra point.
1Q: 06:05 TXCH - Alvin O'Connor 19 run.
1Q: 06:05 TXCH - Craig Borkowski extra point.
1Q: 04:14 MEMP - Darrell Emmons 56 pass from Martin Drake.
1Q: 04:14 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
2Q: 12:15 MEMP - Darrell Emmons 6 pass from Martin Drake.
2Q: 12:15 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
2Q: 03:34 TXCH - Craig Borkowski 27 field goal.
2Q: 01:19 TXCH - Alvin O'Connor 15 run.
2Q: 01:19 TXCH - Craig Borkowski extra point.
3Q: 11:51 TXCH - Phillip Scioli 1 run.
3Q: 11:51 TXCH - Craig Borkowski extra point.
3Q: 08:14 TXCH - Craig Borkowski 28 field goal.
3Q: 01:24 TXCH - Craig Borkowski 30 field goal.
4Q: 14:24 TXCH - Roger Ruzzin 27 pass from Matthew Ohanian.
4Q: 14:24 TXCH - Craig Borkowski extra point.
4Q: 08:10 MEMP - Rodney Ogden 6 pass from Martin Drake.
4Q: 08:10 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.

Game MVP: TXCH 22 Alvin O'Connor

Memphis 7 7 0 7 - 21
Texas Christian 21 10 13 7 - 51

Team Statistics MEMP TXCH

First Downs 10 24

Total Rushes 24 48
Net Rushing Yards 59 166
Yards Per Carry 2.4 3.4
Rushing Yards 87 192
Tckld Loss/Yards 1-2 6-13
Sacked/Yards Lost 5-26 2-13

Pass Attempts 27 24
Completions 11 14
Passing Yards 151 226
Yards Per Attempt 5.5 9.4
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/2

Total Plays 51 72
Total Yards 210 392
Yards Per Play 4.1 5.4

3rd Down Plays 2/12 6/13

Penalties 11 9
Penalty Yards 72 70

Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 42
Time Of Possession 24:14 35:46


Ouch. They keyed on Carruth, and stopped him dead, Drake paniced, and we didn't accomplish much.

[MacroGuru]

Week 5 Individual Stats


Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Carruth 10 19 1.9 7 0 3 0
17 Drake 7 -23 -3.2 3 0 1 5
47 Ruhman 7 63 9.0 44 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
17 Drake 26 11 151 5.8 56 3 1
6 Appel 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
The College Years

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
4 Ogden 4 45 11.2 16 18 1
84 Burnstine 2 16 8.0 1 9 0
2 Emmons 2 62 31.0 32 56 2
82 Cochrane 1 6 6.0 1 6 0
44 Carruth 1 9 9.0 1 9 0
7 Styles 1 13 13.0 0 13 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
2 Emmons 1 7 7.0 0
32 Finch 1 5 5.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
2 Emmons 7 163 23.2 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
3 Winter 10 262 26.2 36 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Cobb 0 0 0 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
46 Jarvis 13 1 0.0 0 0 0
48 Urban 9 2 0.0 0 0 0
41 Stuart 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
32 Finch 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tepper 3 1 0.5 0 0 0
34 McEndoo 3 5 0.0 0 0 0
30 Ralph 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
40 Brewer 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
77 Crowther 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
93 Chapa 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Moore 2 1 1.0 0 0 0
73 Blades 2 2 0.5 0 0 0
90 Farmer 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
31 Lewis 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
23 Cirino 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Burnstine 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
2 Emmons 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Rivera 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Kemp 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Goldade 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
50 Fisk 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Lynn 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Abrams 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 Shuman 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
75 Carter 0 0 0 0 0 3
68 Sims 0 0 0 0 1 1
70 Mahoney 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Drake 1 0 0 0 0 0
96 Tepper 0 1 0 0 0 0
29 Kemp 0 1 0 0 0 0
46 Jarvis 0 0 1 0 0 0
92 Gilmore 0 0 1 0 0 0
65 O'Neill 0 0 0 0 1 0
52 Kaplan 0 0 0 0 1 0

Player Stokes Awarded
17 Martin Drake 3
44 Carlos Carruth 2
96 Lewis Tepper 2
32 Mel Finch 2
93 Ricardo Chapa 2
82 Ernie Cochrane 1
74 Dusty Moore 1
2 Darrell Emmons 1
40 Lonnie Brewer 1
46 David Jarvis 1
4 Rodney Ogden 1
92 Carlton Gilmore 1
41 Nate Stuart 1
47 Maurice Ruhman 1

[MacroGuru]

Week 6 Overview

We welcome an 0-3 Army into the Liberty Bowl. We are 14 point favorites, but we have to shake this funk we have been in lately.

I think it can be done, just some game planning.

Week 6 Injury Report


Brewer, Lonnie 40 ILB Sr Probable Shoulder Tendonit 4 Weeks
Cortez, Billy Joe 24 FB Sr* Out Arthroscopic Knee 3 Weeks
Urban, J.J. 48 ILB Sr Probable Stretched Knee Li 1 Week


It will be good to get Urban back into prime form...we have another 4 weeks to wait on Lonnie.

[MacroGuru]

Week 6 Box Score


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Box Score: Army at Memphis
Memphis, TN.

Week 6, 2008

Attendance: 33,400 (62,400).


Weather: 45 degrees, stormy.

1Q: 04:04 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 11 run.
1Q: 04:04 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
2Q: 11:59 MEMP - Darrell Emmons 5 pass from Martin Drake.
2Q: 11:59 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
2Q: 03:40 ARMY - Scott Glover 26 field goal.
3Q: 13:57 ARMY - Gilbert Houston 57 pass from Marcus Falwell.
3Q: 13:57 ARMY - Scott Glover extra point.
4Q: 08:29 MEMP - Cornell Cobb 19 field goal.
4Q: 04:52 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 12 run.
4Q: 04:52 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.

Game MVP: MEMP 44 Carlos Carruth

Army 0 3 7 0 - 10
Memphis 7 7 0 10 - 24

Team Statistics ARMY MEMP

First Downs 11 20

Total Rushes 22 45
Net Rushing Yards 45 162
Yards Per Carry 2.0 3.6
Rushing Yards 81 199
Tckld Loss/Yards 8-30 14-31
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-6 1-6

Pass Attempts 30 21
Completions 15 17
Passing Yards 215 208
Yards Per Attempt 7.1 9.9
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0

Total Plays 52 66
Total Yards 260 370
Yards Per Play 5.0 5.6

3rd Down Plays 2/13 4/14

Penalties 8 10
Penalty Yards 45 75

Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 23:30 36:30


This was a game we truly owner, and should have seen a higher point total from us. However, Carruth, has managed to handle his own...

[MacroGuru]

Week 6 Individual Stats


Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Carruth 36 145 4.0 38 2 15 0
17 Drake 4 2 0.5 7 0 1 1
4 Ogden 2 -1 -0.5 3 0 1 0
38 Zaiser 2 7 3.5 4 0 0 0
23 Cirino 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
17 Drake 21 17 208 9.9 26 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
44 Carruth 5 31 6.2 25 10 0
2 Emmons 4 50 12.5 20 22 1
23 Cirino 2 17 8.5 18 13 0
84 Burnstine 2 37 18.5 5 26 0
4 Ogden 2 40 20.0 18 23 0
9 Boatwright 1 24 24.0 6 24 0
38 Zaiser 1 9 9.0 0 9 0

The College Years
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
2 Emmons 2 19 9.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
86 Tubbs 1 24 24.0 0
44 Carruth 1 11 11.0 0
2 Emmons 1 22 22.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
3 Winter 5 177 35.4 45 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Cobb 1 1 19 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
46 Jarvis 6 1 0.0 1 0 0
48 Urban 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Ralph 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
43 Lynn 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
73 Blades 3 2 1.0 0 0 0
32 Finch 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tepper 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
93 Chapa 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
27 Mincey 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Kemp 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
41 Stuart 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Brewer 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
34 McEndoo 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Pfingsten 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Cirino 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
84 Burnstine 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Abrams 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
4 Ogden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Mahoney 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
3 Winter 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Crowther 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
20 Sellers 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
75 Carter 0 0 0 0 4 1
79 Swift 0 0 0 0 5 0
50 Fisk 0 0 0 0 2 0
70 Mahoney 0 0 0 0 1 0
68 Sims 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 Sellers 0 1 0 0 0 0

Player Stokes Awarded
44 Carlos Carruth 15
46 David Jarvis 3
17 Martin Drake 2
2 Darrell Emmons 2
96 Lewis Tepper 1
73 Keith Blades 1
20 Moe Sellers 1
30 Eric Ralph 1

[MacroGuru]

Week 6 Recruiting Report

All I can say is a big ouch, as we manage to see seven recruits sign elsewhere.

DE Mitch Ramsey - Washington
DE Mickey Fisher - Texas A&M
DE Marty Linquist - Virginia
G Ryan Brandon - Johnson City
FB Walter Winslett - Tennessee
RB Roman Whitting - USC
RB Dean Osbourne - UCLA

[MacroGuru]

Week 7 Overview

No games this week, a solid bye week to let the injuries heal, players focus on their studies, and for me to talk to my DC, it appears he is rubbing a lot of people the wrong way.

Week 7 Injury Report


Kemp, Dean 29 CB Sr* Out Dislocated Shoulder 7 Weeks
Brewer, Lonnie 40 ILB Sr Probable Shoulder Tendonitis 3 Weeks
Cortez, Billy Joe 24 FB Sr* Doubtful Arthroscopic Knee Surgery 2 Weeks


Losing Kemp really hurts us, and chaps him....hopefully, he can recover quickly.

[MacroGuru]

Week 7 Recruiting Report

Lost two more recruits...frustration abounds (I forgot to write down where they went)

[MacroGuru]

Week 8 Overview

We invite a 2-3 South Florida to the Liberty Bowl, we are actually 2 point underdogs on this one.

Our DC has hopefully shaped up, if not, we will find us one by the end of the season.

Week 8 Injury Report


Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Kemp, Dean 29 CB Sr* Out Dislocated Should 7 Weeks
Brewer, Lonnie 40 ILB Sr Probable Shoulder Tendonit 2 Weeks
Cortez, Billy Joe 24 FB Sr* Probable Arthroscopic Knee 1 Week


Brewer and Cortez are basically back, although we know they are not at a 100%. We will be happy to have them there.

[MacroGuru]

Week 8 Box Score



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Memphis, TN.

Week 8, 2008

Attendance: 37,800 (62,400).


Weather: 52 degrees, rain.

1Q: 06:54 SFLA - Clyde Coffey 2 run.
1Q: 06:54 SFLA - Dan Branch extra point.
1Q: 03:55 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 45 run.
1Q: 03:55 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
2Q: 14:48 MEMP - Cornell Cobb 31 field goal.
2Q: 05:04 MEMP - Cornell Cobb 33 field goal.
3Q: 10:51 MEMP - Billy Joe Cortez 12 run.
3Q: 10:51 MEMP - Carlos Carruth run for conversion failed.
3Q: 01:40 SFLA - Dan Branch 24 field goal.
3Q: 01:04 MEMP - Darrell Emmons 63 pass from Martin Drake.
3Q: 01:04 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
4Q: 06:20 MEMP - Cornell Cobb 32 field goal.
4Q: 02:20 SFLA - Cornell Castillo 69 pass from Melvin Gantry.
4Q: 02:20 SFLA - Rusty Armstrong run for conversion.
4Q: 01:53 MEMP - Bobby Spikes 4 pass from Martin Drake.
4Q: 01:53 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
4Q: 00:34 SFLA - Leroy Garrison 40 pass from Preston Pryce.
4Q: 00:34 SFLA - Preston Pryce pass to Jake Shea for conversion

Game MVP: MEMP 44 Carlos Carruth

South Florida 7 0 3 16 - 26
Memphis 7 6 13 10 - 36

Team Statistics SFLA MEMP

First Downs 17 18

Total Rushes 35 41
Net Rushing Yards 87 186
Yards Per Carry 2.4 4.5
Rushing Yards 133 225
Tckld Loss/Yards 6-21 11-22
Sacked/Yards Lost 4-25 3-17

Pass Attempts 32 24
Completions 11 14
Passing Yards 232 225
Yards Per Attempt 7.2 9.3
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0

Total Plays 67 65
Total Yards 319 411
Yards Per Play 4.7 6.3

3rd Down Plays 1/14 6/15

Penalties 5 8
Penalty Yards 34 74

Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 42
Time Of Possession 28:44 31:16


Another solid game from the team, we played well all around.

[MacroGuru]

Week 8 Individual Stats


Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Carruth 34 186 5.4 45 1 13 0
The College Years
17 Drake 5 -14 -2.8 4 0 1 3
24 Cortez 2 14 7.0 12 1 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
17 Drake 24 14 225 9.3 63 2 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
44 Carruth 5 53 10.6 44 19 0
2 Emmons 4 109 27.2 25 63 1
88 Spikes 2 28 14.0 3 24 1
9 Boatwright 2 33 16.5 13 22 0
24 Cortez 1 2 2.0 1 2 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
2 Emmons 3 77 25.6 0
44 Carruth 2 14 7.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
86 Tubbs 1 17 17.0 0
2 Emmons 1 36 36.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
3 Winter 4 112 28.0 38 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Cobb 3 3 33 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
46 Jarvis 6 3 0.0 0 0 0
73 Blades 5 0 0.5 0 0 0
30 Ralph 5 2 0.0 1 0 0
32 Finch 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
48 Urban 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tepper 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
44 Carruth 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
20 Sellers 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Moore 2 1 0.5 0 0 0
77 Crowther 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Goldade 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Abrams 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
41 Stuart 1 4 0.5 0 0 0
36 Mosier 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
93 Chapa 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
34 McEndoo 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
90 Farmer 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
88 Spikes 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
2 Emmons 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
4 Ogden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
31 Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 Shuman 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
43 Lynn 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
75 Carter 0 0 0 0 1 1
68 Sims 0 0 0 0 5 1
70 Mahoney 0 0 0 0 2 1
79 Swift 0 0 0 0 3 0
24 Cortez 0 0 0 0 2 0
45 Goldade 0 1 0 0 0 0

Player Stokes Awarded
44 Carlos Carruth 15
17 Martin Drake 4
20 Moe Sellers 3
74 Dusty Moore 2
24 Billy Joe Cortez 2
96 Lewis Tepper 2
30 Eric Ralph 2
2 Darrell Emmons 1
79 Glen Swift 1
77 Billy Crowther 1
48 J.J. Urban 1
32 Mel Finch 1
46 David Jarvis 1
73 Keith Blades 1


Carruth is bringing it on towards the end... This kid is tough, and has the NFL scouts drooling.

[MacroGuru]

Week 8 Team Summary



The College Years
2008 Summary for Memphis

Record: 4-2
Rank: 55

Memphis Team Rank
Rushes 227 52 (T)
Rushing Yards 981 34
Yards Per Carry 4.32 21 (T)
Pass Attempts 145 102 (T)
Completions 89 79 (T)
Passing Yards 1121 84
Yards Per Attempt 7.73 44 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 34.6 66 (T)
Points Per Game 28.3 48
Turnovers 7 16 (T)
Turnover Margin +1 50 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 203 44 (T)
Rushing Yards 735 53
Yards Per Carry 3.62 63
Pass Attempts 163 21
Completions 94 39 (T)
Passing Yards 1519 89
Yards Per Attempt 9.31 118
3rd Down Conversions 34.2 63
Points Per Game 31.0 96 (T)
Turnovers 8 104 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 35 at MSST (119) 20
3 35 KANS (54) 28
4 19 SDST (50) 51
5 21 at TXCH (9) 51
6 24 ARMY (113) 10
8 36 SFLA (86) 26
9 at SMIS (115)
10 HOUS (46)
11 CINC (59)
12 at TULA (23)
13 at ALBI (125)

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
17 Drake QB 144 89 1121 7.78 10 4
Team --- 145 89 1121 7.73 10 4

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
44 Carruth RB 167 813 4.86 10 58 93
17 Drake QB 32 -63 -1.96 0 22 104
47 Ruhman RB 15 88 5.86 0 1 0
Team --- 227 981 4.32 13 82 201

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
2 Emmons WR 41 24 464 19.3 166 5
44 Carruth RB 37 21 167 7.9 126 2
4 Ogden WR 24 14 161 11.5 56 2
84 Burnstine TE 13 9 115 12.7 36 0
24 Cortez FB 9 5 42 8.4 10 0
9 Boatwright WR 9 5 69 13.8 19 0
Team --- 145 89 1121 12.5 448 10

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
46 Jarvis S 44 14 0.0 4 1 5
48 Urban ILB 37 9 0.5 7 0 1
30 Ralph S 30 11 1.0 3 1 2
41 Stuart OLB 23 7 1.5 2 1 1
32 Finch CB 22 11 0.0 3 0 3
43 Lynn OLB 17 3 0.5 3 0 1
73 Blades DT 16 6 2.5 5 0 0
96 Tepper DE 14 8 4.0 7 0 0
93 Chapa DT 13 8 0.0 3 0 0
34 McEndoo CB 12 10 0.0 1 0 2
77 Crowther DE 10 3 1.5 1 0 0
90 Farmer OLB 7 2 0.0 1 0 1
74 Moore DE 6 5 2.0 2 0 0
40 Brewer ILB 6 4 0.0 2 0 1
Team --- 320 111 15.0 51 5 20

[MacroGuru]

Week 8 Top 25


Overall Rankings

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Penn State 7-0 BKT 2.75 1.00 0.00 2.48 6.23 1
Colorado 6-0 HTW 1.00 6.00 0.00 1.56 8.56 2
Michigan State 7-0 BKT 2.00 6.50 0.00 1.24 9.74 3
West Virginia 8-0 ESE 6.25 3.00 0.00 4.48 13.73 4
UCLA 6-1 WCT 5.75 6.00 1.00 2.08 14.83 5
Texas A&M 6-1 HTW 4.50 8.50 1.00 1.68 15.68 6
Bowling Green 6-0 MDF 9.00 3.50 0.00 4.88 17.38 7
Tennessee 6-1 CFD 6.50 13.50 1.00 2.20 23.20 8
Miami of Ohio 6-1 MDF 10.50 9.00 1.00 3.84 24.34 9
Virginia Tech 5-1 ATR 14.75 10.00 1.00 3.48 29.23 10
Louisiana State 5-1 CFD 14.75 11.50 1.00 2.04 29.29 11
Florida State 5-1 ATR 23.50 2.50 1.00 4.92 31.92 12
Central Florida 6-1 MDF 10.75 19.00 1.00 2.64 33.39 13
California 5-1 WCT 9.50 20.50 1.00 3.00 34.00 14
Toledo 5-1 MDF 18.50 15.50 1.00 3.52 38.52 15
New Mexico 6-1 RME 14.75 19.50 1.00 4.12 39.37 16
Michigan 5-2 BKT 26.25 13.50 2.00 2.36 44.11 17
Fresno State 5-1 TTW 16.50 24.50 1.00 2.88 44.88 18
Texas Christian 5-1 UBT 29.75 10.50 1.00 4.84 46.09 19
Tulane 5-1 UBT 22.50 20.50 1.00 4.28 48.28 20
Illinois 5-2 BKT 11.25 38.50 2.00 0.84 52.59 21
Oklahoma State 5-1 HTW 20.00 30.50 1.00 4.56 56.06 22
Minnesota 4-2 BKT 16.50 36.50 2.00 1.28 56.28 23
Boston College 3-2 ESE 30.00 24.50 2.00 0.60 57.10 24
Northern Illinois 5-1 MDF 29.00 23.00 1.00 4.76 57.76 25

**Memphis 4-2 UBT 54.25 53.50 2.00 3.64 113.39 57


We sit at 57th....

[MacroGuru]

Week 8 Recruiting Report

Well, we were able to get one recruit to commit this week, and he isn't to bad.


http://www.sportssims.com/images/tcy/players/te004a.jpg
Name: Clyde Schneider Position: TE Height: 6'3" Weight: 227 lbs
High School: Miami Beach High School City: Miami Beach, Florida
GPA: 3.34 Test Score: 1084

Scout Report From: Jake Wallace (Excellent with Receivers)
Strength: Run Blocking
Weakness: Catching The Ball
My Impression: Better than Scouted

Offense (6 Games)
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28 Receptions 550 Yards 19.64 Yards/Catch 5 TD

Defense (6 Games)
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33 Tackles 3.5 Sacks 4 INT

Rivals.com National Ranking: 470
Rank By Position: 14
Rivals.com State Rank: 22
Rank By Position: 1
All-State: No
All-Country: No

14th ranked TE in the country, #1 in Florida. This is strong kid, that loves knocking people around from the TE spot. We need to work on his hands, and see if we can get him to like catching the ball


We also lost six more recruits to other schools

CB Joseph Grooms - Ball State
DT Wesley Knetchel - Conneticut
DE Marvin Tyler - Oklahoma State
G Grady Bertels - Akron
FB Corwin McNeil - California
RB Harvey Baca - Clarksville

[BYU 14]

Carruth has been sick with the exception of the TCU game, it is great to have a stud like him that can take over a game. Good job so far this year Coach, a couple of really nice wins.

[MacroGuru]

Week 9 Overview

9 point favorites as we head to Southern Miss.

The team is looking good, guys are reved up, and we are starting to kick it into stride.

There is one bad thing that happened this week, I was forced to suspend S Junior Mueller for the rest of the season for his recent DUI arrest. Strict team rules, force me to do this.

Week 9 Injury Report


Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Burnstine, Austin 84 TE Sr Out Pulled Quadriceps 6 Weeks
Kemp, Dean 29 CB Sr* Out Dislocated Should 6 Weeks


The injury to our TE hurts a bit, but our backups can do well.

[MacroGuru]

Carruth has been sick with the exception of the TCU game, it is great to have a stud like him that can take over a game. Good job so far this year Coach, a couple of really nice wins.

He was definately a steal in the first season of recruiting. I will miss him when he leaves.

[MacroGuru]

Week 9 Box Score


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Hattiesburg, MS.

Week 9, 2008

Attendance: 15,600 (33,000).


Weather: 71 degrees, fair.

1Q: 12:34 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 4 run.
1Q: 12:34 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
1Q: 10:49 SMIS - Morris Thomason 15 run.
1Q: 10:49 SMIS - Andre Hall extra point.
1Q: 02:43 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 40 run.
1Q: 02:43 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
1Q: 00:06 SMIS - Brandon Pearson 59 pass from Morris Thomason.
1Q: 00:06 SMIS - Andre Hall extra point.
2Q: 13:14 MEMP - Carlos Carruth 32 run.
2Q: 13:14 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.
2Q: 08:23 SMIS - Don Compton 5 pass from Morris Thomason.
2Q: 08:23 SMIS - Andre Hall extra point.
3Q: 04:54 MEMP - Cornell Cobb 40 field goal.
4Q: 04:58 SMIS - Don Compton 2 pass from Morris Thomason.
4Q: 04:58 SMIS - Andre Hall extra point.
4Q: 01:11 MEMP - Rodney Ogden 22 pass from Martin Drake.
4Q: 01:11 MEMP - Cornell Cobb extra point.

Game MVP: MEMP 44 Carlos Carruth

Memphis 14 7 3 7 - 31
Southern Mississippi 14 7 0 7 - 28

Team Statistics MEMP SMIS

First Downs 25 22

Total Rushes 42 34
Net Rushing Yards 241 131
Yards Per Carry 5.7 3.8
Rushing Yards 294 149
Tckld Loss/Yards 4-9 6-10
Sacked/Yards Lost 6-44 1-8

Pass Attempts 21 25
Completions 13 16
Passing Yards 223 251
Yards Per Attempt 10.6 10.0
Interceptions 1 2
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 0/0

Total Plays 63 59
Total Yards 464 382
Yards Per Play 7.3 6.4

3rd Down Plays 3/12 5/10

Penalties 12 8
Penalty Yards 92 77

Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 30:51 29:09


What a game, this one was to close for me...It was cardiac time all the way through.

[MacroGuru]

Week 9 Individual Stats


Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Carruth 30 255 8.5 50 3 8 0
17 Drake 10 -31 -3.1 5 0 0 6
24 Cortez 2 17 8.5 13 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
17 Drake 21 13 223 10.6 35 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
44 Carruth 4 49 12.2 42 23 0
4 Ogden 4 91 22.7 70 33 1
2 Emmons 2 49 24.5 13 35 0
The College Years
9 Boatwright 2 31 15.5 5 17 0
24 Cortez 1 3 3.0 7 3 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
44 Carruth 1 6 6.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
2 Emmons 3 90 30.0 0
82 Cochrane 1 74 74.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
3 Winter 3 93 31.0 39 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
18 Cobb 1 3 40 4 4

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
46 Jarvis 13 1 0.0 0 0 0
48 Urban 7 2 0.0 1 20 0
30 Ralph 6 2 0.0 1 0 0
93 Chapa 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Moore 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
41 Stuart 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
90 Farmer 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
88 Spikes 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
34 McEndoo 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
77 Crowther 1 2 1.0 0 0 0
43 Lynn 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
23 Cirino 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
17 Drake 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Carruth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Abrams 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Brewer 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Goldade 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
4 Ogden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Blades 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
20 Sellers 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
68 Sims 0 0 1 0 2 2
50 Fisk 0 0 0 0 2 2
79 Swift 0 0 0 0 5 1
24 Cortez 0 0 0 0 1 1
70 Mahoney 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 Drake 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Emmons 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Ralph 0 0 1 0 0 0
75 Carter 0 0 0 0 1 0

Player Stokes Awarded
44 Carlos Carruth 16
46 David Jarvis 3
74 Dusty Moore 2
30 Eric Ralph 2
17 Martin Drake 1
24 Billy Joe Cortez 1
77 Billy Crowther 1
48 J.J. Urban 1
4 Rodney Ogden 1
18 Cornell Cobb 1


This game is proof that we cannot survive without Carruth. He asked, rather begged for us to ride his shoulders this game. I would pull him for a few plays because he looked tired, and he would sit for one play, and ask to be put back in.

[MizzouRah]

Just like Prior on my team. It REALLY helps to have a back that can take over a game. Match that up with another good RB and you QB will start to see some receivers open up.

VERY nice game for Carruth!!

Todd

[MacroGuru]

Week 9 Recruiting Report

Another recruit landed


http://www.sportssims.com/images/tcy/players/ol014a.jpg
Name: Kim Waldteufel Position: G Height: 6'4" Weight: 268 lbs
High School: Craigmont High School City: Memphis, Tennessee
GPA: 3.93 Test Score: 1442

Scout Report From: Jake Wallace (Fair with OL)
Strength: Run Blocking
Weakness: Pass Protection
My Impression: Better than Scouted

Offense (9 Games)
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Rivals.com National Ranking: 293
Rank By Position: 34
Rivals.com State Rank: 9
Rank By Position: 1
All-State: Yes
All-Country: No

We managed to pick up one of the top OG's in the country, and he was sitting right

at home. He had no interest in us at first, but it was mainly due to the fact he

didn't want to be home. He finally came to, and we won him over due to his major.

This kid is solid, and a great steal for the OL.



And we lose more

FB Xavier Duncan - Clarksville
OLB Howie LeClair - Idaho
DE Rufus Alexander - Iowa State
K Kurt Sager - Iowa State
P - Bryan Angel - Idaho
TE Russell Mahovlich - East Carolina

[MacroGuru]

Week 10 Overview

What a week, we now have 2 wonderfull commits on recruiting, we are now ranked 47th in the nation, and we are welcoming a 5-3 Houston to the Liberty Bowl. We are 8 point underdogs in our own house.

That stings, and I do not like it, but looking at the injury report, I can tell you why. Southern Miss beat on us pretty good.

Week 10 Injury Report


Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Tepper, Lewis 96 DE Sr Out Broken Clavicle 15 Weeks
Burnstine, Austin 84 TE Sr Out Pulled Quadriceps 5 Weeks
Kemp, Dean 29 CB Sr* Out Dislocated Shoulder 5 Weeks
Emmons, Darrell 2 WR Sr Doubtful Sprained Knee 4 Weeks
Carruth, Carlos 44 RB Sr Probable Concussion 2 Weeks
Urban, J.J. 48 ILB Sr Probable Sprained Ankle 2 Weeks


Urban is dinged, Carruth is dinged, Emmons is limping, and the Tepper goes and breaks his Clavicle. We had issues when he was hurt last time.

[MacroGuru]

Just like Prior on my team. It REALLY helps to have a back that can take over a game. Match that up with another good RB and you QB will start to see some receivers open up.

VERY nice game for Carruth!!

Todd

Yeah, he is slightly dinged this upcoming game, I hope I can lean on him some for it without seeing major injury.

[MacroGuru]

Whew, did you all miss me?

Anyways, I am kind of bypassing week 10.

Just so you know, we lost to Houston 36 - 24

Onto Week 11

[MacroGuru]

Week 11 Overview

We are travelling to Cinci to take on the Bearcats in a televised game to be seen on ESPN2.

We are sitting at 5-3 while Cinci is at 6-3 and ranked 40th.

Week 11 Injury Report


Memphis Roster, Injury Report

Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Emmons, Darrell 2 WR Sr Doubtful Sprained Knee 4 Weeks
Carruth, Carlos 44 RB Sr Out Repetitive Concus 75 Weeks
Burnstine, Austin 84 TE Sr Out Pulled Quadriceps 4 Weeks
Kemp, Dean 29 CB Sr* Out Dislocated Should 4 Weeks
Tepper, Lewis 96 DE Sr Out Broken Clavicle 14 Weeks


Carlos season and potentially his career is shot. It has been hard on the guy, constant migraines, blurred vision, I even walked into him puking his guts out in a garbage can, the guy isn't doing to hot. I am trying to figure out who to blame on this, the Dr's cleared him to play, but they are saying, it's the amount of concussions he has had in the past 2 years that is causing this.

Lewis is gone for the season as well, and that is something we have to live with.