A UAB Dynasty 2008 (TCY)

[bbgunn]

Another Blazer season is upon us. Can UAB get over the hump and post their first winning season in 4 years?

Before you read on, check out the previous seasons:

UAB 2004 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=52080)
UAB 2005 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=52272)
UAB 2006 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=52425)
UAB 2007 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?p=1260478#post1260478)

Quick Coaching History:
Year Team Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV Tick Don Score
2007 UAB 4-7 No 101 67 56 90 0 2 54 47
2006 UAB 2-9 No 115 2 66 89 51 5 33 33
2005 UAB 3-8 No 107 0 64 87 0 7 0 20
2004 UAB 7-4 No 59 65 49 90 40 11 61 52
Believe it or not, I had the highest performance ranking for last year's 4-7 team. I'm hoping for some big things to happen in '08. These recruiting classes have got to pay off sometime.

[bbgunn]

The big news of the offseason for us is that talented but underachieving senior CB Bart Roberson will be suspended for the 2008 season due to academic ineligibility. The good news is that Roberson, who has not had a redshirt year, will be available in 2009 for one more year.

Other than that bombshell, the offseason was quiet, save for the few crazy kids that think they deserve more free time. We didn't lose any staff - that's a big plus. I still believe in the coordinators I have. The last few years were dismal, but it's not really their fault. We need some better players, especially on defense.

Meanwhile, some schools, like Georgia Tech and Oregon State, were interested in my services. But the timing was not right; UAB is on the verge of big things.

[Blade6119]

But the timing was not right; UAB is on the verge of big things.

GO GET EM!!!! THUNDER/LIGHTNING!!!

[bbgunn]

GO GET EM!!!! THUNDER/LIGHTNING!!!

Nice! I'm betting that Koehler will make a run for 2000 yards this year. :D

[bbgunn]

A quick look at the roster for 2008:
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Cox, Deron 18 QB Sr* 16 16
McLemore, Kim 10 QB Fr 24 73
Raphael, Charles 11 QB Jr* 12 45
Weaver, Seth 14 QB So* 19 66
Castillo, Alvin 33 RB Fr 54 80
Kemp, Cole 28 RB So* 22 70
Koehler, Juan 44 RB Jr* 52 90
Marsh, Bob 22 RB Sr 2 2
Razo, Mercury 39 RB Jr* 44 61
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Sr 13 32
Bell, Neil 21 RB* Sr 5 5
Barrows, Tyrell 36 FB So* 35 47
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Sr 32 51
Fox, Edgar 31 FB* Jr 8 18
Clark, Tom 83 TE Fr 38 43
Dunn, Arnold 84 TE So 20 42
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Jr 61 100
Harrison, Earnest 88 TE* Jr 12 12
Tanner, Shannon 96 TE* Sr 3 3
Cofield, Phillip 87 WR Jr 14 32
Lang, Matt 1 WR Sr* 17 35
Patton, Ben 6 WR So* 24 66
Reyes, Phillip 85 WR Fr 20 52
Shelton, Matt 9 WR* Jr* 4 4
Henson, Donovan 57 C So* 21 71
Peachey, Dale 56 C Sr* 59 67
Bullock, Trevor 75 G So* 13 29
Carlisle, Ty 69 G Jr* 31 74
Lerner, Everett 70 G Sr* 27 42
Perlman, Jackie 78 G Jr* 13 38
Pirtle, Dominic 63 G Fr 9 58
Charles, Earl 73 T Sr 13 19
Coates, Marlon 67 T Sr 9 9
Downs, Colin 66 T Jr* 33 56
Evans, Kendrick 68 T Fr 8 40
Osburn, Jim 61 T Jr* 15 18
Pietraszak, Grant 74 T So* 30 72
Finley, Bernard 2 P So* 39 64
Harper, Eddie 17 P Sr* 45 45
Muterspaugh, Jamie 5 P Sr 45 57
Garrison, Jake 4 K Jr* 25 86
Harper, Jose 15 K* Fr 5 48
Ashraf, Jake 97 DE Sr 13 29
Davila, Michael 92 DE Sr* 51 54
Guthrie, Lincoln 94 DE Jr* 12 46
Harms, Howie 98 DE Sr* 27 32
Ornelas, Broderick 90 DE So* 11 30
Riffle, Les 76 DE Fr 20 67
Norton, Jeremy 50 DE* So 5 5
Desmond, Deron 60 DT So* 16 32
Ponder, Devin 72 DT Fr 13 77
Salvatori, Brady 79 DT So* 9 52
Stowe, Dominic 99 DT Sr* 13 26
Welch, Rod 91 DT Jr* 24 78
Burgess, Ronnie 71 DT* Sr 6 16
Franz, J.T. 40 ILB Fr 14 18
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr 13 47
Barnes, Bubba 41 ILB* So 5 5
Bertsch, Derrick 47 ILB* So 7 23
Roosenraad, Kurt 58 OLB Jr* 33 33
Rutherford, Derrick 51 OLB Fr 13 63
Schroeder, Leon 55 OLB So* 42 80
Stubbs, Al 54 OLB So* 28 50
Wheeler, Luther 93 OLB Sr 9 17
Dukas, Ryan 52 OLB* Sr 1 12
May, Darnell 49 OLB* Sr* 5 5
Sims, Floyd 59 OLB* So 5 5
Costello, Byron 45 CB Jr* 33 41
Durham, Bobby 37 CB So 17 30
Owens, Blaine 42 CB Fr 33 83
Roberson, Bart 48 CB Sr 61 72
Halbert, Andrew 25 CB* Fr 8 24
Blake, Edward 27 S Fr 16 66
Caban, Warren 29 S Jr* 18 58
Dole, Jose 35 S Sr* 14 41
Springer, Brenden 34 S Sr* 50 83
Tavares, Heath 24 S So* 17 48

[bbgunn]

I won't spend too much time on this; I'm anxious to get the 2008 season started.

OFFENSE
We're going to bench Charles Raphael (So) in favor of true freshman Kim McLemore. Not only is McLemore much more of a running threat, he's just plain better. In fact, Raphael will be third on the depth chart, behind Seth Weaver (Fr).

At RB, Koehler and Razo (both So) will be the 1 and 2 backs again. Despite FB Schulz (Sr) starting 3 years for us, freshman Tyrell Barrows looked pretty good in the spring, so he'll be the starter.

Barring any injuries, the offensive line should be solid, if not great.

Except for McLemore, all true offensive freshmen will be redshirted.

DEFENSE
If we don't get any injuries, the D-line should be much improved this year. The DTs will be awesome in a year or two.

At LB, we really stink, especially at ILB. We're going with a 4-3 this year.

At DB, even without the suspended Roberson, we should be okay. This group is not there yet, with the exception of junior S Springer, who is already top-notch, but hopefully they will improve as the season goes on.

Except for DE Les Riffle and CB Blaine Owens, all true defensive freshmen will be redshirted.

[bbgunn]

Here's a look at the UAB 2008 schedule:
2008 UAB Schedule

Rival: Memphis
Stadium Capacity: 83,100
Season Tickets Sold: 16,700

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 (48) NORTH TEXAS
3 FAIRBANKS
4 (11) OHIO STATE
$$5 at (46) Louisville
$$6 CINCINNATI
$$7 TULANE
$$8 at Houston
$$9 (41) EAST CAROLINA
$$10 at South Florida
$$12 at Southern Miss
$$13 MEMPHIS

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

For the first time since I arrived in Birmingham, we have SEVEN HOME GAMES!!! That's good news in itself. The first three are at home. Of course, one of those is against the #11 Buckeyes, who we signed a home-and-away agreement with. I think we really have a shot at going 2-1 out of conference.

In conference, Louisville looks strong again - that's probably a loss. ECU comes to Legion Field, but I don't see a win. We have to catch up with those guys. We'll also lose to either Southern Miss (whom we haven't scored a single point against since I've been here) or South Florida. The other games are winnable. Luckily, we avoid TCU, who will be much improved this year.

With that, I see us having a 7-4 (5-3) season. Probably not good enough for a bowl, but it's a step in the right direction.

Let's see what the C-USA coaches think:
1. TCU
2. East Carolina
3. Louisville
4. Tulane
5. South Florida
6. Houston
7. Southern Miss
8. Memphis
9. Cincinnati
10. **UAB
11. Army
Obviously the coaches are not as optimistic as I am. Maybe they're worried about the D. But if our LBs do anything productive, we'll have a chance.

Here's the national coaches top 25 for the preseason:
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 0-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 0-0 B10 2 5 3.50 2
USC 0-0 PAC 3 2 2.50 3
Georgia 0-0 SEC 4 3 3.50 4
Nebraska 0-0 B12 5 4 4.50 5
Florida 0-0 SEC 6 6 6.00 6
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 7 7 7.00 7
LSU 0-0 SEC 8 8 8.00 8
Colorado 0-0 B12 9 9 9.00 9
Texas 0-0 B12 10 10 10.00 10
Ohio State 0-0 B10 11 14 12.50 11
Boston College 0-0 BET 12 12 12.00 12
Michigan State 0-0 B10 13 21 17.00 14
Penn State 0-0 B10 14 11 12.50 13
Florida State 0-0 ACC 15 28 21.50 17
UCLA 0-0 PAC 16 16 16.00 15
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 17 15 16.00 16
Virginia Tech 0-0 ACC 18 17 17.50 18
West Virginia 0-0 BET 19 35 27.00 22
Arizona State 0-0 PAC 20 13 16.50 19
California 0-0 PAC 21 23 22.00 20
Syracuse 0-0 BET 22 42 32.00 25
South Carolina 0-0 SEC 23 18 20.50 21
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 24 25 24.50 23
Bowling Green 0-0 MAC 25 24 24.50 24

[Poli]

I'd like to get SLU to the point where we're redshirting so many players. :)

[bbgunn]

I'd like to get SLU to the point where we're redshirting so many players. :)

I'm so tempted to use a lot of these players immediately. God knows they would be better than a lot of the upperclassmen.

[bbgunn]

No games for UAB this week.

RECRUITING
Here are the positions we're going after this season:
QB, TE, G, T, DE, DT, ILB, OLB, CB, S, K (walk-on)

The same rules from last year apply in 2008 as well:
- Recruiting is only allowed within a 400-mile radius from Birmingham, AL.
- If we have a winning season, add 50 miles. If we win C-USA, 100 miles. In the unlikely event that we win a NATIONAL championship, 200 miles.

Wow, the region is really low on choice defensive players that would come to UAB. We might have to continue to suffer on defense for a while.

[bbgunn]

C-USA - WEEK 1
Wisconsin 55, East Carolina 24
Cincinnati 34, Kentucky 17

WEEK 2 PREVIEW
North Texas (0-0) at UAB (0-0) (E)

[bbgunn]

North Texas 49, UAB 17

BIRMINGHAM - This is certainly not the way the Blazers wanted to start the season. Believe it or not, it all came down to UAB (0-1) making costly penalties at the wrong time, killing momentum. Meanwhile, North Texas' (1-0) offense was on point.

True freshman QB Kim McLemore had a decent 1 1/2 quarters, but after some dubious decisions, he was pulled before halftime in favor of redshirt freshman Seth Weaver, who completed the game decently, but could not get UAB in the game. RB Juan Koehler cranked out another 100-yard game.

Box Score: North Texas at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 2, 2008

Attendance: 30,800 (83,100).


Weather: 78 degrees, fair.

1Q: 09:40 NTEX - Bobby Thompson 17 run.
1Q: 09:40 NTEX - Irv Smithwick extra point.
1Q: 01:22 UABB - Mercury Razo 10 pass from Kim McLemore.
1Q: 01:22 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 11:33 NTEX - Jumbo Wolfe 1 run.
2Q: 11:33 NTEX - Irv Smithwick extra point.
2Q: 04:47 NTEX - Stan Farr 42 pass from Byron Landrum.
2Q: 04:47 NTEX - Irv Smithwick extra point.
3Q: 08:51 NTEX - Bobby Thompson 20 run.
3Q: 08:51 NTEX - Irv Smithwick extra point.
3Q: 05:20 NTEX - Eric Unger 21 pass from Byron Landrum.
3Q: 05:20 NTEX - Irv Smithwick extra point.
4Q: 11:58 NTEX - Stan Farr 1 pass from Byron Landrum.
4Q: 11:58 NTEX - Irv Smithwick extra point.
4Q: 07:01 UABB - Juan Koehler 3 run.
4Q: 07:01 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 04:26 NTEX - Aaron Buggelli 17 run.
4Q: 04:26 NTEX - Irv Smithwick extra point.
4Q: 00:39 UABB - Jake Garrison 40 field goal.

Game MVP: NTEX 72 Percy Perry

North Texas 7 14 14 14 - 49
UAB 7 0 0 10 - 17

Team Statistics NTEX UABB

First Downs 27 19

Total Rushes 32 47
Net Rushing Yards 152 133
Yards Per Carry 4.7 2.8
Rushing Yards 169 181
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-11 9-18
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-6 5-30

Pass Attempts 26 27
Completions 19 15
Passing Yards 301 204
Yards Per Attempt 11.5 7.5
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0

Total Plays 58 74
Total Yards 453 337
Yards Per Play 7.8 4.5

3rd Down Plays 6/10 12/21

Penalties 5 5
Penalty Yards 45 48

Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 21
Time Of Possession 25:12 34:48

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 26 102 3.9 21 1 8 0
10 McLemore 10 -5 -0.5 18 0 2 4
39 Razo 7 21 3.0 12 0 2 0
14 Weaver 2 -3 -1.5 3 0 0 1
28 Kemp 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0
6 Patton 1 13 13.0 13 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
14 Weaver 14 8 132 9.4 43 0 0
10 McLemore 13 7 72 5.5 19 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
The College Years
39 Razo 3 22 7.3 20 10 1
44 Koehler 3 37 12.3 26 19 0
28 Kemp 3 49 16.3 7 43 0
86 Snyder 2 35 17.5 12 28 0
20 Schulz 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
36 Barrows 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
6 Patton 1 14 14.0 0 14 0
85 Reyes 1 35 35.0 7 35 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Costello 1 5 5.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
43 Schneider 1 21 21.0 0
45 Costello 1 22 22.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 3 100 33.3 43 0

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 2 40 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
55 Schroeder 9 2 0.5 0 0 0
34 Springer 7 4 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 4 1 0.5 0 0 0
92 Davila 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
40 Franz 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Ashraf 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
1 Lang 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Stowe 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
52 Dukas 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Guthrie 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 2 2
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 0 1
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 2 2
56 Peachey 0 0 1 0 2 0
20 Schulz 0 0 0 0 2 0
1 Lang 0 0 1 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 0 0 0 0 1 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 1 0
61 Osburn 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Weaver 1 0 0 0 0 0
84 Dunn 0 0 0 0 1 0

[bbgunn]

C-USA - WEEK 2
Wake Forest 24, East Carolina 17
Kansas St. 26, Southern Miss 14
Washington 41, Houston 27
South Florida 45, Ole Miss 27
Mississippi St. 16, Memphis 10
Miami (OH) 31, Cincinnati 24
Louisville 35, Anchorage 3
Middle Tenn. St. 21, TCU 14
Tulane 24, San Jose St. 10

[bbgunn]

WEEK 3 PREVIEW
Fairbanks (0-1) at UAB (0-1) (-4)

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Patton, Ben 6 WR So* Questionable Stretched Knee Li 6 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr Out Herniated Disk 9 Weeks
We keep losing the only decent ILB we have to injury! How frustrating is this.

[bbgunn]

Fairbanks 35, UAB 16

COACHES NOTE: Horrible, horrible, horrible. We couldn't stop the running attack of a single-back offense. Their back had 222 yards on us.

If there's a silver lining, it's that McLemore is beginning to learn the ropes. He had good game on the ground and a decent one in the air, albeit one INT. Koehler was just 2 yards shy of 100.

But it's hard to feel good right now. I thought we could start 2-0, but we're 0-2 with Ohio State coming to town next week. The Buckeyes are 0-2 as well, but at least they lost on the road to both Colorado St. and UCLA. We lost at home to North Texas and Fairbanks. Ugh.
Box Score: Fairbanks at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 3, 2008

Attendance: 27,400 (83,100).


Weather: 79 degrees, fair.

2Q: 12:00 FAIR - Jorge Goike 8 pass from Harvey Loom.
2Q: 12:00 FAIR - Sedrick Karle extra point.
2Q: 06:40 UABB - Phillip Reyes 17 pass from Kim McLemore.
2Q: 06:40 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 10:08 FAIR - Alvin Stephens 4 pass from Harvey Loom.
3Q: 10:08 FAIR - Sedrick Karle extra point.
3Q: 02:53 UABB - Dean Snyder 17 pass from Kim McLemore.
3Q: 02:53 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point failed.
3Q: 00:23 FAIR - Brant Tate 92 run.
3Q: 00:23 FAIR - Sedrick Karle extra point.
4Q: 08:43 UABB - Jake Garrison 39 field goal.
4Q: 05:35 FAIR - Jorge Goike 4 pass from Harvey Loom.
4Q: 05:35 FAIR - Sedrick Karle extra point.
4Q: 01:27 FAIR - Brant Tate 1 run.
4Q: 01:27 FAIR - Sedrick Karle extra point.

Game MVP: FAIR 33 Brant Tate

Fairbanks 0 7 14 14 - 35
UAB 0 7 6 3 - 16

Team Statistics FAIR UABB

First Downs 21 16

Total Rushes 37 38
Net Rushing Yards 257 146
Yards Per Carry 6.9 3.8
Rushing Yards 293 158
Tckld Loss/Yards 7-19 5-7
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-17 1-5

Pass Attempts 26 22
Completions 16 10
Passing Yards 159 176
Yards Per Attempt 6.1 8.0
Interceptions 0 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1

Total Plays 63 60
Total Yards 416 322
Yards Per Play 6.6 5.3

3rd Down Plays 5/13 5/13

Penalties 5 7
Penalty Yards 33 46

Avg. Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 21
Time Of Possession 28:45 31:15

[bbgunn]

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 24 98 4.0 17 0 4 0
39 Razo 6 13 2.1 11 0 3 0
10 McLemore 6 30 5.0 19 0 0 1
20 Schulz 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
36 Barrows 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 20 10 176 8.8 47 2 1
14 Weaver 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Snyder 6 97 16.1 40 26 1
36 Barrows 2 15 7.5 7 10 0
6 Patton 1 47 47.0 14 47 0
85 Reyes 1 17 17.0 12 17 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Costello 2 49 24.5 0
43 Schneider 1 25 25.0 0
34 Springer 1 15 15.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 5 169 33.8 43 1

The College Years
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 1 39 1 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
55 Schroeder 6 4 0.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 5 2 1.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 2 1 0.5 0 0 0
91 Welch 2 4 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Stowe 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
40 Franz 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
1 Lang 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Burgess 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
69 Carlisle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
66 Downs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Guthrie 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Barrows 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
75 Bullock 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Halbert 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 4 1
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 3 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 2 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 2 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0 0 0 0

[bbgunn]

C-USA - Week 3
TCU 20, Missouri 12
Louisville 27, Texas Tech 7
Georgia 42, Cincinnati 28
Alabama 20, Southern Miss 13
Tulane 17, LSU 10 (2 years in a row!!!!)
Ohio 30, Army 15
Houston 12, Rice 9
Memphis 31, Middle Tenn. St. 13

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Louisville 2 0 0 1.000 62 10 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
Tulane 2 0 0 1.000 41 20 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
South Florida 1 0 0 1.000 45 27 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 3
Memphis 1 1 0 .500 41 29 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
TCU 1 1 0 .500 34 33 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Houston 1 1 0 .500 39 50 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 86 90 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Army 0 1 0 .000 15 30 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Southern Miss 0 2 0 .000 27 46 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 6
East Carolina 0 2 0 .000 41 79 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
**UAB 0 2 0 .000 33 84 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
Last place... ugh. Hey, ECU is there, too.

[bbgunn]

Ohio State (0-2) at UAB (0-2) (-1)
COACH'S NOTE: UAB favored? What?!? Then again, we were favored against Fairbanks, too.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Patton, Ben 6 WR So* Questionable Stretched Knee Li 5 Weeks
Stubbs, Al 54 OLB So* Questionable Stretched Knee Li 6 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr Out Herniated Disk 8 Weeks
Our very thin LB ranks become thinner. That McCrory injury really, really stinks, as we have a big hole in the middle of our 4-3.

[bbgunn]

Ohio State 62, UAB 14

BIRMINGHAM - Either Ohio State (1-2) is really good, or UAB (0-3) is really bad.

The Buckeyes passed for over 350 yards, and ran for another 150, as they creamed the Blazers. OSU did not have to punt until the final drive of the game.

UAB RB Juan Koehler had his usual consistent day with 114 yards, but the Buckeyes defense completely neutralized QB Kim McLemore, making him look like the true freshman that he is.

After going 0-3 out of conference, UAB now finds itself in a big hole, needing to go 6-2 in conference play to have any hope of a bowl game.
Box Score: Ohio State at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 4, 2008

Attendance: 24,100 (83,100).


Weather: 72 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:47 OHST - Artie Blanchard 5 run.
1Q: 10:47 OHST - Harris Wilkes extra point.
1Q: 03:33 UABB - Juan Koehler 13 run.
1Q: 03:33 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
1Q: 02:52 OHST - Mark Frantz 63 pass from Lenny Munn.
1Q: 02:52 OHST - Harris Wilkes extra point.
1Q: 00:45 OHST - Artie Blanchard 8 run.
1Q: 00:45 OHST - Harris Wilkes extra point.
2Q: 11:17 OHST - Mark Frantz 5 pass from Lenny Munn.
2Q: 11:17 OHST - Harris Wilkes extra point.
2Q: 07:43 OHST - Will Linton 16 pass from Lenny Munn.
2Q: 07:43 OHST - Harris Wilkes extra point.
2Q: 06:02 OHST - Will Linton 30 pass from Lenny Munn.
2Q: 06:02 OHST - Harris Wilkes extra point.
2Q: 02:10 OHST - Cornelius Biggs 23 pass from J.J. Marek.
2Q: 02:10 OHST - Harris Wilkes extra point failed.
3Q: 13:35 UABB - Phillip Reyes 3 pass from Seth Weaver.
3Q: 13:35 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 01:21 OHST - Artie Blanchard 69 run.
3Q: 01:21 OHST - Harris Wilkes extra point.
4Q: 10:27 OHST - Mark Frantz 12 pass from J.J. Marek.
4Q: 10:27 OHST - Harris Wilkes extra point.

Game MVP: OHST 30 Artie Blanchard

Ohio State 21 27 7 7 - 62
UAB 7 0 7 0 - 14

Team Statistics OHST UABB

First Downs 30 13

Total Rushes 29 40
Net Rushing Yards 159 114
Yards Per Carry 5.4 2.8
Rushing Yards 181 162
Tckld Loss/Yards 1-1 8-17
Sacked/Yards Lost 3-21 4-31

Pass Attempts 28 22
Completions 23 8
Passing Yards 354 55
Yards Per Attempt 12.6 2.5
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 2/0

Total Plays 57 62
Total Yards 513 169
Yards Per Play 9.0 2.7

3rd Down Plays 8/9 4/15

Penalties 2 8
Penalty Yards 10 47

Avg. Drive Start OWN 47 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 28:36 31:24

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UAB Individual Statistics
The College Years

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 19 114 6.0 17 1 5 0
39 Razo 12 28 2.3 11 0 5 0
14 Weaver 5 -23 -4.6 4 0 1 3
10 McLemore 2 -7 -3.5 0 0 1 1
36 Barrows 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 1 0
6 Patton 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 12 2 8 0.6 9 0 0
14 Weaver 10 6 47 4.7 17 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
20 Schulz 2 20 10.0 9 13 0
28 Kemp 2 7 3.5 0 10 0
39 Razo 1 17 17.0 8 17 0
36 Barrows 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0
6 Patton 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
85 Reyes 1 3 3.0 11 3 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 1 4 4.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 3 63 21.0 0
45 Costello 2 50 25.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 11 349 31.7 40 1

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

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
40 Franz 6 0 1.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 4 2 1.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 3 4 0.0 1 0 0
58 Roosenraad 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
21 Bell 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
52 Dukas 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Guthrie 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
43 Schneider 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
56 Peachey 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Lerner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Charles 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
69 Carlisle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
75 Bullock 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Bertsch 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
25 Halbert 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 3 0
36 Barrows 0 0 0 0 3 0
57 Henson 0 0 1 0 1 0
61 Osburn 0 0 0 0 0 1
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 1 1
86 Snyder 0 0 0 0 2 0
73 Charles 0 0 0 0 0 1
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 1 1
21 Bell 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 Schulz 0 0 0 0 1 0
56 Peachey 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 Springer 0 1 0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0 0 0 0
88 Harrison 0 0 1 0 0 0
91 Welch 0 0 1 0 0 0
14 Weaver 1 0 0 0 0 0
The College Years
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 1 0

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C-USA - WEEK 4
Indiana 31, Army 10
Purdue 26, Southern Miss 7
Colorado 41, Houston 7
Nebraska 35, Memphis 28
Louisville 32, Kentucky 15
Bowling Green 23, South Florida 15

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Louisville 3 0 0 1.000 94 25 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 3
Tulane 2 0 0 1.000 41 20 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
South Florida 1 1 0 .500 60 50 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
TCU 1 1 0 .500 34 33 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Memphis 1 2 0 .333 69 64 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 86 90 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Houston 1 2 0 .333 56 91 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Army 0 2 0 .000 25 61 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
East Carolina 0 2 0 .000 41 79 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Southern Miss 0 3 0 .000 34 72 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 7
**UAB 0 3 0 .000 47 146 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 4

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 3-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 1
Michigan 3-0 B10 2 5 3.50 3
USC 2-0 PAC 3 4 3.50 17
Georgia 2-0 SEC 4 2 3.00 2
Nebraska 3-0 B12 5 3 4.00 8
Texas 3-0 B12 6 6 6.00 22
Boston College 2-0 BET 7 8 7.50 5
Michigan State 3-0 B10 8 9 8.50 4
Penn State 3-0 B10 9 7 8.00 12
Florida State 2-0 ACC 10 12 11.00 13
West Virginia 4-0 BET 11 17 14.00 9
Syracuse 4-0 BET 12 20 16.00 7
Florida 2-1 SEC 13 13 13.00 16
Bowling Green 2-0 MAC 14 10 12.00 11
Oklahoma 2-1 B12 15 15 15.00 25
Wisconsin 3-0 B10 16 16 16.00 10
Iowa 3-0 B10 17 19 18.00 18
Virginia 3-0 ACC 18 11 14.50 6
Miami (OH) 3-0 MAC 19 22 20.50 14
Washington State 2-0 PAC 20 14 17.00 15
Colorado 2-1 B12 21 18 19.50 19
Louisville 3-0 USA 22 28 25.00 21
North Texas 3-0 SBC 23 21 22.00 29
Georgia Tech 3-0 ACC 24 32 28.00 35
Tulane 2-0 USA 25 26 25.50 24
Both Louisville and Tulane are in the polls, as is North Texas. Now I don't feel so bad about that loss.

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UAB (0-3) at #22 Louisville (3-0) (-22)
Of course Louisville is heavily ranked... I don't blame Vegas at all.

Desperate times calls for desperate measures... I decided to move DE Lincoln Guthrie to ILB to help out there. With McCrory always injured, and no good ILBs in the recruiting region this year, I needed to do something.

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#22 Louisville 38, UAB 24

LOUISVILLE - UAB's offense scored its most points in a game this year so far, but true freshman QB Kim McLemore, despite having a good game, made several bad mistakes, and UAB lost to the Cardinals (4-0).

McLemore threw 4 interceptions, including 2 in the 4th quarter that killed any chances UAB (0-4) had of coming back. One of those 4th quarter INTs was returned for a touchdown.

Stud RB Juan Koehler had his worst game of the year so far, gaining only 85 yards. Former DE Lincoln Guthrie looked good at ILB, but despite that, the defense was its usual bad self.
Box Score: UAB at Louisville
Louisville, KY.

Week 5, 2008

Attendance: 22,700 (42,000).


Weather: 55 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:46 LOUV - Tom Ramsey 76 run.
1Q: 10:46 LOUV - Ed Parker extra point.
1Q: 03:30 UABB - Juan Koehler 25 run.
1Q: 03:30 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 10:24 LOUV - Tom Ramsey 2 pass from Spencer Acevedo.
2Q: 10:24 LOUV - Ed Parker extra point.
2Q: 00:18 UABB - Jake Garrison 34 field goal.
3Q: 07:02 LOUV - Tom Ramsey 5 pass from Spencer Acevedo.
3Q: 07:02 LOUV - Ed Parker extra point.
3Q: 00:16 UABB - Dean Snyder 10 pass from Kim McLemore.
3Q: 00:16 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 07:43 LOUV - Ed Parker 20 field goal.
4Q: 05:58 LOUV - Buddy Haywood 14 pass from Spencer Acevedo.
4Q: 05:58 LOUV - Ed Parker extra point.
4Q: 05:04 UABB - Dean Snyder 9 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 05:04 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 01:27 LOUV - Lester Rush 74 interception return.
4Q: 01:27 LOUV - Ed Parker extra point.

Game MVP: LOUV 20 Tom Ramsey

UAB 7 3 7 7 - 24
Louisville 7 7 7 17 - 38

Team Statistics UABB LOUV

First Downs 17 18

Total Rushes 43 29
Net Rushing Yards 96 161
Yards Per Carry 2.2 5.5
Rushing Yards 130 201
Tckld Loss/Yards 11-24 6-9
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-10 5-31

Pass Attempts 26 33
Completions 13 20
Passing Yards 255 226
Yards Per Attempt 9.8 6.8
Interceptions 4 2
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1

Total Plays 69 62
Total Yards 351 387
Yards Per Play 5.0 6.2

3rd Down Plays 9/19 7/14

Penalties 7 7
Penalty Yards 50 50

Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 32:33 27:27

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 29 85 2.9 25 1 8 0
10 McLemore 7 -2 -0.2 7 0 2 2
39 Razo 6 14 2.3 8 0 2 0
20 Schulz 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 26 13 255 9.8 46 2 4

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Snyder 6 122 20.3 58 46 2
6 Patton 4 104 26.0 15 42 0
36 Barrows 2 11 5.5 5 10 0
39 Razo 1 18 18.0 2 18 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
The College Years
45 Costello 1 11 11.0 0
24 Tavares 1 2 2.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 3 82 27.3 0
45 Costello 1 22 22.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 5 149 29.8 36 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 2 34 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
53 Guthrie 8 2 1.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 6 0 3.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Franz 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 2 0 0.0 1 21 0
99 Stowe 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
6 Patton 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
10 McLemore 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 1 0 0.0 1 30 0
43 Schneider 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
52 Dukas 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
74 Pietraszak 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 4 1
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 2 0
39 Razo 0 0 1 0 0 0
44 Koehler 0 1 0 0 0 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 McLemore 1 0 0 0 0 0

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C-USA - WEEK 5
Tulane 31, Army 0
Cincinnati 30, Houston 27
Bowling Green 34, East Carolina 24
TCU 23, Memphis 6
South Florida 17, Southern Miss 14

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Louisville 4 0 0 1.000 132 49 1 0 0 1.000 38 24 Won 4
Tulane 3 0 0 1.000 72 20 1 0 0 1.000 31 0 Won 3
TCU 2 1 0 .666 57 39 1 0 0 1.000 23 6 Won 2
South Florida 2 1 0 .666 77 64 1 0 0 1.000 17 14 Won 1
Cincinnati 2 2 0 .500 116 117 1 0 0 1.000 30 27 Won 1
East Carolina 0 3 0 .000 65 113 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
Memphis 1 3 0 .250 75 87 0 1 0 .000 6 23 Lost 2
Houston 1 3 0 .250 83 121 0 1 0 .000 27 30 Lost 2
Army 0 3 0 .000 25 92 0 1 0 .000 0 31 Lost 3
Southern Miss 0 4 0 .000 48 89 0 1 0 .000 14 17 Lost 8
**UAB 0 4 0 .000 71 184 0 1 0 .000 24 38 Lost 5
Look how horrible our defense is. 184 points allowed?

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 4-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 2
Michigan 4-0 B10 2 3 2.50 4
Georgia 3-0 SEC 3 2 2.50 3
Texas 4-0 B12 4 4 4.00 8
Boston College 3-0 BET 5 5 5.00 1
Nebraska 3-1 B12 6 6 6.00 23
Florida 3-1 SEC 7 7 7.00 11
USC 2-1 PAC 8 10 9.00 33
Syracuse 5-0 BET 9 14 11.50 6
Bowling Green 3-0 MAC 10 8 9.00 9
Colorado 3-1 B12 11 11 11.00 12
Iowa 4-0 B10 12 12 12.00 5
Virginia 4-0 ACC 13 9 11.00 7
Miami (OH) 4-0 MAC 14 18 16.00 13
West Virginia 4-1 BET 15 27 21.00 14
Michigan State 3-1 B10 16 21 18.50 10
Penn State 3-1 B10 17 13 15.00 15
UCLA 3-1 PAC 18 16 17.00 25
Louisville 4-0 USA 19 28 23.50 28
Virginia Tech 3-1 ACC 20 15 17.50 18
Oklahoma 2-2 B12 21 22 21.50 40
North Texas 4-0 SBC 22 17 19.50 27
California 3-1 PAC 23 23 23.00 16
Georgia Tech 3-0 ACC 24 30 27.00 22
Tulane 3-0 USA 25 24 24.50 17
Louisville's up to #19, while Tulane stays at #25.

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WEEK 5 - PREVIEW
Cincinnati (2-2)(-20) at UAB (0-4)

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Patton, Ben 6 WR So* Probable Stretched Knee Li 3 Weeks
Stubbs, Al 54 OLB So* Probable Stretched Knee Li 4 Weeks
Lang, Matt 1 WR Sr* Probable Strained Hamstrin Unknown
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr Doubtful Herniated Disk 6 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Jr Probable Broken Hand 7 Weeks
We're losing all our receivers now. Oh well... just run the ball more. :)

RECRUITING
We have our first commitment of the year:
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Hutton, Derrick G AL 234 0 86

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Hutton, Derrick 78+ 2 3 Acad/Prest Committed *

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

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UAB 45, Cincinnati 21

BIRMINGHAM - QB Kim McLemore threw for a touchdown and ran for one, and RB Juan Koehler had 186 yards rushing, as the Blazers (1-4) defeated the Bearcats (2-3) for their first win of 2008.

McLemore was named Game MVP for his performance. He went 14-17 in the air, passing for 186 yards, and he also had 35 yards rushing. Mercury "Thunder" Razo - whom we never hear from nowadays - had 21 yards and a TD on the ground, and 35 yards and a TD in the air.
Box Score: Cincinnati at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 6, 2008

Attendance: 22,500 (83,100).


Weather: 69 degrees, fair.

1Q: 09:15 UABB - Kim McLemore 1 run.
1Q: 09:15 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
1Q: 07:38 UABB - Byron Costello 63 punt return.
1Q: 07:38 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
1Q: 02:18 CINC - Steven Littlejohn 27 field goal.
2Q: 10:18 UABB - Juan Koehler 2 run.
2Q: 10:18 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 03:48 UABB - Mercury Razo 8 pass from Kim McLemore.
2Q: 03:48 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 01:25 CINC - Steven Littlejohn 42 field goal.
3Q: 09:12 UABB - Jake Garrison 33 field goal.
3Q: 02:33 CINC - Gino Curley 10 run.
3Q: 02:33 CINC - Steven Littlejohn extra point.
4Q: 11:28 UABB - Cole Kemp 11 run.
4Q: 11:28 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 02:54 UABB - Mercury Razo 5 run.
4Q: 02:54 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 01:03 CINC - Arnold Pennington 4 pass from Timothy Rodriguez.
4Q: 01:03 CINC - Timothy Rodriguez pass to Clifton Harlow for conversion

Game MVP: UABB 10 Kim McLemore

Cincinnati 3 3 7 8 - 21
UAB 14 14 3 14 - 45

Team Statistics CINC UABB

First Downs 14 28

Total Rushes 18 58
Net Rushing Yards -10 267
Yards Per Carry 0.5 4.6
Rushing Yards 34 287
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-10 10-20
Sacked/Yards Lost 5-34 0-0

Pass Attempts 39 19
Completions 18 14
Passing Yards 285 186
Yards Per Attempt 7.3 9.7
Interceptions 0 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1

Total Plays 57 77
Total Yards 275 453
Yards Per Play 4.8 5.8

3rd Down Plays 4/14 10/15

Penalties 3 5
Penalty Yards 22 35

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 40
Time Of Possession 23:26 36:34

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 37 186 5.0 29 1 7 0
39 Razo 10 21 2.1 11 1 5 0
10 McLemore 5 35 7.0 21 1 0 0
14 Weaver 2 1 0.5 2 0 1 0
28 Kemp 1 11 11.0 11 1 0 0
36 Barrows 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0
6 Patton 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0
85 Reyes 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 17 14 186 10.9 33 1 0
14 Weaver 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
39 Razo 4 35 8.7 6 12 1
86 Snyder 3 46 15.3 10 21 0
6 Patton 3 43 14.3 21 20 0
36 Barrows 2 14 7.0 8 13 0
The College Years
20 Schulz 1 33 33.0 22 33 0
28 Kemp 1 15 15.0 8 15 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Costello 3 76 25.3 1

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Costello 2 51 25.5 0
43 Schneider 1 23 23.0 0
34 Springer 1 31 31.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 1 41 41.0 41 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 2 33 6 6

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 9 1 0.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 2 0 2.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 2 2 1.5 0 0 0
21 Bell 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Halbert 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
43 Schneider 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
10 McLemore 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 6 0
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 5 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 4 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 3 0
86 Snyder 0 0 0 0 2 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 Barrows 0 0 0 0 1 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 1 0
79 Salvatori 0 1 0 0 0 0

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C-USA - WEEK 6
LSU 29, South Florida 24
Army 20, Memphis 10
TCU 28, East Carolina 3
Houston 7, Tulane 6 (upset!!!)
Louisville 35, Southern Miss 14 (the streak continues for the Golden Eagles)

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Louisville 5 0 0 1.000 167 63 2 0 0 1.000 73 38 Won 5
TCU 3 1 0 .750 85 42 2 0 0 1.000 51 9 Won 3
South Florida 2 2 0 .500 101 93 1 0 0 1.000 17 14 Lost 1
Tulane 3 1 0 .750 78 27 1 1 0 .500 37 7 Lost 1
Cincinnati 2 3 0 .400 137 162 1 1 0 .500 51 72 Lost 1
Houston 2 3 0 .400 90 127 1 1 0 .500 34 36 Won 1
Army 1 3 0 .250 45 102 1 1 0 .500 20 41 Won 1
**UAB 1 4 0 .200 116 205 1 1 0 .500 69 59 Won 1
East Carolina 0 4 0 .000 68 141 0 1 0 .000 3 28 Lost 4
Memphis 1 4 0 .200 85 107 0 2 0 .000 16 43 Lost 3
Southern Miss 0 5 0 .000 62 124 0 2 0 .000 28 52 Lost 9

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 5-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 1
Georgia 4-0 SEC 2 2 2.00 2
Michigan 4-1 B10 3 5 4.00 6
Boston College 4-0 BET 4 3 3.50 3
USC 3-1 PAC 5 6 5.50 19
Florida 4-1 SEC 6 4 5.00 4
Nebraska 3-1 B12 7 7 7.00 24
Syracuse 5-0 BET 8 15 11.50 9
Bowling Green 4-0 MAC 9 8 8.50 7
Colorado 4-1 B12 10 9 9.50 8
Texas 4-1 B12 11 11 11.00 13
Iowa 5-0 B10 12 13 12.50 5
Virginia 5-0 ACC 13 10 11.50 10
Miami (OH) 5-0 MAC 14 18 16.00 17
Penn State 4-1 B10 15 12 13.50 11
UCLA 4-1 PAC 16 14 15.00 16
Louisville 5-0 USA 17 21 19.00 18
California 4-1 PAC 18 17 17.50 12
Florida State 3-1 ACC 19 20 19.50 15
Virginia Tech 3-1 ACC 20 16 18.00 21
South Carolina 3-1 SEC 21 19 20.00 25
Kansas State 4-1 B12 22 26 24.00 31
Ohio State 3-2 B10 23 22 22.50 20
West Virginia 4-2 BET 24 35 29.50 23
Wisconsin 3-1 B10 25 27 26.00 26
Louisville's up to #17, and TCU's getting closer to joining them in the Top 25.

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WEEK 7 - PREVIEW
Tulane (3-1)(-10) at UAB (1-4)
I think we can play them close, but I wouldn't be surprised if we lost.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Patton, Ben 6 WR So* Probable Stretched Knee Li 2 Weeks
Stubbs, Al 54 OLB So* Probable Stretched Knee Li 3 Weeks
Lang, Matt 1 WR Sr* Probable Strained Hamstrin Unknown
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr Questionable Herniated Disk 5 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Jr Probable Broken Hand 6 Weeks


RECRUITING
3 more commitments:
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Hutton, Derrick G AL 234 0 86
Hurnblad, Dixon QB TN 333 239 93
**Cohen, Leo ILB GA 277 133 86
**Cook, Al TE GA 279 137 98

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Hutton, Derrick 78+ 2 3 Acad/Prest Committed *
Hurnblad, Dixon 75+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
**Cohen, Leo 58+ 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
**Cook, Al 55- 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.
Hurnblad is another scrambling QB that may help us out in the wishbone. Cohen is a good solid ILB, something we desperately need. Cook is no Dean Snyder (which is probably good, if you think about Snyder's injury record), but he's strong at run blocking.

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UAB 21, Tulane 17

BIRMINGHAM - Mercury "Thunder" Razo put the Blazers (2-4) ahead for good with a 17-yard TD run with under 7 minutes remaining as UAB upset the Tulane Green Wave (3-2).

The victory means that UAB has won back-to-back games for the first time since 2004, B.B. Gunn's first season as Blazer head coach. UAB fans, perhaps realizing that, started chanting and celebrating with minutes remaining in the game.

"Back-to-back wins... it's been a long time comin'," one fan excitedly said after the game.

RB Razo, as usual, didn't have many carries, but the 17-yard TD run certainly made up for it. His partner in the backfield, Juan "Lightning" Koehler, was the Game MVP, racking up 143 yards and a TD. Meanwhile, QB Kim McLemore continued to impress, effectively running the option and gaining 26 yards himself.

The game could have been worse for the Blazers, as Tulane shot themselves in the foot several times in the 1st half. Tulane's first 3 drives, which were otherwise successful, all ended on turnovers in Blazer territory. Then in the second half, UAB's defense played uncharacteristically well, shutting down the Green Wave on all but the first drive of the half.

Up next is a game at Houston (3-3), who also has a nice 2-game winning streak.
Box Score: Tulane at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 7, 2008

Attendance: 26,500 (83,100).


Weather: 48 degrees, rain.

1Q: 10:03 UABB - Les Riffle 65 fumble return.
1Q: 10:03 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 12:09 TULA - Mario Sinclair 12 pass from Patrick Mancuso.
2Q: 12:09 TULA - J.J. Jenkins extra point.
2Q: 10:02 UABB - Juan Koehler 61 run.
2Q: 10:02 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 01:36 TULA - J.J. Jenkins 18 field goal.
3Q: 10:59 TULA - Grant Sandlin 6 run.
3Q: 10:59 TULA - J.J. Jenkins extra point.
4Q: 06:59 UABB - Mercury Razo 17 run.
4Q: 06:59 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 44 Juan Koehler

Tulane 0 10 7 0 - 17
UAB 7 7 0 7 - 21

Team Statistics TULA UABB

First Downs 26 15

Total Rushes 38 50
Net Rushing Yards 199 210
Yards Per Carry 5.2 4.2
Rushing Yards 224 247
Tckld Loss/Yards 1-3 13-23
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-22 2-14

Pass Attempts 29 10
Completions 18 5
Passing Yards 237 84
Yards Per Attempt 8.1 8.4
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 0/0

Total Plays 67 60
Total Yards 436 294
Yards Per Play 6.5 4.9

3rd Down Plays 4/11 3/12

Penalties 9 5
Penalty Yards 64 45

Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 28
Time Of Possession 30:13 29:47

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 32 143 4.4 61 1 12 0
10 McLemore 10 26 2.6 19 0 3 2
39 Razo 7 25 3.5 17 1 3 0
36 Barrows 1 16 16.0 16 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 10 5 84 8.4 22 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
6 Patton 2 35 17.5 0 18 0
20 Schulz 1 16 16.0 8 16 0
39 Razo 1 22 22.0 13 22 0
44 Koehler 1 11 11.0 11 11 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 2 46 23.0 0
45 Costello 2 46 23.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 5 152 30.4 41 2

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 0 0 0 3 3
The College Years

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 11 2 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 8 1 1.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 8 0 0.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 4 5 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 4 3 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
21 Bell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
70 Lerner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
88 Harrison 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
69 Carlisle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Stowe 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 0 0 0.0 1 54 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 4 2
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 5 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 3 0
45 Costello 0 1 1 0 0 0
36 Barrows 0 0 0 0 2 0
76 Riffle 0 0 1 1 0 0
29 Caban 0 1 0 0 0 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 1 0

[bbgunn]

C-USA - WEEK 7
TCU 34, Army 7
Southern Miss 24, Cincinnati 8 (the 9-game losing streak is over!)
Houston 49, East Carolina 14
Louisville 45, South Florida 7

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Louisville 6 0 0 1.000 212 70 3 0 0 1.000 118 45 Won 6
TCU 4 1 0 .800 119 49 3 0 0 1.000 85 16 Won 4
Houston 3 3 0 .500 139 141 2 1 0 .666 83 50 Won 2
**UAB 2 4 0 .333 137 222 2 1 0 .666 90 76 Won 2
South Florida 2 3 0 .400 108 138 1 1 0 .500 24 59 Lost 2
Tulane 3 2 0 .600 95 48 1 2 0 .333 54 28 Lost 2
Cincinnati 2 4 0 .333 145 186 1 2 0 .333 59 96 Lost 2
Army 1 4 0 .200 52 136 1 2 0 .333 27 75 Lost 1
Southern Miss 1 5 0 .166 86 132 1 2 0 .333 52 60 Won 1
Memphis 1 4 0 .200 85 107 0 2 0 .000 16 43 Lost 3
East Carolina 0 5 0 .000 82 190 0 2 0 .000 17 77 Lost 5
How about that... from last to a tie for 3rd within 2 weeks. And ECU, last year's champs, are in last place and riding a 5-game losing streak.

Our final 5 opponents, Houston, ECU, USF, So. Miss and Memphis, are all at or below .500. A good sign?

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Miami (FL) 5-0 ACC 1 1 1.00 1
Georgia 5-0 SEC 2 2 2.00 2
Michigan 5-1 B10 3 4 3.50 5
Boston College 4-0 BET 4 3 3.50 3
Nebraska 4-1 B12 5 5 5.00 14
Texas 5-1 B12 6 7 6.50 12
Virginia 6-0 ACC 7 6 6.50 6
Miami (OH) 6-0 MAC 8 15 11.50 17
Penn State 5-1 B10 9 8 8.50 4
Florida 4-2 SEC 10 9 9.50 8
USC 3-2 PAC 11 14 12.50 24
Louisville 6-0 USA 12 18 15.00 16
Florida State 4-1 ACC 13 17 15.00 13
California 5-1 PAC 14 11 12.50 7
Virginia Tech 4-1 ACC 15 10 12.50 18
Syracuse 5-1 BET 16 27 21.50 19
Colorado 4-2 B12 17 12 14.50 10
South Carolina 4-1 SEC 18 13 15.50 11
Bowling Green 4-1 MAC 19 16 17.50 25
Iowa 5-1 B10 20 19 19.50 9
Kansas State 5-1 B12 21 25 23.00 21
Ohio State 4-2 B10 22 20 21.00 20
Wisconsin 4-1 B10 23 26 24.50 23
TCU 4-1 USA 24 22 23.00 35
UCLA 4-2 PAC 25 23 24.00 32
Louisville continues to climb the charts. They're number #12 now. TCU is in the mix as well at #24.

[bbgunn]

UAB (2-4) at Houston (3-3)(-1)
Houston is favored in this matchup, but not by much. Can the Blazers pull off another upset? A win here would give the Blazers a 3-game winning streak, something that has happened only once in the B.B. Gunn era. In 2004, UAB beat Memphis, Cincinnati and Miss. State in successive weeks.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Patton, Ben 6 WR So* Probable Stretched Knee Li 1 Week
Stubbs, Al 54 OLB So* Probable Stretched Knee Li 2 Weeks
Lang, Matt 1 WR Sr* Probable Strained Hamstrin Unknown
Garrison, Jake 4 K Jr* Doubtful Hip Pointer 7 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr Questionable Herniated Disk 4 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Jr Probable Broken Hand 5 Weeks


RECRUITING
No commitments this week.

[bbgunn]

UAB 28, Houston 20

HOUSTON - S Brenden Springer returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the 2nd half and was named MVP as UAB (3-4) upset the Houston Cougars (3-4) for their first win on the road this year.

The game was filled with mistakes from both sides. Houston's QB threw 5 picks, while UAB QB Kim McLemore threw 3 interceptions of his own. UAB was outrushed and outpassed in Texas, but, for the second straight week, the Blazers made the most of their opponent's mistakes. Houston had 9 penalties in this one.

RB Juan Koehler had another 100-yard game, but no TDs, while WR Ben Patton, coming back from injury, caught both of McLemore's touchdown passes.

This is only the 2nd 3-game winning streak for the Blazers since B.B. Gunn came to UAB.
Box Score: UAB at Houston
Houston, TX.

Week 8, 2008

Attendance: 14,000 (32,000).


Weather: 58 degrees, rain.

1Q: 08:48 UABB - Ben Patton 43 pass from Kim McLemore.
1Q: 08:48 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
1Q: 01:34 UABB - Ben Patton 15 pass from Kim McLemore.
1Q: 01:34 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 12:40 HOUS - Desmond Benson 8 run.
2Q: 12:40 HOUS - Andy Murphy extra point.
2Q: 06:19 HOUS - Desmond Benson 5 run.
2Q: 06:19 HOUS - Andy Murphy extra point.
3Q: 09:54 UABB - Brenden Springer 32 interception return.
3Q: 09:54 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 05:55 HOUS - Andy Murphy 34 field goal.
4Q: 12:03 HOUS - Andy Murphy 38 field goal.
4Q: 00:39 UABB - Brenden Springer 88 interception return.
4Q: 00:39 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 34 Brenden Springer

UAB 14 0 7 7 - 28
Houston 0 14 3 3 - 20

Team Statistics UABB HOUS

First Downs 15 17

Total Rushes 43 40
Net Rushing Yards 118 125
Yards Per Carry 2.7 3.1
Rushing Yards 140 148
Tckld Loss/Yards 10-22 5-13
Sacked/Yards Lost 0-0 2-10

Pass Attempts 18 26
Completions 5 14
Passing Yards 100 183
Yards Per Attempt 5.5 7.0
Interceptions 3 5
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 0/0

Total Plays 61 66
Total Yards 218 308
Yards Per Play 3.5 4.6

3rd Down Plays 7/15 4/13

Penalties 4 9
Penalty Yards 31 90

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 37
Time Of Possession 29:02 30:58

[bbgunn]

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 31 114 3.6 15 0 10 0
10 McLemore 6 -5 -0.8 2 0 4 0
39 Razo 5 7 1.4 8 0 3 0
6 Patton 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 18 5 100 5.5 43 2 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
6 Patton 3 75 25.0 57 43 2
36 Barrows 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
85 Reyes 1 17 17.0 0 17 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
44 Koehler 1 5 5.0 0
42 Owens 1 -4 -4.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 2 38 19.0 0
The College Years
45 Costello 2 45 22.5 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 6 208 34.6 46 1

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

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 12 3 0.0 2 120 2
55 Schroeder 9 2 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 5 0 0.0 2 11 0
58 Roosenraad 4 6 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 2 1.0 0 0 0
71 Burgess 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 1 2 0.0 1 32 0
24 Tavares 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
88 Harrison 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
10 McLemore 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 4 0
86 Snyder 0 0 0 0 3 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 2 0
42 Owens 1 0 1 0 0 0
21 Bell 0 0 1 0 0 0
78 Perlman 0 0 0 0 1 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 1 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0
45 Costello 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 Barrows 0 0 0 0 1 0

[JeffW]

I may have missed this somewhere--just picking up reading this dynasty again, but what is your base Offensive Formation? I kinda recall it being the Split Backs formation but I'm not sure.

Looks like the Blazers have a very promising future. Very impressive recruiting job--I can never get the hang of recruiting in TCY.

[bbgunn]

C-USA - WEEK 8
Southern Miss 45, Army 19
TCU 21, Cincinnati 17
East Carolina 63, Louisville 61 (OMG!!! That's what happens when two Run-and-Shoot teams get together)
Memphis 39, South Florida 21

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 5 1 0 .833 140 66 4 0 0 1.000 106 33 Won 5
Louisville 6 1 0 .857 273 133 3 1 0 .750 179 108 Lost 1
**UAB 3 4 0 .428 165 242 3 1 0 .750 118 96 Won 3
Houston 3 4 0 .428 159 169 2 2 0 .500 103 78 Lost 1
Southern Miss 2 5 0 .285 131 151 2 2 0 .500 97 79 Won 2
Tulane 3 2 0 .600 95 48 1 2 0 .333 54 28 Lost 2
Memphis 2 4 0 .333 124 128 1 2 0 .333 55 64 Won 1
South Florida 2 4 0 .333 129 177 1 2 0 .333 45 98 Lost 3
East Carolina 1 5 0 .166 145 251 1 2 0 .333 80 138 Won 1
Cincinnati 2 5 0 .285 162 207 1 3 0 .250 76 117 Lost 3
Army 1 5 0 .166 71 181 1 3 0 .250 46 120 Lost 2
Despite having the 2nd-worst defense in C-USA in terms of points allowed, we are in a 2nd-place tie with Louisville.

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 6-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 2
Miami (FL) 5-1 ACC 2 3 2.50 6
Michigan 6-1 B10 3 4 3.50 4
Boston College 5-0 BET 4 2 3.00 1
Virginia 7-0 ACC 5 5 5.00 3
Miami (OH) 7-0 MAC 6 11 8.50 10
Texas 5-1 B12 7 6 6.50 12
Penn State 6-1 B10 8 7 7.50 5
Florida 5-2 SEC 9 8 8.50 7
USC 4-2 PAC 10 13 11.50 23
Florida State 5-1 ACC 11 15 13.00 9
Nebraska 4-2 B12 12 10 11.00 18
California 6-1 PAC 13 9 11.00 8
Colorado 5-2 B12 14 14 14.00 13
South Carolina 5-1 SEC 15 12 13.50 11
Bowling Green 5-1 MAC 16 16 16.00 21
Kansas State 6-1 B12 17 21 19.00 14
Ohio State 5-2 B10 18 19 18.50 16
TCU 5-1 USA 19 17 18.00 26
UCLA 5-2 PAC 20 22 21.00 24
Texas A&M 5-2 B12 21 18 19.50 17
Utah 5-1 MWC 22 20 21.00 15
Louisville 6-1 USA 23 27 25.00 33
North Texas 6-1 SBC 24 24 24.00 27
Syracuse 5-2 BET 25 32 28.50 30
Louisville drops to #23, while TCU is once again king of C-USA after a year off. They sit at #19.

[bbgunn]

I may have missed this somewhere--just picking up reading this dynasty again, but what is your base Offensive Formation? I kinda recall it being the Split Backs formation but I'm not sure.

Looks like the Blazers have a very promising future. Very impressive recruiting job--I can never get the hang of recruiting in TCY.

My base formation is the Wishbone. I'm still trying to get the hang of it. I've been very lucky with recruiting so far, except at ILB. :(

[bbgunn]

East Carolina (1-5) at UAB (3-4)(-9)
Don't let the records and the spread fool you. UAB always plays poorly against run and shoot teams. Also, ECU just gave Louisville their first loss, to the tune of 63-61. UAB is in for a hard time. The 3-game winning streak will probably stop here.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Stubbs, Al 54 OLB So* Probable Stretched Knee Li 1 Week
Garrison, Jake 4 K Jr* Doubtful Hip Pointer 6 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr Questionable Herniated Disk 3 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Jr Probable Broken Hand 4 Weeks


RECRUITING
No commitments this week.

[bbgunn]

UAB 24, East Carolina 21

BIRMINGHAM - Talk about a turnaround.

UAB QB Kim McLemore converted a crucial 4th down play with under 2 minutes remaining, then completed a touchdown pass to TE Dean Snyder with about half a minute remaining to give UAB the 24-21 win over the East Carolina Pirates (1-6).

RB Juan "Lightning" Koehler had a big day, rushing for 170 yards and a touchdown on 33 carries and receiving for 42 yards. He was named Game MVP.

But all UAB fans were talking about in the rain after the game at Legion Field was the amazing Elway-esque performance by McLemore in the final 2 minutes of the game. Abandoning the run, McLemore took to the air to drive down the field and give UAB the victory.

They were talking about something else, too: UAB's first 4-game winning streak in school history.

"Amazing," said coach B.B. Gunn after the game. "These guys didn't quit after we started 0-4, and look where we are... Kim was great in this one. If he keeps his head on straight and works hard, he'll be a player that UAB fans will remember for a long time."

UAB, amazingly enough, is now in a tie for first place in Conference USA, along with TCU. Those two teams do not play each other this year.
Box Score: East Carolina at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 9, 2008

Attendance: 25,000 (83,100).


Weather: 54 degrees, rain.

1Q: 10:31 ECAR - Nolan Sherman 34 run.
1Q: 10:31 ECAR - Terrell George extra point.
1Q: 03:28 UABB - Jake Garrison 37 field goal.
1Q: 00:00 ECAR - Gerald Hartman 11 pass from Timothy Maloney.
1Q: 00:00 ECAR - Terrell George extra point.
2Q: 09:50 UABB - Tyrell Barrows 3 pass from Kim McLemore.
2Q: 09:50 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 08:53 UABB - Juan Koehler 6 run.
3Q: 08:53 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 05:53 ECAR - Jack Strickland 3 pass from Timothy Maloney.
4Q: 05:53 ECAR - Terrell George extra point.
4Q: 00:39 UABB - Dean Snyder 23 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 00:39 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 44 Juan Koehler

East Carolina 14 0 0 7 - 21
UAB 3 7 7 7 - 24

Team Statistics ECAR UABB

First Downs 23 19

Total Rushes 25 43
Net Rushing Yards 122 196
Yards Per Carry 4.8 4.5
Rushing Yards 139 214
Tckld Loss/Yards 3-6 4-7
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-11 2-11

Pass Attempts 37 20
Completions 24 13
Passing Yards 275 156
Yards Per Attempt 7.4 7.8
Interceptions 1 0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0

Total Plays 62 63
Total Yards 397 352
Yards Per Play 6.4 5.5

3rd Down Plays 6/13 6/14

Penalties 9 6
Penalty Yards 70 41

Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 27
Time Of Possession 28:13 31:47

[bbgunn]

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 33 170 5.1 32 1 4 0
10 McLemore 6 22 3.6 28 0 1 2
39 Razo 2 4 2.0 3 0 0 0
36 Barrows 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0
85 Reyes 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 20 13 156 7.8 31 2 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
39 Razo 3 24 8.0 12 14 0
44 Koehler 3 42 14.0 16 31 0
86 Snyder 3 43 14.3 34 23 1
36 Barrows 3 31 10.3 21 18 1
85 Reyes 1 16 16.0 0 16 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 3 79 26.3 0
45 Costello 1 20 20.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 3 83 27.6 35 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 1 37 3 3

The College Years
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
55 Schroeder 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 5 4 0.0 1 0 0
42 Owens 5 4 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 4 3 0.5 0 0 0
45 Costello 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 2 1.5 0 0 0
76 Riffle 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
25 Halbert 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
69 Carlisle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
40 Franz 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
36 Barrows 0 0 0 0 4 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 2 1
69 Carlisle 0 0 1 0 3 0
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 0 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 5 0
20 Schulz 0 0 0 0 1 0
86 Snyder 0 0 0 0 1 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 McLemore 1 0 0 0 0 0

[bbgunn]

C-USA - WEEK 9
South Florida 38, Cincinnati 7
Houston 34, TCU 16
Tulane 31, Louisville 14
Southern Miss 24, Memphis 23

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
TCU 5 2 0 .714 156 100 4 1 0 .800 122 67 Lost 1
**UAB 4 4 0 .500 189 263 4 1 0 .800 142 117 Won 4
Louisville 6 2 0 .750 287 164 3 2 0 .600 193 139 Lost 2
Houston 4 4 0 .500 193 185 3 2 0 .600 137 94 Won 1
Southern Miss 3 5 0 .375 155 174 3 2 0 .600 121 102 Won 3
Tulane 4 2 0 .666 126 62 2 2 0 .500 85 42 Won 1
South Florida 3 4 0 .428 167 184 2 2 0 .500 83 105 Won 1
Memphis 2 5 0 .285 147 152 1 3 0 .250 78 88 Lost 1
Army 1 5 0 .166 71 181 1 3 0 .250 46 120 Lost 2
East Carolina 1 6 0 .142 166 275 1 3 0 .250 101 162 Lost 1
Cincinnati 2 6 0 .250 169 245 1 4 0 .200 83 155 Lost 4
Look at that, look at that! And after week 5, I was beginning to think about how I would have looked in a Georgia Tech sweater on the sidelines.

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 7-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 1
Miami (FL) 6-1 ACC 2 3 2.50 5
Boston College 6-0 BET 3 2 2.50 3
Michigan 6-1 B10 4 4 4.00 4
Miami (OH) 8-0 MAC 5 10 7.50 10
Virginia 7-0 ACC 6 5 5.50 2
USC 5-2 PAC 7 8 7.50 17
Florida 6-2 SEC 8 6 7.00 6
Nebraska 5-2 B12 9 7 8.00 12
Florida State 6-1 ACC 10 14 12.00 8
California 6-1 PAC 11 11 11.00 7
Colorado 6-2 B12 12 9 10.50 9
Bowling Green 6-1 MAC 13 12 12.50 18
South Carolina 5-1 SEC 14 13 13.50 15
Kansas State 6-1 B12 15 20 17.50 14
Texas 5-2 B12 16 16 16.00 27
Penn State 6-2 B10 17 15 16.00 11
Ohio State 5-2 B10 18 21 19.50 16
UCLA 6-2 PAC 19 17 18.00 20
Utah 6-1 MWC 20 18 19.00 13
Syracuse 6-2 BET 21 30 25.50 25
Arizona State 5-2 PAC 22 19 20.50 23
North Texas 6-1 SBC 23 23 23.00 24
Notre Dame 5-2 IND 24 24 24.00 28
Pittsburgh 6-2 BET 25 22 23.50 19
Due to losses by both Louisville and TCU, there are no teams from C-USA in this week's poll. Meanwhile, the BCS has Georgia and Virginia 1 and 2.

[bbgunn]

UAB (4-4) at South Florida (3-4)(-4)
UAB has never beaten USF since B.B. Gunn arrived. Then again, they hadn't beaten ECU before last week. Of course, that game was in Birmingham.

Juan Koehler is currently the top running back in C-USA, averaging 126.5 yards a game.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Garrison, Jake 4 K Jr* Questionable Hip Pointer 5 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr Out Herniated Disk 7 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Jr Probable Broken Hand 3 Weeks
Patton, Ben 6 WR So* Probable Bad Cold 2 Weeks


RECRUITING
Two commitments this week.
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Hutton, Derrick G AL 234 0 86
Hurnblad, Dixon QB TN 333 239 93
**Cohen, Leo ILB GA 277 133 86
Westbrook, Bryce T AL 251 54 93
**Cook, Al TE GA 279 137 98
Schwarzhaupt, Greg S AL 234 0 97

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Hutton, Derrick 78+ 2 3 Acad/Prest Committed *
Hurnblad, Dixon 75+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
**Cohen, Leo 58+ 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
Westbrook, Bryce 57+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
**Cook, Al 55- 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *
Schwarzhaupt, Greg 54++ 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.
Westbrook adds another solid player to our O-line corps, while Schwarzhaupt will be a decent safety, for sure.

[bbgunn]

UAB 36, South Florida 33

TAMPA - Repeat after me: Sole possession of first place.

That's where the UAB Blazers (5-4) find themselves after winning an amazing 5th game in a row, beating South Florida (3-5) on the road on Saturday. The Blazers (5-4) won this game like they won the one last week, with a great performance by true freshman QB Kim McLemore, who was named Game MVP in this one.

McLemore had an amazing 5 touchdown passes. He accounted for all of UAB's 36 points. Moreover, he gave an encore to his 2 minute drill in the ECU game with a 1 1/2 minute drill in this one. He once again converted a crucial 4th-down play, then threw the winning touchdown pass with just seconds remaining.

"The guy's just magic," said WR Ben Patton, who caught 2 TD passes and had the second-highest receiving yards in a game in UAB history.

"The dude adds a new dimension to the wishbone, for sure," said RB Juan Koehler, who had 151 yards rushing in this game. "We knew he had speed, smarts and a decent arm. But we had no idea he could do that."

Due to a TCU loss, UAB now controls its own destiny in C-USA. "That's the only way we get to a bowl game this year," said coach B.B. Gunn. "Win the conference."
Box Score: UAB at South Florida
Tampa, FL.

Week 10, 2008

Attendance: 26,400 (41,400).


Weather: 79 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:31 SFLA - Fernando Hoke 30 field goal.
1Q: 02:34 SFLA - Ralph Owens 7 pass from Kendall Reilly.
1Q: 02:34 SFLA - Fernando Hoke extra point.
2Q: 09:59 UABB - Juan Koehler 11 pass from Kim McLemore.
2Q: 09:59 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 08:43 UABB - Dean Snyder 3 pass from Kim McLemore.
2Q: 08:43 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 07:16 SFLA - Nicky Sutter 1 run.
2Q: 07:16 SFLA - Fernando Hoke extra point.
3Q: 00:56 SFLA - Nicky Sutter 1 run.
3Q: 00:56 SFLA - Fernando Hoke extra point.
4Q: 12:46 UABB - Ben Patton 18 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 12:46 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 05:09 SFLA - Fernando Hoke 35 field goal.
4Q: 01:53 UABB - Mercury Razo 12 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 01:53 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 01:23 SFLA - Artie Glenn 10 run.
4Q: 01:23 SFLA - Ralph Owens run for conversion failed.
4Q: 00:31 UABB - Ben Patton 18 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 00:31 UABB - Kim McLemore pass to Ben Patton for conversion

Game MVP: UABB 10 Kim McLemore

UAB 0 14 0 22 - 36
South Florida 10 7 7 9 - 33

Team Statistics UABB SFLA

First Downs 22 29

Total Rushes 37 41
Net Rushing Yards 185 254
Yards Per Carry 5.0 6.1
Rushing Yards 199 278
Tckld Loss/Yards 3-7 4-8
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-7 3-16

Pass Attempts 20 28
Completions 14 19
Passing Yards 241 269
Yards Per Attempt 12.0 9.6
Interceptions 0 3
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0

Total Plays 57 69
Total Yards 426 523
Yards Per Play 7.4 7.5

3rd Down Plays 4/11 7/11

Penalties 3 7
Penalty Yards 8 50

Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 32
Time Of Possession 27:42 32:18

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 29 151 5.2 28 0 3 0
10 McLemore 4 20 5.0 16 0 0 1
39 Razo 2 3 1.5 2 0 0 0
36 Barrows 2 11 5.5 9 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 20 14 241 12.0 45 5 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
6 Patton 5 129 25.8 60 45 2
86 Snyder 4 64 16.0 30 28 1
44 Koehler 2 27 13.5 11 16 1
36 Barrows 2 9 4.5 1 9 0
The College Years
39 Razo 1 12 12.0 24 12 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
42 Owens 1 2 2.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Costello 2 34 17.0 0
43 Schneider 1 18 18.0 0
34 Springer 1 17 17.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 5 152 30.4 35 1

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

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
55 Schroeder 11 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 9 1 1.0 0 0 0
34 Springer 9 0 0.0 1 19 0
45 Costello 4 3 0.0 1 1 0
54 Stubbs 3 1 0.0 1 17 0
91 Welch 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 2 1 1.5 0 0 0
40 Franz 2 1 0.5 0 0 0
29 Caban 2 4 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
70 Lerner 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
88 Harrison 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 1 2 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Ashraf 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tanner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
1 Lang 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Burgess 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
69 Carlisle 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Barrows 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Halbert 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 2 1
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 3 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 3 0
43 Schneider 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Lang 0 0 1 0 0 0
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 1 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 0 0 0 0 1 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0

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C-USA - WEEK 10
Cincinnati 42, Army 17
East Carolina 34, Southern Miss 3
Memphis 38, Houston 27
Tulane 14, TCU 7

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 5 4 0 .555 225 296 5 1 0 .833 178 150 Won 5
TCU 5 3 0 .625 163 114 4 2 0 .666 129 81 Lost 2
Tulane 5 2 0 .714 140 69 3 2 0 .600 99 49 Won 2
Louisville 6 2 0 .750 287 164 3 2 0 .600 193 139 Lost 2
Houston 4 5 0 .444 220 223 3 3 0 .500 164 132 Lost 1
Southern Miss 3 6 0 .333 158 208 3 3 0 .500 124 136 Lost 1
Memphis 3 5 0 .375 185 179 2 3 0 .400 116 115 Won 1
South Florida 3 5 0 .375 200 220 2 3 0 .400 116 141 Lost 1
East Carolina 2 6 0 .250 200 278 2 3 0 .400 135 165 Won 1
Cincinnati 3 6 0 .333 211 262 2 4 0 .333 125 172 Won 1
Army 1 6 0 .142 88 223 1 4 0 .200 63 162 Lost 3

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 8-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 1
Boston College 7-0 BET 2 2 2.00 2
Michigan 7-1 B10 3 3 3.00 4
Miami (FL) 6-2 ACC 4 6 5.00 12
Miami (OH) 9-0 MAC 5 9 7.00 8
Virginia 8-0 ACC 6 4 5.00 3
USC 6-2 PAC 7 8 7.50 14
Florida 7-2 SEC 8 5 6.50 5
Nebraska 6-2 B12 9 7 8.00 9
Florida State 7-1 ACC 10 12 11.00 6
California 7-1 PAC 11 11 11.00 7
Colorado 7-2 B12 12 10 11.00 11
Bowling Green 7-1 MAC 13 13 13.00 15
Kansas State 7-1 B12 14 16 15.00 13
Texas 6-2 B12 15 15 15.00 24
Penn State 7-2 B10 16 14 15.00 10
UCLA 6-2 PAC 17 18 17.50 18
Syracuse 7-2 BET 18 25 21.50 23
Arizona State 6-2 PAC 19 17 18.00 19
North Texas 7-1 SBC 20 19 19.50 21
Wisconsin 6-2 B10 21 23 22.00 17
Pittsburgh 6-2 BET 22 20 21.00 16
South Carolina 5-2 SEC 23 21 22.00 20
Notre Dame 5-2 IND 24 26 25.00 32
Ohio State 5-3 B10 25 29 27.00 26

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No games for UAB this week.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Durham, Bobby 37 CB So Out Torn Wrist Tendon 7 Weeks
Davila, Michael 92 DE Sr* Doubtful Sprained Knee 4 Weeks
Garrison, Jake 4 K Jr* Questionable Hip Pointer 4 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr Out Herniated Disk 7 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Jr Probable Broken Hand 7 Weeks
Patton, Ben 6 WR So* Probable Bad Cold 1 Week
McCrory's just not getting better.


RECRUITING
Two more commitments this week: Vinny Palma and Don Jaster:
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Palma, Vinny OLB TN 337 248 89
Hutton, Derrick G AL 234 0 86
Hurnblad, Dixon QB TN 333 239 93
Jaster, Don S MS 319 254 96
**Cohen, Leo ILB GA 277 133 86
Westbrook, Bryce T AL 251 54 93
**Cook, Al TE GA 279 137 98
Schwarzhaupt, Greg S AL 234 0 97

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Palma, Vinny 85+ 2 3 Acad*/Dist Committed *
Hutton, Derrick 78+ 2 3 Acad/Prest Committed *
Hurnblad, Dixon 75+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
Jaster, Don 68++ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
**Cohen, Leo 58+ 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
Westbrook, Bryce 57+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
**Cook, Al 55- 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *
Schwarzhaupt, Greg 54++ 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *
Jaster gives us another good safety, while Palma will be something we desperately need, a star LB.

[Izulde]

:eek: That's one hell of a turnaround!

[bbgunn]

:eek: That's one hell of a turnaround!

Amazing, huh?

[bbgunn]

C-USA - WEEK 11
Army 31, Louisville 24
Memphis 24, Cincinnati 21
Tulane 41, East Carolina 24
TCU 34, South Florida 3

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 5 4 0 .555 225 296 5 1 0 .833 178 150 Won 5
TCU 6 3 0 .666 197 117 5 2 0 .714 163 84 Won 1
Tulane 6 2 0 .750 181 93 4 2 0 .666 140 73 Won 3
Louisville 6 3 0 .666 311 195 3 3 0 .500 217 170 Lost 3
Memphis 4 5 0 .444 209 200 3 3 0 .500 140 136 Won 2
Houston 4 5 0 .444 220 223 3 3 0 .500 164 132 Lost 1
Southern Miss 3 6 0 .333 158 208 3 3 0 .500 124 136 Lost 1
South Florida 3 6 0 .333 203 254 2 4 0 .333 119 175 Lost 2
Army 2 6 0 .250 119 247 2 4 0 .333 94 186 Won 1
East Carolina 2 7 0 .222 224 319 2 4 0 .333 159 206 Lost 1
Cincinnati 3 7 0 .300 232 286 2 5 0 .285 146 196 Lost 1

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 8-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 1
Miami (FL) 7-2 ACC 2 3 2.50 11
Miami (OH) 10-0 MAC 3 8 5.50 7
Virginia 9-0 ACC 4 2 3.00 2
Michigan 7-2 B10 5 6 5.50 3
Boston College 7-1 BET 6 4 5.00 4
Nebraska 7-2 B12 7 5 6.00 5
Florida 7-2 SEC 8 7 7.50 8
Bowling Green 8-1 MAC 9 9 9.00 14
Colorado 7-2 B12 10 10 10.00 9
Kansas State 8-1 B12 11 14 12.50 12
Penn State 8-2 B10 12 11 11.50 6
USC 6-3 PAC 13 16 14.50 26
Texas 6-2 B12 14 12 13.00 22
Florida State 7-2 ACC 15 19 17.00 10
UCLA 7-2 PAC 16 15 15.50 16
Arizona State 7-2 PAC 17 13 15.00 18
California 7-2 PAC 18 18 18.00 15
Syracuse 7-2 BET 19 26 22.50 23
Wisconsin 7-2 B10 20 21 20.50 17
South Carolina 6-2 SEC 21 20 20.50 20
Notre Dame 6-2 IND 22 22 22.00 24
Pittsburgh 7-2 BET 23 17 20.00 13
Ohio State 6-3 B10 24 24 24.00 21
Colorado State 7-2 MWC 25 23 24.00 19

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WEEK 12 - PREVIEW
UAB (5-4)(-4) at Southern Miss (3-6)
Can UAB finally score a point against USM in the Wishbone era? More importantly, can UAB keep the streak going?

RECRUITING
Three more commitments round out our scholarship class of 2008:
Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Palma, Vinny OLB TN 337 248 89
Hutton, Derrick G AL 234 0 86
Kindred, Rico DT FL 429 341 90
Hurnblad, Dixon QB TN 333 239 93
Jaster, Don S MS 319 254 96
**Cohen, Leo ILB GA 277 133 86
Westbrook, Bryce T AL 251 54 93
**Cook, Al TE GA 279 137 98
Brady, Ralph DE GA 275 126 93
Schwarzhaupt, Greg S AL 234 0 97
$$Smothers, Todd CB AL 234 0 93

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Palma, Vinny 85+ 2 3 Acad*/Dist Committed *
Hutton, Derrick 78+ 2 3 Acad/Prest Committed *
Kindred, Rico 78- 2 3 Dist*/Prest Committed *
Hurnblad, Dixon 75+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
Jaster, Don 68++ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
**Cohen, Leo 58+ 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
Westbrook, Bryce 57+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
**Cook, Al 55- 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *
Brady, Ralph 55- 3 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
Schwarzhaupt, Greg 54++ 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *
$$Smothers, Todd 38+ 3 2 Dist/Acad Committed *

Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.
Kindred won't be a stud, probably, but he'll be at least a good backup. Brady and Smothers are not much to sneeze at.

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UAB 33, Southern Miss 28

HATTIESBURG, MS - UAB finally scored a point against the Golden Eagles. They scored 33 of them. Oh, and they won their 6th straight game.

UAB did it like they did in the last two games - scoring the winning points with under 2 minutes remaining. Only this time, it wasn't QB Kim McLemore providing the heroics. It was RB Juan "Lightning" Koehler, who took over UAB's final drive. Koehler scored the winning touchdown on a 19-yard sprint, sending the UAB sideline into celebration.

The Golden Eagles (3-7) still had a chance to win the game, but DE Howie Harms intercepted a USM pass at the UAB 19 with 11 seconds to go.

UAB (6-4) clinches its first winning season since 2004. After starting the season 0-4, all UAB needs is a win at home against Memphis next week, or a TCU loss to Louisville, to clinch its first C-USA title.

"Who would have thought we would be in this position?" said McLemore. "Nobody. But here we are."

Coach B.B. Gunn was cautious, though. "It can all come crashing down if we lose to Memphis. We still need to win that to have a postseason. We can't count on TCU losing."
Box Score: UAB at Southern Miss
Hattiesburg, MS.

Week 12, 2008

Attendance: 19,600 (33,000).


Weather: 71 degrees, fair.

1Q: 09:53 SMIS - Alex Dawkins 1 run.
1Q: 09:53 SMIS - Peter Gardner extra point.
1Q: 05:32 SMIS - J.T. Kaplan 11 pass from James Emerson.
1Q: 05:32 SMIS - Peter Gardner extra point.
1Q: 00:50 UABB - Jake Garrison 24 field goal.
2Q: 01:30 UABB - Warren Caban 31 interception return.
2Q: 01:30 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 00:00 UABB - Jake Garrison 29 field goal.
3Q: 04:23 SMIS - Dennis Lundy 8 pass from James Emerson.
3Q: 04:23 SMIS - Peter Gardner extra point.
3Q: 01:01 UABB - Juan Koehler 43 run.
3Q: 01:01 UABB - Mercury Razo run for conversion failed.
4Q: 11:29 SMIS - Al Caballero 4 pass from James Emerson.
4Q: 11:29 SMIS - Peter Gardner extra point.
4Q: 08:33 UABB - Leon Schroeder 99 interception return.
4Q: 08:33 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 01:17 UABB - Juan Koehler 19 run.
4Q: 01:17 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.

Game MVP: UABB 55 Leon Schroeder

UAB 3 10 6 14 - 33
Southern Miss 14 0 7 7 - 28

Team Statistics UABB SMIS

First Downs 13 27

Total Rushes 41 45
Net Rushing Yards 218 229
Yards Per Carry 5.3 5.0
Rushing Yards 234 251
Tckld Loss/Yards 3-4 4-9
Sacked/Yards Lost 2-12 2-13

Pass Attempts 8 35
Completions 5 18
Passing Yards 108 221
Yards Per Attempt 13.5 6.3
Interceptions 0 3
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0

Total Plays 49 80
Total Yards 326 450
Yards Per Play 6.6 5.6

3rd Down Plays 3/10 10/17

Penalties 6 11
Penalty Yards 48 88

Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 30
Time Of Possession 23:12 36:48

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 24 169 7.0 43 2 5 0
10 McLemore 7 11 1.5 12 0 1 2
39 Razo 6 21 3.5 14 0 3 0
36 Barrows 2 9 4.5 6 0 0 0
20 Schulz 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0
85 Reyes 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 8 5 108 13.5 39 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Snyder 2 30 15.0 12 20 0
44 Koehler 1 5 5.0 5 5 0
6 Patton 1 39 39.0 0 39 0
85 Reyes 1 34 34.0 1 34 0
The College Years

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
42 Owens 1 10 10.0 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 3 77 25.6 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 5 182 36.4 45 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 2 2 29 3 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 10 6 0.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 10 4 0.0 1 99 1
54 Stubbs 6 3 0.5 0 0 0
42 Owens 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 5 2 0.0 1 31 1
45 Costello 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 4 5 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 2 1 0.5 1 11 0
91 Welch 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Pietraszak 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Schneider 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Tanner 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
1 Lang 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
35 Dole 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 1 1
36 Barrows 1 0 0 0 4 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 4 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 3 0
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 0 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 1 0

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C-USA - WEEK 12
East Carolina 42, Army 28
Louisville 44, Cincinnati 23
South Florida 28, Houston 24
Tulane 27, Memphis 24

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 6 4 0 .600 258 324 6 1 0 .857 211 178 Won 6
Tulane 7 2 0 .777 208 117 5 2 0 .714 167 97 Won 4
TCU 6 3 0 .666 197 117 5 2 0 .714 163 84 Won 1
Louisville 7 3 0 .700 355 218 4 3 0 .571 261 193 Won 1
Memphis 4 6 0 .400 233 227 3 4 0 .428 164 163 Lost 1
South Florida 4 6 0 .400 231 278 3 4 0 .428 147 199 Won 1
Houston 4 6 0 .400 244 251 3 4 0 .428 188 160 Lost 2
East Carolina 3 7 0 .300 266 347 3 4 0 .428 201 234 Won 1
Southern Miss 3 7 0 .300 186 241 3 4 0 .428 152 169 Lost 2
Army 2 7 0 .222 147 289 2 5 0 .285 122 228 Lost 1
Cincinnati 3 8 0 .272 255 330 2 6 0 .250 169 240 Lost 2

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 9-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 1
Miami (FL) 8-2 ACC 2 3 2.50 8
Miami (OH) 10-0 MAC 3 6 4.50 7
Virginia 9-0 ACC 4 2 3.00 2
Michigan 8-2 B10 5 5 5.00 3
Boston College 8-1 BET 6 4 5.00 4
Colorado 8-2 B12 7 7 7.00 5
Bowling Green 8-1 MAC 8 8 8.00 12
Texas 7-2 B12 9 11 10.00 21
Penn State 8-2 B10 10 9 9.50 6
Nebraska 7-3 B12 11 13 12.00 16
Florida State 8-2 ACC 12 17 14.50 9
UCLA 8-2 PAC 13 12 12.50 11
Florida 7-3 SEC 14 14 14.00 14
Arizona State 8-2 PAC 15 10 12.50 15
California 8-2 PAC 16 16 16.00 13
Wisconsin 8-2 B10 17 20 18.50 17
Syracuse 7-2 BET 18 25 21.50 23
South Carolina 7-2 SEC 19 18 18.50 18
Notre Dame 7-2 IND 20 19 19.50 20
Kansas State 8-2 B12 21 22 21.50 22
Pittsburgh 8-2 BET 22 15 18.50 10
USC 6-4 PAC 23 24 23.50 37
Colorado State 8-2 MWC 24 21 22.50 19
Texas A&M 7-3 B12 25 23 24.00 24

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WEEK 13 - PREVIEW
Memphis (4-6) at UAB (6-4)(-11)
This will not be an easy game. Memphis, UAB's rivals, always give the Blazers fits.

UAB INJURIES
Player # Pos Elig Health Injury Full Strn.
Durham, Bobby 37 CB So Out Torn Wrist Tendon 4 Weeks
Davila, Michael 92 DE Sr* Questionable Sprained Knee 3 Weeks
Garrison, Jake 4 K Jr* Probable Hip Pointer 2 Weeks
McCrory, Gerald 95 ILB Jr Doubtful Herniated Disk 5 Weeks
Snyder, Dean 86 TE Jr Probable Broken Hand 5 Weeks

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NOTE: Wow... we are being consistently outgained in yardage, and sometimes the opponent wins the clock battle, but we've won 6 straight. Amazing.

[bbgunn]

UAB 58, Memphis 52 (3 OT)

The Blazers survived 3 overtime periods as they defeated the Memphis Tigers (4-7) in easily the best classic in this rivalry.

This was probably the best comeback out of all 4 comebacks UAB had to end the season. With about 7 minutes remaining in the 3rd, UAB was down 38-10. Then the Blazers (7-4) scored 28 unanswered points to send the game into overtime.

Game MVP Juan Koehler had 222 yards rushing - 3rd most in school history. He also ran for 2 TDs. QB Kim McLemore didn't have a great day, throwing 2 picks and completing just a little over half his passes. But the 264 yards passing set a school record for most passing yards in a game.

More importantly, UAB won their first Conference USA title with the victory, capping off an amazing season in which the Blazers won 7 straight games after starting the season 0-4.

"I'm speechless," coach B.B. Gunn said after the game. "Give me some time to dwell on this. Man..."
Box Score: Memphis at UAB
Birmingham, AL.

Week 13, 2008

Attendance: 33,300 (83,100).


Weather: 58 degrees, fair.

1Q: 06:28 UABB - Juan Koehler 11 run.
1Q: 06:28 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
1Q: 04:36 UABB - Jake Garrison 33 field goal.
1Q: 00:14 MEMP - Donald Durham 3 pass from Tommy McHenry.
1Q: 00:14 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
2Q: 12:18 MEMP - Ronnie Wolf 1 run.
2Q: 12:18 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
2Q: 08:37 MEMP - Ronnie Wolf 1 run.
2Q: 08:37 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
2Q: 02:51 MEMP - Max Barndt 3 pass from Tommy McHenry.
2Q: 02:51 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
2Q: 00:00 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams 47 field goal.
3Q: 06:56 MEMP - Lance Herndon 13 pass from Tommy McHenry.
3Q: 06:56 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
3Q: 04:57 UABB - Ben Patton 15 pass from Kim McLemore.
3Q: 04:57 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
3Q: 00:14 UABB - Dean Snyder 1 pass from Kim McLemore.
3Q: 00:14 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 13:29 UABB - Juan Koehler 63 run.
4Q: 13:29 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
4Q: 06:24 UABB - Juan Koehler 13 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 06:24 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
OT: 13:06 MEMP - Lance Herndon 12 pass from Tommy McHenry.
OT: 13:06 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
OT: 11:37 UABB - Dean Snyder 22 pass from Kim McLemore.
OT: 11:37 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
OT: 13:13 UABB - Tyrell Barrows 6 run.
OT: 13:13 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
OT: 14:06 MEMP - Lance Herndon 7 pass from Tommy McHenry.
OT: 14:06 MEMP - Johnnie McWilliams extra point.
OT: 12:52 UABB - Mercury Razo 14 run.

Game MVP: UABB 44 Juan Koehler

Memphis 7 24 7 0 14 - 52
UAB 10 0 14 14 20 - 58

Team Statistics MEMP UABB

First Downs 31 29

Total Rushes 39 44
Net Rushing Yards 108 255
Yards Per Carry 2.7 5.7
Rushing Yards 122 283
Tckld Loss/Yards 5-10 6-14
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-4 2-14

Pass Attempts 47 31
Completions 28 16
Passing Yards 476 264
Yards Per Attempt 10.1 8.5
Interceptions 4 2
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0

Total Plays 86 75
Total Yards 584 519
Yards Per Play 6.7 6.9

3rd Down Plays 9/16 6/14

Penalties 9 3
Penalty Yards 76 20

Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 29
Time Of Possession 38:46 34:11

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UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 28 222 7.9 63 2 4 0
39 Razo 8 20 2.5 14 1 3 0
10 McLemore 5 -4 -0.8 5 0 0 2
36 Barrows 1 6 6.0 6 1 0 0
6 Patton 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 1 0
The College Years
85 Reyes 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 31 16 264 8.5 30 4 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Snyder 5 99 19.8 46 30 2
6 Patton 5 96 19.2 40 29 1
36 Barrows 3 11 3.6 13 6 0
85 Reyes 2 45 22.5 0 29 0
44 Koehler 1 13 13.0 5 13 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 2 34 17.0 0
39 Razo 1 22 22.0 0

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 3 121 40.3 49 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 2 33 7 7

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 16 0 0.0 2 16 0
55 Schroeder 7 8 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 5 3 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 4 2 0.0 2 31 0
53 Guthrie 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
6 Patton 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
24 Tavares 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 McCrory 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
25 Halbert 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
1 Lang 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
52 Dukas 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
86 Snyder 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
60 Desmond 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 Gambrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
58 Roosenraad 0 3 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 0 1 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 2 1
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 10 1
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 3 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 3 0
66 Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0

[Izulde]

Congrats on your first conference title! :)

[bbgunn]

Congrats on your first conference title! :)

Thanks, I appreciate that. I still thought we were a year away... I guess you never know. :)

[bbgunn]

C-USA - WEEK 13
Houston 38, Army 21
South Florida 45, East Carolina 31
Louisville 27, TCU 19
Tulane 30, Southern Miss 10

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 7 4 0 .636 316 376 7 1 0 .875 269 230 Won 7
Tulane 8 2 0 .800 238 127 6 2 0 .750 197 107 Won 5
Louisville 8 3 0 .727 382 237 5 3 0 .625 288 212 Won 2
TCU 6 4 0 .600 216 144 5 3 0 .625 182 111 Lost 1
South Florida 5 6 0 .454 276 309 4 4 0 .500 192 230 Won 2
Houston 5 6 0 .454 282 272 4 4 0 .500 226 181 Won 1
Memphis 4 7 0 .363 285 285 3 5 0 .375 216 221 Lost 2
East Carolina 3 8 0 .272 297 392 3 5 0 .375 232 279 Lost 1
Southern Miss 3 8 0 .272 196 271 3 5 0 .375 162 199 Lost 3
Cincinnati 3 8 0 .272 255 330 2 6 0 .250 169 240 Lost 2
Army 2 8 0 .200 168 327 2 6 0 .250 143 266 Lost 2
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 10-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 1
Miami (OH) 11-0 MAC 2 4 3.00 6
Virginia 10-0 ACC 3 2 2.50 2
Boston College 9-1 BET 4 3 3.50 4
Bowling Green 9-1 MAC 5 6 5.50 11
Colorado 9-2 B12 6 5 5.50 3
Miami (FL) 8-3 ACC 7 9 8.00 14
Michigan 8-3 B10 8 11 9.50 12
Texas 8-2 B12 9 8 8.50 19
Penn State 9-2 B10 10 7 8.50 5
Florida State 9-2 ACC 11 17 14.00 7
UCLA 9-2 PAC 12 10 11.00 9
Florida 8-3 SEC 13 12 12.50 13
California 9-2 PAC 14 15 14.50 10
Arizona State 8-2 PAC 15 13 14.00 18
Wisconsin 9-2 B10 16 18 17.00 16
Syracuse 8-2 BET 17 23 20.00 20
South Carolina 8-2 SEC 18 16 17.00 17
Kansas State 9-2 B12 19 21 20.00 21
Pittsburgh 9-2 BET 20 14 17.00 8
Notre Dame 7-2 IND 21 20 20.50 22
Colorado State 9-2 MWC 22 19 20.50 15
Nebraska 7-4 B12 23 22 22.50 23
North Texas 9-2 SBC 24 24 24.00 28
Texas A&M 7-3 B12 25 25 25.00 25

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C-USA - WEEK 14
Navy 10, Army 7
TCU 31, SMU 0

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C-USA - Conference Championship Week
Tulane 20, #16 Notre Dame 17

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 7 4 0 .636 316 376 7 1 0 .875 269 230 Won 7
Tulane 9 2 0 .818 258 144 6 2 0 .750 197 107 Won 6
Louisville 8 3 0 .727 382 237 5 3 0 .625 288 212 Won 2
TCU 7 4 0 .636 247 144 5 3 0 .625 182 111 Won 1
South Florida 5 6 0 .454 276 309 4 4 0 .500 192 230 Won 2
Houston 5 6 0 .454 282 272 4 4 0 .500 226 181 Won 1
Memphis 4 7 0 .363 285 285 3 5 0 .375 216 221 Lost 2
East Carolina 3 8 0 .272 297 392 3 5 0 .375 232 279 Lost 1
Southern Miss 3 8 0 .272 196 271 3 5 0 .375 162 199 Lost 3
Cincinnati 3 8 0 .272 255 330 2 6 0 .250 169 240 Lost 2
Army 2 9 0 .181 175 337 2 6 0 .250 143 266 Lost 3

COACHES TOP 25
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 12-0 SEC 1 1 1.00 1
Miami (OH) 12-0 MAC 2 3 2.50 5
Virginia 11-0 ACC 3 2 2.50 2
Colorado 9-2 B12 4 4 4.00 3
Miami (FL) 8-3 ACC 5 7 6.00 13
Boston College 9-2 BET 6 6 6.00 9
Michigan 8-3 B10 7 9 8.00 11
Penn State 9-2 B10 8 5 6.50 4
Florida State 9-2 ACC 9 13 11.00 6
UCLA 9-2 PAC 10 8 9.00 8
Florida 8-3 SEC 11 10 10.50 12
California 9-2 PAC 12 12 12.00 10
Syracuse 9-2 BET 13 19 16.00 17
Bowling Green 9-2 MAC 14 14 14.00 18
Wisconsin 9-2 B10 15 17 16.00 15
Pittsburgh 9-2 BET 16 11 13.50 7
Texas 8-3 B12 17 16 16.50 25
Texas A&M 9-3 B12 18 15 16.50 16
Colorado State 9-2 MWC 19 18 18.50 14
Nebraska 7-4 B12 20 20 20.00 19
Arizona State 8-3 PAC 21 21 21.00 28
North Texas 9-2 SBC 22 22 22.00 23
Tulane 9-2 USA 23 25 24.00 20
South Carolina 8-3 SEC 24 23 23.50 27
Notre Dame 8-3 IND 25 24 24.50 22
Tulane cracks the final regular season Top 25, at #23. Meanwhile, it'll be Georgia and Virginia in the championship. Miami (OH) gets the shaft.

[bbgunn]

C-USA BOWLS

UAB (7-4) will go to Seattle to face the ACC's Maryland Terrapins (7-4) in the Emerald Bowl.

Tulane (9-2) gets C-USA's other automatic bowl bid, going to the Birmingham Bowl to face 9-2 Boston College from the Big East.

Meanwhile, 8-3 Louisville picks up an at-large bid. They'll play Utah State (8-3) in the Alaska Bowl.

[bbgunn]

BIRMINGHAM BOWL (TV1): #6 Boston College (10-2) 20, #23 Tulane (9-3) 17

ALASKA BOWL (TV3): Utah State (9-3) 31, Louisville (8-4) 28

Looks like it's up to UAB to make C-USA look good during the bowl season.

[bbgunn]

Maryland (7-4) vs UAB (7-4)
Line: Maryland by 14
Weather: 37 degrees, rainy
TV: TV4

UAB makes its first bowl appearance in Seattle as they face Maryland. UAB comes into this game riding a shocking 7-game winning streak that saw them win the Conference USA title, while Maryland has won 5 of their last 6.

Maryland runs an I-formation, but is a threat whether on the ground or in the air. The offensive versatility could present problems for the UAB defense. Meanwhile, UAB's Wishbone offense could present problems as well for the Terrapins.

Overall, Maryland's defense is much better, but UAB's offense has put up more points and yardage. Of course, UAB doesn't play in the ACC.

We think the Blazers will have a hard time winning this matchup, it being their first bowl appearance. But we think UAB will make it closer than people think. Our prediction: Maryland 31, UAB 28.

[bbgunn]

Maryland 23, UAB 17 (OT)

SEATTLE - UAB ended the regular season with four comeback wins. Although they tried, they couldn't quite do it here in Seattle. Maryland (8-4) wins the Emerald Bowl after 1 overtime period.

Sophomore RB Juan "Lightning" Koehler was the star for the Blazers (7-5), running for 149 yards and a TD on 39 carries.

Despite the loss, UAB coach B.B. Gunn was proud of his team. "Nobody even thought we would be in a bowl game at the end of the year. To be here, and to send the game into overtime against a good ACC team, that's a good job. Of course, you want to win, but you have to be impressed with the job these kids did."
Box Score: Maryland vs UAB
Seattle, WA.

Emerald Bowl, 2008

Attendance: 42,400 (74,900).


Weather: 37 degrees, rain.

1Q: 11:57 MARY - Ronald Lowe 12 pass from Bill Strong.
1Q: 11:57 MARY - Emmanuel Chow extra point.
1Q: 02:42 UABB - Juan Koehler 58 run.
1Q: 02:42 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
2Q: 13:04 UABB - Jake Garrison 28 field goal.
2Q: 08:57 MARY - Everett Billups 22 run.
2Q: 08:57 MARY - Emmanuel Chow extra point.
4Q: 12:09 MARY - Emmanuel Chow 33 field goal.
4Q: 03:39 UABB - Tyrell Barrows 5 pass from Kim McLemore.
4Q: 03:39 UABB - Jake Garrison extra point.
OT: 13:28 MARY - Jumbo Barber 8 run.

Game MVP: MARY 76 Rondell Elliott

Maryland 7 7 0 3 6 - 23
UAB 7 3 0 7 0 - 17

Team Statistics MARY UABB

First Downs 21 11

Total Rushes 44 44
Net Rushing Yards 216 161
Yards Per Carry 4.9 3.6
Rushing Yards 234 181
Tckld Loss/Yards 7-12 8-20
Sacked/Yards Lost 1-6 0-0

Pass Attempts 26 15
Completions 14 7
Passing Yards 212 82
Yards Per Attempt 8.1 5.4
Interceptions 2 1
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/0

Total Plays 70 59
Total Yards 428 243
Yards Per Play 6.1 4.1

3rd Down Plays 3/11 5/16

Penalties 5 2
Penalty Yards 47 15

Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 34
Time Of Possession 33:51 29:00

[bbgunn]

UAB Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Koehler 39 149 3.8 58 1 13 0
39 Razo 3 12 4.0 13 0 2 0
36 Barrows 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
10 McLemore 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 McLemore 15 7 82 5.4 22 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
36 Barrows 3 18 6.0 12 7 1
86 Snyder 2 30 15.0 11 21 0
6 Patton 1 22 22.0 0 22 0
85 Reyes 1 12 12.0 7 12 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
42 Owens 2 7 3.5 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
34 Springer 2 61 30.5 0
43 Schneider 1 15 15.0 0
39 Razo 1 18 18.0 0
The College Years

Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
5 Muterspaugh 8 291 36.3 58 3

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
4 Garrison 1 2 28 2 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
34 Springer 8 5 0.0 0 0 0
29 Caban 8 2 0.0 2 14 0
95 McCrory 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
54 Stubbs 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
42 Owens 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
55 Schroeder 4 4 0.0 0 0 0
91 Welch 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
45 Costello 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
53 Guthrie 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
97 Ashraf 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
98 Harms 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Pietraszak 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
43 Schneider 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
92 Davila 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
39 Razo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Salvatori 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
37 Durham 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Riffle 0 2 0.0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
56 Peachey 0 0 0 0 4 0
69 Carlisle 0 0 0 0 3 0
66 Downs 0 0 1 0 1 0
95 McCrory 0 1 1 0 0 0
74 Pietraszak 0 0 0 0 2 0
70 Lerner 0 0 0 0 1 0
44 Koehler 1 0 0 0 0 0
91 Welch 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 Barrows 0 0 0 0 1 0
42 Owens 1 0 0 0 0 0

[CraigSca]

Good stuff! I look forward to seeing what you can do in 2009!

[JeffNights]

Season Stats?

[bbgunn]

Good stuff! I look forward to seeing what you can do in 2009!
Me too! Now that McLemore has a year under his belt, and Koehler's headed into his junior year, 2009 will be exciting. If only the defense would get better...

Season Stats?
I was going to put those up earlier, but I had to run to work. I'll post them as soon as I can.

[bbgunn]

Wow, I just took a quick look at the roster post... I'll post about this later on, but we don't lose much at all from graduation. This team should definitely be better next year.

[bbgunn]

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
#3 Virginia pulls the shocker. They beat #1 Georgia 34-24.

[bbgunn]

The College Years
2008 Summary for UAB

Record: 7-5
Rank: 54

UAB Team Rank
Rushes 528 11
Rushing Yards 2099 11
Yards Per Carry 3.97 24 (T)
Pass Attempts 238 115 (T)
Completions 125 115 (T)
Passing Yards 1911 97
Yards Per Attempt 8.02 30
3rd Down Conversions 42.2 14
Points Per Game 27.7 31 (T)
Turnovers 17 25 (T)
Turnover Margin +11 17 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 417 93 (T)
Rushing Yards 1972 120
Yards Per Carry 4.72 120
Pass Attempts 380 109
Completions 231 124
Passing Yards 3198 124
Yards Per Attempt 8.41 112 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 48.0 125
Points Per Game 33.2 113
Turnovers 28 15 (T)

Primary Formation: Wishbone Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 17 NTEX (26) 49
3 16 FAIR (49) 35
4 14 OHST (20) 62
5 24 at LOUV (36) 38
6 45 CINC (103) 21
7 21 TULA (27) 17
8 28 at HOUS (70) 20
9 24 ECAR (93) 21
10 36 at SFLA (68) 33
12 33 at SMIS (100) 28
13 58 MEMP (92) 52
17 17 vs MARY (33) 23

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
10 McLemore QB 210 111 1732 8.24 20 11
14 Weaver QB 28 14 179 6.39 1 1
Team --- 238 125 1911 8.02 21 12

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
44 Koehler RB 351 1703 4.85 11 83 111
39 Razo RB 74 189 2.55 3 31 40
10 McLemore QB 69 121 1.75 1 32 125
Team --- 528 2099 3.97 17 158 317

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
6 Patton WR 65 27 613 22.7 207 5
86 Snyder TE 60 33 566 17.1 253 7
39 Razo RB 34 14 150 10.7 85 3
36 Barrows FB 24 20 122 6.1 67 2
85 Reyes WR 21 9 179 19.8 38 2
44 Koehler RB 16 11 135 12.2 74 2
Team --- 238 125 1911 15.2 778 21

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
34 Springer S 100 27 0.0 11 7 8
55 Schroeder OLB 82 37 0.5 10 2 2
53 Guthrie ILB 49 14 4.0 7 0 2
92 Davila DE 47 17 8.0 16 0 0
29 Caban S 46 19 0.0 2 5 7
42 Owens CB 44 16 0.0 3 3 2
45 Costello CB 37 11 0.0 1 1 6
54 Stubbs OLB 33 16 0.5 3 1 1
91 Welch DT 26 14 1.5 4 0 0
58 Roosenraad OLB 24 16 2.0 2 0 3
95 McCrory ILB 20 5 0.0 3 0 2
60 Desmond DT 16 5 0.0 2 0 0
40 Franz ILB 15 4 1.5 2 0 1
98 Harms DE 14 8 6.5 6 1 0
76 Riffle DE 12 8 1.0 3 0 0
Team --- 688 234 30.0 84 22 38


Juan "Lightning" Koehler didn't quite get 2000 yards, as I hoped, but I'll take 1700. Meanwhile, McLemore's stats are pretty good. And S Brenden Springer is da man right now (more on him later).

Something really bothers me, though. As you can tell from the stats above, we won Conference USA with one of the worst defenses in the nation! Our defense was terrible. I know that we don't have a great defense, but we should be much better than our stats indicate. Talent-wise, our secondary is superb, and our defensive linemen are at least average. (No comment on the linebackers.) We shouldn't be ranked as low as we are.

Now, the turnover ratio was very good. And it seems that we won a lot of games by limiting our own mistakes, and when the other team makes mistakes, hitting them over the head with them. But if we are going to continue to contend for C-USA titles, we have to get better on defense.

Because of this, I'm seriously considering firing my defensive coordinator. We need to get more out of the talent we have.

[CraigSca]

One thing I noticed - you went 7-1 in the conference with only a 39 point differential overall. You have a tendency to win the close games. If it's anything like baseball, this tends to even out. For your sake, I hope it doesn't next year.

[bbgunn]

One thing I noticed - you went 7-1 in the conference with only a 39 point differential overall. You have a tendency to win the close games. If it's anything like baseball, this tends to even out. For your sake, I hope it doesn't next year.

Definitely. We were extremely lucky this year. We gotta improve the D to avoid this, or I'm thinking we won't win a second title.

[bbgunn]

2008 Season Standings, Conference USA

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**UAB 7 5 0 .583 333 399 7 1 0 .875 269 230 Lost 1
Tulane 9 3 0 .750 275 164 6 2 0 .750 197 107 Lost 1
Louisville 8 4 0 .666 410 268 5 3 0 .625 288 212 Lost 1
TCU 7 4 0 .636 247 144 5 3 0 .625 182 111 Won 1
South Florida 5 6 0 .454 276 309 4 4 0 .500 192 230 Won 2
Houston 5 6 0 .454 282 272 4 4 0 .500 226 181 Won 1
Memphis 4 7 0 .363 285 285 3 5 0 .375 216 221 Lost 2
East Carolina 3 8 0 .272 297 392 3 5 0 .375 232 279 Lost 1
Southern Miss 3 8 0 .272 196 271 3 5 0 .375 162 199 Lost 3
Cincinnati 3 8 0 .272 255 330 2 6 0 .250 169 240 Lost 2
Army 2 9 0 .181 175 337 2 6 0 .250 143 266 Lost 3

FINAL 2008 COACHES POLL
School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Georgia 12-1 SEC 1 1 1.00 2
Miami (OH) 13-0 MAC 2 3 2.50 3
Virginia 12-0 ACC 3 2 2.50 1
Miami (FL) 9-3 ACC 4 7 5.50 12
Boston College 10-2 BET 5 5 5.00 6
Michigan 9-3 B10 6 8 7.00 8
Penn State 10-2 B10 7 4 5.50 4
UCLA 10-2 PAC 8 6 7.00 5
Florida 9-3 SEC 9 9 9.00 11
California 10-2 PAC 10 10 10.00 7
Syracuse 10-2 BET 11 13 12.00 15
Colorado 9-3 B12 12 11 11.50 10
Florida State 9-3 ACC 13 15 14.00 9
Arizona State 9-3 PAC 14 12 13.00 13
Notre Dame 9-3 IND 15 16 15.50 16
Bowling Green 9-3 MAC 16 17 16.50 22
Wisconsin 9-3 B10 17 20 18.50 20
Pittsburgh 9-3 BET 18 14 16.00 14
Texas 8-4 B12 19 19 19.00 31
Ohio State 8-4 B10 20 22 21.00 17
USC 7-5 PAC 21 25 23.00 28
Texas A&M 9-4 B12 22 18 20.00 21
Colorado State 9-3 MWC 23 21 22.00 18
Nebraska 7-5 B12 24 24 24.00 27
Northern Illinois 10-3 MAC 25 23 24.00 19
WHAT? Georgia loses to an undefeated Virginia team in the championship, and the coaches and AP polls BOTH have them at #1?!? What is this?!? Meanwhile, the MAC gets three teams in the final poll. C-USA? None.

[bbgunn]

UAB players really hit the jackpot on player awards this time around:

ALL-AMERICAN SECOND TEAM
TE Dean Snyder
S Brenden Springer

ALL-FRESHMEN TEAM
CB Blaine Owens

C-USA TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYER
S Brenden Springer

C-USA TOP DEFENSIVE FRESHMEN
CB Blaine Owens

C-USA FIRST TEAM
RB Juan Koehler
TE Dean Snyder
C Dale Peachey
OLB Leon Schroeder
S Brenden Springer

C-USA SECOND TEAM
T Colin Downs
P Jamie Muterspaugh
DE Michael Davila

C-USA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
DT Ronnie Burgess
CB Byron Costello
S Brenden Springer

If you're counting, that's 4 awards for Brenden Springer this year. He just might go down as the best defensive player ever from UAB. Meanwhile, Schroeder is giving us some hope about our linebacking corps.

[bbgunn]

Time to bid adieu to the seniors:
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Ashraf, Jake 97 DE Sr 13 29
Marsh, Bob 22 RB Sr 2 2
Muterspaugh, Jamie 5 P Sr 45 57
Bell, Neil 21 RB* Sr 5 5
Burgess, Ronnie 71 DT* Sr 6 16
Charles, Earl 73 T Sr 13 19
Coates, Marlon 67 T Sr 9 9
Dukas, Ryan 52 OLB* Sr 1 12
Roberson, Bart 48 CB Sr 61 72
Schneider, Luther 43 RB Sr 13 32
Schulz, Percy 20 FB Sr 32 51
Tanner, Shannon 96 TE* Sr 3 3
Wheeler, Luther 93 OLB Sr 9 17

Oops, looks like I was wrong about Roberson - he won't be back in 2009. He's our most talented graduating senior by far, but with him suspended, we didn't lose much in the secondary thanks to CBs Blaine Owens and Byron Costello and S Brenden Springer. I don't think his departure will hurt.

The biggest loss here is our punter, who had an amazing season (considering we gave him many opportunities). Schulz was a solid player, but he lost his starting job this year. We really don't lose a lot here. (The end of 2009 will be much, much sadder.)

Anyway, congrats, guys, and thanks.

[bbgunn]

Now for the newbies:
Recruiting List, Worksheet View

Player Pos ST Visit Cost Dist. Fit Score
Palma, Vinny OLB TN 337 248 87
Kindred, Rico DT FL 429 341 89
Hutton, Derrick G AL 234 0 87
Hurnblad, Dixon QB TN 333 239 93
Jaster, Don S MS 319 254 96
**Cohen, Leo ILB GA 277 133 87
Westbrook, Bryce T AL 251 54 94
**Cook, Al TE GA 279 137 98
Brady, Ralph DE GA 275 126 93
Schwarzhaupt, Greg S AL 234 0 97
$$Smothers, Todd CB AL 234 0 93
##Douglas, Allen P AL 267 103 97

Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
Palma, Vinny 85+ 2 3 Acad*/Dist Committed *
Kindred, Rico 78- 2 3 Dist*/Prest Committed *
Hutton, Derrick 78+ 2 3 Acad/Prest Committed *
Hurnblad, Dixon 75+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
Jaster, Don 68++ 2 3 Prest*/Dist Committed *
**Cohen, Leo 58+ 2 3 Prest/Acad Committed *
Westbrook, Bryce 57+ 2 3 Dist/Prest Committed *
**Cook, Al 55- 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *
Brady, Ralph 55- 3 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
Schwarzhaupt, Greg 54++ 3 2 Prest*/Acad Committed *
$$Smothers, Todd 38+ 3 2 Dist/Acad Committed *
##Douglas, Allen 18+ 0 2 Prest*/Dist Committed *

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

What I'm most excited about are the two LBs. We need these guys! Except for maybe Brady (that scouting score will be a lot lower), the linemen on both sides of the line are good.

[bbgunn]

A 7-game win streak to end the regular season after starting 0-4... Winning C-USA and going to a bowl... all unexpected. I would have been satisfied with a 5-6 year, but I'll take this season.

We'll definitely be a better and more talented team in 2009. The question is can we get back to a bowl and/or a conference championship again.

[bbgunn]

Continue reading about B.B. Gunn and the Wishbone at UAB!

UAB 2009 ("http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=53658)