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Will resurrect this while I wait for Bowl bound........forgot how much I miss the old School.
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Cougars tame Rams, eye another MWC Title
2010 Week 12
BYU 37 Colorado St 6 Record Overall 9-0 Mountain West 6-0 Leaders Passing Paul Post 8-13-118 2 TD Bennie Rayburn 8-15-93 1 TD 1 Int Rushing Steven Lane 11-94 1 TD Julio Fredrickson 18-77 Receiving Andy Schroder 4-69 Pete Rose 3-53 2 TD Julio Fredrickson 3-4 Gilbert Meyer 2-48 1 TD Defense Cedric Wiles DE 6 tackles 2.5 Sacks Jackie Trippi DE 6 tackles 1 assist 1.5 sacks Wade Such DT 4 tackles 2 assists Darrin Shields LB 3 tackles Kendall Malano CB 3 tackles 2 assists Recap As devastating a victory as we could have as we lose Bennie Rayburn for the Season to a Shoulder injury!! Not all was lost though as Paul Post puts up respectable numbers in relief and our Defense, rotating heavily, completely shuts down the Ram attack, holding CSU to 8 first downs, 117 total yards and compiling 5 sacks, plus 11 tackles for loss!!! With the game in control throughout we got a lot of experience for the backups as mentioned above. Really standing out were DE’s Trippi and Wiles, combining for 13 total tackles and 4 sacks. It will be hard to sit Cedric down when Newsome is ready to play again. Julio Fredrickson continues to make the most of his opportunities stepping in for Jennings, with Steven Lane showing he is capable as well. Our run at another title will hinge on how well Post fills in for Rayburn. Injuries Bennie Rayburn QB Out-Shoulder Surgery Lenny Finley WR Out-Torn Wrist Tendon Wally Jennings RB Out-Torn Achilles Tendon Mo Mikeska DE Out-Severe Hamstring pull Though we now have our two best Offensive players out for the year, Donnie Newsome will return next week from his Knee injury to bolster the Defense. The MASH unit contains some key players and the only one in the group that even has a chance to come back this year is Finley, and even that is a long shot. Recruiting Visits None Commits DJ Garner T Ogden, UT Overall 217 Position 24 We snag another solid local product, rated as the second best Lineman in the State behind Guard Danny Duran, who inexplicably went to Utah St? In all the Aggie’s actually picked up the top three players in the state, also getting FB Cornelius Fry and Kicker Whitfield, who we did pursue. I may have to get them back on the Schedule since they are now the “top Instate recruiter” according to their message boards. Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 37 Colorado St 6 Air Force 41 Wyoming 11 New Mexico 27 UNLV 6 San Diego St 24 Utah 21 Air Force keeps hopes alive with a solid thrashing of Wyoming, who is now fighting for their Bowl life, with the Aztecs coming on strong. New Mexico dominates UNLV in the battle for worst MWC team while Utah will finish in the bottom half of the League for the second straight year…..oh where has Rodney gone? Mountain West Standings
Next weeks Schedule Air Force at BYU ABC Colorado St at UNLV Utah at New Mexico Wyoming at San Diego St We will battle the Falcons on National TV for the MWC title at home. An advantage we will need with both Rayburn and Jennings on the shelf. The only other game of significance features Wyoming and SDSU battling for Bowl eligibility, loser stays home. BYU Alumni in the NFL Dwight Gatlin QB Arizona-Reserve: Sees garbage time in a 37-14 loss to KC, goes 1-1 for 6 yards. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo-Reserve: Bills lose to Detroit 31-21, but Ellis gets 2 more catches for 31 yards. For the year he has 8 catches for 148 yards in limited duty. Calvin Shaw RB Denver-Starter: Broncos grind out a 12-7 win at San Francisco as Shaw manages only 37 yards on 12 carries. Calvin is hanging on to his job, but is only averaging 2.91 yards a carry. Melvin Flynn C Detroit-Practice Squad: Watches as Lions beat Buffalo and Hitch 31-21. Ed Lyon T Jacksonville-Starter: Ed gets his 5th start, a 31-21 loss to Dallas and goes a paltry 1-3 in KRB, but does not allow any sacks. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City-Starter: D-Stod seems to have reestablished himself as the starter after his big showing last week and follows that up with 21 carries for 93 yards and a touchdown. The Chiefs crush Arizona 37-14. Derek Perry FS New Orleans-Reserve: Browns edge the Saints 24-23, Perry sees no action. Leland Fletcher WR NY Jets-Reserve: Fletcher goes back to the Bench and gets no receptions in the Jets 24-17 win against Chicago. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets-Injured: Out with Torn Knee cartilage for up to 5 weeks, as in College Cerny will pick up the slack while he is out.. Gus Cerny TE NY Jets-Starter: With Joseph out, Cerny grabs 2 balls and scores a touchdown in the Jets win. Though not the blocker that Joseph is, he may actually be an upgrade in the receiving department. Barry Irish CB-Free Agent Barry Wohlman DT-Free Agent Ed Cramer DT-Free Agent Harris Diaz LB-Free Agent Kyle Ballard G-Free Agent Irv Matney S-Free Agent Bryant Bruce S-Free Agent Harvey Geary LB-Free Agent Another solid Week for Stoddard while Shaw continues to struggle….Also good to see Gatlin get some more Grass time. FOF Forum Alma Mater Irvin HS, El Paso, TX (JeeberD) No recruits Montclair HS, Montclair, NJ (weinstein7) KC Tucker P UR/96 Commits to BYU We land one of three and he will play early, glad to have a FOFC alumni on board! Monte Vista HS, Spring Valley, CA (tategter) Stan Fields P 674/17 Committed to Florida State Brant Drummond CB 546/41 Committed to San Diego St Gary Roosevelt HS, Gary, IN (rjolley) No recruits Desert Mountain HS, Scottsdale, AZ (blade6119) No recruits |
Nice to see this back, always did enjoy reading this dynasty and will again!
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Cougars rise from the ashes to ground Falcons!
2010 Week 13
BYU 35 Air Force 27 Record Overall 10-0 Mountain West 7-0 Leaders Passing Paul Post 18-35-301 4 TD 4 Int Rushing Julio Fredrickson 22-72 Receiving Andy Schroder 5-58 2 TD Mitchell Walton 4-87 Malone 3-64 Defense Benjamin Arreola LB 11 tackles 2 assists 1 sack 1 Int Roderick Jamison LB 7 tackles 2 assists ½ sack Kendall Timlin S 7 tackles Jackie Trippi DE 5 tackles 1 assist 2 sacks Recap With Paul Post struggling in the face of an aggressive, fired up Air Force defense that recorded 5 sacks and 4 interceptions, the Cougs were on the ropes trailing 17-7 as the third Quarter wound down. It was then that Post, who had tossed his fourth pick on the previous possession, engineered a brilliant 12 play 89 yard drive, capped by a 3 yard pass to Steven Lane to cut the lead to 3. Air Force responded immediately going 65 yards in just over 3 minutes to stretch it to 24-14. After Post’s third TD strike the Falcons answered again with a Field goal and we sat at 27-21 with 2:09 left. It took the Cougs all of 53 seconds to go 65 yards, the Money shot coming on an 8 yard pass to Handy Andy Schroder from Post, as the crowd erupted!!! Air Force still had 1:16, but it was the Defenses turn as Jerome Noisy turned it up and stepped in front of a Winfred Grier pass on the Cougar 33…..67 yards later the game was in the Ice box!! In addition to Noisy’s heroics Benji Arreola was a maniac collecting 13 tackles, 1 sack, 1 pick and selling Popcorn at Halftime. The win clinches the MWC and leaves only Memphis in the way of an unblemished regular Season, potentially our 2nd on the last 3 years. Injuries Bennie Rayburn QB Out-Shoulder Surgery Lenny Finley WR Out-Torn Wrist Tendon Wally Jennings RB Out-Torn Achilles Tendon Mo Mikeska DE Out-Severe Hamstring pull Donnie Newsome DE Out-Dislocated Knee Darrin Shields LB Out-Dislocated Elbow As good as the win is, this could not get any worse! Newsome re-injures his Knee and is now gone for the Year, joined by fellow Defensive leader Shields, who is also done for the Season. Anything we do this post Season will be with smoke and mirrors as we are potentially crippled on both sides of the ball now. Especially if Post can not find some poise in the pocket. Recruiting Visits None Commits None Our class is complete and we will review this in the post Season report Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 35 Air Force 27 Colorado St 38 UNLV 8 New Mexico 45 Utah 28 San Diego St 30 Wyoming 24 We of course celebrate our third straight MWC Championship and fans are rejoicing our return to the Glory of the pre-Crowton era. Trouble is brewing up North as Utah is walloped by the Lobos and there is talk Trevor Moore’s job is in jeopardy after his second straight losing Season. San Diego St caps a strong finish with an exciting win over Wyoming to get Bowl eligible and UNLV finishes comfortably in the Cellar, a spot they have held 4 of the last 5 Seasons. Mountain West Standings
Next weeks Schedule BYU at Memphis Local TV UNLV at Nevada The Cougars and UNLV will both try and cap perfection….from opposite ends of the spectrum however. I will be rooting for the Rebels, but they are just horrid! I think back to 2006 when highly touted Lineman Chester Guerra, de-committed to BYU to stay home and play at UNLV. He has started every single game since he was a true Freshman and compiled a career KRB % of 31.5 as UNLV has gone 11-32 during that time……wonder if he ever thinks about what it would have been like to play for the 42-5, 1 National Championship Cougars instead? BYU Alumni in the NFL Dwight Gatlin QB Arizona-Reserve: DNP in Cardinals 41-6 thrashing at the hands of Dallas….Art is really beginning to imitate life in the desert Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo-Reserve: Ellis has his best day as a pro catching 3 passes for 53 yards and his first NFL touchdown as Buffalo drops Oakland 20-14. Calvin Shaw RB Denver-Starter: Broncos lose to the Bengals 22-16, but Shaw goes off for 123 yards on 26 carries, by far his best outing of the Season, setting a new career high for yardage as well. Melvin Flynn C Detroit-Practice Squad: Lions throttle the Saints 27-7 Ed Lyon T Jacksonville-Starter: Goes 1-2 in KRB and again allows no sacks as the Jags fall to Cleveland 21-13. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City-Starter: Stoddard is held to 59 yards, but has only 14 carries as the Chiefs play from behind, losing to the Jets 23-17. Daniel did score his 7th TD of the Season in the loss. Derek Perry FS New Orleans-Reserve: Saints fall to Detroit, Perry falls back to the pine, and stays there for the whole game. Leland Fletcher WR NY Jets-Reserve: Fletcher tears his Quad in the early going and is done for the Season!!! Final stats for the year. 11 catches 147 yards 2 TD’s 13.3 YPC Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets-Injured: Still out with Torn Knee cartilage for up to 4 more weeks. Gus Cerny TE NY Jets-Starter: Nothing spectacular in the Jets 23-17 win over KC. 1 catch for 6 yards and 0-1 in KRBO. Barry Irish CB-Free Agent Barry Wohlman DT-Free Agent Ed Cramer DT-Free Agent Harris Diaz LB-Free Agent Kyle Ballard G-Free Agent Irv Matney S-Free Agent Bryant Bruce S-Free Agent Harvey Geary LB-Free Agent Shaw has a big day and props to Hitch for his first professional Touchdown. It appears as though being a Jet is unhealthy as two of the three Cougar alum on that team are now out. FOF Forum Alma Mater Irvin HS, El Paso, TX (JeeberD) No recruits Montclair HS, Montclair, NJ (weinstein7) KC Tucker P UR/96 Commits to BYU We land one of three and he will play early, glad to have a FOFC alumni on board! Monte Vista HS, Spring Valley, CA (tategter) Stan Fields P 674/17 Committed to Florida State Brant Drummond CB 546/41 Committed to San Diego St Gary Roosevelt HS, Gary, IN (rjolley) No recruits Desert Mountain HS, Scottsdale, AZ (blade6119) No recruits |
What do Stoddard's chances for RotY look like? He's definitely the best player to come out of BYU so far by my lights.
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I would have to say he is a long shot at this point. There are two other very good Rookies in the League. Aaron Curtis Miami 181 carries 893 yards 3 TD 4.93 YPC Attended Pitt. Sammy Flowers Atlanta 155 carries 931 yards 5 TD 6.0 YPC! Attended Florida D-Stod currently has 170 carries 749 yards 7 TD 4.4 YPC. Being benched in favor of Larry Johnson those few games definitely hurt him, if he starts every game I believe he is one of the frontrunners. He is definitely our best looking prospect to date. Joseph will be around for a while because of his blocking skills, but will never put up big receiving numbers. Then there is that injury thing too, he has yet to be healthy for an entire Season dating back to his Freshman year. |
Cougars king of the Cats, drub Memphis!
2010 Week 14
BYU 52 Memphis 6 Record Overall 11-0 Mountain West 7-0 Leaders Passing Paul Post 12-16-234 4 TD Donny Ellard 6-10-107 Rushing Julio Fredrickson 11-81 Steven Lane 20-49 1 TD Receiving Andy Schroder 6-141 3 TD Xavier Malone 6-136 Julio Fredrickson 3-32 1 TD Defense Kendall Malano CB 5 tackles 1 assist Jackie Trippi DE 4 tackles 2 sacks Bruce Matthews DT 3 tackles 1 sack Shaun Sweeney S 3 tackles 1 assist 1 Int Herb Wong LB and Roderick Jamison LB each had 1 Int, Wong’s going for a TD Recap We started slow only leading 7-3 after one, but stretched it to 21-3 at the half, before erupting for 31 more after Halftime. We have lost some key players to injury on Offense but we still have Andy Schroder, who ran wild again averaging 23.5 on 6 catches and taking 3 house, to run his season TD total to 17!! This game also put him over 1000 yards receiving for the second time in his Cougar career. Xavier Malone also had over 100 yards receiving to compliment Schroder, who has come to be called “The threat” by his teammates. Defensively we put the screws to Memphis holding them to 127 total yards and 7 first downs…All this without Newsome and Shields! Hopefully this Defensive momentum carries into our Bowl game, wherever that may be as whoever we play will look to take Schroder out of the equation. Injuries Bennie Rayburn QB Out-Shoulder Surgery Lenny Finley WR Out-Torn Wrist Tendon Wally Jennings RB Out-Torn Achilles Tendon Mo Mikeska DE Out-Severe Hamstring pull Donnie Newsome DE Out-Dislocated Knee Darrin Shields LB Out-Dislocated Elbow The list did not grow and that is as good as it will get at this point. The only one that MAY be back for a Bowl game is Finley at this point…maybe Shields, but that chance is so slim it makes Calista Flockhart look like Rosanne Barr. Recruiting Visits None Commits None Our class is complete and we will review this in the post Season report Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 52 Memphis 6 Nevada 20 UNLV 19 A thorough drubbing of Memphis leaves us hoping for the best as the Bowl games are slotted. UCLA, Michigan and Louisville also sit at 11-0 and we are third in the BCS rankings at the moment. UNLV manages to give away the Battle of the Silver State to a bad Nevada team, which balances the bottom of the MWC standings with the top. Mountain West Standings
Next weeks Schedule None 4 teams are Bowl eligible, but the smart money has only Air force and CSU getting a call. Shame since the Aztecs have only 1 winning Season and no post Season appearances in our dynasty. BYU Alumni in the NFL Dwight Gatlin QB Arizona-Reserve: DNP, Cardinals drubbed by Oakland 31-10. Maybe the Gatlin Gun needs a shot? Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo-Reserve: Plays but has no catches in the Bills 28-13 win over the Vikings. Calvin Shaw RB Denver-Starter: Broncos handle St Louis 31-17 as Shaw goes for 46 yards on 17 carries and scores a TD. They still don’t use him as a receiver enough as he has 9 catches for 33 yards on the Season. Melvin Flynn C Detroit-Practice Squad: Lions lose to Miami 20-17. Ed Lyon T Jacksonville-Starter: Jags fall to the Redskins 13-9; Lyon is 0-2 in KRBO and again gives up no sacks. He is not a vital part of their run game, but has only allowed 1 sack in the last 9 games. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City-Starter: Stoddard has another big day exploding for 131 yards on 25 carries, scoring his 8th TD of the Season in the Chiefs 37-12 thrashing of Seattle. D-Stod is fast becoming a workhorse behind a strong KC line. He now sits at 880 yards for the Season for the 9-4 Chiefs. Derek Perry FS New Orleans-Reserve: DNP in 31-28 win over Baltimore. Leland Fletcher WR NY Jets-Injured: Fletch will finish the Season on IR. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets-Injured: Upgraded to doubtful but does not play in the Jets 17-12 loss to Green Bay on the Frozen tundra. Gus Cerny TE NY Jets-Starter: Gus grabs 2 passes for a season high 21 yards in the Jets loss. Makes no impact blocking. Barry Irish CB-Free Agent Barry Wohlman DT-Free Agent Ed Cramer DT-Free Agent Harris Diaz LB-Free Agent Kyle Ballard G-Free Agent Irv Matney S-Free Agent Bryant Bruce S-Free Agent Harvey Geary LB-Free Agent Stoddard carries the flag for the Cougars again with his third 100 game of the Season. Still trails Atlanta’s Sammy Flowers and Miami’s Aaron Curtis for Rushing yards among Rookies, though he is closing the gap. Flowers sits at 999 after 13 games and Curtis has 940 for the Fins. FOF Forum Alma Mater Irvin HS, El Paso, TX (JeeberD) No recruits Montclair HS, Montclair, NJ (weinstein7) KC Tucker P UR/96 Commits to BYU Our first FOFC alumni recruit Monte Vista HS, Spring Valley, CA (tategter) Stan Fields P 674/17 Committed to Florida State Brant Drummond CB 546/41 Committed to San Diego St Gary Roosevelt HS, Gary, IN (rjolley) No recruits Desert Mountain HS, Scottsdale, AZ (blade6119) No recruits |
Just read through the dynasty, great stuff!:)
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Thanks Tucker, glad your enjoying it. I will get Iowa City on the list......Anything to increase our talent pool so we can get an FOFC alumni player to the next level.
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An Orange does not quite smell as good as a Rose
2010 Weeks 15 through 17
No Games scheduled Record Overall 11-0 Mountain West 7-0 Bowl Game Well we get a New Years day game, but it won’t be for the National Title, which is just as well with our Injury situation. Michigan and UCLA will meet for all the marbles and it should be a good game with UCLA led by one time BYU recruit/defector Grady Orton, currently sidelined with a calf injury but he should be back for the game. We draw a tough Florida team who came in at 9-2 with Losses to Bama and Auburn. They are led by true Freshman sensation Bucky Treftz, who ran for 1571 yards and 10 scores. QB Phil Garrett is quietly efficient, compiling passing stats of 139-224-1983 16 TD 5 INT. His favorite target is Eugene Bradford who averaged 18.6 yards on 41 catches. The Gator Defense is absolutely stifling against the run, giving up just 1.85 yards a carry and 56.4 yards per game!! Post will have to be sharp if we have any chance in this one, though they only allowed 196 YPG through the Air. Hopefully our D continues to play lights out as this one will come down to the team that wins field position and makes the fewest mistakes. Statistically our Defense was even better, though not against the same caliber of competition. Injuries Bennie Rayburn QB Out-Shoulder Surgery Wally Jennings RB Out-Torn Achilles Tendon Mo Mikeska DE Out-Severe Hamstring pull Donnie Newsome DE Out-Dislocated Knee Darrin Shields LB Out-Dislocated Elbow Lenny Finley will be back to give Post another target and there is still a small chance Shields may play…..Bottom line is we will miss all these guys come New Years day. Recruiting Visits None Commits None Our class is complete and we will review this in the post Season report Mountain West Scoreboard Week 15-16 No games played Mountain West Standings
2010 Bowl Games
We land in the Orange Bowl and it is still a nice payoff for us and the MWC, which sends 4 teams overall, including San Diego St in their first post Season appearance of the dynasty. I like Air Force to win and CSU in an upset. I don’t like the Aztecs chances at all and would feel better about ours if we were healthier….Florida by the will be without their starting TE Tyrus Yeast (nice name) 15-196 1 TD and Starting FB William Hatcher 33-90. QB Phil Garret was also hurt in their last game, but he will be back for us. Go MWC!! BYU Alumni in the NFL Dwight Gatlin QB Arizona-Reserve: Week 15 49ers 28 Cardinals 13-DNP Week 16 Chargers 17 Cardinals 7-DNP Week17 Seahawks 31 Cardinals 30-DNP Gatlin ends the Season on the Bench as the Cardinals lose their final 6 games. Does not appear that he has a future in the Desert. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo-Reserve: Week 15 Patriots 17 Bills 13-Has 3 receptions for 52 yards Week 16 Bears 19 Bills 6-Season best 4 catches for 22 yards Week17 Dolphins 24 Bills 20-No Catches Ellis started to get more involved in the Offense as the Season went on and should be a solid 3rd or 4th receiver in this league if he continues to develop. Calvin Shaw RB Denver-Starter: Week 15 Raiders 20 Broncos 17-Shaw carries 22 times for 95 yards with 1 TD Week 16 Seahawks 38 Broncos 13-Has 7 carries for 45 yards in Seahawk rout Week17 Chiefs 20 Broncos 16-Carries 17 times for only 37 yards Ends dismal 4-12 campaign, losing for second time to Stoddard and the Chiefs by a 20-16 count. Denver’s line is horrid and Shaw is not good enough to get it done without a good line. Melvin Flynn C Detroit-Reserve: Week 15 Lions 22 Vikings 3-KRBO 0-1 Week 16 Lions 23 Jets 13-KRBO 1-1 Week17 Lions 42 Bears 21-KRBO 2-4 Flynn gets activated for the final 3 games and plays in all three, playing well. Lions finish strong and will be going to the Post Season. Ed Lyon T Jacksonville-Starter: Week 15 Jaguars 30 Texans 10-KRBO 0-1, 1 sack allowed Week 16 Giants 31 Jaguars 24-KRBO 1-3 Week17 Jaguars 27 Colts 26-KRBO 0-0 Jags finish 6-10 and Lyons plays well as a pass protector, not much of force in the running game. Seems to have found a home with Jacksonville. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City-Starter: Week 15 Chargers 26 Chiefs 20-Carries 28 times for 66 yards Week 16 49ers 28 Chiefs 14-Gains 70 yards on 14 carries with 1 TD Week17 Chiefs 20 Broncos 16-Has 19 carries for 64 yards in besting Shaw’s crew Chiefs limp home but will still make the playoffs as Stoddard surpasses 1000 yards in season ending win against the Broncos, capping off a fine Rookie campaign. Derek Perry FS New Orleans-Reserve: Week 15 Saints 13 Falcons 12-DNP Week 16 Saints 24 Bengals 7-DNP Week17 Saints 27 Buccaneers 17-DNP Sees little action down the stretch, but he will draw a Post Season check as the Saints finish strong winning 5 of last 6. Leland Fletcher WR NY Jets-Injured: Week 15-IR Week 16-IR Week17-IR Disappointing end for Fletcher who was starting to look comfortable in the Jets offense. His injury is serious and could have long standing effects. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets-Starter: Week 15 Jets 20 Dolphins 18-Has 1 catch for 5 yards in return from injury Week 16 Lions 23 Jets 13-Gains 9 yards on 2 receptions Week17 Patriots 31 Jets 24-Has best day as pro with 4 grabs for 73 yards Joseph returns from injury to play well the final 2 games, needs to work on speed in the off Season to become a truly effective weapon. Gus Cerny TE NY Jets-Reserve: Week 15-has 2 receptions for 31 yards against the Dolphins Week 16-No receptions, plays sparingly against Detroit Week17-Starts as Jets come out in 2 TE set, has no opportunities for a catch though Not a bad Season for an un-drafted free agent, he will work hard to stick on the roster in the off Season. Barry Irish CB-Free Agent Barry Wohlman DT-Free Agent Ed Cramer DT-Free Agent Harris Diaz LB-Free Agent Kyle Ballard G-Free Agent Irv Matney S-Free Agent Bryant Bruce S-Free Agent Harvey Geary LB-Free Agent Stoddard was the star of this Season though Shaw could do better with a line and Joseph figures to be a serviceable TE, if he can get over the injury bug. Fletcher is facing a huge obstacle with his injury….a lot of uncertainty as we had to the playoffs for some of our former Cougs. One thing that probably is certain though. The dream is most likely over for the 8 free agents listed above. Best of luck as you move on fella’s. Stoddard, Lyon and Perry will all see action in the playoffs. FOF Forum Alma Mater Irvin HS, El Paso, TX (JeeberD) No recruits for 2010 Montclair HS, Montclair, NJ (weinstein7) KC Tucker P UR/96 Commits to BYU Our first FOFC alumni recruit Monte Vista HS, Spring Valley, CA (tategter) Stan Fields P 674/17 Committed to Florida State Brant Drummond CB 546/41 Committed to San Diego St Gary Roosevelt HS, Gary, IN (rjolley) No recruits for 2010 Desert Mountain HS, Scottsdale, AZ (blade6119) No recruits for 2010 Iowa City HS, Iowa City, IA (Tucker342) New for 2011 Season William H Harrison HS, Evansville, IN (Chas in Cinti) New for 2011 Season Now up to 7 FOFC Alumni for next year….. |
Gator bait, Cougars shut down in Orange Bowl
2010 Post Season
Orange Bowl Florida 23 BYU 13 Record Overall 11-1 Mountain West 7-0 Leaders Passing Paul Post 16-39-287 1 TD 1 Int Rushing Julio Fredrickson 21-24 Paul Post 7-6 Receiving Andy Schroder 9-222 1 TD Pete Rose 2-22 Julio Fredrickson 2-3 Defense Wade Such DT 10 tackles 3 assists ½ sack Roderick Jamison LB 10 tackles 3 assists Herb Wong LB 6 tackles 2 assists Ed Cochran CB 5 tackles Recap As I thought going in the game was decided by special teams and turnovers, as both teams played outstanding Defense. Florida absolutely stymied Julio Fredrickson and we were equal to the task limiting the sensational Bucky Treftz to 58 yards on 30 carries. In fact the Gators offense were unable to put the ball in the end zone, unfortunately an 86 yard punt return by Eugene Bradford and a 29 yard scamper with a recovered fumble by Martin Schokora gave Florida all they needed on this day. The lone bright spot for the Cougars was Andy “The Threat” Schroder, who carried the BYU offense on his back, lighting up the Florida secondary and earning game MVP honors. We turned the ball over 3 times to Florida’s 1, which negated a 326 to 203 advantage in total yards. At one point our Defense forced Florida to punt on 7 straight possessions, 5 of which were 3 and out. It was a heartbreaking way to end the Season and I can’t help but think things would have been different if Rayburn had played. Injuries Wally Jennings RB-Out Torn Achilles Tendon Mo Mikesha DE-Out Severe Hamstring pull Donnie Newsome DE-Out Dislocated Knee Bennie Rayburn QB-Out Shoulder surgery Shields could have played, but with our Defense playing well, we did not want to risk another injury prior to the combines. Rayburn and Newsome will be ready for the combine and subsequent pre draft workouts, while Jennings and Mikesha will both be fine for spring ball. Recruiting Rivals.com ranks our class 12th in the Nation, as land several blue chip prospects. Surprisingly we are only 2nd in the MWC as Air Force lands the 2nd ranked class in the entire country behind Penn State. The Falcons could be a force when this group matures. The Jewels of this class are Diamond Dave Yarborough, Bo Bennett and Martin Autry.
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The MWC finishes 1-3 in the Bowls and Air Force beats Purdue for the second year in row to salvage some “pride” for the conference. Despite going 7-4 Jeeber’s UTEP Miners are uninvited as a late Season upset loss to Toledo does them in. San Diego State as expected was hammered. CSU’s effort was a big disappointment and of course nothing more needs to be said about the Cougars. Michigan takes their second National Championship in a row and they will be in the hunt next year returning their entire backfield and 3/5 of the Line, though they must replace their 2 leading receivers. BYU Alumni in the NFL Dwight Gatlin QB Arizona-Reserve: Final Stats: 3 for 8 20 yards 0 TD 2 INT Gatlin appears in 3 games, completing 37.5% of his passes. Signed through 2011, it does not appear that Gatlin will ever be considered as a potential starter here. Will compete with Wally Glen and Dean Alworth for the backup job behind Graham Rivers, who finished 184-337-1677 8 TD 20 INT. It tells you how dire the Cards QB situation is, when Rivers starts with that TD/INT ratio. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo-Reserve: Final Stats: 10 Receptions 275 yards 15.2 Avg 1 TD A nice enough rookie campaign. It appears Hitchcock will make a nice 3rd or 4th receiver and could develop into a consistent player. Signed through 2012 he is a good leader and will survive on his knowledge of the game. Calvin Shaw RB Denver-Starter: Final Stats: 234 carries 768 yards 3.28 YPC 3 TD, 13 receptions 46 yards 3.5 YPC 1 TD Shaw fell into a great situation with the salary cap strapped Broncos. They can not afford to upgrade without some maneuvering, which has allowed Shaw to establish himself as starter. The problem is this same issue means Shaw runs behind a patchwork line. He is a powerful inside runner, but is not the type of back that can create his own holes. Signed through 2012, Shaw has proven to be very durable, which is a valuable asset behind the Broncos horrid line. Melvin Flynn C Detroit-Reserve: Final Stats: 3 for 8 KRBO (37.5%), allowed 1 sack (1.8%) Appeared in 8 games for the 11-5 Lions, who made the playoffs and lost 23-20 to the Saints in the Wildcard round. Flynn, signed through 2012, could find himself in the mix if Detroit does not re-sign starter Seth McKinney in the offseason. Ed Lyon T Jacksonville-Starter: Final Stats: 8 for 21 KRBO (38%), allowed 4 sacks (1.2%) Lyon started the final 8 games for the Jags (10 overall) and performed well enough. A strong pass protector, Lyon is a free agent and should end up somewhere as a competent back up if Jacksonville does not resign him. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City-Starter: Final Stats: 256 carries 1080 yards 4.21 YPC 9 TD, 5 receptions 33 yards 6.6 YPC 1 TD What can you say about D-Stod, the pride of our dynasty thus far. Had an outstanding Rookie season helping the Chiefs all the way to the Super Bowl where they lost to Washington 24-19. Outstanding breakaway speed and quick to the hole, Stoddard will be a star in this league for sometime to come. Finished third for ROTY, in a close race behind winner Aaron Curtis of Miami. Really cranked it up in the post Season running for 169 yards against Miami and 134 against Indianapolis. Signed through 2013 and the Chiefs will undoubtedly try to keep around for a long while. Derek Perry FS New Orleans-Reserve: Final Stats: 2 tackles 2 assists, allowed 1 catch. Played limited time on all 16 games, mostly on special teams and enjoyed an extended Season as the Saints lost in the 2nd round of the Playoffs to Washington 31-13 . Signed only through 2010, Perry will probably not be brought back and will hope to hook up with someone in the off Season. Leland Fletcher WR NY Jets-Injured: Final Stats: 11 receptions 147 yards 13.3 YPC 2 TD. A somewhat disappointing rookie Season, ended by a shredded Quad in game 13. Fletcher faces a tough off Season of rehab and will be hard pressed to get back at full strength by training camp. Signed through 2013, if he recovers Fletch could become a contributor. Injury does put his future in doubt at this time however. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets-Starter: Final Stats: 18 receptions 224 yards 12.4 YPC A huge TE at 284 lbs, Joseph is like an extra Tackle out on the field. If he can improve his speed and overcome the injury bug, Joseph could become a top flight TE. Signed through 2012, Joseph is a clutch third down receiver and will look to help the 9-7 Jets get over the hump and back to the post Season next year. Gus Cerny TE NY Jets-Reserve: Final Stats: 10 receptions 84 yards 8.4 YPC 2 TD Gus is in a familiar spot backing up Joseph. The only consolation is the fact that Josephs durability almost insures he will start several games a year. A free agent, Cerny would do well to resign with the Jets where he did perform adequately when needed. Barry Irish CB-Free Agent Barry Wohlman DT-Free Agent Ed Cramer DT-Free Agent Harris Diaz LB-Free Agent Kyle Ballard G-Free Agent Irv Matney S-Free Agent Bryant Bruce S-Free Agent Harvey Geary LB-Free Agent FOF Forum Alma Mater Irvin HS, El Paso, TX (JeeberD) No recruits for 2010 Montclair HS, Montclair, NJ (weinstein7) KC Tucker P UR/96 Commits to BYU Our first FOFC alumni recruit Monte Vista HS, Spring Valley, CA (tategter) Stan Fields P 674/17 Committed to Florida State Brant Drummond CB 546/41 Committed to San Diego St Gary Roosevelt HS, Gary, IN (rjolley) No recruits for 2010 Desert Mountain HS, Scottsdale, AZ (blade6119) No recruits for 2010 Iowa City HS, Iowa City, IA (Tucker342) New for 2011 Season William H Harrison HS, Evansville, IN (Chas in Cinti) New for 2011 Season Now up to 7 FOFC Alumni for next year….. |
Tough luck in the Orange Bowl there. Next season is a new one and hopefully the team will come out fighting once again with the new players coming to bolster the roster.
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Just finished reading through this dynasty BYU, good stuff. Any plans to start it up again at some point?
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Thanks Peregrine,
I have thought about it and actually may....I had originally planned to start a new one with BBCF, but as much as I really think about the game, it just hasn't grabbed me like TCY did, so when I am ready to cut back on playing Oblivion in my free time, I will probably resume this dynasty. |
You've inspired me to start a similiar dynasty, BYU. :)
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I know the feeling BYU, BBCF has better graphics and so much of a better overall look, but for some reason it seems kind of flat to me so I end up coming back to TCY. But I've also been playing Oblivion, great game.
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I am feeling a little nostalgic, so I am bringing this back. I always crave TCY from time to time while I wait for version 2 *cough* You there Jim? *cough*
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2011 - The quest resumes
2011 BYU Preseason Report
Preseason Rank: 11th Mountain West Rank: 1st Roster/Depth Chart Code:
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Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate Jennings has a firm grip on the job entering the preseason and brings back 653 yards, despite only starting 6 games due to injury. Lane still has huge upside and will still contribute. The best of a solid squad of backups is Squires, though he is the rawest of the bunch as redshirt freshmen. With our QB not lighting the world on fire through camp and the youth in the receiving corps, Jennings will see an increased workload. Code:
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Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate Gilbert Meyer ran away with the job and leads a capable group. We always seem to have good TE’s and the future is bright with Bo Bennett learning the ropes as a redshirt this season. He was the #2 TE in the nation last year and is Meyers heir apparent. Code:
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate Schroder is gone and will be a huge loss as he starts his NFL career as a first round draft pick. Finley was a part time starter last year, but had injury issues and his durability is a question mark. After him we are real young. Look for true freshman Martin Autry to get plenty of time, along with fellow youngsters Malone and Battistone. These guys need to mature quickly or teams will start loading the box on us. Code:
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Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate Set here at place kicker at least as Gurley returns following a great junior season that saw him named to the all MWC 1st team as kicker. Punter is another issue. Tucker is not really D1 material and we will look for another punter through recruiting. If he is subpar we could give a lot of short field opportunities to people. Code:
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate Donnie Newsome has taken his game to the next level, but Jackie Trippi is a returning all MWC 1st team performer, with 36 career sacks (20 last year) He should break Newsome’s MWC record if all goes well. Mikesha and Ballard will be the other two starters and both have some starting experience under their belts filling in due to injuries. Mikesha started 4 games last year and Ballard started 6 as a freshman. This group should be good and give out Linebackers plenty of opportunities to make plays. Code:
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate We lost 2 starters, but will still be real good here, led by hard hitting Benjamin Arreola and all MWC 1st selection Pete Winslett on the outside. Arreola has started every game since coming to BYU and is a rugged performer who will team well with Sr Andrew Reynolds. Winslett is valued for his pass coverage skills and is able to effectively neutralize most TE’s he faces. The pipeline is stocked here, especially inside with super stud Diamond Dave Yarborough in the wings. He was the top ranked player in the country last year and we are lucky not only to have him, but to be able to redshirt him this season. He will be a four year starter. Code:
Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate The strength of what will be a very good defense this Season returns all 4 starters, 3 of whom will return next season as well! Jerome Noisy has started since he was a true freshman and has 11 career picks, 3 of which have gone house. Soph Kendall Malano may end up being even better when it is all said and done, as he is a ferocious hitter in run support and solid in both man and zone coverage. Timlin at FS has 2 seasons left and will likely play on Sundays when he leaves BYU. Players to watch Benjamin Arreola ILB Korey Webb OT Pete Winslett OLB Wally Jennings RB Jackie Trippi DE Jerome Noisy CB Top Newcomers Martin Autry WR We have several here, but only Autry is needed to make an immediate impact. 2011 Schedule Code:
Team Rank: 11At this point anything less than a top 15 finish and a MWC title would be considered a failure. Air force again should be our top competition as their highly ranked recruiting class should make an immediate impact. Utah should rebound as they return some weapons, but depth is lacking from the hated school up north. I don't think our offense is strong enough to make another big run at the BCS, but we should remain a cusp top 10 team all season with our Defense. A couple of good test early against Air Force and Memphis will tell us more. We also have Notre Dame, in what has become a very good rivalry. BYU Alumni Pre Season report Dwight Gatlin QB Arizona (3) -The Cards have 6 QB’s on the preseason roster, including the top FA from the offseason Eli Manning. His days in Arizona are likely numbered as he is currently on the practice squad. Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® - Undrafted FA, assigned to the Cardinals practice squad, probably not going to stick Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Once again begins the year on the practice Squad, though he was activated and hauled in 18 balls last season. Mack Linquist P Dallas ® - Taken as a 3rd round pick, he will be the Cowboys starting punter, very strong leg. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Lost his job as starter to 4 overall pick Bo Chavous of Nebraska. Still a punishing inside runner, his 3.26 career YPG are not feature back stuff. Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® - In a huge surprise 4th round pick Jamison has won the starting job at Mike for the Broncos. Great pass rusher and above average upside. Could turn into a real steal for Denver. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) -Will continue to back up veteran Richie May. Was thought to be the Center of the future, but May has been extended through 2014. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® - A truly sad story, the MWC all-time sack leader was plagued by injuries his senior year and despite being a 2nd round pick, finds himself on the practice squad as the Lions brass are not impressed with his physicality. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® - An undrafted FA, Such is penciled in to start at LDT for the pack. This speaks more to the Packers problems at the DT spot (all three players on the active roster are undrafted FA’s) then it does for anything Such has done. The pack will struggle to stop the run this year. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) - He will carry the load as KC’s starter after a 1000 yard rookie campaign, look for him to develop into one of the better backs in the AFC if he stays healthy. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® - Made the squad as a back up after being picked in the 6th round. Good upside, but will need time. Pete Rose FL Miami ® - 5th rd pick, not very tough across the middle, which lands him on the practice squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - The Pats 1st round pick (13 overall) will step right into the starting lineup with his 4.4 speed and big play ability. “The Threat” is the best prospect of this draft form BYU. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Still stuck behind Santana Moss and Sean Thornton, Fletch begins the season inactive due to a torn Quad. Could be out up to 11 weeks. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Will back up big FA signing Jeremy Shockey from the Giants, a move which also spelled doom for Gus Cerny, who was released. Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® - Brought in as an undrafted FA, Fredrickson rushed for over 600 yds last year for the Cougars and should see time on special teams. Baxter Ellis C Oakland ® - 7th round pick of the Raiders, made the squad and the Jets love his potential (89) as a run blocker. Begins the year as a back up. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Geary after a decent rookie season was cut by Arizona after only 7 games last year. He and Harris Diaz, who has not played since 2009 look to be done, while Perry may hook up as a special teams player somewhere. Of the Rookies it appears none have what it takes to play in the NFL. Rayburn was fine in 2010 for us when at 100%, but is regarded as a system QB lacking the tools an NFL QB needs. |
Glad you started this up again. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
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Week 1 - Extra practice
2011 Week 1
Bye Week Record Overall 0-0 Mountain West 0-0 Leaders Passing N/A Rushing N/A Receiving N/A Defense N/A Recap N/A Injuries None Recruiting Visits None Commits None Make mostly phone calls this week, contacting the #2 QB in the country in Darrin Canty, he expresses concern about distance. I also contact 2 very good backs from California in Jerald Kong and Gino Blake. Kong has also been contacted by USC and UCLA, so he will be tough to pull. The best Utah recruit is T Glen Lee #2 Tackle and #46 overall. Hopefully we convince him to stay home. Mountain West Scoreboard Michigan 51 - Air force 3 Wyoming 24 Illinois 17 Washington 44 New Mexico 10 Colorado St 24 San Jose St 10 Rough times for the Falcons, maybe they are not top 25 material after all. The Lobos got what could be expected and CSU won a game it should have. The Cowboys win is impressive, even though it comes against a mid tier Big 10 team. Wyoming has been a fairly consistent 5-7 team over the last few years for the most part and are usually tough. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Next weeks Schedule Memphis at BYU Wyoming at Texas UNLV at Kentucky New Mexico at Northern Illinois San Diego St at Columbia Hawaii at Air Force We have more talent than Memphis as their best player is their FB, who I can not see beating us. Their QB Jr Artie Alexander threw for 1686 yards last year, but was picked off 22 times and only threw 6 TDs. That does not bode well for them against our experienced secondary. Wyoming has balls, going to Texas for game 2, if they win this one they will be a force this year. SDSU continues a MWC tradition of playing cupcake Ivy League teams early. BYU Alumni in the NFL Dwight Gatlin QB Arizona (3) – His career may be over as he was released by the Cardinals before the last pre-season game Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® - Gets 13 plays in a 38 – 32 loss to San Francisco, no statistics of note. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Ellis is activated in time for the opener against New England and has 1 catch for 16 yards. The Bills rout the Patriots 35 – 13. Mack Linquist P Dallas ® - Makes a solid debut for “America’s team” punting 5 times for a 41.4 avg with a long of 49 and one kick downed inside the 20. Cowboys lose 23 – 17 to Philly. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – The Broncos fall to Oakland 16 – 7 and Calvin is limited to 8 yards on 4 carries. Rookie Bo Chavous, who supplanted him as starter has a mediocre NFL debut with 14 carries for 46 yards. Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® - Decent game for the Rookie in the loss as he garners 5 tackles, 2 assists and 1 pass defensed. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – Plays on special teams on a 30 – 24 loss to the Vikings, no stats. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® - Donnie is activated and gets 6 plays against Minnesota with no stats. I am hoping he can stick; he was one of my favs at BYU. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® - One surprise is that the Packers won with their weak D-Line, 26 – 23 over Chicago. Even bigger is Wade’s stat line. 8 tackles and .5 sack, great game for someone who has no business on an NFL roster. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – The Chiefs get the W 27 – 24 over the Chargers, but D-Stod is bottled up fairly well with only 57 yards on 19 carries and 1 catch for 3 yards. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® - Shields gets 2 tackles and forces a fumble in very limited duty, not bad for 8 plays. Dolphins lose to the Jets 31 – 28. Pete Rose FL Miami ® - Remains on the practice squad, did not play. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - Logs 3 catches for 24 yards in the 35 – 13 pasting suffered at the hands of Buffalo. The yards will come a little tougher in the NFL for “The Threat” Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Ends up being probable with his Quad injury and gets in on a few plays, no catches in the 31 – 28 win over Miami. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Not surprisingly is barely on the field backing up Shockey, mostly in on run plays, no stats. Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® - Julio sees time in the backfield carrying the ball 11 times for 23 yards. Baxter Ellis C Oakland ® - Sees limited action in the 16 – 7 win over Denver. Does not accumulate any stats. Of all players, I have to give this weeks Game Ball to Green Bay DT Wade Such, who had a surprisingly impressive debut. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) All the guys are still working out and hoping as they welcome Gatlin to the club. Note - After restarting this I wonder why I ever stopped doing it. I was probably more immersed in this diary than any I have done - Good to see all these old names again. |
Week 2 - And a youngster shall lead us
2011 Week 2
BYU 42 Memphis 6 Record Overall 1-0 Mountain West 0-0 Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 16-26-199 2 TD, 1 Int Rushing Wally Jennings 15-154 1 TD Donny Ellard 8-34 1 TD Receiving Lenny Finley 6-88 1 TD Wally Jennings 3-15 1 TD Gilbert Meyer 3-30 Defense Shaun Sweeny SS 8 tackles, 1 assist Jesse Gomez OLB 6 tackles, 1 sack Andrew Reynolds ILB 4 tackles, 1 sack Kendal Timlin FS 4 tackles, 1 Int returned for TD Recap A sellout crowd of 65,000 packs LES to cheer us on to a decisive opening victory. As expected our Defense sets the tone, limiting Memphis’ talented RB Skip Fantozzi to 36 yards on 17 carries. We also sack Artie Alexander 5 times, which offsets his 13-18 passing performance. All in all we limit them to 166 total yards and an average of 2.9 per play. I decide last minute to start the Sophomore Donny Ellard as Paul Post has just not worked hard enough in my opinion. Ellard is solid and adds a dimension Post does not as a decent runner. The true star of the game of course is Jennings, who averages over 10 yards a carry, including 2 runs of over 40 yards. Injuries None – Always great news!! Recruiting Visits Cris Young WR Kanab, UT - Overall 528, Position 44 Floyd Whitcomb CB Salt Lake City, UT - Overall 726, Position 51 Mitchell Beam S Monument Vally, UT - Overall 826, Position 55 Commits None We get 3 local recruits tripping, all solid players, but not superstars. The secondary players in particular will add needed depth and I think we should land all 3 of these players. Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 42 Memphis 6 Texas 37 Wyoming 6 Kentucky 31 UNLV 6 Air Force 54 Hawaii 7 Northern Illinois 49 New Mexico 3 San Diego St 63 Columbia 28 Wyoming comes crashing back to earth at the hands of the Longhorns and UNLV is stymied by Kentucky. Air Force obviously had a chip on their shoulder after the opening game debacle against Michigan and Hawaii pays dearly. The biggest embarrassment for the week goes once again to the Lobos who are obliterated by the Huskies. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak UNLV at Iowa Boston College at Wyoming South Carolina at Air Force Colorado St at Hawaii New Mexico at Yale San Diego St at Northern Illinois (TV3) Brown at Utah Some interesting matchups this week. Give Wyoming and Air Force credit, they are taking on BCS teams while Utah opens with Ivy league patsy Brown and New Mexico looks to get off the snide at Yale, a game they could lose. The Aztecs go to Northern Illinois to see if they can fair better than the Lobos did last week. We have a Bye, so I will be hitting the recruiting trail. BYU Alumni in the NFL Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® - Gets only 4 plays in a 25-19 loss to Baltimore, no statistics. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Records 3 catches off the bench against the Eagles for 46 yards and a touchdown. Bills move to 2-0 with a 26-15 win. Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – Cowboys beat Miami 20-13, Linquist punts 7 times for a 43.4 average with a long of 55. For the season he now has 6 inside the 20, great weapon. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – A dismal day in a 21-16 loss to the Bears as Shaw has 7 carries for 8 yards and 1 catch for 4 yards. Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Roderick starts and is again decent with 4 tackles and 3 assists in the loss to Chicago. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – Did not play as Detroit beats Oakland 23-17 Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Donnie gets in for a few plays in the win over the Raiders and blocks a pass. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Starts and gets 2 tackles, 1 assist and a sack as the Packers fall to KC 19-13. Wade could turn into the story of the year. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – Stoddard picks it up gaining 75 yards on 15 carries in the 19-13 win over Such’s Packers. He also pulls in 1 reception for 7 yards. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Did not play in the 20-13 loss to Dallas. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - “The Threat” picks it up in week 2 pulling in 5 receptions for 52 yards as the Patriots beat Washington 24-13. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Limited PT sees Leland garner 1 catch for 6 yards as the Jets beat the Giants 27-21. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Joseph makes the most of his playing time with 2 catches for 25 yards in the win over the Giants. Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – The Jets are giving Julio some time behind DeShaun Foster as he carries 12 times for 39 yards this week against the G-Men. Baxter Ellis C Oakland ® – Again no stats in a handful of plays in the Raiders 23-17 los to the Lions. Close in my mind between Stoddard and Schroder, but in the end I have to go with Stoddard for my weekly game ball. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Phone is not a ringing |
Northern Illinois is the Huskies, btw. :)
Salukis is Southern Illinois. Fantastic to see this back and I'm once again getting that urge... only with a different school than Wyoming this time. :D |
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Week 3 - Another bye
2011 Week 3
Bye Record Overall 1-0 Mountain West 0-0 Leaders Passing N/A Rushing N/A Receiving N/A Defense N/A Recap N/A. Injuries None Recruiting Visits Brock Russell CB Pearl City, HI – Overall 7, position 1 Carlton Sanford DE Stockton, CA – Overall 33, Position 7 Glen Lee T Beaver, UT – Overall 46, Position 2 Earnest Boyd S Las Vegas, NV – Overall 140, Position 7 Timothy Dela Cruz OLB Visalia, CA – Overall 211, Position 11 Rod Downs OLB Page, AZ – Overall 229, Position 13 Grant Norton TE San Diego, CA – Overall 470, Position 11 Commits None Some big recruits in for this early in the Season, including the nations #1 CB and Utah’s top player. Lee would be a huge get as we need a future stud at OT and we should have an advantage with him being a homegrown player and Utah down right now. He is getting a ton of attention however, with offers from Air Force, Miami, Nebraska, USC and Texas. His only other visit scheduled right now is to Texas. Brock has offers from Michigan, South Florida and Washington St, but we are the only school he is tripping right now. He could step in and start as a true freshman next year. Mountain West Scoreboard Iowa 21 UNLV 14 Wyoming 44 Boston College 38 Air Force 38 South Carolina 14 Hawaii 35 Colorado St 10 New Mexico 45 Yale 42 Northern Illinois 42 San Diego St 39 Brown 10 Utah 7 How inept is Utah’s offense going to be this year losing 10-7 to Brown!! New Mexico wins, but giving up 42 to Yale is nothing to get happy about. Wyoming and Air Force show they are going to be competitive, with each recording big wins over BCS teams, while UNLV at least acquitted themselves well. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Utah at Minnesota Colorado at Colorado St Kansas at Wyoming San Diego St at Arizona St UTEP at BYU (TV4) If Utah struggled against Brown, they could be in big trouble against Minnesota who is averaging 36 points a game led by Brock Van Pelt and his 5.63 YPC average. The Gophers D is not exactly stellar though giving up 29.5 PPG, so the Utes may be able to hang with them. We face UTEP who is still running Irving Monroe’s old school T formation attack. They are led by 3rd year starter BJ Coles at one HB spot, who has run for 234 yards in 2 games averaging 7.0 per carry. Junior QB Irv Charneski is a duel threat passing for over 1700 yards and running for over 400 in each of his first 2 years at the helm. They also have 5 takeaways in 2 games and will be aggressive on Defense. BYU Alumni in the NFL Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – The Cards get their first win, 24-13 over Carolina but Longmate does not play. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Gets a bit more PT as the Bills fall to Cincinnati 45-42 for their first loss of the season. Ellis has 4 catches for 54 yards. For the season he has caught 9 of 10 balls thrown his way. Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – Dallas is beat down by Detroit 35-3 and Mack has his worst day of the season averaging only 36.6 on 6 punts. He has put 8 of 18 punts inside the 20 for the year though. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Another Denver loss (0-3) this time to the Jaguars as Shaw runs for 16 yards on 5 carries in relief of Chavous. Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Starts and has a good day against the Jags despite the loss, recording 7 tackles and 1 assist. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – Flynn sees some PT in the Lions 35-3 romp over Dallas and goes 0 for 1 in KRB (key run blocks) Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Newsome also sees more action and records his first 2 tackles of the Season in the win over the Cowboys. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – The Cinderella man starts and gets 2 tackles and 1 assist as the Packers lose their 2nd in a row to San Francisco 30-24. Through 3 games Wade has 12 tackles, 2 assists and 1.5 sacks. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – D Stod busts out in style as he scores 2 TD’s and goes for 124 yards on only 11 carries, as the Chiefs beat the Steelers 24-16 to move to 3-0. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Dolphins fall to Indy 37-28 and Shields records 1 tackle in limited action. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - 2 catches for 21 yards for Schroder as New England is stymied by Tennessee 23-6. There are calls for a change at QB as Donovan McNabb is showing the effects of age. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Does not play as the Jets edge Cleveland 17-9 to also move to 3-0. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Not much time for Joseph either as he records no stats in the win. Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – In keeping with the pattern, Fredrickson also sees his lowest amount of PT thus far, gaining 7 yards on just 2 carries and chipping in his first catch of the season for 16 yards. Baxter Ellis C Oakland ® – Baxter gets some mop up duty as the Raiders fall to Houston 30-11. He is 1 for 1 in KRB, but also allows a sack. Easy decision for the game ball this week as Stoddard turned in far and away the best performance of our alumni. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Not going anywhere for a while? |
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Week 4 - Return to Wally World
2011 Week 4
BYU 33 Utep 17 Record Overall 2-0 Mountain West 0-0 Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 16-24-379 3 TD Rushing Wally Jennings 27-198 1 TD Donny Ellard 5-8 Receiving Wally Jennings 5-37 Lenny Finley 4-173 1 TD Xavier Malone 3-128 2 TD Defense Jesse Gomez OLB 9 tackles, 3 assists Shaun Sweeney SS 6 tackles, 2 assists, 1 Int Benjamin Arreola ILB 5 tackles, 5 assists Andrew Reynolds ILB 5 tackles, 3 assists Recap We were certainly not consistent as UTEP’s high pressure defense gave us fits at times, but is also left the door open for big plays and we made plenty of them! Starting on the second play of the opening drive when Wally Jennings went 76 yards for a score the hits kept coming. An 82 yard TD pass from Ellard to Malone early in the 2nd quarter. A 94 yard strike from Ellard to Finley in the 3rd quarter. Finally, a 33 yard pitch and catch, Ellard to Malone to finish the scoring. UTEP added a 97 yd kickoff return for six by Dexter Diefendorf and actually cut our lead to 26-17 early in the 4th quarter before Malone’s last TD iced it. Defensively we did a great job limiting the Miners vaunted rushing game to 94 yards on 39 carries and harassed Irv Charneski into a horrid 13-32 performance throwing the ball. Injuries Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Out up to 8 weeks This is devastating. Though Cedric Wiles played well in Trippis place recording 2 sacks, he is just not Trippi. This is not only damaging to our front 7, but it also means Trippi will not break former Teammate Donnie Newsome’s all-time MWC sack record. Jerome Noisy suffered a broken hand against UTEP, but he is probable and should not miss any time. Recruiting Visits Spencer Reuter P Stockton, CA – Overall135, Position 3 Gino Fuller WR San Jose, CA – Overall 137, Position 9 Commits None Two kids in this week and we could use them both, especially Reuter as our punting has been atrocious with KC Tucker averaging a paltry 33.1 yards a kick, with a long of only 41. Fuller would definitely keep our tradition of great receivers going and he is our #1 priority at this position. Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 33 UTEP 17 Utah 38 Minnesota 17 Colorado 35 Colorado St 30 Wyoming 38 Kansas 3 Arizona St 45 San Diego St 14 Could Brown be that good?? I can’t imagine it, but they are 2-0 right now. Minnesota’s defense lived up to their porous billing as they were torched by the Utes. Wyoming definitely has to be recognized for their stellar OOC play as they go 3-1 against the BCS. The Pokes are led by Sr. RB Clyde Hopkins, who has 362 yards through four games and the surprising play of redshirt freshman AJ Cosell at QB who has thrown for 600 yards and 5 TD’s. The QB spot was a real area of concern for Wyoming as they had 2 freshmen, a sophomore and 2 walk-ons competing for the job. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak BYU at Air Force (TV2) San Diego St at Colorado St Wyoming at UNLV Utah at New Mexico Conference play opens up with a huge game between us and Air Force. The winner of this one has the inside track to the MWC Championship, with Wyoming likely to be the only major obstacle remaining for the winner. The Falcons are also led by an electrifying redshirt freshman at QB in Orlando Borrego. He was the #1 ranked QB coming out in 2009 and has thrown for 533 yards and rushed for 136, which leads the team. He has however shown a tendency to force throws and has 7 interceptions on 3 games. We will look to pressure him and force mistakes, but having Trippi on the sideline will make this a bit more difficult. BYU Alumni in the NFL Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – No action for Tom as an inspired Eli Manning leads the Cards to a 42-13 trouncing of his former team the Giants. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Hitchcock has no balls even thrown his way as the Bills fall meekly to the Dolphins 38-6 Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – Bye Week Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Bye Week Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Bye Week Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – Flynn gets in against the Saints and goes 0 for 1 on KRB’s in the Lions 34-21 loss. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Newsome sees limited action against the Saints recording 1 assist. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Such has 2 assists and blocks a pass as Green Bay falls to division rival Minnesota 26-13. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – Stoddard garners his second straight 100 yard game, gaining 101 yards on 13 carries, but it can’t save the Chiefs from their first loss of the year as they fall 13-12 to the Jets. He also catches 1 pass for 17 yards. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Does not play in the Dolphins 38-6 rout of Buffalo. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - Schroder has his best game yet as a pro with 6 receptions for 107 yards and his first NFL TD. He also returns 5 kickoffs for 123 yards as the Pats defeat Oakland 23-19. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Does not play again in the Jets 13-12 win over KC. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Joseph has 2 thrown his way, but comes up empty both times. Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Julio is back in rotation getting 10 carries for 30 yards in the Jets win. Baxter Ellis C Oakland ® – does not play in the 23-19 loss to the Pats. Another close one, but I have to with Schroder this week as he tops 100 yards receiving and scores his first NFL TD. Most importantly his team gets the W as well. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) And they wait….. |
Week 5 - Give it away, give it away, give it away now
2011 Week 5
Air Force 27 BYU 24 Record Overall 2-1 Mountain West 0-1 Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 26-45-389 3 TD, 4 Int Rushing Wally Jennings 8-36 Steven Lane 14-36 Receiving Lenny Finley 8-165 Xavier Malone 5-57 2 TD Gilbert Meyer 4-66 Defense Benjamin Arreola ILB 8 tackles, 5 assists Kendall Timlin FS 4 tackles, 2 assists Jerome Noisy CB 4 tackles, 1 assist Cedric Wiles DE 3 tackles, 2 assists, 1/2 sack Recap Two young Quarterbacks playing in their first big game as the winner would become the clear frontrunner for the MWC Title. Air Forces Orlando Borrego was completely neutralized going 7-20 for only 90 yards and an Int. He did not however, do anything to put the Falcons in peril. Ellard on the other hand was brilliant at times, yet his mistakes proved costly as 2 of his 4 picks were returned for Touchdowns. Coupled with our all-MWC kicker missing 3 of 4 FG attempts and Wally Jennings going down with a broken ankle in the 2nd quarter and we just had too many obstacles to overcome. Our Defense was again stellar giving up only 79 yards rushing and 90 passing and they were the only reason we were not blown out as our offense imploded at critical times. The player of the game was Air Force Linebacker Daniel Stevenson who registered 10 tackles, 3 assists, half a sack and a 64 yard Int return for the Falcons first TD. I have a talk with our OC Adam Clark after the game about abandoning our running game when Jennings went down. I realize the drop off from Jennings to Lane is steep, but with the way our Defense played why gamble? The loss brings a 3 year conference unbeaten streak to an end and puts us in a huge hole in the quest to capture our 4th straight MWC title. Back to our kicker, Gurley is now 3 for 8 on FGs this year after hitting 21 of 26 last year....Kickers are freaking head cases!!! Injuries Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Out up to 10 weeks Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Out up to 7 weeks Our marquee players on both sides of the ball are out for extended periods! While the defense will get it done without Trippi, we desperately need someone to step up and tote a good portion of the load Jennings was carrying. Martin Autry and Jerome Noisy (Bruised Sternum, Broken hand) both probable and T Korey Webb (Hip Pointer) is doubtful. All three are expected back at full strength in 3-4 weeks. Recruiting Visits Gino Blake RB Los Angeles, CA – Overall 29, Position 5 Lewis Medzihradsky CB Cerritos, AC – Overall 34, Position 6 Sammy Sweazy OLB Brooklyn, NY – Overall 59, Position 2 Neal Fisk C Corsicana, TX – Overall 76, Position 7 Arnie McCarthy ILB Berthoud, CO – Overall 93, Position 11 Lorenzo Pritchett S Wiggins, CO – Overall 257, Position 12 Darrell Fennell RB Murray, UT – Overall 272, Position 20 Daryl Godfrey T Ben Lomond, UT – Overall 595, Position 47 Commits Grant Norton TE San Diego, CA – Overall 470, Position 11 A huge week coming up for visits as we have our top RB target as well as another top CB coming in, though if Medzihradsky commits he will need to accept a much easier to pronounce nickname. Fisk would really shore up questions that remain at Center and is talented enough to compete for time next year…He is a priority. Fennell is the best back in Utah and I certainly wouldn’t mind settling for him if we can’t reel Blake in. Our first commit will undoubtedly continue our fine TE tradition. Norton only weighs 228 right now, but can pack another 25-30 pounds on his 6’3” frame no problem. He had 36 catches for 676 yards and 3 scores for his HS. Mountain West Scoreboard Air Force 27 BYU 24 Colorado St 22 San Diego St 21 Wyoming 16 UNLV 14 Utah 38 New Mexico 23 Some exciting games to open conference play with Utah getting the only substantial margin of victory, but it comes at New Mexico’s expense so no reason to break an arm patting yourself on the back big red!! CSU went for 2 to pull out the game of the week against the Aztecs and UNLV gave Wyoming all they could handle. Should be an interesting season in the MWC Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Rutgers at BYU Utah at West Virginia Air Force at Dartmouth Colorado St at Brown New Mexico at New Mexico St Yale at San Diego St Who knew it was Ivy week as even mighty Air Force will venture to the land of turtle necks to play Dartmouth. I am very interested in the CSU Brown game to get a better gage of where Utah stands, or I could just hope the Utes get walloped by West Virginia. Rutgers pays LES a visit and we have had trouble with them in years past. This Season they are 1-3 coming in and will not hurt us running averaging only 75.5 yds a game. Their only win is a 35-7 thrashing of Dartmouth and last week they were throttled by West Virginia 35-10. They are another team with a young QB, starting true freshman Mark Clark, who is hitting 50.9% of his passes and has thrown for 748 yards in 4 games, with 5 TDs and 4 Picks. We should be able to rattle him. Defensively 4 year starter Scott Hanley is a force at ILB with 27 tackles, 10 assists, 4 TFL and an interception. BYU Alumni in the NFL Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – Cardinals beat Dallas 26-7, Longmate chills on the bench drinking Gatorade. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Hitchcock gets back into the action with 3 catches for 54 yards as the Bills move to 3-2 with a 27-24 win over the Broncos. Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – Mack’s performance is a fine reflection on Arizona’s defense as he was forced to punt 9 times for a 42.7 avg in the 26-7 loss. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – As mentioned the Broncos fall to Buffalo 27-24 and Calvin gets 4 carries for 15 yards and 1 reception for another 15. Denver is now 0-4 Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Jamison again has a decent game starting at MLB with 5 tackles and 4 assists, as well as 1 pass defensed in the loss. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – Bye Week Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Bye Week Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Green Bay falls to 1-4 with their 4th straight defeat 17-6 to New Orleans. Wade has 2 tackles in the loss. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – The Raiders slow Stoddard down, holding him to 61 yards on 16 carries, but the Chiefs win 17-10 to move to 4-1. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Shields collect 1 assist in a 34-17 waxing of the Chargers as the Fins win their 2nd straight after dropping their first 3. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - Schroder is really getting his sea legs as he explodes for another 100 yard day, with 120 yards on 5 catches and a 36 yard TD reception. The Dolphins fall behind 27-0 to the Jets before a furious 4th quarter rally sees them come up just short in a 27-21 loss. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Fletcher has 2 catches for 17 yards and gets on the score sheet in the 27-21 win over the Pats with 14 yd TD reception from Chad Pennington. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Geoff has 1 catch but drags Patriot defenders with him for 30 yards in the win Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Julio again gets a good number of reps gaining 32 yards on 8 carries as the Jets display a balanced attack. Baxter Ellis C Oakland ® – Ellis gets 13 plays in the 17-10 loss to D-Stods Chiefs, but records no stats Have to give “The Threat” his second straight game ball after another fine performance. Through 5 games Schroder leads the Patriots in receptions (21) yards (324) longest reception (63) and is second in yards per catch (15.4). so far Andy is definitely living up to the expectations of a first round draft choice. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Not looking good at this point |
Week 6 - Back on the good side
2011 Week 6
BYU 41 Rutgers 3 Record Overall 3-1 Mountain West 0-1 Rank: 17 (Despite beating us Air Force is ranked 22) Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 18-29-259 5 TD, 1 Int Rushing Steven Lane 29-133 Leon Squires 10-17 Receiving Xavier Malone 5-98 3 TD Lenny Finley 4-45 1 TD Gilbert Meyer 3-54 1 TD Defense Carlton Lincoln DE 5 tackles, 1 assist, 2 Sacks Cedric Wiles DE 3 tackles, 2 Sacks Shaun Sweeney SS 3 tackles, 1 assist Kendall Timlin FS 3 tackles, 1 assist Recap We control the game throughout, but only lead 7-0 at the half on an 11 yard pass from Ellard to Finley in the 1st quarter. In the second half we go off however as the running game gets going and opens things up for Ellard, who finds the TD machine Xavier Malone 3 times for scores. All this kid does is catch touchdown passes as 7 of his 15 receptions have gone house. He averages an even 20 yards a catch. On the Defensive side Lincoln and Wiles crank it up with 2 sacks apiece as we keep Clark on the run all day and hold yet another QB to a sub 50% performance (10-26) The Scarlet Knights rack up -9 net yards rushing, despite the absence of any big numbers from our linebacking corp. Of course the fact that they ran only 44 plays compared to 82 for us could have something to do with that as well. The time of a possession was a staggering 39:27 to 20:33 in our favor. Injuries Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Out up to 9 weeks Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Out up to 6 weeks Our marquee players on both sides of the ball are out for extended periods! While the defense will get it done without Trippi, we desperately need someone to step up and tote a good portion of the load Jennings was carrying. Martin Autry and Jerome Noisy (Bruised Sternum, Broken hand) both probable and T Korey Webb (Hip Pointer) is doubtful. All three are expected back at full strength in 1-3 weeks. To this group add OLB Pete Winslett who has the flu, but won’t miss any playing time. Recruiting Visits Neal Wright DT Stillwater, MN – Overall 109, Position 8 Leonard Collins P Apopka, FL – Overall 117, Position 1 Don McDonald K Janesville, WI – Overall 158, Position 3 Blake Hanshaw G Douglas, AZ – Overall 181, Position 16 Joey Dunlap K Sparks, NV – Overall 350, Position 9 Commits None No new commits this week, which is disheartening and we lose several who have tripped us earlier in the season including; Carlton Sanford DE 33/7, (UCLA) Lewis Medzihradsky CB 34/6, (USC) – screw him, I hated his name anyway - Arnie McCarthy ILB 93/11, (Colorado) Spencer Reuter P 135/3 (USC) and Gino Fuller WR 137/9. (Cal) The loss of Fuller hurts the worst as I thought we had him. This is to be expected when you compete directly with the PAC-10 for a lot of guys like we do and I am happy if I snatch 2-4 from them a year. Collins is the best Punter in the country and his upcoming trip is a surprise, I am also happy 2 of the top 10 kickers are giving us a look, though Hanshaw is really one from this group I want to land. Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 41 Rutgers 3 West Virginia 45 Utah 14 Air force 33 Dartmouth 22 Colorado St 37 Brown 7 New Mexico St 27 New Mexico 14 San Diego St 28 Yale 0 Almost as good as a BYU blowout win is a Utah blowout loss, it was a very good weekend. New Mexico is just horrid and when the Lobos play UNLV I am sure there will be more empty seats than people as their battle should decide the Cellar dweller. Colorado St also say something about Utah as they trounce Brown, I hope the Utes are on the cusp of being bowl eligible when we meet them, I would love to dash their hopes and ruin their season……again Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Wyoming at BYU New Mexico at Air Force Colorado St at UNLV San Diego St at Utah We face a surprising 4-1 Wyoming team and good news is we get them at home. Redshirt freshman QB AJ Cosell is now 65-109 (59.6%) for 730 yards, 6 TDs and only 2 Interceptions. He has also chipped in 110 yards rushing and another TD there. Not bad for the 48th best QB in the class of 2009. Sr. Clyde Hopkins may be the best RB we have faced to date with 441 yards on 83 carries (5.3 YPC) and he is Wyoming’s all time leading rusher and has run for 2836 yards and 31 TDs in his career averaging 4.9 YPC. What does not bode well for the Pokes is their rushing defense, ranked 110th in the nation. Even with Jennings out we can exploit that. Air Force has a gimme at home, so we will not see a need conference loss for them this week. BYU Alumni in the NFL Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – Cardinals fall to Philly 26-14 and Tom gets no action to speak of. The up and down Arizona squad now sit at 3-3. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – The Hitcher gets no balls thrown his way in limited time as Buffalo beats Oakland 27-17. Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – The Cowboys travel to New York and are beaten by the Giants 24-13, though Linquist only punts 2 times for a 46.5 average as Dallas only has 9 total possessions on the day resulting in three FG attempts, a TD, 2 fumbles and end of the game on the other seven. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Calvin Shaw gets a season high 12 carries but only gains 33 yards as Miami pastes Denver 37-3. Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Roderick gets 3 tackles and 2 assists, giving up 2 catches as well in the thumping at the hands of the Dolphins. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – Lions lose to Chicago 30-27 and Flynn sees little time recoding no stats Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Donnie is moved back to the practice squad Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – The Pack is now 1-5 as they lose to Carolina 27-14. Such has 2 tackles and 1 assist. He has not duplicated his opening day performance, but has held on to the starting job all year. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – Bye Week Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Darrin has 1 tackle in the 37-3 thrashing of Denver. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - Bye week, which is a shame since he was just getting in a groove. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Leland pulls in a season high 3 grabs for 31 yards, but the Jets are defeated by San Diego to suffer their firs loss (5-1) of the season Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Joseph only see time in double tight sets and gets no balls thrown to him. Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Fredrickson gets very little PT this week gaining 6 yards on 2 carries Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® – Ellis gets 15 plays in the 27-17 loss at Buffalo, no stats. Game ball this week goes to Leland Fletcher by default as our two best Alum have byes Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
Week 7 - Cowboys caught in stampede
2011 Week 7
BYU 45 Wyoming 14 Record Overall 4-1 Mountain West 1-1 Rank: 13th Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 15-22-217 2 TD Paul Post 3-8-43 Rushing Steven Lane 21-87 2 TD Leon Squires 6-10 Receiving Steven Lane 5-42 Lenny Finley 3-80 1 TD Xavier Malone 3-53 Defense Andrew Reynolds ILB 7 tackles Dennis Huntley ILB 5 tackles Pete Winslett OLB 4 tackles, 1 assist Benjamin Arreola ILB 3 tackles, 1 assist 1 Int (returned for TD) Recap Defense again sets the tone as we race to a 35-7 halftime lead and never look back, playing reserves a good part of the 2nd half. Wyoming runs the ball as well as anyone has on us recently, but still only net 76 yards on 31 carries. We overwhelm AJ Cosell and he is pulled after throwing 4 picks and only throwing for 47 yards. His replacement, sophomore Seth Morton goes 5-7 for 44 yards and adds 17 yards rushing on 3 carries, as this loss may have created a QB controversy in Laramie. Ellard was very efficient, allowing Post to see his first PT of the year and he looked understandably rusty. I may start him against a weaker team like UNLV to allow him to get some quality reps. Injuries Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Out up to 8 weeks Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Out up to 5 weeks No new injuries, which is good. Martin Autry and Jerome Noisy (Bruised Sternum, Broken hand) both probable still (both are playing) and T Korey Webb (Hip Pointer) is upgraded to questionable. Autry and Webb should be back at full strength in 2 weeks. Noisy re-aggravated his hand is now in a cast for 6-8 weeks. Recruiting Visits Kendall Cormier DE New Auburn, WI – Overall 5, Position 1 Darrin Canty QB Tulia, TX – Overall 11, Position 2 Lonnie Osborne QB Waterville, ME – Overall 17, Position 3 Shawn Tyler WR Edgewood, MD – Overall 163, Position 14 Seth Parker G Mountlake Terrace, WA – Overall 199, Position 19 Commits Joey Dunlap K Sparks, NV – Overall 350, Position 9 Neal Wright DT Stillwater, MN – Overall 109, Position 8 Timothy Dela Cruz OLB , CA – Overall 211, Position 11 Mitchell Beam S Monument Vally, UT - Overall 826, Position 55 We pick up two commits on their visit (Wright and Dunlap) Dunlap makes me really happy as he can step right in as a true frosh and can drive the ball on kickoffs. Wright and Dela Cruz are solid 3 star players who should someday compete for starting spots. Beam is a good player and will give us depth, I still hope to land either Boyd or Pritchett at Safety. We lose both our running back recruits, Gino Blake to USC (our 3rd loss to the Trojans) and local star Darrell Fennell to the hated Utes!!! See you on the field Darrell! On the plus side 2 of the top 3 QB’s in the country are coming to town and I would be happy with either, though we don’t really need a QB in this years class, might as well keep the pipeline stocked if you can. Even better is Cormier, the nations top DE. We are competing with BC, Miami, Michigan and Utah State of all teams. I think we have a good shot. Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 45 Wyoming 14 Air Force 45 New Mexico 20 Colorado St 30 UNLV 3 Utah 38 San Diego St 24 I would say we have exposed Wyoming as a pretender to the throne this year, so at this point it looks like I will need to rely on either CSU or Utah to knock off the Falcons. Don’t see it happening, though the Rams are coming on and it is a rivalry. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak BYU at San Diego St Air Force at Colorado St (TV3) UNLV at North Texas Utah at Wyoming Possibly the biggest week of the season as CSU is likely our best bet to beat Air Force and the Rams are still unbeaten on League play, so they will be bringing it. We face a wide open SDSU team that relies on Junior signal caller Willie Lazer. An apt name, since he has a cannon of an arm, but sometime throws too hard. He is 123-216-1821 14 TDs, 9 Ints for the season. He has also been sacked 20 times and we could have a field day in this one with our front 7. They don’t run a lot, but leading rusher Mo Comella average a respectable 4.0 on 50 carries and has caught 13 balls as well. Lazers favorite target is RS freshman WR “Jumbo” Henson, who has hauled in 26 balls for 451 yds and 3 TDs. Jumbo is only 5’11, but a stocky 193. Defensively FS Leo Springer is everywhere for the Aztecs. 57 tackles, 27 assists, 11 TFL and 2 interceptions. He was all MWC 2nd team FS last Season. The Utes travel to Wyoming and it will be interesting to see if the Pokes can recover. Laramie is a tough place to play and Utah should have their hands full. BYU Alumni in the NFL Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – Arizona is beaten 37-34 in a thriller by Seattle. Longmate does not play. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Bye Week Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – Dallas gets to 2-4 beating San Francisco 20-14. Linquist punts 3 times for a 38.3 average. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Denver falls again,to San Diego this time 19-10. They are now 0-6 and Shaw gains 26 yards on 6 carries and catches 1 ball for 2 yards. Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – 5 tackles and 2 assists on the loss to the Chargers. Jamison is playing fairly well. The real issue in Denver is the O-line. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – Tampa Bay beats the Lions 23-20 as Flynn goes 0-1 on KRB (Now 0-3 on the year) Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Pactice squad Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Such has started all 7 games for the Pack, who move to 2-5 with a 17-7 win at home against Atlanta. Wade has an assist and a hurry. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – KC beats the Patriots to move to 5-1 and D-Stod carries 14 times for 56 yards and adds a catch for 1 yard. On the Season his line is 88-474 2 TDs, 5.38 YPC and 5 receptions for 31 yards. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Bye Week Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - Schroder is bottled up well in the loss to KC, hauling in 4 balls, but only gaining 35 yards. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Oakland defeats the Jets, who are now 5-2 after a 5-0 start. Fletcher gets no balls thrown to him off the bench. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Geoff tears ligaments in his elbow in the loss to Oakland and will need surgery . Doctor’s project he is done for the season. His final 2011 numbers are 3-55, 0 TD, 18.3 YPC. Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Julio is moved to the practice squad as Tyrus Schlesinger returns to active duty and reclaims the starting job from DeShaun Foster. On the Year Julio’s numbers are 45-137 0 TD, 3.04 YPC and 3 Catches for 29. Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® – Baxter goes 1-2 in KRB in the win over the Jets and plays well in limited time/ Nobody stood out this week, so Stoddard’s rather ordinary performance earns him the game ball. Tough week to be a Jet as well as 2 of our 3 appear done for the year in New York. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Don’t see any of them getting another chance. |
Dybasty Tidbits
Updates on a couple of old friends
Rodney Dostie was the Utah starting QB from 2005 to 2008 and gave us fits along with his favorite target Neil Dellenbach. (2004 to 2007) Dwight Gatlin was at the Cougar helm all 4 years as well, though he was benched for Senior Morris Wright for the 2005 Holy War. Dostie truly frustrated us during those years winning 3 of 4, though it was Gatlin that would get the last laugh as he took BYU to their second national championship in school history in 2008. A brief recap of their historic rivalry. 2005 Utah 35 BYU 27 As indicated Gatlin is benched and Sr Morris Wright keeps us in the game, though in the end Dostie shows what is in store as he leads a late drive to ice the game. Utah finishes 9-3 (7-0) and wins the MWC. We finish in a three way tie for second at 6-6 (4-3) as we get blitzed by Notre Dame in the Citrus Bowl 52-27 2006 Utah 38 BYU 31 Another close battle, but again it is Dostie that triumphs hitting on 16 of 22 passes for 274 yards and 4 TD's. He also adds 43 yards rushing. Gatlin's only consolation is he edges Dostie for the honor of 1st team All-MWC QB. We finish 7-5 (5-2) to tie Air Force for 2nd place in the MWC, while the Utes take their 3rd straight MWC Title finishing 8-4 (6-1) We lose in the GMAC Bowl to Washington St 49-7. Utah is crushed by USC 59-23 in the Cotton Bowl. 2007 Utah 41 BYU 22 The worst game for us of the series as Dostie throws for 254 yards and 4 TD's and Dellenbach pulls in 6 of them for 114 yards. Gatlin is horrid going 14-37-347 with 1 TD and 4 Picks!!! They also hold the best RB in BYU history, Daniel Stoddard to 57 yards on 14 carries. We finish 8-4 (5-2) 2nd place again, while the Utes go 10-3 (7-0) for their 4th straight MWC crown. We go on to get thumped 49-3 by Penn St in the Holiday Bowl, while Utah lands in the Cotton Bowl again and is throttled by Tennesee 38-10. One bright note is future BYU stalwart and 1st round draft pick, Andy "The Threat" Schroder makes 1st team Freshman all-American. 2008 BYU 35 Utah 10 More than a win, this is redemption for 3 years of misery at the hands of the Red Devil Dostie. Donnie Newsome sacks Dostie 3.5 times and without Dellenbach the Utah QB is a mere 13-22 for 147 yards and throws 2 interceptions. Gatlin is superb going 20-29 for 340 yards and 4 TDs with just 1 Int. D-Stod is hurt, but Julio Fredrickson adds 99 yards on the ground on 21 carries. We complete a dream season 13-0 (7-0) beating Michigan 21-3 to win our 2nd National Championship in school history. (The first also coming at the hands of Michigan in 1984) Utah falls to 3rd in the MWC 7-5 (4-3) and suffers a 41-13 thrashing to Notre Dame in the Citrus Bowl. Where are they now. Dwight Gatlin - An undrafted Free agent, Gatlin plays with the Arizona Cardinals in 2009 and 2010. He is cut after training camp in 2011 and is currently a free agent. He has thrown only 8 passes in his NFL career, completing 3 for 20 yards and has also thrown 2 Interceptions. A rough journey for the Mountain Wests and BYU's all time leading passer. Rodney Dostie - Also an undrafted Free agent signed by Green Bay in 2009. Dostie ended up starting 3 games his rookie season and finished 66-123-713, 3 TDs, 6 Ints. In 2010 he started 11 games and had solid stats of 210-337-2164 (62.3%) with 14 TDs and 10 Ints. Currently in 2011 he is firmly entrenched as the Packers starting QB and through 7 games is 161-260 (61.9%) for 1544 yds, 9 TDs, 9 Ints. Dostie's career record is 12-11 and he has thrown for 4421 yds and hit on 60.6% in his NFL career to date. He is a great short to medium range passer, a great fit for the west coast offense. Neil Dellenbach - The only one drafted of the group, Neil went to the Seahawks with the 2nd pick of the 5th round in 2008. His started 7 games as a Rookie, 11 his second year and is currently the Seahawks starting Flanker. His statline. 2008 30-338 yds, 11.2 YPC, 1 TD 2009 35-602 yds, 17.2 YPC, 4 TD 2010 72-1056 yds, 14.6 YPC, 8 TD 2011 (through 7 games) 36-637 yds, 17.6 YPC, 8 TDs He has developed into a very good player for Seattle and is signed through 2014, this season will easily be his best to date and could earn him a Pro Bowl berth if he keeps up his current pace. Roster Makeup - The current Roster make up by State of Utah's 3 D-1 Schools. BYU California - 19 Utah - 15 Nevada - 5 Texas - 5 Colorado - 4 Hawaii - 3 Kansas - 3 Ohio - 3 Oregon - 3 Illinois - 2 Minnesota - 2 New Mexico - 2 Washington - 2 Arizona - 1 Connecticut - 1 Florida - 1 Georgia - 1 Iowa - 1 Idaho - 1 Indiana - 1 Montana - 1 New Jersey - 1 New York - 1 Oklahoma - 1 Pennsylvania - 1 Tennesee - 1 Wisconsin - 1 Utah California - 13 New York - 7 Tennessee - 5 Utah - 5 Illinois - 4 Pennsylvania - 4 Washington - 4 Colorado - 3 Kentucky - 3 Massachusetts - 3 Ohio - 3 Rhode Island - 3 Alaska - 2 Connecticut - 2 Georgia - 2 Maine - 2 Missouri - 2 Missisipi - 2 Vermont - 2 Florida - 1 Hawaii - 1 Indiana - 1 Iowa - 1 Maryland - 1 Michigan - 1 Minnesota - 1 North Carolina - 1 Nebraska - 1 New Jersey - 1 Nevada - 1 South Carolina - 1 Virginia - 1 Utah State California - 14 Utah - 10 New York - 6 Ohio - 6 Pennsylvania - 5 Texas - 5 Washington - 5 Illinois - 4 Florida - 3 Maryland - 3 Indiana - 2 Michigan - 2 Virginia - 2 Wisconsin - 2 Alaska - 1 Arizona - 1 Colorado - 1 Connecticut - 1 Kansas - 1 Kentucky - 1 Massachusetts - 1 Minnesota - 1 Missouri - 1 Missisippi - 1 Montana - 1 Nebraska - 1 Nevada - 1 Oregon - 1 South Carolina - 1 Tennessee - 1 West Virginia - 1 We obviously rely on a main pipeline (California, Utah and Texas) for more than half our players. Utah State also looks heavily in these areas, though will take any good remaining athletes anywhere they can find them (16 states with 1 Athlete each) What really surprises me is how much Utah ignores the instate Kids. Either they feel they can't comete with us, or just like to rely on a surprisingly strong East Coast pipeline they have developed. Utah State also likes New York and I can only imagine it is because the state has a lot of 2nd and 3rd tier D-1 Kids and not a lot of competition. Just out of curiousity I checked three Schools that should recruit the New York-New Jersey area heavily. Buffalo - 51 Kids from New York Syracuse - 66 Kids from New York - Wow!!! Rutgers - 45 Kids from Jersey, 7 from New York. so the local schools are getting kids from this area, there are just plenty to go around, talent level is another thing as Buffalo is 1-10, 3-8 and 2-9 the last 3 complete seasons (1-4 this year) Syracuse fared a little better going 7-5, 6-5 and 2-9 (1-5 this year) and Rutgers was 2-9, 6-5 and 2-9 over that period (0-6 this year) Maybe these schools need to venture west a bit. |
Week 8 - Escape from Aztec Mountain
2011 Week 8
BYU 31 San Diego St 21 Record Overall 5-1 Mountain West 2-1 Rank: 11th Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 19-36-297 2 TD, 4 Int Rushing Steven Lane 21-66 1 TD Donny Ellard 8-17 Receiving Steven Lane 8-70 Lenny Finley 6-180 2 TD Xavier Malone 2-20 Defense Jerome Noisy CB 6 tackles, 2 PD Shaun Sweeney SS 6 tackles Cedric Wiles DE 5 tackles, 4 sacks Carlton Lincoln DE 5 tackles, 3 assists, 3 sacks Recap I think I know what we are not this year….A road team!! Ellard has thrown 2 picks in 4 home games and 8 picks in 2 road games. We were down 14-0 in under 3 minutes as San Diego forced a 3 and out and returned the punt to our 9, scoring on the next play. We get the ball back and after a penalty Ellard is picked off by Earnest Rayburn, who takes it house. We moved the ball but kept bogging down inside the Aztec 30. Thankfully, Gurley found his stroke this game and was 3 for 3 on field goals, keeping us close as we trailed 14-9 going into the 4th quarter. Luckily our defense was also lights out again as Cedric Wiles and redshirt freshman Carlton Lincoln combined for 7 sacks from the DE position. I had a feeling we could exploit the Aztec O-Line going in and these 2 did it in spades. Ellard finally got us going as we exploded for 22 4th quarter points, though it took a 36 yard strike down the seam to Lenny Finley to finally salt it away with 2:10 left in the game and the Cougars clinging to a 24-21 lead. San Diego’s big bright spot on Offense was Mo Comella who gained 55 yards on only 8 carries (6.8) I really wonder why they did not use him more when we had Willie Lazer running for his life. Even when Lazer did get the ball away, we held him to 4.4 per attempt. (15-37 for 165 yds) For the special teams aficionados among us, Todd Gurley’s fine performance was more than offset by the abysmal job KC Tucker did punting…a 30.2 average and a long of 39 yds….ugh! Playing on the road the way we do, there is no way we are the #11 Team in the country right now. Injuries Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Out up to 7 weeks Great news as Jacki Trippi is upgraded to questionable and looks to be fully recovered in 4 weeks. Martin Autry now has a concussion and is probable, while Jerome Noisy continues to play through a broken hand. T Korey Webb should be fully recovered from his Hip pointer in a week and in a potentially big blow, ILB Andrew Reynolds is doubtful up to 7 weeks with a torn Thumb ligament. Recruiting Visits Brant Seibert ILB Woodburn, OR – Overall 139, Position 14 Bucky Meester RB Rochester, NY – Overall 145, Position 10 David Mason RB Glendale, AZ – Overall 293, Position 22 Travis Shepherd QB Hickory, NC – Overall 711, Position 51 Commits Glen Lee T Beaver, UT – Overall 46, Position 2 Blake Hanshaw G Douglas, AZ – Overall 181, Position 16 Cris Young WR Kanab, UT - Overall 528, Position 44 We lose yet another player who gave us a visit to USC in S Earnest Boyd (140/7) but I can live with that since we land two premium Offensive Linemen, including Utah’s best overall player and #2 overall OT Glen Lee. His commitment is huge!!! Hanshaw is certainly a quality player as well and Cris Young is a good depth player, who will probably average around 20 catches a year eventually. We now have 8 commits in and 5 are ranked in the top 15 for their position, while 6 are All-State selections. (Hanshaw is not surprisingly, despite being the top ranked Offensive lineman in Arizona.) Two potentially good additions visit this week in Seibert and Bucky Meester who ran for over 1600 yards his final season in HS. Hey if Utah can go to New York, so can I!! He also has offers from Notre Dame and Ohio State though. Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 31 San Diego St 21 Air force 38 Colorado St 0 North Texas 28 UNLV 13 Wyoming 35 Utah 13 Wyoming rebounds nicely in bringing Utah’s MWC leading ground attack (201.8 YPG) to a halt. But the big news is Air Force pretty much wrapping up the MWC Title with a sound thrashing of CSU. They will need to lose twice for us to sneak by and I don’t see it happening. Wyoming has a chance to beat them, nobody else does. UNLV has now lost 16 straight!! Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak UNLV at Air Force BYU at Notre Dame Colorado St at Utah San Diego St at New Mexico Why is UNLV even going to bother showing up…..It could get real ugly in Colorado this weekend. With our road woes I am not crazy about our trip to South Bend to face the Irish, even though they are having a down year (3-4) which includes a 61-0 embarrassment in Ann Arbor at the hands of #1 Michigan. Notre Dame is lead by 4 year starter Quentin Stone at TB. He has 3679 yards and 39 TDs in his career and has been a bright spot in a dismal season so far. QB is another story. Junior Derrick Lynch is a 3 year starter but has regressed every year. He is only hitting 47.2% of his passes this year and has 13 TDs and 10 Ints. Compare this to his freshman season (123-205-1814 19 TD, 7 Int) and the slip is painfully obvious. Their O-line is pretty good, especially at the OT spots, but they have 4 starters out on a Defense that has been woefully inconsistent. BYU Alumni in the NFL Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – Big Tom got some action in the Cards 14-12 loss to Washington, but it wasn’t pretty. 0-1 KRB and 2 sacks allowed. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – The Bills beat San Diego 31-20 and are now 5-2, but Ellis only has 2 balls thrown his way and catches neither. Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – The Cowboys are walloped by St Louis 31-6. Mack punts 7 times for a hefty 45.7 average. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Gotta feel good for Calvin. The Broncos beat New England 13-10 for their first win of the year and Shaw has his best game rushing 11 times for 54 yards and hauling in 3 passes for 24 more off the bench. Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Roderick is still starting and has a decent game in the Denver win recording 4 tackles and an assist. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – With Ritchie May injured, Flynn gets his first career start, goes 1-2 in KRB and allows no sacks, but the Lions still fall to Atlanta 23-13. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Newsome is reactivated and comes off the bench to record 1 tackle and his first career sack in the loss to Atlanta. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Bye Week Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – The Chiefs are stymied by Miami 17-13 and Stoddard has his worst game as a pro, begin held to 14 yards on 9 carries. A forgettable day for BYU’s all time leading rusher. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Does not play in the 17-13 win over Stoddard’s Chiefs. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - Andy ties a season low with only 2 catches for 41 yards in the Pats loss to Denver, though Brock Dole, in for the injured Donovan McNabb throws his way 8 times. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Bye Week Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Out – Torn Elbow Ligaments Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Practice Squad Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® – Bye Week Not a lot of overwhelming performances this week, so my game ball goes to Calvin Shaw in his most productive outing of the Season. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Unemployed still |
Week 9 - No pot of gold in South Bend
2011 Week 9
Notre Dame 38 BYU 17 Record Overall 5-2 Mountain West 2-1 Rank: 31st Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 14-32-262 1 TD, 3 Int Paul Post 0-1-0 1 Int Donnie Davison 1-1-17 Rushing Steven Lane 17-27 1 TD Leon Squires 3-17 Receiving Steven Lane 5-89 Lenny Finley 3-79 Xavier Malone 3-31 1 TD Defense Benjamin Arreola ILB 9 tackles, 3 assists Jesse Gomez OLB 6 tackles, 2 assists Jerome Noisy CB 6 tackles, 1 assist Cedric Wiles DE 5 tackles, 1 assist, 1/2 sack Recap “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky….” We get our asses handed to us by a mediocre Notre Dame team as our road woes continue! The much maligned Derrick Lynch torched our secondary for 261 yards and 4 TDs as we scarcely pressured him at all. Donny Ellard again made a strong case for a home/road QB platoon combo with 3 more picks, two of them inside our 40. On the day the Irish Defense forced seven 3 and outs and nine punts overall. I finally put Paul Post in and his first pass went 86 yards the other way for a TD, one and done and we finished with our 3rd string QB. Injuries Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Out up to 6 weeks Andrew Reynolds ILB – Torn Thumb Ligament – Questionable up to 6 weeks Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Questionable up to 3 weeks Lenny Finley WR – Deep Thigh Bruise – Probable 1 week Jerome Noisy CD – Broken Hand – Probable up to 6 weeks One bit of good news is we come out of the game no worse injury wise than we went in. Trippi only played sparingly against Notre Dame, but will be back in the starting lineup next week. Jennings injury is killing us and is also a probable contributor to Ellards recent struggles. Recruiting Visits Michael Brock CB Oakland, CA – Overall 630, Position 45 Commits None Don’t know how much the embarrassment at South Bend played into this, but we lose six recruits that visited us this week to other schools. Darrin Canty QB (11/2) to Ohio St, David Mason RB (293/22) to Arizona St, Shawn Tyler WR (163/14) Maryland, Leonard Collins P (117/1) Florida, Sammy Sweazy OLB (59/2) Miami and in a head scratcher Kendall Cormier DE (5/1) to Utah State!!! WTF, the best DE in the country to Utah State, sure they are a contender in the Sunbelt Conference. He will be one I follow the next 4 years (he should start from day 1) and we need to get the Aggies on our schedule a time or two….not bitter, just pissed Mountain West Scoreboard Notre Dame 38 BYU 17 Air Force 37 UNLV 7 Utah 10 Colorado St 6 New Mexico 36 San Diego St 24 The Aztecs showing against a poor New Mexico team makes our performance against them 2 weeks ago seem all the worse. I am just baffled at how much better we play at home vs on the road. Air Force was kind to UNLV, perhaps looking ahead to two key MWC road matchups. Utah continues to hang around in the title picture with an ugly win over CSU. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak UNLV at BYU Air Force at Utah (TV3) New Mexico at Colorado St San Diego St at Wyoming A much need breather for us to regroup against UNLV, who look to break a 17 game losing streak. They are truly anemic, with only 201 yards rushing through 6 games and a paltry 1.42 YPC. Both of these numbers dead last in D-1. Their QB, Senior Richard Harding has been sack 31 times and is competing only 45.9% of his passes, an indication of how horrible their line is. RS freshman WR Charles Sacco is their only real threat, averaging 17.0 YPC on 21 receptions. Defensively ILB Skip Shula leads the defense with 52 tackles, 25 assists, 1 sack and 9 TFL. As a team they only have 10 sacks, so we should have all day to throw. I think about starting Post, but he is only 3-9 with a pick on the season, so I will give Ellard another week. Utah can really help us, but I think they are too one dimensional to trip the Falcons up, so it will likely be up to Wyoming, who should cruise past the Aztecs, next week. BYU Alumni in the NFL Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – Bye Week Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Buffalo defeats the Jets 27-12 and Ellis chips in 2 catches for 16 yards. On the season his numbers are 13-186, 1 TD for the 6-2 Bills. Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – The Cowboys lose again to Seattle 24-14 to fall to 2-6, Mack punts 7 times for a 44.2 average. On the season he is averaging 42.4 yards on 46 punts, with a long of 58 and 16 downed inside the 20. Solid numbers! Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Calvin makes the most of his chances gaining 46 yards on just 5 carries, but the Broncos still fall to KC 35-14. Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Starts and doesn’t play too well in the loss to the Chiefs getting 3 tackles and 3 assists. He has now started all 8 games as a rookie and has 36 tackles, 18 assists, 2 passes defenses and 1 forced fumble. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – In his second career start Flynn is 0-1 in KRB, but has still not allowed a sack all season. The Lions beat Carolina 14-9. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Does not play in the win over the Panthers. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – The Packers sit at 2-6 after being beaten by Tampa Bay, as Such records 2 tackles. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – A good day for D-Stod in the Chiefs 35-14 romp over Denver as he runs for 95 yards on 17 carries and scores 2 TDs. Daniel’s numbers through 8 games are 114-583 (5.11 YPC) 4 TDs and 5 receptions for 31 yards. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Plays sparingly in a 16-3 loss to Oakland and garners 1 assist. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - Schroder pulls in 3 receptions for 43 yards, but the Patriots struggles continue as they drop their 4th straight falling to San Diego 24-6. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – The Jets lose to Buffalo 27-12 and Fletch hauls in 2 balls for 27 yards. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Out – Torn Elbow Ligaments Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Julio is reactivated, but does not play in the loss to the Bills. Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® – The Raiders beat Miami 16-3, but Baxter does not play. Easy choice for the game ball this week as it goes to Daniel Stoddard who hits pay dirt twice for the Chiefs. Mid Season NFL Standings Code:
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Week 10 - Rebels with a lost cause
2011 Week 10
BYU 38 UNLV 13 Record Overall 6-2 Mountain West 3-1 Rank: 23rd Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 22-36-325 3 TD, 2 Int Rushing Steven Lane 28-189 2 TD Leon Squires 5-9 Receiving Lenny Finley 8-101 2 TD Xavier Malone 6-111 1 TD Steven Lane 5-74 Defense Benjamin Arreola ILB 7 tackles, 2 assists, 4 PD Pete Winslett OLB 4 tackles Kendall Timlin FS 3 tackles Carlton Lincoln DE 2 tackles, 1 assist, 2 sacks Recap The end result was a win and after their first drive we controlled the game with a TOP advantage of 37:28 to 22:32, but the first half was still sloppy. UNLV drove like they had the keys to our D on their first possession before settling for a field goal. We then responded with 17 unanswered points, but yet another Ellard interception was returned for 6 right before halftime and we only led 17-10. Donny’s second pick of the game led to a UNLV field goal and it was 17-13 with 4 minutes left in the third. Luckily our Offense once again got hot and we closed out the scoring with 21 unanswered points, but I am far from happy with Ellards inconsistency. Out Defense was once again miserly allowing just 5 net yards rushing to the Rebels and sacking Harding 4 times. One area of concern is that we get no turnovers and are now a minus 5 in that category on the season. Not what I have come to expect from our teams. One thing that really makes me happy was the performance of Lane, our Line drove them off the ball all night, even if it was UNLV. Injuries Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Out up to 5 weeks Korey Webb T – Sprained Back – Out up to 7 weeks Andrew Reynolds ILB – Torn Thumb Ligament – Questionable up to 4 weeks Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Probable 2 weeks Jerome Noisy CD – Broken Hand – Probable up to 5 weeks Webb has been hobbled all season it seems and now goes down for up to 7 weeks. Kirk Suarez will step in and I won’t worry too much about that spot. Apart from that we are as healthy as can be expected for this stage in the season. Recruiting Visits Bucky Mandalari P Pylesville, MD – Overall UR, Position 25 Christian Fox P Houston, MO – Overall UR, Position 29 Steven Webb DE Cederhurst, NY – Overall 311, Position 41 Commits Daryl Godfrey T Ben Lomond, UT – Overall 595, Position 47 Michael Brock CB Oakland, CA – Overall 630, Position 45 Some Decisions to make here as I am now down to 2 scholarships and still desperately need a Punter and a DE. To start we lose Lonnie Osborne QB (17/3) to USC (hate the Trojans) Neal Fisk C (76/7) to North Texas, Brant Siebert ILB (139/14) to Oregon, Rod Downs OLB (229/13) to ASU and Lorenzo Pritchett S (257/12) to Air Force. I also withdraw offers to Seth Parker G, (194/19) Travis Shepherd QB, (711/51) and Floyd Whitcomb CB. (726/51) That leaves the three players visiting this week at the two positions I need, as well as Bucky Meester RB (145/10) and Brock Russell CB (7/1) on the board. I leave these two as they are top 10 players at their respective positions and I don’t believe you should ever pass up the chance to land guys that fit in this category. If I get one or both of them, I will pursue the best available DE and/or P to fill my 4 walk-on spots available. Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 38 UNLV 13 Air Force 24 Utah 17 Colorado St 35 New Mexico 7 Wyoming 17 San Diego St 13 Its up to Wyoming now as Utah falls short in their bid to upset Air Force, though the Cowboys were far from impressive in squeaking by San Diego St, who has to be considered a pretty solid 2-7 team as they can compete. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak New Mexico at BYU Air force at Wyoming Utah at UNLV It all boils down to Air force and Wyoming. If the Pokes beat the Falcons it is possible we will all end up in a three way tie and it will come down to tie breakers, again we have to win out to insure this. This week we draw the Lobos and it will be at home which is good. I have made the decision to start Paul Post at QB to give Ellard a chance to observe the game and hopefully see some things he has not been seeing on the field. As Defenses have adjusted, he has not and now has 15 interceptions (11 on the road) overall, which will not get it done! New Mexico is an I formation, run first team that relies on sophomore Brant Farley 126-501, 1 TD and junior Jesse Conway 63-278, 3 TDs to move the chains. They have a good O-line and have only allowed junior QB Lance Bridges 100-194-1577, 10 TD, 6 Int to be sacked 12 times all season. Senior FS Victor Wallace is a legit playmaker on Defense and could play on Sundays next season. He has 83 tackles, 29 assists, 5 interceptions and 8 TFL on the season. He is all over the place! BYU Alumni in the NFL Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – Longmate is pressed into starting duty due to injuries and does not fair well in a 23-20 loss to St Louis. He is 1-4 on KRBs and allows a sack. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Buffalo is defeated by Kansas City on the road 20-6 and Ellis gets 1 catch for only 7 yards. Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – Another loss for the Cowboys, 19-7 to Washington and Linquist has a mediocre game punting 6 times for a 39.6 average. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Denver is hammered by the Jets 43-13 and Calvin’s day epitomizes the Denver effort as he gains 4 yards on 5 carries and chips in a reception for 9 yards. Ugly! Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – For a starter Jamison doesn’t make much of an impact getting only 1 tackle and 1 assist in the debacle against the Jets. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – Flynn returns to the bench and accrues no stats in limited action as the Lions beat Green Bay 13-7. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Gets some limited PT against the Pack and records an assist. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Wade gets 2 tackles and a hurry on the Packers 13-7 loss to Detroit. Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – Stoddard records season highs in both carries (24) and yards (136) as Kansas City grinds out a 20-6 win against Buffalo. D-Stod now looks like a sure bet to reach 1000 yards for the second consecutive season, avoiding any sophomore jinx. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – The Dolphins win a wild shootout against rapidly sinking New England, but Shields gets only a few snaps and record no stats. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. Andy Schroder FL New England ® - This can’t be what Schroder hoped for his rookie season as the Patriots drop their 5th straight to Miami 35-26, though he does have a solid day with 5 catches for 105 yards. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Leland contributes little in the Jets 43-13 dismantling of Denver catching only 1 pass for 12 yards. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Out – Torn Elbow Ligaments Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Another day on the pine as Julio does not play in the Jets big win. Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® – The Raiders are blanked by the Chargers 20-0 and Baxter does his part allowing a sack in limited time. No doubt once again this week. The game ball goes to Daniel Stoddard for his 136 yard performance against the Bills. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Hope your reading the employment ads fellas |
Week 11 - The perfect storm
2011 Week 11
BYU 44 New Mexico 0 Record Overall 7-2 Mountain West 4-1 Rank: 20th Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 13-21-264 2 TD, 1 Int Paul Post 3-6-52 Rushing Steven Lane 20-175 2 TD Leon Squires 12-72 1 TD Receiving Gilbert Meyer 4-89 John Battistone 4-96 2 TD Xavier Malone 3-42 Defense Benjamin Arreola ILB 5 tackles, 4 assists, 1 sack Jerome Noisy CB 5 tackles, 2 assists, 2 forced fumbles Jackie Trippi DE 4 tackles, 3 assists, 3 sacks Shaun Sweeney SS 4 tackles, 1 Int Recap Easily our most complete game of the year as we outgain the Lobos 576-138 and accrue 29 first downs to their 7. I change my mind and stay with Ellard and he does a good job managing the game, which is all he needed to do as dominate as our line was. Lane has his second huge game as we garner 260 yards total on the ground and average 6.1 YPC. We hold New Mexico to eight 3 and outs and have 4 drives of our own over 60 yards, that all result in touchdowns. Hopefully this is the start of a strong stretch run and with Trippi back in the starting lineup and making a strong return with 3 sacks. Trippi is now 3.5 sacks behind the MWC all time leader, former Cougar Donnie Newsome. San Diego States William Yates should get there first however as he trails Newsome by just 1. Injuries Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Out up to 4 weeks Korey Webb T – Sprained Back – Out up to 6 weeks Andrew Reynolds ILB – Torn Thumb Ligament – Probable 2 weeks Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Probable 2 weeks Jerome Noisy CB – Broken Hand – Probable up to 4 weeks No new injuries as we get a little better each week. Hopefully Jennings will be back at full strength for the Bowl game. Recruiting Visits None Commits Steven Webb DE Cedarhurst, NY – Overall 311, Position 41 Bucky Mandalari P Pylesville, MD – Overall UR, Position 25 We get the two positions I really needed Scholarship players at, I will offer walk-on opportunities to a G, RB and a S. This rounds out our class and it is not as good as some recent efforts, but strong nonetheless with four top 250 players and five ranked in the top 15 at their position. Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 44 New Mexico 0 Air Force 28 Wyoming 24 UNLV 20 Utah 18 Utah completely tanks it against UNLV as the Rebels end their 18 game losing streak and it couldn’t have come against a better opponent. That result is small consolation however as Air Force wraps up the MWC Title with the road win over Wyoming. A solid finish for the Falcons who could end up in a BCS Bowl game. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak BYU at Colorado St (TV5) UNLV at San Diego St Wyoming at New Mexico Hopefully we don’t have let down now that Air Force is the MWC Champion, plus it is a road game. Again I am tempted to start Post, but there is really no point to now as we are playing for next year and Ellard needs the experience. CSU will be tough on the road as they boast a very good TB in sophomore Kendall Kovach who stepped in when Brant Starks tore his knee up in game 2 and has rushed for 932 yards. Senior QB Ernie Griffith has been serviceable in his first year as starter, throwing for 1462 yards and only 7 interceptions. Pete Winslett’s cousin Spencer is a stalwart for the Rams at FS with 37 tackles and 4 interceptions. BYU Alumni in the NFL ($ = Starter) $Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – In his second start Longmate goes 0-2 in KRB and allows another sack as the Cardinals fall to San Francisco 23-13. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Was moved to the practice squad, which does not bode well for his future in Buffalo. The Bills beat New England 20-10. $Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – The Cowboys lose a close one to Philly 30-27 and Mack only punts 4 times for a measly 36.7 average. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Shaw rebounds to get 47 yards on 11 carries off the bench, but the Broncos are hammered again! This time Oakland does the honors 41-13. $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Jamison at least has his best game in several weeks in the one sided loss recording 7 tackles and 3 assists. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – Flynn doesn’t play at all in the Lions 23-20 loss to the Vikings. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Donnie gets a bit more time and makes the most of it recording 2 tackles, 1 sack and a blocked pass in the loss. $Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Such gets 1 tackle and 1 assist and the Packers get another loss, this time to Chicago 17-10. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – The Chiefs lose a shootout to San Diego 33-27 and Stoddard gets his 4th 100 game of the season gaining 124 yards on just 15 carries. D-Stod is 157 yards shy of 1000 with 6 to play. He is currently 4th in the NFL in rushing, 61 yards behind League leader Aaron Curtis of Miami. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Speaking of Miami, the Dolphins edge the Jets 28-26 and Shields contributes a tackle to the cause. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. $Andy Schroder FL New England ® - The season continues to go south for the Patriots as Andy hauls in 2 balls for 29 yards in the 20-10 loss to Buffalo. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Fletcher gets no action in the Jets 28-26 loss to the Dolphins. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Out – Torn Elbow Ligaments Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Fredrickson sits out his third straight game in the loss to Miami. Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® – Baxter gets a few reps in the Raiders 41-13 thrashing of Denver, going 0-1 in KRB. Do I really need to say it? Game ball to D-Stod again. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Zzzzzzz |
Week 12 - Avoiding the Horns
2011 Week 12
BYU 35 Colorado St 32 Record Overall 8-2 Mountain West 5-1 Rank: 13th Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 19-36-240 3 TD, 1 Int Rushing Steven Lane 33-190 2 TD Leon Squires 6-63 Receiving Steven Lane 6-50 Xavier Malone 5-89 1 TD Autry 4-59 I TD Defense Jerome Noisy CB 4 tackles, 3 assists, 2 PD Kendall Timlin FS 4 tackles, 1 assist, 1 Int Benjamin Arreola ILB 4 tackles Carlton Lincoln DE 3 tackles, 1 assist, 1 sack Recap We follow a totally dominant game against New Mexico with an equally dominant first half against the CSU, racing to a 21-3 lead. Then, once again we suffer the road malady which has plagued us all year giving up 18 third quarter points to the Rams that include an 89 yard TD pass and a 29 yard fumble return and enter the 4th tied at 21. Ellard then leads 2 TD drives connecting on scoring passes to Gilbert Meyer and the X-man, Xavier Malone. However, no sooner had we extended out lead to 35-24, then Ernie Griffith hits another long pass for the Rams to Ross Fulcher, they go for 2 and make it, and we are forced to hang on. They get the ball back with 2:00 remaining at their own 6 after Ellards only Int of the game, but we hold them on downs and take a knee to end it. What makes this latest road struggle frustrating is it is the Defense that lets us down this time. Luckily we close the season at home against Utah. We will have to travel somewhere for the Bowl game and since the team already has a horrendous 1-5 Bowl record under my watch I am not overjoyed about the post season at all this year. Injuries John Battistone WR – Torn Rotator Cuff – Out for the Season Lenny Finley WR – Torn Knee Cartilage – Out for the Season Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Out up to 6 weeks Korey Webb T – Sprained Back – Out up to 5 weeks Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Questionable up to 3 weeks Andrew Reynolds ILB – Torn Thumb Ligament – Probable 1 week Jerome Noisy CB – Broken Hand – Probable 3 weeks How quickly fate can turn. Jennings is cleared for non contact activity and I will save him for the Bowl game. Enough of the smiley news though as we lose 2 WRs, including our best one for the year and Trippi reinjures his Shoulder and is likely done as well!! It just doesn’t get any worse than that, luckily Steven Lane has really come on over the last 3 games and the Line is doing a great job run blocking. We will need that now more than ever. Recruiting Visits None Commits None As mentioned our scholarship class is set, please welcome next years new Cougars Code:
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Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPosMountain West Scoreboard BYU 35 Colorado St 32 San Diego St 42 UNLV 31 New Mexico 38 Wyoming 23 UNLV promptly starts another losing streak and after the Cowboys failed to secure a possible tie for the MWC crown against Air Force, they apparently turned in their pads getting waxed by New Mexico. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Utah at BYU (TV5) Air Force at San Diego St Colorado St at Wyoming New Mexico at UNLV There are potentially 5 MWC teams that could be Bowl eligible this year, though Utah would have to beat us, so let’s rule them out right now! The Utes still have the best rushing attack in the MWC with their Power I offense, led by junior Ben Gill (751 yards) and freshman Kelvin Basso. (600 yards) QB Dennis Briggs is not a game changer, but the senior has completed just over 60% of his passes and (1429 yds, 8 TD, 6 Int) and only been sacked 14 times. ILB Thurman Upshaw is one Ute we are glad we don’t have to see anymore after this game. The 4 year starter has 62 tackles, 28 assists, 15 TFL and 3 interceptions. He could play on Sunday next year. One strange side note on him is that he totaled exactly 87 tackles in each of his first 3 seasons. He will need 25 between us and Utah St next week to reach that this year. Injuries could play a factor with the firepower we have out, but Utah is short a couple of key defenders as well with both sophomore CB Deion Peterson and talented, yet injury prone senior OLB Antoine Vanderpool on the bench. BYU Alumni in the NFL ($ = Starter) Tom Longmate RT Arizona ® – After starting 2 games, the Cardinals went looking for other options, cutting Tom after last weeks loss to San Francisco. Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Practice Squad, Bills beat Dallas 13-10 $Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – Mack has his busiest day of the year in the 13-10 loss to Buffalo punting 10 times for a 41.0 yard average. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – 5 carries for 25 yards for Calvin as the Broncos make it respectable this week, but still fall to Green Bay 37-30. $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Another decent game for Roderick in the loss to the Packers as he gets 6 tackles and 1 assist. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – A “thrilling” 9-6 loss to Kansas City, no stats in limited PT for Flynn. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Newsome also plays sparingly, but records an assist in the pitchers duel against the Chiefs. $Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Wade is still starting, but fails to get on the stat sheet in the wild 37-30 win over the Broncos. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – A subpar effort in the 9-6 victory over Detroit as Stoddard gets 12 carries and gains 46 yards, his second lowest output of the season for the 8-3 Chiefs. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Miami falls to Philly 31-17 and Shields does not play. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. $Andy Schroder FL New England ® - The Patriots drop their 7th straight 20-10 to the Giants, as Schroder hauls in 4 passes for 56 yards. The Pats are rebuilding, but more was expected of them than this. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Fletcher grabs 1 reception for 9 yards as the Jets lose 17-14 to the Redskins. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Out – Torn Elbow Ligaments Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Does not play Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® – The Vikings down Oakland 30-24 and Baxter goes 0-1 in KRB. A week of less than stellar from the former Cougs, so earning his first game ball this week will be Roderick Jamison. |
Week 13 - Our river of tears runs red
2011 Week 13
Utah 21 BYU 20 Record Overall 8-3 Mountain West 5-2 Rank: 23rd Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 17-30-246, 5 Int Rushing Steven Lane 23-140 1 TD Leon Squires 3-20 Receiving Xavier Malone 5-74 Leon Squires 4-46 Steven Lane 2-33 Defense Andrew Reynolds ILB 9 tackles, 2 assists Pete Winslett OLB 5 tackles, 2 assists, 1 PD Kendall Timlin FS 5 tackles, 2 assists Benjamin Arreola ILB 4 tackles, 5 assists Recap Needless to say this totally ruins our season. I can not believe how inconsistent Ellard has been this year and of all games to pull a Max Hall in he picks this one? I should say this one picked him….5 TIMES!!!! One of which went back to the house for 6!!! We were -5 in the turnover battle in this one and are now -11 on the season! Still, with all that we are up 20-14 with just under 3 minutes left, when Kelvin Basso breaks a 62 yard TD run against our normally stout Defense. We get 2 more possessions and they both end in…..INTERCEPTIONS!! Just a terrible day by Ellard and having 2 receivers out can’t screw him up that much….Totally wastes another good day by Steven Lane who surpasses the 1000 yard mark, despite only starting 8 games. Injuries John Battistone WR – Torn Rotator Cuff – Out for the Season Lenny Finley WR – Torn Knee Cartilage – Out for the Season Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Out up to 5 weeks Korey Webb T – Sprained Back – Out up to 4 weeks Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Questionable 2 weeks Jerome Noisy CB – Broken Hand – Probable 2 weeks Jennings and Noisy will be full strength for our Bowl game and both Trippi and Webb could be back as well. There is also a very minute chance, depending on when we play, that Finley may be able to go, but I would rather not risk that, since he will be back next year. Recruiting Visits None Commits None Recruiting Complete 12 Scholarships Code:
Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPosMountain West Scoreboard Utah 21 BYU 20 Air Force 38 San Diego St 12 Wyoming 18 Colorado St 17 UNLV 42 New Mexico 13 Strange week with New Mexico getting routed by hapless UNLV just one week after knocking off 3rd place Wyoming in convincing fashion. CSU is knocked out of Bowl contention, though Utah still has a shot if they take out Utah St (7-3) next week. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak UNLV at Nevada Utah at Utah St (TV5) These two games tie up the MWC season and we will just sit back now and wait for our Bowl invite. Go Aggies!!! BYU Alumni in the NFL ($ = Starter) Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Back on the active roster, makes 2 catches for 24 yards in the Bills 16-3 loss to Jacksonville. $Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – Dallas beats Atlanta and Linquist punts only 4 times for a 37.7 yard average. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Denver’s defense is atrocious as they give up 40+ for the third time on their last four games losing to Cincinnati 42-14. Shaw gains 12 yards on 7 carries. $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Jamison records 3 tackles and 5 assists as part of that fine Bronco effort on D in the blowout loss to the Bengals. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – The Lions knock off Seattle 24-19 and Melvin goes a perfect 1 for 1 in KRB. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Donnie gets a few reps and manages to block a pass (his 3rd of the season) against the Seahawks. $Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Green Bay is humbled by Washington 24-0 as Such gets 3 tackles on the day. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – Stoddard has a pretty good outing on the Chiefs 24-21 victory over the Colts with 13 carries for 74 yards. He has now gone 6 games without a pass even thrown his way and I can’t figure that out since he is a great breakaway threat. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Pittsburgh edges Miami 37-31 and Shields gets a few plays but no stats. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. $Andy Schroder FL New England ® - Another week, another loss, this time 24-21 to Baltimore. Schroder has 3 catches for 32 yards and has now fallen to second on the team in receiving behind Deion Branch. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – Fletcher has 1 catch for 23 yards in the Jets 27-7 win over Houston. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Out – Torn Elbow Ligaments Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Julio finally gets back on the field on the win over the Texans, but carries just once for no gain. Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® – Ellis gets a few plays in the Raiders 31-14 loss on Cleveland and allows a sack. Again, no superstar performances, but D-Stod does enough to get yet another game ball. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Tom Longmate RT ® |
Week 14 - Reflections of inconsistency
2011 Week 14
Regular Season Complete Record Overall 8-3 Mountain West 5-2 Rank: 26th Recap A disappointing regular season that sees us lose more than 1 game for the first time since 2007. The biggest reason of course is our horrible turnover margin of -11 and the inconsistent play of sophomore QB Donny Ellard, who had a 5 interception game and two 4 interception games. On a positive note Ellard threw for over 3000 yards and Steven Lane rushed for 1000 yards after we lost starting TB Wally Jennings in game three. We would have had a 1000 yard receiver as well if Finley had not gone down in week 12. We now wait for our Bowl invite, which will likely be the Holiday Bowl. Injuries John Battistone WR – Torn Rotator Cuff – Out for the Season Lenny Finley WR – Torn Knee Cartilage – Out for the Season Jackie Trippi DE – Separated Shoulder – Out up to 4 weeks Korey Webb T – Sprained Back – Doubtful up to 3 weeks Wally Jennings RB – Broken Ankle – Probable 1 week Jerome Noisy CB – Broken Hand – Probable 1 week The Good news is we will have everyone but Finley and Battistone back for the Bowl game. Battistone of course is a backup so will not impact us, but Finley will for sure, though there is still a very small chance he may be able to play, despite the current prognosis. Final recruiting wind up Code:
Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPosMountain West Scoreboard Nevada 17 UNLV 10 Utah St 35 Utah 21 Utah gets knocked out of Bowl contention and Utah State wins the Beehive Boot as the best Football team in the state since us and the Utes both finish 1-1 against in state competition and Utah St is 1-0. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Regular Season complete BYU Alumni in the NFL ($ = Starter) Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) – Buffalo is defeated by Washington 21-7 and Ellis makes 2 catches for 22 yards. $Mack Linquist P Dallas ® – Dallas edges hapless New England for their second win in a row 28-22 as Mack punts 3 times for a 39.6 average. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) – Another thumping, this time at the hands of Minnesota 38-23 as Calvin carries 5 times for 38 yards. He has still yet to get into the end zone as Denver falls to 1-12. $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® – Jamison has a terrible game against the Vikings with 2 tackles and 1 assist. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) – The Lions lose to San Diego 22-20 and Flynn does not play. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® – Donnie gets an assist against the Chargers in limited playing time. $Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Green Bay edges Oakland 19-16, as Such garners his usual 2 tackles, but he also strains his Patella Tendon and is likely done for the Season as the Packers currently sit at 4-9. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) – Stoddard scores a career high 3 TDs and rambles for 78 yards on 23 carries as the Chiefs rip the Bears 38-17. He also has two passes thrown his way, but catches neither. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® – Miami is completely stymied by the Steelers 19-0 as Shields gets 2 tackles and an assist off the Bench. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad. $Andy Schroder FL New England ® - Schroder has a solid showing in the 28-22 loss to Dallas hauling in 6 balls for 87 yards as Donovan McNabb is back in the lineup. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) – The Jets squeak by Philly 32-31 in an exhilarating game, but Leland does not see a single ball thrown his way. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Out – Torn Elbow Ligaments Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Julio does not play against the Eagles. Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® – Ellis again see the field in reserve duty in the 19-16 loss to Green Bay and goes 0-1 in KRB Have to again go with Stoddard for his 3 TD explosion with this weeks game ball. Free Agents (exp) Harvey Geary SLB (3) Harris Diaz MLB (3) Derek Perry FS (2) Gus Cerny TE (2) Ed Lyons (LT) (2) Bennie Rayburn QB ® Herb Wong WLB ® Lance Boyd RG ® Dwight Gatlin QB (3) Tom Longmate RT ® |
Weeks 15-17 - Off to Seaworld
2011 Weeks 15 - 17
Regular Season Complete Record Overall 8-3 Mountain West 5-2 Rank: 26th End of Season Top 25 Code:
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Game Matchup Air Force gets a Fiesta bid against Texas and Wyoming will take on resurgent Notre Dame who won their last 6 (including kicking our ass) after starting 1-4. BYU Alumni in the NFL ($ = Starter) Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) Week 15: Bills beat Miami 37-14 and Ellis ties a season high with 4 catches for 34 yards. Week 16: Has 1 catch for 16 yards as the Bills are routed by the Giants 31-13. Week 17: The Bills close with a 17-10 win against the Jets and Hitch grabs 2 more balls for 17 yards. The win clinches the division and puts Buffalo in the playoffs. Tom Longmate RT Cincinnati ® Week 14: Missed Tom getting picked up by the Patriots. He starts and is 0-2 in KRB and allows 2 sacks in their 28-22 week 14 loss to Dallas and is promptly cut. Week 17: Gets a few plays, but no stats as the Bengals close with a 37-34 win over the Steelers. $Mack Linquist P Dallas ® Week 15: Punts 7 times for a 43.2 avg as Dallas beats the Giants 34-28 Week 16: The Cowboys complete the New York sweep beating the Jets 24-13 as Mack punts 2 times for a 45.0 average Week 17: Dallas brings it home strong with a 31-18 pounding of Washington as Linquist punts 4 times for a 40.5 average. Despite winning their last 5 the Cowboy only finish 7-9, last in the NFC East. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) Week 15: An uninspired 27-0 loss to KC, Shaw has 4 carries for 23 yards Week 16: A heartbreaking 27-24 loss to the Lions, Shaw gains only 7 yards on 3 carries. Week 17: The Broncos put the bow on a miserable 1-15 season losing to San Diego 20-12. Shaw carries 4 times for 17 yards and adds 2 catches for 11. $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® Week 15: In the loss to the Chiefs Jamison garners 4 tackles and 3 assists. Week 16: One of Roderick’s better games of the year as he chips in 7 tackles and an assist in the Detroit game. Interestingly enough he has benched in this one and recorded these numbers as a reserve Week 17: He wins his starting job back for the finale and tallies 4 tackles and 4 assists in the loss to San Diego. An up and down rookie campaign for sure. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) Week 15: Limited PT and no stats in a 20-7 win over Chicago Week 16: Same story here as the Lions beat Denver 27-24, but Flynn sees little time. Week 17: Detroit finishes in a flourish, winning their 3rd straight 27-24 over Green Bay. Flynn again plays sparingly going 0-1 in KRB. The strong finish pulls Detroit even for the year at 8-8. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® Week 15: Limited PT and no stats in the win over the bears Week 16: Rinse and repeat at Denver Week 17: Finishing the season where he started it in the win over the Pack, guarding the Gatorade. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® – Out - strained Patella Tendon - Sure enough Wade does not see the field in the Packers final three games, all loses to Minnesota 24-21, San Diego 28-20 and Detroit 27-24. The Pack finish at 4-12, but Such starts all 13 games he plays in. Not bad for an undrafted FA. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) Week 15: Stoddard heats up the frigid mile high city to the tune of 135 yards on 17 carries as the Chiefs rout Denver 27-0 Week 16: A solid, workman like performance for D-Stod in a 30-15 victory over Minnesota with 23 carries for 90 yards. Week 17: KC will head into the playoffs full steam ahead as they finish the season 13-3 clobbering Oakland 42-14 in the finale. Stoddard carries 16 times for 61 yards and gets involved in the passing game with 2 catches for 10 yards. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® Week 15: Sees limited time, with no stats as the Bills clobber Miami 37-14. Week 16: Does not play in the Fins 20-17 win over the Redskins Week 17: The Dolphins close out the season with a wild 41-38 win over the Patriots, though Shields still only plays sparingly, accumulating no stats again. Pete Rose FL Miami ® – Practice Squad the entire season. At least he got in to watch NFL games free. Dolphins finish 8-8. $Andy Schroder FL New England ® Week 15: Pats fall to the Jets 26-18, but Schroder hauls in his first TD pass since game 5 and ends up with 4 catches for 35 yards. Week 16: The Rookie is starting to heat it up with 6 catches for 59 yards and 2 more TDs, but alas the Pats fall again 31-24 to McNabb’s old team, the Eagles. Week 17: The 41-38 loss to Miami was wild and Schroder went off with a season high 9 catches for 111 yards and 1 TD. The Pats are a dismal 2-14, but Schroder’s strong finish has fans excited for his future with the team. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) Week 15: Fletcher gets a few plays, but no action in the Jets 26-18 win over New England. Week 16: A bit better against the streaking Cowboys as Fletch hauls in 2 passes for 38 yards in a 24-13 loss. Week 17: Fletcher gets his first and only start of the year and grabs a 15 yard TD pass, his only catch, in a season ending 17-10 loss to the Bills. The Jets finish 9-7 thanks to their collapse in the final 2 games and miss out on a wildcard spot. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) – Out – Torn Elbow Ligaments – Joseph finishes the season on IR. Hopefully he will be back at full strength next year. Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® – Julio was sent back to the practice squad after the Philly game and spends the final 3 weeks of the season there. Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® Week 15: Baxter is starting to get some more reps, but he is not impressive in a 24-13 loss to the Chargers allowing 2 sacks. Week 16: The Raiders bounce back to defeat Chicago 20-10 and Ellis is 0-1 in KRB and allows another sack. Week 17: The good news is Ellis does not allow a sack this week, but goes 0-1 in KRB in his limited time and the Raiders are paddled 42-14 by KC to end the season at 5-11. Final 3 games balls Week 15: No contest, D-Stod in a runaway for his performance against the Denver. Week 16: Close between Schroder and Stoddard, but I have to go with the rookie by the nose of the football. Week 17: No doubt this week, Schroder again with his 9 catch effort against the Dolphins to end the season. |
2011 Post Season Recap
2011 Post Season recap
Holiday Bowl – BYU 42 Penn St 21 Record Overall 9-3 Mountain West 5-2 Final Rank: 19th Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 18-27-281, 2 TD, 1 Int Rushing Wally Jennings 21-100, 3 TD Receiving Gilbert Meyer 5-74 Xavier Malone 4-59, 1 TD Martin Autry 4-61 Defense Jesse Gomez OLB 7 tackles, 1 sack Kendall Timlin FS 6 tackles, 2 assists, 2 int Andrew Reynolds ILB 6 tackles, 3 assists Jerome Noisy CB 5 tackles, 1 assist, 1 int Recap Wally Jennings makes a triumphant return winning Bowl MVP honors for his 3 scores, including a 61 yard scamper in the 4th to put the game away. Penn St moved well early and it was nip and tuck as both teams scored a touchdown apiece in each of the first 3 quarters. Penn St QB Brock Berry looked at times like Joe Montana and at others like Donny Ellard in the Utah game. In the end it was that resemblance that made a difference, as Berry ended up with 4 interceptions, one of which was returned for 6 by Lavon Palmer. Berry’s foibles offset a solid performance by Nittany Lion TB Mario Barlow, who had 97 yards on just 14 carries. It was truly the kind of big play performance we needed from our Defense to keep us close and they delivered. In fact, after Penn States third quarter score, their final seven drives ended accumulated only 53 total yards. The results were 3 punts, 3 interceptions and time expiring. A big boost heading into the off season and a great send off for some deserving seniors. Bowl Results Code:
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Michigan 12-0 B10 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.08 4.08 1 2011 Summary Code:
Record: 9-3Final Rankings Academics - 16 Recruiting – 33 TV Revenue – 33 Ticket Sales – 17 Donations – 49 Average Attendance – 65,000 (All Sell outs) The attendance boon nests us a Stadium expansion, as 6400 seats will be added in 2012. Recruiting was down and we need a real good class next season to make up for it. Awards Donnie Ellard – MWC Offensive POY, 1st Team All-MWC QB Martin Autry – MWC Freshman Offensive POY Lenny Finley – 1st Team All-MWC WR Xavier Malone – 1st Team All-MWC WR Steven Lane – 2nd Team All-MWC RB, All-MWC Academic Team RB Dennis Adams – 2nd Team All-MWC G, All-MWC Academic Team G Korey Webb – 2nd Team All-MWC OT Benjamin Arreola – 2nd Team All-MWC ILB Jesse Gomez – 2nd Team All-MWC OLB Jerome Noisy – 2nd Team All-MWV CB John Battistone – All-MWC Academic Team WR Todd Gurley – All-MWC Academic Team K Pete Winslett – All-MWC Academic Team OLB Kurt Mason – All MWC Academic Team CB A nice laundry list of awards and we get all our first teamers and all but 2 of our second teamers back. Discipline Korey McGraw FS – Academic suspension Joey Haugh K – Honor Code suspension (Fighting) McGraw would have seen some time in nickel packages and will have 3 years left, if he returns for 2013. Haugh is a walk-on back up kicker, what the hell. I will likely cut him. BYU Alumni in the NFL ($ = Starter) Ellis Hitchcock WR Buffalo (2) Playoffs: Wild Card – The Bills beat the Chargers 25-19 and Hitchcock grabs 1 pass for 16 yards off the bench. Divisional – A 19-17 upset of KC puts the Bills into the AFC title game, Hitchcock gets no receptions. AFC Championship: The Bills run comes to an end as they fall to Tennessee 27-17, Ellis gets 1 reception for 11 yards to end the Season. Final 2011 Stats – No starts - 25 receptions for 306 yards and 1 TD, also only 1 drop all season. Tom Longmate RT Cincinnati ® Final 2011 Stats – 3 starts – 1 of 9 KRB, allowed 6 sacks, nothing too stellar. $Mack Linquist P Dallas ® Final 2011 Stats - 16 starts – 86 punts for a 41.5 yd avg, 29 inside the 20. Calvin Shaw RB Denver (3) Final 2011 Stats – 0 starts – lost his job and suffered through an abysmal season. 98 carries for 379 yds (3.86 YPC), 13 receptions for 95 yards. Did not find the end zone all season. $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver ® Final 2011 Stats – 15 starts – 70 tackles, 37 assists, 3 PD. Not exactly the numbers expected of a starting MLB in the NFL, but not much around him either. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (2) Final 2011 Stats – 2 starts – 2 of 8 in KRB allowed no sacks in 117 plays, something that could keep him around. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit ® Final 2011 Stats – 0 starts – 5 tackles, 4 assists, 2 sacks and 3 blocked passes. Played 193 plays all season and will have to work hard in the off season to stick around. Wade Such DT Green Bay ® Final 2011 Stats – 13 starts – The surprise of the season, starting every game before a season ending Knee injury. 26 tackles, 7 assists, 1.5 sacks and 1 blocked pass. Not bad for an undrafted free agent. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (2) Playoffs: Divisional – KC is shocked by the Bills 19-17, but D-Stod plays like a warrior gaining 159 yards on 28 carries. It just isn’t enough in the end. Final 2011 Stats – 16 starts – 256 carries for 1327 yards (5.18 YPC) 7 TDs. Also hauls in 7 passes for 41 yards, could have been used more in this capacity. Stoddard is tough and durable and is firmly entrenched as one of the leagues bright young running backs. He ranked 3rd in the NFL in rushing and was first in yards per carry. Longest run of the season was 65 yards. Definitely our brightest star so far. Darrin Shields MLB Miami ® Final 2011 Stats – 0 starts – Was in on only 83 plays all year and recorded 7 tackles and 3 assists. A long shot to keep an NFL job. Pete Rose FL Miami ® Final 2011 Stats - Practice Squad the entire season. $Andy Schroder FL New England ® Final 2011 Stats – 16 starts – looks to have a bright future after a fine rookie season. 69 catches for 957 yards, 6 TDs and 13.8 YPC. Led the Patriots in receiving and also averaged 24.4 yards on kickoff returns and 4.0 on punt returns. Schroder even managed to gain 14 yards rushing on 3 carries. Looks like he has a bright future in the league. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (2) Final 2011 Stats – 1 start – A disappointing season for Leland with just 14 catches for 178 yards, 12.7 YPC and 2 TDs. Geoff Joseph TE NY Jets (2) Final 2011 Stats – 0 starts – Lost his starting job to free agent Jeremy Shockey, then suffered ghastly Elbow injury after appearing in just 7 games. Had 3 receptions for 55 yards (18.3 YPC) Julio Fredrickson RB NY Jets ® Final 2011 Stats – 0 starts – Julio got considerable time off the bench in the first 5 games, then carried only 3 times the rest of the season. Had 46 carries for 137 yards, 2.97 YPC and 3 receptions for 29 yards. Does not look to fit into the Jets future plans. Ellis Baxter C Oakland ® Final 2011 Stats – 0 starts – Got in on 222 plays all season, went 2 of 8 in KRB and allowed 6 sacks. Cougar of the year award goes by a landslide to Daniel Stoddard, not even close here, though Schroder could challenge him in the future. 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Welcome to 2012
2012 BYU Preseason Report
Preseason Rank: 14th - Mountain West Rank: 1st Roster/Depth Chart Bold = Returning Starter - Red = Redshirt - *Elig = Redshirt used - *Pos = Walk on – Orange = Suspended Returning Starters: Offense 10 Defense 7 Specialists 1 First player(s) listed at each position are the projected starter(s) Code:
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Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future EstimatePlayers to watch Wally Jennings RB Gilbert Meyer TE Bucky Glover G Benjamin Arreola ILB Kendall Malano CB Kendall Timlin FS Top Newcomers Dave Yarborough ILB Joey Dunlap K Dunlap will be asked to better Todd Gurley’s performance of last season and we only hope the true freshman has nerves of steel. Yarborough is a RS freshman, but there are few players that have generated so much excitement before ever stepping on the field at BYU. 2012 Schedule Code:
Team Rank: 14We get a fairly tough in state test from Utah State to start the season, though they have some big contributors to replace. They run the old school Double Wing and have shown you can have success at the D-1 level with this antique offense. Air Force again is our biggest threat in the MWC and the defending champions have 7 starters back on offense, but only 5 on defense, which is hopefully something we can exploit. The other big games of course are at #22 Notre Dame and Utah, both of whom vanquished us last season and both could be potential pitfalls this year, especially Notre Dame. I predict a 10-1 record with a likely loss to Notre Dame and another MWC Title for the Cougars. With 17 starters back, I don’t see how we can’t improve on last season. 2012 NFL Combine We have 12 Cougars enter the NFL draft, though there are only 2-4 that will likely get drafted, with as many as 6 possibilities to start training camp on a team as either a draft pick or undrafted free agent. Here are their grades and combine numbers. Code:
Player Grade 40 yd Wonderlic 225 BP AgilityBYU Alumni Pre Season report ($ = Starter) $Mack Linquist P Dallas (2) – Firmly entrenched as the Cowboys starting punter after a solid rookie campaign. $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver (2) - Again penciled in to start at Mike, did have 107 total tackles as a rookie, but realistically only an average NFL middle Linebacker. Jerome Noisy CB Denver ® - Drafted with the first pick of the 4th round by the Broncos, Noisy projects very well at zone coverage and is a good run support player. Will likely see time in nickel/dime packages. Not very physical. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (3) – Still back up to Richie May, he could start for some teams as he is balanced and quite strong. Unfortunately Detroit is not one of them. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit (2) - Still hanging on but is woefully undersized at 6’ 244 for an NFL defensive end. This will likely prevent him from ever being anything more than a bench player for a few years at best. Korey Webb LT Jacksonville ® - Amazingly Webb gets drafted going in the 6th round with the 19th pick, a big body and very smart he is a decent pass blocker, but horrible in run blocking. May not survive training camp. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (3) – The former 1st rounder enters his third season with the Chiefs with 2407 career yards under his best and a firm grip on the starting RB job. Arguably one of the top 5-7 backs in the NFL, but still largely unknown outside of Kansas City. Darrin Shields MLB Miami (2) – Still has some upside, but not progressing fast enough and is relegated to the practice squad. Pete Rose FL Miami (2) – Rose starts 2012 where he spend all of 2011, on the practice squad. $Andy Schroder FL New England (1) - “The Threat” is poised for a huge sophomore season after closing out a 69 reception rookie season with 19 catches and 4 touchdowns on the final 3 games of 2011. He is a definite star in the making. Paul Post QB New England ® - In quite the surprise Post is reunited with Schroder when the Patriots take him with pick number 2 of the 2nd round. He is Donovan McNabb’s backup heading into training camp, though at 5’11” he is not built like a typical NFL QB, he has good timing and pocket sense. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (3) – Still the 4th option at receiver, at least he starts this season healthy, but as a 2nd round pick has to be viewed as a possible bust at this time. His route running is absolutely horrendous. Pete Winslett WLB NY Jets ® - The Jets apparently are impressed enough with his 4.58 speed that they overlook size and strength deficiencies, bringing Pete in as an undrafted free agent. $Kirk Suarez RT NY Jets ® - Drafted 18th in the 7th round, the Jets shock reporters when he is named the starter going into camp. They are surely looking for other options as Suarez is not very strong and a poor run blocker. Baxter Ellis C Oakland (2) – Enters his 2nd season with the Raiders assigned to the practice squad. Has great upside as a run blocker, but mediocre at pass protection. Geoff Joseph TE Seattle (3) – Cut by the Jets after his serious Elbow injury, Geoff is brought in be the Seahawks to back up Tyrus Pallansch. Josephs strength was blocking and injury seems to have hampered that, though he can still make the clutch third down reception. Andrew Reynolds MLB ® - I thought he had a good shot at being drafted, but the Seahawks pick him up as an undrafted FA. Good be a decent pickup as he is solid against the run and a decent looking special teams guy. Pass defense is a liability though and that could be why his stock plummeted. Calvin Shaw RB (4) – After three years in Denver, Shaw is released and signs with Tampa Bay. Still a powerful inside runner, he will likely be used as a short yardage back by the Bucs as he is not too fleet of foot. A well deserved fresh start after a frustrating 2011 season. 18 former Cougars from my regime on NFL rosters, with 5 starting. Stoddard and Schroder are clearly the cream of the crop, but I look for Noisy to possibly do some things and will be real interested to see what happens with Post in New England if McNabb goes down again. Unemployed (Exp) The following Cougars are out of work headed into training camp. I will not list these guys during the season unless they are signed Dwight Gatlin QB (4) – The all time Cougar passing leader is hanging on in vain. Ellis Hitchcock FL (3) – Cut by Buffalo, kind of say this coming Gus Cerny TE (3) – Second year out of the league Tom Longmate RT (2) – Bounced around between 3 teams his rookie season, it appears his bouncing is done. Bennie Rayburn QB (2) – A never was, time to check the arena league, oh never mind, they folded. Julio Fredrickson RB (2) – No surprise here the way the Jets buried him at the end of the year Wade Such DT (2) – I must say this surprises me since he started 13 games for the Packers, but then again they were weak on the D-line Herb Wong OLB (2) – Never caught on last year, but still holding out hope. The guys below are all free agent rookies and realistically hold virtually no hope of making it. Nick Levitt TE, Cedric Wiles RDE, Todd Gurley K, Brian Riddell LG and Perry Ah Yat RB. |
Week 1 - Reclaiming the Beehive Boot
2012 Week 1
BYU 24 Utah St 3 Record Overall 1-0 Mountain West 0-0 Rank: 8th Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 19-27-309 1 TD Rushing Wally Jennings 18-51 2 TD Steven Lane 2-24 Receiving Lenny Finley 5-106 Xavier Malone 4-92 Gilbert Meyer 3-38 Defense Benjamin Arreola ILB 12 tackles, 1 sack Shaun Sweeney SS 7 tackles, 3 assists Dave Yarborough ILB 7 tackles, 2 assists, 1 Int Kendall Timlin FS 5 tackles, 3 assists Recap Not as easy as it may appear at first glance as the Aggies came out determined to stuff our running game, get us in long yardage situations and then bring the house. The strategy worked like a charm in the first half as they sacked Ellard 3 times and put the screws to Wally Jennings. At the half we had only 128 total yards and 62 of those came on one drive. We were equally effective against the Aggies punishing Double Wing attack and took a scoreless tie into the locker room and the break! We finally got untracked in the 3rd quarter behind touchdown runs of 8 and 16 yards from Wally Jennings. Utah St never really threatened to make it a game as their whole scheme revolves around wearing a team down and gaining 3-4 yards a pop which we did not allow, holding them to 2.8 yards a carry. Of course they were even better holding us to 1.8 and opening up the “who should start at running back” chatter on the BYU message boards. Luckily Ellard carried the Offense today, standing tall in the face of heavy pressure and shredding the Aggies. This was a game he may have folded in last year, so hopefully it is a glimpse of things to come. He was especially deadly in the short passing game, mostly check downs, completing 13 of 14 for 130 yards in the 0-10 yard range!! One more note. Kendall Cormier, the blue chip DE that spurned us for the Aggies is redshirting, so we will see him in the future hopefully. Injuries Wayne Harrison DE – Out – Hyper-extended Knee – Up to 6 weeks You never like injuries, but at least Harrison is a backup, other than this we are healthy. Recruiting We have our full allotment of 16 scholarships this year and I set our needs as follows. Offense 1 QB, 2 RB, 1 WR, 1 C, 1 G, 1 OT Defense 2 DE, 1 DT, 1 ILB, 1 OLB, 2 CB, 2 S The secondary is my biggest concern by far as we are already a little thin and I don’t want to provide depth with walk-ons, never a good thing back there. I will do this section a little different from now on, adding players as they visit and then tracking them wherever they end up. That way we can occasionally check up on the ones who came to see us, but got away. We will call this the Kendall Cormier process :) Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 24 Utah St 3 Fresno St 49 New Mexico 14 Tulane 45 Wyoming 0 Not a bright and shiny start for the MWC. You expect this of the Lobos, but I thought Wyoming would be better and they flat out got embarrassed!! By Tulane!!! I will have to take a look at the Pokes a little closer and they were fairly young last year and in my mind were the 3rd best team in the MWC pre-season. This pretty much sums them up though, no consistency in Laramie and the only certain thing about them is you never know what you will get. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak BYU at UTEP (TV5) Indiana at Colorado St UNLV at Iowa Arizona St at San Diego St Utah St at Air Force Northern Illinois at New Mexico Utah at Brown Some interesting matchups with a full slate on tap, but most do not bode well for the MWC. The school up north continues our tradition of kicking an Ivy League schools ass in non-conference play, while everyone else is a bit more ambitious. I will have a close eye on the Utah St/Air Force game to see how we compare against a common opponent. We travel to Jeeberville to take on the Miners and another old school offense as they still run the T-formation. UTEP opened up against Miami and took a 52-27 drubbing for their time. Seems Irv Charneski has been there forever pulling the strings of the Miner attack, but the shifty QB is finally a senior. He has strung a nice career together in El Paso. The numbers for his first 3 seasons are pretty consistent; Passing yards: 1737, 1724 and 1681 Rushing yards: 404, 491 and 336 He is a capable duel threat signal caller and is joined in the backfield by another four year starter BJ Coles, who is coming off back to back 1000 yard seasons. Coles was the lone bright spot against Miami, going for 103 yards on 15 carries. He will test us. BYU Alumni in the NFL $ = Starter (Experience) $Mack Linquist P Dallas (2) – Dallas loses a defensive battle to the Giants 19-13 and Mack punts 6 times for a sparkling 46.5 avg $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver (2) – Jamison logs 5 tackles and 3 assists as the Broncos pick up where they left off, though they lose respectfully, falling to KC 27-24. Jerome Noisy CB Denver ® – Jerome sees some PT and records 2 tackles in the loss to the Chiefs. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (3) – Melvin gets about a dozen plays and manages to go 0 for 2 in KRB as the Lions are handled by Chicago 22-7. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit (2) – Newsome plays even less than Flynn in the loss and accrues no stats. Korey Webb LT Jacksonville ® – Webb makes the team and gets a few plays in an opening day 21-16 loss to the Colts. He goes 0 for 1 in KRB. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (3) – Stoddard starts his third season in fine enough style leading the Chiefs to their 27-24 win over Denver, rushing for 85 yards on 15 carries and scoring 1 TD. Darrin Shields MLB Miami (2) – Practice squad Jackie Trippi DE Miami ® – Jackie makes the roster and gets 1 tackle in limited PT as the Dolphins start off the year with a 21-20 over Buffalo. $Andy Schroder FL New England (2)- New England opens with a nice offensive display, beating the Jets 38-28 and Schroder plays a big part hauling in 5 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Paul Post QB New England ®- Paul does a great job holding a clipboard and watching a fine performance by McNabb in the Pats win. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (3) – Fletcher comes off the bench to grab 3 balls for 30 yards in the 38-28 loss to New England. Pete Winslett OLB NY Jets ® – Pete gets in for one play (probably McNabb taking a knee) in the loss to the Pats to pop his NFL cherry. $Kirk Suarez RT NY Jets ® – Surprisingly he is still the starter and does a decent job in the Jets loss, going 1 for 2 in KRB and allowing no sacks. Ellis Baxter C Oakland (2) – Does not play in the Raiders 21-11 opening day win over the Chargers. Geoff Joseph TE Seattle (3) – Our 3rd year TE sees very little action and gets no stats as Seattle ties Arizona 13-13…ugh! Andrew Reynolds ILB Seattle ® – Does not play in the kiss your sister fest against the Cardinals. Calvin Shaw RB Tampa Bay (4) – Shaw makes a quiet debut for the Bucs, gaining 9 yards on just 3 carries as the beat the Saints 27-24. He has been nursing a cold and will hopefully get more carries as the season wears on. Co game balls this week to Stoddard and Schroder, who both played key roles in opening day victories for their teams. PS - If anyone wants updates on a certain school, a recruit we didn't get or if anyone we played against went on to make it in the NFL, like Rodney Dostie, let me know. |
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Week 2 - No joy for Jeeber
2012 Week 2
BYU 31 UTEP 13 Record Overall 2-0 Mountain West 0-0 Rank: 12th Leaders Passing Donny Ellard 18-29-287 2 TD, 1 Int Rushing Wally Jennings 14-69 1 TD Steven Lane 7-22 Receiving Lenny Finley 7-106 1 TD Xavier Malone 4-67 1 TD Gilbert Meyer 4-49 Defense Kendall Timlin FS 9 tackles, 1 assist, 1 Int (returned for TD) Dave Yarborough ILB 7 tackles, 5 assists Benjamin Arreola ILB 6 tackles, 4 assists Kendall Malano CB 6 tackles, 1 assist, 1 PD Recap Looks like the personality of this years squad is manifesting itself early on. Start slow, finish strong, which I can deal with as long as our slow start doesn’t have us looking out of holes. UTEP threw us a change up and chose to feed the rock to Ralph Reeves more than BJ Coles and Reeves responded with a decent game with 23 carries for 83 yards, Coles chipped in 49 yards and Charneski 26 (plus 184 passing) for the Miners, who took a 7-0 lead on Charneski’s 9 yard run in the 1st quarter. Ellard brought us right back, finishing the drive with 4 straight completions, the last going 17 yards to Xavier Malone and that was it, 7-7 at halftime. We took a 14-10 lead into the 4th and Dwayne Meadows booted an 18 yard FG to cut it to 14-13 with over 14 minutes to go. Joey Dunlap hit a 23 yd FG to put us up 17-13 and it stayed that way until 3:06 remained, when a 9 yard strike to Finley from Ellard and a Kendall Timlin pick six 40 seconds later put it away. Freshmen sensation Diamond Dave Yarborough continued to live up to the hype in his young career with another fine performance. Injuries Wayne Harrison DE – Doubtful – Hyper-extended Knee – Up to 4 weeks Jesse Gomez OLB – Doubtful – Pulled Groin – 3 weeks Harrison has made great progress, though Gomez is a concern as a pulled groin can turn into a nagging injury and I am contemplating holding him out a game. Recruiting Conrad Alston CB Salt Lake City, UT – Overall 277, Position 25 – Visit week 2 Clifton Green DT Kaysville, UT – Overall 323, Position 25 – Visit week 2 We get two quick visits from local kids that are both top 25 nationally at their position and ranked #3 and #6 in the state respectively. I like both and Green could be a real sleeper as I think he is better than scouted and comes from Davis HS, which has good athletic prep. Mountain West Scoreboard BYU 31 UTEP 13 Colorado St 42 Indiana 9 Boston College 21 Wyoming 17 Arizona St 52 San Diego St 23 Air Force 41 Utah St 7 Northern Illinois 30 New Mexico 10 Utah 17 Brown 14 Wow, some shockers here, mainly CSU stomping Indiana and Utah squeaking by Brown! Have the Utes fallen that much? Air Force again will be formidable judging by their win over Utah St, which was a little bit more impressive than our opening day win over the Aggies. I also guess Tulane is a Juggernaught, since Wyoming only lost to BC by 4 a week after getting shellacked by the Green Wave. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Colorado at Colorado St (TV4) Wyoming at Kansas Cornell at Air Force (TV5) Dartmouth at UNLV San Diego St at Eastern Michigan We get the week off to hit the recruiting trail hard, while several fellow MWC teams celebrate cupcake week with the likes of Cornell, Dartmouth and Eastern Michigan. CSU’s big win this week generates some interest in their matchup with Colorado, landing them on Fox Sports network. BYU Alumni in the NFL $ = Starter (Experience) $Mack Linquist P Dallas (2) – Linquist punts 5 times for a 41.4 avg as the Boys fall in a thriller to Baltimore 34-31. $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver (2) – Denver gets a W!!! A 17-14 win over the Panthers sees Jamison log 4 tackles and 2 assists. Jerome Noisy CB Denver ® – Noisy gets some quality time in nickel packages and records 2 tackles and an assist in the win over Carolina. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (3) – Flynn sees very little time and records no stats as Detroit falls to the Jags 24-13. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit (2) – Donnie gets on the field a bit more this week and manages 2 tackles against Jacksonville for the 0-2 Lions. $Korey Webb LT Jacksonville ® – Webb does a solid job in his first NFL start going 2 for 5 in KRB and allowing no sacks in the Jaguars 24-13 win at Detroit. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (3) – The Chiefs win 28-13 over Tampa and D-Stod manages 2 touchdowns, but is bottled up for only 39 yards on 12 carries. He also adds 2 receptions for 8 yards. Darrin Shields MLB Miami (2) – Practice squad Jackie Trippi DE Miami ® – Trippi sees significant time off the bench and records 2 tackles, but the Dolphins slip to 1-1 with a 24-14 loss at home to the 49ers. $Andy Schroder FL New England (2) - Schroder is hobbled with Bursitis, but still manages to corral 4 balls for 58 yards in a 28-7 win over Seattle and the Patriots are now 2-0! But the real story is….. Paul Post QB New England ®- McNabb goes down with an apparent Knee injury and Post comes off the bench to complete 11 of 20 for 78 yards taking care of the ball effectively in the Patriots win. It is not known if McNabb will be back for the next game yet. If not, Paul gets his first NFL start. I am beginning to wonder now if I missed the boat continuing to stay with Ellard over him last season…. Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (3) – Fletcher hauls in 1 pass for 8 yards in the Jets 17-14 win over St Louis. Pete Winslett OLB NY Jets ® – Winslett again gets only a couple of plays in the Jets win. You have to wonder how long he will be around. $Kirk Suarez RT NY Jets ® – Not the best game for Kirk in the victory, going 0-1 in KRB and allowing a sack. It shows the Jets know he is a weak link by not running his way much. Ellis Baxter C Oakland (2) – We hardly knew ye. Ellis is cut by Oakland and joins the list of Cougars hanging around the free agent pile, which now numbers 15. Geoff Joseph TE Seattle (3) – Joseph gets a few plays in short yardage sets in the Seahawks 28-7 loss to New England. Andrew Reynolds ILB Seattle ® – Andrew gets 1 entire play in Seattle’s loss, hopefully he kept his big boy pants clean. Calvin Shaw RB Tampa Bay (4) – Calvin is healthy and gets 6 carries in the 28-13 loss to Stoddard’s Chiefs, but only manages 14 yards. Game Ball I have to go a new direction this week and give the game ball to Paul Post. No he was not a hero, but he managed the game well after McNabb got hurt. You have to cheer for a 5’11” guy that didn’t even start as a senior in College. |
Week 3 - Rest for the wicked
2012 Week 3
BYE Record Overall 2-0 Mountain West 0-0 Rank: 12th Injuries Wayne Harrison DE – Questionable – Hyper-extended Knee – 3 weeks Jesse Gomez OLB – Questionable – Pulled Groin – 2 weeks The good news is we will be real healthy heading into the Air force game and I decide I will allow Gomez to play. The Falcons are healthy heading into the Hawaii game too, so it will hopefully be the two best in the MWC at top strength in week 5. Recruiting Conrad Alston CB Salt Lake City, UT – Overall 277, Position 25 – Visit week 2 Clifton Green DT Kaysville, UT – Overall 323, Position 25 – Visit week 2 Vernon Cash DE Idaho Falls, ID – Overall 24, Position 9 – Visit week 3 Ronald Shelton ILB Magna, UT – Overall 299, Position 16 – Visit week 3 Ted Steber WR Salt Lake City, UT – Overall 348, Position 25 – Visit week 3 Three more visits this week and all are solid players. We now have 4 of the top 10 players from Utah showing interest in BYU, as well as Idaho’s top prospect, but still no high profile nationally acclaimed kids. This isn’t a big worry as we usually don’t get these visits this early and I am still happy that everyone thus far is top 25 at their position. It would be nice to lock up 3-4 early commits by week 5 so I can really shower 2 or 3 blue chippers with plenty of attention. *One nostalgic link in this class is Shelton, who played for Cyprus where I coached for 3 years before moving to Arizona back in 1994. Mountain West Scoreboard Colorado 27 Colorado St 14 Wyoming 30 Kansas 21 Air Force 38 Cornell 21 Dartmouth 28 UNLV 19 San Diego St 21 Eastern Michigan 16 Colorado States glory is short lived as the Buffs hand them their annual loss in the big in-state rivalry. Air Force and Wyoming do as expected and UNLV has truly sunken to new depths, there may not be a worse program in the entire country. San Diego St should be a league power and it just doesn’t seem anyone can get things going down there. In reality they should be able to recruit So Cal as well as anyone outside of USC and UCLA and while they have a ton of Cali kids on the roster, close to half were not even ranked in the top 1000 out of High School. Mountain West Standings Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak Minnesota at Utah (TV5) Wyoming at Penn St Hawaii at Air Force (TV3) Central Michigan at Colorado St Yale at New Mexico Columbia at San Diego St Our second bye week in a row which could be really good heading into the Air force game or really bad, depending on if you cherish rest or fear rust. You have to give Wyoming credit, the Pokes have a solid OOC schedule and if nothing else it will get them exposure. Utah also has a big game against a Big-10 foe and the Gophers bring a 1-1 mark into the game (beat Baylor, lost to Nebraska) New Mexico and SDSU are just pathetic, their AD’s put together the most pathetic non-league schedules year in and year out. BYU Alumni in the NFL $ = Starter (Experience) $Mack Linquist P Dallas (2) – The Cowboys get their first win over Green Bay and Mack punts 3 times for 39.0 avg. $Roderick Jamison MLB Denver (2) – Denver can’t remain on the winning track as they are upended by Jacksonville 26-17. Jamison has a real good game in the loss with 6 tackles, 2 assists and 1 sack. One of his better efforts as a Pro. Jerome Noisy CB Denver ® – Jerome plays very little in the loss to Jacksonville and records no stats. Melvin Flynn C Detroit (3) – The Lions are involved in a wild affair against Tampa, finally falling 41-37. Flynn gets his most significant PT of the season and goes 1 for 3 in KRB, 0 sacks allowed. Donnie Newsome DE Detroit (2) – Newsome barely sees the field in the Tampa loss, though I am sure it was a great game to watch. Detroit is now 0-3. Korey Webb LT Jacksonville ® – Back to the bench for Webb in the Jags 26-17 win over the Broncos and he records no stats. Jacksonville is now 2-1. $Daniel Stoddard RB Kansas City (3) – Another sub-par effort for Stoddard as the Chiefs (2-1) suffer their first loss of the season in a 34-33 heartbreaker to Buffalo. Stoddard scores a TD, put is held to 33 yards on 13 carries, but he does grab 2 more catches for 4 yards and another 2 TDs. His rushing output is down, but he now has 6 total TDs on the season. Darrin Shields MLB Miami (2) – Practice squad Jackie Trippi DE Miami ® – The Dolphins move to 2-1 with a 27-14 victory over the Raiders and Trippi gets 1 tackle and a QB hurry off the bench. $Andy Schroder FL New England (2)- Still slowed by Bursitis, Schroder hauls in 3 balls for 28 yards, but the Patriots suffer their first loss of the season 20-19 to Cleveland. $Paul Post QB New England ®- Post gets his first NFL start in place of the injured Donovan McNabb and despite the loss plays well for the 2-1 Patriots, going 21 of 29 (72.4%) for 243 yards, 1 TD and 1 Int. Not a bad debut at all for a career College backup. $Leland Fletcher SE NY Jets (3) – Santana Moss is hurt again and Fletcher steps in to start, but only records 1 reception for 10 yards as the Jets are throttled by Baltimore 27-13. Pete Winslett OLB NY Jets ® – Does not play in the loss to the Ravens. $Kirk Suarez RT NY Jets ® – Kirk continues to hold onto the starting job, but gets no KRP opportunities in the loss. The good news is he does not allow any sacks either though. Geoff Joseph TE Seattle (3) – Seattle moves to 1-1-1 with a 13-10 win over the Redskins. They have an anemic offense, averaging 11 points a game and Geoff gets only a few plays in short yardage sets, recording no stats. Andrew Reynolds ILB Seattle ® – Does not play in the win over the Skins. Calvin Shaw RB Tampa Bay (4) – Calvin gets 3 carries for 14 yards in the 41-37 shootout win over Detroit as the Bucs climb to 2-1. It looks like Calvin is slowly heading for the exits in his 4th NFL season. Paul Post claims his second straight game ball in the Patriots loss to Cleveland. He certainly did all that was expected of him and just couldn’t finish in the end. He will at least keep New England in games while McNabb is out, something that didn’t happen when he got hurt last year. |
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