2007 Week 6
Northern Illinois 42 Goldsboro 16
Record Overall 3-1 MAC South 1-0
Passing
QB Mo Livesay 20/31 307yds 3TD 1INT
Rushing
HB Steven Rasmussen 23att 142yds 2TD
HB Hugh Horn 8att 27yds 1TD
Receiving
WR Grady Kemp 5cat 69yds
WR Grant Kaplan 4cat 82yds 2TD
HB Steven Rasmussen 3cat 52yds
Defense
OLB Dave Walters 6tack 1sack
SS Maurice Shaffer 4tack 4ast
DT Roman Lovelace 3tack 2.5sack
Recap
To end up 3-1 after this 4 game grind on the road is amazing. We played our best game of the year at Goldsboro.
Offensively, we did well in all phases. QB Livesay played his best game of the year. His 21 completions went to 10 different receivers. HB Rasmussen played strong and was able to dominate between the tackles. The WR duo of Kaplan and Kemp played very well and is going to be tough to deal with going forward. Our Offensive Line was dominant and only allowed 1 sack.
Defensively, We shut the Goldsboro team down. We only gave up 207 total yards and our pass rush was terling (6 sacks). Our run defense totally shut down the Goldsboro running game (21 yards). I am very encouraged about how our defense has played the last 3 games.
Injuries
QB Mo Livesay - Strained Hamstring - Prob Unknown
This bears watching.
Recruiting
Visits
None
Commits
DE Walter Batista (6'3" 243lbs) - Chicago, IL - Overall 161, position 20
OLB Terrance Blades (6'1" 212lbs) - Mattoon, IL - Overall 175, position 11
G Gino Cambell (6'3" 283lbs) - Argenta, IL - Overall 7, position 1
We now add the number 1 Guard in the country to our team. This may turn out to be our top recruiting class in my tenure here. We have some very strong players interested in our program at NIU.
MAC South Scoreboard
Northern Illinois 42 Goldsboro 16
Toledo 35 Louisiana-Lafayette 7
Bowling Green 38 Central Michigan 35
Charlotte 41 Ball State 14
Notre Dame 14 Western Michigan 7
Eastern Michigan 30 Asheville 16
Glad to see Western Michigan play tough against Notre Dame. Ball State's losing streak is now at 12 games and counting.
MAC South Standings
Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Northern Illinois 3 1 0 .750 96 94 1 0 0 1.000 17 10 Won 3
Western Michigan 2 2 0 .500 63 65 1 0 0 1.000 20 7 Lost 1
Toledo 3 1 0 .750 111 72 1 1 0 .500 41 41 Won 1
Eastern Michigan 3 2 0 .600 128 112 1 1 0 .500 46 45 Won 2
Bowling Green 2 2 0 .500 124 100 1 1 0 .500 62 63 Won 1
Ball State 0 4 0 .000 56 137 0 1 0 .000 11 38 Lost 12
Central Michigan 1 4 0 .200 106 164 0 3 0 .000 41 113 Lost 3
Next weeks Schedule
Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois
Toledo at Central Michigan
Marshall at Bowling Green
Western Michigan at Ball State
We finally get our first home game of the year. The 3-2 Eastern Michigan travel to DeKalb to play in our Homecoming game. The Eastern Michigan runs a balanced offense and have had some success running and passing the ball. They will turn the ball over though. Defensively, they are not really strong in stopping the run or the pass.