2008 Week 9
Northern Illinois 38 Central Michigan 8
Record Overall 6-1 MAC South 4-0
Passing
QB Mo Livesay 20/34 228yds 2TD 2int
QB Issac Grant 1/2 8yds 1TD 1int
Rushing
HB Steven Rasmussen 27att 131yds 1TD
HB Hugh Horn 3att 7yds
Receiving
WR Grant Kaplan 7cat 93yds
WR Grady Kemp 4cat 71yds 1TD
WR Melvin Ponzo 2cat 25yds 1TD
Defense
ILB Corey Crane 9tack 2ast .5sack
FS Conrad JohnSy 8tack 3ast 1int
DT Roman Lovelace 4tack 2ast 2.5sack
Recap
Things keep rolling along in our quest for our second division and conference title.
Our offense was fortunate this game. Even though we scored a ton of points, we gave their team too many chances to catch up. We threw 3 interceptions, but worse yet, we fumbled the ball 6 times (luckily we got 5 of those fumbles back). Our Offensive line was steady and only allowed 2 sacks. And it was good to get our top WR back and he had a strong game. QB Livesay needs to step it up. He is throwing too many interceptions.
Defensively, we gave up too many yards on the ground (152 yards). We dominated their pass protection with 6 sacks 5 turnovers (4 int, 1 fum). The back end of our defense has played very well for much of the season.
Injuries
CB Gilbert Cunningham - Shoulder Surgery - Out 17 weeks
FB Curtis Weber - Broken Ankle - Out 12 weeks
DE Aaron Small - Torn Knee Ligament - Out 7 weeks
DE Christian Levine - Severe Wrist Sprain - Out 5 weeks
OLB Jonathan Thiele - Broken Ankle - 3 weeks
OLB Adam Berry - Hyperextended Elbow - Doub 3 weeks
WR Grant Kaplan - Sprained Back - Prob 1 week
TE Blaine Williamson - Bruised Ribcage - Prob 2 week
DE Sammy Tuttle comes back, but DE Levine goes down.
Recruiting
Visits
N/A
Commits
ILB Randal Hodges (5'10" 206lbs) - Chicago, IL - Overall 20, position 2
QB Donnell Rickles (6'1" 203lbs) - Blue Island, IL - Overall 79, position 14
DT Mitchell Shelton (5'11" 242lbs) - Romeoville, IL - Overall 329, position 17
WR Derek Mason (6'1" 176lbs) - Winnebago, IL - Overall 456, position 44
CB Ted Bowker (5'11" 157lbs) - Waukesha, WI - Overall 331, position 27
TE Christian Wilcox (6'3" 213lbs) - Chicago, IL - Overall UR, position 67
Another stud LB. We may be the new LB University. Room for 3 more recruits.
MAC South Scoreboard
#23 Northern Illinois 38 Central Michigan 8
#21 Toledo 22 Ball State 17
Bowling Green 45 Western Michigan 17
MAC South Standings
Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Northern Illinois 6 1 0 .857 201 125 4 0 0 1.000 129 50 Won 6
Toledo 6 1 0 .857 199 160 4 0 0 1.000 132 74 Won 6
Bowling Green 3 4 0 .428 219 188 3 1 0 .750 150 81 Won 1
Western Michigan 3 4 0 .428 173 134 3 1 0 .750 115 65 Lost 1
Central Michigan 2 5 0 .285 157 207 2 3 0 .400 113 145 Lost 1
Eastern Michigan 3 4 0 .428 155 173 1 3 0 .250 73 77 Lost 2
Ball State 2 5 0 .285 160 222 1 3 0 .250 59 111 Lost 1
Next weeks Schedule
#19 Toledo at Western Michigan
Buffalo at Bowling Green
Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan
We have another Bye week. This will help us get healthier for the home stretch of games, 3 out of 4 will be at home. Hoping Western Michigan takes down Toledo.