2008 Week 11
Northern Illinois 41 Ball State 13
Record Overall 7-2 MAC South 5-1
Passing
QB Mo Livesay 6/9 116yds 3TD
QB Isaac Goetz 7/17 88yds 3int
QB Isaac Grant 1/1 10yds
Rushing
HB Steven Rasmussen 14att 93yds
HB Hugh Horn 14att 32yds
Receiving
WR Grady Kemp 8cat 126yds 3TD
WR Grant Kaplan 2cat 35yds
TE William Coltharp 2cat 14yds
Defense
FS Conrad JohnSy 9tack 1ast
ILB Corey Crane 6tack 2ast
DT Roman Lovelace 4tack 2ast 1sack
Recap
Our team came out fired up from the opening kickoff. And by halftime, we were up 41-3. We had some big plays as well. We had a blocked punt for a TD as well as an interception returned for a TD as well.
On offense, we did what had to be done. WR Kemp may have surpassed WR Kaplan as our top playmaker. He was unstoppable today. QB Livesay was having an amazing game before he went down with a strained neck. He will be day to day as of now. Our back QB Goetz needs a lot of work. We just cannot allow so many interceptions.
Defensively, we flew all over the field today. We forced 6 turnovers (4int and 2 fum). The only negative was allowing Ball State to gain 174yds on the ground. We must tighten that up prior to our final game of the season against Toledo.
Injuries
CB Gilbert Cunningham - Shoulder Surgery - Out 14 weeks
OLB Jonathan Thiele - Broken Ankle - Out 9 weeks
FB Curtis Weber - Broken Ankle - Out 9 weeks
DE Aaron Small - Torn Knee Ligament - Out 5 weeks
DE Christian Levine - Severe Wrist Sprain - Prob 2 weeks
OLB Adam Berry - Hyperextended Elbow - Prob 1 week
QB Mo Livesay – Sparained Neck - Prob 5 week
Recruiting
Visits
N/A
Commits
N/A
MAC South Scoreboard
Northern Illinois 41 Ball State 13
Western Michigan 37 Central Michigan 0
Eastern Michigan 37 #22 Toledo 17
MAC South Standings
Code:
School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Western Michigan 6 4 0 .600 293 163 6 1 0 .857 235 94 Won 3
Northern Illinois 7 2 0 .777 255 187 5 1 0 .833 183 112 Won 1
Toledo 7 3 0 .700 266 259 5 2 0 .714 199 173 Lost 1
Bowling Green 4 5 0 .444 278 225 4 2 0 .666 209 118 Lost 1
Eastern Michigan 6 4 0 .600 253 210 4 3 0 .571 171 114 Won 3
Central Michigan 2 8 0 .200 173 301 2 5 0 .285 116 223 Lost 4
Ball State 2 7 0 .222 190 283 1 5 0 .166 89 172 Lost 3
Next weeks Schedule
Ball State at Bowling Green (-16)
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan (-13)
#23 Northern Illinois (-11) at Toledo TV4
With a Western Michigan loss and a win by us, we would win the division and travel on to face Miami(OH) for the MAC title. First we are going to have to defeat a very tough Toledo team in their house. Toledo was destroyed last weekend by Eastern Michigan, so I suspect they are going to be very tough to beat this weekend. They have a very nice, balance attack with the ability to beat on the ground or in the air. On defense, they are extremely tough to pass against (25th in the nation pass defense). It will be up to our running game and offensive line to control the line of scrimmage and allow our play action game to get established. Also, having QB Livesay hurt is not a positive.