BBCF: Life after the Glass Man (the first year isn't going to be pretty.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Now that Randy has graduated and gone pro (to probably end his career on the first play that he gets in) we start a new era.

Our school administration was very disappointed that we blew the National Championship Game last year and wasted a great opportunity. You can read about Randy's 4 years here:

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ad.php?t=45664



We have many holes now with graduations and two of our best young players (FS Drayton Ryan and OG Mike Batrum) leaving early. However, we were fortunate that none of our star WR's left early. This might have been a big mistake for them as we had a surprisingly hard time getting any of the top QB's to come to USC! We've lost out on at least 10 guys that we targeted. Most of them were East Coast guys, and VT and ND landed the top two QB's. LSU got the 3rd best QB in the nation and Michigan got the 4th best QB. We also lost a good QB to Arizona State (he was from Arizona) and to Oregon State (he was from Oregon.) In fact, every QB we recruited went somewhere else! We didn't get any QB's! We had 3 very raw QB's walk-on and we are really hurting if Robert Keith goes down to injury, but I don't think he is very good either. I'll be hoping for a much better QB class next year. With our holes at HB, we surprisingly lost out on the top 10 HB's to teams such as Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, and Ohio State.) We ended up adding 2 mediocre HB's and we really are taking a huge hit to our offense talent. We need a MUCH better recruiting year next year, or we could be entering a downward spiral. Really, we've had a terrible recruiting year except for along both lines and at OLB. I also lost out on a few of the tops Corners and Safeties that I went after. Washington did a great job of keeping guys from their state. Oregon State did a great job of keeping guys from their state and poached a few of the top California guys! VT did a great job on the east coast and thwarted me on my top few guys. I expect this to be a very rough year..




Here is a look at our class (we didn't fill 5 scholarships):


DT Derek Ellington, 5-stars
Pinkerton Academy (Derry, NH)
National Rank: 26, Regional: 7, Position: 6

DT Shawn Harris, 5-stars
Pierce (Arbuckle, CA)
National Rank: 32, Regional: 9, Position: 8

DT Jason Dunbar, 5-stars
Tri-West Hendricks (Lizton, IN)
National Rank: 55, Regional: 6, Position: 12

OG DeWayne Steinbach, 5-stars
Dorsey (Los Angeles, CA)
National Rank: 72, Regional: 14, Position: 7

OLB Norris Myer, 4-stars
Sonora (Sonora, CA)
National Rank: 73, Regional: 15, Position: 11

OG Byron Pickard, 4-stars
Fresno (Fresno, CA)
National Rank: 43, Regional: 11, Position: 4

DT Bobby Parker, 4-stars
Lockport Township (Lockport, IL)
National Rank: 166, Regional: 19, Position: 24

C Ed Hunter, 3-stars
Havre (Havre, MT)
National Rank: 897, Regional: 196, Position: 20

RB Sammy Dominguez, 3-stars
Boothbay Regional (Boothbay Harbor, ME)
National Rank: 241, Regional: 51, Position: 10

RB Mike Tuipala, 3-stars
Agua Fria (Avondale, AZ)
National Rank: 634, Regional: 147, Position: 36

OT David Mosley, 3-stars
Redwood (Visalia, CA)
National Rank: 438, Regional: 103, Position: 36

ILB Kevin Kapp, 3-stars
Williston (Williston, ND)
National Rank: 553, Regional: 101, Position: 35

OG Marques Steed, 3-stars
Galileo Academy (San Francisco, CA)
National Rank: 492, Regional: 115, Position: 40





We've also recently made a chance at the DC position, hiring a very good defensive coordinator from Cal that likes to run a 4-3. Shannon Noonan is known as a brilliant developer of Cornerbacks and is very good with linebackers. I expect him to help better develop the high quality talent that we have recruited the last few years that hasn't really met it's potential.


A post training camp roster look is coming soon.

[Eaglesfan27]

I don't know how our recruiting class was 12th except that we got 4 excellent DT's.

Here is an overview of the team's schedule:

USC Team Overview Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |
Team Info RECORD COACH POLL MEDIA POLL RECRUIT CLASS PRESTIGE STRENGTH OF CONF PROJ 0-0 6th 7th 12th Excellent (86) 40th 1st Place
Team Schedule WEEK OPPONENT SCORE 1 #17 Virginia Tech - 2 OPEN - 3 OPEN - 4 at Stanford - 5 #23 Notre Dame - 6 OPEN - 7 Oregon - 8 at Oregon State - 9 at California - 10 Arizona - 11 Arizona State - 12 at Washington - 13 OPEN - 14 UCLA - 15 OPEN -	Pacific Ten Standings TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA Arizona 0-0 0-0 0 0 Arizona State 0-0 0-0 0 0 California 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oregon 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oregon State 0-0 0-0 0 0 Stanford 0-0 0-0 0 0 UCLA 0-0 0-0 0 0 USC 0-0 0-0 0 0 Washington 0-0 0-0 0 0 Wash State 0-0 0-0 0 0
Team Injury Report POS NAME INJURY STATUS	Team Stats OFFENSE DEFENSE Total Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Rushing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Passing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0

[Eaglesfan27]

USC Team Roster Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |

Quarterbacks # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 18 QB Bill Christensen 6-3 211 So 2.81 79 62 OK Gladstone (Covina, CA) 4 7 02 QB Brian Hoag 6-1 200 Fr 3.92 93 73 OK Beaumont (Beaumont, CA) 3 5 03 QB Robert Keith (S) 5-11 197 (Fr) 2.75 99 63 OK Roosevelt (Chicago, IL) 8 9 05 QB Kevin Urlacher 6-4 191 Fr 3.96 51 90 OK Bradley Tech (Milwaukee, WI) 4 10 07 QB Buzz Williams 6-6 221 Fr 1.90 52 60 OK Providence Catholic (New Lenox, IL) 6 9

Running Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 29 RB Lawrence Armstrong 5-9 191 Sr 1.70 60 52 OK Quinter (Quinter, KS) 7 9 30 RB Sammy Dominguez 5-8 183 Fr 3.53 99 72 OK Boothbay Regional (ME) 8 12 26 RB James Douglas (S) 5-11 220 So 2.02 76 62 OK Lockland (Lockland, OH) 8 12 27 RB Norman Hebert 6-0 187 Fr 3.71 88 95 OK Tennyson (Hayward, CA) 1 5 31 RB Mike Tuipala 5-8 173 Fr 3.90 47 78 OK Agua Fria (Avondale, AZ) 5 11 39 FB David Dishman 6-2 205 Jr 3.51 92 79 OK Foothill (Santa Ana, CA) 5 7 34 FB Louis Liske 6-0 223 Sr 2.39 64 49 OK Medicine Lake (Medicine Lake, MT) 12 15 47 FB Tony Seau (S) 5-11 253 Jr 1.90 38 49 OK Manual Arts (Los Angeles, CA) 13 17

Receivers # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 11 WR Leon Counts 6-2 180 Sr 3.81 60 77 OK Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa, CA) 10 11 80 WR Lennox Franklin 6-5 216 Sr 2.49 75 53 OK Livingston (Livingston, CA) 14 17 68 WR Michael Howard 5-9 170 Jr 2.37 52 45 OK La Canada (La Canada, CA) 14 18 83 WR Jerry Jones (S) 6-6 183 Sr 3.01 94 66 OK Calvary Temple (Modesto, CA) 15 18 85 WR Billy Kelley (S) 6-1 185 Sr 3.03 69 70 OK Amador (Sutter Creek, CA) 15 18 25 WR Alfred McIlhenny 6-1 194 (Fr) 2.92 68 66 OK Clovis East (Clovis, CA) 8 12 82 WR Kevin Posey 6-3 186 Jr 2.06 98 49 OK Colton (Colton, CA) 7 9 89 TE Henry Jones 6-3 223 Fr 2.49 57 57 OK Avenal (Avenal, CA) 2 6 81 TE Lawrence Milton 6-2 245 So 3.57 53 75 OK Coldwater (Coldwater, MI) 7 12 84 TE Artose Morgan 6-6 239 So 2.06 77 58 OK Clare (Clare, MI) 10 14 88 TE Eric Williams (S) 6-2 267 Sr 2.58 73 65 OK Waynesville (Waynesville, OH) 11 14

Offensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 69 OT Fred German 6-7 298 Fr 2.24 81 65 OK Loyola (Los Angeles, CA) 2 5 74 OT Ricky Hamilton 6-0 305 Jr 3.91 72 72 OK Huntington Park (Huntington Park, CA) 4 6 66 OT Steve Alexander (S) 6-8 315 Sr 2.15 99 56 OK Carroll (Southlake, TX) 13 16 73 OT David Mosley 6-7 285 Fr 3.66 81 85 OK Redwood (Visalia, CA) 7 13 79 OT Doug White 6-8 295 (Fr) 1.78 86 42 OK Bourgade Catholic (Phoenix, AZ) 8 14 77 OT Randy Williams (S) 6-3 295 So 2.75 58 61 OK Boylan Catholic (Rockford, IL) 9 14 78 OG Buddy Lang 6-0 278 So 1.68 45 61 OK Hilltop (Chula Vista, CA) 1 4 65 OG Mike Meade (S) 6-3 301 Sr 2.49 99 58 OK Orem (Orem, UT) 13 15 70 OG Byron Pickard 6-7 311 Fr 1.92 77 47 OK Fresno (Fresno, CA) 9 16 61 OG Marques Steed 6-7 302 Fr 2.24 87 53 OK Galileo Academy (San Francisco, CA) 8 14 63 OG DeWayne Steinbach 6-1 300 Fr 2.34 66 48 OK Dorsey (Los Angeles, CA) 8 17 75 OG Dan Woods (S) 6-1 320 Jr 2.25 66 51 OK H.H. Dow (Midland, MI) 12 14 64 C Ed Hunter 6-6 307 Fr 3.35 69 90 OK Havre (Havre, MT) 5 12 55 C Thad DeLamielleure 6-6 287 Jr 2.95 72 72 OK Dominguez (Compton, CA) 2 3 62 C Eric Evans (S) 6-2 284 Sr 3.41 87 76 OK Bremerton (Bremerton, WA) 13 15 72 C Lionel Donovan 6-4 316 Jr 1.96 73 60 OK Waterloo (Atwater, OH) 11 15

Defensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 93 DE Brad Adams (S) 6-2 295 Sr 3.04 36 74 OK Green Hope (Morrisville, NC) 12 14 91 DE Kevin Putnam 6-8 265 Sr 2.18 69 62 OK Kahuku (Kahuku, HI) 11 11 92 DE Jim Stacy (S) 6-8 276 Jr 1.66 21 54 OK Colusa (Colusa, CA) 12 15 97 DE Sam Amundson 6-7 278 Sr 2.89 41 71 OK Upper Arlington (Columbus, OH) 10 11 94 DE John Conwell 6-1 281 (Jr) 3.69 70 70 OK Marine City (Marine City, MI) 8 11 90 DT Trace McKenzie 6-3 298 Sr 3.40 37 67 OK Pointe Coupee Central (Morganza, LA) 6 8 98 DT Sam Mitchell (S) 6-1 284 So 1.88 60 62 OK Cloverdale (Cloverdale, CA) 10 14 95 DT Bobby Parker 6-4 259 Fr 3.93 56 74 OK Lockport Township (Lockport, IL) 6 14 04 DT Shawn Harris 6-2 273 Fr 2.45 99 56 OK Pierce (Arbuckle, CA) 10 14 96 DT Derek Ellington (S) 6-3 307 Fr 3.24 76 75 OK Pinkerton Academy (Derry, NH) 9 15 99 DT Jason Dunbar 6-2 284 Fr 1.75 83 54 OK Tri-West Hendricks (Lizton, IN) 8 15

Linebackers # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 56 ILB Robert Peete 6-1 234 Sr 3.35 66 89 OK Riverside Poly (Riverside, CA) 9 12 58 ILB Arlie Denney 6-2 225 Fr 3.10 56 72 OK Elk Grove (Elk Grove, CA) 2 6 44 ILB Kevin Kapp 6-2 230 Fr 3.56 90 97 OK Williston (Williston, ND) 6 12 46 ILB Jeremiah Bratton (S) 6-2 235 (Jr) 1.89 61 60 OK North Summit (Coalville, UT) 11 15 40 ILB Ricky Fortunato 5-9 220 Fr 2.87 78 64 OK Bear River (Grass Valley, CA) 3 6 59 OLB Tim Coleman (S) 6-1 252 Jr 1.80 89 51 OK Corvallis (Corvallis, OR) 12 14 50 OLB Irving Staley 5-11 239 (So) 2.03 70 50 OK Hoopa Valley (Hoopa, CA) 10 11 51 OLB Norris Myer 6-0 247 Fr 2.24 75 34 OK Sonora (Sonora, CA) 8 15 52 OLB Detron Allen 6-1 223 Sr 2.38 45 60 OK Tehachapi (Tehachapi, CA) 5 7 45 OLB Jeff Williams (S) 6-2 235 Jr 2.23 29 56 OK Mooreland (Mooreland, OK) 10 15

Defensive Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 33 CB Steve Parrella 5-11 171 Fr 3.59 80 98 OK Farmersville (Farmersville, CA) 3 6 37 CB Terry Betters (S) 5-11 201 Jr 2.21 94 60 OK Lathrop (Fairbanks, AK) 14 17 32 CB E.J. Evans 6-1 196 So 2.47 60 56 OK Superior (Superior, AZ) 8 12 24 CB Gerry Brown (S) 6-2 187 So 2.23 93 61 OK Valdez (Valdez, AK) 11 13 49 CB Bob Burton 6-1 166 Fr 3.63 96 86 OK Central Valley (Shasta Lake, CA) 3 6 35 CB Henri Alexander 6-1 171 (Fr) 2.49 53 55 OK Kern Valley (Lake Isabella, CA) 6 11 41 FS Nate Ferrario (S) 6-1 205 Jr 2.98 41 66 OK Redwood (Larkspur, CA) 12 16 23 FS Sammy Wragge 5-10 187 Fr 3.80 50 73 OK North Florida Christian (FL) 5 10 36 SS Bert DeRamus 5-11 195 Fr 3.30 57 70 OK Santa Monica Catholic (CA) 1 7 28 SS Gary Darling 5-11 189 So 2.53 90 63 OK Upland (Upland, CA) 3 6 21 SS Harry Bartrum (S) 6-0 186 So 2.02 88 58 OK Box Elder (Brigham City, UT) 12 17 22 SS Kevin Thompson 5-10 201 Jr 1.66 58 47 OK Jal (Jale, NM) 10 15

Special teams # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 08 K Matt Mason (S) 6-0 194 Sr 3.49 87 91 OK Moanalua (Honolulu, HI) 16 18 01 K Jerry Reich 6-4 184 So 1.79 76 54 OK Alta Loma (Alta Loma, CA) 3 3 09 P Ben Lewis 6-1 206 Jr 2.85 79 62 OK Tulare Union (Tulare, CA) 2 3 06 P Ray Shuler (S) 6-0 182 Fr 2.22 82 65 OK San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA) 7 9 16 P Aaron Grant 5-10 177 Fr 3.97 64 74 OK Northeast (Oakland Park, FL) 7 10

[Eaglesfan27]

The really scary thing is that Keith is LESS durable than Randy:

USC Player Attributes Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |

Quarterbacks # POS NAME HT WT YR ACC AGGR AGL INS JMP SPD STR DISC DUR EN CUR POT 18 QB Bill Christensen 6-3 211 So 49 33 56 52 19 56 37 55 74 20 4 7 02 QB Brian Hoag 6-1 200 Fr 23 45 42 47 40 24 34 99 43 46 3 5 03 QB Robert Keith (S) 5-11 197 (Fr) 54 23 58 58 41 51 15 68 39 94 8 9 05 QB Kevin Urlacher 6-4 191 Fr 25 30 27 59 33 35 37 54 44 65 4 10 07 QB Buzz Williams 6-6 221 Fr 36 35 43 55 38 33 39 64 50 37 6 9

Running Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR ACC AGGR AGL INS JMP SPD STR DISC DUR EN CUR POT 29 RB Lawrence Armstrong 5-9 191 Sr 46 22 66 53 57 38 43 69 83 42 7 9 30 RB Sammy Dominguez 5-8 183 Fr 52 38 69 53 29 65 32 77 50 96 8 12 26 RB James Douglas (S) 5-11 220 So 55 27 47 58 57 35 43 54 59 73 8 12 27 RB Norman Hebert 6-0 187 Fr 30 51 32 44 51 41 30 36 45 75 1 5 31 RB Mike Tuipala 5-8 173 Fr 42 25 42 53 45 42 23 31 35 26 5 11 39 FB David Dishman 6-2 205 Jr 52 43 32 62 54 52 29 74 67 51 5 7 34 FB Louis Liske 6-0 223 Sr 37 48 53 56 57 29 46 53 96 75 12 15 47 FB Tony Seau (S) 5-11 253 Jr 34 55 67 79 66 33 60 95 44 89 13 17

Receivers # POS NAME HT WT YR ACC AGGR AGL INS JMP SPD STR DISC DUR EN CUR POT 11 WR Leon Counts 6-2 180 Sr 61 69 74 75 47 62 33 95 60 68 10 11 80 WR Lennox Franklin 6-5 216 Sr 82 45 65 47 55 66 45 42 63 79 14 17 68 WR Michael Howard 5-9 170 Jr 92 31 64 45 85 86 56 77 57 83 14 18 83 WR Jerry Jones (S) 6-6 183 Sr 63 46 62 32 76 76 22 60 90 97 15 18 85 WR Billy Kelley (S) 6-1 185 Sr 46 31 78 80 59 81 39 98 77 38 15 18 25 WR Alfred McIlhenny 6-1 194 (Fr) 58 50 39 61 38 66 28 90 55 55 8 12 82 WR Kevin Posey 6-3 186 Jr 48 47 53 39 40 52 40 99 84 80 7 9 89 TE Henry Jones 6-3 223 Fr 24 44 57 39 42 30 39 97 87 70 2 6 81 TE Lawrence Milton 6-2 245 So 50 41 51 39 46 44 47 69 42 76 7 12 84 TE Artose Morgan 6-6 239 So 45 49 46 60 32 57 41 74 90 81 10 14 88 TE Eric Williams (S) 6-2 267 Sr 54 41 39 68 43 44 51 81 87 59 11 14

Offensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR ACC AGGR AGL INS JMP SPD STR DISC DUR EN CUR POT 69 OT Fred German 6-7 298 Fr 14 48 24 61 27 1 46 93 85 56 2 5 74 OT Ricky Hamilton 6-0 305 Jr 25 53 23 50 43 37 50 71 83 21 4 6 66 OT Steve Alexander (S) 6-8 315 Sr 45 43 39 55 26 34 57 99 97 75 13 16 73 OT David Mosley 6-7 285 Fr 33 74 37 67 30 31 53 74 68 72 7 13 79 OT Doug White 6-8 295 (Fr) 33 70 40 70 35 36 45 35 83 52 8 14 77 OT Randy Williams (S) 6-3 295 So 11 47 52 53 36 28 52 94 70 66 9 14 78 OG Buddy Lang 6-0 278 So 7 47 20 55 27 34 39 88 86 75 1 4 65 OG Mike Meade (S) 6-3 301 Sr 25 39 40 42 36 37 47 28 92 81 13 15 70 OG Byron Pickard 6-7 311 Fr 20 46 45 83 44 5 56 51 90 77 9 16 61 OG Marques Steed 6-7 302 Fr 25 56 43 51 24 13 66 72 68 69 8 14 63 OG DeWayne Steinbach 6-1 300 Fr 17 65 40 37 49 26 65 79 76 74 8 17 75 OG Dan Woods (S) 6-1 320 Jr 24 82 29 70 26 32 49 99 95 86 12 14 64 C Ed Hunter 6-6 307 Fr 45 57 33 62 21 39 70 93 47 33 5 12 55 C Thad DeLamielleure 6-6 287 Jr 28 50 19 44 25 31 50 71 74 37 2 3 62 C Eric Evans (S) 6-2 284 Sr 17 39 43 35 26 10 72 40 59 65 13 15 72 C Lionel Donovan 6-4 316 Jr 15 66 27 65 34 14 65 69 67 83 11 15

Defensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR ACC AGGR AGL INS JMP SPD STR DISC DUR EN CUR POT 93 DE Brad Adams (S) 6-2 295 Sr 28 69 46 36 44 28 71 50 75 94 12 14 91 DE Kevin Putnam 6-8 265 Sr 57 45 50 39 49 56 54 21 87 94 11 11 92 DE Jim Stacy (S) 6-8 276 Jr 55 52 46 26 58 46 63 51 49 83 12 15 97 DE Sam Amundson 6-7 278 Sr 58 46 41 31 52 53 38 92 76 77 10 11 94 DE John Conwell 6-1 281 (Jr) 31 47 38 93 41 36 43 50 45 89 8 11 90 DT Trace McKenzie 6-3 298 Sr 24 42 39 52 61 17 43 81 54 99 6 8 98 DT Sam Mitchell (S) 6-1 284 So 24 51 36 61 45 21 70 78 96 70 10 14 95 DT Bobby Parker 6-4 259 Fr 30 51 49 47 34 50 38 92 78 93 6 14 04 DT Shawn Harris 6-2 273 Fr 23 62 35 74 69 22 65 79 99 66 10 14 96 DT Derek Ellington (S) 6-3 307 Fr 35 60 45 34 28 16 57 80 84 72 9 15 99 DT Jason Dunbar 6-2 284 Fr 40 43 43 94 57 41 53 49 55 96 8 15

Linebackers # POS NAME HT WT YR ACC AGGR AGL INS JMP SPD STR DISC DUR EN CUR POT 56 ILB Robert Peete 6-1 234 Sr 42 65 38 70 39 45 41 65 42 93 9 12 58 ILB Arlie Denney 6-2 225 Fr 44 54 31 49 52 28 34 86 66 62 2 6 44 ILB Kevin Kapp 6-2 230 Fr 41 58 44 49 39 48 51 58 52 58 6 12 46 ILB Jeremiah Bratton (S) 6-2 235 (Jr) 47 61 49 93 60 50 59 31 83 70 11 15 40 ILB Ricky Fortunato 5-9 220 Fr 50 55 23 40 45 33 43 29 58 19 3 6 59 OLB Tim Coleman (S) 6-1 252 Jr 48 66 58 33 47 62 45 93 73 99 12 14 50 OLB Irving Staley 5-11 239 (So) 46 62 47 44 51 43 50 89 80 64 10 11 51 OLB Norris Myer 6-0 247 Fr 49 55 57 58 49 35 59 63 60 80 8 15 52 OLB Detron Allen 6-1 223 Sr 47 27 35 52 43 41 44 30 51 80 5 7 45 OLB Jeff Williams (S) 6-2 235 Jr 37 57 44 68 52 57 40 63 67 62 10 15

Defensive Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR ACC AGGR AGL INS JMP SPD STR DISC DUR EN CUR POT 33 CB Steve Parrella 5-11 171 Fr 49 36 48 43 53 50 25 89 82 24 3 6 37 CB Terry Betters (S) 5-11 201 Jr 84 41 48 89 41 59 50 26 87 90 14 17 32 CB E.J. Evans 6-1 196 So 77 33 54 48 76 60 46 34 42 39 8 12 24 CB Gerry Brown (S) 6-2 187 So 60 47 70 71 50 68 48 30 54 48 11 13 49 CB Bob Burton 6-1 166 Fr 49 52 42 64 47 39 29 41 38 39 3 6 35 CB Henri Alexander 6-1 171 (Fr) 52 31 45 51 39 50 41 40 61 40 6 11 41 FS Nate Ferrario (S) 6-1 205 Jr 68 62 62 46 41 66 38 84 68 87 12 16 23 FS Sammy Wragge 5-10 187 Fr 55 48 55 57 56 51 50 29 68 89 5 10 36 SS Bert DeRamus 5-11 195 Fr 45 45 43 35 46 29 40 77 53 18 1 7 28 SS Gary Darling 5-11 189 So 47 32 41 47 44 39 34 35 82 75 3 6 21 SS Harry Bartrum (S) 6-0 186 So 46 62 67 66 45 54 46 86 40 80 12 17 22 SS Kevin Thompson 5-10 201 Jr 53 50 79 44 43 42 41 86 87 60 10 15

Special teams # POS NAME HT WT YR ACC AGGR AGL INS JMP SPD STR DISC DUR EN CUR POT 08 K Matt Mason (S) 6-0 194 Sr 29 35 22 49 28 33 36 92 57 89 16 18 01 K Jerry Reich 6-4 184 So 31 21 25 43 23 12 36 26 71 37 3 3 09 P Ben Lewis 6-1 206 Jr 25 45 15 48 34 25 21 62 65 66 2 3 06 P Ray Shuler (S) 6-0 182 Fr 38 19 24 61 24 21 20 48 37 28 7 9 16 P Aaron Grant 5-10 177 Fr 26 32 27 69 26 9 35 42 44 96 7 10

[Eaglesfan27]

None of our QB's have the accuracy or arm strength of Randy or Sedrick:

[img]file:///C:/Program%20Files/GDS/Bowl%20Bound%20College%20Football/saves/Brian/helmets/USC-t.gif[/img] USC Off/Def Ratings Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |

Quarterbacks # POS NAME HT WT YR AS PA PT RUN HND RR RB PB PR POA TAK COV CUR POT 18 QB Bill Christensen 6-3 211 So 39 37 43 73 59 3 7 7 7 8 6 6 4 7 02 QB Brian Hoag 6-1 200 Fr 55 40 38 23 21 13 10 7 4 10 5 5 3 5 03 QB Robert Keith (S) 5-11 197 (Fr) 46 54 63 54 42 13 5 8 8 7 1 8 8 9 05 QB Kevin Urlacher 6-4 191 Fr 53 53 58 41 53 3 7 9 5 6 6 12 4 10 07 QB Buzz Williams 6-6 221 Fr 57 60 52 43 28 11 3 6 7 6 5 3 6 9

Running Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR AS PA PT RUN HND RR RB PB PR POA TAK COV CUR POT 29 RB Lawrence Armstrong 5-9 191 Sr 52 9 2 59 47 38 42 4 9 11 7 3 7 9 30 RB Sammy Dominguez 5-8 183 Fr 9 2 4 60 57 61 57 6 2 7 4 6 8 12 26 RB James Douglas (S) 5-11 220 So 12 9 4 72 57 47 57 4 10 10 5 5 8 12 27 RB Norman Hebert 6-0 187 Fr 2 8 1 45 36 33 32 2 4 9 8 3 1 5 31 RB Mike Tuipala 5-8 173 Fr 1 7 3 68 55 43 55 11 5 9 5 7 5 11 39 FB David Dishman 6-2 205 Jr 8 3 9 50 47 38 43 10 7 2 9 6 5 7 34 FB Louis Liske 6-0 223 Sr 3 10 5 69 97 88 89 7 7 10 5 10 12 15 47 FB Tony Seau (S) 5-11 253 Jr 6 3 4 75 82 73 92 2 1 6 3 2 13 17

Receivers # POS NAME HT WT YR AS PA PT RUN HND RR RB PB PR POA TAK COV CUR POT 11 WR Leon Counts 6-2 180 Sr 69 3 4 43 60 63 11 9 2 6 8 1 10 11 80 WR Lennox Franklin 6-5 216 Sr 10 10 9 68 86 89 9 12 1 3 5 7 14 17 68 WR Michael Howard 5-9 170 Jr 74 1 4 69 82 90 6 8 7 3 9 6 14 18 83 WR Jerry Jones (S) 6-6 183 Sr 7 1 6 60 97 96 8 5 1 6 3 5 15 18 85 WR Billy Kelley (S) 6-1 185 Sr 7 3 8 72 99 86 4 4 8 9 10 9 15 18 25 WR Alfred McIlhenny 6-1 194 (Fr) 10 4 3 39 64 61 6 5 3 9 2 12 8 12 82 WR Kevin Posey 6-3 186 Jr 76 7 8 48 59 58 3 10 2 2 5 2 7 9 89 TE Henry Jones 6-3 223 Fr 12 7 12 32 54 46 42 42 7 2 8 2 2 6 81 TE Lawrence Milton 6-2 245 So 8 4 3 46 64 55 59 69 8 4 4 4 7 12 84 TE Artose Morgan 6-6 239 So 3 6 1 57 72 72 82 60 9 5 8 6 10 14 88 TE Eric Williams (S) 6-2 267 Sr 3 2 6 54 84 68 77 59 4 10 2 2 11 14

Offensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR AS PA PT RUN HND RR RB PB PR POA TAK COV CUR POT 69 OT Fred German 6-7 298 Fr 2 4 6 8 38 6 43 40 15 7 6 3 2 5 74 OT Ricky Hamilton 6-0 305 Jr 10 4 7 9 40 8 45 47 3 1 2 15 4 6 66 OT Steve Alexander (S) 6-8 315 Sr 8 14 2 1 58 6 86 85 2 9 4 5 13 16 73 OT David Mosley 6-7 285 Fr 14 2 5 13 42 10 61 56 13 5 10 1 7 13 79 OT Doug White 6-8 295 (Fr) 10 4 11 11 35 2 67 59 2 13 3 12 8 14 77 OT Randy Williams (S) 6-3 295 So 12 6 9 9 46 13 71 83 5 11 7 2 9 14 78 OG Buddy Lang 6-0 278 So 3 5 1 2 36 9 39 41 5 13 4 1 1 4 65 OG Mike Meade (S) 6-3 301 Sr 7 5 9 7 63 6 99 88 14 2 12 5 13 15 70 OG Byron Pickard 6-7 311 Fr 10 8 2 8 49 9 69 80 12 6 10 1 9 16 61 OG Marques Steed 6-7 302 Fr 10 8 5 10 40 4 68 72 4 13 12 5 8 14 63 OG DeWayne Steinbach 6-1 300 Fr 1 10 10 9 48 8 68 70 1 4 5 6 8 17 75 OG Dan Woods (S) 6-1 320 Jr 11 1 6 1 49 6 85 95 14 10 13 11 12 14 64 C Ed Hunter 6-6 307 Fr 9 8 4 13 43 7 55 44 6 10 14 5 5 12 55 C Thad DeLamielleure 6-6 287 Jr 10 10 4 7 43 5 31 40 4 6 6 5 2 3 62 C Eric Evans (S) 6-2 284 Sr 6 4 13 13 51 6 89 88 7 1 9 3 13 15 72 C Lionel Donovan 6-4 316 Jr 2 7 4 4 58 6 92 74 7 4 4 6 11 15

Defensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR AS PA PT RUN HND RR RB PB PR POA TAK COV CUR POT 93 DE Brad Adams (S) 6-2 295 Sr 1 5 13 9 67 7 8 5 85 91 83 40 12 14 91 DE Kevin Putnam 6-8 265 Sr 12 5 1 7 44 7 7 13 69 73 79 57 11 11 92 DE Jim Stacy (S) 6-8 276 Jr 13 6 16 7 59 11 2 5 99 69 96 49 12 15 97 DE Sam Amundson 6-7 278 Sr 12 15 14 11 55 6 4 10 74 75 84 59 10 11 94 DE John Conwell 6-1 281 (Jr) 1 13 7 5 39 1 11 4 71 55 64 49 8 11 90 DT Trace McKenzie 6-3 298 Sr 3 6 6 9 35 4 9 11 48 61 64 5 6 8 98 DT Sam Mitchell (S) 6-1 284 So 2 8 10 2 59 12 9 5 69 88 78 6 10 14 95 DT Bobby Parker 6-4 259 Fr 5 9 1 10 41 12 13 1 67 71 61 10 6 14 04 DT Shawn Harris 6-2 273 Fr 9 7 12 2 42 7 10 12 90 91 80 9 10 14 96 DT Derek Ellington (S) 6-3 307 Fr 8 6 5 15 59 9 14 15 79 93 70 5 9 15 99 DT Jason Dunbar 6-2 284 Fr 13 1 13 14 39 9 3 6 66 72 74 2 8 15

Linebackers # POS NAME HT WT YR AS PA PT RUN HND RR RB PB PR POA TAK COV CUR POT 56 ILB Robert Peete 6-1 234 Sr 13 12 10 10 63 7 5 2 59 67 65 78 9 12 58 ILB Arlie Denney 6-2 225 Fr 4 15 8 8 36 4 9 7 51 39 41 35 2 6 44 ILB Kevin Kapp 6-2 230 Fr 15 13 12 6 53 6 13 6 60 57 59 61 6 12 46 ILB Jeremiah Bratton (S) 6-2 235 (Jr) 9 6 2 10 48 5 1 2 58 68 73 57 11 15 40 ILB Ricky Fortunato 5-9 220 Fr 2 11 5 3 42 11 4 12 45 42 50 46 3 6 59 OLB Tim Coleman (S) 6-1 252 Jr 5 2 3 1 43 3 2 9 72 69 93 80 12 14 50 OLB Irving Staley 5-11 239 (So) 4 13 10 11 46 6 12 7 74 60 74 70 10 11 51 OLB Norris Myer 6-0 247 Fr 13 4 2 5 52 12 1 2 73 73 70 66 8 15 52 OLB Detron Allen 6-1 223 Sr 11 1 10 5 36 8 5 6 56 49 54 54 5 7 45 OLB Jeff Williams (S) 6-2 235 Jr 7 6 7 2 45 9 10 9 92 75 76 64 10 15

Defensive Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR AS PA PT RUN HND RR RB PB PR POA TAK COV CUR POT 33 CB Steve Parrella 5-11 171 Fr 6 8 10 12 31 2 3 1 10 7 46 43 3 6 37 CB Terry Betters (S) 5-11 201 Jr 2 7 6 10 67 6 12 12 10 2 75 97 14 17 32 CB E.J. Evans 6-1 196 So 11 6 8 11 47 5 4 6 4 5 62 69 8 12 24 CB Gerry Brown (S) 6-2 187 So 8 3 6 6 43 8 12 9 2 3 62 70 11 13 49 CB Bob Burton 6-1 166 Fr 7 7 3 9 34 3 5 11 11 1 43 39 3 6 35 CB Henri Alexander 6-1 171 (Fr) 2 9 10 9 52 6 2 8 10 12 60 63 6 11 41 FS Nate Ferrario (S) 6-1 205 Jr 9 4 2 11 58 10 10 7 2 10 82 78 12 16 23 FS Sammy Wragge 5-10 187 Fr 2 9 4 8 40 3 11 3 6 2 49 50 5 10 36 SS Bert DeRamus 5-11 195 Fr 10 7 1 7 31 2 3 6 9 6 33 42 1 7 28 SS Gary Darling 5-11 189 So 9 7 11 4 32 2 9 5 5 4 39 46 3 6 21 SS Harry Bartrum (S) 6-0 186 So 5 8 9 8 70 5 10 10 5 7 83 85 12 17 22 SS Kevin Thompson 5-10 201 Jr 5 8 5 3 69 8 2 3 3 9 79 77 10 15

Special teams # POS NAME HT WT YR AS PA PT RUN HND RR RB PB PR POA TAK COV CUR POT 08 K Matt Mason (S) 6-0 194 Sr 2 6 13 5 1 6 9 7 7 5 9 5 16 18 01 K Jerry Reich 6-4 184 So 2 9 9 8 9 6 14 11 10 4 10 6 3 3 09 P Ben Lewis 6-1 206 Jr 4 7 11 2 5 11 8 10 14 5 4 1 2 3 06 P Ray Shuler (S) 6-0 182 Fr 11 3 9 6 4 7 2 1 5 8 5 1 7 9 16 P Aaron Grant 5-10 177 Fr 5 3 6 9 15 5 9 11 15 12 6 11 7 10

[Eaglesfan27]

Finally, a look at our Special Team abilities:

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Quarterbacks # POS NAME HT WT YR LS PNA PNL KA KS KOL PR KR CUR POT 18 QB Bill Christensen 6-3 211 So 7 2 8 5 7 8 7 11 4 7 02 QB Brian Hoag 6-1 200 Fr 6 5 4 6 5 6 1 7 3 5 03 QB Robert Keith (S) 5-11 197 (Fr) 4 6 5 3 10 8 6 1 8 9 05 QB Kevin Urlacher 6-4 191 Fr 1 14 8 7 9 7 1 10 4 10 07 QB Buzz Williams 6-6 221 Fr 10 13 4 5 7 8 6 5 6 9

Running Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR LS PNA PNL KA KS KOL PR KR CUR POT 29 RB Lawrence Armstrong 5-9 191 Sr 8 6 3 2 5 7 4 58 7 9 30 RB Sammy Dominguez 5-8 183 Fr 5 3 9 9 4 4 8 56 8 12 26 RB James Douglas (S) 5-11 220 So 6 4 2 8 1 6 9 40 8 12 27 RB Norman Hebert 6-0 187 Fr 10 11 3 11 3 6 6 26 1 5 31 RB Mike Tuipala 5-8 173 Fr 2 3 7 9 3 2 5 43 5 11 39 FB David Dishman 6-2 205 Jr 8 1 1 11 8 4 10 12 5 7 34 FB Louis Liske 6-0 223 Sr 6 6 6 10 3 1 5 7 12 15 47 FB Tony Seau (S) 5-11 253 Jr 9 6 10 1 6 2 6 8 13 17

Receivers # POS NAME HT WT YR LS PNA PNL KA KS KOL PR KR CUR POT 11 WR Leon Counts 6-2 180 Sr 12 1 3 10 4 5 61 35 10 11 80 WR Lennox Franklin 6-5 216 Sr 6 6 2 6 6 9 33 50 14 17 68 WR Michael Howard 5-9 170 Jr 2 7 8 3 8 8 28 35 14 18 83 WR Jerry Jones (S) 6-6 183 Sr 7 10 2 3 3 5 39 52 15 18 85 WR Billy Kelley (S) 6-1 185 Sr 1 7 6 1 5 6 50 82 15 18 25 WR Alfred McIlhenny 6-1 194 (Fr) 6 1 8 5 3 3 94 34 8 12 82 WR Kevin Posey 6-3 186 Jr 10 8 10 4 12 10 34 68 7 9 89 TE Henry Jones 6-3 223 Fr 54 4 4 10 10 1 10 10 2 6 81 TE Lawrence Milton 6-2 245 So 17 12 7 10 5 2 5 2 7 12 84 TE Artose Morgan 6-6 239 So 38 6 4 5 3 8 9 1 10 14 88 TE Eric Williams (S) 6-2 267 Sr 60 4 8 11 2 2 9 9 11 14

Offensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR LS PNA PNL KA KS KOL PR KR CUR POT 69 OT Fred German 6-7 298 Fr 68 4 2 5 15 3 9 10 2 5 74 OT Ricky Hamilton 6-0 305 Jr 78 7 8 3 11 3 7 12 4 6 66 OT Steve Alexander (S) 6-8 315 Sr 52 7 2 8 2 4 5 5 13 16 73 OT David Mosley 6-7 285 Fr 89 8 2 5 5 3 2 11 7 13 79 OT Doug White 6-8 295 (Fr) 89 14 5 6 13 5 8 5 8 14 77 OT Randy Williams (S) 6-3 295 So 61 11 3 1 11 6 6 10 9 14 78 OG Buddy Lang 6-0 278 So 69 11 2 9 7 2 11 6 1 4 65 OG Mike Meade (S) 6-3 301 Sr 84 7 9 15 6 4 14 5 13 15 70 OG Byron Pickard 6-7 311 Fr 46 3 3 8 15 9 6 9 9 16 61 OG Marques Steed 6-7 302 Fr 86 4 5 5 5 6 1 13 8 14 63 OG DeWayne Steinbach 6-1 300 Fr 78 8 5 10 13 2 6 12 8 17 75 OG Dan Woods (S) 6-1 320 Jr 34 15 6 1 7 10 3 5 12 14 64 C Ed Hunter 6-6 307 Fr 16 9 10 14 12 10 3 14 5 12 55 C Thad DeLamielleure 6-6 287 Jr 51 3 11 2 10 3 8 2 2 3 62 C Eric Evans (S) 6-2 284 Sr 41 2 3 13 1 3 5 9 13 15 72 C Lionel Donovan 6-4 316 Jr 42 4 14 10 4 5 13 14 11 15

Defensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR LS PNA PNL KA KS KOL PR KR CUR POT 93 DE Brad Adams (S) 6-2 295 Sr 10 4 15 5 9 14 4 10 12 14 91 DE Kevin Putnam 6-8 265 Sr 6 3 4 9 11 3 11 9 11 11 92 DE Jim Stacy (S) 6-8 276 Jr 5 13 7 11 1 10 2 5 12 15 97 DE Sam Amundson 6-7 278 Sr 4 9 13 1 5 8 1 13 10 11 94 DE John Conwell 6-1 281 (Jr) 2 3 13 9 2 10 7 4 8 11 90 DT Trace McKenzie 6-3 298 Sr 11 14 9 9 2 2 1 2 6 8 98 DT Sam Mitchell (S) 6-1 284 So 14 8 15 13 6 10 8 9 10 14 95 DT Bobby Parker 6-4 259 Fr 12 1 12 1 7 6 11 8 6 14 04 DT Shawn Harris 6-2 273 Fr 10 16 1 4 6 9 9 10 10 14 96 DT Derek Ellington (S) 6-3 307 Fr 13 2 9 2 6 15 4 3 9 15 99 DT Jason Dunbar 6-2 284 Fr 7 7 12 5 6 11 2 11 8 15

Linebackers # POS NAME HT WT YR LS PNA PNL KA KS KOL PR KR CUR POT 56 ILB Robert Peete 6-1 234 Sr 4 14 7 7 6 1 13 7 9 12 58 ILB Arlie Denney 6-2 225 Fr 4 2 4 6 6 13 12 6 2 6 44 ILB Kevin Kapp 6-2 230 Fr 9 10 3 11 3 5 7 4 6 12 46 ILB Jeremiah Bratton (S) 6-2 235 (Jr) 4 10 7 1 10 2 7 12 11 15 40 ILB Ricky Fortunato 5-9 220 Fr 13 8 6 1 7 4 4 11 3 6 59 OLB Tim Coleman (S) 6-1 252 Jr 4 11 10 4 2 1 2 7 12 14 50 OLB Irving Staley 5-11 239 (So) 13 6 6 4 8 6 13 15 10 11 51 OLB Norris Myer 6-0 247 Fr 12 9 10 4 6 9 3 12 8 15 52 OLB Detron Allen 6-1 223 Sr 11 1 9 12 11 8 3 7 5 7 45 OLB Jeff Williams (S) 6-2 235 Jr 1 3 4 8 4 12 1 7 10 15

Defensive Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR LS PNA PNL KA KS KOL PR KR CUR POT 33 CB Steve Parrella 5-11 171 Fr 1 8 4 6 2 8 41 29 3 6 37 CB Terry Betters (S) 5-11 201 Jr 6 10 2 3 9 9 99 93 14 17 32 CB E.J. Evans 6-1 196 So 1 6 6 9 6 11 65 68 8 12 24 CB Gerry Brown (S) 6-2 187 So 2 1 6 4 6 9 91 42 11 13 49 CB Bob Burton 6-1 166 Fr 3 10 7 7 4 8 66 47 3 6 35 CB Henri Alexander 6-1 171 (Fr) 8 5 8 9 8 11 87 53 6 11 41 FS Nate Ferrario (S) 6-1 205 Jr 6 2 6 6 4 5 24 38 12 16 23 FS Sammy Wragge 5-10 187 Fr 3 4 6 8 9 3 32 30 5 10 36 SS Bert DeRamus 5-11 195 Fr 6 1 6 5 10 2 36 21 1 7 28 SS Gary Darling 5-11 189 So 3 3 5 7 4 3 32 31 3 6 21 SS Harry Bartrum (S) 6-0 186 So 7 2 5 6 6 4 60 40 12 17 22 SS Kevin Thompson 5-10 201 Jr 9 8 1 6 7 10 34 55 10 15

Special teams # POS NAME HT WT YR LS PNA PNL KA KS KOL PR KR CUR POT 08 K Matt Mason (S) 6-0 194 Sr 13 5 4 91 88 75 10 6 16 18 01 K Jerry Reich 6-4 184 So 7 7 9 36 40 58 6 11 3 3 09 P Ben Lewis 6-1 206 Jr 11 34 45 8 4 5 6 3 2 3 06 P Ray Shuler (S) 6-0 182 Fr 5 56 65 10 7 4 5 9 7 9 16 P Aaron Grant 5-10 177 Fr 7 56 60 4 10 9 11 14 7 10

[Eaglesfan27]

We have a very interesting choice philosophically. Our RB's aren't really good enough to move the ball, and we still have 4 amazing weapons at WR. Of course, our QB isn't going to be good enough to get the ball to them consistently. I'm going to go with a vertical passing attack as our philosophy, however, I expect our OC will want to run the ball more than last year, perhaps using our FB's as primary runners.


Defensively, I'm tempted to run a 5-2-4 with our great DT's. However, the new DC prefers a 4-3 and that is generally my preferred formation. Therefore, we will run a 4-3 and try to keep all of the DT's happy..



We request Alabama in week 3 on the road and they accept.

We request Missouri in week 15 on the road and they accept.



I don't see even one freshman that is worth redshirting. Most of them are either too good (the DT's) or too bad (everyone else just about.)

USC Team Overview Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |
Team Info RECORD COACH POLL MEDIA POLL RECRUIT CLASS PRESTIGE STRENGTH OF CONF PROJ 0-0 6th 7th 12th Excellent (86) 29th 1st Place
Team Schedule WEEK OPPONENT SCORE 1 #17 Virginia Tech - 2 OPEN - 3 at Alabama - 4 at Stanford - 5 #23 Notre Dame - 6 OPEN - 7 Oregon - 8 at Oregon State - 9 at California - 10 Arizona - 11 Arizona State - 12 at Washington - 13 OPEN - 14 UCLA - 15 at Missouri -	Pacific Ten Standings TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA Arizona 0-0 0-0 0 0 Arizona State 0-0 0-0 0 0 California 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oregon 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oregon State 0-0 0-0 0 0 Stanford 0-0 0-0 0 0 UCLA 0-0 0-0 0 0 USC 0-0 0-0 0 0 Washington 0-0 0-0 0 0 Wash State 0-0 0-0 0 0
Team Injury Report POS NAME INJURY STATUS	Team Stats OFFENSE DEFENSE Total Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Rushing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Passing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 1:

Depth Chart Changes:

Tony Seau is going to be our primary runing back. Liske will start at FB.



Preview:

We start out our season hosting VT. Those bastards stole several of our top recruits, and we are out for blood. They are ranked 17th. We are ranked 7th. Our scouts believe our offense's have about equal talent. Our defense is supposed to have better talent. I'm counting on our defense against their talented offense.



Gameplanning:

I want to keep things simple for Keith, but we just have too many WR's that are great not to throw it. We are certainly going to run quite a bit more than last year, but there will be more passing than running.

Defensively, we have to stop their potentially explosive passing game. We will be running a lot of nickel back formation.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are 15 point favorites at home.

We have a full house. The Star QB that they stole is starting today as a true freshman.



Betters take the opening kickoff to our 40.


Keith passes it short to Keith for 2.

Keith hits Howard for 14. Howard made an extra 5-7 yards after the catch.

They stuff Seau for no gain.


Keith throws two incompletions and we have to punt.


They start on their 20.

We stop their HB on the first two plays, and hold their WR to a 3 yard gain on 3rd and 5.



We get the ball back on our 46 after a short punt.

Keith to Jones for 11.

Keith to Howard for 6, but they force a fumble which VT recovers.


They are on their 38.

2 quick runs to pick up 19 yards. A playaction pass from their freshman QB to Wells for a 43 yard TD! 7-0.

Why did he have to stay in his home state.




Betters with an 86 yard kickoff return to start on their 4. We are stuffed on 1st down. 1 yard gain for Seau on 2nd down.

3rd and goal from the : Keith throws to Kelley for a 2 yard gain.


We settle for a 19 yard FG 7-3.




They start on their 23.

Lee overthrows his receiver.

2nd and 10: Handoff to their HB for 6.

3rd ad 4: Screen to their WR is overthrown.



We get the punt on our 37.

Seau runs for 1.

2nd and 9: Keith throws to Jones for 16!

1st and 10 on their 46: Keith throws to Williams for 2.

2nd and 8: Keith throws it to Seau on the hook for 12.

1st and 10: Keith throws to Eric Williams for 8.

2nd and 2: Keith throws to Kelley on the slant for 14.


1st and goal on the 7; Seau is stuffed for no gain.

2nd and goal: we are stopped for a 4 yard gain.

3rd and goal: They stuffg our HB for no gain.

22 yard FG is good. 7-6 VT leads.



Backup RB Norman is called for spearing on the kickoff and they get the ball on our 40.

We stuff the run on the 1st play.

2nd and 13: They pass it for 5 yards.

3rd and 8: Brian Lee scrambles for 10. I really loved this kid's 4.48 speed.


1st and 10: We stuff the HB for a loss 2.

2nd and 12: They run for 4.



End of 1: 7-6 lead for VT.



Harry Bartrum is called for holding on 3rd down giving them a 1st.

Next play Lee throws to Wells for a 16 yard TD! 14-6.



Betters is stopped on our 17.

Keith rolls out, hits Kelley on the deep hitch for 26.

Seau runs for 2.

Keith throws a short pass to Howard, Howard breaks a tackle and makes a 21 yard gain.


1st and 10: Seau runs for 1.

2nd and 9: Seau runs for 3.

3rd and 6: Keith throws it to Jones, but the FS that they stole from us gets called for holding and that gives us the 1st down!


Seau is stuffed for no gain.

Seau runs for 1.

3rd and 9 on the 19: Keith scrambles because of pressure, throws and skips it to the WR.

We make a 37 yard FG. 14-9 VT leads.




They start on their 20.


Jerry Wilson runs it for 4.

Brian Lee overthrows his receiver.

3rd and 6: Tyrer runs it, but Brad Adams stuffs him for a 1 yard loss!



A great punt return by Betters of 30 yards starts us on their 35.


Seau runs for 2.

2nd and 8: Seau is stopped after a 2 yard gain.

3rd and 6; Seau hits Howard in Stride. FS Demetrius Toney, who I wanted, forces a fumble and they return it for 37 yards.




They start on our 40.

We stop their HB for 2 yard gains on teh first 2 plays. Brian Lee, scrambles on 3rd down, and throws a deep pass for a 36 yard TD. Darn, I wanted this kid to be a Trojan so bad. 21-9 VT leads.




We start on our 36.

Keith throws a screen to Seau for 8.

Keith throws a screen to Seau for 20!

Seau is stopped for a 1 yard run.

Keith throws an out to Jones for 10.

1st and 10 on their 25: Keith throws a short hook to Jones for 2.

Seau is stuffed for no gain.

3rd and 8: Keith throws it to Williams in stride on a corrner for 13.


1st and 10 on the 10: Keith throws it for 9.

2nd and goal; Keith scrambles in from the 1 yard line! 21-16 with 2 minutes left in the half.



They start on their 35.

Quick run for 9.

Tyrer runs it for 4.

Jim Stacy crushes Lee for a 5 yard sack.

Lee overthrows on 2nd and 15.

Lee throws it to his FB for a gain of 12. They go for it on 4th, but we stop the HB a yard short.



We start on our 43 with 40 seconds left.

Keith overthrows his receiver.

Holding costs us 5.

We decide to just run out the clock with a 1 yard run to Seau.



Halftime: 21-16 VT leads. Keith's stats: 20 of 24 for 215 yards 0 TD's and 0 INT's. This gameplan which focuses on mostly short and slightly longer routes is working well so far..





Kevin Putnam with a big sack of 13 yards forces them to go 3 and out to start the 2nd half.



We start on our 38.

3 yard pass to Jones.

Seau runs for 1.

Keith throws to Jones for 6 and a 1st.


Seau runs up the middle for 1.

Keith throws to Seau in the flat for 3.

3rd and 6: Keith overthrows Kelley on the streak pattern.


We punt into the endzone.



5 yard run by their FB.

24 yard run by their FB.

Lee with a screen to Wells for 14. Wells is killing us today.

Tyrer, their backup HB, runs for 12.

Lee hits Wells in stride for a 25 yard TD. 28-16.




Betters is stopped at our 30.


Keith scrambles for 1.

Seau runs for 3.

3rd and 6: Keith overthrows Jones.


We end up punting.


They start on their 37.



Lee with a 7 yard pass to Armstrong.

Tyrer runs it for 4, but an illegal motio costs them 5 yards.

Brad Adams is offsides on the next play.


2nd and 3: Lee hits Pearson his TE in stride on a streak up the middle for 26.

Lee underthrows his WR on the deep out.

Wilson runs it for 1.

3rd and 9 on our 30: Lee throws it to Armstrong on an out for 13.


1st and 10: Tyrer runs it for 2.

Tyrer runs it for 4.

3rd and 4: Lee scrambles, buys time, and throws it to Armstrong for 8.


1st and goal on the 2: Their FB runs it for 1.

2nd and goal: The FB runs it in for a TD. 35-16. 2 minutes left in the 3rd.



They kick away from Betters, but we start on our 33.

Keith overthrows Howard on a deep pass.

Keith scrambles for 4.

3rd and 6: Keith throws it behind Howard on a slant.


We end up punting and this one is pretty much over.




Keith is having a lot of trouble completing passes now, and this defense isn't that great.



End of 3: 35-16 VT leads.


Harry Bartrum crushes Lee in the 4th causing a fumble, but Lee recovers it. We still force a 3 and out. Least our defense is showing some good plays.


In the 4th quarter, the dreaded injury to Keith happens and Buzz Williams has to come in...


He throws a 48 yard Bomb to Jones on his first play!!! 35-23 with 8 minutes to go.



A short kickoff and a good return starts them just short of midfield.


Tyrer with a nice 18 yard run.

Tyrer with a 17 yard run a play later.

Tyrer runs for 4.

Lee throws it to Wells who makes an amazing one handed catch to get them the ball on the 1. Their FB runs it in for a TD. 42-23 with 5 minutes left.




Williams throws a screen to Dominguez, and he has perfect blocking. He takes it 65 yards for a TD!!! 42-30.

We force a 3 and out.



We have the ball on their 41 after a good return by Betters. Only 1:37 left.

Buzz underthrows the ball.

Holding negates a short pass completion.

Buzz hits Jones in stride for 20!

Buzz throws it to ERic Williams, but he throws it behind him.

Buzz throws it to Howard for 1.

3rd and 9: Buzz scrambles, throws it to Howard on the streak for 19!

Buzz throws it to Howard in the endzone for a 11 yard TD!!!! 42-37 with 25 seconds left. We try an onside kick, but they recover.


They take a knee.


Game over. 42-37.


Pros: Could Buzz actually be a good QB? Could our coaching staff have misjudged him?

Cons: Actually not many, our team played as well as I expected against a good VT offense. I didn't expect much more from Keith. The only con is that it wasn't enough and we lost.

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL Virginia Tech (1-0) 7 14 14 7 0 42 USC (0-1) 6 10 0 21 0 37
Team Statistics VT USC First Downs 22 23 Rushing 10 2 Passing 11 20 Penalty 1 1 3rd-down Efficiency 4-13 5-14 4th-down Efficiency 0-0 0-1 Total Net Yards 389 484 Total plays 65 77 Average gain 6 6.3 Net Yards Rushing 154 29 Rushes 40 25 Average per rush 3.8 1.2 Net Yards Passing 235 455 Completed-attempted 16-22 34-52 Yards per pass 10.7 8.8 Sacked-yards lost 3-27 0-0 Had intercepted 0 0 Punts-average 7-40.6 5-43.4 Return Yardage 176 307 Punts-returns 2-27 5-68 Kickoffs-returns 5-149 7-239 Interceptions-returns 0-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 6-43 7-60 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-2 Touchdowns 6 4 Rushing 2 1 Passing 4 3 Extra Points 6-6 4-4 Field Goals 0-0 3-3 Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 5-5-100% Time Of Possession 26:47 33:13	First Quarter VT TD 09:21 7-0 Roger Wells 43 YD Pass from Brian Lee (Alex Haynes Kick). USC FG 07:17 7-3 Matt Mason 19 YD USC FG 01:36 7-6 Matt Mason 22 YD Second Quarter VT TD 14:21 14-6 Roger Wells 16 YD Pass from Brian Lee (Alex Haynes Kick). USC FG 09:57 14-9 Matt Mason 37 YD VT TD 05:57 21-9 Ivory Armstrong 36 YD Pass from Brian Lee (Alex Haynes Kick). USC TD 02:24 21-16 Robert Keith 1 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). Third Quarter VT TD 08:23 28-16 Roger Wells 25 YD Pass from Brian Lee (Alex Haynes Kick). VT TD 02:29 35-16 Pete Smith 1 YD Run (Alex Haynes Kick). Fourth Quarter USC TD 08:04 35-23 Jerry Jones 48 YD Pass from Buzz Williams (Matt Mason Kick). VT TD 05:01 42-23 Pete Smith 1 YD Run (Alex Haynes Kick). USC TD 03:41 42-30 Sammy Dominguez 65 YD Pass from Buzz Williams (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 00:24 42-37 Michael Howard 11 YD Pass from Buzz Williams (Matt Mason Kick).
VT PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB B. Lee 16/22 235 4 0 43 3-27	USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Keith 28/42 291 0 0 26 0-0 QB B. Williams 6/10 164 3 0 65 0-0
VT RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB B. Tyrer 18 95 5.30 0 18 FB P. Smith 7 48 6.90 2 24 RB J. Wilson 8 27 3.40 0 9 QB B. Lee 4 11 2.80 0 10	USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG FB T. Seau 20 26 1.30 0 3 QB R. Keith 4 4 1.00 1 4 RB S. Dominguez 1 -1 -1.00 0 0
VT RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR R. Wells 10 7 122 17.40 24 3 43 0 WR I. Armstrong 9 5 67 13.40 7 1 36 0 TE M. Pearson 1 1 26 26.00 4 0 26 0 FB P. Smith 1 1 12 12.00 7 0 12 0 RB B. Tyrer 2 1 5 5.00 5 0 5 0 RB J. Wilson 1 1 3 3.00 3 0 3 0	USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR J. Jones 11 9 134 14.90 53 1 48 0 WR B. Kelley 12 8 89 11.10 34 0 26 0 WR M. Howard 14 7 85 12.10 30 1 21 0 RB S. Dominguez 2 1 65 65.00 58 1 65 0 FB T. Seau 5 5 53 10.60 31 0 20 0 TE E. Williams 5 3 24 8.00 7 0 13 0 WR L. Franklin 3 1 5 5.00 2 0 5 0
VT O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS C R. Dubuc 0 3 0 0 0 FB P. Smith 2 0 0 0 0 OG E. James 1 1 0 0 0 OT T. Jones 1 0 2 0 0 TE M. Pearson 0 1 0 0 0 OG K. Jackson 0 0 1 0 0	USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS C E. Evans 0 4 0 0 0 OG M. Meade 0 1 0 0 0 OG D. Woods 0 1 0 0 0 OT R. Williams 0 1 0 0 0 OT S. Alexander 0 0 0 1 0 TE E. Williams 0 0 0 0 1
VT FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS QB B. Lee 1 0 1 0 DE D. Pope 0 0 2 43	USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS WR M. Howard 2 2 0 0
VT KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K A. Haynes 0/0 0 6/6 6	USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 2/2 37 4/4 10
VT PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P E. Harrison 7 40.60 30.90 0 0 53	USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P R. Shuler 5 43.40 26.00 0 3 50
VT KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG WR R. Wells 5 29.80 0 37	USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Betters 5 39.20 0 86 WR B. Kelley 1 25.00 0 25 OLB N. Myer 1 18.00 0 18
VT PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB B. Lewis 2 13.50 0 18 0	USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB T. Betters 5 13.60 0 30 0
VT DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB A. Hoerner 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB R. Prefontaine 7-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 ILB B. McQuivey 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS R. Young 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FS N. McCleon 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB B. Lewis 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 CB J. Goebel 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE D. Pope 2-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 DT M. Santiago 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 CB D. Colvin 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FS D. Toney 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DE M. Larson 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ILB J. Fabini 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB G. Poage 0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0	USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB T. Coleman 8-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 SS H. Bartrum 6-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 FS N. Ferrario 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE B. Adams 5-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 SS K. Thompson 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB J. Williams 3-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ILB J. Bratton 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB G. Brown 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE J. Stacy 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Betters 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT S. Mitchell 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE K. Putnam 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 CB E. Evans 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Roger Wells, Wide Receiver Rec Yards YAC TD LNG 7 122 24 3 43	Game Information Attendance: 92,000 Temperature: 88 Weather: Sunny and clear

[Eaglesfan27]

We had a bye in week 2.


Week 3:

No one was suspended!


QB Robert Keith has an injured elbow and is questionable.


No one else is hurt.



Depth Chart Moves:

Buzz Williams takes over as our starter due to Keith's injury. Keith will be the #2.

Tony Seau returns to his starting FB role, and Sophomore James Douglas will start for us at HB.


No other changes.


Today we travel to play at Alabama. Alabama's offense is 108th and their defense is 48th. Our offense is 21st and our defense is 68th.

Alabama is led by Frank Green, an excellent senior QB who is very accurate.

Their defense is led by Leslie Longley, a Junior CB who is an elite player. He doesn't have top notch speed however, and I think our receivers could possibly burn him deep if the QB can get it there.




Our scouts think that our offense is much more talented. They think we have equal talent on defense.

The experts have made Alabama 7 point favorites!



We are using both gameplans that we used last week.

[Eaglesfan27]

They have over 81,000 fans here today.


They start on their 16.



We force a 3 and out and start around midfield.



Douglas starts us off with an 8 yard run.

Liske runs for 1.

We play action pass on 3rd, but Williams overthrows Howard who was open deep. We punt to their 23.




We force another 3 and out.


We start on our 38.


Buzz overthrows Jones on the out.

Douglas runs for 1.

Buzz throws to Franklin for 3. We punt the ball to their 20.




We force a 3 and out.

Buzz with a 29 yard pass to Jones to start the drive. A penalty gets us inside the 20.

We are stopped on 3rd and 5. We settle for a 26 yard FG. 3-0.




They start on their 23. Terry Betters with a holding call gets them their first 1st down.


A good run by Ryan Mills gets them another first when he converts a 3rd and 6 and brings them across midfield.

OLB Jeff Williams with a few good tackles for us on this drive.

Ultimately stopping them outside the 40. They have to punt.



We start on our 19.


Buzz overthrows the HB on the screen.

Buzz underthrows Kelley on 2nd down.

We are stopped for a short gain on 3rd dow and we have to punt.



They start on their 47 after a short punt.


End of 1: We lead 3-0.



We force a 3 and out and get the punt o our 14.


Buzz throws a nice pass to Jones for 6.

Sammy Dominguez runs for 13.

Douglas with an 11 yard run.

Kelley with 10 yards on the reverse to cross midfield.

Douglas runs up the middle for 3.

Dominguez with a 12 yard run on the pitch!

Buzz overthrows it on the next 2 plays.

3rd and 10 on their 31: Buzz throws it behind his receiver on the out.

Our long FG attempt is blocked.




We force a 3 and out. The defense is looking great so far.


We fumble on our next drive and give them a short field. They run it a few times, but we stop them short of a TD. They settle for a FG. 3-3 game.



We go 3 and out on our next drive.


We at least punt it great to their 8.


Bob Baker their WR makes 2 great catches on this drive to move the ball across midfield.


They hit a long pass to Johnny Webster to get inside the 5.

Luzar hits Peyton Burns for a 2 yard TD. 10-3 with 1 minute left in the half.




We go 3 and out and punt it.



Halftime: 10-3 Alabama leads. Buzz's stats: 5 of 14 for 20 yards 0 TD 0 INT





Buzz hits Kelley on a quick out to start the 2nd half. Kelley jukes his man and runs it for 41 yards!

Next play Buzz throws a bullet to Franklin who is only a few yards away, it hits his chest, bounces into the air and the SS intercepts it!




Brad Adams with a key sack to stop them at midfield.

They punt to our 16.




Lawrence Armstrong with a 12 yard run to start our drive!

Buzz throws over the middle, but Howard traps it.

Buzz overthrows Kelley across the middle.

Keith comes in for a play and hits Jones in stride down the sideline for a 72 yard TD!!! 10-10.



They drive to about midfield before we stop them. They pin us inside our 5.

Buzz hits Howard on a slant for 13.

Buzz misses a wide open Franklin on a deep pass.

A defensive holding call gives us another 10 and a 1st down.

Douglas with a nice shifty run for 8 yards.

Buzz scrambles but underthrows Franklin.

3rd and 2: Buzz throws a quick hook to Howard for 10.

Buzz throws into coverage, and we are lucky it wasn't picked.

2nd and 10: Armstrong runs for no gain.

3rd and 10: Buzz is sacked by MLB Eddie Langer ending the drive.



We punt it out of bounds inside their 10.

We exchange failed drives.


End of 3: 10-10 game with us driving into their territory.


We have a great drive which ends on a 3rd and 14 when Buzz hits Jones across the middle in stride and he makes it a 23 yard TD!!! 17-10.



They start on their 20.

They have a good balanced drive that we stop aroud midfield. We start on our 4.


They force a 3 ad out. We punt it long, but an 18 yard return starts them on our 47.



They drive inside our 30, before DT Sam Mitchell comes up with a huge sack. However, on 3rd and 14, Ryan Mills runs it for 38 yards and ends up inside our 5.


We stop them on the next 3 runs on the 1 yard line. They kick a 19 yard FG. 17-13 we lead with 5 minutes left.



Betters retruns it to our 21.

Williams overthrows the screen.

Williams (Buzz) overthrows Jones on the out.

A holding call against T Randy Williams negates a 12 yard pass on 3rd and 10.

Buzz scrambles on 3rd and 20, throws it deep downfield. He was across the line and we lose 5 yards.

We punt it to their 46, they return it to our 46.



6 yard pass on 1st and 10.

2nd and 4: We defend the pass.

3rd and 4: We defend the pass.

4th and 4: We knock down the pass!!!


2:20 left.

We run it for 8.

Seau runs it for 2.

Douglas runs it for 3, but a penalty negates that.

Douglas runs for 8, the O line is creating huge holes!

Offsides against their DT gives us 2nd and 3.


Armstrong runs it for 12 as he ran over two guys.

We take a knee ending the game!


Game over. 17-13 win.

Pros: The run game was solid. The defense was very good.

Cons: The passing game was a wreck.

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL USC (1-1) 3 0 7 7 0 17 Alabama (1-1) 0 10 0 3 0 13
Team Statistics USC ALB First Downs 17 15 Rushing 9 5 Passing 7 7 Penalty 1 3 3rd-down Efficiency 4-13 6-19 4th-down Efficiency 0-1 0-0 Total Net Yards 378 300 Total plays 69 76 Average gain 5.5 3.9 Net Yards Rushing 146 125 Rushes 31 36 Average per rush 4.7 3.5 Net Yards Passing 232 175 Completed-attempted 14-36 18-37 Yards per pass 6.4 4.7 Sacked-yards lost 2-4 3-10 Had intercepted 1 0 Punts-average 8-42.6 10-39.6 Return Yardage 127 107 Punts-returns 3-15 4-39 Kickoffs-returns 4-112 3-66 Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-2 Penalties-yards 8-72 8-58 Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0 Touchdowns 2 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 2 1 Extra Points 2-2 1-1 Field Goals 1-2 2-2 Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-3-100% Time Of Possession 28:25 31:35	First Quarter USC FG 05:50 3-0 Matt Mason 26 YD Second Quarter ALB FG 06:28 3-3 Henry Croom 31 YD ALB TD 01:16 10-3 Peyton Burns 2 YD Pass from Antowain Luzar (Henry Croom Kick). Third Quarter USC TD 09:50 10-10 Jerry Jones 72 YD Pass from Robert Keith (Matt Mason Kick). Fourth Quarter USC TD 13:10 17-10 Jerry Jones 23 YD Pass from Buzz Williams (Matt Mason Kick). ALB FG 04:52 17-13 Henry Croom 19 YD
USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB B. Williams 11/31 119 1 1 41 2-4 QB R. Keith 3/5 113 1 0 72 0-0	ALB PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB A. Luzar 18/35 175 1 0 41 3-10 QB F. Green 0/2 0 0 0 0 0-0
USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB J. Douglas 16 83 5.20 0 18 RB S. Dominguez 4 31 7.80 0 13 RB L. Armstrong 4 24 6.00 0 12 WR B. Kelley 1 10 10.00 0 10 FB T. Seau 1 2 2.00 0 2 FB L. Liske 1 1 1.00 0 1 QB B. Williams 2 -1 -0.50 0 1	ALB RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB R. Mills 18 107 5.90 0 38 RB J. Wilson 8 17 2.10 0 7 WR J. Webster 1 6 6.00 0 6 QB A. Luzar 5 4 0.80 0 3 FB D. Shaw 1 1 1.00 0 1
USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR J. Jones 13 5 136 27.20 69 2 72 0 WR B. Kelley 5 2 46 23.00 10 0 41 0 WR M. Howard 10 3 23 7.70 12 0 13 0 RB J. Douglas 4 2 18 9.00 4 0 12 0 RB L. Armstrong 1 1 6 6.00 6 0 6 0 WR L. Franklin 4 1 3 3.00 2 0 3 0 RB S. Dominguez 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 1	ALB RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR J. Webster 18 6 76 12.70 15 0 41 1 WR B. Baker 7 4 48 12.00 11 0 23 0 WR P. Burns 7 4 27 6.80 7 1 14 0 WR D. McNabb 3 2 11 5.50 1 0 7 0 RB R. Mills 2 1 7 7.00 3 0 7 0 TE B. Lipscomb 1 1 6 6.00 2 0 6 0 WR S. Dingle 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 1
USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT S. Alexander 0 2 0 0 0 OG M. Meade 1 0 0 0 0 C L. Donovan 1 0 0 0 0 OT R. Williams 0 0 0 1 0 TE A. Morgan 0 0 1 0 0 OT D. White 0 0 1 0 0 C E. Hunter 0 0 0 0 1	ALB O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT E. Sullivan 1 1 0 1 0 C J. Graham 0 1 1 0 0 OG D. Clark 0 0 1 0 0 OT H. Zelenka 0 0 1 2 1
USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS RB J. Douglas 2 1 0 0 C L. Donovan 0 0 1 0	ALB FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS DE B. Mayberry 0 0 1 1
USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 1/2 26 2/2 5	ALB KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K H. Croom 1/1 31 1/1 4
USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P R. Shuler 8 42.60 37.80 0 0 56	ALB PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P L. Russell 10 39.60 38.10 1 0 52
USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Betters 3 33.70 0 41 OLB N. Myer 1 11.00 0 11	ALB KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB L. McCardell 3 22.00 0 25
USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB T. Betters 3 5.00 0 11 1	ALB PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC WR B. Baker 3 10.30 0 18 0 WR D. McNabb 1 8.00 0 8 0
USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD FS N. Ferrario 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB T. Coleman 6-2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 SS H. Bartrum 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE B. Adams 4-2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 SS K. Thompson 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB J. Williams 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE J. Stacy 2-0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 ILB R. Peete 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 DT S. Mitchell 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB J. Bratton 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE K. Putnam 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 CB G. Brown 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Betters 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 CB H. Alexander 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	ALB DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD ILB E. Langer 7-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS K. Tucker 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS J. Lloyd 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE B. Mayberry 3-1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 FS E. Colo 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB S. Vanden Bosch 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 OLB D. Allen 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS O. Barnett 1-1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 DE M. Spriggs 1-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 CB L. McCardell 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 OLB M. Faison 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 CB L. Longley 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 DT K. Thomas 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Jerry Jones, Wide Receiver Rec Yards YAC TD LNG 5 136 69 2 72	Game Information Attendance: 81,825 Temperature: 92 Weather: Slightly overcast

[Galaxy]

Glad to see your offense doing a little better then expected. How did UAB recruit and how is the former offensive coordinator doing? Why did you have such a hard time recruiting? Seems a little unrealistic? Does cohesion and what year you are matter? Finally, any idea when the next patch is coming out?

Go Trojans.

[Toddzilla]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

I don't know how our recruiting class was 12th except that we got 4 excellent DT's.

That's easy - 4 DT's = 40% of the total available DT talent

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Glad to see your offense doing a little better then expected. How did UAB recruit and how is the former offensive coordinator doing? Why did you have such a hard time recruiting? Seems a little unrealistic? Does cohesion and what year you are matter? Finally, any idea when the next patch is coming out?

Go Trojans.

It was a VERY poor year for QB and RB talent in the western region. Most of the good QB's were along the east coast and unfortunately, they all wanted to remain in the east. Similarly, most of the HB's chose to remain close to home, but you would think that at least one of the top QB's and/or HB's would want to come to USC to play with all of the talent we had at WR with a sure shot at starting.

I thought that was a bit unrealistic. However, I guess I would prefer recruiting to be a bit too hard than a bit too easy. The good news is that the early looks make it look like a very good year for Californian Running backs. Most of the great QB's are in the midwest this year which is at least a bit closer to us...

I'm not sure if cohesion or what year coach I am matter. I had my best recruiting classes when I was a first year coach.


Edit to Add: I have no idea when the next patch will be out, but I'm still enjoying the game with 1.04.

My former OC at UAB didn't do quite as well with recruiting this year, but still did pretty well. So far the team is doing well:

Alabama Birmingham Team Overview Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |
Team Info RECORD COACH POLL MEDIA POLL RECRUIT CLASS PRESTIGE STRENGTH OF CONF PROJ 2-1 NR NR 55th Low (38) 116th 8th Place
Team Schedule WEEK OPPONENT SCORE 1 Idaho W 31-3 2 Troy W 27-13 3 at Kentucky L 24-21 4 Houston - 5 Rice - 6 at Memphis - 7 at Central Florida - 8 Middle Tenn St - 9 Southern Miss - 10 at Marshall - 11 at Tulane - 12 East Carolina - 13 OPEN - 14 OPEN - 15 OPEN -	Conference USA Standings East Division TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA Alabama Birmingham 2-1 0-0 79 40 Central Florida 1-1 0-0 65 73 Southern Miss 1-2 0-0 84 105 Marshall 1-2 0-0 32 57 East Carolina 0-2 0-0 19 74 Memphis 0-3 0-0 33 147 West Division TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA Tulsa 3-0 0-0 75 49 Tulane 1-1 0-0 37 38 UTEP 1-2 0-0 71 82 Rice 0-2 0-0 46 81 Southern Methodist 0-2 0-0 6 47 Houston 0-2 0-0 24 78
Team Injury Report POS NAME INJURY STATUS OT Dino Sauerbrun Eye (Nerve Injury) Doubt(2-4) CB Scotty Dar Forearm (Torn Tendon) Out(3-5)	Team Stats OFFENSE DEFENSE Total Yards/Game 407.7 337.0 Rushing Yards/Game 181.7 119.0 Passing Yards/Game 226.0 218.0

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

That's easy - 4 DT's = 40% of the total available DT talent

Hehe. I only wanted to recruit 2, but DT's were the only players that seemed to really want to come play for us this year..

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 4:


Injury Report:

Robert Keith is probable with his elbow injury. Given his fragile nature in H.S., I'll probably rest him for one more week.

RB Sammy Dominguez is questionable with a dislocated finger.

C Eric Evans is doubtful with bone chips in his elbow.

CB E.J. Evans is questionable due to a hand laceration.



Depth Chart Issues:

Donovan will move into the starting C role due to Evans injury.

No other changes.




Polls:

We are 10th in the polls. I doubt a national title game is even a chance this year, but the alumni expect a BCS bowl and anything else could be dangerous to me..




Preview:


Today we travel to play 1-2 Stanford. Their offense is 39th in the nation and is led by a potent passing attack. Tehir defense is 90th and has suffered against the pass.

Our offense is 36th and our defense is 32nd.


Our Scouts believe that our offense is about equal in talent.

They believe our defense is MUCH better.

They believe our Special Teams are slightly better.


The key matchup is their QB Craig White who is averaging 300 yards/game with 5 TD's and 2 INT's vs our pass defense which is 31st in the nation.



The odds makers are saying that it is a tossup.



Gameplanning:

We are doing the same thing offensively, but running a more balanced defense this week.

[Eaglesfan27]

57,000 fans here at Stanford.



We start on the 10.

Buzz overthrows Jones on the 1st play.

Buzz hits Kelley in stride on a streak and he gets 29.

Howard on a reverse gains 9.

Buzz throws it to Jones for 2 yards.

Buzz with a screen to Douglas for 19!

Buzz hits Howard on a cross for 15!

Douglas runs for 3.

Buzz is sacked by Ron Brodnax, a DE for a loss of 4.

They stop us after a 4 yard gain.


We make a 30 yard FG. 3-0.




They start on their 31.




We stop them and force a 3 and out.


We methodically pass the ball down the field to drive inside the 20, but they stop us. We kick a 26 yard FG. 6-0 lead.




We stop them short of midfield and force another punt.


We start on our 20.


We go 3 and out.



End of 1: 6-0 lead for us, but Stanford is driving.




We exchange medium length drives that end up in FG's. 9-3 we lead.



We stop them outside the 25 as they are running some nice option. They miss the 46 yard FG attempt!



Buzz hits Kelley on a short slant and he pulls away for 27 yards.


Buzz throws an out too softly and their CB intercepts it.


They start on their 42.



Jim Stacy with a huge sack to force a 3 and out.


We start on our 25 with 2 minutes left in the half.

A pass interference call gets us a 1st down and across midfield after a few short passes.

Buzz overthrows the next 2 plays.

Rather than attempt a 58 yard FG we throw a hail mary which is incomplete.



Halftime: 9-3 lead. Buzz's stats: 16 of 27 for 184 yards 0 TD 1 INT.




They start on their 40.


We stop them outside the 35 and they punt.




Buzz with a few quick passes to get us 30 yards.

Buzz hits Jones for a short pass and he jukes his man and makes it a 28 yard gain.

Quick out to Kelley who turns it into a 24 yard gain to get us inside the 5.

Buzz throws a screen to Sammy for a TD!! 15-3 as they stop the 2 point conversion.





We force a 3 and out. Buzz throws a deep pass that is picked off.

We force a fumble at around midfield which we recover.



Buzz with a few short passes to drive us inside the 20.



End of 3: We lead 15-3 and we have a 3 and 10 at their 20.


They stop us on 3rd down. Our FG is blocked!



They start on their 20.




We exchange defensive oriented drives, until we manage to intercept it and return it to their 30. They stuff us on 3 plays and we kick the FG. 18-3 we lead with 7 minutes left.


We exchange short drives.


With 2 minutes left, they force Douglas to fumble it. They recover on our 30.

Sam Mitchell with 2 more sacks to stop them well short of the 20.



We run out the clock.



End of game. 18-3 win

Pros: Our defense was brilliant. Buzz had a lot of yards passing, but it was against a very poor defense.

Cons: Poor offensive scoring.

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL USC (2-1) 6 3 6 3 0 18 Stanford (1-3) 0 3 0 0 0 3
Team Statistics USC STAN First Downs 26 10 Rushing 6 3 Passing 18 6 Penalty 2 1 3rd-down Efficiency 3-14 4-15 4th-down Efficiency 0-1 0-0 Total Net Yards 465 137 Total plays 91 66 Average gain 5.1 2.1 Net Yards Rushing 121 2 Rushes 43 31 Average per rush 2.8 0.1 Net Yards Passing 344 135 Completed-attempted 26-44 17-26 Yards per pass 7.8 5.2 Sacked-yards lost 4-15 9-56 Had intercepted 2 2 Punts-average 2-35.5 8-40.1 Return Yardage 93 217 Punts-returns 5-39 1-8 Kickoffs-returns 2-25 6-188 Interceptions-returns 2-29 2-21 Penalties-yards 3-25 5-39 Fumbles-lost 3-1 2-1 Touchdowns 1 0 Rushing 0 0 Passing 1 0 Extra Points 0-0 0-0 Field Goals 4-7 1-2 Red Zone Efficiency 4-6-66.7% 1-2-50% Time Of Possession 36:28 23:32	First Quarter USC FG 11:04 3-0 Matt Mason 30 YD USC FG 04:44 6-0 Matt Mason 26 YD Second Quarter STAN FG 13:32 6-3 Charles Harris 38 YD USC FG 08:10 9-3 Matt Mason 32 YD Third Quarter USC TD 06:21 15-3 Sammy Dominguez 1 YD Pass from Buzz Williams (2 Pts Failed) Fourth Quarter USC FG 07:06 18-3 Matt Mason 45 YD
USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB B. Williams 25/43 342 1 2 31 3-12 QB R. Keith 1/1 2 0 0 2 1-3	STAN PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB B. Lee 17/26 135 0 2 30 9-56
USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB J. Douglas 21 96 4.60 0 17 RB S. Dominguez 11 28 2.50 0 8 WR M. Howard 2 8 4.00 0 9 FB T. Seau 3 4 1.30 0 2 QB B. Williams 2 0 0.00 0 1	STAN RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB A. Ellerson 7 21 3.00 0 6 RB C. Boireau 2 17 8.50 0 10 RB R. Dudley 9 16 1.80 0 10 QB B. Lee 2 4 2.00 0 4 FB R. Atkinson 2 0 0.00 0 2
USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR B. Kelley 10 4 94 23.50 32 0 29 0 WR M. Howard 11 8 90 11.20 33 0 31 1 WR J. Jones 8 6 64 10.70 20 0 28 0 TE E. Williams 4 2 39 19.50 7 0 25 0 WR L. Franklin 7 2 29 14.50 6 0 24 0 RB J. Douglas 5 3 27 9.00 21 0 19 0 RB S. Dominguez 1 1 1 1.00 1 1 1 0 FB L. Liske 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0	STAN RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR S. Galloway 14 5 50 10.00 6 0 30 0 FB R. Atkinson 6 5 38 7.60 26 0 14 0 TE D. McNair 7 5 23 4.60 5 0 10 0 WR N. Houghton 5 1 12 12.00 4 0 12 1 RB R. Dudley 1 1 6 6.00 1 0 6 0 RB A. Ellerson 1 1 3 3.00 3 0 3 0 WR F. MacKinnon 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OG M. Meade 2 0 0 0 1 OG D. Woods 0 2 0 0 0 C L. Donovan 1 1 1 0 0 OT S. Alexander 0 1 0 0 0 OT R. Williams 0 0 1 0 0 OT D. White 0 0 2 0 0	STAN O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OG J. Rohde 0 1 1 0 0 OT R. Carter 0 0 2 0 0 OT G. Hood 0 0 1 1 0 RB R. Dudley 0 0 1 0 0 RB A. Ellerson 0 0 4 0 0
USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS CB T. Betters 1 0 0 0 RB J. Douglas 1 1 0 0 QB B. Williams 1 0 0 0 SS H. Bartrum 0 0 1 7 C L. Donovan 0 0 1 0 DT S. Harris 0 0 1 0	STAN FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS QB B. Lee 2 1 0 0 OT R. Carter 0 0 1 0 DE R. Brodnax 0 0 1 7
USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 4/7 45 0/0 12	STAN KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K C. Harris 1/2 38 0/0 3
USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P R. Shuler 2 35.50 31.50 1 0 36	STAN PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P C. Jackson 8 40.10 30.10 0 2 47
USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Betters 2 12.50 0 14	STAN KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FS J. Buckner 1 39.00 0 39 FS S. Christie 5 29.80 0 37
USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB T. Betters 5 7.80 0 15 1	STAN PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC WR F. MacKinnon 1 8.00 0 8 0
USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB T. Coleman 7-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 FS N. Ferrario 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 SS K. Thompson 5-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 DE B. Adams 4-1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 SS H. Bartrum 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT S. Mitchell 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE K. Putnam 2-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 CB T. Betters 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE J. Stacy 2-0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 ILB J. Bratton 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 CB G. Brown 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT J. Dunbar 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 OLB I. Staley 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	STAN DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB A. Orr 7-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 OLB C. Nead 7-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 ILB A. Cole 6-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 FS S. Christie 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB E. Fouts 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 SS D. Davis 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS B. Blue 3-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 ILB J. Edwards 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE R. Brodnax 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Thompson 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 WR K. Brown 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DT M. Bellino 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DE A. Grandberry 0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 FS J. Buckner 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB L. McNabb 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Sam Mitchell, Defensive Tackle TAK SCK HUR STF FF 3 3 0 0 0	Game Information Attendance: 57,616 Temperature: 88 Weather: Sunny and clear