NCAA 2004: RU Ready? (2006 season) - Page 2

General Mike · 10-20-2003, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nyarlahotep
So you're saying he will use the Billy Madison technique to remain...STILL UNDEFEATED!!!!

BY the way, I think Notre Dame has already tied the most wins they have had in a season since I have been there. Maybe this is uor year to have a .500 season.

It looks like a good chance of that. They play the weakest schedule I have ever seen, besides Southern Cal at the end of the season. I could see them running the table.

John Galt · 10-20-2003, 12:23 PM

I rule! Go John Galt.

General Mike · 10-20-2003, 01:26 PM

#7 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2-0) (0-0) @ #10 Iowa Hawkeyes (3-0)

In our last game against Georgia we put on a clinic, but they weren't as good as the experts initially thought and are now 4-0. This game will be our first real test of the year, so we have to keep doing what we've been doing so far this season. No turnovers, good running attack, good defense, those are they keys to the game. This Game will be the Game of the Week nationally. Herbstreit picked Iowa to win, while Corso disagreed and chose the Scarlet Knights in a close one.

Key Players
Rutgers: QB Tommie Herron, WR John Galt, HB Markis Facyson
Iowa: QB Jason Manson, HB Brian Hamilton, CB Jermain Wesley

Injuries
Rutgers: None
Iowa: None

Halftime Score: Rutgers 42, Iowa 7

Final Score: Rutgers 56, Iowa 17

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 8 yard pass from Herron to Facyson (Apollo Kick) - 8:34
RU 42 yard interception return by Gant (Apollo Kick) - 1:46
RU 42 yard interception return by Hutchinson (Apollo Kick) - 1:34
RU 51 yard interception return by Kramer (Apollo Kick) - 0:24

2nd quarter
RU 10 yard pass from Herron to Facyson (Apollo Kick) - 7:51
RU 79 yard interception return by Kramer (Apollo Kick) - 5:38
Iowa 8 yard pass from Manson to Davis (Schneider Kick) - 3:13

3rd quarter
RU 1 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 4:44
Iowa 31 yard pass from Manson to Davis (Schneider Kick) - 2:24
Iowa 33 yard FG by Schneider - 0:10

4th Quarter
RU 2 yard run by Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 5:30

Players of the Game
Rutgers: CB Pete Kramer - 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 3 INT, 2 TD
Iowa: SS Adam Ulrich - 6 tackles, 1 TFL, INT

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 13-21, 162 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Iowa: Jason Manson - 13-33, 241 yards, 2 TD, 5 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Markis Facyson - 21 car, 85 yards, long 24
Mike Ritschel - 7 car, 50 yards, 1 TD, long 22
Tommie Herron - 8 car, 32 yards, long 13
Dan York - 5 car, 16 yards, 1 TD, long 9

Iowa: Brian Hamilton - 21 car, 47 yards, long 11
Isaiah Casalino - 5 car, 23 yards, long 9
Robert Rupkin - 1 car, 5 yards
Jason Manson - 6 car, -18 yards, long 10

Receiving
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 3 rec, 72 yards, long 45
Markis Facyson - 4 rec, 33 yards, 2 TD, long 10
John Galt - 2 rec, 31 yards, long 23
Chris Dodd - 2 rec, 12 yards, long 8
Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 8 yards
Mike Ritschel - 1 rec, 6 yards

Iowa: James Townsend - 6 rec, 116 yards, long 45
Calvin Davis - 3 rec, 57 yards, 2 TD, long 31
Matt Melloy - 2 rec, 42 yards, long 33
Andrae Hughes - 1 rec, 23 yards
Brian Hamilton - 1 rec, 3 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Brandon Holt - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Mike Ritschel - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Markis Faycson - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed

Iowa: Chris Felder - 6 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Mike Jones - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Deon Redding - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Courtney Best - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Matt Montgomery - 2 sacks allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Daniel Meeks - 7; Nate Robinson, Maximus Meridius - 6; Tavaris Gant, Pete Kramer - 4
Sacks: William Beckford - 2; Elton Bracy, Nate Robinson, Daniel Meeks - 1
INTs: Pete Kramer - 3; Tavaris Gant, Berkley Hutchinson - 1

Iowa
Tackles: Robert Dunn, Adam Ulrich, Trenton Horner - 6; Alphonso Upton, Derrell Walters, David Pruitt - 4; 3 with 3 tackles
Sacks: Monte McIntosh, Robert Dunn - 1
INTs: Adam Ulrich, Trenton Horner - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 0-1 FG, 8-8 XP
Iowa: LeVon Schneider - 1-2 FG, long of 33, 2-2 XP,

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 1 punt, 45 yards, 38 net yards
Iowa: Terrell Sprague - 3 punts, 41.6 average, long 50, 35.0 net average, 1 touchback

Kick Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 3 rec, 17.0 average, long 22
Adrian Gary - 1 rec, 21 yards

Iowa: Matt Melloy - 4 rec, 19.5 average, long 22
James Townsend - 3 rec, 18.6 average, long 23
Calvin Davis - 1 rec, 23 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 1 ret, 26 yards
Iowa: James Townsend - 1 ret, 7 yards

Next Week: We head back home to the friendly confines of Rutgers Stadium for a rematch of last year's Fiesta Bowl with #4 Oklahoma.

General Mike · 10-20-2003, 02:14 PM

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

You can't really get a good picture of how badly we performed in this game based on the score alone. We were very lucky that we got an interception on the 1st play from scrimmage to set up our 1st TD, and then our defense played ok. Our offense wasn't spectacular, as we had no running game what so ever until the 4th quarter.

Offense: We did somethings nicely, but we had 3 turnovers, we we never got into a good run-pass rhythm. Facyson is not the same running back he was last year. Herron did a nice job of scrambling when he needed to, to pick up a couple 1st downs.

Defense: We did a good job forcing turnovers, but I think our DBs got a little over agressive on a couple plays where instead of trying to make the safe play, they went for the pick, and allowed the Iowa receivers to catch the ball. Our Dline had some trouble getting pressure on the QB by themselves, but we were able to apply pressure with the blitz. Once again we had some trouble when Iowa used the option attack.

Special Teams: We made quality plays and the 1 FG we missed was a tough 51 yarder into the wind.

Grades
QB: B
RB: C-
WR: B
TE: B+
OL: B+
DL: B
LB: A
DB: B
Sp. Teams: B

General Mike · 10-20-2003, 02:41 PM

Week 5 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#7 Rutgers @ #10 Iowa - Rutgers 56-17

Other National Games
#16 Oklahoma State @ #12 Ohio State - Ohio State 30-27
Boston College @ #2 Miami - Miami 24-13
Florida @ #5 Tennessee - Florida 34-30

Other Top 25 Games
#1 Texas @ Hawaii - Texas 44-21
#3 Southern Cal @ Wisconsin - Southern Cal 49-10
#6 Auburn @ Navy - Auburn 34-16
Louisiana-Monroe @ #8 Arkansas - Arkansas 23-3
Oregon State @ #9 Virginia - Oregon State 26-24
Central Florida @ #13 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 37-17
Boise State @ #14 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech 24-12
UCLA @ #15 North Carolina State - North Carolina State 24-14
#17 Florida State @ Troy State - Florida State 56-16
#18 Colorado State @ Mississippi State - Colorado State 20-14
Alabama @ #20 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 45-0
Akron @ #21 Michigan - Michigan 35-10
Toledo @ #22 Kansas State - Kansas State 27-14
#23 Maryland @ Temple - Maryland 40-13
Washington @ #24 Minnesota - Minnesota 35-21
North Carolina @ #25 Penn State - Penn State 44-17

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
No Love Lost
The Gators steal one from their bitter rival Tennessee.
Photo: Chris Leak, Florida #12

Top 25 Polls
Story: What a Weekend!
The biggest shocker of them all was Tennessee's loss to lowly Florida.
Photo: Tennessee mascot

Coaches' Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (35)               3-0  1451
 2   2  Miami (23)               5-0  1387
 3   3  Southern Cal (1)         3-0  1324
 4   4  Oklahoma                 3-0  1262
 5   6  Auburn                   4-0  1143
 6   7  Rutgers                  3-0  1125
 7   8  Arkansas                 4-0  1028
 8  11  Louisville               3-0   865
 9  12  Ohio State               3-0   835
10  13  Texas A&M                3-0   762
11  14  Virginia Tech            4-1   673
12   5  Tennessee                3-1   655
13  15  North Carolina State     4-1   626
14  17  Florida State            5-0   571
15  18  Colorado State           4-0   526
16  10  Iowa                     3-1   517
17   9  Virginia                 3-1   492
18  19  Ole Miss                 3-0   483
19  20  Southern Miss            4-0   440
20  21  Michigan                 3-1   362
21  22  Kansas State             3-0   359
22  16  Oklahoma State           3-1   336
23  NR  Florida                  3-1   300
24  23  Maryland                 3-1   285
25  24  Minnesota                4-0   282
Dropping Out: Penn State (#25 Last Week)

Media Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (45)               3-0  1749
 2   2  Oklahoma (24)            3-0  1668
 3   3  Miami (1)                5-0  1588
 4   4  Southern Cal (1)         3-0  1511
 5   5  Auburn                   4-0  1436
 6   7  Rutgers                  3-0  1343
 7   8  Arkansas                 4-0  1220
 8  11  Louisville               3-0  1021
 9  12  Ohio State               3-0   988
10  13  Virginia Tech            4-1   849
11  14  Texas A&M                3-0   839
12   6  Tennessee                3-1   730
13  16  Florida State            5-0   726
14  17  North Carolina State     4-1   630
15   9  Iowa                     3-1   621
16  18  Ole Miss                 3-0   621
17  10  Virginia                 3-1   537
18  19  Michigan                 3-1   527
19  20  Kansas State             3-0   523
20  21  Colorado State           4-0   476
21  15  Oklahoma State           3-1   442
22  22  Penn State               4-0   432
23  NR  Florida                  3-1   409
24  23  Maryland                 3-1   352
25  24  Minnesota                4-0   348
Dropping Out: Southern Miss (#25 Last week)

Heisman Watch
Story: Heisman Heist?
There's a new leader atop the Heisman list.
Photo: Andre Caldwell, Florida #5

/\ RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida
21 rec, 333 yards, 9 total TD
<> RS Jr. HB Demetis Summers, South Carolina
96 car, 662 yards, 7 TD, 12 rec, 195 yards, 2 TD
\/ RS Sr. HB Markis Facyson, Rutgers
52 car, 339 yards, 3 TD, 7 rec, 58 yards, 2 TD
/\ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
109 car, 549 yards, 6 TD, 7 rec, 125 yards
\/ Jr. HB Hakeem Broussard, Tennessee
61 car, 328 yards, 6 TD, 10 rec, 145 yards, 3 TD

Players of the Week
Story: Big Play Maker
Archie is honored for helping Ohio State edge out Oklahoma State.
Photo: Damian Archie, Ohio State #53

National PotW
Offensive: RS Sr. HB #33, Texas Christian - 29 car, 173 yards, 4 total TD
Defensive: Jr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers - 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 3 INT, 2 TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Sr. HB Markis Facyson, Rutgers - 21 car, 85 yards, 4 rec, 33 yards, 2 TD
Defensive: Jr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers - 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 3 INT, 2 TD

Conference Standings
Story: Classic Matchup
The #5 Volunteers lose a heartbreaker to rival Florida in Knoxville.
Photo: Chris Leak, Florida #12

Coach's Report Card
Way to teach them how to finish off an opponent, Coach.
Job Security: A+
Avg. Attendance: 39,322

JeeberD · 10-20-2003, 03:33 PM

My teams continue to win. Excellent...

RealDeal · 10-20-2003, 03:44 PM

Tennessee lost because they didn't let me play.

General Mike · 10-20-2003, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RealDeal
Tennessee lost because they didn't let me play.

I agree.

Doug5984 · 10-20-2003, 05:14 PM

My Arkansas Razorbacks team is # 7 and undefeated, it must be because of the teams great pass defense and great special teams play....they much have a great CB / KR / PR

General Mike · 10-20-2003, 11:35 PM

#4 Oklahoma Sooners (3-0) @ #6 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-0)

Here we go with a rematch of last year's Fiesta Bowl. We're going to have to play the best game we can, run the ball well, force alot of turnovers, and not give up the big play. For the 3rd straight game, we will be playing in the National Game of the Week. Oklahoma is the pre game favorite.

Key Players
Oklahoma: QB Jermain Downs, CB Keith Black, HB Trent Bates
Rutgers: CB Pete Kramer, QB Tommie Herron, HB Markis Facyson

Injuries
Oklahoma: None
Rutgers: None

Halftime Score: Rutgers 17, Oklahoma 3

In the 3rd quarter, Markis Facyson scored his 42nd career rushing TD, breaking Justise Hairston's school record.

Final Score: Rutgers 38, Oklahoma 3

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 1 yard run by Facyson (Apollo Kick) - 8:38
OU 26 yard FG by Carrabba - 0:56

2nd quarter
RU 38 yard FG by Apollo - 3:47
RU 54 yard interception return by Gant (Apollo Kick) - 2:09

3rd quarter
RU 36 yard pass from Herron to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 7:34
RU 20 yard run by Facyson (Apollo Kick) - 3:02

4th Quarter
RU 2 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 6:00

Players of the Game
Oklahoma: DT Dillon Brown - 4 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, FF, FR
Rutgers: HB Markis Facyson - 20 car, 164 yards, 2 TD, 2 rec, 14 yards

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 17-24, 247 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Brooks Spencer - 1-1, 14 yards

Oklahoma: Jermain Downs - 17-27, 234 yards, 2 INT
Noah Allen - 1-2, 7 yards

Rushing
Rutgers: Markis Facyson - 20 car, 164 yards, 2 TD, long 62
Tommie Herron - 19 car, 77 yards, long 21
Mike Ritschel - 7 car, 39 yards, long 13
Derrell Humohrey - 1 car, 12 yards
Dan York - 2 car, 5 yards, 1 TD, long 3

Oklahoma: Kalvin Blake - 1 car, 6 yards
John Lott - 2 car, 4 yards, long 3
Jermain Downs - 5 car, 2 yards, long 12
Gino Jarrett - 1 car, 2 yards
Trent Bates - 12 car, -5 yards, long 5
Sydney Glenn - 1 car, -8 yards

Receiving
Rutgers: John Galt - 2 rec, 46 yards, long 38
Corey Barnes - 3 rec, 41 yards, long 22
Mike Ritschel - 2 rec, 41 yards, 1 TD, long 36
Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 40 yards, long 28
Chris Dodd - 4 rec, 40 yards, long 18
Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 39 yards, long 14
Markis Facyson - 2 rec, 14 yards, long 10

Oklahoma: Bob Hedgecock - 3 rec, 78 yards, long 59
Chester Craft - 4 rec, 69 yards, long 35
Korey Murphy - 5 rec, 31 yards, long 16
Gino Jarrett - 1 rec, 28 yards
Kendrick Glenn - 1 rec, 19 yards
Richard Hart - 1 rec, 7 yards
Blayne Hill - 1 rec, 6 yards
Trent Bates - 2 rec, 3 yards, long 4

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 6 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Brandon Holt - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancake, 0 sack allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 1 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Omar Youngblood - 1 sack allowed
Samuel Johnson - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed

Oklahoma: Chris Messner - 4 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Quentin Pugh - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jess Dillard - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Trent Bates - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 8; Ed Cobb - 7; Daniel Meeks - 5
Sacks: Adrian Gary, Jonathan Duncan - 1
INTs: Tavaris Gant, Maximus Meridius - 1

Oklahoma
Tackles: Ty Dodd - 10; Deon McKnight - 8; Jason Carter - 6
Sacks: Beau Hendricks, Dillon Brown - 2; Albert Winston - 1
INTs: Colton Mayes - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 1-2 FG, long of 38, 5-5 XP
Oklahoma: Chris Carrabba - 1-1 FG, long of 26

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 1 punt, 44 yards, 24 net yards, 1 touchback
Oklahoma: Russell Caraway - 7 punts, 44.8 average, long 51, 1 inside the 20, 36.1 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 28 yards
Oklahoma: Ty Dodd - 4 ret, 18.7 average, long 20
Jason Carter - 3 ret, 19.6 average, long 20

Punt Return
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 5 ret, 13.3 average, long 27
Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 11 yards
Oklahoma: No punt returns

Next Week: A trip to Blacksburg, Virginia to take on the Hokies of Virginia Tech.

General Mike · 10-21-2003, 12:01 AM

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

We got the monkey off of our back from last year's Fiesta Bowl and put us in great position as we start our conference clate next week. We were fundamentally sound for the most part, and got some key turnovers at the right time.

Offense: We finally got our running game back on track, in a game that I didn't think it would happen in. Harron did a great job of scrambling when necessary. Facyson ran the ball well off tackles, and we found a variety of targets in the passing game.

Defense: I won't say that we played badly, but we didn't play great either. We had trouble pressuring Oklahoma's QB all day, and we gave up a few big plays through the air, but when it came down to it, we got timely turnovers, especially Maximus Meridius' 2nd quarter INT in the end zone.

Special Teams: Nothing awful, but nothing great either. Apollo's missed FG was just one of those bad bounces that happen sometime, as the ball bouncd off the insie of the right goal post and out.

Grades
QB: A-
RB: A
WR: B
TE: B
OL: B-
DL: C+
LB: B+
DB: B
Sp. Teams: B-

JeeberD · 10-21-2003, 12:16 AM

Wow, great job Rutgers!!!

General Mike · 10-21-2003, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JeeberD
Wow, great job Rutgers!!!

Thanks, now Texas needs to run the table, so I can face Jobu in the Fiesta Bowl.

General Mike · 10-21-2003, 12:52 AM

Week 6 in Review

Game of the Week
#4 Oklahoma @ #6 Rutgers - Rutgers 38-3

Other National Games
Alabama @ #7 Arkansas - Arkansas 31-22
The Battle for the Governor's Victory Bell, Penn State @ #25 Minnesota - Penn State 49-28
#12 Tennessee @ South Carolina - Tennessee 26-21

Othr Top 25 Games
Toledo @ #1 Texas - Texas 44-14
#2 Miami @ New Mexico State - Miami 55-0
California @ #3 Southern Cal - Southern Cal 42-10
Tulane @ #5 Auburn - Auburn 50-14
Wyoming @ #8 Louisville - Louisville 35-13
#9 Ohio State @ Northwestern - Ohio State 41-17
#13 North Carolina State @ North Carolina - North Carolina State 37-20
Duke @ #14 Florida State - Florida State 34-7
#15 Colorado State @ Utah - Utah 38-17
Michigan State @ #16 Iowa - Iowa 45-24
#17 Virginia @ Wake Forest - Wake Forest 23-13
#18 Ole Miss @ Ball State - Ole Miss 51-13
#19 Southern Miss @ Bowling Green - Southern Miss 34-6
#20 Michigan @ Indiana - Indiana 24-23
Texas-El Paso @ #21 Kansas State - Kansas State 37-10
Pittsburgh @ #22 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State 27-24
Kentucky @ #23 Florida - Florida 39-14

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Movin' On Up!
Rutgers's 38-3 win over Oklahoma has the Sooners down for the count.
Photo: Markis Facyson, Rutgers #7

Top 25 Polls
Story: Too Little Too Late
Oklahoma's road trip to New Brunswick ended in a 38-3 loss.
Photo: Oklahoma coach
#24 Maryland @ West Virginia - West Virginia 27-13

Coaches' Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (37)               4-0  1453
 2   2  Miami (21)               6-0  1397
 3   3  Southern Cal (1)         4-0  1342
 4   6  Rutgers                  4-0  1333
 5   5  Auburn                   5-0  1234
 6   7  Arkansas                 5-0  1129
 7   8  Louisville               4-0  1078
 8   9  Ohio State               4-0  1027
 9  10  Texas A&M                3-0   977
10  11  Virginia Tech            4-1   884
11   4  Oklahoma                 3-1   856
12  12  Tennessee                4-1   836
13  13  North Carolina State     5-1   792
14  14  Florida State            6-0   784
15  16  Iowa                     4-1   652
16  18  Ole Miss                 4-0   603
17  19  Southern Miss            5-0   560
18  21  Kansas State             4-0   475
19  22  Oklahoma State           4-1   397
20  23  Florida                  4-1   357
21  NR  Penn State               5-0   318
22  NR  Colorado                 3-1   128
23  NR  Louisiana State          5-0   128
24  NR  Notre Dame               4-0    93
25  NR  Arizona State            4-1    91
Dropping Out: Colorado State (#15 Last Week)
              Virginia (#17 Last Week)
              Michigan (#20 Last Week)
              Maryland (#24 last week)
              Minnesota (#25 last week)

Media Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (48)               4-0  1752
 2   6  Rutgers (21)             4-0  1674
 3   3  Miami (1)                6-0  1602
 4   4  Southern Cal (1)         4-0  1530
 5   5  Auburn                   5-0  1459
 6   7  Arkansas                 5-0  1322
 7   8  Louisville               4-0  1255
 8   9  Ohio State               4-0  1191
 9  10  Virginia Tech            4-1  1072
10  11  Texas A&M                3-0  1065
11   2  Oklahoma                 3-1  1047
12  12  Tennessee                4-1   952
13  13  Florida State            6-0   946
14  14  North Carolina State     5-1   842
15  15  Iowa                     4-1   784
16  16  Ole Miss                 4-0   779
17  19  Kansas State             4-0   625
18  21  Oklahoma State           4-1   489
19  22  Penn State               5-0   486
20  23  Florida                  4-1   402
21  NR  Southern Miss            5-0   318
22  NR  Colorado                 3-1   176
23  NR  Louisiana State          5-0   176
24  18  Michigan                 3-2   172
25  NR  Northern Illinois        4-0   144
Dropping Out: Virginia (#17 Last Week)
              Colorado State (#20 Last week)
              Maryland (#24 Last Week)
              Minnesota (#25 Last Week)

Heisman Watch
Story: Heisman Material?
White has become a threat every week as the Trojans focus on the running game.
Photo: LenDale White, Southern Cal #33

<> RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida
30 rec, 483 yards, 9 total TD
<> RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina
119 car 771 yards 8 TD, 14 rec, 267 yards, 3 TD
/\ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
143 car, 794 yards, 8 TD, 8 rec, 139 yards
/\ Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal
71 car, 494 yards, 8 TD, 11 rec, 154 yards, 2 TD
/\ RS Sr. HB Donnie Johnson, Penn State
80 car, 435 yards, 11 rec, 106 yards, 8 total TD

Players of the Week
Story: Steppin' It Up
Rutgers's Gant is named Player of the Week after convincing victory.
Photo: Tavaris Gant, Rutgers #3

National PotW
Offensive: Jr. HB Ahmaad Conley, Kansas State - 29 car, 114 yards, 14 rec yards, 3 total TD
Defensive: RS Sr. LOLB #51, Western Michigan - 10 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sack, INT, 2 FF, 2 FR

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Sr. HB Alexander Ridore, Syracuse - 28 car, 110 yards, 4 TD
Defensive: Jr. CB Tavaris Gant, Rutgers - 2 tackles, INT, TD

Conference Standings
Story: Off on the Right Foot
Trojans win their conference opener against Cal.
Photo: LenDale White, Southern Cal #33

Coach's Report Card
Your AD is willing to match any offer from any other program in the nation.
Job Security: A+
Avg. Attendance: 36,872

JeeberD · 10-21-2003, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by General Mike
Thanks, now Texas needs to run the table, so I can face Jobu in the Fiesta Bowl.

Hey now, Southern Miss could run the table too. But I guess you would rather face Jobu than the mighty JeeberD. I really don't blame you...

General Mike · 10-21-2003, 01:35 PM

#4 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-0) (0-0) @ #10 Virginia Tech Hokies (4-1)

It's time for our conference opener against Virginia Tech. Blacksburg is always a tough place to play, so we need to go in there and play our best game and stay focused on the task at hand. For the 4th straight game we will be playing before a national TV audience. We go into the game as the announcers favorites.

Key Players
Rutgers: , CB Pete Kramer, HB Markis Facyson, QB Tommie Herron
Virginia Tech: QB Marcus Vick, HB Omari Barnes, HB Willie Cassel

Injuries
Rutgers: None
Virginia Tech: C Matthew Evans - Dislocated Elbow - 3 weeks

Halftime Score: Virginia Tech 14, Rutgers 7

At the end of the 4th quarter Markis Facyson suffered a Bruised shoulder, which will sideline him for 4 weeks.

Final Score: Rutgers 31, Virginia Tech 14

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
VT 1 yard run by Barnes (Norman Kick) - 7:58

2nd quarter
VT 17 yard pass from Vick to Hilliard (Norman Kick) - 2:40
RU 1 yard run by Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 0:04

3rd quarter
RU 11 yard run by Herron (Apollo Kick) - 2:33

4th Quarter
RU 2 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 7:59
RU 9 yard pass from Herron to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 3:29
RU 38 yard FG by Apollo - 0:29

Players of the Game
Rutgers: QB Tommie Herron - 11-20, 166 yards, 2 total TD
Virginia Tech: WR Jermaine Hilliard - 6 rec, 106 yards, TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 11-20, 166 yards, 1 TD
Virginia Tech: Marcus Vick - 11-18, 185 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Markis Facyson - 24 car, 147 yards, long 50
Mike Ritschel - 15 car, 58 yards, 1 TD, long 9
Dan York - 3 car, 10 yards, 1 TD, long 6
Tommie Herron - 11 car, -16 yards, long 11

Virginia Tech: Omari Barnes - 16 car, 31 yards, 1 TD, long 14
Jeff Moultry - 5 car, 17 yards, long 9
Willie Cassel - 4 car, 12 yards, long 4
Marcus Vick - 9 car, 10 yards, long 17

Receiving
Rutgers: Chris Dodd - 4 rec, 60 yards, long 21
John Galt - 3 rec, 63 yards, long 36
Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 31 yards, 1 TD, long 18
Josh Hendricks - 1 rec, 12 yards

Virginia Tech: Jermaine Hilliard - 6 rec, 106 yards, 1 TD, long 35
Robert Parker - 1 rec, 67 yards
Jerome Marks - 1 rec, 5 yards
Tyler Day - 1 rec, 4 yards
Omari Barnes - 1 rec, 3 yards
Willie Cassel - 1 rec, 0 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Khary McLaughlin - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Frederick Spivey - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Brandon Holt - 0 pancakes, 1 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 1 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 0 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed

Virginia Tech: Desmon Henley - 1 sack allowed
Demetri Darby - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 11; Rashawn Ricks - 7; William Beckford, Tavaris Gant - 4
Sacks: Tyson Williams, Brady Huff, William Beckford - 1;
INTs: Maximus Meridius - 1

Virginia Tech
Tackles: Vince Hall - 12; Marcus Fraser, Charley Hilton - 6; Reshard Drew, Mike Paulding, Miguel Scott - 5
Sacks: Mike Paulding - 2; Kevin Payton, Trevor Archer, Vince Hall - 1
INTs: None

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 1-1 FG, long 38, 4-4 XP
Virginia Tech: Chris Norman - 2-2 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 5 punts, 42.1 average, long 52, 1 inside the 20, 39.3 net average
Virginia Tech: Terrance Lamb - 7 punts, 45.2 average, long 48, 2 inside the 20, 33.1 net average, 2 punt touchbacks, 1 kickoff touchback

Kick Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 19 yards
John Galt - 1 ret, 18 yards

Virginia Tech: Willie Cassel - 3 ret, 27.0 average, long 34
Omari Barnes - 1 ret, 25 yards
Kevin Payton - 1 ret, 10 yards
Derek Maxwell - 1 ret, 1 yard

Punt Return
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 2 ret, 17.5 average, long 19
Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 10 yards
Virginia Tech: Omari Barnes - 1 ret, 14 yards
Vince Hall - 1 ret, 0 yards

Next Week: We head back home to the friendly confines of Rutgers Stadium to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers.

General Mike · 10-21-2003, 02:18 PM

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

We didn't come out sharp in the 1st half, but we regrouped in the 2nd half and put together a quality effort in the win. The injury to Facyson is a big hit to our program. We'll use Dan York as the starting HB for the next 3 games with Seymour Molina being the backup, Chris Dodd will be the emergency guy. We shouldn't have to use either of the 2 HBs we are redshirting if there are no more injuries the rest of the year.

Offense: We ran the ball pretty effectively, better than we were against Iowa and Georgia at least. We didn't do alot thru the air, but we did some stuff. The OLine had a real bad week.

Defensive: We did a good job slowing down their receivers for the most part, but we struggled at times too. Vick did a real number on us with some of the option plays they ran, and we had a tough time pressuring the QB.

Special Teams: We did what we had to do in the win. We had 1 punt go out of bounds a little before we wanted to do, but it just gives our guys something to work on.

Grades
QB: B-
RB: A
WR: B
TE: B+
OL: C-
DL: B-
LB: B+
DB: B
Sp. Teams: B

General Mike · 10-21-2003, 02:50 PM

Week 7 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#5 Auburn @ #12 Tennessee - Auburn 38-24

Other National Games
The Battle for the Legends Trophy, Stanford @ #24 Notre Dame - Stanford 28-21
#1 Texas @ #18 Kansas State - Texas 27-10
#4 Rutgers @ #10 Virginia Tech - Rutgers 31-14

Other Top 25 Games
#2 Miami @ West Virginia - Miami 41-13
#25 Arizona State @ #3 Southern Cal - Southern Cal 47-21
South Florida @ #7 Louisville - Louisville 48-18
Boston College @ #8 Ohio State - Ohio State 30-19
Texas Tch @ #9 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 41-10
Iowa State @ #11 Oklahoma - Oklahoma 37-24
Georgia Tech @ #13 North Carolina State - North Carolina State 31-17
#15 Iowa @ Michigan - Michigan 27-20 OT
#20 Florida @ #16 Ole Miss - Florida 37-30
Cincinnati @ #17 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 27-9
#21 Penn State @ Wisconsin - Penn State 37-26
Baylor @ #22 Colorado - Colorado 34-7
South Carolina @ #23 Louisiana State - Louisiana State 40-14
Northern Illinois @ Ohio - Northern Illinois 22-15

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Wolverines Get it Done
Michigan outshines conference foe Iowa in overtime period.
Photo: Two Michigan players celebrating.

Top 25 Polls
Story: Not Getting it Done
Hawkeyes are humbled after a 27-20 loss in Ann Arbor.
Photo: Iowa mascot

Coaches' Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (36)               5-0  1452
 2   2  Miami (22)               7-0  1371
 3   3  Southern Cal (1)         5-0  1316
 4   4  Rutgers                  5-0  1295
 5   5  Auburn                   6-0  1234
 6   6  Arkansas                 5-0  1145
 7   7  Louisville               5-0  1090
 8   8  Ohio State               5-0  1037
 9   9  Texas A&M                4-0   986
10  11  Oklahoma                 4-1   837
11  13  North Carolina State     6-1   748
12  14  Florida State            6-0   742
13  17  Southern Miss            6-0   608
14  10  Virginia Tech            4-2   544
15  20  Florida                  5-1   523
16  19  Oklahoma State           4-1   484
17  12  Tennessee                4-2   473
18  21  Penn State               6-0   445
19  22  Colorado                 4-1   370
20  23  Louisiana State          6-0   369
21  16  Ole Miss                 4-1   354
22  18  Kansas State             4-1   351
23  15  Iowa                     4-2   287
24  NR  Michigan                 4-2   287
25  NR  Louisiana-Lafayette      5-0   231
Dropping Out: Notre Dame (#24 Last Week)
              Arizona State (#25 Last Week)

Media Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (44)               5-0  1748
 2   2  Rutgers (23)             5-0  1702
 3   3  Miami (3)                7-0  1581
 4   4  Southern Cal (1)         5-0  1514
 5   5  Auburn                   6-0  1488
 6   6  Arkansas                 5-0  1382
 7   7  Louisville               5-0  1318
 8   8  Ohio State               5-0  1255
 9  10  Texas A&M                4-0  1132
10  11  Oklahoma                 4-1  1014
11  13  Florida State            6-0   956
12  14  North Carolina State     6-1   851
13   9  Virginia Tech            4-2   706
14  20  Florida                  5-1   637
15  18  Oklahoma State           4-1   635
16  19  Penn State               6-0   635
17  12  Tennessee                4-2   564
18  21  Southern Miss            6-0   536
19  24  Michigan                 4-2   501
20  17  Kansas State             4-1   447
21  22  Colorado                 4-1   443
22  23  Louisiana State          6-0   443
23  16  Ole Miss                 4-1   418
24  15  Iowa                     4-2   363
25  25  Northern Illinois        5-0   354
Dropping Out: No one

Heisman Watch
Story: A Star in the Making
Curry credits his O-line for allowing him to put up the numbers he has.
Photo: Leigh Curry, Auburn #27

<> RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida
35 rec, 551 yards, 10 total TD
/\ Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal
90 car, 572 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD
\/ RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina
133 car, 854 yards, 8 TD, 16 rec, 310 yards, 3 TD
\/ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
160 car, 905 yards, 8 TD, 9 rec, 147 yards
<> RS Sr. HB Donnie Johnson, Penn State
102 car, 533 yards, 12 rec, 143 yards, 9 total TD

Players of the Week
Story: A Hero Emerges
An easy win against West Virginia earns Miami's Guillon Player of the Week.
Photo: Marc Guillon, Miami #12

National PotW
Offensive: RS Jr. QB Mike Bush, Louisville - 23-34, 406 yards, 6 car, 43 yards, 5 total TD
Defensive: Jr. SS Tony Curtis, Florida - 5 tackles, INT, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Sr. QB Marc Guillon, Miami - 14-27, 266 yards, 5 TD, 4 car, 10 yards
Defensive: RS Sr. ROLB Charles Sallet, Pittsburgh - 13 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack, FF, FR

Conference Standings
Story: Building Momentum
The C-USA season begins on a high note for Louisville.
Photo: Mike Bush, Louisville #19

Coach's Report Card
Coach Schiano, congrats for adding another win to your career total.
Job Secruity: A+
Avg. Attendance: 36,872

JeeberD · 10-21-2003, 02:55 PM

Southern Miss is all the way up to #13. Very nice...

And the Horns keep rolling. Good win against K State.

General Mike · 10-21-2003, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JeeberD
Southern Miss is all the way up to #13. Very nice...

And the Horns keep rolling. Good win against K State.

And its time for the Shootout!

JeeberD · 10-21-2003, 03:18 PM

You exposed OU as the pretenders that they are. Texas will prevail...

Blade6119 · 10-22-2003, 12:27 AM

your going down jeeber!

General Mike · 10-22-2003, 01:19 AM

#30 West Virginia Mountaineers (3-2/0-1) @ #6 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-0/1-0)

We come into this game without our starting HB, Markis Facyson, so we are going to need to pass well and hope our backup RBs can really step their games up. This is a game for us to stay focused and just play our game and we should win. This game will have national TV coverage and we are the pregame favorite.

Key Players
West Virginia: HB Paul Tracy, ROLB Cortez Baker, K Santonio Theodore
Rutgers: QB Tommie Herron, CB Pete Kramer, SS Maximus Meridius

Injuries
West Virginia: RT Cedric Murray - Dislocated Knee - 9 weeks
HB Erick Phillips - Torn Tricep - 10 weeks
FB Chris Wyatt - Foot Stress Fracture - 2 weeks
Rutgers: HB Markis Facyson - Bruised Shoulder - 3 weeks

Halftime Score: Rutgers 23, West Virginia 3

In the 3rd quarter, Tyson Williams Broke the single game school record for sacks.
Also in the 3rd quarter, West Virginia's Joe Sutherland was sidelined with back spams for the remainder of the game.

In the 4th quarter, Tyson Williams tied the NCAA record for sacks in a single game, supposedly.

Final Score: Rutgers 53, West Virginia 3

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 19 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 7:50
RU 73 yard fumble return by Joiner (Apollo Kick) - 3:36
WVU 39 yard FG by Theodore - 0:00

2nd quarter
RU 80 yard pass from Herron to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 9:44
RU Safety (Tyson Williams sacked Sutherland in the end zone) - 9:17

3rd quarter
RU 36 yard FG by Apollo - 7:22
RU 11 yard run by Molina (Apollo Kick) - 0:29

4th Quarter
RU 36 yard FG by Apollo - 9:21
RU 35 yard interception return by Kramer (Apollo Kick) - 6:37
RU 6 yard pass from Herron to Galt (Apollo Kick) - 4:20
RU 29 yard FG by Apollo - 0:00

Players of the Game
West Virginia: CB Micah Jenkins - 12 tackles, INT, FF, FR
Rutgers: RE Tyson Williams - 7 tackles, 7 TFL, 7 sacks, FF, FR, safety

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 16-31, 331 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
West Virginia: Joe Sutherland - 16-27, 254 yards, 2 INT
Floyd Newton - 4-10, 45 yards, 3 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 22 car, 125 yards, 1 TD, long 19
Mike Ritschel - 7 car, 33 yards, long 8
Seymour Molina - 4 car, 25 yards, 1 TD, long 11
John Galt - 1 car, 4 yards
Derrell Humohrey - 1 car, 3 yards
Tommie Herron - 5 car, -14 yards, long 10

West Virginia: Todd Archie - 1 car, 3 yards
Paul Tracy - 2 car, 1 yard, long 1
Floyd Newton - 2 car, -13 yards
Joe Sutherland - 13 car, -73 yards, long 2

Receiving
Rutgers: Mike Ritschel - 4 rec, 111 yards, 1 TD, long 80
Josh Hendricks - 3 rec, 98 yards, long 58
Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 51 yards, long 40
John Galt - 3 rec, 50 yards, 1 TD, long 36
Chris Dodd - 1 rec, 11 yards
Derrell Humphrey - 2 rec, 10 yards, long 9

West Virginia: Raysawn Bolden - 13 rec, 213 yards, long 53
John Huggins - 2 rec, 35 yards, long 19
Tony Best - 2 rec, 15 yards, long 10
Antwone James - 1 rec, 14 yards
B.J. Davis - 1 rec, 11 yards
Paul Tracy - 1 rec, 11 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 4 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancake, 0 sack allowed
Mike Ritschel - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Samuel Johnson - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed

West Virginia: Spencer Donnelly - 7 sacks allowed
Jeremy Hines - 1 sack allowed
Deion Burnett - 1 sack allowed
Todd Archie - 1 sack allowed
Pal Tracy - 1 sack allowed
Corey Hough - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Tyson Williams, Pete Kramer - 7; Tavaris Gant - 5; Maximus Meridius, Berkley Hutchinson, Adrian Gary - 4
Sacks: Tyson Williams - 7; Adrian Gary - 2; Nate Robinson, Ed Cobb, William Beckford, Berkley Hutchinson, Maximus Meridius - 1
INTs: Tavaris Gant - 2; Pete Kramer, Brady Huff, William Beckford - 1

West Virginia
Tackles: Micah Jenkins - 12; Carnell Hawkins - 8; George Shehl - 5
Sacks: E.J. Sellers, Tre Thomas, Joe Mirault - 1
INTs: Micah Jenkins, George Shehl - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 3-3 FG, long 36, 6-6 XP
West Virginia: Santonio Theodore - 1-1 FG, 39 yards

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 4 punts, 42.2 average, long 52, 31.5 net average, 1 punt touchback, 1 kickoff touchback
West Virginia: Tremayne Jones - 7 punts, 41.2 average, 2 inside the 20, 33.0 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 24 yards
John Galt - 1 ret, 18 yards
West Virginia: Paul Tracy - 5 ret, 18.7 average, long 22
Raysawn Bolden - 3 ret, 22.0 average, long 26

Punt Return
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 6 ret, 9.6 average, long 23
John Galt - 1 ret, 28 yards
West Virginia: Raysawn Bolden - 2 ret, 11.5 average, long 12

Next Week: A trip to take on the Panthers of Pittsburgh as we look to keep our undefeated season intact.

mckerney · 10-22-2003, 01:22 AM

Driven by our coach, he's the guy in the white visor
Shoutin "Boomer Sooner" has never been louder

General Mike · 10-22-2003, 01:35 AM

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

We put up a really good effort, probably our best of the season and we did everything we had to do. We had a couple big plays, a great defensive performance by Tyson Williams, a couple timely turnovers and we didn't make too many mental errors.

Offense: Dan York stepped up well in his 1st game as the starting HB, he put up some good, consistent yardage. We got some good big plays from a bunch of people and we held onto the ball for the most part. We will have to work on holding onto the ball better tho as we gave the ball up twice on fumbles.

Defensive: Tyson Williams led the defensive line in a great performance. We shut down the run game, put great pressure on the QB and forced a ton of turnovers. We did give up a couple big plays, especially to Raysawn Bolden, but we kept the Mountaineers off the scoreboard all day, save for 1 FG.

Special Teams: 3 FGs in one game is probably the most we've had in the 3 and a half years of this dynasty. We did an ok job punting, but we need to get down on coverage better to keep punts from going into the endzone, and we need to work on our directional kicking.

Grades
QB: B
RB: A
WR: B+
TE: A
OL: B+
DL: A+
LB: A
DB: B
Sp. Teams: B+

JeeberD · 10-22-2003, 08:29 AM

Hook 'em, Jobu!!!

John Galt · 10-22-2003, 09:41 AM

I think Galt needs more passes in his direction.

General Mike · 10-22-2003, 01:09 PM

Week 8 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
The Red River Shootout, #1 Texas vs #10 Oklahoma - Texas 41-31

Other National Games
#6 Arkansas @ #5 Auburn - Arkansas 38-21
#12 Florida State @ #2 Miami - Miami 24-20
West Virginia @ #4 Rutgers - Rutgers 53-3

Other Top 25 games
#3 Southern Cal @ Stanford - Southern Cal 43-27
#7 Louisville @ Army - Louisville 49-17
Wisconsin @ #8 Ohio State - Ohio State 45-7
#9 Texas A&M @ Baylor - Texas A&M 34-16
Connecticut @ #11 North Carolina State - North Carolina State 51-14
#14 Virginia Tech @ Syracuse - Virginia Tech 43-6
#20 Louisiana State @ #15 Florida - Louisiana State 52-17
#16 Oklahoma State @ #22 Kansas State - Oklahoma State 32-29
#17 Tennessee @ Georgia - Tennessee 45-24
Purdue @ #18 Penn State - Penn State 17-7
#19 Colorado @ Kansas - Colorado 45-24
#21 Ole Miss @ Troy State - Ole Miss 49-9
The Battle For the Little Brown Jug, Minnesota @ #24 Michigan - Minnesota 27-20
#25 Louisiana-Lafayette @ Louisiana-Monroe - Louisiana-Monroe 30-20
Central Michigan @ Northern Illinois - Central Michigan 33-3

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Where Do They Stand?
See where Texas's ranked in the first Bowl Rankings of 2006
Photo: Lamarr Dempsey, Texas #26

Bowl Rankings
Story: Hot 'n Fresh Rankings!
Check out the season's inaugural Bowl Rankings.
Photo: Kris Robinson, Texas #52, celebrates with a teammate.

Code:

                          Poll   Comp  Sched     Qlty
Rk  Team                  Avg.   Avg.   Rank  L  Wins   Total
 1  Texas                  1.0   1.63   3.12  0  -0.0    5.75
 2  Miami                  2.5   2.50   2.80  0  -0.0    7.80
 3  Rutgers                3.0   3.07   2.16  0  -0.0    8.23
 4  Arkansas               4.5   5.06   0.32  0  -0.2    9.68
 5  Southern Cal           4.0   3.72   4.24  0  -0.0   11.96
 6  Louisville             6.0   6.42   4.52  0  -0.0   16.94
 7  Ohio State             7.0   7.42   3.36  0  -0.0   17.78
 8  Texas A&M              8.0   8.63   3.16  0  -0.0   19.79
 9  Auburn                 9.5   9.57   2.04  1  -0.0   22.11
10  North Carolina State   9.5   9.71   4.00  1  -0.0   24.21
11  Virginia Tech         11.5  12.06   0.64  2  -0.1   26.10
12  Southern Miss         14.0  12.74   2.12  0  -0.0   28.86
13  Oklahoma State        12.5  14.53   2.08  1  -0.0   30.11
14  Louisiana State       14.5  13.87   2.60  0  -0.0   30.97
15  Penn State            15.0  14.51   3.00  0  -0.0   32.51

Top 25 Polls
Story: Tough Setback
#12 Florida State loses a heartbreaker to Miami 24-20
Photo: Florida State coach

Coaches' Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (37)               6-0  1453
 2   2  Miami (21)               8-0  1387
 3   3  Southern Cal (1)         6-0  1292
 4   4  Rutgers                  6-0  1235
 5   6  Arkansas                 6-0  1224
 6   7  Louisville               6-0  1071
 7   8  Ohio State               6-0  1019
 8   9  Texas A&M                5-0   968
 9  11  North Carolina State     7-1   827
10   5  Auburn                   6-1   805
11  13  Southern Miss            6-0   777
12  14  Virginia Tech            5-2   678
13  16  Oklahoma State           5-1   612
14  20  Louisiana State          7-0   612
15  12  Florida State            6-1   581
16  10  Oklahoma                 4-2   575
17  18  Penn State               7-0   566
18  17  Tennessee                5-2   556
19  19  Colorado                 5-1   490
20  21  Ole Miss                 5-1   419
21  23  Iowa                     4-2   343
22  15  Florida                  5-2   312
23  NR  Minnesota                6-1   271
24  NR  Virginia                 5-2   258
25  22  Kansas State             4-2   191
Dropping Out: Michigan (#24 Last Week)
              Louisiana-Lafayette (#25 Last Week)

Media Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (45)               6-0  1749
 2   2  Rutgers (25)             6-0  1627
 3   3  Miami (1)                8-0  1602
 4   6  Arkansas                 6-0  1489
 5   4  Southern Cal             6-0  1488
 6   7  Louisville               6-0  1292
 7   8  Ohio State               6-0  1229
 8   9  Texas A&M                5-0  1168
 9   5  Auburn                   6-1   956
10  12  North Carolina State     7-1   943
11  13  Virginia Tech            5-2   872
12  15  Oklahoma State           5-1   794
13  16  Penn State               7-0   781
14  11  Florida State            6-1   736
15  22  Louisiana State          7-0   706
16  10  Oklahoma                 4-2   691
17  18  Southern Miss            6-0   684
18  17  Tennessee                5-2   673
19  21  Colorado                 5-1   507
20  23  Ole Miss                 5-1   427
21  14  Florida                  5-2   382 
22  24  Iowa                     4-2   377
23  NR  Minnesota                6-1   362
24  20  Kansas State             4-2   289
25  NR  Virginia                 5-2   277
Dropping Out: Michigan (#19 last week)
              Northern Illinois (#25 last week)

Heisman Watch
Story: Rolling Along
White's performance has the fans in Los Angeles believing in their Trojans.
Photo: LenDale White, Southern Cal #33

<> RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida
40 rec, 636 yards, 11 total TD
/\ RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina
161 car, 1014 yards, 10 TD, 20 rec, 387 yards, 3 TD
\/ Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal
108 car, 690 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD
<> Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
181 car, 1005 yards, 8 TD, 9 rec, 147 yards
/\ RS Jr. WR Whitney Lewis, Southern Cal
32 rec, 621 yards 8 total TD

Players of the Week
Story: Owning 'Em!
Williams collects Player of the Week honors following a laugher vs. West Virginia
Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95, tackles Raysawn Bolden, West Virginia #82

National PotW
Offensive: Soph. HB Greg Newell, Vanderbilt - 40 car, 201 yards, 3 TD, 10 rec yards, TD
Defensive: Jr. LE Branden Cole, Bowling Green - 9 tackles (6 TFL), 2 sacks, FF, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: Fr. K Justin Apollo, Rutgers - 3-3 FG, long of 36, 6-6 extra points
Defensive: RS Soph. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers - 7 tackles (7 TFL) 7 sacks, FF, FR

Conference Standings
Story: Conference Clash!
Scarlet Knights notch another W, this time against Big East foe West Virginia.
Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95

Coach's Report Card
The front office is a friendlier place to be after a win than after a loss.
Job Security: A+
Fan Base
Regional Games: 0-0
National Games: 5-0
Avg. Attendance: 41,152

RealDeal · 10-22-2003, 01:26 PM

You control your own destiny. If you win out, you're in the championship.

Also, when you do your post-game thoughts, what I'd like to see a bit more of is how you personally did mashing the buttons. What kinds of plays did you call. When you throw an interception, did your QB screw up or did you make a bad read. Did the AI do things on offense or defense that confused you? What kind of plays did you run that you found that worked (for instance I noticed a game or two ago you had a 80 yard pass to your fullback- how did that happen?).

Anyway, I enjoy this diary a lot even though my alter ego is buried in the UT depth chart.

JeeberD · 10-22-2003, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by General Mike
Game of the Week
The Red River Shootout, #1 Texas vs #10 Oklahoma - Texas 41-31

I'm sorry, what was that you were saying mckerney and blade?

Travis · 10-22-2003, 01:27 PM

Nice, Louisville up to #6. Right around half the season to go, here's hoping we can crack the top 4.

General Mike · 10-22-2003, 02:19 PM

Midseason Stats Update

FOFCers

Code:

RS Soph. HB Paul Tracy, West Virginia - TheLionKing - 101 car, 477 yards, 2 TD, 9 rec, 93 yards, 1 TD, 192 return yards
Jr. LOLB Nyar Lahotep, Notre Dame - Nyarlahotep - 45 tackles, 4 TFL, 1 INT, 2 pass defl. 1 FF, 
Jr. MLB Colton Mayes, Oklahoma - Blade6119 - 46 tackles, 9 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 INT, 2 pass defl., 1 FR, 
Jr. LE Jeeber D Mack, Southern Miss - JeeberD - 20 tackles, 4 TFL, 1 sack, 2 pass defl.
Jr. RG Franklin Brown, UCLA - Franklinnoble - 8 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed
Jr. CB Doug Daniel, Arkansas - Doug5984 - 13 tackles, 1 INT, 2 pass defl., 550 return yards, 1 TD
RS Soph. QB Dave Corson, Virginia Tech - EagleFan - 7-16, 191 yards, 1 TD, 164.7 rating, 5 car, 14 yards 
RS Soph. QB Kevin Mitchell, Central Florida - RGunner - 5-10, 61 yards, 101.2 rating, 2 car, 6 yards, 
Jr. QB Chris Snow, Tennessee - RendeR - 44-66. 563 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT, 160.3 rating, 13 car, 91 yards (season ending injury)
Jr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers - Sublime - 41 tackles, 4 TFL, 1 sack, 3 INT, 3 pas defl., 2 FF, 1 FR, 1 TD

Soph. HB Robert Rupkin, Iowa - atatange1 - 43 car, 181 yards, 3 TD, 4 rec, 36 yards, 18 return yards (injured for 8 weeks)
Soph. HB Josh Hiscock, Kansas State - Sack Attack - 38 car, 154 yards, 1 TD
Soph. WR Travis Elkin, Louisville - Travis - 9 rec, 168 yards, 3 TD, 7 tackles, 1 pass defl., 80 return yards
RS Fr. WR John Galt, Rutgers - JohnGalt - 19 rec, 471 yards, 4 TD, 1 car, 4 yards, 1 tackle, 1 pancake, 115 return yards
Soph. WR BulletHead Jones, Georgia - VPI - 11 rec, 171 yards, 1 TD, 2 car, 45 yards, 5 tackles
Soph. TE Daniel McCarney, Oklahoma - mckerney - 2 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Soph. TE J.W. Smith, Southern Cal - Upstate J - 24 rec, 385 yards, 4 TD
Soph. CB Neuqua Man, Ohio State - Neuqua - 1 tackle 
RS Frosh. CB Ross Wheeler, Ohio State - INDalltheway - 19 tackles, 3 INT, 2 pass defl., 1 FR, 
Soph. FS Ignatius J Reilly, Wisconsin - Scholes - 21 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 INT, 6 pass defl.

Fr. C Jonathan Cringer, Nevada - Cringer - 5 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
Fr. ROLB Al Hill, Tennessee - Real Deal - no stats 
Fr. FS T.E. Almighty, Texas Tech - thealmighty - 29 tackles, 5 TFL, 5 pass defl., 1 FF, 
Fr. QB Eric Brignac, Tennessee - albionmoonlight - 64-119, 4 TD, 1 INT, 120.6 rating, 10 car, 40 yards
Fr. CB Craig Scarborough, Kansas State - CraigSca - 1 tacke 
Fr. DT Jobu Mack, Texas - JeeberD #2 - 12 tackles, 4 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 FF, 1 safety 
Fr. HB Jim Carabello, Iowa - Blade6119 #2 - 29 car, 152 yards, 1 TD, 1 rec, 24 yards,  
Fr. K Justin Apollo, Rutgers - Sublime #2 - 8-10 FG, long 42, 42-42 XP
Fr. K Chris Carrabba, Oklahoma - mckerney #2 - 8-10 FG, long 38, 25-25 XP, 6 kickoff touchbacks
Fr. FB Mike Ritschel, Rutgers - General Mike - 45 car, 228 yards, 4 TD, 8 rec, 165 yards, 2 TD, 3 tackles, 6 pancakes

Midseason NCAA leaders

Passing

Code:

QB Rating: Jermain Downs, Oklahoma - 188.7
Completions: Ryan O'Hara, Arizona - 164
Attempts: Ryan O'Hara, Arizona - 305
Yards: Ryan O'Hara, Arizona - 2279
TD passes: Mike Bush, Louisville - 19
Interceptions: Terrell Fisher, North Carolina - 16
Completion %: Jermain Downs, Oklahoma - 68% (81-118)

Rushing

Code:

Carries: Mike Cooper, New Mexico State - 227
Yards: David Bailey, North Carolina State - 1042
Average: Erick Phillips, West Virginia - 6.8 (109 for 749)
TD Runs: Malcom Doss, Marshall - 12
Yards After 1st Hit: Demetris Summers, South Carolina - 286
Broken Tackles: Demetris Summers, South Carolina - 47

Receiving

Code:

Receptions: A.J. Bennett, Eastern Michigan - 59
Yards: Mike Jefferson, Arizona - 904
Average: Sean Bailey, Georgia - 20.8 (33 for 668)
TD catches: Andre Caldwell, Florida - 10
RAC Yardage: Demetris Summers, South Carolina - 388

Blocking

Code:

Pancakes: Derrick Morse, Miami - 26 
Sacks allowed: Steve Brown, California - 10

Defensive

Code:

Tackles: Kyle Brown, Brigham Young - 78
TFLs: Reggie Holmes, Maryland - 15
Sacks: Andrea Foster, Eastern Michigan - 12
Interceptions: Pete Kramer, Rutgers - 6
               Eric Williams, Wake Forest - 6
Pass Deflections: Marco Landry, Duke - 15
Forced Fumbles: Chris Brannon, California - 5
                 Chase Jones, Alabama - 5
                 Chase Larsen, Ohio - 5
Fumble Recoveries: Kai Earl - 5
Defensive TDs: Pete Kramer, Rutgers - 4

Kicking

Code:

FG Made: Brook Emmanuel, San Diego State - 18
FG Attempts: Phil Martinez, Maryland - 22
FG %: Marshall Montgomery, Clemson - 100 (17-17)
      Rick Krautman, Syracuse - 100 (11-11)
      Clinton Haynes, East Carolina - 100 (9-9)
      Fred Reyes, Buffalo - 100 (7-7)
FG Long: Carlan Leonard, Missouri - 56
XP Made: Justin Apollo, Rutgers - 42
XP Attempts: Justin Apollo, Rutgers - 42
Kickoff touchbacks: Jon Peattie, Miami - 13

Punting

Code:

Punts: Parker Mullins, Alabama-Birmingham - 48
       Andrew Gamble, Alabama - 48
       Cedric Kincaid, New Mexico State - 48
Yards: Parker Mullins, Alabama-Birmingham - 2191
Average: Tim Mollner, Minnesota - 47.8 (22 for 1052)
Punt Long: Tim Mollner, Minnesota - 86
Inside the 20: Andrew Gamble, Alabama - 20
Net yards: Parker Mullins, Alabama-Birmingham - 1771
Net Average: Jared Scruggs, Rice - 41.8 (26 for 1088)
Punt Touchbacks: Jelani Thomas, Buffalo - 12

Returns

Code:

Kick Returns: Mike Mason, North Carolina - 33
              Jeff Williams, Louisiana Tech - 33
KR Yards: Andre Caldwell, Florida - 864
Average: Bo Allison, Nebraska - 30.2 (20 for 605)
KR TDs: Bo Allison, Nebraska - 2
        Buddy Williams, Clemson - 2
Punt Returns: Antonio Cromartie, Florida State - 29
              Jose Connor, Ole Miss - 29
PR Yards: Steven Savoy, Utah - 386
Average: Ahmaad Conley, Kansas State - 18.0 (19 for 342)
PR TDs: 17 with 1 TD

General Mike · 10-22-2003, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RealDeal
You control your own destiny. If you win out, you're in the championship.

Also, when you do your post-game thoughts, what I'd like to see a bit more of is how you personally did mashing the buttons. What kinds of plays did you call. When you throw an interception, did your QB screw up or did you make a bad read. Did the AI do things on offense or defense that confused you? What kind of plays did you run that you found that worked (for instance I noticed a game or two ago you had a 80 yard pass to your fullback- how did that happen?).

Anyway, I enjoy this diary a lot even though my alter ego is buried in the UT depth chart.

I will try to get more indepth on what happened during the game. In general, most of the interceptions I throw are bad reads. I try to force the ball to a specific player and the opponent just jumps up and picks it off. The 80 yard pass came out of the I Form-Normal, on an Outs play, and we just found the FB on short yardage and he ran away from the defenders.

General Mike · 10-22-2003, 05:10 PM

#4 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-0/2-0) @ #68 Pittsburgh Panthers (2-4/0-0)

This is the 2nd game we will play without our starting HB, Markis Facyson. Last week Dan York and Mike Ritschel stepped up, and really put up a quality effort, hopefully they can continue that this week. If we stay focused and just play our game we will win. This game will have regional TV coverage and we are the announcers pick to win.

Key Players
Rutgers: CB Pete Kramer, QB Tommie Herron, SS Maximus Meridius
Pittsburgh: QB Luke Getsy, K Phil Combs, RE Vernon Botts

Injuries
Rutgers: HB Markis Facyson - Bruised Shoulder - 2 weeks
Pittsburgh: LE Spencer Blackmon - Broken Wrist - Season
HB Harold Sanderson - sprained ankle - 1 week

In the 1st quarter, Pittsburgh TE Al Woodson suffered a broken toe, and will be sidelined the remainder of the game.

Halftime Score: Rutgers 16, Pittsburgh 13

Final Score: Rutgers 47, Pittsburgh 23

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
Pitt 16 yard pass from Getsy to Farris (Extra Point failed) - 6:58

2nd quarter
Pitt 1 yard pass from Getsy to Farris (Combs Kick) - 5:44
RU 100 yard kick return by Galt (Apollo Kick) - 5:30
RU 1 yard run by Molina (Extra point failed) - 0:57
RU 32 yard FG by Apollo - 0:00

3rd quarter
Pitt 41 yard FG by Combs - 3:06
RU 80 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 0:41

4th Quarter
RU 23 yard pass from Spencer to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 7:47
RU 24 yard pass from Herron to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 5:16
RU 56 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 4:18
Ritt 2 yard run by McNeil (Combs Kick) - 3:27
RU 42 yard FG by Apollo - 1:03

Players of the Game
Rutgers: HB Dan York - 21 car, 220 yards, 2 TD, 2 rec, 25 yards
Pittsburgh: WR DeShaun Farris - 10 rec, 113 yards, 2 TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 10-22, 209 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Brooks Spencer - 1-1, 23 yards, 1 TD
Pittsburgh: Luke Getsy - 28-45, 405 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 21 car, 220 yards, 2 TD, long 80
Mike Ritschel - 6 car, 38 yards, long 12
Seymour Molina - 4 car, 9 yards, 1 TD, long 7
Tommie Herron - 4 car, 3 yards, long 15
John Galt - 1 car, 0 yards

Pittsburgh: Brandon Burrough - 16 car, 31 yards, long 15
Fred McNeil - 2 car, 4 yards, 1 TD, long 2
Luke Getsy - 12 car, -50 yards

Receiving
Rutgers: Corey Barnes - 3 rec, 64 yards, long 31
John Galt - 2 rec, 49 yards, long 40
Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 47 yards, long 37
Dan York - 2 rec, 25 yards, long 14
Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 24 yards, 1 TD
Chris Dodd - 1 rec, 23 yards, 1 TD

Pittsburgh: Bryan Ellison - 5 rec, 176 yards, long 75
DeShaun Farris - 10 rec, 113 yards, 2 TD, long 22
Brandon Burrough - 4 rec, 37 yards, long 16
Trevor Stevens - 4 rec, 36 yards, long 11
Andrea Cassell - 2 rec, 20 yards, long 11
Will Allison - 1 rec, 9 yards
Fred McNeil - 1 rec, 8 yards
Steve Buches - 1 rec, 6 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 4 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Brandon Holt - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 1 pancake, 0 sack allowed
Mike Ritschel - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Samuel Johnson - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Chris Dodd - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed

Pittsburgh: Elliott Nolan - 3 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed
John Simonitis - 3 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
Jason Capizzi - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Fred McNeil - 1 sack allowed
D.J. Parker - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 10; Tyson Williams - 7; Justin Joiner - 6
Sacks: Tyson Williams - 4; Nate Robinson - 2; Ed Cobb, Justin Joiner, Jonathan Duncan - 1
INTs: Tavaris Gant, Pete Kramer, Keith Gutierrez

Pittsburgh
Tackles: Huey Thompson - 8; Vance McCormick - 6; Azzzie Beagnyam - 5
Sacks: Brian Bennett, Vernon Botts - 1
INTs: Trevor Stevens, Azzie Beagnyam - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 2-3 FG, long 42, 5-6 XP
Pittsburgh: Phil Combs - 1-1 FG, long 41, 2-3 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 1 punt, 50 yards, 33 net yards, 1 kickoff touchback
Pittsburgh: Jackson Smith - 8 punts, 43.1 average, long 48, 23.3 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 2 ret, 59.5 average, long 100, 1 TD
Adrian Gary - 2 rec, 18.0 average, long 20
Samuel Johnson - 1 ret, 2 yards
Pittsburgh: DeShaun Farris - 4 ret, 20.5 average, long 22
Josh Glenn - 3 ret, 19.6 average, long 21

Punt Return
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 7 ret, 19.7 average, long 25
Maximus Meridius - 1 ret, 20 yards
Pittsburgh: DeShaun Farris - 1 ret, 17 yards

Next Week: We head back to Piscataway for the Turnpike Bowl against Temple.

General Mike · 10-22-2003, 05:59 PM

Postgame Coach's Thoughts

For the 1st 3 quarters, Pittsburgh played nip and tuck football with us and we were really lucky that we didn't lose. We got 2 key interceptions in the endzone at the end of the half which allowed us to run a few quick plays to set up a FG at the end of the half, and another INT in the endzone in the 3rd quarter , right before York's 80 yard TD run which basically broke the game right open. The 2 INTs thrown, the 1st was a bad read, and the 2nd was just great coverage by Pittsburgh.

Offense: We ran the ball great today. We had 2 huge runs which were set up by great blocks. One was a HB Draw out of the Ace Bunch formation and the other was a Counter Lead out of the I formation Normal, after motioning John Galt over. When we passed the ball, we had a real tough day with drops, but we did enough thru the air to keep Pitt's D honest. The OLine did a real good job of protecting Herron. Herron did suffer a minor chest injury in the 4th quarter tho, but he only missed one series.

Defense: Our pass D continues to suffer as we gave up a ton of yardage thru the air, and we we're lucky that we got inteceptions at the right time. Tyson Williams has played just great football the last 2 weeks, racking up 11 sacks in the 2 games combined. Defending the run was not an issue at all today.

Special Teams: We had a great kick return effort, but we had some trouble in the kicking game. We missed an extra point, which is really dissapointing, and we missed a FG that we should have made but we just bad controller action.

Grades
QB B-
RB: A
WR: B+
TE: A
OL: A-
DL: A
LB: B+
DB: C
Sp. Teams: B-

General Mike · 10-22-2003, 10:49 PM

Week 9 in Review - The Games

Game of the Week
#5 Arkansas @ #22 Florida - Arkansas 55-38

Other National Games
Nebraska @ #8 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 38-24
#7 Ohio State @ #21 Iowa - Iowa 38-17
The Battle for the Jefferson-Eppes Trophy, #24 Virginia @ #15 Florida State - Virginia 30-13

Other Top 25 Games
Iowa State @ #1 Texas - Texas 34-10
#2 Miami @ Temple - Miami 54-20
#6 Louisville @ Tulane - Tulane 27-20
The Textile Bowl, #9 North Carolina State @ Clemson - North Carolina State 27-5
#10 Auburn @ Mississippi State - Auburn 51-13
Louisiana-Monroe @ #11 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 51-0
The Battle for the Black Diamond Trophy, West Virginia @ #12 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech 34-21
#13 Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech - Oklahoma State 44-38 OT
#16 Oklahoma @ Missouri - Oklahoma 40-27
#25 Kansas State @ #19 Colorado - Colorado 48-21
#20 Ole Miss @ Alabama - Ole Miss 28-19
#23 Minnesota @ Michigan State - Minnesota 31-14

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Upended!
Tulane proves once again that games aren't played on paper.
Photo: Louisville coach

Bowl Rankings
Story: Surprise!
Rutgers benefits from the ltest controversy in the computer rankings.
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25

Code:

                          Poll   Comp  Sched     Qlty
Rk  Team                  Avg.   Avg.   Rank  L  Wins   Total
 1  Texas                  1.0   1.42   3.76  0  -0.0    6.18
 2  Rutgers                3.0   3.07   2.20  0  -0.2    8.07
 3  Miami                  2.5   2.43   3.64  0  -0.0    8.57
 4  Arkansas               4.5   4.99   0.28  0  -0.6    9.17
 5  Southern Cal           4.0   3.93   4.28  0  -0.0   12.21
 6  Texas A&M              6.0   6.77   3.40  0  -0.0   16.17
 7  Auburn                 7.5   7.43   3.00  1  -0.0   18.93
 8  North Carolina State   7.5   7.71   3.88  1  -0.0   20.09
 9  Virginia Tech          9.5  10.27   0.72  2  -0.3   22.19
10  Southern Miss         11.5  10.31   1.64  0  -0.0   23.45
11  Louisiana State       11.5  11.15   2.56  0  -0.0   25.21
12  Penn State            12.5  12.43   3.04  0  -0.0   27.97
13  Oklahoma State        11.5  13.39   2.88  1  -0.0   28.77
14  Ohio State            13.0  13.21   2.76  1  -0.0   29.97
15  Iowa                  15.0  15.21   2.44  2  -0.0   34.65

Top 25 Polls
Story: Stunned!
Tulane's upset of Louisville raises some eyebrows around the league.
Photo: A Louisville player tackles Kenny Gonzales, Tulane #81.

Coaches' Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (38)               7-0  1454
 2   2  Miami (21)               9-0  1392
 3   3  Southern Cal             6-0  1332
 4   4  Rutgers                  7-0  1273
 5   5  Arkansas                 7-0  1225
 6   8  Texas A&M                6-0  1049
 7   9  North Carolina State     8-1   946
 8  10  Auburn                   7-1   894
 9  11  Southern Miss            7-0   894
10  12  Virginia Tech            6-2   785
11  14  Louisiana State          7-0   750
12  13  Oklahoma State           6-1   748
13   7  Ohio State               6-1   665
14  21  Iowa                     5-2   620
15  17  Penn State               7-0   616
16  16  Oklahoma                 5-2   603
17  18  Tennessee                5-2   521
18  19  Colorado                 6-1   494
19  20  Ole Miss                 6-1   454
20  24  Virginia                 6-2   429
21   6  Louisivlle               6-1   399
22  23  Minnesota                7-1   348
23  15  Florida State            6-2   316
24  NR  Fresno State             4-2   180
25  NR  Michigan                 5-3   151
Dropping Out: Florida (#22 Last Week)
              Kansas State (#25 Last Week)

Media Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (42)               7-0  1746
 2   2  Rutgers (28)             7-0  1672
 3   3  Miami (1)                9-0  1600
 4   4  Arkansas                 7-0  1544
 5   5  Southern Cal             6-0  1459
 6   8  Texas A&M                6-0  1260
 7   9  Auburn                   7-1  1134
 8  10  North Carolina State     8-1  1075
 9  11  Virginia Tech            6-2  1000
10  13  Penn State               7-0   957
11  12  Oklahoma State           6-1   955
12  15  Louisiana State          7-0   846
13   7  Ohio State               6-1   774
14  17  Southern Miss            7-0   740
15  16  Oklahoma                 5-2   724
16  22  Iowa                     5-2   720
17  18  Tennessee                5-2   625
18  19  Colorado                 6-1   596
19  20  Ole Miss                 6-1   546
20  25  Virginia                 6-2   506
21   6  Louisville               6-1   474
22  23  Minnesota                7-1   418
23  14  Florida State            6-2   403
24  NR  Michigan                 5-3   283
25  NR  Maryland                 5-2   254
Dropping Out: Florida (#21 last week)
              Kansas State (#24 last week)

Heisman Watch
Story: Gaining Momentum
Guillon has led Miami to a 9-0 record and has fans in Miami talking about Heisman.
Photo: Marc Guillon, Miami #12, avoids the blindside rush from Juan Parham, Temple #41.

<> RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida
44 rec, 742 yards, 12 total TD
<> RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina
161 car, 1014 yards, 10 TD, 20 rec, 387 yards, 3 TD
/\ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
207 car, 1156 yards, 10 TD, 11 rec, 179 yards
/\ RS Sr. QB Marc Guillon, Miami
159-274, 2496 yards, 35 car, 85 yards, 22 total TD
\/ Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal
108 car, 690 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD

Players of the Week
Story: Big Man on Campus
Being named Player of the Week can't top beating your rival.
Photo: Mike Schneider, North Carolina State #23, tackles Andre Ratliff, Clemson #32.

National PotW
Offensive: Jr. WR Jeff Williams, Louisiana Tech - 6 rec, 216 yards, 3 TD
Defensive: RS Soph. LE Jerrell Patterson, Kentucky - 11 tackles (3 TFL), 2 sacks, 3 FF, TD

Big East PotW
Offensive: RS Soph FB Scottie Wilson, Miami - 23 car, 157 yards, 2 TD, 4 rec, 69 yards, TD
Defensive: Fr. MLB Elliot Simon, West Virginia - 11 tackles (1 TFL), TD

Jr. LOLB Nyar Lahotep picked up 1A Indys' Defensive PotW after his 11 tackle (2 TFL), 1 sack, 1 INT performance.

Conference Standings
Story: Still Unbeaten!
Rutgers rolls on against Big East rival.
Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25, runs right thru a Pitt defender's tackle.

Coach's Report Card
The players seem to be responding to your coaching. Keep on winning, Coach.
Job Security: A+
Avg. Attendance: 41.152

JeeberD · 10-22-2003, 11:50 PM

Southern Miss keeps on rolling...

General Mike · 10-23-2003, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JeeberD
Southern Miss keeps on rolling...

Hopefully, they'll be able to get into a BCS bowl game.

Travis · 10-23-2003, 12:15 AM

Wow, did I jinx us or what, damn.

Nyarlahotep · 10-23-2003, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by General Mike
LOLB Nyar Lahotep picked up 1A Indys' Defensive PotW after his 11 tackle (2 TFL), 1 sack, 1 INT performance.

Woohoo!!!!

General Mike · 10-23-2003, 01:56 PM

The Turnpike Bowl

#107 Temple Owls (0-7/0-2) @ #4 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-0/3-0)

We need to blow Temple out, no questions asked. I wanna see a shutout, no giveaways and plenty of takeaways. This game will have regional coverage, and we are picked to blow them out.

Key Players
Temple: RE Ernie Brown, LOLB Juan Parham, LOLB Brian Hedgecock
Rutgers: CB Pete Kramer, QB Tommie Herron, SS Maximus Meridius

Injuries
Temple: RT Aaron Smith - Broken Ribs - 10 weeks
Rutgers: HB Markis Facyson - Bruised Shoulder - 1 week

In the 2nd quarter, Tommie Herron suffered a Upper Arm Fracture and will be out for 12 weeks.

Halftime Score: Rutgers 13, Temple 0

Final Score: Rutgers 37, Temple 0

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 30 yard FG by Apollo - 0:18

2nd quarter
RU 19 yard run by Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 5:32
RU 27 yard FG by Apollo - 0:54

3rd quarter
RU 94 yard kick return by Galt (Apollo Kick) - 9:50
RU 43 yard run by Molina (Apollo Kick) - 3:50
RU 44 yard FG by Apollo - 1:54

4th Quarter
RU 8 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 9:28

Players of the Game
Temple: RE Ernie Brown - 3 tackles (1 TFL), 1 sack, FF, FR
Rutgers: WR John Galt - 4 rec, 54 yards, TD

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 6-8, 77 yards,
Brooks Spencer - 9-15, 96 yards
Temple: Rocky Robbins - 8-22, 122 yards, 1 INT
Duke Thomas - 0-1, 1 INT

Rushing
Rutgers: Dan York - 16 car, 79 yards, 1 TD, long 13
Seymour Molina - 8 car, 62 yards, 1 TD, long 43
Mike Ritschel - 3 car, 29 yards, 1 TD, long 19
Brooks Spencer - 2 car, 15 yards, long 8
Tommie Herron - 6 car, -6 yards, long 13

Temple: Rocky Phillips - 13 car, 55 yards, long 14
Derrell Barrett - 2 car, 4 yards, long 6
Duke Thomas - 2 car, 2 yards, long 6
Rocky Robbins - 13 car, -2 yards, long 9
Ted Hutchinson - 2 car, -4 yards

Receiving
Rutgers: Dan York - 7 rec, 74 yards, long 39
John Galt - 4 rec, 54 yards, long 23
Chris Dodd - 2 rec, 20 yards, long 12
Josh Hendricks - 1 rec, 19 yards
Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 6 yards

Temple: Gerren Tyson - 2 rec, 53 yards, long 32
Darius Hall - 3 rec, 41 yards, long 17
Jamel Harris - 2 rec, 15 yards, long 9
Brendan Dukes - 1 rec, 13 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 10 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Brandon Holt - 10 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 6 pancake, 0 sack allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 6 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Omar Youngblood - 5 pancake, 1 sack allowed
Samuel Johnson - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
William Beckford - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed

Temple: Logan Pittman - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Ivan Givens - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed
David Ferguson - 2 sacks allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 9; Brady Huff - 6; Tyson Williams - 5;
Sacks: Tyson Williams - 2; Jonathan Duncan, Nate Robinson, Brady Huff - 1
INTs: Tavaris Gant, Pete Kramer - 1

Temple
Tackles: Collin Thurmond - 8, Zach Foreman, Juan Parham - 6; Jonathan Langford, Lawrence Brock - 5
Sacks: Collin Thurmond, Ernie Brown, Juan Parham - 1
INTs: None

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 3-4 FG, long 44, 4-4 XP
Temple: No Stats

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 2 punts, 38.0 average, long 54, 30.5 net average
Temple: Troy Livingston - 8 punts, 39.6 average, long 44, 1 inside the 20, 21.2 net average

Kick Return
Rutgers: John Galt - 1 ret, 94 yards, TD
Temple: Darius Hall - 6 ret, 18.0 average, long 21
Zach Foreman - 1 ret, 18 yards
Rocky Phillips - 1 ret, 13 yards

Punt Return
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 7 ret, 21.0 average, long 43
Temple: Derrell Barrett - 1 ret, 15 yards

Next Week: We go down to Houston to take on the Cougars. We must stay focused next week.

General Mike · 10-23-2003, 02:51 PM

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

Our offense got off to a slow start, but as the game moved along, we got into a rhythm and were able to put together a good balanced attack. We had several big plays; Molina's TD run out of the 2 TE I formation, he went off tackle, had some good blocking early, pushed a defender away early with a stiff arm, and juked some defenders out near the end of the run. Galt's KR TD was set up beautifully by patience in waiting for holes to open upfield and quality blocking. Galt's athleticism allowed him to run away from the Temple defenders once he was in the open field. Herron's injury is a big loss. We're without him for the rest of the year, so we have to do a real good job of keeping Spencer healthy. Spencer isn't the pure athlete that Herron is, but he's got decent wheels, can make all the throws, and is pretty accurate.

Offense: We didn't throw the ball much, but we did some nice stuff in the passing game. We ran the ball very effectively and we moved the chains most of the game. Markis Facyson will be back next week, which gives us another offensive weapon to use. I was really pleased with the wa the OLine played this week.

Defense: We did a good job of shutting down the Temple spread offense. We forced some turnovers late, including a pick by Gant in the endzone with less than 2 minuts left, we contained their passing attack and we limited the run game, for the most part.

Special Teams: We had one great kick return, a couple real good punt returns and we kicked 3 FGs. We did miss a 45 yarder, but that was more user error as I tried to over correct for the wind on the kick.

Grades
QB: B
RB: A
WR: B
TE: B-
OL: A-
DL: A
LB: B+
DB: A
Sp. Teams: A-

General Mike · 10-23-2003, 03:33 PM

Week 10 in Review

Game of the Week
#6 Texas A&M @ #12 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State 41-7

Other National Games
#11 Louisiana State @ #8 Auburn - Auburn 31-26
#19 Ole Miss @ #5 Arkansas - Ole Miss 51-17
The Battle for the Ireland Trophy, Boston College @ Notre Dame - Boston College 25-10

Other Top 25 games
Baylor @ #1 Texas - Texas 55-7
Washington @ #3 Southern Cal - Washington 45-31
Duke @ #7 North Carolina State - Duke 31-30
#9 Southern Miss @ South Florida - Southern Miss 36-24
Indiana @ #13 Ohio State - Ohio State 37-27
#14 Iowa @ #15 Penn State - Penn State 27-17
#18 Colorado @ #16 Oklahoma - Oklahoma 20-10
The Third Saturday in October, Aalabam @ #17 Tennessee - Tennessee 30-9
East Carolina @ #21 Louisville - Louisville 69-7
Illinois @ #22 Minnesota - Minnesota 30-13
#23 Florida State @ Wake Forest - Florida State 33-3
#24 Fresno State @ Rice - Fresno State 48-17
#25 Michigan @ Purdue - Michigan 31-24
Georgia Tech @ Maryland - Maryland 33-18

Sports Illustrated

Cover Story
Downed!
#7 Wolfpack fall victim to an unlikely Duke team in ACC play.
Photo: Jackie Bridges, Duke #28, stiffs arms a defender from North Carolina State

Bowl Rankings
Story: Movin' On Up!
Nothing lik a little controversy to stir up interest in the Bowl Rankings.
Photo: John Galt, Rutgers #88

Code:

                          Poll   Comp  Sched     Qlty
Rk  Team                  Avg.   Avg.   Rank  L  Wins   Total
 1  Texas                  1.0   1.14   4.24  0  -0.0    6.38
 2  Rutgers                2.5   2.50   2.72  0  -0.3    7.42
 3  Miami                  2.5   2.50   3.60  0  -0.0    8.60
 4  Auburn                 4.0   4.21   2.40  1  -0.0   11.61
 5  Oklahoma State         5.5   7.11   1.28  1  -0.0   14.89
 6  Penn State             7.0   7.07   2.32  0  -0.0   16.39
 7  Southern Miss          7.5   6.59   2.60  0  -0.0   16.69
 8  Virginia Tech          7.0   7.91   1.32  2  -0.0   18.23
 9  Arkansas              10.0  10.56   0.20  1  -1.0   20.76
10  Ole Miss               9.0   9.00   3.32  1  -0.2   22.12
11  Ohio State            10.0  10.21   2.28  1  -0.6   22.89
12  Texas A&M             12.0  13.33   2.16  1  -0.0   28.49
13  Oklahoma              13.5  14.69   0.80  2  -0.0   30.99
14  Southern Cal          13.5  13.15   4.08  1  -0.0   31.73
15  Louisiana State       15.0  14.72   1.48  1  -0.0   32.20

Top 25 Polls
Story: Conference Clash!
#3 Trojans are stunned 45-31 by an overachieving Washington team.
Photo: Donald Crowell, Southern Cal #54

Coaches' Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (31)               8-0  1447
 2   2  Miami (21)               9-0  1392
 3   4  Rutgers (6)              8-0  1285
 4   8  Auburn                   8-1  1061
 5   9  Southern Miss (1)        8-0  1032
 6  12  Oklahoma State           7-1  1011
 7  10  Virginia Tech            6-2   921
 8  15  Penn State               8-0   805
 9  13  Ohio State               7-1   795
10  19  Ole Miss                 7-1   785
11   5  Arkansas                 7-1   785
12   6  Texas A&M                6-1   780
13   3  Southern Cal             6-1   778
14  16  Oklahoma                 6-2   670
15  11  Louisiana State          7-1   660
16  17  Tennessee                6-2   614
17  20  Virginia                 6-2   494
18  21  Louisville               7-1   466
19  22  Minnesota                8-1   429
20  23  Florida State            7-2   385
21  14  Iowa                     5-3   383
22  24  Fresno State             5-2   344
23   7  North Carolina State     8-2   326
24  18  Colorado                 6-2   313
25  25  Michigan                 6-3   306
Dropping Out: None

Media Poll

Code:

Rk  LW  Team                     W-L   PTS
 1   1  Texas (47)               8-0  1751
 2   2  Rutgers (23)             8-0  1685
 3   3  Miami (1)                9-0  1620
 4   7  Auburn                   8-1  1344
 5  11  Oklahoma State           7-1  1293
 6  10  Penn State               8-0  1218
 7   9  Virginia Tech            6-2  1173
 8  19  Ole Miss                 7-1   990
 9   4  Arkansas                 7-1   968
10  14  Southern Miss            8-0   968
11  13  Ohio State               7-1   963
12   6  Texas A&M                6-1   920
13  15  Oklahoma                 6-2   862
14   5  Southern Cal             6-1   853
15  12  Louisiana State          7-1   754
16  17  Tennessee                6-2   740
17  20  Virginia                 6-2   593
18  21  Louisville               7-1   557
19  22  Minnesota                8-1   511
20  23  Florida State            7-2   455
21  16  Iowa                     5-3   404
22  24  Michigan                 6-3   401
23  18  Colorado                 6-2   366
24  25  Maryland                 6-2   364
25   8  North Carolina State     8-2   346
Dropping Out: No One

Heisman Watch
Story: Heisman Hype
No one is putting up better Heisman numbers than Auburn's Curry.
Photo: Leigh Curry, Auburn #27, breaks the tackle of Deshan Jeffery, Louisiana State #3

/\ RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina
190 car, 1208 yards, 11 TD, 24 rec, 441 yards, 4 TD
/\ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
234 car, 1362 yards, 12 TD, 14 rec, 235 yards
\/ RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida
44 rec, 742 yards, 12 total TD
/\ RS Jr. HB Austin Scott, Penn State
152 car, 993 yards, 9 TD, 10 rec, 130 yards, TD
\/ RS Sr. QB Marc Guillon, Miami
159-274, 2496 yards, 35 car, 85 yards, 22 total TD

Awards Semifinalists
Story: Semifinalists Named
The Best RB announces NC State's Bailey as one of the 12 semifinalists for 2006.
Photo: David Bailey, North Carolina State #48

Players of the Week
Story: Big Play Maker
Williams is honord for helping Auburn edge out LSU.
Photo: Ben Williams, Auburn #99, tackles Rashad Evans, Louisiana State #83

National PotW
Offensive: Jr. HB Arnold Callahan, Kansas State - 47 car, 280 yards, 2 rec, 20 yards, 6 total TD
Defensive: Fr. MLB Ed Hurd, Texas-El Paso - 12 tackles (3 TFL), 3 sacks, INT

Big East PotW
Offensive: Sr. HB Harold Sanderson, Pittsburgh - 21 car, 78 yards, TD, 3 rec, 128 yards, TD
Defensive: Fr. DT Chris Perez, Pittsburgh - 7 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, FF, FR

WR Travis Elkin picked up Conference USA's Offensive Player of the Week award after a 6 rec, 80 yards, 3 total TD effort.

Conference Standings
Story: Feelin' It!
All is well in Stillwater as Cowboys down Big 12 rival Texas A&M.
Photo: Godfrey Sanchez, Oklahoma State #36, stiff arms an Aggie.

Coach's Report Card
Whether by ground or air, all that matters is scoring more than the other team.
Job Security: A+
Avg. Attendance: 41,259

John Galt · 10-23-2003, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by General Mike
Bowl Rankings
Story: Movin' On Up!
Nothing lik a little controversy to stir up interest in the Bowl Rankings.
Photo: John Galt, Rutgers #88

That's right - Rutgers is number 1.

General Mike · 10-23-2003, 04:58 PM

Awards Semifinalists

Maxwell Award
1. RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina
190 car, 1208 yards, 11 TD, 24 rec, 441 yards, 4 TD
2. Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
234 car, 1362 yards, 12 TD, 14 rec, 235 yards
3. RS Sr. QB Marc Guillon, Miami
159-274, 2496 yards, 35 car, 85 yards, 22 total TD
4. Jr. QB Mark Barnett, Ole Miss
139-220, 2232 yards, 35 car, 201 yards, 19 total TD
5. RS Soph. HB Lamarr Dempsey, Texas
170 car, 927 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 174 yards, 2 TD
6. RS Jr. QB Mike Bush, Louisville
122-236, 2085 yards, 56 car, 393 yards, 24 total TD
7. Fr. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
240 car, 1098 yards, 9 TD, 12 rec, 102 yards, 2 TD
8. Jr. HB Hakeem Broussard, Tennessee
144 car, 665 yards, 10 TD, 17 rec, 245 yards, 4 TD
9. RS Sr. HB Greg Betlach, Minnesota
204 car, 1114 yards, 10 TD, 7 rec, 111 yards
10. Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal
118 car, 749 yars, 10 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD
11. RS Jr. HB David Bailey, North Carolina State
284 car, 1268 yards, 7 TD, 13 rec, 148 yards
12. RS Sr. HB Reggie Bradshaw, Louisville
133 car, 775 yards, 7 TD, 14 rec, 206 yards, 4 TD

Best QB
1. RS Sr. Marc Guillon, Miami
159-274, 2496 yards, 35 car, 85 yards, 22 total TD
2. Jr. Mark Barnett, Ole Miss
139-220, 2232 yards, 35 car, 201 yards, 19 total TD
3. RS Jr. Mike Bush, Louisville
122-236, 2085 yards, 56 car, 393 yards, 24 total TD
4. RS Soph. Carlin Price, North Carolina State
158-304, 2497 yards, 42 car, 193 yards, 22 total TD
5. RS Soph. Bill Jenkins, Virginia
143-261, 2255 yards, 28 car, 109 yards, 19 total TD
6. RS Jr. Blake Mitchell, South Carolina
129-225, 1883 yards, 28 car, 91 yards, 19 total TD
7. RS Jr. Sam Keller, Arizona State
163-278, 2480 yards, 17 TD, 25 car, 84 yards
8. RS Sr. Joel Statham, Maryland
118-205, 1763 yards, 39 car, 208 yards, 19 total TD
9. Jr. Tony Hutchins, Clemson
146-267, 2001 yards, 54 car, 262 yards, 22 total TD
10. RS Sr. Graeme McFarland, Indiana
176-301, 2253 yards, 21 car, 60 yards, 21 total TD
11. Soph. R.J. Carter, Southern Miss
122-227, 1966 yards, 31 car, 91 yards, 15 total TD
12. Soph. David Aristegui, Marshall
193-336, 2545 yards, 18 TD, 26 car, 80 yards

Best RB
1. RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina
190 car, 1208 yards, 11 TD, 24 rec, 441 yards, 4 TD
2. Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn
234 car, 1362 yards, 12 TD, 14 rec, 235 yards
3. RS Soph. HB Lamarr Dempsey, Texas
170 car, 927 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 174 yards, 2 TD
4. Fr. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State
240 car, 1098 yards, 9 TD, 12 rec, 102 yards, 2 TD
5. Jr. HB Hakeem Broussard, Tennessee
144 car, 665 yards, 10 TD, 17 rec, 245 yards, 4 TD
6. RS Sr. HB Greg Betlach, Minnesota
204 car, 1114 yards, 10 TD, 7 rec, 111 yards
7. Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal
118 car, 749 yars, 10 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD
8. RS Jr. HB David Bailey, North Carolina State
284 car, 1268 yards, 7 TD, 13 rec, 148 yards
9. RS Soph. Bob O'Neill, Auburn
85 car, 412 yards, 12 TD, 16 rec, 260 yards, TD
10. RS Sr. HB Reggie Bradshaw, Louisville
133 car, 775 yards, 7 TD, 14 rec, 206 yards, 4 TD
11. Fr. HB Anthony Babcock, Arkansas
144 car, 629 yards, 13 TD, 7 rec, 90 yards, TD
12. RS Jr. HB Austin Scott, Penn State
152 car, 993 yards, 9 TD, 10 rec, 130 yards, TD

Best WR
1. RS Sr. WR A.J. Bennett, Eastern Michigan
67 rec, 987 yards, 10 TD
2. Jr. WR Brian Mathis, Virginia
52 rec, 893 yards, 8 TD, 2 car, 12 yards
3. RS Jr. WR Tony Strong, Nevada
49 rec, 890 yards, 8 TD
4. RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida
44 rec, 742 yards, 12 total TD
5. RS Soph. WR Mark Mann, Washington State
47 rec, 854 yards, 8 TD
6. Sr. WR Sean Bailey, Georgia
41 rec, 877 yards, 9 TD, 3 car, 16 yards
7. Jr. WR Wes Jarrett, Maryland
36 rec, 738 yards, 8 TD
8. Jr. WR Tyrell Miller, North Carolina State
37 rec, 731 yards, 6 TD
9. RS Sr. WR Satonio Holmes, Ohio State
21 rec, 362 yards, 3 TD, 87 car, 430 yards, 4 TD
10. RS Sr. WR Jarrett Hicks, Texas Tech
58 rec, 886 yards, 8 TD
11. Fr. WR Ben Thomas, Hawaii
64 rec, 1072 yards, 8 total TD
12. RS Sr. WR Dan Fugate, Eastern Michigan
49 rec, 696 yards, 6 TD

Best OL
1. Jr. RT Lamont Carey, Ohio State
31 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
2. Jr. RT Frederick Spivey, Rutgers
34 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
3. Soph. C Brian Smith, Colorado
31 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
4. RS Sr. RT Chris Messner, Oklahoma
29 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
5. Soph. RT Brian Fitzpatrick, Oregon
27 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
6. RS Sr. RT Justin Blalock, Texas
26 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
7. RS Sr. RT Derek Morris, North Carolina State
30 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed
8. RS Sr. RT Joe Ainslie, Minnesota
27 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed
9. Soph. RT Omari Carey, Kansas State
27 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
10. RS Sr. Kurt Mann, Nebraska
22 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
11. Soph. C Emmanuel Johnson, Air Force
26 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
12. RS Sr. LG R.J. Coleman, Ohio State
24 pancakes, 1 sack allowed

Bednarik Award
1. Jr. ROLB Damian Archie, Ohio State
54 tackles (13 TFL), 6 sacks, 3 INT
2. Jr. ROLB Kyle Brown, Brighan Young
108 tackles (19 TFL), 8 sacks, INT
3. RS Soph. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers
31 tackles (19 TFL), 16 sacks
4. RS Jr. LOLB Ernie Sims, Florida State
62 tackles (14 TFL), 5 sacks, 3 INT
5. Jr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers
33 tackles (5 TFL), 8 INT, 4 TD
6. RS Sr. RE Colin Ferrell, Kent State
47 tackles (16 TFL), 11 sacks
7. Sr. ROLB Stephen Tulloch, North Carolina State
78 tackles (11 TFL), 2 sacks, INT
8. Soph. MLB Kai Earl, Purdue
46 tackles (6 TFL), 3 sacks, 3 INT
9. Jr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers
60 tackles, (6 TFL), 1 sack, 3 INT, 2 FF, TD
10. Soph. MLB Lyle Moore, Kent State
66 tackles (11 TFL), 9 sacks
11. Fr. LE Andrea Foster, Eastern Michigan
46 tackles (15 TFL), 13 sacks
12. Fr. LOLB Orlando Parrish, Miami
50 tackles (5 TFL), 2 sacks, 3 INT

Best DL
1. RS Sr. RE Colin Ferrell, Kent State
47 tackles (16 TFL), 11 sacks
2. RS Soph. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers
31 tackles (19 TFL), 16 sacks
3. Fr. DT Wendell Jennings, Miami
33 tackles (14 TFL), 8 sacks
4. Fr. LE Andrea Foster, Eastern Michigan
46 tackles (15 TFL), 13 sacks
5. RS Soph. LE Jerrell Patterson, Kentucky
39 tackles (9 TFL), 7 sacks, 5 FF, TD
6. Fr. RE Julian Chatfield, Texas
31 tackles, (7 TFL), 7 sacks
7. Sr. LE Ben Jennings, North Texas
50 tackles (12 TFL), 7 sacks
8. Jr. RE Theo Tyson, Utah
50 tackles (5 TFL), 5 sacks
9. RS Sr. Kyle Tatum, Alabama
59 tackles (9 TFL), 7 sacks
10. Jr. LE Branden Cole, Bowling Green
48 tackles (15 TFL), 8 sacks, FF, TD
11. RS Sr. LE Marques Thornton, Texas A&M
40 tackles (13 TFL), 5 sacks
12. Fr. DT Lane Lamb, Toledo
35 tackles (13 TFL), 11 sacks

Best LB
1. Jr. ROLB Kyle Brown, Brighan Young
108 tackles (19 TFL), 8 sacks, INT
2. Jr. ROLB Damian Archie, Ohio State
54 tackles (13 TFL), 6 sacks, 3 INT
3. Sr. ROLB Stephen Tulloch, North Carolina State
78 tackles (11 TFL), 2 sacks, INT
4. RS Jr. LOLB Ernie Sims, Florida State
62 tackles (14 TFL), 5 sacks, 3 INT
5. Soph. MLB Kai Earl, Purdue
46 tackles (6 TFL), 3 sacks, 3 INT
6. Fr. MLB Jeff Babcock, Clemson
84 tackles (14 TFL), 4 sacks
7. Jr. MLB Monte Brown, Michigan
74 tackles (14 TFL), 4 sacks, 3 FF, TD
8. Fr. MLB Cooper Parham, Louisiana-Lafayette
83 tackles (14 TFL), 2 INT
9. Soph. MLB Jamar Davis, North Carolina State
67 tackles (14 TFL), 3 sacks
10. Soph. ROLB Javon English, Oregon State
76 tackles (7 TFL), 4 sacks, INT
11. RS Sr. MLB Reggie Holmes, Maryland
79 tackles (17 TFL), 5 sacks
12. Soph. MLB Lyle Moore, Kent State
66 tackles (11 TFL), 9 sacks

Thorpe Award
1. Jr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers
60 tackles, (6 TFL), 1 sack, 3 INT, 2 FF, TD
2. Jr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers
33 tackles (5 TFL), 8 INT, 4 TD
3. Soph. FS Mike Schneider, North Carolina State
40 tackles (3 TFL), 1 sack, 4 INT
4. Jr. CB Tavaris Gant, Rutgers
35 tackles (3 TFL), 6 INT, 2 TD
5. Jr. SS Jeremiah McCullough, Washington State
43 tackles (4 TFL), 1 sack, 5 INT
6. Jr. SS Tony Curtis, Florida
62 tackles (5 TFL), 1 sack, 1 INT, 2 FF, TD
7. Jr. CB Keenan Torrey, Louisiana State
31 tackles, 4 INT
8. Jr. FS Paul Conley, Colorado
27 tackles (2 TFL), 2 sacks, 5 INT, FF, TD
9. Soph. CB Reshard Drew, Virginia Tech
31 tackles, 5 INT
10. Jr. FS Aric McKee, Penn State
23 tackls (2 TFL), 1 sack, 4 INT, 2 TD
11. RS Jr. FS LeRue Rumph, North Carolina State
28 tackles (2 TFL), 1 sack, 4 INT
12. RS Sr. CB Maurice Humphrey, Penn State
28 tackles (1 TFL), 4 INT

Groza Award
1. Sr. Michael Braunstein, Washington
19-21 FG, long of 42, 28-28 XP
2. RS Sr. Brook Emmanuel, San Diego State
22-26 FG, long of 47, 16-16 XP
3. Fr. Carlton Holmes, Southern Methodist
20-23 FG, long of 45, 23-23 XP
4. Jr. Marshall Montgomery, Clemson
19-22 FG, long of 49, 29-29 XP
5. Fr. Phil Combs, Pittsburgh
17-19 FG, long of 49, 20-21 XP
6. Jr. Gary Olsen, Texas
17-20 FG, long of 48, 39-40 XP
7. Fr. Travis Upton, Central Michigan
15-17 FG, long of 52, 22-22 XP
8. Jr. Carlan Leonard, Missouri
13-14 FG, long of 56, 31-31 XP
9. Jr. Rashard Langford, Louisville
13-14 FG, long of 56, 40-40 XP
10. Jr. Marlan Gentry, North Carolina State
21-27 FG, long of 51, 35-35 XP
11. RS Jr. Rick Krautman, Syracuse
12-13 FG, long of 52, 20-20 XP
12. Soph. Blake Willis, Arkansas
15-18 FG, long of 49, 36-36 XP

Best Coach
1. Miami coach - 9-0
2. Southern Miss coach - 8-0
3. Greg Schiano, Rutgers - 8-0
4. Penn State coach - 8-0
5. North Carolina State coach - 8-2
6. Minnesota coach - 8-1
7. Auburn coach - 8-1
8. Louisiana-Lafayette coach - 6-2
9. Texas coach - 8-0
10. Oklahoma State coach - 7-1
11. Eastern Michigan coach - 6-2
12. Ole Miss coach - 7-1

Sublime · 10-23-2003, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by General Mike

Thorpe Award
1. Jr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers

That's right!!

RealDeal · 10-23-2003, 09:18 PM

Who do you use on defense?

General Mike · 10-23-2003, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RealDeal
Who do you use on defense?

Usually the Left Defensive End, which would be Tyson Williams, but sometimes I'll control a blitzing LB or defensive back.

General Mike · 10-24-2003, 02:05 PM

#3 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-0/4-0) @ #77 Houston Cougars (4-3)

This is our last non conference game of the year, and while Houston isn't a great team, they have played great D all year, especially against the pass. This game will have regional television coverage. We are clear favorites to win.

Key Players
Rutgers: CB Pete Kramer, SS Maximus Meridius, K Justin Apollo
Houston: ROLB C.R. Petty, HB Jackie Battle, WR Joel Lynch

Injuries
Houston: RT Lenny Underwood - Upper Arm Fracture - Season ending
Rutgers: QB Tommie Herron - Upper Arm Fracture - 11 weeks

Halftime Score: Rutgers 28, Houston 0

Final Score: Rutgers 56, Houston 7

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
RU 3 yard run by Facyson (Apollo Kick) - 9:02
RU 3 yard pass from Spencer to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 4:17
RU 12 yard pass from Spencer to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 2:58

2nd quarter
RU 5 yard run by Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 0:15

3rd quarter
RU 24 yard pass from Spencer to Humphrey (Apollo Kick) - 6:55
RU 1 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 1:59

4th Quarter
RU 8 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 7:25
RU 4 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 6:02
HOU 3 yard run by Hudson (Richmond Kick) - 2:27

Players of the Game
Rutgers: MLB Brady Huff - 5 tackles (4 TFL), 3 sacks, INT, FF, FR
Houston: ROLB C.R. Petty - 3 tackles (1 TFL), 1 sack, INT

Stats

Passing
Rutgers: Brooks Spencer - 23-32, 316 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Houston: DeShawn Williams - 12-23, 148 yards, 3 INT
Nathaniel Booth - 0-2

Rushing
Rutgers: Markis Facyson - 23 car, 104 yards, 1 TD, long 17
Mike Ritschel - 7 car, 35 yards, 1 TD, long 9
Dan York - 6 car, 31 yards, 3 TD, long 9
Brooks Spencer - 3 car, -28 yards

Houston: Jackie Battle - 9 car, 10 yards, long 5
Tayshaun Brantley - 2 car, 3 yards, long 2
Winfred Hudson - 1 car, 3 yards, 1 TD
Joel Lynch - 1 car, -6 yards
DeShawn Williams - 14 car, -76 yards, long 1

Receiving
Rutgers: John Galt - 4 rec, 98 yards, long 46
Samuel Johnson - 5 rec, 51 yards, 1 TD, long 23
Derrell Humphrey - 2 rec, 41 yards, 1 TD, long 24
Markis Facyson - 4 rec, 38 yards, long 12
Chris Dodd - 3 rec, 37 yards, 1 TD, long 18
Corey Barnes - 1 rec, 30 yards
Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 14 yards, long 9
Mike Ritschel - 1 rec, 4 yards
Dan York - 1 rec, 3 yards

Houston: Joel Lynch - 3 rec, 69 yards, long 34
Rob Larson - 5 rec, 49 yards, long 17
Leonard Gibson - 2 rec, 23 yards, long 12
Scott Bryant - 1 rec, 6 yards
R.J. Vaughn - 1 rec, 1 yards

Blocking
Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Jonathan Hardee - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed
Brandon Holt - 2 pancakes, 1 sack allowed
Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Mike Ritschel - 2 pancaks, 0 sacks allowed

Houston: Jayson Payton - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
Scott Bryant - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed
J.J. Hudson - 3 sacks allowed
Richard Dickerson - 2 sacks allowed
Kalvin Davis - 2 sacks allowd
Corbin Beard - 1 sack allowed

Defensive
Rutgers
Tackles: Nate Robinson - 6; Daniel Meeks, Pete Kramer, Brady Huff - 5; Rashawn Ricks - 4
Sacks: Brady Huff - 3; Nate Robinson, Tyson Williams - 2; William Beckford, Ed Cobb, Jonathan Duncan, Daniel Meeks - 1
INTs: Pete Kramer, William Beckford, Brady Huff

Houston
Tackles: Terence Erickson - 14; Kalvin Jones - 11; Willie Gaston - 4
Sacks: Dawon Garrett, James Roach, C.R. Petty - 1
INTs: C.R. Petty, Willie Gaston - 1

Kicking
Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 0-1 FG, 8-8 XP
Houston: Alex Richmond - 1-1 XP

Punting
Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 0 punts, 1 kickoff touchback
Houston: Jon Jones - 9 punts, 36.1 average, long 39, 24.0 net average,

Kick Return
Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 18 yards
Houston: Jackie Battle - 4 ret, 19.5 average, long 21
Joel Lynch - 4 ret, 18.5 average, long 21

Punt Return
Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 8 ret, 12.1 average, long 21
Maximus Meridius - 1 ret, 12 yards
Houston: no punt returns

Next Week: A bye week before more Big East action at Boston College.

General Mike · 10-24-2003, 02:37 PM

Post Game Coach's Thoughts

Early on we forced key turnovers that set us up in a great spot to score some early touchdowns. We had alot of pressure on the QB most of the day and were able to contain their offense except for one drive. Brady Huff really stepped up today, forcing 2 turnovers plus adding 3 sacks. The DLine did a nice job as well and we we're really able to control the ball on offense all day.

Offense: We had 5 rushing TDs and threw for 316 yards. We never really had one of the typical long runs that we usually have, but we had a couple nice long pass plays when we needed to. The OLine protected well, as 2 of the sack allowed were coverage sacks. The 2 picks we threw were just bad mistakes. One we threw the ball to Humphrey in triple coverage, and the 2nd we led Humphrey on a pass a little too much and a defender stepped up and got his hands on it.

Defense: Timely turnovers were the key to this game. We we're able to get 21 points early on and then play very loose the rest of the game. Except for one drive, we really held them in check th entire game. Nate Robinson and Tyson Williams played very well on the DLine.

Special Teams: We missed a 39 yard FG and failed to recover Houston's attempted onside kick in the 4th quarter. We weren't able to get a quality return all day either.

Grades
QB: B-
RB: A-
WR: B
TE: A
OL: A-
DL: A+
LB: A
DB: B+
Sp. Teams: C-

10-20-2003, 02:41 PM	#55
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Week 5 in Review - The Games Game of the Week #7 Rutgers @ #10 Iowa - Rutgers 56-17 Other National Games #16 Oklahoma State @ #12 Ohio State - Ohio State 30-27 Boston College @ #2 Miami - Miami 24-13 Florida @ #5 Tennessee - Florida 34-30 Other Top 25 Games #1 Texas @ Hawaii - Texas 44-21 #3 Southern Cal @ Wisconsin - Southern Cal 49-10 #6 Auburn @ Navy - Auburn 34-16 Louisiana-Monroe @ #8 Arkansas - Arkansas 23-3 Oregon State @ #9 Virginia - Oregon State 26-24 Central Florida @ #13 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 37-17 Boise State @ #14 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech 24-12 UCLA @ #15 North Carolina State - North Carolina State 24-14 #17 Florida State @ Troy State - Florida State 56-16 #18 Colorado State @ Mississippi State - Colorado State 20-14 Alabama @ #20 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 45-0 Akron @ #21 Michigan - Michigan 35-10 Toledo @ #22 Kansas State - Kansas State 27-14 #23 Maryland @ Temple - Maryland 40-13 Washington @ #24 Minnesota - Minnesota 35-21 North Carolina @ #25 Penn State - Penn State 44-17 Sports Illustrated Cover Story No Love Lost The Gators steal one from their bitter rival Tennessee. Photo: Chris Leak, Florida #12 Top 25 Polls Story: What a Weekend! The biggest shocker of them all was Tennessee's loss to lowly Florida. Photo: Tennessee mascot Coaches' Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (35) 3-0 1451 2 2 Miami (23) 5-0 1387 3 3 Southern Cal (1) 3-0 1324 4 4 Oklahoma 3-0 1262 5 6 Auburn 4-0 1143 6 7 Rutgers 3-0 1125 7 8 Arkansas 4-0 1028 8 11 Louisville 3-0 865 9 12 Ohio State 3-0 835 10 13 Texas A&M 3-0 762 11 14 Virginia Tech 4-1 673 12 5 Tennessee 3-1 655 13 15 North Carolina State 4-1 626 14 17 Florida State 5-0 571 15 18 Colorado State 4-0 526 16 10 Iowa 3-1 517 17 9 Virginia 3-1 492 18 19 Ole Miss 3-0 483 19 20 Southern Miss 4-0 440 20 21 Michigan 3-1 362 21 22 Kansas State 3-0 359 22 16 Oklahoma State 3-1 336 23 NR Florida 3-1 300 24 23 Maryland 3-1 285 25 24 Minnesota 4-0 282 Dropping Out: Penn State (#25 Last Week) Media Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (45) 3-0 1749 2 2 Oklahoma (24) 3-0 1668 3 3 Miami (1) 5-0 1588 4 4 Southern Cal (1) 3-0 1511 5 5 Auburn 4-0 1436 6 7 Rutgers 3-0 1343 7 8 Arkansas 4-0 1220 8 11 Louisville 3-0 1021 9 12 Ohio State 3-0 988 10 13 Virginia Tech 4-1 849 11 14 Texas A&M 3-0 839 12 6 Tennessee 3-1 730 13 16 Florida State 5-0 726 14 17 North Carolina State 4-1 630 15 9 Iowa 3-1 621 16 18 Ole Miss 3-0 621 17 10 Virginia 3-1 537 18 19 Michigan 3-1 527 19 20 Kansas State 3-0 523 20 21 Colorado State 4-0 476 21 15 Oklahoma State 3-1 442 22 22 Penn State 4-0 432 23 NR Florida 3-1 409 24 23 Maryland 3-1 352 25 24 Minnesota 4-0 348 Dropping Out: Southern Miss (#25 Last week) Heisman Watch Story: Heisman Heist? There's a new leader atop the Heisman list. Photo: Andre Caldwell, Florida #5 /\ RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida 21 rec, 333 yards, 9 total TD <> RS Jr. HB Demetis Summers, South Carolina 96 car, 662 yards, 7 TD, 12 rec, 195 yards, 2 TD \/ RS Sr. HB Markis Facyson, Rutgers 52 car, 339 yards, 3 TD, 7 rec, 58 yards, 2 TD /\ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn 109 car, 549 yards, 6 TD, 7 rec, 125 yards \/ Jr. HB Hakeem Broussard, Tennessee 61 car, 328 yards, 6 TD, 10 rec, 145 yards, 3 TD Players of the Week Story: Big Play Maker Archie is honored for helping Ohio State edge out Oklahoma State. Photo: Damian Archie, Ohio State #53 National PotW Offensive: RS Sr. HB #33, Texas Christian - 29 car, 173 yards, 4 total TD Defensive: Jr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers - 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 3 INT, 2 TD Big East PotW Offensive: RS Sr. HB Markis Facyson, Rutgers - 21 car, 85 yards, 4 rec, 33 yards, 2 TD Defensive: Jr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers - 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 3 INT, 2 TD Conference Standings Story: Classic Matchup The #5 Volunteers lose a heartbreaker to rival Florida in Knoxville. Photo: Chris Leak, Florida #12 Coach's Report Card Way to teach them how to finish off an opponent, Coach. Job Security: A+ Avg. Attendance: 39,322

10-20-2003, 03:33 PM	#56
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	My teams continue to win. Excellent... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

10-20-2003, 11:35 PM	#60
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	#4 Oklahoma Sooners (3-0) @ #6 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-0) Here we go with a rematch of last year's Fiesta Bowl. We're going to have to play the best game we can, run the ball well, force alot of turnovers, and not give up the big play. For the 3rd straight game, we will be playing in the National Game of the Week. Oklahoma is the pre game favorite. Key Players Oklahoma: QB Jermain Downs, CB Keith Black, HB Trent Bates Rutgers: CB Pete Kramer, QB Tommie Herron, HB Markis Facyson Injuries Oklahoma: None Rutgers: None Halftime Score: Rutgers 17, Oklahoma 3 In the 3rd quarter, Markis Facyson scored his 42nd career rushing TD, breaking Justise Hairston's school record. Final Score: Rutgers 38, Oklahoma 3 Scoring Summary 1st Quarter RU 1 yard run by Facyson (Apollo Kick) - 8:38 OU 26 yard FG by Carrabba - 0:56 2nd quarter RU 38 yard FG by Apollo - 3:47 RU 54 yard interception return by Gant (Apollo Kick) - 2:09 3rd quarter RU 36 yard pass from Herron to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 7:34 RU 20 yard run by Facyson (Apollo Kick) - 3:02 4th Quarter RU 2 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 6:00 Players of the Game Oklahoma: DT Dillon Brown - 4 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, FF, FR Rutgers: HB Markis Facyson - 20 car, 164 yards, 2 TD, 2 rec, 14 yards Stats Passing Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 17-24, 247 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Brooks Spencer - 1-1, 14 yards Oklahoma: Jermain Downs - 17-27, 234 yards, 2 INT Noah Allen - 1-2, 7 yards Rushing Rutgers: Markis Facyson - 20 car, 164 yards, 2 TD, long 62 Tommie Herron - 19 car, 77 yards, long 21 Mike Ritschel - 7 car, 39 yards, long 13 Derrell Humohrey - 1 car, 12 yards Dan York - 2 car, 5 yards, 1 TD, long 3 Oklahoma: Kalvin Blake - 1 car, 6 yards John Lott - 2 car, 4 yards, long 3 Jermain Downs - 5 car, 2 yards, long 12 Gino Jarrett - 1 car, 2 yards Trent Bates - 12 car, -5 yards, long 5 Sydney Glenn - 1 car, -8 yards Receiving Rutgers: John Galt - 2 rec, 46 yards, long 38 Corey Barnes - 3 rec, 41 yards, long 22 Mike Ritschel - 2 rec, 41 yards, 1 TD, long 36 Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 40 yards, long 28 Chris Dodd - 4 rec, 40 yards, long 18 Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 39 yards, long 14 Markis Facyson - 2 rec, 14 yards, long 10 Oklahoma: Bob Hedgecock - 3 rec, 78 yards, long 59 Chester Craft - 4 rec, 69 yards, long 35 Korey Murphy - 5 rec, 31 yards, long 16 Gino Jarrett - 1 rec, 28 yards Kendrick Glenn - 1 rec, 19 yards Richard Hart - 1 rec, 7 yards Blayne Hill - 1 rec, 6 yards Trent Bates - 2 rec, 3 yards, long 4 Blocking Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 6 pancakes, 1 sack allowed Brandon Holt - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancake, 0 sack allowed Jonathan Hardee - 1 pancakes, 1 sack allowed Omar Youngblood - 1 sack allowed Samuel Johnson - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Oklahoma: Chris Messner - 4 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Quentin Pugh - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Jess Dillard - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed Trent Bates - 1 sack allowed Defensive Rutgers Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 8; Ed Cobb - 7; Daniel Meeks - 5 Sacks: Adrian Gary, Jonathan Duncan - 1 INTs: Tavaris Gant, Maximus Meridius - 1 Oklahoma Tackles: Ty Dodd - 10; Deon McKnight - 8; Jason Carter - 6 Sacks: Beau Hendricks, Dillon Brown - 2; Albert Winston - 1 INTs: Colton Mayes - 1 Kicking Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 1-2 FG, long of 38, 5-5 XP Oklahoma: Chris Carrabba - 1-1 FG, long of 26 Punting Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 1 punt, 44 yards, 24 net yards, 1 touchback Oklahoma: Russell Caraway - 7 punts, 44.8 average, long 51, 1 inside the 20, 36.1 net average Kick Return Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 28 yards Oklahoma: Ty Dodd - 4 ret, 18.7 average, long 20 Jason Carter - 3 ret, 19.6 average, long 20 Punt Return Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 5 ret, 13.3 average, long 27 Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 11 yards Oklahoma: No punt returns Next Week: A trip to Blacksburg, Virginia to take on the Hokies of Virginia Tech. Last edited by General Mike : 10-21-2003 at 12:21 AM.

10-21-2003, 12:01 AM	#61
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Post Game Coach's Thoughts We got the monkey off of our back from last year's Fiesta Bowl and put us in great position as we start our conference clate next week. We were fundamentally sound for the most part, and got some key turnovers at the right time. Offense: We finally got our running game back on track, in a game that I didn't think it would happen in. Harron did a great job of scrambling when necessary. Facyson ran the ball well off tackles, and we found a variety of targets in the passing game. Defense: I won't say that we played badly, but we didn't play great either. We had trouble pressuring Oklahoma's QB all day, and we gave up a few big plays through the air, but when it came down to it, we got timely turnovers, especially Maximus Meridius' 2nd quarter INT in the end zone. Special Teams: Nothing awful, but nothing great either. Apollo's missed FG was just one of those bad bounces that happen sometime, as the ball bouncd off the insie of the right goal post and out. Grades QB: A- RB: A WR: B TE: B OL: B- DL: C+ LB: B+ DB: B Sp. Teams: B- Last edited by General Mike : 10-21-2003 at 12:03 AM.

10-21-2003, 12:16 AM	#62
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Wow, great job Rutgers!!! __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

10-20-2003, 12:23 PM	#52
John Galt Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Internets	I rule! Go John Galt. __________________ I do mind, the Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man. - The Dude

10-20-2003, 01:26 PM	#53
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	#7 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2-0) (0-0) @ #10 Iowa Hawkeyes (3-0) In our last game against Georgia we put on a clinic, but they weren't as good as the experts initially thought and are now 4-0. This game will be our first real test of the year, so we have to keep doing what we've been doing so far this season. No turnovers, good running attack, good defense, those are they keys to the game. This Game will be the Game of the Week nationally. Herbstreit picked Iowa to win, while Corso disagreed and chose the Scarlet Knights in a close one. Key Players Rutgers: QB Tommie Herron, WR John Galt, HB Markis Facyson Iowa: QB Jason Manson, HB Brian Hamilton, CB Jermain Wesley Injuries Rutgers: None Iowa: None Halftime Score: Rutgers 42, Iowa 7 Final Score: Rutgers 56, Iowa 17 Scoring Summary 1st Quarter RU 8 yard pass from Herron to Facyson (Apollo Kick) - 8:34 RU 42 yard interception return by Gant (Apollo Kick) - 1:46 RU 42 yard interception return by Hutchinson (Apollo Kick) - 1:34 RU 51 yard interception return by Kramer (Apollo Kick) - 0:24 2nd quarter RU 10 yard pass from Herron to Facyson (Apollo Kick) - 7:51 RU 79 yard interception return by Kramer (Apollo Kick) - 5:38 Iowa 8 yard pass from Manson to Davis (Schneider Kick) - 3:13 3rd quarter RU 1 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 4:44 Iowa 31 yard pass from Manson to Davis (Schneider Kick) - 2:24 Iowa 33 yard FG by Schneider - 0:10 4th Quarter RU 2 yard run by Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 5:30 Players of the Game Rutgers: CB Pete Kramer - 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 3 INT, 2 TD Iowa: SS Adam Ulrich - 6 tackles, 1 TFL, INT Stats Passing Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 13-21, 162 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Iowa: Jason Manson - 13-33, 241 yards, 2 TD, 5 INT Rushing Rutgers: Markis Facyson - 21 car, 85 yards, long 24 Mike Ritschel - 7 car, 50 yards, 1 TD, long 22 Tommie Herron - 8 car, 32 yards, long 13 Dan York - 5 car, 16 yards, 1 TD, long 9 Iowa: Brian Hamilton - 21 car, 47 yards, long 11 Isaiah Casalino - 5 car, 23 yards, long 9 Robert Rupkin - 1 car, 5 yards Jason Manson - 6 car, -18 yards, long 10 Receiving Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 3 rec, 72 yards, long 45 Markis Facyson - 4 rec, 33 yards, 2 TD, long 10 John Galt - 2 rec, 31 yards, long 23 Chris Dodd - 2 rec, 12 yards, long 8 Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 8 yards Mike Ritschel - 1 rec, 6 yards Iowa: James Townsend - 6 rec, 116 yards, long 45 Calvin Davis - 3 rec, 57 yards, 2 TD, long 31 Matt Melloy - 2 rec, 42 yards, long 33 Andrae Hughes - 1 rec, 23 yards Brian Hamilton - 1 rec, 3 yards Blocking Rutgers: Brandon Holt - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Jonathan Hardee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Omar Youngblood - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Mike Ritschel - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed Markis Faycson - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed Iowa: Chris Felder - 6 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Mike Jones - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Deon Redding - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed Courtney Best - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed Matt Montgomery - 2 sacks allowed Defensive Rutgers Tackles: Daniel Meeks - 7; Nate Robinson, Maximus Meridius - 6; Tavaris Gant, Pete Kramer - 4 Sacks: William Beckford - 2; Elton Bracy, Nate Robinson, Daniel Meeks - 1 INTs: Pete Kramer - 3; Tavaris Gant, Berkley Hutchinson - 1 Iowa Tackles: Robert Dunn, Adam Ulrich, Trenton Horner - 6; Alphonso Upton, Derrell Walters, David Pruitt - 4; 3 with 3 tackles Sacks: Monte McIntosh, Robert Dunn - 1 INTs: Adam Ulrich, Trenton Horner - 1 Kicking Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 0-1 FG, 8-8 XP Iowa: LeVon Schneider - 1-2 FG, long of 33, 2-2 XP, Punting Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 1 punt, 45 yards, 38 net yards Iowa: Terrell Sprague - 3 punts, 41.6 average, long 50, 35.0 net average, 1 touchback Kick Return Rutgers: John Galt - 3 rec, 17.0 average, long 22 Adrian Gary - 1 rec, 21 yards Iowa: Matt Melloy - 4 rec, 19.5 average, long 22 James Townsend - 3 rec, 18.6 average, long 23 Calvin Davis - 1 rec, 23 yards Punt Return Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 1 ret, 26 yards Iowa: James Townsend - 1 ret, 7 yards Next Week: We head back home to the friendly confines of Rutgers Stadium for a rematch of last year's Fiesta Bowl with #4 Oklahoma.

10-20-2003, 02:14 PM	#54
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Post Game Coach's Thoughts You can't really get a good picture of how badly we performed in this game based on the score alone. We were very lucky that we got an interception on the 1st play from scrimmage to set up our 1st TD, and then our defense played ok. Our offense wasn't spectacular, as we had no running game what so ever until the 4th quarter. Offense: We did somethings nicely, but we had 3 turnovers, we we never got into a good run-pass rhythm. Facyson is not the same running back he was last year. Herron did a nice job of scrambling when he needed to, to pick up a couple 1st downs. Defense: We did a good job forcing turnovers, but I think our DBs got a little over agressive on a couple plays where instead of trying to make the safe play, they went for the pick, and allowed the Iowa receivers to catch the ball. Our Dline had some trouble getting pressure on the QB by themselves, but we were able to apply pressure with the blitz. Once again we had some trouble when Iowa used the option attack. Special Teams: We made quality plays and the 1 FG we missed was a tough 51 yarder into the wind. Grades QB: B RB: C- WR: B TE: B+ OL: B+ DL: B LB: A DB: B Sp. Teams: B

10-20-2003, 03:44 PM	#57
RealDeal High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: here	Tennessee lost because they didn't let me play.

10-20-2003, 05:14 PM	#59
Doug5984 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisiana	My Arkansas Razorbacks team is # 7 and undefeated, it must be because of the teams great pass defense and great special teams play....they much have a great CB / KR / PR

10-21-2003, 12:52 AM	#64
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Week 6 in Review Game of the Week #4 Oklahoma @ #6 Rutgers - Rutgers 38-3 Other National Games Alabama @ #7 Arkansas - Arkansas 31-22 The Battle for the Governor's Victory Bell, Penn State @ #25 Minnesota - Penn State 49-28 #12 Tennessee @ South Carolina - Tennessee 26-21 Othr Top 25 Games Toledo @ #1 Texas - Texas 44-14 #2 Miami @ New Mexico State - Miami 55-0 California @ #3 Southern Cal - Southern Cal 42-10 Tulane @ #5 Auburn - Auburn 50-14 Wyoming @ #8 Louisville - Louisville 35-13 #9 Ohio State @ Northwestern - Ohio State 41-17 #13 North Carolina State @ North Carolina - North Carolina State 37-20 Duke @ #14 Florida State - Florida State 34-7 #15 Colorado State @ Utah - Utah 38-17 Michigan State @ #16 Iowa - Iowa 45-24 #17 Virginia @ Wake Forest - Wake Forest 23-13 #18 Ole Miss @ Ball State - Ole Miss 51-13 #19 Southern Miss @ Bowling Green - Southern Miss 34-6 #20 Michigan @ Indiana - Indiana 24-23 Texas-El Paso @ #21 Kansas State - Kansas State 37-10 Pittsburgh @ #22 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State 27-24 Kentucky @ #23 Florida - Florida 39-14 Sports Illustrated Cover Story Movin' On Up! Rutgers's 38-3 win over Oklahoma has the Sooners down for the count. Photo: Markis Facyson, Rutgers #7 Top 25 Polls Story: Too Little Too Late Oklahoma's road trip to New Brunswick ended in a 38-3 loss. Photo: Oklahoma coach #24 Maryland @ West Virginia - West Virginia 27-13 Coaches' Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (37) 4-0 1453 2 2 Miami (21) 6-0 1397 3 3 Southern Cal (1) 4-0 1342 4 6 Rutgers 4-0 1333 5 5 Auburn 5-0 1234 6 7 Arkansas 5-0 1129 7 8 Louisville 4-0 1078 8 9 Ohio State 4-0 1027 9 10 Texas A&M 3-0 977 10 11 Virginia Tech 4-1 884 11 4 Oklahoma 3-1 856 12 12 Tennessee 4-1 836 13 13 North Carolina State 5-1 792 14 14 Florida State 6-0 784 15 16 Iowa 4-1 652 16 18 Ole Miss 4-0 603 17 19 Southern Miss 5-0 560 18 21 Kansas State 4-0 475 19 22 Oklahoma State 4-1 397 20 23 Florida 4-1 357 21 NR Penn State 5-0 318 22 NR Colorado 3-1 128 23 NR Louisiana State 5-0 128 24 NR Notre Dame 4-0 93 25 NR Arizona State 4-1 91 Dropping Out: Colorado State (#15 Last Week) Virginia (#17 Last Week) Michigan (#20 Last Week) Maryland (#24 last week) Minnesota (#25 last week) Media Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (48) 4-0 1752 2 6 Rutgers (21) 4-0 1674 3 3 Miami (1) 6-0 1602 4 4 Southern Cal (1) 4-0 1530 5 5 Auburn 5-0 1459 6 7 Arkansas 5-0 1322 7 8 Louisville 4-0 1255 8 9 Ohio State 4-0 1191 9 10 Virginia Tech 4-1 1072 10 11 Texas A&M 3-0 1065 11 2 Oklahoma 3-1 1047 12 12 Tennessee 4-1 952 13 13 Florida State 6-0 946 14 14 North Carolina State 5-1 842 15 15 Iowa 4-1 784 16 16 Ole Miss 4-0 779 17 19 Kansas State 4-0 625 18 21 Oklahoma State 4-1 489 19 22 Penn State 5-0 486 20 23 Florida 4-1 402 21 NR Southern Miss 5-0 318 22 NR Colorado 3-1 176 23 NR Louisiana State 5-0 176 24 18 Michigan 3-2 172 25 NR Northern Illinois 4-0 144 Dropping Out: Virginia (#17 Last Week) Colorado State (#20 Last week) Maryland (#24 Last Week) Minnesota (#25 Last Week) Heisman Watch Story: Heisman Material? White has become a threat every week as the Trojans focus on the running game. Photo: LenDale White, Southern Cal #33 <> RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida 30 rec, 483 yards, 9 total TD <> RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina 119 car 771 yards 8 TD, 14 rec, 267 yards, 3 TD /\ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn 143 car, 794 yards, 8 TD, 8 rec, 139 yards /\ Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal 71 car, 494 yards, 8 TD, 11 rec, 154 yards, 2 TD /\ RS Sr. HB Donnie Johnson, Penn State 80 car, 435 yards, 11 rec, 106 yards, 8 total TD Players of the Week Story: Steppin' It Up Rutgers's Gant is named Player of the Week after convincing victory. Photo: Tavaris Gant, Rutgers #3 National PotW Offensive: Jr. HB Ahmaad Conley, Kansas State - 29 car, 114 yards, 14 rec yards, 3 total TD Defensive: RS Sr. LOLB #51, Western Michigan - 10 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sack, INT, 2 FF, 2 FR Big East PotW Offensive: RS Sr. HB Alexander Ridore, Syracuse - 28 car, 110 yards, 4 TD Defensive: Jr. CB Tavaris Gant, Rutgers - 2 tackles, INT, TD Conference Standings Story: Off on the Right Foot Trojans win their conference opener against Cal. Photo: LenDale White, Southern Cal #33 Coach's Report Card Your AD is willing to match any offer from any other program in the nation. Job Security: A+ Avg. Attendance: 36,872 Last edited by General Mike : 10-21-2003 at 01:46 PM.

10-21-2003, 01:35 PM	#66
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	#4 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-0) (0-0) @ #10 Virginia Tech Hokies (4-1) It's time for our conference opener against Virginia Tech. Blacksburg is always a tough place to play, so we need to go in there and play our best game and stay focused on the task at hand. For the 4th straight game we will be playing before a national TV audience. We go into the game as the announcers favorites. Key Players Rutgers: , CB Pete Kramer, HB Markis Facyson, QB Tommie Herron Virginia Tech: QB Marcus Vick, HB Omari Barnes, HB Willie Cassel Injuries Rutgers: None Virginia Tech: C Matthew Evans - Dislocated Elbow - 3 weeks Halftime Score: Virginia Tech 14, Rutgers 7 At the end of the 4th quarter Markis Facyson suffered a Bruised shoulder, which will sideline him for 4 weeks. Final Score: Rutgers 31, Virginia Tech 14 Scoring Summary 1st Quarter VT 1 yard run by Barnes (Norman Kick) - 7:58 2nd quarter VT 17 yard pass from Vick to Hilliard (Norman Kick) - 2:40 RU 1 yard run by Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 0:04 3rd quarter RU 11 yard run by Herron (Apollo Kick) - 2:33 4th Quarter RU 2 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 7:59 RU 9 yard pass from Herron to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 3:29 RU 38 yard FG by Apollo - 0:29 Players of the Game Rutgers: QB Tommie Herron - 11-20, 166 yards, 2 total TD Virginia Tech: WR Jermaine Hilliard - 6 rec, 106 yards, TD Stats Passing Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 11-20, 166 yards, 1 TD Virginia Tech: Marcus Vick - 11-18, 185 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Rutgers: Markis Facyson - 24 car, 147 yards, long 50 Mike Ritschel - 15 car, 58 yards, 1 TD, long 9 Dan York - 3 car, 10 yards, 1 TD, long 6 Tommie Herron - 11 car, -16 yards, long 11 Virginia Tech: Omari Barnes - 16 car, 31 yards, 1 TD, long 14 Jeff Moultry - 5 car, 17 yards, long 9 Willie Cassel - 4 car, 12 yards, long 4 Marcus Vick - 9 car, 10 yards, long 17 Receiving Rutgers: Chris Dodd - 4 rec, 60 yards, long 21 John Galt - 3 rec, 63 yards, long 36 Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 31 yards, 1 TD, long 18 Josh Hendricks - 1 rec, 12 yards Virginia Tech: Jermaine Hilliard - 6 rec, 106 yards, 1 TD, long 35 Robert Parker - 1 rec, 67 yards Jerome Marks - 1 rec, 5 yards Tyler Day - 1 rec, 4 yards Omari Barnes - 1 rec, 3 yards Willie Cassel - 1 rec, 0 yards Blocking Rutgers: Khary McLaughlin - 3 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Frederick Spivey - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed Samuel Johnson - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed Brandon Holt - 0 pancakes, 1 sacks allowed Omar Youngblood - 1 pancakes, 1 sack allowed Jonathan Hardee - 0 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed Virginia Tech: Desmon Henley - 1 sack allowed Demetri Darby - 1 sack allowed Defensive Rutgers Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 11; Rashawn Ricks - 7; William Beckford, Tavaris Gant - 4 Sacks: Tyson Williams, Brady Huff, William Beckford - 1; INTs: Maximus Meridius - 1 Virginia Tech Tackles: Vince Hall - 12; Marcus Fraser, Charley Hilton - 6; Reshard Drew, Mike Paulding, Miguel Scott - 5 Sacks: Mike Paulding - 2; Kevin Payton, Trevor Archer, Vince Hall - 1 INTs: None Kicking Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 1-1 FG, long 38, 4-4 XP Virginia Tech: Chris Norman - 2-2 XP Punting Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 5 punts, 42.1 average, long 52, 1 inside the 20, 39.3 net average Virginia Tech: Terrance Lamb - 7 punts, 45.2 average, long 48, 2 inside the 20, 33.1 net average, 2 punt touchbacks, 1 kickoff touchback Kick Return Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 19 yards John Galt - 1 ret, 18 yards Virginia Tech: Willie Cassel - 3 ret, 27.0 average, long 34 Omari Barnes - 1 ret, 25 yards Kevin Payton - 1 ret, 10 yards Derek Maxwell - 1 ret, 1 yard Punt Return Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 2 ret, 17.5 average, long 19 Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 10 yards Virginia Tech: Omari Barnes - 1 ret, 14 yards Vince Hall - 1 ret, 0 yards Next Week: We head back home to the friendly confines of Rutgers Stadium to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers. Last edited by General Mike : 10-21-2003 at 02:23 PM.

10-21-2003, 02:18 PM	#67
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Postgame Coach's Thoughts We didn't come out sharp in the 1st half, but we regrouped in the 2nd half and put together a quality effort in the win. The injury to Facyson is a big hit to our program. We'll use Dan York as the starting HB for the next 3 games with Seymour Molina being the backup, Chris Dodd will be the emergency guy. We shouldn't have to use either of the 2 HBs we are redshirting if there are no more injuries the rest of the year. Offense: We ran the ball pretty effectively, better than we were against Iowa and Georgia at least. We didn't do alot thru the air, but we did some stuff. The OLine had a real bad week. Defensive: We did a good job slowing down their receivers for the most part, but we struggled at times too. Vick did a real number on us with some of the option plays they ran, and we had a tough time pressuring the QB. Special Teams: We did what we had to do in the win. We had 1 punt go out of bounds a little before we wanted to do, but it just gives our guys something to work on. Grades QB: B- RB: A WR: B TE: B+ OL: C- DL: B- LB: B+ DB: B Sp. Teams: B

10-21-2003, 02:50 PM	#68
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Week 7 in Review - The Games Game of the Week #5 Auburn @ #12 Tennessee - Auburn 38-24 Other National Games The Battle for the Legends Trophy, Stanford @ #24 Notre Dame - Stanford 28-21 #1 Texas @ #18 Kansas State - Texas 27-10 #4 Rutgers @ #10 Virginia Tech - Rutgers 31-14 Other Top 25 Games #2 Miami @ West Virginia - Miami 41-13 #25 Arizona State @ #3 Southern Cal - Southern Cal 47-21 South Florida @ #7 Louisville - Louisville 48-18 Boston College @ #8 Ohio State - Ohio State 30-19 Texas Tch @ #9 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 41-10 Iowa State @ #11 Oklahoma - Oklahoma 37-24 Georgia Tech @ #13 North Carolina State - North Carolina State 31-17 #15 Iowa @ Michigan - Michigan 27-20 OT #20 Florida @ #16 Ole Miss - Florida 37-30 Cincinnati @ #17 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 27-9 #21 Penn State @ Wisconsin - Penn State 37-26 Baylor @ #22 Colorado - Colorado 34-7 South Carolina @ #23 Louisiana State - Louisiana State 40-14 Northern Illinois @ Ohio - Northern Illinois 22-15 Sports Illustrated Cover Story Wolverines Get it Done Michigan outshines conference foe Iowa in overtime period. Photo: Two Michigan players celebrating. Top 25 Polls Story: Not Getting it Done Hawkeyes are humbled after a 27-20 loss in Ann Arbor. Photo: Iowa mascot Coaches' Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (36) 5-0 1452 2 2 Miami (22) 7-0 1371 3 3 Southern Cal (1) 5-0 1316 4 4 Rutgers 5-0 1295 5 5 Auburn 6-0 1234 6 6 Arkansas 5-0 1145 7 7 Louisville 5-0 1090 8 8 Ohio State 5-0 1037 9 9 Texas A&M 4-0 986 10 11 Oklahoma 4-1 837 11 13 North Carolina State 6-1 748 12 14 Florida State 6-0 742 13 17 Southern Miss 6-0 608 14 10 Virginia Tech 4-2 544 15 20 Florida 5-1 523 16 19 Oklahoma State 4-1 484 17 12 Tennessee 4-2 473 18 21 Penn State 6-0 445 19 22 Colorado 4-1 370 20 23 Louisiana State 6-0 369 21 16 Ole Miss 4-1 354 22 18 Kansas State 4-1 351 23 15 Iowa 4-2 287 24 NR Michigan 4-2 287 25 NR Louisiana-Lafayette 5-0 231 Dropping Out: Notre Dame (#24 Last Week) Arizona State (#25 Last Week) Media Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (44) 5-0 1748 2 2 Rutgers (23) 5-0 1702 3 3 Miami (3) 7-0 1581 4 4 Southern Cal (1) 5-0 1514 5 5 Auburn 6-0 1488 6 6 Arkansas 5-0 1382 7 7 Louisville 5-0 1318 8 8 Ohio State 5-0 1255 9 10 Texas A&M 4-0 1132 10 11 Oklahoma 4-1 1014 11 13 Florida State 6-0 956 12 14 North Carolina State 6-1 851 13 9 Virginia Tech 4-2 706 14 20 Florida 5-1 637 15 18 Oklahoma State 4-1 635 16 19 Penn State 6-0 635 17 12 Tennessee 4-2 564 18 21 Southern Miss 6-0 536 19 24 Michigan 4-2 501 20 17 Kansas State 4-1 447 21 22 Colorado 4-1 443 22 23 Louisiana State 6-0 443 23 16 Ole Miss 4-1 418 24 15 Iowa 4-2 363 25 25 Northern Illinois 5-0 354 Dropping Out: No one Heisman Watch Story: A Star in the Making Curry credits his O-line for allowing him to put up the numbers he has. Photo: Leigh Curry, Auburn #27 <> RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida 35 rec, 551 yards, 10 total TD /\ Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal 90 car, 572 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD \/ RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina 133 car, 854 yards, 8 TD, 16 rec, 310 yards, 3 TD \/ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn 160 car, 905 yards, 8 TD, 9 rec, 147 yards <> RS Sr. HB Donnie Johnson, Penn State 102 car, 533 yards, 12 rec, 143 yards, 9 total TD Players of the Week Story: A Hero Emerges An easy win against West Virginia earns Miami's Guillon Player of the Week. Photo: Marc Guillon, Miami #12 National PotW Offensive: RS Jr. QB Mike Bush, Louisville - 23-34, 406 yards, 6 car, 43 yards, 5 total TD Defensive: Jr. SS Tony Curtis, Florida - 5 tackles, INT, TD Big East PotW Offensive: RS Sr. QB Marc Guillon, Miami - 14-27, 266 yards, 5 TD, 4 car, 10 yards Defensive: RS Sr. ROLB Charles Sallet, Pittsburgh - 13 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack, FF, FR Conference Standings Story: Building Momentum The C-USA season begins on a high note for Louisville. Photo: Mike Bush, Louisville #19 Coach's Report Card Coach Schiano, congrats for adding another win to your career total. Job Secruity: A+ Avg. Attendance: 36,872 Last edited by General Mike : 10-22-2003 at 12:09 PM.

10-21-2003, 02:55 PM	#69
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Southern Miss is all the way up to #13. Very nice... And the Horns keep rolling. Good win against K State. __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

10-21-2003, 03:18 PM	#71
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	You exposed OU as the pretenders that they are. Texas will prevail... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

10-22-2003, 12:27 AM	#72
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	your going down jeeber! __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

10-22-2003, 01:19 AM	#73
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	#30 West Virginia Mountaineers (3-2/0-1) @ #6 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-0/1-0) We come into this game without our starting HB, Markis Facyson, so we are going to need to pass well and hope our backup RBs can really step their games up. This is a game for us to stay focused and just play our game and we should win. This game will have national TV coverage and we are the pregame favorite. Key Players West Virginia: HB Paul Tracy, ROLB Cortez Baker, K Santonio Theodore Rutgers: QB Tommie Herron, CB Pete Kramer, SS Maximus Meridius Injuries West Virginia: RT Cedric Murray - Dislocated Knee - 9 weeks HB Erick Phillips - Torn Tricep - 10 weeks FB Chris Wyatt - Foot Stress Fracture - 2 weeks Rutgers: HB Markis Facyson - Bruised Shoulder - 3 weeks Halftime Score: Rutgers 23, West Virginia 3 In the 3rd quarter, Tyson Williams Broke the single game school record for sacks. Also in the 3rd quarter, West Virginia's Joe Sutherland was sidelined with back spams for the remainder of the game. In the 4th quarter, Tyson Williams tied the NCAA record for sacks in a single game, supposedly. Final Score: Rutgers 53, West Virginia 3 Scoring Summary 1st Quarter RU 19 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 7:50 RU 73 yard fumble return by Joiner (Apollo Kick) - 3:36 WVU 39 yard FG by Theodore - 0:00 2nd quarter RU 80 yard pass from Herron to Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 9:44 RU Safety (Tyson Williams sacked Sutherland in the end zone) - 9:17 3rd quarter RU 36 yard FG by Apollo - 7:22 RU 11 yard run by Molina (Apollo Kick) - 0:29 4th Quarter RU 36 yard FG by Apollo - 9:21 RU 35 yard interception return by Kramer (Apollo Kick) - 6:37 RU 6 yard pass from Herron to Galt (Apollo Kick) - 4:20 RU 29 yard FG by Apollo - 0:00 Players of the Game West Virginia: CB Micah Jenkins - 12 tackles, INT, FF, FR Rutgers: RE Tyson Williams - 7 tackles, 7 TFL, 7 sacks, FF, FR, safety Stats Passing Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 16-31, 331 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT West Virginia: Joe Sutherland - 16-27, 254 yards, 2 INT Floyd Newton - 4-10, 45 yards, 3 INT Rushing Rutgers: Dan York - 22 car, 125 yards, 1 TD, long 19 Mike Ritschel - 7 car, 33 yards, long 8 Seymour Molina - 4 car, 25 yards, 1 TD, long 11 John Galt - 1 car, 4 yards Derrell Humohrey - 1 car, 3 yards Tommie Herron - 5 car, -14 yards, long 10 West Virginia: Todd Archie - 1 car, 3 yards Paul Tracy - 2 car, 1 yard, long 1 Floyd Newton - 2 car, -13 yards Joe Sutherland - 13 car, -73 yards, long 2 Receiving Rutgers: Mike Ritschel - 4 rec, 111 yards, 1 TD, long 80 Josh Hendricks - 3 rec, 98 yards, long 58 Samuel Johnson - 3 rec, 51 yards, long 40 John Galt - 3 rec, 50 yards, 1 TD, long 36 Chris Dodd - 1 rec, 11 yards Derrell Humphrey - 2 rec, 10 yards, long 9 West Virginia: Raysawn Bolden - 13 rec, 213 yards, long 53 John Huggins - 2 rec, 35 yards, long 19 Tony Best - 2 rec, 15 yards, long 10 Antwone James - 1 rec, 14 yards B.J. Davis - 1 rec, 11 yards Paul Tracy - 1 rec, 11 yards Blocking Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 4 pancakes, 1 sack allowed Khary McLaughlin - 2 pancake, 0 sack allowed Mike Ritschel - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Jonathan Hardee - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Omar Youngblood - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed Samuel Johnson - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed West Virginia: Spencer Donnelly - 7 sacks allowed Jeremy Hines - 1 sack allowed Deion Burnett - 1 sack allowed Todd Archie - 1 sack allowed Pal Tracy - 1 sack allowed Corey Hough - 1 sack allowed Defensive Rutgers Tackles: Tyson Williams, Pete Kramer - 7; Tavaris Gant - 5; Maximus Meridius, Berkley Hutchinson, Adrian Gary - 4 Sacks: Tyson Williams - 7; Adrian Gary - 2; Nate Robinson, Ed Cobb, William Beckford, Berkley Hutchinson, Maximus Meridius - 1 INTs: Tavaris Gant - 2; Pete Kramer, Brady Huff, William Beckford - 1 West Virginia Tackles: Micah Jenkins - 12; Carnell Hawkins - 8; George Shehl - 5 Sacks: E.J. Sellers, Tre Thomas, Joe Mirault - 1 INTs: Micah Jenkins, George Shehl - 1 Kicking Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 3-3 FG, long 36, 6-6 XP West Virginia: Santonio Theodore - 1-1 FG, 39 yards Punting Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 4 punts, 42.2 average, long 52, 31.5 net average, 1 punt touchback, 1 kickoff touchback West Virginia: Tremayne Jones - 7 punts, 41.2 average, 2 inside the 20, 33.0 net average Kick Return Rutgers: Adrian Gary - 1 ret, 24 yards John Galt - 1 ret, 18 yards West Virginia: Paul Tracy - 5 ret, 18.7 average, long 22 Raysawn Bolden - 3 ret, 22.0 average, long 26 Punt Return Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 6 ret, 9.6 average, long 23 John Galt - 1 ret, 28 yards West Virginia: Raysawn Bolden - 2 ret, 11.5 average, long 12 Next Week: A trip to take on the Panthers of Pittsburgh as we look to keep our undefeated season intact.

10-22-2003, 01:22 AM	#74
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Driven by our coach, he's the guy in the white visor Shoutin "Boomer Sooner" has never been louder

10-22-2003, 01:35 AM	#75
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Post Game Coach's Thoughts We put up a really good effort, probably our best of the season and we did everything we had to do. We had a couple big plays, a great defensive performance by Tyson Williams, a couple timely turnovers and we didn't make too many mental errors. Offense: Dan York stepped up well in his 1st game as the starting HB, he put up some good, consistent yardage. We got some good big plays from a bunch of people and we held onto the ball for the most part. We will have to work on holding onto the ball better tho as we gave the ball up twice on fumbles. Defensive: Tyson Williams led the defensive line in a great performance. We shut down the run game, put great pressure on the QB and forced a ton of turnovers. We did give up a couple big plays, especially to Raysawn Bolden, but we kept the Mountaineers off the scoreboard all day, save for 1 FG. Special Teams: 3 FGs in one game is probably the most we've had in the 3 and a half years of this dynasty. We did an ok job punting, but we need to get down on coverage better to keep punts from going into the endzone, and we need to work on our directional kicking. Grades QB: B RB: A WR: B+ TE: A OL: B+ DL: A+ LB: A DB: B Sp. Teams: B+

10-22-2003, 08:29 AM	#76
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Hook 'em, Jobu!!! __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

10-22-2003, 09:41 AM	#77
John Galt Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Internets	I think Galt needs more passes in his direction. __________________ I do mind, the Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man. - The Dude

10-22-2003, 01:09 PM	#78
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Week 8 in Review - The Games Game of the Week The Red River Shootout, #1 Texas vs #10 Oklahoma - Texas 41-31 Other National Games #6 Arkansas @ #5 Auburn - Arkansas 38-21 #12 Florida State @ #2 Miami - Miami 24-20 West Virginia @ #4 Rutgers - Rutgers 53-3 Other Top 25 games #3 Southern Cal @ Stanford - Southern Cal 43-27 #7 Louisville @ Army - Louisville 49-17 Wisconsin @ #8 Ohio State - Ohio State 45-7 #9 Texas A&M @ Baylor - Texas A&M 34-16 Connecticut @ #11 North Carolina State - North Carolina State 51-14 #14 Virginia Tech @ Syracuse - Virginia Tech 43-6 #20 Louisiana State @ #15 Florida - Louisiana State 52-17 #16 Oklahoma State @ #22 Kansas State - Oklahoma State 32-29 #17 Tennessee @ Georgia - Tennessee 45-24 Purdue @ #18 Penn State - Penn State 17-7 #19 Colorado @ Kansas - Colorado 45-24 #21 Ole Miss @ Troy State - Ole Miss 49-9 The Battle For the Little Brown Jug, Minnesota @ #24 Michigan - Minnesota 27-20 #25 Louisiana-Lafayette @ Louisiana-Monroe - Louisiana-Monroe 30-20 Central Michigan @ Northern Illinois - Central Michigan 33-3 Sports Illustrated Cover Story Where Do They Stand? See where Texas's ranked in the first Bowl Rankings of 2006 Photo: Lamarr Dempsey, Texas #26 Bowl Rankings Story: Hot 'n Fresh Rankings! Check out the season's inaugural Bowl Rankings. Photo: Kris Robinson, Texas #52, celebrates with a teammate. Code: Poll Comp Sched Qlty Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total 1 Texas 1.0 1.63 3.12 0 -0.0 5.75 2 Miami 2.5 2.50 2.80 0 -0.0 7.80 3 Rutgers 3.0 3.07 2.16 0 -0.0 8.23 4 Arkansas 4.5 5.06 0.32 0 -0.2 9.68 5 Southern Cal 4.0 3.72 4.24 0 -0.0 11.96 6 Louisville 6.0 6.42 4.52 0 -0.0 16.94 7 Ohio State 7.0 7.42 3.36 0 -0.0 17.78 8 Texas A&M 8.0 8.63 3.16 0 -0.0 19.79 9 Auburn 9.5 9.57 2.04 1 -0.0 22.11 10 North Carolina State 9.5 9.71 4.00 1 -0.0 24.21 11 Virginia Tech 11.5 12.06 0.64 2 -0.1 26.10 12 Southern Miss 14.0 12.74 2.12 0 -0.0 28.86 13 Oklahoma State 12.5 14.53 2.08 1 -0.0 30.11 14 Louisiana State 14.5 13.87 2.60 0 -0.0 30.97 15 Penn State 15.0 14.51 3.00 0 -0.0 32.51 Top 25 Polls Story: Tough Setback #12 Florida State loses a heartbreaker to Miami 24-20 Photo: Florida State coach Coaches' Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (37) 6-0 1453 2 2 Miami (21) 8-0 1387 3 3 Southern Cal (1) 6-0 1292 4 4 Rutgers 6-0 1235 5 6 Arkansas 6-0 1224 6 7 Louisville 6-0 1071 7 8 Ohio State 6-0 1019 8 9 Texas A&M 5-0 968 9 11 North Carolina State 7-1 827 10 5 Auburn 6-1 805 11 13 Southern Miss 6-0 777 12 14 Virginia Tech 5-2 678 13 16 Oklahoma State 5-1 612 14 20 Louisiana State 7-0 612 15 12 Florida State 6-1 581 16 10 Oklahoma 4-2 575 17 18 Penn State 7-0 566 18 17 Tennessee 5-2 556 19 19 Colorado 5-1 490 20 21 Ole Miss 5-1 419 21 23 Iowa 4-2 343 22 15 Florida 5-2 312 23 NR Minnesota 6-1 271 24 NR Virginia 5-2 258 25 22 Kansas State 4-2 191 Dropping Out: Michigan (#24 Last Week) Louisiana-Lafayette (#25 Last Week) Media Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (45) 6-0 1749 2 2 Rutgers (25) 6-0 1627 3 3 Miami (1) 8-0 1602 4 6 Arkansas 6-0 1489 5 4 Southern Cal 6-0 1488 6 7 Louisville 6-0 1292 7 8 Ohio State 6-0 1229 8 9 Texas A&M 5-0 1168 9 5 Auburn 6-1 956 10 12 North Carolina State 7-1 943 11 13 Virginia Tech 5-2 872 12 15 Oklahoma State 5-1 794 13 16 Penn State 7-0 781 14 11 Florida State 6-1 736 15 22 Louisiana State 7-0 706 16 10 Oklahoma 4-2 691 17 18 Southern Miss 6-0 684 18 17 Tennessee 5-2 673 19 21 Colorado 5-1 507 20 23 Ole Miss 5-1 427 21 14 Florida 5-2 382 22 24 Iowa 4-2 377 23 NR Minnesota 6-1 362 24 20 Kansas State 4-2 289 25 NR Virginia 5-2 277 Dropping Out: Michigan (#19 last week) Northern Illinois (#25 last week) Heisman Watch Story: Rolling Along White's performance has the fans in Los Angeles believing in their Trojans. Photo: LenDale White, Southern Cal #33 <> RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida 40 rec, 636 yards, 11 total TD /\ RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina 161 car, 1014 yards, 10 TD, 20 rec, 387 yards, 3 TD \/ Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal 108 car, 690 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD <> Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn 181 car, 1005 yards, 8 TD, 9 rec, 147 yards /\ RS Jr. WR Whitney Lewis, Southern Cal 32 rec, 621 yards 8 total TD Players of the Week Story: Owning 'Em! Williams collects Player of the Week honors following a laugher vs. West Virginia Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95, tackles Raysawn Bolden, West Virginia #82 National PotW Offensive: Soph. HB Greg Newell, Vanderbilt - 40 car, 201 yards, 3 TD, 10 rec yards, TD Defensive: Jr. LE Branden Cole, Bowling Green - 9 tackles (6 TFL), 2 sacks, FF, TD Big East PotW Offensive: Fr. K Justin Apollo, Rutgers - 3-3 FG, long of 36, 6-6 extra points Defensive: RS Soph. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers - 7 tackles (7 TFL) 7 sacks, FF, FR Conference Standings Story: Conference Clash! Scarlet Knights notch another W, this time against Big East foe West Virginia. Photo: Tyson Williams, Rutgers #95 Coach's Report Card The front office is a friendlier place to be after a win than after a loss. Job Security: A+ Fan Base Regional Games: 0-0 National Games: 5-0 Avg. Attendance: 41,152 Last edited by General Mike : 10-22-2003 at 01:11 PM.

10-22-2003, 01:26 PM	#79
RealDeal High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: here	You control your own destiny. If you win out, you're in the championship. Also, when you do your post-game thoughts, what I'd like to see a bit more of is how you personally did mashing the buttons. What kinds of plays did you call. When you throw an interception, did your QB screw up or did you make a bad read. Did the AI do things on offense or defense that confused you? What kind of plays did you run that you found that worked (for instance I noticed a game or two ago you had a 80 yard pass to your fullback- how did that happen?). Anyway, I enjoy this diary a lot even though my alter ego is buried in the UT depth chart.

10-22-2003, 01:27 PM	#81
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	Nice, Louisville up to #6. Right around half the season to go, here's hoping we can crack the top 4. __________________ "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby Last edited by Travis : 10-22-2003 at 01:27 PM.

10-22-2003, 05:10 PM	#84
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	#4 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-0/2-0) @ #68 Pittsburgh Panthers (2-4/0-0) This is the 2nd game we will play without our starting HB, Markis Facyson. Last week Dan York and Mike Ritschel stepped up, and really put up a quality effort, hopefully they can continue that this week. If we stay focused and just play our game we will win. This game will have regional TV coverage and we are the announcers pick to win. Key Players Rutgers: CB Pete Kramer, QB Tommie Herron, SS Maximus Meridius Pittsburgh: QB Luke Getsy, K Phil Combs, RE Vernon Botts Injuries Rutgers: HB Markis Facyson - Bruised Shoulder - 2 weeks Pittsburgh: LE Spencer Blackmon - Broken Wrist - Season HB Harold Sanderson - sprained ankle - 1 week In the 1st quarter, Pittsburgh TE Al Woodson suffered a broken toe, and will be sidelined the remainder of the game. Halftime Score: Rutgers 16, Pittsburgh 13 Final Score: Rutgers 47, Pittsburgh 23 Scoring Summary 1st Quarter Pitt 16 yard pass from Getsy to Farris (Extra Point failed) - 6:58 2nd quarter Pitt 1 yard pass from Getsy to Farris (Combs Kick) - 5:44 RU 100 yard kick return by Galt (Apollo Kick) - 5:30 RU 1 yard run by Molina (Extra point failed) - 0:57 RU 32 yard FG by Apollo - 0:00 3rd quarter Pitt 41 yard FG by Combs - 3:06 RU 80 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 0:41 4th Quarter RU 23 yard pass from Spencer to Dodd (Apollo Kick) - 7:47 RU 24 yard pass from Herron to Johnson (Apollo Kick) - 5:16 RU 56 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 4:18 Ritt 2 yard run by McNeil (Combs Kick) - 3:27 RU 42 yard FG by Apollo - 1:03 Players of the Game Rutgers: HB Dan York - 21 car, 220 yards, 2 TD, 2 rec, 25 yards Pittsburgh: WR DeShaun Farris - 10 rec, 113 yards, 2 TD Stats Passing Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 10-22, 209 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT Brooks Spencer - 1-1, 23 yards, 1 TD Pittsburgh: Luke Getsy - 28-45, 405 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT Rushing Rutgers: Dan York - 21 car, 220 yards, 2 TD, long 80 Mike Ritschel - 6 car, 38 yards, long 12 Seymour Molina - 4 car, 9 yards, 1 TD, long 7 Tommie Herron - 4 car, 3 yards, long 15 John Galt - 1 car, 0 yards Pittsburgh: Brandon Burrough - 16 car, 31 yards, long 15 Fred McNeil - 2 car, 4 yards, 1 TD, long 2 Luke Getsy - 12 car, -50 yards Receiving Rutgers: Corey Barnes - 3 rec, 64 yards, long 31 John Galt - 2 rec, 49 yards, long 40 Josh Hendricks - 2 rec, 47 yards, long 37 Dan York - 2 rec, 25 yards, long 14 Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 24 yards, 1 TD Chris Dodd - 1 rec, 23 yards, 1 TD Pittsburgh: Bryan Ellison - 5 rec, 176 yards, long 75 DeShaun Farris - 10 rec, 113 yards, 2 TD, long 22 Brandon Burrough - 4 rec, 37 yards, long 16 Trevor Stevens - 4 rec, 36 yards, long 11 Andrea Cassell - 2 rec, 20 yards, long 11 Will Allison - 1 rec, 9 yards Fred McNeil - 1 rec, 8 yards Steve Buches - 1 rec, 6 yards Blocking Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 4 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Jonathan Hardee - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Brandon Holt - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed Omar Youngblood - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed Khary McLaughlin - 1 pancake, 0 sack allowed Mike Ritschel - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Samuel Johnson - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Chris Dodd - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed Pittsburgh: Elliott Nolan - 3 pancakes, 3 sacks allowed John Simonitis - 3 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed Jason Capizzi - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed Fred McNeil - 1 sack allowed D.J. Parker - 1 sack allowed Defensive Rutgers Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 10; Tyson Williams - 7; Justin Joiner - 6 Sacks: Tyson Williams - 4; Nate Robinson - 2; Ed Cobb, Justin Joiner, Jonathan Duncan - 1 INTs: Tavaris Gant, Pete Kramer, Keith Gutierrez Pittsburgh Tackles: Huey Thompson - 8; Vance McCormick - 6; Azzzie Beagnyam - 5 Sacks: Brian Bennett, Vernon Botts - 1 INTs: Trevor Stevens, Azzie Beagnyam - 1 Kicking Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 2-3 FG, long 42, 5-6 XP Pittsburgh: Phil Combs - 1-1 FG, long 41, 2-3 XP Punting Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 1 punt, 50 yards, 33 net yards, 1 kickoff touchback Pittsburgh: Jackson Smith - 8 punts, 43.1 average, long 48, 23.3 net average Kick Return Rutgers: John Galt - 2 ret, 59.5 average, long 100, 1 TD Adrian Gary - 2 rec, 18.0 average, long 20 Samuel Johnson - 1 ret, 2 yards Pittsburgh: DeShaun Farris - 4 ret, 20.5 average, long 22 Josh Glenn - 3 ret, 19.6 average, long 21 Punt Return Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 7 ret, 19.7 average, long 25 Maximus Meridius - 1 ret, 20 yards Pittsburgh: DeShaun Farris - 1 ret, 17 yards Next Week: We head back to Piscataway for the Turnpike Bowl against Temple.

10-22-2003, 05:59 PM	#85
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Postgame Coach's Thoughts For the 1st 3 quarters, Pittsburgh played nip and tuck football with us and we were really lucky that we didn't lose. We got 2 key interceptions in the endzone at the end of the half which allowed us to run a few quick plays to set up a FG at the end of the half, and another INT in the endzone in the 3rd quarter , right before York's 80 yard TD run which basically broke the game right open. The 2 INTs thrown, the 1st was a bad read, and the 2nd was just great coverage by Pittsburgh. Offense: We ran the ball great today. We had 2 huge runs which were set up by great blocks. One was a HB Draw out of the Ace Bunch formation and the other was a Counter Lead out of the I formation Normal, after motioning John Galt over. When we passed the ball, we had a real tough day with drops, but we did enough thru the air to keep Pitt's D honest. The OLine did a real good job of protecting Herron. Herron did suffer a minor chest injury in the 4th quarter tho, but he only missed one series. Defense: Our pass D continues to suffer as we gave up a ton of yardage thru the air, and we we're lucky that we got inteceptions at the right time. Tyson Williams has played just great football the last 2 weeks, racking up 11 sacks in the 2 games combined. Defending the run was not an issue at all today. Special Teams: We had a great kick return effort, but we had some trouble in the kicking game. We missed an extra point, which is really dissapointing, and we missed a FG that we should have made but we just bad controller action. Grades QB B- RB: A WR: B+ TE: A OL: A- DL: A LB: B+ DB: C Sp. Teams: B-

10-22-2003, 10:49 PM	#86
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Week 9 in Review - The Games Game of the Week #5 Arkansas @ #22 Florida - Arkansas 55-38 Other National Games Nebraska @ #8 Texas A&M - Texas A&M 38-24 #7 Ohio State @ #21 Iowa - Iowa 38-17 The Battle for the Jefferson-Eppes Trophy, #24 Virginia @ #15 Florida State - Virginia 30-13 Other Top 25 Games Iowa State @ #1 Texas - Texas 34-10 #2 Miami @ Temple - Miami 54-20 #6 Louisville @ Tulane - Tulane 27-20 The Textile Bowl, #9 North Carolina State @ Clemson - North Carolina State 27-5 #10 Auburn @ Mississippi State - Auburn 51-13 Louisiana-Monroe @ #11 Southern Miss - Southern Miss 51-0 The Battle for the Black Diamond Trophy, West Virginia @ #12 Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech 34-21 #13 Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech - Oklahoma State 44-38 OT #16 Oklahoma @ Missouri - Oklahoma 40-27 #25 Kansas State @ #19 Colorado - Colorado 48-21 #20 Ole Miss @ Alabama - Ole Miss 28-19 #23 Minnesota @ Michigan State - Minnesota 31-14 Sports Illustrated Cover Story Upended! Tulane proves once again that games aren't played on paper. Photo: Louisville coach Bowl Rankings Story: Surprise! Rutgers benefits from the ltest controversy in the computer rankings. Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25 Code: Poll Comp Sched Qlty Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total 1 Texas 1.0 1.42 3.76 0 -0.0 6.18 2 Rutgers 3.0 3.07 2.20 0 -0.2 8.07 3 Miami 2.5 2.43 3.64 0 -0.0 8.57 4 Arkansas 4.5 4.99 0.28 0 -0.6 9.17 5 Southern Cal 4.0 3.93 4.28 0 -0.0 12.21 6 Texas A&M 6.0 6.77 3.40 0 -0.0 16.17 7 Auburn 7.5 7.43 3.00 1 -0.0 18.93 8 North Carolina State 7.5 7.71 3.88 1 -0.0 20.09 9 Virginia Tech 9.5 10.27 0.72 2 -0.3 22.19 10 Southern Miss 11.5 10.31 1.64 0 -0.0 23.45 11 Louisiana State 11.5 11.15 2.56 0 -0.0 25.21 12 Penn State 12.5 12.43 3.04 0 -0.0 27.97 13 Oklahoma State 11.5 13.39 2.88 1 -0.0 28.77 14 Ohio State 13.0 13.21 2.76 1 -0.0 29.97 15 Iowa 15.0 15.21 2.44 2 -0.0 34.65 Top 25 Polls Story: Stunned! Tulane's upset of Louisville raises some eyebrows around the league. Photo: A Louisville player tackles Kenny Gonzales, Tulane #81. Coaches' Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (38) 7-0 1454 2 2 Miami (21) 9-0 1392 3 3 Southern Cal 6-0 1332 4 4 Rutgers 7-0 1273 5 5 Arkansas 7-0 1225 6 8 Texas A&M 6-0 1049 7 9 North Carolina State 8-1 946 8 10 Auburn 7-1 894 9 11 Southern Miss 7-0 894 10 12 Virginia Tech 6-2 785 11 14 Louisiana State 7-0 750 12 13 Oklahoma State 6-1 748 13 7 Ohio State 6-1 665 14 21 Iowa 5-2 620 15 17 Penn State 7-0 616 16 16 Oklahoma 5-2 603 17 18 Tennessee 5-2 521 18 19 Colorado 6-1 494 19 20 Ole Miss 6-1 454 20 24 Virginia 6-2 429 21 6 Louisivlle 6-1 399 22 23 Minnesota 7-1 348 23 15 Florida State 6-2 316 24 NR Fresno State 4-2 180 25 NR Michigan 5-3 151 Dropping Out: Florida (#22 Last Week) Kansas State (#25 Last Week) Media Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (42) 7-0 1746 2 2 Rutgers (28) 7-0 1672 3 3 Miami (1) 9-0 1600 4 4 Arkansas 7-0 1544 5 5 Southern Cal 6-0 1459 6 8 Texas A&M 6-0 1260 7 9 Auburn 7-1 1134 8 10 North Carolina State 8-1 1075 9 11 Virginia Tech 6-2 1000 10 13 Penn State 7-0 957 11 12 Oklahoma State 6-1 955 12 15 Louisiana State 7-0 846 13 7 Ohio State 6-1 774 14 17 Southern Miss 7-0 740 15 16 Oklahoma 5-2 724 16 22 Iowa 5-2 720 17 18 Tennessee 5-2 625 18 19 Colorado 6-1 596 19 20 Ole Miss 6-1 546 20 25 Virginia 6-2 506 21 6 Louisville 6-1 474 22 23 Minnesota 7-1 418 23 14 Florida State 6-2 403 24 NR Michigan 5-3 283 25 NR Maryland 5-2 254 Dropping Out: Florida (#21 last week) Kansas State (#24 last week) Heisman Watch Story: Gaining Momentum Guillon has led Miami to a 9-0 record and has fans in Miami talking about Heisman. Photo: Marc Guillon, Miami #12, avoids the blindside rush from Juan Parham, Temple #41. <> RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida 44 rec, 742 yards, 12 total TD <> RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina 161 car, 1014 yards, 10 TD, 20 rec, 387 yards, 3 TD /\ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn 207 car, 1156 yards, 10 TD, 11 rec, 179 yards /\ RS Sr. QB Marc Guillon, Miami 159-274, 2496 yards, 35 car, 85 yards, 22 total TD \/ Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal 108 car, 690 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD Players of the Week Story: Big Man on Campus Being named Player of the Week can't top beating your rival. Photo: Mike Schneider, North Carolina State #23, tackles Andre Ratliff, Clemson #32. National PotW Offensive: Jr. WR Jeff Williams, Louisiana Tech - 6 rec, 216 yards, 3 TD Defensive: RS Soph. LE Jerrell Patterson, Kentucky - 11 tackles (3 TFL), 2 sacks, 3 FF, TD Big East PotW Offensive: RS Soph FB Scottie Wilson, Miami - 23 car, 157 yards, 2 TD, 4 rec, 69 yards, TD Defensive: Fr. MLB Elliot Simon, West Virginia - 11 tackles (1 TFL), TD Jr. LOLB Nyar Lahotep picked up 1A Indys' Defensive PotW after his 11 tackle (2 TFL), 1 sack, 1 INT performance. Conference Standings Story: Still Unbeaten! Rutgers rolls on against Big East rival. Photo: Dan York, Rutgers #25, runs right thru a Pitt defender's tackle. Coach's Report Card The players seem to be responding to your coaching. Keep on winning, Coach. Job Security: A+ Avg. Attendance: 41.152 Last edited by General Mike : 10-22-2003 at 10:54 PM.

10-22-2003, 11:50 PM	#87
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Southern Miss keeps on rolling... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

10-23-2003, 12:15 AM	#89
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	Wow, did I jinx us or what, damn. __________________ "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby

10-23-2003, 01:56 PM	#91
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	The Turnpike Bowl #107 Temple Owls (0-7/0-2) @ #4 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-0/3-0) We need to blow Temple out, no questions asked. I wanna see a shutout, no giveaways and plenty of takeaways. This game will have regional coverage, and we are picked to blow them out. Key Players Temple: RE Ernie Brown, LOLB Juan Parham, LOLB Brian Hedgecock Rutgers: CB Pete Kramer, QB Tommie Herron, SS Maximus Meridius Injuries Temple: RT Aaron Smith - Broken Ribs - 10 weeks Rutgers: HB Markis Facyson - Bruised Shoulder - 1 week In the 2nd quarter, Tommie Herron suffered a Upper Arm Fracture and will be out for 12 weeks. Halftime Score: Rutgers 13, Temple 0 Final Score: Rutgers 37, Temple 0 Scoring Summary 1st Quarter RU 30 yard FG by Apollo - 0:18 2nd quarter RU 19 yard run by Ritschel (Apollo Kick) - 5:32 RU 27 yard FG by Apollo - 0:54 3rd quarter RU 94 yard kick return by Galt (Apollo Kick) - 9:50 RU 43 yard run by Molina (Apollo Kick) - 3:50 RU 44 yard FG by Apollo - 1:54 4th Quarter RU 8 yard run by York (Apollo Kick) - 9:28 Players of the Game Temple: RE Ernie Brown - 3 tackles (1 TFL), 1 sack, FF, FR Rutgers: WR John Galt - 4 rec, 54 yards, TD Stats Passing Rutgers: Tommie Herron - 6-8, 77 yards, Brooks Spencer - 9-15, 96 yards Temple: Rocky Robbins - 8-22, 122 yards, 1 INT Duke Thomas - 0-1, 1 INT Rushing Rutgers: Dan York - 16 car, 79 yards, 1 TD, long 13 Seymour Molina - 8 car, 62 yards, 1 TD, long 43 Mike Ritschel - 3 car, 29 yards, 1 TD, long 19 Brooks Spencer - 2 car, 15 yards, long 8 Tommie Herron - 6 car, -6 yards, long 13 Temple: Rocky Phillips - 13 car, 55 yards, long 14 Derrell Barrett - 2 car, 4 yards, long 6 Duke Thomas - 2 car, 2 yards, long 6 Rocky Robbins - 13 car, -2 yards, long 9 Ted Hutchinson - 2 car, -4 yards Receiving Rutgers: Dan York - 7 rec, 74 yards, long 39 John Galt - 4 rec, 54 yards, long 23 Chris Dodd - 2 rec, 20 yards, long 12 Josh Hendricks - 1 rec, 19 yards Samuel Johnson - 1 rec, 6 yards Temple: Gerren Tyson - 2 rec, 53 yards, long 32 Darius Hall - 3 rec, 41 yards, long 17 Jamel Harris - 2 rec, 15 yards, long 9 Brendan Dukes - 1 rec, 13 yards Blocking Rutgers: Frederick Spivey - 10 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Brandon Holt - 10 pancakes, 1 sack allowed Khary McLaughlin - 6 pancake, 0 sack allowed Jonathan Hardee - 6 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Omar Youngblood - 5 pancake, 1 sack allowed Samuel Johnson - 1 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed William Beckford - 1 pancake, 0 sacks allowed Temple: Logan Pittman - 2 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed Ivan Givens - 1 pancake, 1 sack allowed David Ferguson - 2 sacks allowed Defensive Rutgers Tackles: Maximus Meridius - 9; Brady Huff - 6; Tyson Williams - 5; Sacks: Tyson Williams - 2; Jonathan Duncan, Nate Robinson, Brady Huff - 1 INTs: Tavaris Gant, Pete Kramer - 1 Temple Tackles: Collin Thurmond - 8, Zach Foreman, Juan Parham - 6; Jonathan Langford, Lawrence Brock - 5 Sacks: Collin Thurmond, Ernie Brown, Juan Parham - 1 INTs: None Kicking Rutgers: Justin Apollo - 3-4 FG, long 44, 4-4 XP Temple: No Stats Punting Rutgers: Adam Slaughter - 2 punts, 38.0 average, long 54, 30.5 net average Temple: Troy Livingston - 8 punts, 39.6 average, long 44, 1 inside the 20, 21.2 net average Kick Return Rutgers: John Galt - 1 ret, 94 yards, TD Temple: Darius Hall - 6 ret, 18.0 average, long 21 Zach Foreman - 1 ret, 18 yards Rocky Phillips - 1 ret, 13 yards Punt Return Rutgers: Josh Hendricks - 7 ret, 21.0 average, long 43 Temple: Derrell Barrett - 1 ret, 15 yards Next Week: We go down to Houston to take on the Cougars. We must stay focused next week. Last edited by General Mike : 10-23-2003 at 05:41 PM.

10-23-2003, 02:51 PM	#92
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Post Game Coach's Thoughts Our offense got off to a slow start, but as the game moved along, we got into a rhythm and were able to put together a good balanced attack. We had several big plays; Molina's TD run out of the 2 TE I formation, he went off tackle, had some good blocking early, pushed a defender away early with a stiff arm, and juked some defenders out near the end of the run. Galt's KR TD was set up beautifully by patience in waiting for holes to open upfield and quality blocking. Galt's athleticism allowed him to run away from the Temple defenders once he was in the open field. Herron's injury is a big loss. We're without him for the rest of the year, so we have to do a real good job of keeping Spencer healthy. Spencer isn't the pure athlete that Herron is, but he's got decent wheels, can make all the throws, and is pretty accurate. Offense: We didn't throw the ball much, but we did some nice stuff in the passing game. We ran the ball very effectively and we moved the chains most of the game. Markis Facyson will be back next week, which gives us another offensive weapon to use. I was really pleased with the wa the OLine played this week. Defense: We did a good job of shutting down the Temple spread offense. We forced some turnovers late, including a pick by Gant in the endzone with less than 2 minuts left, we contained their passing attack and we limited the run game, for the most part. Special Teams: We had one great kick return, a couple real good punt returns and we kicked 3 FGs. We did miss a 45 yarder, but that was more user error as I tried to over correct for the wind on the kick. Grades QB: B RB: A WR: B TE: B- OL: A- DL: A LB: B+ DB: A Sp. Teams: A-

10-23-2003, 03:33 PM	#93
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Week 10 in Review Game of the Week #6 Texas A&M @ #12 Oklahoma State - Oklahoma State 41-7 Other National Games #11 Louisiana State @ #8 Auburn - Auburn 31-26 #19 Ole Miss @ #5 Arkansas - Ole Miss 51-17 The Battle for the Ireland Trophy, Boston College @ Notre Dame - Boston College 25-10 Other Top 25 games Baylor @ #1 Texas - Texas 55-7 Washington @ #3 Southern Cal - Washington 45-31 Duke @ #7 North Carolina State - Duke 31-30 #9 Southern Miss @ South Florida - Southern Miss 36-24 Indiana @ #13 Ohio State - Ohio State 37-27 #14 Iowa @ #15 Penn State - Penn State 27-17 #18 Colorado @ #16 Oklahoma - Oklahoma 20-10 The Third Saturday in October, Aalabam @ #17 Tennessee - Tennessee 30-9 East Carolina @ #21 Louisville - Louisville 69-7 Illinois @ #22 Minnesota - Minnesota 30-13 #23 Florida State @ Wake Forest - Florida State 33-3 #24 Fresno State @ Rice - Fresno State 48-17 #25 Michigan @ Purdue - Michigan 31-24 Georgia Tech @ Maryland - Maryland 33-18 Sports Illustrated Cover Story Downed! #7 Wolfpack fall victim to an unlikely Duke team in ACC play. Photo: Jackie Bridges, Duke #28, stiffs arms a defender from North Carolina State Bowl Rankings Story: Movin' On Up! Nothing lik a little controversy to stir up interest in the Bowl Rankings. Photo: John Galt, Rutgers #88 Code: Poll Comp Sched Qlty Rk Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Wins Total 1 Texas 1.0 1.14 4.24 0 -0.0 6.38 2 Rutgers 2.5 2.50 2.72 0 -0.3 7.42 3 Miami 2.5 2.50 3.60 0 -0.0 8.60 4 Auburn 4.0 4.21 2.40 1 -0.0 11.61 5 Oklahoma State 5.5 7.11 1.28 1 -0.0 14.89 6 Penn State 7.0 7.07 2.32 0 -0.0 16.39 7 Southern Miss 7.5 6.59 2.60 0 -0.0 16.69 8 Virginia Tech 7.0 7.91 1.32 2 -0.0 18.23 9 Arkansas 10.0 10.56 0.20 1 -1.0 20.76 10 Ole Miss 9.0 9.00 3.32 1 -0.2 22.12 11 Ohio State 10.0 10.21 2.28 1 -0.6 22.89 12 Texas A&M 12.0 13.33 2.16 1 -0.0 28.49 13 Oklahoma 13.5 14.69 0.80 2 -0.0 30.99 14 Southern Cal 13.5 13.15 4.08 1 -0.0 31.73 15 Louisiana State 15.0 14.72 1.48 1 -0.0 32.20 Top 25 Polls Story: Conference Clash! #3 Trojans are stunned 45-31 by an overachieving Washington team. Photo: Donald Crowell, Southern Cal #54 Coaches' Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (31) 8-0 1447 2 2 Miami (21) 9-0 1392 3 4 Rutgers (6) 8-0 1285 4 8 Auburn 8-1 1061 5 9 Southern Miss (1) 8-0 1032 6 12 Oklahoma State 7-1 1011 7 10 Virginia Tech 6-2 921 8 15 Penn State 8-0 805 9 13 Ohio State 7-1 795 10 19 Ole Miss 7-1 785 11 5 Arkansas 7-1 785 12 6 Texas A&M 6-1 780 13 3 Southern Cal 6-1 778 14 16 Oklahoma 6-2 670 15 11 Louisiana State 7-1 660 16 17 Tennessee 6-2 614 17 20 Virginia 6-2 494 18 21 Louisville 7-1 466 19 22 Minnesota 8-1 429 20 23 Florida State 7-2 385 21 14 Iowa 5-3 383 22 24 Fresno State 5-2 344 23 7 North Carolina State 8-2 326 24 18 Colorado 6-2 313 25 25 Michigan 6-3 306 Dropping Out: None Media Poll Code: Rk LW Team W-L PTS 1 1 Texas (47) 8-0 1751 2 2 Rutgers (23) 8-0 1685 3 3 Miami (1) 9-0 1620 4 7 Auburn 8-1 1344 5 11 Oklahoma State 7-1 1293 6 10 Penn State 8-0 1218 7 9 Virginia Tech 6-2 1173 8 19 Ole Miss 7-1 990 9 4 Arkansas 7-1 968 10 14 Southern Miss 8-0 968 11 13 Ohio State 7-1 963 12 6 Texas A&M 6-1 920 13 15 Oklahoma 6-2 862 14 5 Southern Cal 6-1 853 15 12 Louisiana State 7-1 754 16 17 Tennessee 6-2 740 17 20 Virginia 6-2 593 18 21 Louisville 7-1 557 19 22 Minnesota 8-1 511 20 23 Florida State 7-2 455 21 16 Iowa 5-3 404 22 24 Michigan 6-3 401 23 18 Colorado 6-2 366 24 25 Maryland 6-2 364 25 8 North Carolina State 8-2 346 Dropping Out: No One Heisman Watch Story: Heisman Hype No one is putting up better Heisman numbers than Auburn's Curry. Photo: Leigh Curry, Auburn #27, breaks the tackle of Deshan Jeffery, Louisiana State #3 /\ RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina 190 car, 1208 yards, 11 TD, 24 rec, 441 yards, 4 TD /\ Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn 234 car, 1362 yards, 12 TD, 14 rec, 235 yards \/ RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida 44 rec, 742 yards, 12 total TD /\ RS Jr. HB Austin Scott, Penn State 152 car, 993 yards, 9 TD, 10 rec, 130 yards, TD \/ RS Sr. QB Marc Guillon, Miami 159-274, 2496 yards, 35 car, 85 yards, 22 total TD Awards Semifinalists Story: Semifinalists Named The Best RB announces NC State's Bailey as one of the 12 semifinalists for 2006. Photo: David Bailey, North Carolina State #48 Players of the Week Story: Big Play Maker Williams is honord for helping Auburn edge out LSU. Photo: Ben Williams, Auburn #99, tackles Rashad Evans, Louisiana State #83 National PotW Offensive: Jr. HB Arnold Callahan, Kansas State - 47 car, 280 yards, 2 rec, 20 yards, 6 total TD Defensive: Fr. MLB Ed Hurd, Texas-El Paso - 12 tackles (3 TFL), 3 sacks, INT Big East PotW Offensive: Sr. HB Harold Sanderson, Pittsburgh - 21 car, 78 yards, TD, 3 rec, 128 yards, TD Defensive: Fr. DT Chris Perez, Pittsburgh - 7 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, FF, FR WR Travis Elkin picked up Conference USA's Offensive Player of the Week award after a 6 rec, 80 yards, 3 total TD effort. Conference Standings Story: Feelin' It! All is well in Stillwater as Cowboys down Big 12 rival Texas A&M. Photo: Godfrey Sanchez, Oklahoma State #36, stiff arms an Aggie. Coach's Report Card Whether by ground or air, all that matters is scoring more than the other team. Job Security: A+ Avg. Attendance: 41,259

10-23-2003, 04:58 PM	#95
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	Awards Semifinalists Maxwell Award 1. RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina 190 car, 1208 yards, 11 TD, 24 rec, 441 yards, 4 TD 2. Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn 234 car, 1362 yards, 12 TD, 14 rec, 235 yards 3. RS Sr. QB Marc Guillon, Miami 159-274, 2496 yards, 35 car, 85 yards, 22 total TD 4. Jr. QB Mark Barnett, Ole Miss 139-220, 2232 yards, 35 car, 201 yards, 19 total TD 5. RS Soph. HB Lamarr Dempsey, Texas 170 car, 927 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 174 yards, 2 TD 6. RS Jr. QB Mike Bush, Louisville 122-236, 2085 yards, 56 car, 393 yards, 24 total TD 7. Fr. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State 240 car, 1098 yards, 9 TD, 12 rec, 102 yards, 2 TD 8. Jr. HB Hakeem Broussard, Tennessee 144 car, 665 yards, 10 TD, 17 rec, 245 yards, 4 TD 9. RS Sr. HB Greg Betlach, Minnesota 204 car, 1114 yards, 10 TD, 7 rec, 111 yards 10. Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal 118 car, 749 yars, 10 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD 11. RS Jr. HB David Bailey, North Carolina State 284 car, 1268 yards, 7 TD, 13 rec, 148 yards 12. RS Sr. HB Reggie Bradshaw, Louisville 133 car, 775 yards, 7 TD, 14 rec, 206 yards, 4 TD Best QB 1. RS Sr. Marc Guillon, Miami 159-274, 2496 yards, 35 car, 85 yards, 22 total TD 2. Jr. Mark Barnett, Ole Miss 139-220, 2232 yards, 35 car, 201 yards, 19 total TD 3. RS Jr. Mike Bush, Louisville 122-236, 2085 yards, 56 car, 393 yards, 24 total TD 4. RS Soph. Carlin Price, North Carolina State 158-304, 2497 yards, 42 car, 193 yards, 22 total TD 5. RS Soph. Bill Jenkins, Virginia 143-261, 2255 yards, 28 car, 109 yards, 19 total TD 6. RS Jr. Blake Mitchell, South Carolina 129-225, 1883 yards, 28 car, 91 yards, 19 total TD 7. RS Jr. Sam Keller, Arizona State 163-278, 2480 yards, 17 TD, 25 car, 84 yards 8. RS Sr. Joel Statham, Maryland 118-205, 1763 yards, 39 car, 208 yards, 19 total TD 9. Jr. Tony Hutchins, Clemson 146-267, 2001 yards, 54 car, 262 yards, 22 total TD 10. RS Sr. Graeme McFarland, Indiana 176-301, 2253 yards, 21 car, 60 yards, 21 total TD 11. Soph. R.J. Carter, Southern Miss 122-227, 1966 yards, 31 car, 91 yards, 15 total TD 12. Soph. David Aristegui, Marshall 193-336, 2545 yards, 18 TD, 26 car, 80 yards Best RB 1. RS Jr. HB Demetris Summers, South Carolina 190 car, 1208 yards, 11 TD, 24 rec, 441 yards, 4 TD 2. Jr. HB Leigh Curry, Auburn 234 car, 1362 yards, 12 TD, 14 rec, 235 yards 3. RS Soph. HB Lamarr Dempsey, Texas 170 car, 927 yards, 9 TD, 15 rec, 174 yards, 2 TD 4. Fr. HB Ryan Moore, Florida State 240 car, 1098 yards, 9 TD, 12 rec, 102 yards, 2 TD 5. Jr. HB Hakeem Broussard, Tennessee 144 car, 665 yards, 10 TD, 17 rec, 245 yards, 4 TD 6. RS Sr. HB Greg Betlach, Minnesota 204 car, 1114 yards, 10 TD, 7 rec, 111 yards 7. Sr. HB LenDale White, Southern Cal 118 car, 749 yars, 10 TD, 15 rec, 246 yards, 3 TD 8. RS Jr. HB David Bailey, North Carolina State 284 car, 1268 yards, 7 TD, 13 rec, 148 yards 9. RS Soph. Bob O'Neill, Auburn 85 car, 412 yards, 12 TD, 16 rec, 260 yards, TD 10. RS Sr. HB Reggie Bradshaw, Louisville 133 car, 775 yards, 7 TD, 14 rec, 206 yards, 4 TD 11. Fr. HB Anthony Babcock, Arkansas 144 car, 629 yards, 13 TD, 7 rec, 90 yards, TD 12. RS Jr. HB Austin Scott, Penn State 152 car, 993 yards, 9 TD, 10 rec, 130 yards, TD Best WR 1. RS Sr. WR A.J. Bennett, Eastern Michigan 67 rec, 987 yards, 10 TD 2. Jr. WR Brian Mathis, Virginia 52 rec, 893 yards, 8 TD, 2 car, 12 yards 3. RS Jr. WR Tony Strong, Nevada 49 rec, 890 yards, 8 TD 4. RS Jr. WR Andre Caldwell, Florida 44 rec, 742 yards, 12 total TD 5. RS Soph. WR Mark Mann, Washington State 47 rec, 854 yards, 8 TD 6. Sr. WR Sean Bailey, Georgia 41 rec, 877 yards, 9 TD, 3 car, 16 yards 7. Jr. WR Wes Jarrett, Maryland 36 rec, 738 yards, 8 TD 8. Jr. WR Tyrell Miller, North Carolina State 37 rec, 731 yards, 6 TD 9. RS Sr. WR Satonio Holmes, Ohio State 21 rec, 362 yards, 3 TD, 87 car, 430 yards, 4 TD 10. RS Sr. WR Jarrett Hicks, Texas Tech 58 rec, 886 yards, 8 TD 11. Fr. WR Ben Thomas, Hawaii 64 rec, 1072 yards, 8 total TD 12. RS Sr. WR Dan Fugate, Eastern Michigan 49 rec, 696 yards, 6 TD Best OL 1. Jr. RT Lamont Carey, Ohio State 31 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed 2. Jr. RT Frederick Spivey, Rutgers 34 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed 3. Soph. C Brian Smith, Colorado 31 pancakes, 1 sack allowed 4. RS Sr. RT Chris Messner, Oklahoma 29 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed 5. Soph. RT Brian Fitzpatrick, Oregon 27 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed 6. RS Sr. RT Justin Blalock, Texas 26 pancakes, 1 sack allowed 7. RS Sr. RT Derek Morris, North Carolina State 30 pancakes, 4 sacks allowed 8. RS Sr. RT Joe Ainslie, Minnesota 27 pancakes, 2 sacks allowed 9. Soph. RT Omari Carey, Kansas State 27 pancakes, 1 sack allowed 10. RS Sr. Kurt Mann, Nebraska 22 pancakes, 0 sacks allowed 11. Soph. C Emmanuel Johnson, Air Force 26 pancakes, 1 sack allowed 12. RS Sr. LG R.J. Coleman, Ohio State 24 pancakes, 1 sack allowed Bednarik Award 1. Jr. ROLB Damian Archie, Ohio State 54 tackles (13 TFL), 6 sacks, 3 INT 2. Jr. ROLB Kyle Brown, Brighan Young 108 tackles (19 TFL), 8 sacks, INT 3. RS Soph. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers 31 tackles (19 TFL), 16 sacks 4. RS Jr. LOLB Ernie Sims, Florida State 62 tackles (14 TFL), 5 sacks, 3 INT 5. Jr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers 33 tackles (5 TFL), 8 INT, 4 TD 6. RS Sr. RE Colin Ferrell, Kent State 47 tackles (16 TFL), 11 sacks 7. Sr. ROLB Stephen Tulloch, North Carolina State 78 tackles (11 TFL), 2 sacks, INT 8. Soph. MLB Kai Earl, Purdue 46 tackles (6 TFL), 3 sacks, 3 INT 9. Jr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers 60 tackles, (6 TFL), 1 sack, 3 INT, 2 FF, TD 10. Soph. MLB Lyle Moore, Kent State 66 tackles (11 TFL), 9 sacks 11. Fr. LE Andrea Foster, Eastern Michigan 46 tackles (15 TFL), 13 sacks 12. Fr. LOLB Orlando Parrish, Miami 50 tackles (5 TFL), 2 sacks, 3 INT Best DL 1. RS Sr. RE Colin Ferrell, Kent State 47 tackles (16 TFL), 11 sacks 2. RS Soph. RE Tyson Williams, Rutgers 31 tackles (19 TFL), 16 sacks 3. Fr. DT Wendell Jennings, Miami 33 tackles (14 TFL), 8 sacks 4. Fr. LE Andrea Foster, Eastern Michigan 46 tackles (15 TFL), 13 sacks 5. RS Soph. LE Jerrell Patterson, Kentucky 39 tackles (9 TFL), 7 sacks, 5 FF, TD 6. Fr. RE Julian Chatfield, Texas 31 tackles, (7 TFL), 7 sacks 7. Sr. LE Ben Jennings, North Texas 50 tackles (12 TFL), 7 sacks 8. Jr. RE Theo Tyson, Utah 50 tackles (5 TFL), 5 sacks 9. RS Sr. Kyle Tatum, Alabama 59 tackles (9 TFL), 7 sacks 10. Jr. LE Branden Cole, Bowling Green 48 tackles (15 TFL), 8 sacks, FF, TD 11. RS Sr. LE Marques Thornton, Texas A&M 40 tackles (13 TFL), 5 sacks 12. Fr. DT Lane Lamb, Toledo 35 tackles (13 TFL), 11 sacks Best LB 1. Jr. ROLB Kyle Brown, Brighan Young 108 tackles (19 TFL), 8 sacks, INT 2. Jr. ROLB Damian Archie, Ohio State 54 tackles (13 TFL), 6 sacks, 3 INT 3. Sr. ROLB Stephen Tulloch, North Carolina State 78 tackles (11 TFL), 2 sacks, INT 4. RS Jr. LOLB Ernie Sims, Florida State 62 tackles (14 TFL), 5 sacks, 3 INT 5. Soph. MLB Kai Earl, Purdue 46 tackles (6 TFL), 3 sacks, 3 INT 6. Fr. MLB Jeff Babcock, Clemson 84 tackles (14 TFL), 4 sacks 7. Jr. MLB Monte Brown, Michigan 74 tackles (14 TFL), 4 sacks, 3 FF, TD 8. Fr. MLB Cooper Parham, Louisiana-Lafayette 83 tackles (14 TFL), 2 INT 9. Soph. MLB Jamar Davis, North Carolina State 67 tackles (14 TFL), 3 sacks 10. Soph. ROLB Javon English, Oregon State 76 tackles (7 TFL), 4 sacks, INT 11. RS Sr. MLB Reggie Holmes, Maryland 79 tackles (17 TFL), 5 sacks 12. Soph. MLB Lyle Moore, Kent State 66 tackles (11 TFL), 9 sacks Thorpe Award 1. Jr. SS Maximus Meridius, Rutgers 60 tackles, (6 TFL), 1 sack, 3 INT, 2 FF, TD 2. Jr. CB Pete Kramer, Rutgers 33 tackles (5 TFL), 8 INT, 4 TD 3. Soph. FS Mike Schneider, North Carolina State 40 tackles (3 TFL), 1 sack, 4 INT 4. Jr. CB Tavaris Gant, Rutgers 35 tackles (3 TFL), 6 INT, 2 TD 5. Jr. SS Jeremiah McCullough, Washington State 43 tackles (4 TFL), 1 sack, 5 INT 6. Jr. SS Tony Curtis, Florida 62 tackles (5 TFL), 1 sack, 1 INT, 2 FF, TD 7. Jr. CB Keenan Torrey, Louisiana State 31 tackles, 4 INT 8. Jr. FS Paul Conley, Colorado 27 tackles (2 TFL), 2 sacks, 5 INT, FF, TD 9. Soph. CB Reshard Drew, Virginia Tech 31 tackles, 5 INT 10. Jr. FS Aric McKee, Penn State 23 tackls (2 TFL), 1 sack, 4 INT, 2 TD 11. RS Jr. FS LeRue Rumph, North Carolina State 28 tackles (2 TFL), 1 sack, 4 INT 12. RS Sr. CB Maurice Humphrey, Penn State 28 tackles (1 TFL), 4 INT Groza Award 1. Sr. Michael Braunstein, Washington 19-21 FG, long of 42, 28-28 XP 2. RS Sr. Brook Emmanuel, San Diego State 22-26 FG, long of 47, 16-16 XP 3. Fr. Carlton Holmes, Southern Methodist 20-23 FG, long of 45, 23-23 XP 4. Jr. Marshall Montgomery, Clemson 19-22 FG, long of 49, 29-29 XP 5. Fr. Phil Combs, Pittsburgh 17-19 FG, long of 49, 20-21 XP 6. Jr. Gary Olsen, Texas 17-20 FG, long of 48, 39-40 XP 7. Fr. Travis Upton, Central Michigan 15-17 FG, long of 52, 22-22 XP 8. Jr. Carlan Leonard, Missouri 13-14 FG, long of 56, 31-31 XP 9. Jr. Rashard Langford, Louisville 13-14 FG, long of 56, 40-40 XP 10. Jr. Marlan Gentry, North Carolina State 21-27 FG, long of 51, 35-35 XP 11. RS Jr. Rick Krautman, Syracuse 12-13 FG, long of 52, 20-20 XP 12. Soph. Blake Willis, Arkansas 15-18 FG, long of 49, 36-36 XP Best Coach 1. Miami coach - 9-0 2. Southern Miss coach - 8-0 3. Greg Schiano, Rutgers - 8-0 4. Penn State coach - 8-0 5. North Carolina State coach - 8-2 6. Minnesota coach - 8-1 7. Auburn coach - 8-1 8. Louisiana-Lafayette coach - 6-2 9. Texas coach - 8-0 10. Oklahoma State coach - 7-1 11. Eastern Michigan coach - 6-2 12. Ole Miss coach - 7-1

10-23-2003, 09:18 PM	#97
RealDeal High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: here	Who do you use on defense?