I'm a passing yardage whore (BBCF)

[jackyl]

Simple dynasty. I took over Minnesota and gave the keys to my new "Air Gopher" passing offense to freshman QB Albert Jacobs. Jacobs is a 9-17 on the 20 point scale.

Some numbers to know:

347 (passing yards in a quarter by Jason Davis, UNLV, '94)

517 (passing yards in a half by Andre Ware, Houston, '89)

716 (passing yards in a game by David Klingler, Houston, '90)

5976 (passing yards in a season by BJ Symons, Texas Tech, '03)

16910 (passing yards in a career by Timmy Chang, Hawaii, '00-'04)

Our schedule for year one, 2005:

1- AKRON
2- BALL ST
3- IDAHO
4- @ Northwestern
5- MICHIGAN
6- @ Illinois
7- @ Brigham Young
8- PURDUE
9- @ Penn St
10- OHIO ST
11- IOWA
12- @ Wisconsin

[jackyl]

1- AKRON (W, 51-6)
Jacobs: 31-52, 441 yards, 3 TD

2- BALL ST (W, 23-13)
Jacobs: 32-72, 547 yards, 3 TD

3- IDAHO (W, 30-20)
Jacobs: 37-72, 560 yards, 3 TD

4- @ Northwestern (W, 38-17)
Jacobs: 25-44, 484 yards, 3 TD

5- #15 MICHIGAN (W, 20-17)
Jacobs: 21-54, 399 yards, 2 TD

6- @ Illinois (W, 23-10)
Jacobs: 36-70, 489 yards, 2 TD

7- @ Brigham Young (W, 35-16)
Jacobs: 26-53, 417 yards, 4 TD

8- #12 PURDUE (L, 31-12)
Jacobs: 21-68, 419 yards, 1 TD

9- @ Penn St (W, 38-23)
Jacobs: 25-58, 482 yards, 5 TD

10- #22 OHIO ST (W, 42-28)
Jacobs: 20-48, 384 yards, 3 TD

11- IOWA (W, 24-17)
Jacobs: 27-59, 425 yards, 3 TD

12- @ Wisconsin (W, 28-17)
Jacobs: 27-57, 403 yards, 4 TD

Albert doesn't even have the single season high in passing yards in one game so far. Syracuse QB Daniel Lewis threw for 628 yards in the Orange's week one victory over Boise State.

Eleventh ranked Minnesota's regular season is complete as they go 11-1 (7-1) and are Big Ten champions. Albert Jacobs' statistics through 12 games:

328 for 707, 46.4% completion percentage
5450 yards
36 TD
16 INT
123.4 passer rating

[jackyl]

The Gophers lose a heartbreaker in the Sugar Bowl to Oregon State, 29-28. Albert Jacobs goes 27-73 for 651 yards, four TD's, and three INT's.

Mizzou beat Tennessee 38-17 in the Rose Bowl for the national title.

Jacobs' final tally for the season:
355-780, 6101 yards, 40 TD's, 19 INT's, one Heisman Trophy , and one Davey O'Brien Award.

Scratch one record off the list:

347 (passing yards in a quarter by Jason Davis, UNLV, '94)

517 (passing yards in a half by Andre Ware, Houston, '89)

716 (passing yards in a game by David Klingler, Houston, '90)

6101 (passing yards in a season by Albert Jacobs, Minnesota, '05)

16910 (passing yards in a career by Timmy Chang, Hawaii, '00-'04)


The Gophers are losing starters at RB, FB, WR, TE, T, OLB, CB, FS, and P to graduation. Other needs are at G, DT, and ILB.