BBCF: The Rise of a Superstar (Actually: The Tragic Tale of the Glass Man.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Preview:

Today we host #15 Arizona. They are playing excellent offense with a balanced attack led by senior QB Todd McMullen who has over 1400 yards, 61% completion rate, 11 TD's and 5 INT's. He is a talented passer. They also have a HB, M. Hicks, who has over 1000 yards and 10 TD's on the season already. They also have a stud LT in R. Burton. Their defense is equally talented and is led by MLB Dwight Leverette who has 52 tackles and J. Boyd who has 8 sacks. Overall, we are favored, but they will be a tough matchup.


Our offensive coordinator wants to go with a gameplan that relies somewhat on the run. Given Randy's fragile nature the last few games, I agree with that plan now that Alan Hood is back. Our defensive coordinator wants to go with a balanced defense, and I agree to his gameplan.


We are 7 point favorites at home.

[Eaglesfan27]

We have a sell out today.


Our first drive starts out well, but after crossing the 50, Randy is sacked and fumbles the ball! Arizona recovers.

They drive about 30 yards (due to 1 long pass), before we stop them. They connect on a 43 yard FG to take a 3-0 lead with 9 minutes left in the 1st quarter.


We run the ball a few times successfully, but then throw it on 2nd and 3rd down and both times it is incomplete. We end up punting after a short drive.

A poor punt gives them field position at the 45.

The first play of their next drive, Jonathan Green intercepts it!! He returns it to their 40 with some nifty moves. Dwone Secules our Freshman cornerback was hurt on the play and is probably done for the day.


We put together a 39 yard drive which Alan Hood finishes with a 2 yard dive off of right tackle! 7-3 game with 3 minutes left in the 1st quarter.


We prevent them from converting a 3rd and 8 with a sure tackle by Jonathan Green. Our defense is looking good in the 1st quarter.

On the 3rd play of our drive, Randy throws a quick out to Cliff Bell. Cliff jukes two defenders, breaks down the sideline and scores! 61 yard TD! We miss the extra point and it is 13-3.



End of 1: 13-3 lead for us.



They drive the length of the field mostly through the air on short passes, before Todd McMullen hits a 10 yard TD pass to make it 13-10. 10 plays covered 52 yards.


Oh my. Randy is sacked on our first pass attempt of this drive, and his ankle is twisted. It doesn't look like he will return

Bennie Brady leads a great 79 yard drive that overcomes a 1st and 25 with a 39 yard TD pass to Dick Sayers! 20-10. Bennie was 4 of 4 for 62 yards on that drive! 20-10.


They score a TD to make it 20-17.

We fumble the ball and give them the ball back, but then force a 3rd and out.


Just before the end of the half, we suffer a bad injury as Jonathan Green has to leave the game. He is a big part of our defense..



Halftime: 20-17 lead.

Randy's stats before he was hurt: 6 of 9 passing for 96 yards with 1 TD.


We force a 3 and out on the first drive of the 2nd half.

Bennie helps us drive down the field with a big 44 yard pass to Dick Sayers on our first drive of the 2nd half.

A dropped pass (by Cliff Bell) on 3rd and 8 forces us to settle for a 35 yard FG which we make. 23-17 with 10 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.


On their next drive, we suffer another big defensive loss as Tim Carney, our hard hitting DT, is hurt and will miss the rest of the game.


We've contained Marcus Hicks, their 1000 yard rusher, most of the game, but he is heating up now. He helps drive inside the 10, but we stop them there and they have to settle for a 24 yard FG which they make. 23-20 with 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

Alan Hood has a few good runs, but we get stopped outside the 25 yard line and have to settle for a 46 yard FG. 26-20.




End of 3: 26-20 lead for us.

We stop them quickly, then fumble it, then force a 3 and out again. We've given up 3 fumbles today already. Not a good day in the turnover battle.

Bennie is now becoming inaccurate and we have a short drive before we have to punt it again.

We exchange failed drives, but then we get a good drive all the way to the 30, before Bennie Brady kills it with a bad throw into double coverage that results in an interception.



Fortunately, we force a 3 and out. I'm very proud of how well our defense is playing against a good offense without a few key guys.



We exchange short drives, and we get the ball back with 2 minutes left and a chance to run out the clock.

Alan starts off with a 15 yard run. Good start to running out the clock!

Alan follows that up with an 8 yard run, then a 4 yard run for another first down.

Malcolm then gets a 12 yard run.


We run the ball one more time, and then run out the clock!


Game over. 26-20 win against the 15th ranked Wildcats!

Pros: Alan Hood looked as good as ever. Very good defensive effort against a good offense.

Negatives: Randy Collins is looking really brittle. Hopefully, he can work out in the offseason, put on some muscle, and be able to stay healthier next year.


Let's look at the box score, and see how bad Randy is hurt.

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL Arizona (6-2) 3 14 3 0 0 20 USC (8-1) 13 7 6 0 0 26
Team Statistics ARZ USC First Downs 12 25 Rushing 6 12 Passing 6 12 Penalty 0 1 3rd-down Efficiency 2-16 9-17 4th-down Efficiency 1-1 0-0 Total Net Yards 249 478 Total plays 59 81 Average gain 4.2 5.9 Net Yards Rushing 100 206 Rushes 27 47 Average per rush 3.7 4.4 Net Yards Passing 149 272 Completed-attempted 14-31 17-31 Yards per pass 4.8 8.8 Sacked-yards lost 1-3 3-13 Had intercepted 1 1 Punts-average 10-43.9 4-46.8 Return Yardage 147 147 Punts-returns 2-38 6-45 Kickoffs-returns 6-110 3-85 Interceptions-returns 1--1 1-17 Penalties-yards 7-52 7-55 Fumbles-lost 1-0 4-3 Touchdowns 1 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 1 2 Extra Points 2-2 2-3 Field Goals 2-2 2-2 Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 2-3-66.7% Time Of Possession 28:12 31:48	First Quarter ARZ FG 09:22 3-0 Fred Kemp 43 YD USC TD 03:49 7-3 Alan Hood 2 YD Run (Kerry Gibbs Kick). USC TD 00:29 13-3 Cliff Bell 61 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Kerry Gibbs Kick Failed). Second Quarter ARZ TD 12:25 13-10 Hokie Wright 10 YD Pass from Todd McMullen (Fred Kemp Kick). USC TD 07:07 20-10 Dick Sayers 39 YD Pass from Bennie Brady (Kerry Gibbs Kick). ARZ TD 05:16 20-17 28 YD Fumble Return by Jake Minor (Fred Kemp Kick). Third Quarter USC FG 10:18 23-17 Kerry Gibbs 35 YD ARZ FG 04:40 23-20 Fred Kemp 24 YD USC FG 01:36 26-20 Kerry Gibbs 46 YD
ARZ PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB T. McMullen 14/31 149 1 1 31 1-3	USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB B. Brady 10/20 169 1 1 44 0-0 QB R. Collins 6/9 96 1 0 61 3-13 QB J. McGeoghan 1/2 7 0 0 7 0-0
ARZ RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB M. Hicks 14 61 4.40 0 12 RB C. Crouse 6 22 3.70 0 8 FB C. Solomon 4 17 4.20 0 6 QB T. McMullen 2 3 1.50 0 3	USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB A. Hood 25 160 6.40 1 23 RB M. Maston 15 61 4.10 0 12 WR R. Branch 1 2 2.00 0 2 QB B. Brady 3 -4 -1.30 0 0
ARZ RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR C. Schobel 9 5 90 18.00 22 0 31 0 WR H. Wright 9 3 29 9.70 8 1 13 0 RB M. Hicks 2 2 14 7.00 14 0 8 0 WR D. Kearse 6 2 12 6.00 2 0 6 1 TE J. Flanagan 4 1 3 3.00 1 0 3 1 FB C. Solomon 2 1 1 1.00 1 0 1 1	USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR D. Sayers 9 5 119 23.80 17 1 44 0 WR C. Bell 4 3 74 24.70 21 1 61 1 WR R. Branch 14 6 46 7.70 16 0 21 0 FB S. Harrison 2 1 23 23.00 13 0 23 0 WR L. Woods 1 1 8 8.00 1 0 8 0 RB W. Nelson 1 1 2 2.00 2 0 2 0 TE D. Kattus 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 FB C. Odom 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 RB A. Hood 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
ARZ O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OG R. Burton 2 3 0 0 0 OT T. McMillan 0 0 2 0 0 OT J. Pearson 0 0 0 0 1 C T. Benjamin 0 0 1 0 1 ILB M. Faulk 0 0 0 0 1	USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT B. Woods 4 2 0 0 0 FB C. Odom 2 0 0 0 0 OG D. Carter 1 0 2 0 0 C K. Tripucka 0 1 0 0 0 OT M. Walker 1 0 0 0 0 OT R. McGee 1 0 0 0 1 OG E. Bieniemy 0 0 1 0 0
ARZ FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS FB C. Solomon 1 0 0 0 OT T. McMillan 0 0 1 0 OG J. Minor 0 0 1 28 FS R. Gamble 0 0 1 0 SS B. Duper 0 0 1 1	USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS RB A. Hood 1 0 0 0 QB R. Collins 1 1 0 0 FS J. Green 1 1 0 0 WR L. Woods 1 1 0 0 OT B. Woods 0 0 1 0
ARZ KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K F. Kemp 2/2 43 2/2 8	USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K K. Gibbs 2/2 46 2/3 8
ARZ PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P K. Haley 10 43.90 37.40 0 1 56	USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P W. Macklin 4 46.80 32.20 0 1 56
ARZ KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG RB C. Crouse 5 19.00 0 23 TE D. Smith 1 15.00 0 15	USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG RB W. Nelson 3 28.30 0 35
ARZ PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB G. Sauerbrun 2 19.00 0 31 0	USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC FS J. Green 2 10.50 0 11 0 CB W. Lehr 4 6.00 0 18 1
ARZ DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD ILB D. Leverette 6-2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 OLB S. Lofton 5-3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 SS J. Blackmon 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS R. Gamble 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT T. Smart 4-1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 CB K. Haayer 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 SS B. Duper 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB M. Mandley 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB R. Perry 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 DE J. Boyd 2-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 DE D. Butler 2-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 ILB D. Hill 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DT J. Jones 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB M. Faulk 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB L. Edwards 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD SS D. Brookins 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS B. DeMulling 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB L. Alexander 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB P. Davenport 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB S. Cole 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE B. Hampton 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT T. Carney 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DE D. Middleton 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 DE J. Stover 2-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 CB W. Cole 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ILB C. Lindell 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB R. Garcia 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB D. Secules 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FS J. Green 1-1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 OLB S. Badger 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Alan Hood, Running Back AT Yards TD LNG REC 25 160 1 23 0	Game Information Attendance: 92,000 Temperature: 75 Weather: Sunny and clear

[Eaglesfan27]

Injury Report:

QB Randy Collins suffered a nerve injury due to a severely twisted ankle. He is doubtful for the upcoming week, and I'm going to rest him.

FB Renaldo Pugh is doubtful due to a broken bone in his hand.

WR Randy Branch is probable this week and will play.

OG Stephen Goss is out for the season probably.

OG Troy Johnson is suffering from a severe pulled quadriceps and is doubtful.

C Rusty Williams is suffering a pulled groin and he is doubtful.

DE Terry Smith has bursitis and is questionable.

DT Tim Carney tore a ligament in his arm and is out until probably the bowl season.

DT Dwone Secules suffered a sprained knee and is probable for this week.

FS Jonathan Green suffered a scratched cornea and is doubtful for this week.


Lots of injuries. I'm going to have to go with a heavy run, ball control offense because of this.

[Eaglesfan27]

Notable Stats:

Randy Collins has a QB Rtg of 187.0 which is now 1st in the nation!

Byron Woods continues to lead the nation in KRB with 28.

Jonathan Green is tied for 2nd in the nation with 4 interceptions. Be also has 55 tackles on the year.



Team Depth Chart Issues:

Due to Randy's injury, Bennie Brady is the #1 QB with Jamie McGeoghan taking over the #2 role.

Rusty Williams will be removed from the backup C spot, and that leaves us with a poor player as the backup C.

Tim Carney is removed from his starting DT spot, and true freshman Joshua Lewis will get some starts. He is a highly touted recruit.


Jonathan Green has actually improved throughout the week, and I'm tempted to start him, but I will rest him for one week. Therefore, Brian DeMulling will get the start. That isn't terrible, but Ben Bruschi will be our primary backup FS which is very bad.



Polls:

Despite the win, we remain #5 as there are still 4 undefeated teams.


1. Michigan 8-0 (55-21 win over Northwestern)
2. Wisconsin 8-0 (34-33 win over #18 Iowa)
3. Texas 7-0 (Bye)
4. Florida State 8-0 (37-24 win over NC State)
5. USC 8-1
6. LSU 7-1 (40-36 win over #21 Auburn)
7. North Carolina 8-1 (49-46 win over #24 Miami)
8. Florida 7-1 (33-27 win over Kentucky)
9. Ole Miss 7-1 (Bye)
10. Virginia Tech 7-2 (20-3 win over Duke)


Preview:

We play a mediocre Oregon State which is currently 2-5. Their offense is 49th in the nation and is led by QB R. Sherman who has thrown for almost 1700 yards with 9 TD's and 6 INT's. Their defense is 47th in the nation and is led by FS Kevan Stegall who is a talented player who has 52 tackles and 2 interceptions on the year.


Gameplanning: With Bennie in at QB, we will try to lean heavily on the running game and specifically RB Alan Hood.

Our defense is going to focus on stopping the pass since their leading rusher only has 400 yards.

[Buccaneer]

see how bad Randy is hurt

I think this should be the title of the dynasty.

[hoopsguy]

Is there a way to train durability in the offseason?

[Eaglesfan27]

The Beavers have just over 31,000 fans here today.


They get a long kickoff return and we committ a personal foul that causes them to start on our 45. Not a good sign.

QB Ray Sherman has a nice 18 yard scramble to convert a 3rd and 7.

The 45 yard drive had 43 yards rushing and 2 yard TD pass from Sherman to Thompson. 7-0 Oregon State. Not a good start.



They stuff Hood twice in a row, and force a 3 and out on our first drive.


Joshua Lewis, the freshman DT, has a big sack to force a 3rd and 21, but they convert it with a 49 yard heave that Linton catches.

Dennis Lewis finishes the drive with a 6 yard TD run to make it 13-0 with 8 minutes left in the quarter.



Two dropped passes lead to a 3 and out for us.

After exchanging a few short failed drives, we manage to drive to the 30 and hit a 47 yard FG. 13-3.



After exchanging failed drives, we drive inside the 30 and hit a 46 yard FG. 13-6 game.


They drive inside our 20, but Bill Hampton has a key sack to kill their drive. They connect on a 34 yard FG. Dwone Secules, our Freshman CB, is hurt on the drive and will likely be out for the rest of the game. 16-6 game with 3 minutes left in the 1st half.


Alan has been bottled up so far, but he breaks off a nice 21 yard run to get this next drive going.

We get stopped on a 3rd and 7 after a 5 yard gain, but go for it. Unfortunately, we don't convert the 4th and 2 and give them the ball on their own 40.

Rodrick Garcia has a big sack to stop their drive as the half is about to end, then Joshua Lewis sacks their QB on the next play. Unfortunately, our MLB Clifton Lindell is hurt ont he play.



Halftime: 16-6 lead for Oregon State. Our QB is out, but this would be a huge upset.


Cliff Bell pulls his groin on the 1st play of the 2nd half.

Alan Hood runs over 2 guys and gets a 16 yard gain on the next play. He follows that up with a 21 yard run in which he leveled the SS and hurt him.

We have a great drive which is killed by a False start that causes us to need to make a 3rd and goal from the 9 and we can't convert it. They block our FG attempt!



We force a 3 and out. We need to run it like we did that last drive..

We drive inside the 15, but are unable to convert a 3rd and 3. We make a 32 yard FG to make it 16-9.



They drive inside our 30, but we force them to settle for a FG to make it 19-9.


We drive inside the 20 due to extensive passing, but can't convert a 3rd and 5. We settle for a 37 yard FG to make it 19-12. We are staying in striking range, but we need to take the lead already...


They return the kickoff for a TD! 84 yards on the short kickoff. 26-12 This is going to be an embarassing upset, if we can't do something soon.


Wes Nelson with a 45 yard kickoff return, but a penalty will bring that back. We start out on our own 35 instead.

We are stopped for a 3 and out. Our offense just isn't clicking today.



We need a big play from the defense..


End of 3: 26-12 lead for Oregon State.


Jon Stover has a key sack to slow down their drive, but Ray Sherman makes a 15 yard QB scramble happen to convert a 3rd and 12. He is killing us this game. He scrambles for 7 yards the next play.

They finish off a 74 yard drive with a 1 yard TD pass by Ray Sherman. Sherman rushed for 26 yards and passed for 31 on that drive. 33-12, and this game might as well be over with 12 minutes left.

No way can Bennie pass well enough to bring us back in this one.



We are unable to conver a 3rd and 3 and our drive dies in our own half.


The 4th quarter is just a disaster as we can't get any meaningful offense going.


Game over. 35-12 loss

Pros: None really. I guess Alan ran well, but he failed to pick up too many 3rd downs.

Cons: The defense was bad, the offense was worse. We can't reliably move the ball without Randy in there at QB.

We might have just blown the Pac 10, and if I do that, I won't be around long enough to see how Randy matures.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I think this should be the title of the dynasty.

Sad, but possibly true.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Is there a way to train durability in the offseason?

I think so. I think the conditioning or whatever it is called should help some. Least I hope it does.

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL USC (8-2) 3 3 6 0 0 12 Oregon State (3-5) 13 3 10 9 0 35
Team Statistics USC ORST First Downs 16 23 Rushing 9 13 Passing 6 9 Penalty 1 1 3rd-down Efficiency 3-15 9-19 4th-down Efficiency 0-0 0-1 Total Net Yards 313 414 Total plays 72 84 Average gain 4.3 4.9 Net Yards Rushing 171 205 Rushes 40 52 Average per rush 4.3 3.9 Net Yards Passing 142 209 Completed-attempted 13-30 16-23 Yards per pass 4.7 9.1 Sacked-yards lost 2-15 9-45 Had intercepted 1 0 Punts-average 6-42.2 6-46.7 Return Yardage 186 204 Punts-returns 1-31 4-15 Kickoffs-returns 7-155 5-189 Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-0 Penalties-yards 6-58 2-20 Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-1 Touchdowns 0 4 Rushing 0 1 Passing 0 2 Extra Points 0-0 3-4 Field Goals 4-5 2-2 Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-66.7% 5-5-100% Time Of Possession 31:01 29:03	First Quarter ORST TD 11:56 7-0 Jim Thompson 2 YD Pass from Ray Sherman (Paul Vincent Kick). ORST TD 08:16 13-0 Dennis Lewis 6 YD Run (Paul Vincent Kick Failed). USC FG 00:51 13-3 Kerry Gibbs 48 YD Second Quarter USC FG 09:17 13-6 Kerry Gibbs 46 YD ORST FG 03:33 16-6 Paul Vincent 34 YD Third Quarter USC FG 07:17 16-9 Kerry Gibbs 32 YD ORST FG 04:47 19-9 Paul Vincent 19 YD USC FG 02:03 19-12 Kerry Gibbs 37 YD ORST TD 01:46 26-12 89 YD Punt Return by John Blount (Paul Vincent Kick). Fourth Quarter ORST TD 12:11 33-12 John Blount 1 YD Pass from Ray Sherman (Paul Vincent Kick). ORST SAF 00:00 35-12 Roy Henley sacked Jamie McGeoghan in the end zone for a safety.
USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB B. Brady 11/23 132 0 0 36 1-2 QB J. McGeoghan 2/6 10 0 1 8 1-13 QB M. Witherspoon 0/1 0 0 0 0 0-0	ORST PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Sherman 16/23 209 2 0 49 9-45
USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB A. Hood 27 157 5.80 0 21 RB M. Maston 7 26 3.70 0 7 RB W. Nelson 2 3 1.50 0 5 QB J. McGeoghan 1 0 0.00 0 0 QB B. Brady 1 0 0.00 0 0	ORST RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB D. Lewis 22 102 4.60 1 15 QB R. Sherman 7 73 10.40 0 23 RB G. Davis 11 48 4.40 0 11 FB L. Thomas 2 18 9.00 0 16 WR J. Linton 1 9 9.00 0 9
USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR D. Sayers 8 4 69 17.20 17 0 36 1 WR R. Branch 13 4 35 8.80 15 0 18 0 RB A. Hood 4 2 17 8.50 9 0 9 2 WR C. Bell 3 1 8 8.00 2 0 8 0 WR L. Woods 2 1 8 8.00 1 0 8 0 FB C. Odom 1 1 5 5.00 2 0 5 0 TE D. Kattus 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0	ORST RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR J. Linton 8 5 101 20.20 42 0 49 0 WR J. Blount 13 7 74 10.60 19 1 29 0 WR T. Amundson 3 2 24 12.00 3 0 23 0 WR J. Thompson 5 2 10 5.00 4 1 8 0 TE B. Marsh 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 TE S. Woodley 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT B. Woods 0 1 0 0 0 OT L. Twilley 0 1 1 0 0 OT R. McGee 0 0 1 0 0 C K. Tripucka 0 0 0 0 1	ORST O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT A. Dunn 3 1 0 0 0 OT M. St. Paul 2 0 2 0 0 OG C. Bryant 0 1 2 0 0 TE B. Marsh 0 0 1 0 0 OG D. Blankenship 0 0 1 0 0 C W. Leaks 0 0 2 0 0 TE S. Woodley 0 0 1 0 0
USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS DE D. Middleton 0 0 1 0	ORST FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS QB R. Sherman 1 0 0 0 WR J. Blount 1 1 0 0 OT M. St. Paul 0 0 1 0
USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K K. Gibbs 4/5 48 0/0 12	ORST KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K P. Vincent 1/1 34 3/4 6
USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P W. Macklin 6 42.20 39.70 0 0 61	ORST PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P F. Clay 6 46.70 38.20 0 1 57
USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Stricker 1 35.00 0 35 RB W. Nelson 5 21.20 0 35 ILB L. Alexander 1 14.00 0 14	ORST KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG WR J. Blount 5 37.80 1 89
USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB W. Lehr 1 31.00 0 31 1	ORST PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC WR J. Blount 4 3.80 0 7 1
USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD SS D. Brookins 8-4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ILB L. Alexander 6-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 FS B. DeMulling 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE B. Hampton 5-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 ILB C. Lindell 3-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 CB S. Cole 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE J. Stover 3-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 DT M. Thompson 3-0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 CB D. Secules 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT J. Lewis 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB W. Cole 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 OLB R. Garcia 1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 DE D. Middleton 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB R. Rolle 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS B. Bruschi 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB S. Badger 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB P. Davenport 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS C. Carlton 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	ORST DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD FS K. Stegall 5-4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 SS W. Comella 5-4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 OLB J. Johnson 4-2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 OLB C. Blackledge 3-4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 CB R. Jones 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 SS P. Shelton 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ILB A. Walls 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE R. Henley 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB J. Ellis 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE T. Thielemann 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT M. Joyce 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 DT G. Brown 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 CB K. Karras 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB G. Clark 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player of the Game Dennis Lewis, Running Back AT Yards TD LNG REC 22 102 1 15 0	Game Information Attendance: 31,175 Temperature: 57 Weather: Light rain

[hoopsguy]

We might have just blown the Pac 10, and if I do that, I won't be around long enough to see how Randy matures.

Yikes. A game like that ought to earn Randy a few Heisman votes. With Randy, USC = juggernaut. Without = Oregon St roadkill.

Mobile QBs are killers in this game.

[Eaglesfan27]

Injury Report:

Randy Collins is still listed as questionable by the trainer, but I'm playing him (particularly because...)

QB Bennie Brady suffered a partially torn tendon in his ankle in the 4th quarter. He is doubtful for a few weeks at least.

FB Renaldo Hugh is still doubtful.

WR Cliff Bell partially tore his groin muscle. He is out for at least a week or two.

OG Stephen Goss is still out.

OG Troy Johnson is now questionable but will rest for another week.

C Rusty Williams has healed some and is probable for this week.

DE Terry Smith is still questionable from his Bursitis.

DT Tim Carney is still out.

DT Richard Carter injured his ankle this week and is doubtful for at least a few weeks.

MLB Clifton Lindell is suffering from Vertigo and is questionable.

FS Jonathan Green is probable with his scratched cornea but could use a few weeks to be 100%.



Depth Chart Issues:

I'm risking it and putting Randy back in at QB as the starter.

Bennie is out for this week as far as I'm concerned. Jamie McGeoghan will be the #2 QB.


Cliff Bell's absence means that Lamar Woods is our #3 receiver. The freshman is raw and not that talented. This is a big loss to our offense.

C Rusty Williams returns to the backup C role.


I'm going to risk Richard's health and play him at DT this week..

LaVern Alexander moves into the starting MLB role due to Clifton's injury. Clifton will still play some as the backup. LaVern has been improving, and he might take over the starting role permeantly. Either way, he isn't a significant drop off.


Finally, I move Jonathan Green back into the starter's role at FS. Hopefully, he doesn't exacerbate his eye.





Polls:

1. Michigan 9-0 (41-6 win over Minnesota)
2. Wisconsin 9-0 (19-7 win over Indiana)
3. Texas 8-0 (45-17 win over Baylor)
4. LSU 8-1 (43-10 win over Arkansas)
5. Florida State (31-27 loss to Maryland)
6. Florida 8-1 (44-41 win over #22 Tennesee)
7. Ole Miss 8-1 (45-38 win over Alabama)
8. USC 8-2
9. UCLA 9-1 (34-17 win over Cal)
10. North Carolina 8-2 (42-24 loss to #16 Georgia Tech)

[Eaglesfan27]

Pac 10 Standings:

1. UCLA 6-0 (GRRRRRR!)
2. Cal 4-2
3. USC 4-2
4. Arizona 3-2
5. Oregon 2-3
6. Wash. 2-3
7. Wash St. 2-3
8. Stanford 2-4
9. Arizona State 1-4
10. Oregon State 1-4 (sheesh, we are their only Pac-10 win)

We need UCLA to lose to someone else, and then we need to beat them

UCLA plays Stanford at home, has 2 weeks off, then plays us at our place. Let's go Stanford!



Preview: Our final game before UCLA is Arizona State. They are 5-4, but 1-4 in the Pac 10. Their offense is 15th in the nation and their defense is 31st in the nation, but turnovers have killed them. Their QB R. Moss has almost 2000 yards passing and their HB W. Perry has almost 1200 yards and their backup has over 500 yards. Our front 7 has to contain their rushing game today, and then get some pressure on the QB.

Despite the debacle, our offense is still ranked 5th in the nation and our defense is ranked 19th and we are favored by 3 points in this game.



Game plan:

I'm hoping Randy can stay healthy and running an offense that is only slightly tilted towards the run. We are running our a blitzing scheme defensively that should aid in getting pressure on the QB.

[Eaglesfan27]

Arizona State has over 63,000 fans here today.


Randy threw a perfect streak to Branch on the first play, but Branch was held and it wasn't called..

Randy hit Branch on a 11 yard post route to convert 3rd and 8.

Randy avoids the rush on the next play and hits Dick Sayers for a 46 yard bomb!

Mike Witherspoon, our scrambling QB comes in on a 3rd and goal from the 2 (I didn't authorize that!) and makes a TD pass! 7-0.

Interestingly, he threw to Lamar Woods, our relatively poor WR. 7-0 USC.


They get a good kickoff return and start at midfield.

They have 3 big runs and 2 little runs including a 4 yarder for a TD on an option play. 7-7.



Randy is very wild passing on this next drive, and we don't get past our own 40 before we have to punt.


Our defense plays well, and forces a 3 and out.


A Holding call against OT Russ McGee negates a 43 yard pass from Randy to our TE.

The next play Randy throws a perfect long pass to Lamar, but he drops it.

The next play, Randy throws a pick to MLB Eric McGee.



They put together a 9 play 61 yard drive (44 yards passing) which is capped by a 2 yard TD run by their FB. 14-7.


End of 1: 14-7 Arizona State.



Chukky drops a 3rd and 4th pass to kill our drive. Chukky also suffered an injury on the play and will not return.


We force a 3 and out as we stuff the run twice.


Randy helps us drive down the field nicely, but on a 3rd and 1 on their 36, Alan gets stuffed for a loss of 2! We have to punt.


A 36 yard pass is the key in a 7 play 81 drive that ends with a 1 yard TD run by Dave Dickinson. 21-7 Arizona State.


Randy scrambles for 3 to convert a 3rd down and I hold my breath as he is popped by the MLB, but he gets up ok.

False Starts and holding calls are killing us lately. A holding negates a 19 yard pass and forces us into 3rd and 11 which we fail to convert.


Meanwhile, they are running more option plays than we've seen all year, and they are executing well.


They drive down the field methodically, but we stop them and hold them to a FG finally. 24-7 Arizona State. What is happening to my team?



Halftime: 24-7 lead for Arizona State.

Randy is definitely struggling with his injury. His line: 9 of 19 passing for 126 yards 0 TD 1 INT.



They get the ball to start the half, and we stop them short of midfield.

Their defense is quite good, and they are hitting our receivers hard. As a result, we are dropping quite a few passes.

Randy hits Sayers for 20 yards to convert a 3rd and 11.

Randy hits Dick Sayers for another 24 yard completion to help drive us inside the 20.

Unfortunately, we are stopped on 3rd and 6 and have to settle for a 34 yard FG. 24-10 Arizona State.



Their HB's are killing us on this next drive, making key run after key run, and grinding it down the field.

Sam Cole drops an interception in the endzone.

We at least stop them short of a TD. They connect on a 32 yard FG. 27-10. We must score a TD on this next drive..


We fail to convert a 3rd and 6, and don't even get across midfield.


End of 3: 27-10 Arizona State.


We get the ball back quickly, but we go 3 and out



We force a 3 and out. This is our last chance to pull this game out. This drive needs to score to possibly save my coaching career...

Randy overthrows his receiver on 3rd and 9. He is making a lot of poor throws tonight. We connect on a 49 yard FG to make it 27-13 with 8 minutes left.



We force a 3 and out including 2 incomplete passes and we get the ball back with 7 minutes to go...

On a 3rd and 10, Randy scrambles away from trouble throws it Dick Sayers down the field, but Dick drops it. We end up punting.


They run the ball for 4 first downs before punting and eay up most of the clock. We get the ball back with a little over a minute left.

Randy fails to convert a 4th and 10 and we give up the ball with 20 seconds left.


Game over. 27-13 loss


Pros: None.

Cons: I wonder if I will survive long enough to see Randy develop. That loss almost guarantees that UCLA will win the Pac-10. It does guarantee that we won't win the Pac-10. We MUST beat UCLA. At least we have 2 weeks off to get Randy and the rest of the guys healthy.

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL USC (8-3) 7 0 3 3 0 13 Arizona State (6-4) 14 10 3 0 0 27
Team Statistics USC ASU First Downs 15 25 Rushing 4 19 Passing 11 5 Penalty 0 1 3rd-down Efficiency 6-18 5-13 4th-down Efficiency 0-0 0-1 Total Net Yards 316 416 Total plays 70 76 Average gain 4.5 5.5 Net Yards Rushing 96 283 Rushes 30 50 Average per rush 3.2 5.7 Net Yards Passing 220 133 Completed-attempted 18-38 12-25 Yards per pass 5.8 5.3 Sacked-yards lost 2-4 1-3 Had intercepted 1 1 Punts-average 8-45.5 6-37.5 Return Yardage 76 90 Punts-returns 2-14 3-44 Kickoffs-returns 4-52 3-46 Interceptions-returns 1-10 1-0 Penalties-yards 5-30 1-5 Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0 Touchdowns 1 3 Rushing 0 3 Passing 1 0 Extra Points 1-1 3-3 Field Goals 2-2 2-2 Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 5-5-100% Time Of Possession 28:05 31:55	First Quarter USC TD 11:32 7-0 Lamar Woods 2 YD Pass from Mike Witherspoon (Kerry Gibbs Kick). ASU TD 09:35 7-7 Dave Dickinson 4 YD Run (Marquand Kattus Kick). ASU TD 00:58 14-7 Corey Kittner 2 YD Run (Marquand Kattus Kick). Second Quarter ASU TD 07:42 21-7 Dave Dickinson 1 YD Run (Marquand Kattus Kick). ASU FG 01:01 24-7 Marquand Kattus 31 YD Third Quarter USC FG 08:02 24-10 Kerry Gibbs 34 YD ASU FG 02:29 27-10 Marquand Kattus 32 YD Fourth Quarter USC FG 08:27 27-13 Kerry Gibbs 49 YD
USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Collins 16/36 200 0 1 46 2-4 QB M. Witherspoon 2/2 20 1 0 18 0-0	ASU PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Moroski 11/24 127 0 1 36 1-3 QB R. Moss 1/1 6 0 0 6 0-0
USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB A. Hood 21 84 4.00 0 14 RB M. Maston 5 13 2.60 0 4 QB R. Collins 2 3 1.50 0 2	ASU RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB B. Goings 15 155 10.30 0 25 RB D. Dickinson 23 98 4.30 2 12 FB C. Kittner 4 21 5.20 1 10 QB R. Moroski 6 11 1.80 0 5 QB R. Moss 1 1 1.00 0 1
USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR D. Sayers 13 7 134 19.10 20 0 46 2 WR R. Branch 11 6 65 10.80 18 0 23 0 FB S. Harrison 1 1 8 8.00 2 0 8 0 TE E. Henderson 3 1 7 7.00 0 0 7 0 RB A. Hood 4 1 3 3.00 3 0 3 0 WR L. Woods 4 1 2 2.00 2 1 2 0 TE D. Kattus 3 1 1 1.00 1 0 1 0 FB C. Odom 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 1	ASU RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR S. Armstead 8 3 52 17.30 15 0 29 0 WR J. Rote 3 1 36 36.00 8 0 36 0 TE J. Greene 6 4 23 5.80 6 0 8 1 RB D. Dickinson 2 1 14 14.00 7 0 14 0 WR C. Vian 5 2 7 3.50 2 0 6 0 FB C. Kittner 1 1 1 1.00 1 0 1 0 RB B. Goings 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT B. Woods 1 2 0 0 0 OT M. Walker 0 1 1 0 1 OG D. Carter 0 0 1 0 0 OT R. McGee 0 0 0 1 1	ASU O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT Y. Frost 5 3 0 0 1 FB C. Kittner 2 0 0 0 0 OG C. Bly 1 0 1 0 0 RB B. Goings 0 0 1 0 0
USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS	ASU FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS QB R. Moss 1 0 0 0 RB D. Dickinson 1 0 0 0 FB C. Kittner 0 0 1 0 OT Y. Frost 0 0 1 0
USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K K. Gibbs 2/2 49 1/1 7	ASU KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Kattus 2/2 32 3/3 9
USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P W. Macklin 8 45.50 40.00 3 0 55	ASU PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P C. Watson 6 37.50 31.70 1 1 57
USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG RB W. Nelson 4 13.00 0 17	ASU KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG ILB F. Murphy 2 17.50 0 25 SS M. Madise 1 11.00 0 11
USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB W. Lehr 2 4.00 0 6 0	ASU PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB M. Barnett 3 14.70 0 25 0
USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD SS D. Brookins 9-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 FS J. Green 6-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 ILB L. Alexander 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT J. Lewis 4-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 OLB R. Garcia 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB C. Lindell 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB P. Davenport 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB S. Badger 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB S. Cole 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 DT R. Carter 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB D. Secules 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CB W. Cole 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE D. Middleton 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 FS B. DeMulling 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	ASU DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD ILB E. McGee 7-0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 OLB M. Mungro 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FS B. Banks 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB T. Buie 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB D. Johnson 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT R. Robinson 3-2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 CB T. Hunter 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 SS A. Branch 1-4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 DE K. Atkins 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DT D. Carolan 0-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 CB M. Barnett 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS S. Denson 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CB W. Galbreath 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Player of the Game Dave Dickinson, Running Back AT Yards TD LNG REC 23 98 2 12 14	Game Information Attendance: 63,673 Temperature: 78 Weather: Sunny and clear

[Eaglesfan27]

Academic News:

2nd/3rd string RB Wes Nelson and 5th WR Marquis Insley have been suspended for the next 3 weeks (which is just the UCLA game.)

Injury News:

I won't worry about this until before the UCLA game. Guys have 2 weeks off to heal.



Polls:

We drop out to #11 with that loss and our 8-3 record


1. Michigan 9-0 (Bye)
2. Wisconsin 10-0 (44-37 win over #22 Ohio State)
3. Texas 9-0 (28-21 win over #19 Iowa State)
4. LSU 9-1 (25-10 win over #16 Georgia)
5. Florida 9-1 (43-31 win over South Carolina)
6. Florida State 8-1 (Bye)
7. UCLA (33-19 win over Stanford - securing the Pac-10 Title )
8. Ole Miss 8-1 (Bye)
9. North Carolina 8-2 (Bye)
10. Virginia Tech 7-2 (Bye)

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 12 News:

Oregon State has gone on a winning streak since they beat me and are now 5-5. Perhaps, they just had key guys injured the first part of the year?

Arizona State also picked up a win over Oregon 34-15.

Oregon State's win was 41-34 over Stanford.


Award Finalists were named:

Randy Collins didn't make any lists despite his high QB Rtg. His total yardage was just too low I guess.

Alan Hood didn't make any lists either.

Byron Woods is a finalist for the Vince Lombardi trophy.


Kerry Gibbs is a finalist for the Lou Groza Award.

Warren Macklin is a finalist for the Ray Guy award.



The Heisman Finalists have been named:

QB: Dennis Barbaro of Rutgers!

QB Russ Branch of LSU

QB Bobby Glenn of Virginia Tech

RB Chris Grant of Florida State

RB Chris Howard, Wisconsin

QB Raonall Kirkland, Ohio State

QB Dan Lewis, Nebraska

RB J.D. Osgood, Pittsburgh

QB Lyle Scales, Texas

RB Ladainian Schmidt, Duke?!?

QB Jerry Tanner, Wisconsin

QB Obafemi Williams, North Carolina

QB John Woods, Michigan State.


None of our other guys are finalists, and I'm not a finalists for the coach of the year.


I've dropped to 12th in the polls.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 14:


Injury Report:

QB Randy Collins is 100%

QB Bennie Brady is probable with his tendon injury.

FB Renaldo Pugh is 100%

FB Chukky Odom is probable with an inflamed elbow.

WR Cliff Bell is probable as he has recovered fast from his groin injury.

OG Stephen Goss is still out with his elbow dislocation.

OG Troy Johnson is probable from his Quadriceps injury.

DE Terry Smith is probable despite his Elbow Bursitis.

DT Tim Carney has recovered from his torn tendon for the most part and is probable.

DT Richard Carter is probable despite his ankle injury.

MLB Clifton Lindell is probable despite his vertigo.



Depth Chart Issues:

Everyone plays except for Goss. This is UCLA, we must pull out all the stops.


Preview:

our offense is 7th in the nation averaging 488 YPG. UCLA's offense is 34th averaging 424 YPG. Our defense is 20th averaging 357 yards per game. Their defense is 26th averaging 26th. Their best player is QB Ronnie Prioleau who is a senior that has thrown for over 2250 yards, 67% complete, 15 TD's and 5 INT for a rating of 160.1.

UCLA DE John Lane is a senior who is one of the best DE's in the nation. He has 8 sacks, 12 hurries, 42 tackles, and 12 stuffs. We have to watch him carefully.

With almost all of our starters back and relatively healthy, we are 13 point favorites at home.


Gameplan:

Our offensive coordinator wants us to go with a very balanced 50-50 mix of pass-run. I agree. Our DC wants us to focus on stopping the pass, which I agree with.


I want us to ruin UCLA's season, and salvage our own.. it's time to WIN!

[Eaglesfan27]

We have over 92,000 fans here today.


Ahh, they are starting TE Mike Zorn, a player I tried to recruit. He is a true freshman and he catches their first pass for 12 yards.

We stop them on the next 3 plays and force a punt.


Randy is sacked on 3rd and 2. We try to complete the 4th and 3, but our TE drops the ball. We turn it over on their 34.


On 3rd and 1, LaVern Alexander stuffs the HB, rips the ball from his hands for a fumble forced and a fumble recovery. I knew he earned that MLB spot.



We have a ball on their 30 as a result. Byron Wood runs over John Lane on the next play, and Lane is hurt!

A holding call stops a 14 yard TD and forces a 3rd and 12. Holding really is killing our offense..

The next play, Randy Collins connects with Alan Hood for a 19 yard TD pass! 7-0!


Will Simms has a 68 yard kickoff return, but on the next play Jonathan Green intercepts Prioleau's pass! Jonathan has been amazing for us this year.


Hood is stuffed on 3rd and 1. We try the 4 and 2 from their 40. Randy scrambles 8 yards to make the 1st down.

We get stopped just outside the 23 and settle for a 40 yard FG. 10-0 USC!



End of 1: 10-0 lead for USC.

Will Simms with an 83 yard Kickoff return for a TD 10-7. We need to do better on our kickoff coverages..



We run the ball for 52 yards on 3 carries, but we get stopped just outside the 25 and settle for a 42 yard FG. 13-7 lead.


This time we tackle Will Sims at the 17.


Ronnie Prioleau throws it for 3 big plays to get inside the 5 yard line, but our defense stops them on 3 seperate plays and they settle for a 21 yard FG. 13-10 USC.


Randy has two big throws to get us inside the 10, and then Hood runs it twice including a 6 yard TD run! 20-10 with 5 minutes left in the half.


Sims with another long Kickoff return to the 40.

Prioleau drives them inside the 10 yard line, but a holding call thwarts a TD catch, and then we force an incompletion. They settle for a 33 yard FG. 20-13 USC with just 2 minutes left.


Randy gets sacked on the first play of our 2 minute drill, but he gets up just fine.


We end up failing to convert a 3rd and 9 and we punt to them with 20 seconds left.


Halftime: 20-13 lead for USC!

Randy Collin's stats: 11 of 14 passing for 181 yards and 1 TD 0 INT, 2 sacks for 3 yards.



We get the ball to start the 2nd half. Randy makes a big pass to convert a 3rd and 9. Cliff Bell with a great catch on the play despite a hard hit by the safety.

Alan Hood runs the ball quite a bit on this drive, but after converting a 3rd down, he pulls up lame. Our doctor doesn't think he will be able to finish the game.

On a 2nd and 5, Randy is sacked and has the wind knocked out of him. Bennie can't convert the 3rd and 8. We make the 49 yard FG. 23-13 USC.



Unbelievable, we give up a 92 yard kickoff return to Will Simms for a TD. He is their offense right now. 23-20 USC.



We go 3 and out and have to punt from our own 20.


A short punt gives them the ball at midfield.

Jon Stover sacks him on 3rd and 7, and they have to punt after going only 11 yards.

Randy with a pair of overthrows, and we have to punt.


A good punt return gets them the ball at our 42.

We force a 3 and out, and they end up punting it into the endzone.


Malcolm Maston is showing all or nothing running right now, and it is nothing.


Randy throws a little flair pass to Malcolm who jukes two guys and makes a 13 yard run after the catch to get the 1st.

The next play Randy throws it short, but it is picked off and return 46 yards for a TD! What a terrible turn of events! 27-23 with a minute left in the 3rd.


Malcolm has two big runs, and Randy hits Branch for a 27 yard reception just before the end of the quarter to drive us inside the 15.


End of 3: 27-23 UCLA.


Randy gets pressued on 3rd and 7 and is unable to complete it. We settle for a 29 yard FG to make it 27-26.


I let out my held breath when we tackle Sims at the 22.

Prioleau hits three big passes to drive them to the 21, then their backup back Gray gets a 21 yard TD run. 34-26.



Randy hits a nice 21 yard screen to Malcolm to convert a 3rd and 5.

Holy COW!!! Our 4th string RB receives a flare pass from Randy collins and turns it into a 40 yard TD reception! We fail the 2 point conversion and are down 34-32 with 9 minutes left.

We tackles Sims at our 16, as he returns it 83 yards!

Prioleau connects for a 16 yard TD on the next play. Our special teams are killing us today. 41-32 with 8 minutes left.




We get stopped at midfield and have to punt. 7 minutes left.

The first play, LaVern Alexander causes another fumble.. Tim Carney recovers it.


Randy Collins connects with Randy Branch for a 7 yard TD on the next play!!! 41-39 UCLA still leads. 5 1/2 minutes left.


I thank the football gods when we stop Sims on their 27...


We force a 3 and out!!! 4 minutes left and we are going to get the punt.


They boom a 53 yarder. We have it on our 16.


Malcolm only gets 1 yard on the first play.

Randy Collins hits Cliff Bell for a 34 yard gain on the next play, but Byron Wood is hurt! Not our LT!

Next play, Randy is sacked.

2nd and 12 - Randy hits Branch in the numbers but he drops it.

3rd and 12 - Randy connects with Branch for a 19 yard completion.

1st and 10 - Randy connects with cliff bell for 16 yards. We are now inside the 20!

Incomplete pass on the next play.

2nd and 10. Incomplete pass.

3rd and 10 - They hold the receiver.. no call.

We attempt the 39 yard FG.. It's good!!!! 42-41 with 27 seconds left!

Please don't let them return it...

Will Sims returns it to their 35. Good enough.

They connect on a 19 yard pass to cross midfield with 11 seconds left....

Bill Hampton sacks the QB on the next play!! That ends the game!!!!


Game over. 42-41 win!!! Our season is saved!

Pros: Randy made plays when it counted today and drove us into FG range. We beat the darn Bruins!

Cons: What could have been.. if Randy could have stayed healthy, could we have won those games we lost..

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL UCLA (9-2) 7 6 14 14 0 41 USC (9-3) 10 10 3 19 0 42
Team Statistics UCLA USC First Downs 11 28 Rushing 1 10 Passing 10 17 Penalty 0 1 3rd-down Efficiency 0-6 10-22 4th-down Efficiency 0-1 1-1 Total Net Yards 279 590 Total plays 45 91 Average gain 6.2 6.5 Net Yards Rushing 41 212 Rushes 26 53 Average per rush 1.6 4 Net Yards Passing 238 378 Completed-attempted 13-17 21-34 Yards per pass 14 11.1 Sacked-yards lost 2-12 4-9 Had intercepted 1 1 Punts-average 4-40 4-37.8 Return Yardage 532 127 Punts-returns 2-22 0-0 Kickoffs-returns 9-464 6-127 Interceptions-returns 1-46 1-0 Penalties-yards 3-20 3-20 Fumbles-lost 4-2 0-0 Touchdowns 5 4 Rushing 1 1 Passing 1 3 Extra Points 5-5 3-3 Field Goals 2-2 5-5 Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 4-4-100% Time Of Possession 20:32 39:28	First Quarter USC TD 05:16 7-0 Alan Hood 19 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Kerry Gibbs Kick). USC FG 00:30 10-0 Kerry Gibbs 40 YD UCLA TD 00:12 10-7 88 YD Punt Return by Will Sims (Charley Thomas Kick). Second Quarter USC FG 11:57 13-7 Kerry Gibbs 43 YD UCLA FG 08:42 13-10 Charley Thomas 21 YD USC TD 05:30 20-10 Alan Hood 6 YD Run (Kerry Gibbs Kick). UCLA FG 01:59 20-13 Charley Thomas 33 YD Third Quarter USC FG 10:22 23-13 Kerry Gibbs 49 YD UCLA TD 10:06 23-20 97 YD Punt Return by Will Sims (Charley Thomas Kick). UCLA TD 01:52 27-23 46 YD Int Return by Ralph Woodson (Charley Thomas Kick). Fourth Quarter USC FG 13:38 27-26 Kerry Gibbs 29 YD UCLA TD 12:04 34-26 Trent Gray 21 YD Run (Charley Thomas Kick). USC TD 09:22 34-32 Ryan Donckers 40 YD Pass from Randy Collins (2 Pts Failed) UCLA TD 08:10 41-32 Kalimba Coslet 16 YD Pass from Ronnie Prioleau (Charley Thomas Kick). USC TD 05:27 41-39 Randy Branch 7 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Kerry Gibbs Kick). USC FG 00:27 42-41 Kerry Gibbs 39 YD
UCLA PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Prioleau 12/16 221 1 1 44 1-3 QB F. Wilson 1/1 17 0 0 17 1-9	USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Collins 21/34 378 3 1 40 4-9
UCLA RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB J. Brown 12 24 2.00 0 9 RB T. Gray 3 20 6.70 1 21 FB D. Ramsey 5 8 1.60 0 5 WR K. Coslet 2 3 1.50 0 2 QB R. Prioleau 2 -2 -1.00 0 0	USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB A. Hood 21 105 5.00 1 22 RB M. Maston 21 97 4.60 0 22 RB R. Donckers 4 10 2.50 0 5 QB R. Collins 2 8 4.00 0 6 QB B. Brady 1 1 1.00 0 1
UCLA RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR K. Coslet 6 5 127 25.40 22 1 44 0 WR G. Hampton 6 3 68 22.70 17 0 33 0 RB J. Brown 2 2 20 10.00 12 0 18 0 TE M. Zorn 1 1 12 12.00 2 0 12 0 WR C. Jones 2 2 11 5.50 3 0 6 0 WR R. Brooks 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0	USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR C. Bell 10 6 109 18.20 28 0 34 0 WR R. Branch 12 6 98 16.30 37 1 28 1 RB M. Maston 3 3 56 18.70 39 0 22 0 RB R. Donckers 1 1 40 40.00 31 1 40 0 WR D. Sayers 6 2 35 17.50 9 0 30 1 RB A. Hood 2 2 27 13.50 12 1 19 0 TE E. Henderson 2 1 13 13.00 2 0 13 0 TE D. Kattus 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 FB R. Pugh 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
UCLA O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT D. Thomas 0 3 0 0 0 FB D. Ramsey 1 0 0 0 0 OG J. Pathon 0 1 0 0 0 OG J. Lewis 0 0 2 1 1	USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT B. Woods 2 4 0 0 0 OG E. Bieniemy 1 3 1 0 0 OT R. McGee 0 3 0 0 0 OT L. Twilley 0 1 0 0 0 OG D. Carter 0 0 2 0 0 C K. Tripucka 0 0 0 1 0 C R. Williams 0 0 0 0 1 TE E. Henderson 0 0 1 0 0 OT M. Walker 0 0 1 0 0
UCLA FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS RB J. Brown 3 2 0 0 WR K. Coslet 1 0 0 0 OT D. Thomas 0 0 1 0 OG J. Lewis 0 0 1 0	USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS DT T. Carney 0 0 1 6 ILB L. Alexander 0 0 1 0
UCLA KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K C. Thomas 2/2 33 5/5 11	USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K K. Gibbs 5/5 49 3/3 18
UCLA PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P A. Barr 4 40.00 35.00 1 1 53	USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P W. Macklin 4 37.80 32.20 0 0 44
UCLA KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB W. Sims 9 51.60 2 97	USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Stricker 5 22.20 0 41 SS J. Bosley 1 16.00 0 16
UCLA PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC WR R. Brooks 2 11.00 0 18 1	USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC
UCLA DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD SS A. Freitas 8-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 OLB J. Diehl 7-2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 FS D. Dickinson 6-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 CB R. Woodson 4-4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ILB M. Robinson 4-3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 OLB W. Royster 4-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 CB G. Haselrig 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB B. Baniewicz 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB W. Sims 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ILB M. Williams 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE J. Lane 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT D. Quayle 1-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 DE M. Faine 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 SS I. Stemke 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD FS J. Green 5-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ILB L. Alexander 4-2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 DE B. Hampton 3-1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 ILB C. Lindell 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS D. Brookins 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 FS B. DeMulling 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE J. Stover 2-0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 DT T. Carney 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 DE D. Middleton 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 CB D. Secules 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB S. Cole 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS C. Carlton 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT R. Carter 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB W. Cole 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Alan Hood, Running Back AT Yards TD LNG REC 21 105 2 22 27	Game Information Attendance: 92,000 Temperature: 65 Weather: Sunny and clear

[Eaglesfan27]

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Team Info RECORD COACH POLL MEDIA POLL RECRUIT CLASS PRESTIGE STRENGTH OF CONF PROJ 9-3 10th 10th 10th Excellent (81) 48th 1st Place
Team Schedule WEEK OPPONENT SCORE 1 #11 Notre Dame W 37-31 2 Akron W 42-13 3 Kentucky W 48-14 4 NC State W 32-10 5 Stanford W 38-20 6 at Oregon L 20-19 7 at Wash State W 51-38 8 Washington W 34-20 9 Arizona W 26-20 10 at Oregon State L 35-12 11 at #25 Arizona State L 27-13 12 OPEN - 13 OPEN - 14 #9 UCLA W 42-41 15 OPEN -	Pacific Ten Standings TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA UCLA 9-2 7-1 317 204 California 6-5 5-3 251 247 USC 9-3 5-3 394 289 Oregon State 6-5 4-4 308 260 Arizona 7-4 4-4 322 200 Arizona State 8-4 4-4 354 242 Washington 6-5 4-4 334 283 Wash State 4-7 3-5 309 349 Oregon 4-7 2-6 246 329 Stanford 4-7 2-6 299 369
Team Injury Report POS NAME INJURY STATUS QB Bennie Brady Toe (Torn Tendon) Prob(0-2) RB Alan Hood Head (Skull Fracture) Doubt(2-4) WR Cliff Bell Groin (Torn Muscle) Prob(0-2) OG Stephen Goss Elbow (Dislocation) Doubt(4-6) CB Dwone Secules Toe (Torn Tendon) Prob(4-6)	Team Stats OFFENSE DEFENSE Total Yards/Game 496.1 350.5 Rushing Yards/Game 215.4 126.2 Passing Yards/Game 280.7 224.2

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm asking my coaches to report how they think everyone has progressed.

I'm really just going to focus on my stars:

QB Randy Collins has improved his passing accuracy and passing touch by 19 this season. He also has increased his hands by 9, and his scrambling by 6. Here is a look at their full report on him now as well as his season stats:

Randy Collins, Quarterback USC Current/Potential RATING YARDS COMP% TD INT 12/18 170.9 2336 69 18 3 USC Trojans
Attributes Morale: Content Height: 6-2 Weight: 178 Ideal Wt: 186 Jersey: 4 Age: 18 Year: Fr Status: OK Energy: 0 HS Ranking: #12 Pos Ranking: #2 QB	Position Ratings Passing Accuracy: 83 Passing Touch: 64 Running: 45 Hands: 60 Punt Return: 15 Kick Return: 8 Durability: 48 Endurance: 69	Athletic Ratings Arm Strength: 81 Acceleration: 28 Agility: 43 Speed: 41 Strength: 40 Jumping: 40 Instincts: 84 Aggressiveness: 23 Discipline: 31 Intelligence: 65 Work Ethic: 30	Personal Bests Attempts: 36 Completions: 21 Passing yards: 378 Longest pass: 69 Touchdowns: 5
Game Logs Week Opp Res Att Comp Comp% Yds Yds/A TD Int Lng Sack Rat R Yds YPC R TDs 1 ND W 17 11 64.7 120 7.1 1 0 36 3 143.4 0 0 0 2 AKR W 17 14 82.4 130 7.6 1 0 37 4 166 5 5 0 3 KEN W 25 20 80 335 13.4 5 0 69 2 258.6 7 2.33 0 4 NCST W 24 19 79.2 209 8.7 1 1 39 1 157.7 0 0 0 5 STAN W 25 18 72 217 8.7 2 0 56 0 171.3 3 3 0 6 @ORE L 9 5 55.6 74 8.2 0 0 21 0 124.6 2 2 0 7 @WAST W 22 18 81.8 302 13.7 2 0 59 1 227.1 4 4 0 8 WASH W 27 21 77.8 275 10.2 2 0 29 1 187.8 14 4.67 0 9 ARZ W 9 6 66.7 96 10.7 1 0 61 3 192.9 0 0 0 11 @ASU L 36 16 44.4 200 5.6 0 1 46 2 85.6 3 1.5 0 14 UCLA W 34 21 61.8 378 11.1 3 1 40 4 178.4 8 4 0 Total - - 245 169 69 2336 9.5 18 3 69 21 170.9 46 3.07 0
Passing Statistics Year GP GS Comp-Att Comp% Yds Yds/A TD TD% Int Int% Lng GP BP Sack Rat 2006 11 11 169-245 69.0 2336 9.5 18 7.3 3 1.2 69 19 1 21 170.9 Total 11 11 169-245 69.0 2336 9.5 18 7.3 3 1.2 69 19 1 21 170.9
Rushing Statistics Year GP GS Rush Yds YPG YPC Lng TD CR MH Fum FLost Sack YL 2006 11 11 15 46 4.2 3.1 8 0 0 0 1 1 21 56 - Total 11 11 15 46 4.2 3.1 8 0 0 0 1 1 21 56 -
Scouting Report Potential As he continues to grow, his touch passing game could become as good as the pros. His potential arm strength has coaches salivating. If he pushes himself, he could have above average scrambling skills. With sufficient practice time, he could develop quarterback instincts second to none.
Player Awards

[Eaglesfan27]

Hmm, his passing touch and accuracy look the same on that report.

I just realized how bad his durability is. Hopefully, we can do some things to improve that during this offseason.

The awards are about to be announced now that the season is over.

[Eaglesfan27]

All American Team, First Team:

QB Jerry Tanner, Wisconsin - 3,559 yards 34 TD 5 INT 179.2 RTG.
RB: Chris Howard, Wisconsin - 1,453 yards 5.74 YPC, 23 TD's.
FB: Corey Kittner, ASU 411 yards, 10.29 YPC, 5 TD's.
WR: Harry Terrell, TEX 68 receptions 1,145 yards, 11 TD's.
WR: Jim Tice, FLA 66 receptions, 1,072 yards, 11 TD's.
TE: Tom Martin, FSU 70 receptions, 1,083 yards, 8 TD's
OT: John Sidney, Wisconsin 32 KRB, 43 pancakes.
OT: Y.A. Frost, ASU 36 KRB, 33 pancakes.
OG: Ramon Burton, ARZ 30 KRB, 30 pancakes.
OG: Cedric Hector, Pitt 28 KRB, 28 Pancakes.
C: Lynaris Hasselbeck, OK ST 36 KRB, 16 pancakes, 1 sack allowed.

Offensive POY: Jerry Tanner

Defensive POY: Johnny Emanuel, FLA

Coach of the Year: Victor Lamar, Miss 10-1.


DE: Nate Leftwich, BC 59 tackles, 14 sacks, 11 stuffs, 1 interception.
DE: Fred Young, Rut 66 tackles, 13 sacks, 8 stuffs.
DT: Dick Burrell, Pitt 60 tackles, 10 sacks, 6 stuffs.
DT: Charles Allotey, TCU 37 tackles, 6 sacks, 4 stuffs, 2 interceptions.
OLB: Spencer Simms, FSU 82 tackles, 12 sacks, 5 stuffs, 8 interceptions.
MLB: Jarrod Cosbie, NMSU, 119 tackles, 7 sacks, 5 stuffs, 8 interceptions.
OLB: Jake Rolle, PNST, 110 tackles, 8 sacks, 13 stuffs, 6 interceptions.
CB: Leo Reid, BOI, 47 tackles, 18 PD, 11 INT.
CB: Terry Copeland, Pitt 48 tackles, 21 PD, 7 INT
FS: Robert Jones, TROY 109 tackles, 1 sack, 5 PD, 4 INT.
SS: Pita Cropper, Minn 85 tackles, 2 sacks, 9 PD, 8 INT


Heisman Trophy - Herry Tanner, Senior QB of the Wisconsin Badgers. Besides the aforementioned stats, he also had 22 rushes for 21 yards

Tanner also won the Davey O'Brien Award.

Johnny Emanuel wins the Chuck Bednarik award. He is a senior DE with 48 tackles, 16 sacks, 8 stuffs, 3 FF, 2 FR, and 1 INT.

Chris Howard of Wisconsin wins the Doak Walker.

Harry Terrell of Texas, a sophomore, wins the Fred Biletnikoff.

Tom Martin, a SR TE, wins the John Mackey.

John Sidney, Wisconsin wins the Vince Lombardi.

Johnny Emanuel won the Outland Trophy.

Spencer Sims won the Dick Butkus.

Leo Reid, a JR CB, won the Jim Thorpe Award.

Cliff Carter, Miami, won the Lou Groza - 31 of 35 FG's and 37 of 40 XP's.

Steve McDonald, Florida, won the Ray Guy award. 59 punts with an average of 42.3 (37.4 net.)

Kris Hill, Ole Miss, won the Mosi Tatupu. 29 returns with a 19.9 average and 7 return TD's!

[Eaglesfan27]

Final Polls (before the Bowls)


1. Texas 11-0
2. Wisconsin 11-0
3. LSU 10-1
4. Florida State 10-1
5. Ole Miss 10-1
6. Michigan 9-2
7. Florida 10-2
8. Virginia Tech 9-2
9. UCLA 9-2
10. USC 9-3


BCS Rankings:

1. Texas
2. Wisconsin
3. LSU
4. Florida State
5. Ole Miss
6. Virginia Tech
7. Michigan
8. Florida
9. UCLA
10. Notre Dame.

We are 14th in the BCS rankings.

[Eaglesfan27]

Correction, those rankings were before the Championship week. That is being played now.

[Eaglesfan27]

Poll:

1. Texas 12-0 (Beat #20 Nebraska 42-17)
2. Wisconsin 11-0 (beat #6 Michigan 59-20)
3. LSU 10-1 (beat Vanderbilt 38-14)
4. Florida State 10-2 (lost to #7 Virginia Tech 41-6 - odd that they would still be above VT)
5. Florida 11-2 (Beat Ole Miss 25-12)
6. Michigan 9-2 (Lost to #14 Ohio State 52-27)
7. Virginia Tech 10-2 (beat FSU 41-6)
8. Ole Miss 10-2
9. UCLA 9-2
10 Notre Dame 9-2.

We are 11th in the polls.


Final BCS rankings before the bowls:

1. Texas
2. Wisconsin
3. LSU
4. Florida State
5. Florida
6. Virginia Tech
7. Ole Miss
8. Michigan
9. UCLA
10. Notre Dame.

We are 15th.

We were invited to face Iowa in the Sun Bowl. We've accepted the invitation.

I hope we can trounce them, and that combined with the UCLA win will be enough to keep my job.




Week 18 News:

Arizona beat Air Force 18-16 in the Las Vegas Bowl.

[daedalus]

Will Simms almost Desmond Howard'ed you. Good save by Mr Glass, er, Randy Collins at the end, though.

[daedalus]

How is recruiting coming along? Or is that done in the offseason?

[hoopsguy]

Another "save the career" game against Idiots Out Walking Around. Good luck treating them like roadkill. Congrats on beating UCLA.

You didn't mention Sims in the preview. Did he just kill you, or was he doing that kind of stuff all year long?

[Toddzilla]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Poll:

1. Texas 12-0 (Beat #20 Nebraska 42-17)
2. Wisconsin 11-0 (beat #6 Michigan 59-20)
3. LSU 10-1 (beat Vanderbilt 38-14)
4. Florida State 10-2 (lost to #7 Virginia Tech 41-6 - odd that they would still be above VT)
5. Florida 11-2 (Beat Ole Miss 25-12)
6. Michigan 9-2 (Lost to #14 Ohio State 52-27)
7. Virginia Tech 10-2 (beat FSU 41-6)
8. Ole Miss 10-2
9. UCLA 9-2
10 Notre Dame 9-2.

This is why I have to shelf the game until the rankings are worked out. Why on earth can any feasible AI still have FSU ranked #4 after getting WAXED by VPI? They didn't even drop! So after all this we really have no idea how good these team are or how they ought to be ranked.

I am, however, really enjoying this dynasty

[MizzouRah]

Exciting game vs UCLA!!

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by daedalus

How is recruiting coming along? Or is that done in the offseason?

Unfortunately, it is strictly limited to the offseason. You can see stats and interest levels of recruits during the season, but some people think the interest levels don't change til the offseason which is why I stopped commenting on them. Yes, Randy did bring on a nice save

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Another "save the career" game against Idiots Out Walking Around. Good luck treating them like roadkill. Congrats on beating UCLA.

You didn't mention Sims in the preview. Did he just kill you, or was he doing that kind of stuff all year long?

He only had 2 TD returns before my game. He shocked me with how he tore up my kickoff coverage teams.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

This is why I have to shelf the game until the rankings are worked out. Why on earth can any feasible AI still have FSU ranked #4 after getting WAXED by VPI? They didn't even drop! So after all this we really have no idea how good these team are or how they ought to be ranked.

I am, however, really enjoying this dynasty

Yeah, I'm not happy with how the rankings are handled, but hopefully, I'll be able to continue this career after Arlie does the 1.1 update and rankings will be handled better then. I think I understand some of what is happening with the rankings for now. Hopefully, the rankings don't keep me out of a National Championship during Randy's career. I'm having too much fun to stop playing while waiting for 1.1

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Exciting game vs UCLA!!

Yes it was. I'm glad Mrs. Eaglesfan wasn't home as I was screaming at the computer (particularly during those long kickoff returns.)

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Yes it was. I'm glad Mrs. Eaglesfan wasn't home as I was screaming at the computer (particularly during those long kickoff returns.)

You too?

The rankings are kind of goofy, but it's not "put the game on hold" bad for me. Of couse I am and will be non-ranked for quite some time.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

You too?

The rankings are kind of goofy, but it's not "put the game on hold" bad for me. Of couse I am and will be non-ranked for quite some time.

I think I understand the logic of the rankings, and it is definitely not a put the game on hold for me thing either. We just need to make sure that Randy leads us to a perfect season, and that should take care of everything

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

I think I understand the logic of the rankings, and it is definitely not a put the game on hold for me thing either. We just need to make sure that Randy leads us to a perfect season, and that should take care of everything

Now that's the attitude! Go out there Coach and do us proud.

[Galaxy]

I do wish the inclusion of television matchups were included (brings in revenue, exposure to recruits, builds up prestige).

[Eaglesfan27]

Injury Report:

Stephen Goss is probable for this game against Iowa.

CB Dwone Secules is also probable. All of my guys will play today.



Preview:

Today we play #22 Iowa in the "Vitalis Sun Bowl." Iowa has an explosive offense that is 7th in the nation and they are led by senior QB Kerry Witcher. Kerry has passed for over 2400 yards, 63.7% complete with 15 TD's and 7 INT's. Their balanced offense also includes two different backs with over 700 yard rushing. C. Quinnie is their leading WR with 63 catches for 1064 yards and 10 TD's. Their defense is 12th in the nation led by cornerback Dave Brown who is a junior that has played well this year. He has 16 passes defended, 4 interceptions, and 1 TD. Their other CB has 6 interceptions.

Our offense is slightly better statistically as we are ranked 6, but our defense is ranked slightly worse at 14th. It should be a close game, and Iowa are 2 point favorites.



Gameplanning:

We are planning on trying to have about a 50-50 run-pass ratio. With their multi-threat offense, we will mix up are coverages quite a bit.

[Eaglesfan27]

There are about 70,000 fans here today.

They get the ball first on their own 29.

They convert a 3rd and 10, but Darcey Middleton has a nice 13 yard sack on the next play.

They aren't able to make up the yardage and punt.. no they fake it! It's no good. We get the ball on their 38!



Randy throws deep on the first play, but overthrows an open Branch.

Randy overthrows his next throw as well, and we go 3 and out.



Our Punter does a nice job of pinning Iowa back inside the 3.

They put together a balanced 97 yard drive that is finished with a 42 yard TD pass from Witcher to Strong. 7-0 Iowa.



We manage to drive down the field with a few good passes, but are unable to finish it and settle for a FG to make it 7-3.


A holding call, then an ineligible man downfield kills Iowa's next drive and we force them to punt from their own 40.


End of 1: 7-3 lead for Iowa.


Cliff Bell drops a pass that would have converted a 3rd and 10, and we punt from right about midfield. Our punter pins them inside the 5.


They put together a lengthy drive in which they ran for 64 yards and passed for 20, before settling for a 35 yard FG. 10-3 Iowa.


Randy helps us drive down the field, but on 3rd and 1, he throws from across the line of scrimmage, and we have to punt from midfield.

They put together a 40 yard drive, before we can stop them. They connect on a 41 yard FG. 13-3 Iowa.


First play of our next drive, Alan Hood breaks off a 51 yard run in which he ran over one guy, and then ran away from the defense! That gets us inside the 10.

2 plays later, Alan Hood runs it in from 5 yards out! 13-10. Hood with 100 yards rushing in the 1st half. 3 minutes left in the half.



We stop them after just 5 plays and 15 yards.

We have just under a minute to try to get into FG range.

Randy Collins is very inaccurate today. He misses his first pass, and the receiver drops it on his 2nd play.

We end up getting stopped on the 3rd and 10. We end up giving them the ball back with 20 seconds left.



Halftime: 13-10 lead for Iowa.

Randy Collins Halftime States: 4 of 12 passing for 78 yards. 0 TD 0 INT.




They force us to go 3 and out on our first drive of the 2nd half.


They drive 70 yards capped by a 33 yard TD from Witcher to Herrmann. Our Nickelback blew coverage on that play. 20-10.



We run the ball a few times, then Randy Collins hits Randy Branch in stride on a corner route, he burns the defense! 60 yard TD! 20-17.


Their next drive ends as we stop them on 3rd and 5, but they connect on a 53 yard FG. 23-17.


Randy overthrows a receiver on 3rd and 4 and we end up punting, but we have a bad punt and they get the ball at midfield.

3 plays later Mike Brees runs it in from 2 yards out. 29-17 as we stop the 2 point conversion attempt.



Randy overthrows an open Dick Sayers on 3rd and 8. We have to punt as a result. This is by far Randy's worse game, except for maybe the game where he was hurt.


End of 3: 29-17.


We force a 3 and out.

13 minutes left, we need to make a TD.

First play, Randy connects with Branch for 15 yards.

Randy overthrows Branch on the next play. Randy throws a pick to FS Scott Young the next play as he overthrew Branch again!



What a terrible ending to the season.


2 plays later Kerry Witcher hits his star receiver Quinnie on the streak for a 71 yard TD! 36-17


We put together a 11 play drive in which we ran it for 30 yards and passed for 50. The play ends in a TD pass to Branch. Randy was 4 of 5 passing for 50 yards on that drive. 36-24. Can we possibly pull it out? Only 6 minutes left.


Wayne Cole, our CB has a big sack, and we force a 3 and out. WE get the ball back with a little over 4 minutes, but we are on our own 15 after a great punt.

Randy is finally making some good passes, but it looks like it is going to be too late.

They sack him on 3rd and 4 and we are unable to convert. That definitely ends the game. They have the ball with 2 minutes and their RB's have been hurting us all day long.

We force a 3 and out, but even with timeouts we are down to a minute left.


They stop us on a 4th and 4. They take a knee and end the game.

36-24 loss to Iowa

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL USC (9-4) 3 7 7 7 0 24 Iowa (9-4) 7 6 16 7 0 36
Team Statistics USC IOWA First Downs 17 20 Rushing 5 9 Passing 11 11 Penalty 1 0 3rd-down Efficiency 7-16 5-14 4th-down Efficiency 0-0 0-1 Total Net Yards 417 542 Total plays 68 75 Average gain 6.1 7.2 Net Yards Rushing 151 178 Rushes 25 45 Average per rush 6 4 Net Yards Passing 266 364 Completed-attempted 22-42 19-27 Yards per pass 6.3 13.5 Sacked-yards lost 1-3 3-22 Had intercepted 1 0 Punts-average 8-45.2 5-40.8 Return Yardage 112 149 Punts-returns 1-3 4-58 Kickoffs-returns 6-109 4-75 Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-16 Penalties-yards 5-39 7-49 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0 Touchdowns 3 4 Rushing 1 1 Passing 2 3 Extra Points 3-3 3-3 Field Goals 1-1 3-3 Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 2-2-100% Time Of Possession 27:44 32:21	First Quarter IOWA TD 08:03 7-0 Ronney Strong 42 YD Pass from Kerry Witcher (Tully Sirmon Kick). USC FG 04:14 7-3 Kerry Gibbs 31 YD Second Quarter IOWA FG 09:31 10-3 Tully Sirmon 35 YD IOWA FG 04:46 13-3 Tully Sirmon 41 YD USC TD 02:50 13-10 Alan Hood 5 YD Run (Kerry Gibbs Kick). Third Quarter IOWA TD 10:19 20-10 John Herrmann 33 YD Pass from Kerry Witcher (Tully Sirmon Kick). USC TD 08:41 20-17 Randy Branch 60 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Kerry Gibbs Kick). IOWA FG 05:22 23-17 Tully Sirmon 53 YD IOWA TD 01:28 29-17 Mike Brees 4 YD Run (2 Pts Failed) Fourth Quarter IOWA TD 10:37 36-17 Chris Quinnie 71 YD Pass from Kerry Witcher (Tully Sirmon Kick). USC TD 05:58 36-24 Randy Branch 12 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Kerry Gibbs Kick).
USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Collins 21/41 260 2 1 60 1-3 QB B. Brady 1/1 6 0 0 6 0-0	IOWA PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB K. Witcher 19/26 364 3 0 71 3-22 P C. Moretti 0/1 0 0 0 0 0-0
USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB A. Hood 15 143 9.50 1 51 RB M. Maston 7 16 2.30 0 8 QB R. Collins 1 1 1.00 0 1 WR R. Branch 1 -6 -6.00 0 0	IOWA RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB K. Staley 23 129 5.60 0 22 RB M. Brees 10 64 6.40 1 53 FB E. McGraw 4 11 2.80 0 5 WR C. Quinnie 1 -2 -2.00 0 0 QB K. Witcher 4 -2 -0.50 0 2
USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR R. Branch 16 6 152 25.30 60 2 60 0 WR D. Sayers 9 7 51 7.30 11 0 13 0 WR C. Bell 9 5 37 7.40 8 0 9 1 RB A. Hood 4 2 11 5.50 11 0 8 0 WR M. Insley 1 1 9 9.00 1 0 9 0 TE D. Kattus 2 1 6 6.00 2 0 6 0 RB M. Maston 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 FB R. Pugh 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0	IOWA RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR C. Quinnie 10 7 181 25.90 66 1 71 1 WR R. Strong 7 4 107 26.80 14 1 42 0 WR J. Herrmann 7 5 52 10.40 11 1 33 1 RB K. Staley 1 1 13 13.00 4 0 13 0 RB M. Brees 2 1 6 6.00 2 0 6 0 WR M. Broussard 2 1 5 5.00 2 0 5 0 TE S. Smith 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT B. Woods 2 4 0 0 0 OG S. Goss 1 0 0 0 0 OG E. Bieniemy 0 1 0 0 0 OT L. Twilley 0 0 1 0 0 C K. Tripucka 0 0 0 1 0 OG T. Johnson 0 0 0 1 0	IOWA O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT L. Hazeltine 1 3 0 0 0 OT B. Woodson 1 1 1 1 0 C E. Stratton 0 1 1 0 0 OG C. Finney 0 0 1 0 1
USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS WR M. Insley 1 0 0 0 OT M. Walker 0 0 1 0	IOWA FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS
USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K K. Gibbs 1/1 31 3/3 6	IOWA KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K T. Sirmon 3/3 53 3/3 12
USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P W. Macklin 8 45.20 38.00 0 0 64	IOWA PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P C. Moretti 5 40.80 40.20 1 0 54
USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG OT M. Walker 1 23.00 0 23 WR M. Insley 5 17.20 0 37	IOWA KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB B. Ellington 3 19.30 0 25 CB M. Gaffney 1 17.00 0 17
USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC FS J. Green 1 3.00 0 5 1	IOWA PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB M. Gaffney 4 14.50 0 36 1
USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD ILB L. Alexander 6-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 SS D. Brookins 6-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 FS J. Green 6-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 DT T. Carney 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 DE J. Stover 3-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ILB C. Lindell 3-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 CB S. Cole 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DT R. Carter 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS B. DeMulling 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE D. Middleton 2-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 CB D. Secules 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CB W. Cole 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS C. Carlton 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB D. Brady 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 OLB P. Davenport 0-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 OLB R. Garcia 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE B. Hampton 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	IOWA DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD SS C. Lane 6-1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 FS S. Young 4-5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ILB R. Fujita 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB D. Brown 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB B. Ellington 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 OLB J. Sharpe 2-5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 SS C. Jennings 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE B. Cundiff 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 DE H. Cappleman 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT L. McElroy 0-1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
Player of the Game Randy Branch, Wide Receiver Rec Yards YAC TD LNG 6 152 60 2 60	Game Information Attendance: 70,397 Temperature: 62 Weather: Sunny and clear

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 21:

BCS Games:

#9 UCLA beats

#3 LSU smacks down #5 Florida 47-16 in the SugarBowl. LSU finishes 11-1.

#$ Virginia Tech beats #15 Notre Dame 23-12 in the Orange Bowl. VT finishes 11-2.

#9 UCLA demolished West Virginia 23-6 in the Rose Bowl. UCLA finishes 10-2.

#1 Texas barely inched by Wisconsin 28-27 in the Fiesta Bowl to win the National Championship.

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL Wisconsin (11-1) 7 10 10 0 0 27 Texas (13-0) 3 10 3 12 0 28
Team Statistics WIS TEX First Downs 21 21 Rushing 10 7 Passing 11 12 Penalty 0 2 3rd-down Efficiency 2-13 3-15 4th-down Efficiency 1-1 0-1 Total Net Yards 393 472 Total plays 69 73 Average gain 5.7 6.5 Net Yards Rushing 165 176 Rushes 30 41 Average per rush 5.5 4.3 Net Yards Passing 228 296 Completed-attempted 17-38 18-28 Yards per pass 6 10.6 Sacked-yards lost 1-5 4-19 Had intercepted 1 0 Punts-average 6-47.7 6-35.8 Return Yardage 214 116 Punts-returns 3-111 2-15 Kickoffs-returns 4-103 4-91 Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-10 Penalties-yards 7-55 5-35 Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0 Touchdowns 3 3 Rushing 0 2 Passing 2 1 Extra Points 3-3 1-1 Field Goals 2-2 3-5 Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-66.7% 3-6-50% Time Of Possession 28:48 31:12	First Quarter WIS TD 12:01 7-0 Drew Craft 4 YD Pass from Jerry Tanner (Sam Hopkins Kick). TEX FG 02:29 7-3 George McDole 51 YD Second Quarter TEX TD 13:01 10-7 Doug Miles 2 YD Run (George McDole Kick). WIS TD 09:03 14-10 Jack Patterson 5 YD Pass from Jerry Tanner (Sam Hopkins Kick). TEX FG 05:36 14-13 George McDole 35 YD WIS FG 00:39 17-13 Sam Hopkins 41 YD Third Quarter WIS FG 10:38 20-13 Sam Hopkins 47 YD WIS TD 05:54 27-13 73 YD Punt Return by Bobby Taylor (Sam Hopkins Kick). TEX FG 00:09 27-16 George McDole 43 YD Fourth Quarter TEX TD 11:29 27-22 Max Seau 11 YD Pass from Lyle Scales (2 Pts Failed) TEX TD 09:10 28-27 Doug Miles 57 YD Run (2 Pts Failed)
WIS PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB J. Tanner 17/38 228 2 1 44 1-5	TEX PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB L. Scales 18/28 296 1 0 40 4-19
WIS RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB C. Howard 18 89 4.90 0 13 RB R. Minnis 5 43 8.60 0 29 WR F. Casares 1 19 19.00 0 19 FB N. Wilson 3 14 4.70 0 8 QB J. Tanner 1 5 5.00 0 5 QB L. Jones 1 0 0.00 0 0	TEX RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB D. Miles 30 173 5.80 2 57 RB G. Strahan 1 7 7.00 0 7 FB J. Carruth 2 6 3.00 0 7 RB R. Tarkenton 3 5 1.70 0 3 QB L. Scales 1 4 4.00 0 4
WIS RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR F. Casares 9 6 95 15.80 17 0 44 0 WR A. Vigorito 11 5 82 16.40 22 0 27 2 WR J. Patterson 6 2 21 10.50 5 1 16 1 WR B. Taylor 3 1 20 20.00 5 0 20 0 RB C. Howard 7 2 6 3.00 1 0 5 0 TE D. Craft 2 1 4 4.00 1 1 4 0	TEX RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR H. Terrell 10 5 128 25.60 48 0 40 1 WR M. Seau 8 4 62 15.50 21 1 32 0 WR V. Taylor 6 5 58 11.60 13 0 23 0 WR J. Randle 1 1 30 30.00 4 0 30 0 RB D. Miles 3 2 15 7.50 7 0 12 0 TE A. Dickey 1 1 3 3.00 0 0 3 0
WIS O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT J. Sidney 3 4 0 0 0 OG T. Martin 1 0 0 0 0 OT J. Brock 0 0 1 0 0 OG B. Brown 0 0 0 1 1	TEX O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OG T. Washington 5 2 0 1 1 OT B. Baxter 0 2 0 0 0 OT B. Moore 0 1 1 0 0 C B. Bledsoe 1 0 2 0 0 OG T. Keys 0 0 1 0 0
WIS FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS	TEX FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS
WIS KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K S. Hopkins 2/2 47 3/3 9	TEX KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K G. McDole 3/5 51 1/1 10
WIS PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P C. Johnson 6 47.70 38.50 1 2 59	TEX PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P J. Offerdahl 6 35.80 18.20 0 0 44
WIS KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG RB C. Howard 2 26.50 0 37 CB J. Rahn 2 25.00 0 25	TEX KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG RB D. Miles 4 22.80 0 35
WIS PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC WR B. Taylor 3 37.00 1 73 2	TEX PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB A. Stroud 2 7.50 0 13 0
WIS DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB T. Howard 10-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 ILB B. Moore 6-6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 SS N. Hamilton 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB J. Rahn 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB T. Warner 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS J. Strada 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB J. Hakim 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 DT M. Richardson 2-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 DE M. Ellis 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DE B. Ivy 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS T. Beasley 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB J. Ramsey 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	TEX DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD ILB C. Blue 7-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 OLB C. Elliot 6-1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 SS D. Glass 4-6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 FS A. Washington 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB T. Russell 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 FS R. McLaughlin 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT K. Fenderson 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT W. Butler 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 CB J. Jackson 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 CB L. Morris 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 CB D. Day 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Player of the Game Doug Miles, Running Back AT Yards TD LNG REC 30 173 2 57 15	Game Information Attendance: 81,050 Temperature: 57 Weather: Sunny and clear

[Eaglesfan27]

Focusing back on our team, let's look at the seniors that we are definitely losing.

Star LT Byron Woods
DE Darcey Middleton
DT Tim Carney
K Kerry Gibbs
Scrub OG Mark Knight
Starting FV Renaldo Pugh
Star WR Randy Branch
Starting OG Steven Goss
Starting DE Bill Hampton
Starting DT Richard Carter (therefore our whole starting defensive line is going)
Starting CB Sam Cole
P W. Macklin
4th string QB Witherspoon
Backkup FB Fred Banks
4/5th WR Marquis Insley
Starting TE Estes Henderson
Backup T Lance Twiley
Scrub OG Terry Bradshaw (liked his name)
Backup C Rusty Williams
Starter (for most of the year) MLB Clinton Lindell
Backup OLB Sean Badger
3rd string SS William Tucker

Of course, some of our juniors might leave early too. I'm most worried about HB Alan Hood and FS Jonathan Green.

Of course, this assumes I somehow keep my job.

[Eaglesfan27]

Final Poll:


1. Texas 13-0
2. Wisconsin 11-1
3. LSU 11-1
4. Virginia Tech 11-2
5. Florida State 11-2
6. Michigan 10-2
7. Florida 11-3
8. Ole Miss 10-3
9. UCLA 10-2
10. Oklahoma 10-2

[Galaxy]

[quote=Eaglesfan27]Week 21:

BCS Games:

#9 UCLA beats
QUOTE]

What was the game?

[Eaglesfan27]

I get my final evaluation for 2006.

Much to my surprise, the school's trustees give me a B for the season in Team Performance.

I get an A for Recruiting and Talent Development

Overall, they give me an A!?!


USC doesn't seem to be firing me, and I get a bunch of offers. I turn them all down. The most notable ones were:

Oregon, Pittsburgh, and Stanford.

Our budget for the year is decreased by 70,000 dollars to 2.42 million.




Good news, none of our coaches are retiring or leaving the team.


Bad news:

Alan Hood, DE Jon Stover (that one is a surprise) and FS Jonathan Green have all stated they are considering declaring early.


I consider replacing my DC, but he did have many good weeks. I'll keep him for one more year.

[Eaglesfan27]

[quote=Galaxy]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Week 21:

BCS Games:

#9 UCLA beats
QUOTE]

What was the game?

It's listed below that. Not sure why I had the aborted sentence. They beat West Virginia 23-6.