Washington State Cougars(NCAA 11)

[NoDakHusker]

Cougars Crush Rebels in 35-6 Rout

vs
Martin Stadium, 2:00 PM. Pullman, Washington. September 3, 2011

PULLMAN, WA- UNLV came to Martin Stadium this time around, as the Washington State Cougars opened up the 2011 season with high hopes. Jared Karstetter returns after being injured for all of last year, and he returned with a bang. Midway through the first, Jeff Tuel found Karstetter on a corner route for 51 yards to put in the first score of the game.
Things were already looking good against a weak UNLV team. The offense was flowing, the defense forced some turnovers, it had the makings of a perfect game. Nearly a minute into the second quarter, UNLV throws a pick that is taken 43 yards by Tyree Toomer for a pick six! He edged out several players as he neared the goal line, but nonetheless, he crossed without any trouble.

UNLV would get a solid drive soon after that, culminating in a 1 yard TD run by their HB. However, their kicker missed the extra point, and eventually 2 other field goals, effectively killing off a lot of their momentum. Later, Isiah Barton would score on a huge 74 yard pass beating three defenders before heading to the end zone and putting WSU up comfortably 21-6 late in the second. Jump ahead to about :30 to go in the first half, Jeff Tuel throws an unnecessary pick in WSU territory. UNLV could have a chance to score just before the half ends and changing the entire game.
First 2 downs yielded an incompletion and a stuffed running play, leaving only 7 seconds left. UNLV goes all out, spreading the field. Snap the ball...The QB feels heavy pressure from WSU's front 4, eventually forcing a bad throw in the flats, where the ball lands in Daniel Simmons' hands who takes it back 74 yards for the second pick six of the game, that's more than WSU had all year in 2010.

Daniel Simmons celebrating on his way to the endzone as the first half expires.

WSU would hang on to win easily, 35-6 over UNLV. The Rebels fall to 0-2 and WSU goes to 1-0. The Cougars take on #17 Oregon next week at Martin Stadium.

NCAA Scoreboard - UNLV Rebels (0-1) at Washington State Cougars (0-0)

September 3, 2011 1 2 3 4 F UNLV Rebels 0 6 0 0 6 Washington State Cougars 7 21 0 7 35 Top Performers UNLV Rebels - Stats HB #3 - 15 rushes, 75 yards. 5.0 avg ROLB #55 - 3 tackles, 1 INT, Washington State Cougars - Stats I. Barton - 3 rec, 95 yards, TD T. Toomer - 5 tackles, 1 INT, TD

Team Stats Comparison UNLV WSU First Downs 11 10 3rd Down Efficiency 3-13 5-12 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 0-2 Total Yards 306 498 Passing Yards 117 180 Rushing Yards 86 225 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1-5 2-23 Turnovers 3 3 Time of Possession 16:58 22:18

Scoring Summary First Quarter UNLV WSU WSU 3:53 TD WSU: J. Karstetter, 51 yard pass from J. Tuel(L. White kick) 0 7 Second Quarter UNLV WSU WSU 7:17 TD WSU: T. Toomer, returned interception 43 yards(L. White kick) 0 14 UNLV 5:15 TD UNLV: HB #8, 1 yard run(missed kick) 6 14 WSU 2:44 TD WSU: I. Barton, 74 yard pass from J. Tuel(L. White kick) 6 21 WSU 0:00 TD WSU: D. Simmons, returned interception 74 yards(L. White kick) 6 28 Fourth Quarter UNLV WSU WSU 6:33 TD WSU: R. Galvin, 14 yard run(L. White kick) 6 35

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[NoDakHusker]

Around the NCAA Through Week 2
Top 25 Scores

#1 Alabama 34, #13 Penn State 3
#2 Ohio State 28, Miami 19
#4 Arkansas 54, UL-Monroe 20
#5 Wisconsin 29, Oregon State 7
#6 Virginia Tech 42, Duke 17
#7 Washington 34, FCS NW 7
#8 Oklahoma 44, Middle Tennessee State 7
#9 Texas 36, BYU 13
#10 Florida State 28, Virginia 18
#11 West Virginia 45, FCS E 0
#12 Iowa 29, Iowa State 19
#14 Georgia Tech 41, North Carolina 17
#15 Pittsburgh 45, FCS E 0
#16 Clemson 27, Maryland 10
#17 Oregon 41, Nevada 14
#20 TCU 21, Texas Tech 17
#21 LSU 40, FCS NW 0
#23 Minnesota 42, New Mexico State 13
#24 Boston College 40, Buffalo 7
#25 Florida 46, UAB 10

Upsets From Weeks 1 and 2

Minnesota def. USC - Week 1 @USC
Baylor def. TCU - Week 1 @Baylor
FCS Midwest def. Idaho - Week 2 @Idaho(not HUGE but...hey...how do you lose to an FCS school?)
FCS Southeast def. Wake Forest - Week 2 @WF

Players of the Week - Week 1

Offense: South Carolina Sr QB, Stephen Garcia - 24/38, 440 yards, 4 total TD(vs ECU)

Defense: Kent State Jr SS #7 - 3 Atk, FF, INT(vs FCS SE)

Players of the Week - Week 2

Offense: Illinois Soph. QB, Nathan Scheelhaase - 17/32, 305 yards, 22 carries, 165 yards. 5 total TD(vs FCS W)

Defense: TCU Jr. ROLB, Tanner Brown - 3 Tkls, 3 TFL, 2 ATK, 1 Sack, FF, 2 FR(vs TTU)

Interesting Facts

-Robert Griffin is 4th in the nation in passing yards...what's special about that, you say? Well, he's thrown for 666 yards.
-Alabama has not left their number 1 spot in this dynasty thus far and are the only not to have lost a game...yet.
-Kellen Moore currently leads the Heisman hype.
-Minnesota may be the most underrated team this year(not fact, just my opinion)
-No one lost to an FCS team last year. This year, there have been 2 within one week.
-After one game, WSU ranks 100th in pass offense and 10th in pass defense. Yay.

[NoDakHusker]

Revenge Tastes Like Duck
Cougars Upset Ducks in Pac-10 Opener
vs
Martin Stadium, 8:00 PM. Pullman, Washington. September 10, 2011.

PULLMAN, WA - A beautiful fall evening in Pullman gave way to an incredible display on the football field. Washington State was looking for revenge after a 41-13 thrashing from Oregon last year, as the 17th ranked Ducks came to town. The game lacked offense early on, the punters probably saw more field time than the QBs!
Neither defense was willing to give an inch, but early in the second, Oregon broke the scoring drought with a solid 35 yard field goal to take the lead.
It wasn't much longer until WSU got on the board, when Jeff Tuel threw a long ball under pressure, finding who else but Jared Karstetter in stride. Karstetter found the end zone a few steps later, completing the 45 yard TD bomb. Oregon would get another field goal to narrow the score to 7-6 Cougs.

With under a minute to go in the first half, WSU wasn't being too risky knowing they'd get the ball to start the second. However, they were able to get within field goal range at around the 28 yard line. With around :40 to go, they handed it off to HB Carl Winston, who found some great blocking up the middle to go 28 yards, untouched, for 6! Washington State went into half time with a confident 14-6 lead.
A lackluster 3rd quarter would give way to an exciting 4th. WSU would score on a huge 3rd and goal pass play, 5 yards from Tuel to Barton. Barton dove across the back of the endzone to make the grab and give the Cougars a very comfortable 21-6 lead.

Isiah Barton makes it 21-6 early in the 4th quarter with an acrobatic catch.

Still, too much time remained and Oregon proved that on the following drive, that lasted 12 plays and culminated in a LaMichael James 7 yard TD run. Following the run, it was 21-12, Oregon had to go for the 2 point conversion to have a legitimate shot a coming back. Oregon went to the air, QB had plenty of time, had a man wide open in the end zone. But the pass was simply dropped by Senior WR Keanon Lowe.
Oregon would get 2 more drives to try and come back, including a missed field goal that had the distance, but just missed to the left on the first drive.
WSU would run the clock out in the final minute, giving way to a huge win, their first in conference play this year and improving the overall record to 2-0.

NCAA Scoreboard - Oregon Ducks (2-0) at Washington State Cougars (1-0)

September 10, 2011 1 2 3 4 F #17 Oregon Ducks 0 6 0 6 12 Washington State Cougars 0 14 0 7 21 Top Performers Oregon Ducks - Stats L. James - 12 carries, 43 yards, TD T. Turner - 4 tack, 2 Atk, 2 TFL Washington State Cougars - Stats J. Tuel - 8/22, 126 yards, 2 TD C. Winston - 12 carries, 106 yards, TD

Team Stats Comparison ORE WSU First Downs 16 8 3rd Down Efficiency 4-15 1-12 4th Down Efficiency 0-1 0-1 Total Yards 311 373 Passing Yards 111 126 Rushing Yards 108 165 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1-5 2-25 Turnovers 3 0 Time of Possession 15:51 21:52

Scoring Summary Second Quarter ORE WSU ORE 7:42 FG ORE: R. Beard, 35 yard FG 3 0 WSU 6:25 TD WSU: J. Karstetter, 45 yard pass from J. Tuel(L. White kick) 3 7 ORE 1:17 FG ORE: R. Beard, 45 yard FG 6 7 WSU 0:35 TD WSU: C. Winston, 28 yard run(L. White kick) 6 14 Fourth Quarter ORE WSU WSU 7:55 TD WSU: I. Barton, 5 yard pass from J. Tuel(L. White kick) 6 21 ORE 5:31 TD ORE: L. James, 7 yard run(2-pt failed) 12 21

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[NoDakHusker]

Around the NCAA Through Week 3

Top 25 + Scores

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM	LAST WK	RECORD
1.	Alabama Win over FCS E. 40-0	1	3-0
2.	Ohio State Win over Toledo. 54-7	2	3-0
3.	Boise State Win over Tulsa. 38-10	3	2-0
4.	Washington Win over Neb. 28-21	7	3-0
5.	Oklahoma BYE	8	2-0
6.	Texas Win over UCF. 27-20	9	3-0
7.	Florida State Win over BC. 35-21	10	3-0
8.	West Virginia Win over FCS E. 34-0	11	2-0
9.	Georgia Tech Win over VT. 24-17	14	2-0
10.	Iowa Win over Pitt. 17-10	12	2-0
11.	Virginia Tech Loss to GT. 17-24	6	2-1
12.	Penn state Win over EMU. 41-0	13	2-1
13.	Clemson Win over Troy. 37-3	16	2-0
14.	Wisconsin Loss to Northern Ill. 3-10	5	2-1
15.	Stanford Win over Duke. 41-13	18	2-0
16.	Arkansas Loss to Vandy. 14-34	4	2-1
17.	Ole Miss Win over Tex.Tech. 45-14	19	2-0
18.	TCU Win over Navy. 27-3	20	2-1
19.	LSU Win over Northwestern. 34-0	21	2-0
20.	Pittsburgh Loss to Iowa. 10-17	15	2-1
21.	Utah BYE	22	1-0
22.	Minnesota Win over Miami(OH). 34-10	23	3-0
23.	Northern Illinois Win over Wisc. 10-3	NR	2-0
24.	Miami Win over Maryland. 27-3	NR	1-1
25.	Oregon Loss to WSU. 12-21	17	2-1

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Others Receiving Votes - Michigan, Rutgers, Boston College, Auburn, Washington State
Dropped Out - Boston College(#24), Florida(#25)

Players of the Week

Offense: Arkansas State Jr. QB, Ryan Aplin - 12/21, 334 yards, 17 car, 109 yards, 6 Total TD(vs FCS MW)

Defense: Bowling Green So. RE, Dylan Farrington - 6 Tkls, TFL, 4 Atk, 2 FF, FR(vs Tulane)

WSU Spotlight Player

Junior HB, #32, Carl Winston is our spotlight player for Week 3. The Harbor City, CA native, although small at 5'8, 199 lbs, has put up some solid numbers both in 2010 and so far in 2011. He leads the team in rushing through Week 3: 22 rushes, 163 yards and 1 TD. He averages 7.4 yards per carry. He punched in his first TD of the year against Oregon, putting WSU up 14-6, in the eventual 21-12 victory.
Winston has officially been listed as a starter for next week's game against Wyoming, over original starting HB Logwone Mitz.
Winston's career stats stack up like this:
81 rushes, 433 yards, 3 TDs. Average of 5.3 yards per carry. Long of 33 yards, 4 rushes of 20+ yards and 5 broken tackles.

[Deuce2223]

Love the thread. WSU is my 2nd favorite team next to BSU. Let's hope you can turn things around at WSU before you bolt to bigger and better things.

[NoDakHusker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deuce2223

Love the thread. WSU is my 2nd favorite team next to BSU. Let's hope you can turn things around at WSU before you bolt to bigger and better things.

Thanks! WSU has been a team I've followed since I did my first dynasty with them back in NCAA 2003 and I thought it'd be cool to do one with them now, especially since they're nowhere near as good as they were then.
Things are looking good already, I hardly expected to beat Oregon, yet somehow things just fell into place. We'll see as the season progresses, it won't get any easier from this point forward.

[Potatoes002]

Woooooooooo Go Cougs! Love this dynasty so far.


fyi Isiah Barton is a black guy

[NoDakHusker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Potatoes002

Woooooooooo Go Cougs! Love this dynasty so far. fyi Isiah Barton is a black guy

lol yeah I know, the roster set I have isn't entirely re-worked so there are some inaccuracies that I haven't bothered to change.