Welcome to the Glass Bowl - Toledo Rockets Dynasty(NCAA 11)

[NoDakHusker]

Week 9 Top Stories

• One for the Books - Boise State keeps on winning at home with a 46-17 victory over Louisiana Tech
• Feelin' It! - The Penn State campus is buzzing after a win over #23 Michigan
• The Class of the Pac-10 - L. James' play leads Oregon to a 33-3 win over USC
• 9-0! - Auburn stays unbeaten with a 56-9 win vs Ole Miss
• SEC Foes Clash - #8 LSU looks ahead to their big game against #1 Alabama
• Key Conference Game - The ACC Spotlight is on the Florida State-UNC game this weekend
• Big Game Time - Georgia Tech looks forward to facing Virginia Tech on Showdown Saturday
• Buckeyes Blank Golden Gophers - OSU improves it's Big Ten record to 4-1 with a shutout of Minnesota

[NoDakHusker]

Well, since week 10 is a bye for me, I'll just post the big match-ups and their results.

#11 AT #10

Oct 30, 2010 - GT at VT
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#11 Georgia Tech (7-2(4-2)	7	7	0	0	14
#10 Virginia Tech (8-1(5-0)	10	20	7	14	51

#4 AT #21

Oct 30, 2010 - TCU at UTAH
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#4 TCU (10-0(6-0)	10	0	8	10	28
#21 Utah (7-2(5-1)	0	14	7	3	24

#13 AT #16

Oct 30, 2010 - UNC at FSU
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#13 North Carolina (7-2(4-1)	0	0	7	6	13
#16 Florida State (8-1(6-0)	6	14	3	21	44

#1 AT #8

Oct 30, 2010 - ALA at LSU
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#1 Alabama (9-0(6-0)	6	17	0	3	26
#8 LSU (7-2(4-2)	0	0	10	0	10

[NoDakHusker]

NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Oct 31, 2010
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama	9	0	1.000
2	2	Auburn	10	0	.994
3	3	Boise State	8	0	.989
4	4	TCU	10	0	.983
5	5	Texas	8	1	.975
6	6	Oregon	8	1	.964
7	8	Nebraska	8	1	.957
8	9	Virginia Tech	8	1	.954
9	10	USC	7	1	.947
10	7	LSU	7	2	.944
11	15	Florida State	8	1	.941
12	13	Florida	7	2	.930
13	16	Ohio State	7	2	.922
14	17	Miami	7	2	.918
15	18	Penn State	7	2	.907
16	12	Georgia Tech	7	2	.891
17	19	Iowa	7	2	.884
18	14	North Carolina	7	2	.878
19	22	Texas Tech	8	1	.877
20	11	Oklahoma	7	2	.874
21	24	Wisconsin	5	3	.846
22	23	Notre Dame	7	2	.845
23	-	Michigan	7	2	.839
24	25	Arkansas	6	3	.834
25	21	Utah	7	2	.827

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 31, 2010
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Christian Ponder	QB	Florida State
Mark Ingram	HB	Alabama
Landry Jones	QB	Oklahoma
Roy Helu Jr	HB	Nebraska
Cam Newton	QB	Auburn

[NoDakHusker]

Week 10 Top Stories

• Alabama Takes Out LSU - Crimson Tide triumph over #8 LSU 26-10
• Feelin' It! - Seminoles take care of ACC opponent UNC 44-13
• Saturday Showdown - This week's big game matches Big 12 powers, Oklahoma and Texas Tech
• Key Victory at a Price - Fresno State beat rival but Jacobs will be out for 9 weeks
• Finding a Way - Michigan squeaks by Illinois 27-20
• Brute Force - Virginia Tech controls all three phases of play against rival Georgia Tech
• Shaken and Stirred - Washington suffer a collapse against #7 Oregon
• How It's Done - Iowa State is floored in a lopsided 30-3 loss to Nebraska

[NoDakHusker]

Rockets Fall Short Against Northern Illinois

Kenny Stafford catches the lobbed pass in the corner of the end zone for 6

De Kalb, IL - It's been a rough year when it comes to road games for Toledo, even in their victories they have struggled far more than they have at home. But coming into a hostile stadium in De Kalb was maybe a little bit more confidence shaking than they had anticipated. From the start, the Toledo offense struggled to move the ball consistently and Austin Dantin failed to complete his first 7 passes, a trend that would continue the entire game as Dantin ended with 18/47, though he had 188 yards and 2 TDs, it was not enough to carry the Rockets to victory.
It was the third quarter, Toledo up 14-6, when NIU marches right down the field ending in a 7 yard TD pass. They go for two, but go for the end around and completely fake out the defense for the easy conversion. Tie ball game going into the fourth quarter of play. Both teams struggled to get a rhythm offensively, as they continued to punt back and forth, along with a good number of penalties. These two teams do not like each other, at all. When all looked well for the Toledo offense, backup QB Alex Pettee threw an interception and the defender was off to the races, untouched for a pick six and the lead.

NIU's Ward avoids being tackled by Pettee on his way to the game winning score

Toledo's final hopes were cut short on 4th down with :45 to go, around the 30 yard line in NIU territory when Austin Dantin was hit as he threw and the ball quickly hit the ground, a good 5 or 6 yards short of his intended target. Toledo suffers it's first conference loss of the year heading into the big rivalry game against 1-9 Bowling Green next week. Coach Sutton had little to say of the game except, "There are no words for what I am feeling right now from this loss. Completely speechless."
Meanwhile, in the face of defeat, Sophomore DE TJ Fatinikun broke the single season school record for number of sacks. The original record was 12.0, he recorded 2 sacks in this game to get him up to 13.0. He is a semi-finalist for the Nagurski Award and the Lombardi Award and is said to be the front runner in both by ESPN.

Nov 2, 2010 - TOL at NIU
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Toledo Rockets (7-3(5-1)	7	0	7	0	14
Northern Illinois Huskies (6-4(3-3)	6	0	8	7	21

Team Stats Comparison
TOL		NIU
274	Total Offense	244
75	Rushing Yards	93
199	Passing Yards	151
19	First Downs	13
32	Punt Return Yards	9
69	Kick Return Yards	55
375	Total Yards	308
3	Turnovers	2
7-16	3rd Down Converstion	2-12
0-1	4th Down Conversion	0-0
0-0	2-Point Conversion	1-1
3-2-0	Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-1-2
4-50	Penalties	6-76
14:38	Posession Time	17:22

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		TOL	NIU
4:58	(NIU) FG: M. Sims, 39 yds	0	3
3:27	(NIU) FG: M. Sims, 21 yds	0	6
2:02	(TOL) TD: E. Page, 3 yd pass from A. Dantin(R. Casano kick)	7	6
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		TOL	NIU
4:53	(TOL) TD: K. Stafford, 6 yd pass from A. Dantin(R. Casano kick)	14	6
2:08	(NIU) TD: K. Skarb, 7 yd pass from D. Grady(2 pt good)	14	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		TOL	NIU
4:07	(NIU) TD: J. Ward, returned interception 82 yds(M. Sims kick)	14	21

[NoDakHusker]

NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Nov 7, 2010
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama	10	0	1.000
2	2	Auburn	11	0	.994
3	3	Boise State	9	0	.989
4	4	TCU	11	0	.983
5	5	Texas	9	1	.975
6	6	Oregon	9	1	.965
7	7	Nebraska	9	1	.958
8	8	Virginia Tech	9	1	.957
9	9	USC	8	1	.948
10	10	LSU	8	2	.943
11	11	Florida State	9	1	.942
12	14	Miami	8	2	.930
13	13	Ohio State	8	2	.929
14	20	Oklahoma	8	2	.919
15	17	Iowa	8	2	.912
16	21	Wisconsin	6	3	.887
17	25	Utah	8	2	.881
18	15	Penn State	7	3	.881
19	23	Michigan	8	2	.876
20	12	Florida	7	3	.876
21	24	Arkansas	7	3	.860
22	19	Texas Tech	8	2	.845
23	16	Georgia Tech	7	3	.845
24	-	South Carolina	7	3	.825
25	18	North Carolina	7	3	.824

Heisman Watch - Updated: Nov 7, 2010
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Mark Ingram	HB	Alabama
Christian Ponder	QB	Florida State
Landry Jones	QB	Oklahoma
Darron Thomas	QB	Oregon
Denard Robinson	QB	Michigan

[NoDakHusker]

Week 11 Top Stories

• Time to Celebrate! - In the Top 25, Oklahoma walks away with a conference win over Texas Tech
• Still Unbeaten! - Alabama(10-0) takes out Mississippi State 35-12
• Hangin' Tough - South Carolina goes into a tough environment and beats Florida in OT
• Conference Collision - #16 Wisconsin and #19 Michigan prepare for war
• Make or Break Weekend - On weekend full of Top 25 action, #14 Iowa matches up with #12 Ohio State
• Spare Frame - Buckeyes need OT, but disposes of Penn State in defense of their home field
• Narrow Escape - USC squeaks by Arizona in conference play.
• Trench Struggle - Points were hard to come by in the OSU Beavers Pac-10 win over Wazzu, 13-6

[NoDakHusker]

Peace Pipe Returns to Toledo

Kenny Stafford evades a defender on his way to a 65 yard TD

Toledo, OH - Rivalries, what would college football be without them? The Battle of I-75, as they call it, is one rivalry filled with hate yet these two play for the Peace Pipe. The Peace Pipe trophy has spent the last three years at Bowling Green, Toledo was hoping to change that as they came in as 3 touchdown favorites against a 1-10, struggling Falcon team. This game was a lot closer than many had anticipated, especially with Toledo starting off on the wrong foot.
Early in the first, Austin Dantin is pressured out of the pocket where he throws a bad pass right to a defender who takes it to the house for six and the early lead for BG. Dantin would manage to recover later on with a few TD passes of his own, but the early struggles indicated this game was going to be close. Things became a lot tougher when BG executed a near perfect drive, wearing the Rockets defense thin with a no-huddle, quick passing attack. This made it 16-14 in the 4th, putting a lot of pressure on Toledo to get at least 3 to challenge the Falcons.
Only 25 seconds later, Dantin's favorite target Kenny Stafford ran a screen where he spun past a defender and was untouched the rest of the way for a 65 yard TD. Dantin surpassed 2,000 passing yards this season.
Toledo wins the Peace Pipe for the first time in over 3 years and improves to 8-3, 6-1 in the MAC. They also take the lead in the series, 16-15 since the beginning of the Peace Pipe trophy in 1980(the two have met on and off as rivals since 1919). DE A. Johnson for Toledo was named player of the game, with 4 TFL, 2 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. Toledo will play their final regular season game against Central Michigan, where all they have to do is win in order to put themselves in the MAC title game.

Nov 10, 2010 - BGSU at TOL
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Bowling Green Falcons (1-10)	7	0	0	7	14
Toledo Rockets (8-3)	10	6	0	7	23

Team Stats Comparison
BGSU		TOL
314	Total Offense	298
49	Rushing Yards	53
265	Passing Yards	245
22	First Downs	11
17	Punt Return Yards	23
99	Kick Return Yards	70
430	Total Yards	391
3	Turnovers	3
9-19	3rd Down Converstion	4-16
0-3	4th Down Conversion	0-0
0-0	2-Point Conversion	0-0
2-1-0	Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-1-2
3-30	Penalties	5-55
17:04	Posession Time	14:56

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	TOL
5:52	(BGSU) TD: K. Morgan, returned interception 64 yds(B. Wright kick)	7	0
3:39	(TOL) TD: E. Page, 8 yd pass from A. Dantin(R. Casano kick)	7	7
2:48	(TOL) FG: R. Casano, 19 yds	7	10
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	TOL
7:05	(TOL) FG: R. Casano, 45 yds	7	13
3:05	(TOL) FG: R. Casano, 43 yds	7	16
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BGSU	TOL
6:02	(BGSU) TD: N. Rieke, 1 yd pass from A. Pankraz(B. Wright kick)	14	16
5:37	(TOL) TD: K. Stafford, 65 yd pass from A. Dantin(R. Casano kick)	14	23