The Coaching Legacy of Sam Winters

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Championship Weekend


Conference USA
#3 (12-0, 8-0) vs. (8-4, 6-2)




SEC Championship Game
#15 (10-2, 7-1) vs. #5 (11-1, 7-1)

South Carolina (11-2, 8-1) at Alabama (11-2, 7-2)
Dec 10, 2011 1 2 3 4 F #15 South Carolina 7 14 7 3 31 #5 Alabama 7 3 0 15 25 Top Performers South Carolina Stephen Garcia: 20/36, 268 yds, 3 TD, 20 rush yds Alabama Trent Richardson: 35 car, 159 yds, TD, 86 rec yds, TD	Team Stats Comparison SCAR BAMA First Downs 18 18 3rd Down Efficiency 8-17 5-14 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 1-3 Total Yards 349 433 Passing Yards 268 282 Rushing Yards 81 151 Penalties-Penalty Yards 5-30 9-71 Turnovers 1 2 Time of Possession 27:13 32:47

Big 12 Championship Game
(9-3, 5-3) vs. #6 (11-1, 7-1)

Missouri (9-4, 5-4) at Texas (12-1, 8-1)
Dec 10, 2011 1 2 3 4 F Missouri 7 0 0 14 21 #6 Texas 7 14 10 7 38 Top Performers Missouri D. Moore: 18 car, 133 yds, 2 TD Texas Garrett Gilbert: 19/31, 240 yds, 3 TD, 1 rush TD	Team Stats Comparison MIZZ TEX First Downs 12 17 3rd Down Efficiency 6-16 8-20 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 1-3 Total Yards 301 405 Passing Yards 154 252 Rushing Yards 147 153 Penalties-Penalty Yards 6-50 9-51 Turnovers 4 1 Time of Possession 25:30 34:30

ACC Championship Game
#13 (10-2, 6-2) vs. #2 (12-0, 8-0)

Clemson (10-3, 6-3) at Virginia Tech (13-0, 9-0)
Dec 10, 2011 1 2 3 4 F #13 Clemson 3 7 0 0 10 #2 Virginia Tech 0 0 17 7 24 Top Performers Clemson K. Parker: 17/30, 181 yds, TD, 59 rush yds Virginia Tech D. Evans: 29 car, 133 yds, 2 TD, 23 rec yds	Team Stats Comparison CLEM VT First Downs 16 14 3rd Down Efficiency 7-20 5-15 4th Down Efficiency 2-4 0-0 Total Yards 294 363 Passing Yards 181 229 Rushing Yards 133 134 Penalties-Penalty Yards 3-20 5-29 Turnovers 2 0 Time of Possession 32:15 27:45

MAC Championship Game
(8-4, 6-2) vs. #16 (10-1, 8-0)

Toledo (8-5, 6-3) at Temple (11-1, 9-0)
Dec 10, 2011 1 2 3 4 F Toledo 3 0 0 10 13 #16 Temple 7 10 14 0 31 Top Performers Toledo R. Casano: 2/2 FG, 52 long Temple B. Pierce: 26 car, 107 yds, 2 TD, 22 rec yds	Team Stats Comparison TOL TEM First Downs 8 17 3rd Down Efficiency 3-15 7-19 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 1-1 Total Yards 224 279 Passing Yards 138 129 Rushing Yards 86 150 Penalties-Penalty Yards 13-88 9-65 Turnovers 4 1 Time of Possession 24:25 35:29

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Dream Season Stays Alive, Tulane Defeats Southern Miss 55-38


Brent Comardelle celebrates after a 79 yard touchdown

New Orleans, LA -- Albert Williams went through many ups and downs on the season. Williams was a preseason All-American, but after getting to off to a slow start, followed by being sidelined for four weeks, Williams' season wasn't panning out as he had hoped. However, the senior running back came up big in the Green Wave's biggest game of the season to date. Williams started the game off with a bang, as he ran away from the Southern Miss defense for a 58 yard touchdown on Tulane's second play from scrimmage. For the day, Williams rushed for over 200 yards and scored three touchdowns.

"I have to give credit to my offensive line first of all. They were opening up holes big enough to drive a truck through all game long. That first TD to start the game got me in a groove and I felt like every time I carried the ball I could go the distance. It just feels really good playing like this in my second to last game of my career." - HB Albert Williams

A 73 yard touchdown pass from Ryan Griffin to Devin Figaro in the fourth quarter iced the Green Wave's 13th victory of the season. A back and forth affair turned into a 55-38 final.

Albert Williams scores on a 58 yard run on Tulane's second play of the game



Brent Comardelle scores on a 55 yard touchdown



Comardelle with another TD, this time for 43 yards



Albert Williams scores on another long TD run, this time for 50 yards



Devin Figaro for a 73 yard touchdown to seal the game for Tulane

Southern Mississippi () at Tulane ()
Dec 10, 2011 1 2 3 4 F Southern Mississippi 10 14 7 7 38 #3 Tulane 14 17 7 17 55 Top Performers Southern Mississippi D. Johnson: 34 car, 139 yds, 2 TD, 26 rec yds Tulane A. Williams: 25 car, 224 yds, 3 TD	Team Stats Comparison USM TUL First Downs 22 16 3rd Down Efficiency 8-15 3-7 4th Down Efficiency 1-2 0-1 Total Yards 398 691 Passing Yards 213 439 Rushing Yards 185 252 Penalties-Penalty Yards 5-30 11-123 Turnovers 2 4 Time of Possession 13:59 14:01
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING USM TUL 6:13 (TUL) TD Tulane: A. Williams, 58 yd run (C. Santos kick) 0 7 4:16 (USM) FG USM: D. Hrapmann, 48 yd FG 3 7 3:48 (TUL) TD Tulane: B. Comardell, 79 yd pass from R. Griffin (C. Santos kick) 3 14 1:42 (USM) TD USM: Q. Pierce, 8 yd pass from A. Davis (D. Hrapmann kick) 10 14 SECOND QUARTER SCORING USM TUL 5:12 (TUL) FG Tulane: C. Santos, 34 yd FG 10 17 3:30 (USM) TD USM: D. Johnson, 2 yd run (D. Hrapmann kick) 17 17 2:36 (USM) TD USM: A. Davis, 2 yd run (D. Hrapmann kick) 24 17 0:54 (TUL) TD Tulane: A. Williams, 4 yd run (C. Santos kick) 24 24 0:25 (TUL) TD Tulane: B. Comardelle, 55 yd pass from R. Griffin (C. Santos kick) 24 31 THIRD QUARTER SCORING USM TUL 2:29 (USM) TD USM: Q. Pierce, 7 yd pass from A. Davis (D. Hrapmann kick) 31 31 1:26 (TUL) TD Tulane: B. Comardelle, 43 yd pass from R. Griffin (C. Santos kick) 31 38 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING USM TUL 6:40 (USM) TD USM: D. Johnson, 2 yd run (D. Hrapmann kick) 38 38 5:58 (TUL) TD Tulane: A. Williams, 50 yd run (C. Santos kick) 38 45 4:59 (TUL) TD Tulane: D. Figaro, 73 yd pass form R. Griffin (C. Santos kick) 38 52 0:06 (TUL) FG Tulane: C. Santos, 24 yd FG 38 55
Southern Mississippi PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT A. Davis 18/32 213 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Johnson 34 139 4.0 2 A. Davis 6 28 4.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Q. Pierce 6 58 9.6 2 D. Brown 6 81 13.5 0 T. Lampley 3 46 15.3 0 D. Johnson 2 26 13.0 0 Tulane PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT R. Griffin 15/25 439 4 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Williams 25 224 8.9 3 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Comardelle 5 190 38.0 3 K. Burris 4 88 22.0 0 J. Kemp 3 40 13.3 0 D. Figaro 1 73 73.0 1 O. Darkwa 1 26 26.0 0 D. Banks 1 22 22.0 0

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2011-2012 Bowl Seson


BCS Bowls

#3 (13-0, 9-0) vs. #7 (11-1, 9-0)






#5 (12-1, 8-1) #6 (11-1, 7-1)






#4 (11-1, 8-1) vs. #8 (11-1, 8-0)






#13 (11-2, 8-1) vs. #21 (10-2, 6-1)







BCS National Championship Game

#2 (13-0, 9-0) vs. #1 (12-0, 8-0)

Other Bowl Games
New Mexico: Kansas State (6-6) vs. South Florida (6-6)
St. Petersburg Bowl: Middle Tennessee State(7-5) vs. Ball State (6-6)
New Orleans Bowl: UTEP (6-6) vs. Arkansas State (9-3)
Las Vegas Bowl: Rutgers (9-3) vs. #11 TCU (11-1)
Poinsettia Bowl: Northwestern (6-6) vs. Colorado State (9-3)
Hawai'i Bowl: Southern Mississippi (8-5) vs. Northern Illinois (6-6)
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Wisconsin (6-6) vs. #17 Temple (11-1)
Meineke Car Care Bowl: North Carolina (6-6) vs. North Texas (6-6)
Emerald Bowl: New Mexico State (8-4) vs. Cincinnati (8-4)
Music City Bowl: Florida (8-4) vs. Wake Forest (6-6)
Independence Bowl: Texas Tech (6-6) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5)
EagleBank Bowl: Toledo (8-5) vs. Virginia (6-6)
Champs Sports Bowl: UConn (6-6) vs. Boston College (8-4)
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl: Central Michigan (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5)
Holiday Bowl: Missouri (9-4) vs. Oregon (7-5)
Brut Sun Bowl: Oregon State (6-6) vs. #22 Miami (8-4)
Armed Forces Bowl: UAB (8-5) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4)
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Mississippi State (7-5) vs. #23 Houston (9-3)
Texas Bowl: Illinois (7-5) vs. Nebraska (6-6)
Insight Bowl: #24 Baylor (8-3) vs. #25 Iowa (8-4)
Chick-fil-A Bowl: LSU (6-6) vs. #18 Clemson (10-3)
Outback Bowl: Georgia (8-4) vs. #20 Michigan State (9-3)
Capital One Bowl: #10 Alabama (11-2) vs. #19 Michigan (10-2)
Gator Bowl: Ole Miss (8-4) vs. Penn State (7-5)
Alamo Bowl: #15 Texas A&M (8-4) vs. #16 California (10-2)
GMAC Bowl: Ohio (8-4) vs. #12 Notre Dame (10-2)
AT&T Cotton Bowl: #14 Auburn (9-3) vs. #9 Oklahoma (11-1)
Papajohns.com Bowl: Troy (6-6) vs. Tennessee (6-6)




Bowl Bids By Conference
ACC: 8
Big East: 6
Big Ten: 8
Big Twelve: 8
C-USA: 5
MAC: 6
MWC: 3
Pac-10: 5
SEC: 9
Sun Belt: 4
WAC: 3
Independents: 1

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2011-2012 Bowl Results

Non-BCS Bowl Results
New Mexico: Kansas State (6-6) vs. South Florida (6-6)
St. Petersburg Bowl: Middle Tennessee State(7-5) vs. Ball State (6-6)
New Orleans Bowl: UTEP (6-6) vs. Arkansas State (9-3)
Las Vegas Bowl: Rutgers (9-3) vs. #11 TCU (11-1)
Poinsettia Bowl: Northwestern (6-6) vs. Colorado State (9-3)
Hawai'i Bowl: Southern Mississippi (8-5) vs. Northern Illinois (6-6)
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Wisconsin (6-6) vs. #17 Temple (11-1)
Meineke Car Care Bowl: North Carolina (6-6) vs. North Texas (6-6)
Emerald Bowl: New Mexico State (8-4) vs. Cincinnati (8-4)
Music City Bowl: Florida (8-4) vs. Wake Forest (6-6)
Independence Bowl: Texas Tech (6-6) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5)
EagleBank Bowl: Toledo (8-5) vs. Virginia (6-6)
Champs Sports Bowl: UConn (6-6) vs. Boston College (8-4)
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl: Central Michigan (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5)
Holiday Bowl: Missouri (9-4) vs. Oregon (7-5)
Brut Sun Bowl: Oregon State (6-6) vs. #22 Miami (8-4)
Armed Forces Bowl: UAB (8-5) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4)
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Mississippi State (7-5) vs. #23 Houston (9-3)
Texas Bowl: Illinois (7-5) vs. Nebraska (6-6)
Insight Bowl: #24 Baylor (8-3) vs. #25 Iowa (8-4)
Chick-fil-A Bowl: LSU (6-6) vs. #18 Clemson (10-3)
Outback Bowl: Georgia (8-4) vs. #20 Michigan State (9-3)
Capital One Bowl: #10 Alabama (11-2) vs. #19 Michigan (10-2)
Gator Bowl: Ole Miss (8-4) vs. Penn State (7-5)
Alamo Bowl: #15 Texas A&M (8-4) vs. #16 California (10-2)
GMAC Bowl: Ohio (8-4) vs. #12 Notre Dame (10-2)
AT&T Cotton Bowl: #14 Auburn (9-3) vs. #9 Oklahoma (11-1)
Papajohns.com Bowl: Troy (6-6) vs. Tennessee (6-6)




Bowl Records By Conference
ACC:
Big East:
Big Ten:
Big Twelve:
C-USA:
MAC:
MWC:
Pac-10:
SEC:
Sun Belt:
WAC:
Independents:

[Deuce2223]

Congrats on the perfect season. That's pretty solid. A couple more like that and maybe Tulane will get the call to replace someone like Vandy in the SEC.

Happy to see BSU get a BCS game as well. Hopefully they can beat Stanford.


With the way you are scoring points I expect a good matchup with USC and feel you will get the victory.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Deuce2223

Congrats on the perfect season. That's pretty solid. A couple more like that and maybe Tulane will get the call to replace someone like Vandy in the SEC. Happy to see BSU get a BCS game as well. Hopefully they can beat Stanford. With the way you are scoring points I expect a good matchup with USC and feel you will get the victory.

Getting ready to play now. I would be shocked if I won. I got pretty lucky against LSU, TCU, and Texas A&M, and I was playing defense myself in those games, and not super-simming defense. I know I still gave up a lot of points, but I felt like to be more realistic I should super-sim defense right now. I was still getting too may stops in those games in crucial moments, despite my defense rating being a C-.

I'm probably going to have to score 50+ to beat USC and their defense is going to be quite a bit better than any defense from C-USA.

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2011-2012 Bowl Results

BCS Bowls

#5 (12-1, 8-1) #6 (11-1, 7-1)

Texas (13-1, 8-1) at Utah (11-2, 7-1)
Jan 1, 2012 1 2 3 4 F #5 Texas 7 7 7 10 31 #6 Utah 0 3 0 19 22 Top Performers Texas G. Gilbert: 27/41, 355 yds, 4 TD M. Davis: 7 rec, 112 yds, 2 TD Utah J. Wynn: 25/37, 222 yds, 1 TD, 93 rush yds, 1 TD J. Williams: 17 tkl, 6 tfl, sack	Team Stats Comparison TEX UTAH First Downs 22 17 3rd Down Efficiency 11-20 5-19 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 4-4 Total Yards 423 385 Passing Yards 355 222 Rushing Yards 68 163 Penalties-Penalty Yards 7-54 13-117 Turnovers 1 2 Time of Possession 31:34 28:26

#4 (11-1, 8-1) vs. #8 (11-1, 8-0)

Stanford (12-1, 8-1) at Utah (12-1, 8-1)
Jan 3, 2012 1 2 3 4 F #4 Stanford 0 0 14 6 20 #8 Utah 3 16 0 0 19 Top Performers Stanford A. Loukas: 14/25, 133 yds, 2 TD J. Mauro: 9 tkl, 3 tfl, sack Utah K. Moore: 28/36, 358 yds, 2 TD T. Shoemaker: 8 rec, 135 yds, TD	Team Stats Comparison STAN BOIS First Downs 12 17 3rd Down Efficiency 6-18 7-18 4th Down Efficiency 3-4 1-2 Total Yards 244 434 Passing Yards 133 358 Rushing Yards 111 76 Penalties-Penalty Yards 5-35 9-72 Turnovers 0 2 Time of Possession 31:08 28:52

#13 (11-2, 8-1) vs. #21 (10-2, 6-1)

South Carolina (11-3, 8-1) at West Virginia (11-2, 6-1)
Jan 4, 2012 1 2 3 4 F #13 South Carolina 7 3 10 3 23 #20 West Virginia 7 9 0 9 25 Top Performers South Carolina M. Lattimore: 19 car, 92 yds, TD, 28 rec yds S. Wilson: 10 tkl, 4 tfl, 2 sacks West Virginia G. Smith: 16/31, 362 yds, 1 TD B. Busick: 14 tkl, 5 tfl, 2 sacks	Team Stats Comparison SCAR WVU First Downs 21 14 3rd Down Efficiency 8-20 6-19 4th Down Efficiency 0-2 0-0 Total Yards 381 446 Passing Yards 231 362 Rushing Yards 150 84 Penalties-Penalty Yards 4-25 8-56 Turnovers 1 1 Time of Possession 33:28 26:32

BCS National Championship Game

#2 (13-0, 9-0) vs. #1 (12-0, 8-0)

Virginia Tech (14-0, 9-0) at Ohio State (12-1, 8-0)
Jan 10, 2012 1 2 3 4 F #2 Virginia Tech 7 10 14 3 34 #1 Ohio State 0 7 0 14 21 Top Performers Virginia Tech D. Evans: 35 car, 134 yds, 3 TD B. Rivers: 10 tkl, 3 tfl, sack, Ohio State T. Pryor: 20/28, 236 yds, 1 TD, 1 rush TD J. Wood: 6 tkl, tfl, INT	Team Stats Comparison VT OSU First Downs 21 16 3rd Down Efficiency 9-16 9-16 4th Down Efficiency 1-1 1-1 Total Yards 338 326 Passing Yards 164 236 Rushing Yards 174 90 Penalties-Penalty Yards 5-35 8-83 Turnovers 1 1 Time of Possession 31:49 28:11
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING VT OSU 5:31 (VT) TD VT: D. Evans, 1 yd run (J. Myer kick) 7 0 SECOND QUARTER SCORING VT OSU 14:45 (VT) TD VT: D. Evans, 5 yd run (J. Myer kick) 14 0 5:44 (VT) FG VT: J. Myer, 26 yd FG 17 0 2:40 (OSU) TD Bucks: D. Posey, 29 yd pass from T. Pryor 17 7 THIRD QUARTER SCORING VT OSU 10:39 (VT) TD VT: D. Evans, 4 yd run (J. Myer kick) 24 7 7:06 (VT) TD VT: J. Oglesby, 9 yd pass from L. Thomas (J. Myer kick) 31 7 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING VT OSU 10:50 (OSU) TD Bucks: T. Pryor, 2 yd run (A. Nelson kick) 31 14 6:51 (VT) FG VT: J. Myer, 21 yd G 34 14 2:26 (OSU) TD Bucks: J. Hall, 2 yd run (A. Nelson kick) 34 21
Virginia Tech PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT L. Thomas 12/27 164 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Evans 35 134 3.8 3 L. Thomas 8 32 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Boykin 4 22 5.5 0 D. Coale 2 77 38.5 0 E. Martin 2 16 8.0 0 J. Oglesby 1 9 9.0 1 M. Davis 1 24 24.0 0 Ohio State PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT T. Pryor 20/28 236 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Hall 25 78 3.1 1 T. Pryor 11 9 0.8 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Stoneburner 6 101 16.8 0 S. Smith 4 29 7.2 0 D. Posey 4 74 18.5 1 D. Carter 2 15 7.5 0

Non-BCS Bowl Results
New Mexico: Kansas State 27 vs. South Florida 21
St. Petersburg Bowl: Middle Tennessee State 16 vs. Ball State 13
New Orleans Bowl: UTEP 12 vs. Arkansas State 7
Las Vegas Bowl: TCU 30 vs. Rutgers 23
Poinsettia Bowl: Colorado State 21 vs. Northwestern 17
Hawai'i Bowl: Northern Illinois 16 vs. Southern Mississippi 15
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: #17 Temple 23 vs. Wisconsin 20
Meineke Car Care Bowl: North Carolina 30 vs. North Texas 6
Emerald Bowl: Cincinnati 34 vs. New Mexicon State 10
Music City Bowl: Florida 31 vs. Wake Forest 24
Independence Bowl: Georgia Tech 32 vs. Texas Tech 7
EagleBank Bowl: Virginia 38 vs. Toledo 21
Champs Sports Bowl: Boston College 17 vs. UConn 12
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl: Nevada 27 vs. Central Michigan 24
Holiday Bowl: Oregon 21 vs. Missouri 16
Brut Sun Bowl: Oregon State 28 vs. #22 Miami 24
Armed Forces Bowl: Pittsburgh 24 vs. UAB 3
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: #23 Houston 35 vs. Mississippi State 28
Texas Bowl: Nebraska 30 vs. Illinois 24
Insight Bowl: #23 Baylor 37 vs. #25 Iowa 34
Chick-fil-A Bowl: #19 Clemson 28 vs. LSU 21
Outback Bowl: #21 Michigan State 34 vs. Georgia 27
Capital One Bowl: #18 Michigan 17 vs. 10 Alabama 14
Gator Bowl: Ole Miss 6 vs. Penn State 0
Alamo Bowl: #17 Texas A&M 31 vs. #16 California 7
GMAC Bowl: #12 Notre Dame 63 vs. Ohio 27
AT&T Cotton Bowl: #9 Oklahoma 24 vs. #14 Auburn 17
Papajohns.com Bowl: Tennessee 30 vs. Troy 7




Bowl Records By Conference
ACC: 6-2 (National Champs)
Big East: 3-3
Big Ten:2-6 (National Runners-Up)
Big Twelve: 6-2
C-USA: 2-2
MAC: 2-4
MWC: 2-1
Pac-10:3-1
SEC:3-6
Sun Belt: 1-3
WAC: 1-2
Independents: 1-0

[Deuce2223]

So sad by the Boise State score.