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Wildcat Press
Wildcat D-Line Dominates Tar Heels, Wildcats Win 51-9
Chapel Hill, NC - In a game of two rising programs, it was expected to be an evenly matched game. Both teams brought in quality defensive lines and many believed the winner would be decided based on the play of the front four.
Arizona's defensive line did the better job in this game. They continually harassed North Carolina quarterback Tyler Jackson in the pocket. When Jackson was able to get off a pass, he played well but the relentless pass rush of the Wildcat front four proved too much as they would force four turnovers. Three of those turnovers would come in the first half.
"Our front four was able to control the line of scrimmage," Coach Winters remarked. "They came out fired up and ready for this game. They played tough and set up our offense with good field position."
On North Carolina's opening possession, the Wildcat defense - namely the defensive line - stuffed the Tar Heel offense, setting the tone for the game. Even when North Carolina would force a turnover deep in Arizona territory, the defense stepped up and only allowed a field goal.
On the offensive side of the ball, Arizona also performed well. They were able to move the ball consistently up and down the field, controlling the tempo of the game with the short passing game and runs.
The Wildcats jumped out to a 10-0 lead after the first quarter on a short FG and a 5-yard TD run by Luke Rivers. North Carolina would battle back to 10-6 on a pair of field goals, the second of which came after a Wildcat turnover deep in their own territory.
The Wildcats answered back with an 11-play, 76-yard drive that ended with a 5-yd pass from Blake Hargrave to Blake Walker, one of three of the QB's roommates. The gave the Wildcats a 17-6 lead with 4:41 left in the half.
The defense closed out the first half scoring with a fumble returned for a touchdown. Defensive end Chuck Whitehead hit Johnson from behind, knocking the ball loose. His counterpart, Derrick Harris would pick up the loose ball and return it 56 yards for the TD. Arizona would lead 24-6 at the half.
The Wildcats would get a scare late in the third quarter when Hargrave went down awkwardly on his non-throwing shoulder. He was able to return but was held out as a precautionary measure since they led 34-6 at the time. Freshman Ben Hawk would replace him for the remainder of the game. Hargrave was not the only Wildcat to get hit by the injury bug. They would lose Tyler Harris two possessions later. He will miss at least seven weeks with a fractured collarbone.
"My shoulder is fine," Hargrave answered. "When about 300lbs comes down on top of you at a weird angle, things don't feel good. The trainers checked me out and it was just a slight strain. I'll be back at 100% in no time at all."
The Wildcats put up a solid effort in their season-opening win. The defensive front plugged running lanes and pressured the Tar Heels all game, limiting them to 19 rushing yards and 2-for-12 on third down. They accounted for three sacks but had 13 hurries and 22 knockdowns. The Wildcats were also able to run the ball effectively - something they had trouble with in previous years - gaining 236 yards on the ground.
Next week, the Wildcats have the week off. The #10-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes come to town the following week. This will be a stronger test for the Wildcats before they open conference play with a game against Cal at home.
Aug 27, 2010 - Ariz at UNC
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Arizona (1-0)
10
14
10
17
51
#22 North Carolina (0-1)
0
6
3
0
9
Team Stats Comparison
Ariz
UNC
529
Total Offense
272
236
Rushing Yards
19
293
Passing Yards
253
24
First Downs
12
23
Punt Return Yards
0
62
Kick Return Yards
0
614
Total Yards
0
1
Turnovers
4
3-7 (42%)
3rd Down Converstion
2-12 (16%)
0-0
4th Down Conversion
2-2
0-0
2-Point Conversion
0-0
5-4-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
0-0-0
6-60
Penalties
5-30
32:30
Posession Time
27:30
Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING
Ariz
UNC
9:10
(Ariz) A. Stevenson 27 yd FG
3
0
3:29
(Ariz) L. Rivers 5 yd run (A. Stevenson kick)
10
0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING
Ariz
UNC
12:41
(UNC) R. Johnson 52 yd FG
10
3
9:43
(UNC) R. Johnson 43 yd FG
10
6
4:41
(Ariz) B. Walker 5 yd pass from B. Hargrave (A. Stevenson kick)
17
6
0:14
(Ariz) D. Harris 56 yd fumble return (A. Stevenson kick)
24
6
THIRD QUARTER SCORING
Ariz
UNC
14:17
(Ariz) M. Payne 75 yd pass from B. Hargrave (A. Stevenson kick)
31
6
8:05
(Ariz) A. Stevenson 55 yd FG
34
6
2:40
(UNC) R. Johnson 38 yd FG
34
9
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING
Ariz
UNC
12:44
(Ariz) A. Stevenson 48 yd FG
37
9
6:50
(Ariz) T. Hudson 6 yd run (A. Stevenson kick)
44
9
2:13
(Ariz) T. Hudson 5 yd run
51
9
Arizona Boxscore
PASSING
RATING
C/ATT
YDS
TD/INT
AVG
B. Hargrave
207.1
16/20
248
2/1
B. Hawk
169.5
3/4
45
0/0
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
L. Rivers
18
127
7.0
1
15
T. Hudson
17
108
6.3
2
23
D. Beck
2
9
4.5
0
5
B. Hargrave
1
-8
-8.0
0
0
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
B. Walker
5
73
14.6
1
29
M. Payne
5
132
26.4
1
75
T. Harris
3
35
11.6
0
16
R. Smith
2
5
2.5
0
9
D. Beck
2
28
14.0
0
16
J. Everett
1
3
3.0
0
3
L. Rivers
1
17
17.0
0
17
DEFENSE
TACK
SACK
INT
PDEF
TD
K. Franklin
14
0
1
0
0
J. Utley
6
0
0
0
0
Z. Goodwin
6
0
0
1
0
W. Hutchinson
5
0
1
0
0
J. Clarksen
5
0
0
0
0
KICKING
FGM/A
PCT
LONG
XPM/A
PTS
A. Stevenson
3/3
100
55
6/6
PUNTING
PUNTS
YDS
AVG
IN20
TB
E. Harper
1
33
33.0
1
0
North Carolina Boxscore
PASSING
RATING
C/ATT
YDS
TD/INT
AVG
T. Jackson
128.0
25/33
253
0/2
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
R. Macklin
17
39
2.2
0
15
T. Jackson
4
-20
-5.0
0
2
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
L. White
9
65
7.2
0
24
J. Bates
5
89
17.8
0
22
J. Butler
3
34
11.3
0
15
R. Spurlock
2
20
10.0
0
13
C. Peterson
2
3
1.5
0
4
R. Macklin
2
34
17.0
0
34
M. Fletcher
1
4
4.0
0
4
P. Foster
1
4
4.0
0
4
DEFENSE
TACK
SACK
INT
PDEF
TD
E. Ford
14
0
0
0
0
S. Rogers
7
0
0
0
0
R. Wheeler
7
0
0
0
0
C. Harmon
6
1.0
1
0
0
E. Wright
6
0
0
1
0
A. Mullins
5
0
0
0
0
KICKING
FGM/A
PCT
LONG
XPM/A
PTS
R. Johnson
3/3
100
52
0/0
PUNTING
PUNTS
YDS
AVG
IN20
TB
E. Coleman
3
147
49.0
1
0
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Re: Climbing the Ranks to FBS: A multi-team dynasty
College Football Overdrive
Thanks for following with us for your complete college football coverage this opening weekend. As you know, the season kicked off this Thursday night with a matchup of #16-ranked Pitt taking on Indiana. Indiana dominated that game, forcing turnovers on defense while executing flawlessly on offense enroute to a 77-20 thrashing of the Panthers.
Friday night was witness to another national spotlight game with Arizona traveling to Chapel Hill for a showdown with the #22-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels. Arizona's front four stepped up and harassed the Tar Heel offense all game. The Wildcats would force three first-half turnovers - four overall in the game - to pull away from North Carolina. They would use that first-half momentum to win 51-9.
Now on kickoff Saturday, we'll give you live, in-game updates on today's early action.
Most games are going smoothly for those it should in this opening weekend.
Portland St. 0 at Colorado St 31 --- 5:56 2nd
Eastern Washington 0 at Rutgers 20 --- Half
Southern Illinois 7 at Marshall 24 --- 4:18 2nd
Minnesota 7 at Middle Tenn. St 10 --- 1:32 2nd
Alabama A&M 0 at #14 Miami 28 --- 2:04 2nd
Richmond 6 at Maryland 14 --- Half
Iowa State 3 at Colorado 3 --- Half
Illinois St 6 at Ball St 28 --- 2:32 2nd
Eastern Kentucky 7 at Central Mich. 17 --- 0:48 2nd
Grambling St 0 at Baylor 24 --- Half
Prairie View A&M 0 at Texas A&M 35 --- Half
Chattanooga 0 at Tennessee 17 --- 5:13 2nd
#3 Texas 24 at Rice 0 --- Half
Wofford 0 at #18 Penn St 42 --- Half
Miss. Valley St 0 at Ole Miss 21 --- 8:40 2nd
Youngstown St 6 at Ohio 17 --- Half
NC A&T 0 at NC St 14 --- Half
Syracuse 10 at Troy 7 --- 0:21 2nd
Illinois traveled across the river to face Mizzou in their rivalry game to open the season. Mizzou is lining up for a 41-yd field goal as we speak to try extend their lead to 23-0 over the Illini. The kick is good so now Mizzou has that 23-point lead over their rival.
We have a few games that are closer than they should be right now. We have them on upset alert.
Western Michigan leads Michigan State 7-0 midway through the second quarter. Michigan State has just fumbled the ball away in the red zone. Western Michigan takes over at their own five yard line after the second Michigan State turnover deep in Bronco territory.
UC Davis is managing to hang with Stanford out west. Going into halftime, the Cardinal only lead by a touchdown, 17-10. UC Davis had the lead for much of this game so far until Wilcox threw a pair of TD passes on consecutive possessions, one a seven-yarder to Weber and then a 48-yarder to Nobles to take the lead.
The Cavaliers are struggling against North Dakota in the first half. Virginia trails 21-17 going into the half. The Fighting Sioux were looking to get into field goal range right before the half to go up by eleven. Bradford had a different idea, reading the route and then jumping it. He will take the interception 68 yards to the house to cut into the North Dakota lead.
South Carolina is struggling against a lesser opponent again. The eagles of Southern Mississippi are shutting down the Gamecock offense. South Carolina has been able to do very little against this Eagle defense and that is why they're behind 13-3 at the half.
Stay with us all day as we bring you continuous coverage of Kickoff Saturday in college football. Remember, there are also great games coming up later tonight with all the top-ranked teams in action tonight, highlighted by #5-ranked Boise State at #7-ranked Virginia Tech and #19-ranked Oregon State at #8-ranked TCU. Both games kick off at 8:00 EDT on ABC and ESPNU.
After this break, we will take you out to Tuscaloosa where the #1-ranked Crimson Tide are ready to kickoff against the Miners from Hoosier State.
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The Quarry Report
Miners Force Overtime Thriller in Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa, AL - In what should have been a large Alabama victory, Hoosier State put up a massive fight. The Miners fought for every yard in this game and had Alabama against the ropes for the majority of the game. But when the final whistle sounded, Alabama was able to squeak out a 36-33 victory in double-overtime.
When asked about having to go to overtime, the Alabama coach replied, "We never should've went to overtime with this team. We carried them the whole way and it never should've been like this. We're just going to go out and destroy opponents now. We are too good of a team to need overtime to defeat a team of their caliber."
Carrying Hoosier State might seem like a stretch considering Hoosier State matched Alabama stride-for-stride in this game. In some ways, the Miners actually exceeded the Tide.
When asked for a response to the Alabama coach's criticism, Coach Corbin answered, "I really don't care what he thinks of us. I'll just say that we came out focused and we were hungry for a win. We fought hard for it and the lucky breaks fell their way. I'll practically guarantee you that if they play this way next week, they'll lose."
On Alabama's opening possession, Hooiser State safety Blake Cowan intercepted an errant Mackey pass, giving the Miners excellent field position on the Bama 42 yard line. Six plays later, Noah Alfred found receiver Tim Christensen on an out route. Christensen hauled in the pass and broke three arm tackles on his way into the endzone.
Alabama would come back to tie the game at seven on their next possession on a Mackey TD pass from 36 yards out. This scoring drive would take Alabama 4:19 and seven plays to go 80 yards for the TD.
Noah Alfred and Tim Christensen would hook up once more in the first quarter. This pass would turn a short gain into a long touchdown. Alfred hit Christensen in the flat on an outside slant. Christensen would break an arm tackle by the corner and then outrace the Tide defense to the endzone give the Miners a 14-7 lead.
The half would end with the game knotted at 17-17. Alabama would hit a 27-yd field goal as the clock expired at the end of the half.
The second half was unlike the first. Both teams made adjustments at halftime and the defenses made the better plays. Each team would put a touchdown on the board in the third on short runs, Alabama's from 2009 Heisman winner William Riley from three yards and Hoosier State's David Banks from two yards.
Hoosier State would add a field goal late in the fourth quarter to take a 27-24 lead. Alabama would march down the field and end up with first-and-goal on the Hoosier State eight yard line with 0:42 left. The Miner defense would hold strong, stopping Riley short of the endzone twice from inside the three. The Tide would take the 22 yard field goal to send it to overtime.
In overtime, the Hoosier State defense became a rock when face with another goal-to-go from inside the five. Three plays later, the Tide had to settle for the field goal once again, this one from 18 yards out.
In the end, Alabama would finally punch it across the goal line in the second overtime after the Miners had to go for the three points. This gave them the 36-33 win.
"I'm proud of these men out there," Coach Corbin replied. "They left it all out there and they deserved to win it. But that's the breaks though. Sometimes the other team just gets lucky. We'll forget about this one after tonight and focus on our opponent for next week."
While the running game was not up to par, the passing game exceeded expectations. Alfred ended the game 28-for-36 for 385 yards and a pair of TD tosses. He also spread it around to eight different receivers.
"It's a tough loss," Alfred remarked. "We fought hard but to come up just short like this is hard to take. But we'll be focused and ready next week."
The Miners return home next week to face Michigan State in a non-conference rivalry matchup. This rivalry is being renewed after a twenty-year hiatus. Michigan State leads the all-time series 21-11-3 and has won the last six meetings.
Aug 28, 2010 - HSt at Bama
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
OT
SCORE
Hoosier State (0-1)
14
3
7
3
6
33
#1 Alabama (1-0)
7
10
7
3
9
36
Team Stats Comparison
HSt
Bama
415
Total Offense
472
30
Rushing Yards
179
385
Passing Yards
293
15
First Downs
23
28
Punt Return Yards
12
59
Kick Return Yards
0
502
Total Yards
484
0
Turnovers
1
4-12 (33%)
3rd Down Converstion
7-14 (50%)
0-2
4th Down Conversion
0-0
0-0
2-Point Conversion
0-0
4-1-3
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
5-2-3
14-114
Penalties
11-69
25:25
Posession Time
34:25
Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING
HSt
Bama
9:29
(HSt) T. Christensen 24 yd pass from N. Alfred (M. Sharp kick)
7
0
5:10
(Bama) C. McClain 36 yd pass from J. Mackey (M. Greenwood kick)
7
7
4:11
(HSt) T. Christensen 71 yd pass from N. Alfred (M. Sharp kick)
14
7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING
HSt
Bama
11:36
(Bama) W. Riley 47 yd pass from J. Mackey (M. Greenwood kick)
14
14
5:45
(HSt) M. Sharp 24 yd FG
17
14
0:00
(Bama) M. Greenwood 27 yd FG
17
17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING
HSt
Bama
7:27
(Bama) W. Riley 3 yd run (M. Greenwood kick)
17
24
3:42
(HSt) D. Banks 2 yd run (M. Sharp kick)
24
24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING
HSt
Bama
1:28
(HSt) M. Sharp 50 yd FG
27
24
0:00
(Bama) M. Greenwood 22 yd FG
27
27
OVERTIME SCORING
HSt
Bama
-----
(Bama) M. Greenwood 18 yd FG
27
30
-----
(HSt) M. Sharp 21 yd FG
30
30
-----
(HSt) M. Sharp 35 yd FG
33
30
-----
(Bama) W. Riley 2 yd run (no PAT)
33
36
Hoosier State Boxscore
PASSING
RATING
C/ATT
YDS
TD/INT
AVG
N. Alfred
185.9
28/36
385
2/0
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
D. Banks
17
56
3.2
1
10
N. Alfred
4
-24
-6.0
0
0
M. Church
2
-2
-1.0
0
0
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
J. Young
7
98
14.0
0
25
M. Weeks
5
61
12.2
0
19
D. Banks
4
18
4.5
0
21
T. Christensen
4
126
31.5
2
71
J. Magnum
3
50
16.6
0
30
M. Nolen
3
20
6.6
0
11
M. Church
1
4
4.0
0
4
K. Broussard
1
8
8.0
0
8
DEFENSE
TACK
SACK
INT
PDEF
TD
J. Barrow
9
0
0
0
0
B. Cowan
9
0
1
0
0
J. Palmer
9
0
0
0
0
J. Fogle
8
1.0
0
0
0
E. Fogle
7
0
0
0
0
M. Dudley
6
0
0
0
0
J. Roland
6
0
0
1
0
C. Brantley
6
0
0
0
0
KICKING
FGM/A
PCT
LONG
XPM/A
PTS
M. Sharp
4/4
100
50
3/3
PUNTING
PUNTS
YDS
AVG
IN20
TB
T. Beck
3
169
56.3
1
1
Alabama Boxscore
PASSING
RATING
C/ATT
YDS
TD/INT
AVG
J. Mackey
196.8
20/25
293
2/1
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
W. Riley
33
124
3.7
2
10
E. Gray
13
59
4.5
0
10
J. Mackey
4
-4
-1.0
0
10
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
C. McClain
6
87
14.5
1
36
N. Taylor
4
68
17.0
0
22
W. Riley
3
52
17.3
1
47
A. Simmons
3
40
13.3
0
27
E. Walters
3
33
11.0
0
17
E. Gray
1
13
13.0
0
13
DEFENSE
TACK
SACK
INT
PDEF
TD
J. McClellan
8
0
0
1
0
A. Baker
8
1.0
0
0
0
K. Love
7
0
0
0
0
J. Graham
6
1.0
0
0
0
D. Larsen
5
0
0
1
0
KICKING
FGM/A
PCT
LONG
XPM/A
PTS
M. Greenwood
3/3
100
28
3/3
PUNTING
PUNTS
YDS
AVG
IN20
TB
S. Little
4
179
44.7
1
0
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The Patriot Rag
A Tale of Two Halves. Patriots, Tiger clash in historic game.
Baton Rouge, LA - "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." Those immortal words described the scene at Death Valley in Baton Rouge when #17-ranked LSU hosted Milford in Milford's FBS debut. This game will go down as one of the great moments of college football and a major reason why the games are decided on the field.
Milford came into this game a five-TD underdog. And throughout the first half, it looked as if LSU would easily cover the spread. The defense was stout. The running game showed none of the preseason questions it had generated. The passing game was on point.
On the opening possession, LSU took the ball and literally pounded the Patriots down the field. Five plays is all it took for the Tigers to 80 yards for the touchdown.
The Tigers would not relent through the first half. On the first play of the second quarter, Daigle punched it from two yards out to extend the LSU lead to 21-3. All three Tiger TDs had been scored by Daigle.
Milford would respond to Daigle's third rushing TD by running off a long scoring drive. The Patriots would use 13 plays to go 89 yards in 6:13 to cut into the Tiger lead. Seth Morris would cap the long drive with a 5-yard TD run.
Daigle immediately countered by using two plays to get into the endzone, a 14 yard run and then ripping off a 66 yard TD run to put the Tigers back ahead by eighteen, 28-10.
The teams would both add one more touchdown before the half. LSU nearly had one as time expired, but Chambers was tackled a yard short of the goal line.
Coming right out in the second half, Jeremy Thomas would jump the route and intercept Jesse Wolf on the first play, returning it 24 yards for the touchdown to give LSU a 42-17 lead.
For the first 30:11, LSU had dominated Milford. Daigle had rushed for 164 yards on 14 carries and had 4 TDs. Brandon Bell was a perfect 10-for-10 with a touchdown. In all, LSU had rung up 452 yards of offense and 35 points - the defense added another touchdown.
Instead of rolling over, Milford kept fighting back. Jesse Wolf quickly marched the Patriots back down the field, hitting three long passes. The last was a 19-yard pass to Seth Morris, who broke through two arm tackles on his way into score.
LSU would march right back down the field to counter. Josh Freeman would slash his way through the line to score from three yards out, bringing the lead back up to twenty-five, 49-24.
Milford would not back down on their next possession, marching right back down the field in an 11-play, 82-yard drive, covering 4:30. Cam Austin would haul in a four-yard pass for the score in tight coverage.
On LSU's next possession, the Patriot defense - now stacking eight-to-nine players in the box - forced the Tigers into a 3rd-&-12. Oliver Fry undercut the out route and made the interception with no one between him and the endzone, returning it 33 yards for the score. The Patriots had closed to 49-38.
Daigle would once again put the LSU offense on his back and run straight through the Patriot defense, breaking arm tackles along the way. He would score his fifth rushing TD of the game, going 80 yards this time. He also had TD runs of 24, 10, 4, 66 along with several other longer gains. This score would push the Tigers out in front 56-38 and cap the wild third quarter.
If the third quarter was wild, then there really is no words for the fourth quarter. Milford would cap another almost 4:30 drive with a 15-yard TD pass from Wolf to a leaping Wesley Spencer. Wolf would then find his tight-end Steven Richardson to convert on the two-point attempt to make it 56-46.
LSU was finally forced to punt for the first time at 11:02. They had scored on all but two possessions, the interception and the half ending. Milford would the use just under five minutes to move down the field. Fullback Darren Ratliff would find the endzone for the second time, this one rushing from three yards out. The Patriots would fail to convert the two-point attempt as Seth Morris got strung out and the tackled in the backfield. But Milford still trailed 56-52 with 6:17 left.
Daigle would try to end the game again on the very next play. He would bounce and inside run to the outside and get the corner. He wouldn't be caught again, and again going 80 yards for the TD.
Wolf made an attempt to bring the Patriots back down the field, but he would miss on first down. On second down, Thomas would get into the backfield and drag Wolf down for the sack. Facing 3rd-&-20, Wolf tried to force a throw and was intercepted for the third time.
Trying to milk the clock, LSU stayed with their ground game despite Milford stacking the box with nine defenders. Milford held firm on first and second down. On 3rd-&-3, Josh Freeman would punch into the line. Twisting for the extra yardage and the first down, he was stripped by linebacker Trevor Rush. End Noah Wall would scoop up the loose ball and outrace the linemen to the endzone, going 62 yards for the touchdown. LSU had tight coverage on the receivers and Wolf was sacked on the two-point attempt. With 3:58 left in the game, Milford was still alive and only trailed 63-58.
With the game on the line, Milford stacked the box with nine defenders again, trying to stop the run. LSU couldn't gain a yard rushing on first and second down. The Tigers lined up like they were going to pass, but ran a draw. The Patriots were able to drag Daigle down after eight yards.
With 2:02 left and 76 yards and the Tiger defense between the Patriots and the endzone, Wolf and the offense stepped out to make history. Wolf would throw an incomplete pass on first down. On second down, he would get sacked once again. Facing 3rd-&-16, Wolf found Jake Harley for 26 yards and a first down. Another incomplete pass on first down left the Patriots breathing a sigh of relief. The pass was nearly intercepted. Cam Austin would catch the second down pass for 17 yards and another first. A short dump off to the tight end Richardson netted seven more yards, forcing the Patriots to use their last timeout.
With 1:32 left, the Patriots had 2nd-&-3 on the Tiger 42 yard line. Wolf found Austin again for twelve yards and another first down. Harley would be the recipient of Wolf's next pass, getting dragged down at the five yard line.
With the clock still running and the Patriots no longer able to stop it unless for an incomplete pass, they set up in the Tiger red zone. Wolf took the snap and the coverage was tight on the receivers. He stepped up in the pocket to avoid the blitzing linebacker and then tucked it. Richardson, who had many key receptions in the game, made a critical block on the one Tiger player who could have stopped the Patriot QB short of the goalline. Instead, Wolf crossed easily to put the Patriots up by one with the point after still coming. Wolf rewarded his tight end with a pass to convert the two-point attempt to give Milford a 66-63 advantage with 0:43 left in the game.
LSU had all three timeouts to work with to get into field goal range. Milford had other ideas as Josh Barnett undercut the poorly thrown ball.
Morris converted a first down on 2nd-&-4 and then Wolf knelt on it to close out the biggest win in school history and in their FBS debut.
In the end, LSU gained 727 yards of offense, 477 of it coming on the ground. Daigle finished with school records in rushing yards (381 on 22 carries) and TDs (6), but it was not enough to overcome the feisty newcomers to FBS who refused to roll over and play doormat to the elite.
Milford's Wolf was four yards short of a school record in passing (477 yards on 27/44 passing) and one passing TD shy of the school record as well (4). His five total TDs did tie the school record for most TDs in a game.
"This is just...wow," Coach Mike Bowden remarked, drenched from head-to-toe in Gatorade. "I have to commend these men for not giving up. There were lots of times when they could've just packed it in and said 'Let's go home,' but they didn't. They fought hard for all sixty minutes. In the end, they were rewarded."
Jesse Wolf said afterwards, "When I stepped into the huddle after they had the pick-six, my O-line said 'Let's take it to the house and shut 'em up,' but not in quite those words. So we did. And that helped pick up our defense some 'cause they were getting blistered. They way they hung in there though boosted us too, ya know. Anyway, it was a great team win and we had to earn it. LSU is big and fast."
The LSU coach refused comment after the loss.
Milford is on the road again next week. They face top-ranked Alabama. If this game showed anything, the Patriots are not going to go down easy.
Aug 28, 2010 - MU at LSU
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Milford (1-0)
3
14
21
28
66
#17 LSU (0-1)
14
21
21
7
63
Team Stats Comparison
MU
LSU
649
Total Offense
727
172
Rushing Yards
477
477
Passing Yards
250
31
First Downs
18
4
Punt Return Yards
12
150
Kick Return Yards
0
803
Total Yards
739
3
Turnovers
3
11-14 (78%)
3rd Down Converstion
1-4 (25%)
0-0
4th Down Conversion
0-0
2-4
2-Point Conversion
0-0
9-7-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
5-4-0
7-57
Penalties
10-93
36:40
Posession Time
23:20
Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING
MU
LSU
12:33
(LSU) S. Daigle 24 yd run (T. Clark kick)
0
7
7:59
(MU) S. Thompson 25 yd FG
3
7
3:43
(LSU) S. Daigle 10 yd run (T. Clark kick)
3
14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING
MU
LSU
14:57
(LSU) D. Daigle 2 yd run (T. Clark kick)
3
21
8:44
(MU) S. Morris 5 yd run (S. Thompson kick)
10
21
8:00
(LSU) S. Daigle 66 yd run (T. Clark kick)
10
28
3:35
(MU) D. Ratliff 2 yd pass from J. Wolf (S. Thompson kick)
17
28
0:57
(LSU) C. Chambers 2 yd pass from B. Bell (T. Clark kick)
17
35
THIRD QUARTER SCORING
MU
LSU
14:49
(LSU) Jeremy Thomas 24 yd INT return (T. Clark kick)
17
42
13:00
(MU) S. Morris 19 yd pass from J. Wolf (S. Thompson kick)
24
42
10:24
(LSU) J. Freeman 3 yd run (T. Clark kick)
24
49
5:54
(MU) C. Austin 4 yd pass from J. Wolf (S. Thompson kick)
31
49
3:49
(MU) O. Fry 33 yd INT return (S. Thompson kick)
38
49
3:38
(LSU) S. Daigle 80 yd run (T. Clark kick)
38
56
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING
MU
LSU
13:41
(MU) W. Spencer 15 yd pass from J. Wolf (2-pt)
46
56
6:17
(MU) D. Ratliff 3 yd run (2-pt failed)
52
56
6:06
(LSU) S. Daigle 80 yd run (T. Clark kick)
52
63
3:58
(MU) N. Wall 62 yd fumble return (2-pt failed)
58
63
0:43
(MU) J. Wolf 5 yd run (2-pt)
66
63
Milford Boxscore
PASSING
RATING
C/ATT
YDS
TD/INT
AVG
J. Wolf
168.7
27/44
477
4/3
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
S. Morris
22
116
5.2
1
29
S. Kerr
9
70
7.7
0
26
J. Wolf
9
-13
-1.4
1
5
D. Ratliff
2
-1
-0.5
1
3
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
C. Austin
9
172
19.1
1
29
J. Harley
5
106
21.2
0
27
S. Richardson
5
59
11.8
0
19
S. Beck
3
79
26.3
0
46
W. Spencer
2
21
11.5
1
15
S. Morris
2
38
19.0
1
19
D. Ratliff
1
2
2.0
1
2
DEFENSE
TACK
SACK
INT
PDEF
TD
J. Barnett
6
0
1
0
0
G. Anderson
5
0
0
0
0
J. Graham
4
0
0
2
0
T. Palmer
4
0
0
0
0
N. Wall
4
0
0
0
1
KICKING
FGM/A
PCT
LONG
XPM/A
PTS
S. Thompson
1/1
100
25
5/5
PUNTING
PUNTS
YDS
AVG
IN20
TB
H. Holcomb
1
54
54.0
0
0
LSU Boxscore
PASSING
RATING
C/ATT
YDS
TD/INT
AVG
B. Bell
208.6
11/15
250
1/2
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
S. Daigle
22
381
17.3
6
80
J. Freeman
11
87
7.9
1
31
B. Bell
2
10
5.0
0
11
J. Stewart
1
-1
-1.0
0
0
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
C. Chambers
4
69
17.2
1
36
Z. Cutler
3
117
39.0
0
61
M. Brewer
2
41
20.5
0
32
S. Daigle
2
23
11.5
0
22
DEFENSE
TACK
SACK
INT
PDEF
TD
W. Williams
10
0
0
1
0
A. Morrison
9
0
0
2
0
A. Christian
8
0
1
0
0
B. Cole
8
0
1
1
0
Jonathon Thomas
7
0
0
0
0
J. Lawrence
7
0
0
0
0
M. Johnson
6
0
0
0
0
R. Flores
6
0
0
3
0
KICKING
FGM/A
PCT
LONG
XPM/A
PTS
T. Clark
0/0
---
---
9/9
PUNTING
PUNTS
YDS
AVG
IN20
TB
B. Carter
1
50
50.0
0
0
Join us Monday night at 7:00 in the Paul Revere Arena as we celebrate the biggest win in school history at a pep rally for the Patriots. Also show your support for the Patriots next week as the travel to top-ranked Alabama. Season ticket packages and single game seats are still available. Contact the box office, campus bookstores, or order online. Go Pats!
Re: Climbing the Ranks to FBS: A multi-team dynasty
I had an idea of something I was going to try and I want y'alls opinion on it whether I should include it or not as part of the mid-week overall picture.
Anyway, I was thinking of doing a segment of SportsNation and like they have the user letters, you could add some questions that the hosts would answer. Also, if you would like to ask questions of coaches, I can accommodate those as well into the some pregame writeups. You can post them in here or PM me, whichever is easiest for you. On the occasion I do a player spotlight in a preview, questions can be posted for that player as well. I'll throw up a post with the details for those a "game week" before (since there's usually no less than 8-9 a week, that should be a good amount of time for those).
Re: Climbing the Ranks to FBS: A multi-team dynasty
Snake Bites
Razorbacks, Rattlers Need Extra Frame to Settle Game
Fayetteville, AR - Horizon State and Arkansas needed extra time to decide who would walk away with their heads held high. The game was close the entire way, with neither team able to get more than ten points apart. When the clock read 0:00 at the end of regulation, both teams were still deadlocked. Not even a career day by Arkansas' Heisman-hopeful quarterback, Jeremy Walker, could settle this in regulation.
Horizon State lost the overtime toss and were on offense to start. It took the Rattlers two plays to punch it into the endzone to take the lead once again.
Arkansas came out in their overtime possession looking to tie the game back up. On the first play, Walker was sacked for an 8-yard loss. On second down, he found one of his many targets of the game, Butler for 13 yards. On 3rd-&-4, Walker was sacked again, bringing up 4th-&-13. Walker was forced to unload the ball quickly and middle linebacker Corey Hart became the hero. He stepped in front of the hurried pass and intercepted it - his second of the game, ending the game with Horizon State on top, 48-41.
"Being a linebacker and making a pick is one thing," Corey Hart remarked, "but when you get a pair of them in the same game, it's another. When that last one seals the game, all you can do is enjoy it."
Arkansas got the game rolling with a bang. They went 80 yards in only four plays. Butler caught the first pass and found a seam, going 42 yards before being dragged down. Two plays later, Walker found his tight end open on a defensive miscue for a 29-yard touchdown.
Horizon State marched right back down the field in response to tie the game at 7-7, using a balanced approach. Their 10-play, 82-yard drive ended with McMichael finding a small crease in the line from two yards out.
Arkansas struck back near the end of the quarter to take a 14-7 lead at the end of the quarter. They would carry a 17-13 lead into halftime.
Horizon State came out fired up to start the second half. They quickly moved down the field, mixing short- and medium-length passes to gain ground. Michael Streits would out-jump his defender on a fade to give the Rattlers the lead.
Hart would intercept Walker on the Razorbacks' first play of the second half, setting up the offense just outside of the red zone. Two plays later, McMichael would tally his second rushing touchdown from five yards away to extend the Rattler lead.
With Horizon State holding all the momentum, few would blame them for the shutting down after the quick outburst. Instead, Walker calmly led an 11-play, 80-yard drive to cut into the Rattler lead at 27-24. Horizon State would add another lengthy touchdown drive to bring their lead back to ten at 34-24.
In the fourth, the Razorbacks would rally on the tired Rattler secondary. Walker had been picking them apart all day. Walker would lead two more touchdown drives, both pulling the Razorbacks back within three.
After Horizon State was forced to punt with 1:42 left in the game, walker would show why he is a Heisman candidate. He marked Arkansas down the field into field goal range. Martin would hit the 24-yard FG as time expired to send the game to overtime, where Horizon State would finally end the game on an interception.
"Their QB is really good," Coach Wylde remarked. "He picked us apart today. We're going to have to work on our defensive skills if we expect to compete at a high level this year. A showing like this again and we're liable to get beat pretty bad. Our offense kept us in this except for a handful of plays."
Walker had a career day in the loss. He was 37-for-50 with a school-record 461 yards. He also threw four TD passes.
"It's a tough loss," Walker said after the game. "We played hard out there. So did they. It was a good game, very evenly matched, but I wish it went the other way though."
The game was very even. Both teams held the ball for right around 30:00 apiece (30:22 for Arkansas and 29:38 for Horizon State), and both teams gained roughly the same amount of yardage (563 for Arkansas and 534 for Horizon State).
Horizon State looks to use this momentum next week as they travel to Columbus, OH to face #2-ranked Ohio State in The Horseshoe.
Aug 28, 2010 - HSU at Ark
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
OT
SCORE
Horizon State (1-0)
7
6
21
7
7
48
#20 Arkansas (0-1)
14
3
7
17
0
41
Team Stats Comparison
HSU
Ark
534
Total Offense
563
252
Rushing Yards
102
282
Passing Yards
461
28
First Downs
29
13
Punt Return Yards
0
100
Kick Return Yards
0
647
Total Yards
563
0
Turnovers
2
4-8 (50%)
3rd Down Converstion
8-11 (72%)
0-0
4th Down Conversion
0-1
0-0
2-Point Conversion
0-0
7-6-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
6-4-1
5-35
Penalties
9-64
29:38
Posession Time
30:22
Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING
HSU
Ark
12:53
(Ark) W. Culter 29 yd pass from J. Walker (Q. Martin kick)
0
7
7:06
(HSU) M. McMichael 2 yd run (C. Kilgore kick)
7
7
0:36
(Ark) C. Phillips 4 yd pass from J. Walker (Q. Martin kick)
7
14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING
HSU
Ark
7:59
(HSU) C. Kilgore 44 yd FG
10
14
3:00
(Ark) Q. Martin 39 yd FG
10
17
0:02
(HSU) C. Kilgore 32 yd FG
13
17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING
HSU
Ark
12:10
(HSU) M. Streits 7 yd pass from G. Cali (C. Kilgore kick)
20
17
11:29
(HSU) M. McMichael 5 yd run (C. Kilgore kick)
27
17
7:08
(Ark) C. Phillips 6 yd pass from J. Walker (Q. Martin kick)
27
24
3:55
(HSU) J. Price 2 yd pass from G. Cali (C. Kilgore kick)
34
24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING
HSU
Ark
13:08
(Ark) C. Phillips 2 yd pass from J. Walker (Q. Martin kick)
34
31
6:29
(HSU) D. Cyrus 6 yd run (C. Kilgore kick)
41
31
3:35
(Ark) K. Douglas 2 yd run (Q. Martin kick)
41
38
0:00
(Ark) Q. Martin 24 yd FG
41
41
OVERTIME SCORING
HSU
Ark
--:--
(HSU) M. Streits 14 yd pass from G. Cali (C. Kilgore kick)
48
41
Horizon State Boxscore
PASSING
RATING
C/ATT
YDS
TD/INT
AVG
G. Cali
194.9
21/28
282
3/0
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
M. McMichael
25
174
6.9
2
22
D. Cyrus
12
78
6.5
1
24
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
J. Price
8
130
16.2
1
54
M. Streits
7
88
12.5
2
17
D. Craft
3
24
8.0
0
11
K. Osborne
2
42
21.0
0
25
M. McMichael
1
-2
-2.0
0
0
DEFENSE
TACK
SACK
INT
PDEF
TD
B. Porter
11
1.0
0
1
0
B. Tillman
9
0
0
0
0
R. Givens
8
1.0
0
0
0
D. Kramer
8
0
0
1
0
C. Hart
7
0
2
2
0
D. Porter
6
0
0
1
0
M. Brewer
5
1.0
0
0
0
KICKING
FGM/A
PCT
LONG
XPM/A
PTS
C. Kilgore
2/2
100
44
6/6
PUNTING
PUNTS
YDS
AVG
IN20
TB
K. Holly
2
86
43.0
1
1
Arkansas Boxscore
PASSING
RATING
C/ATT
YDS
TD/INT
AVG
J. Walker
169.8
37/50
461
4/2
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
K. Douglas
20
117
5.8
1
15
S. Larsen
3
13
4.3
0
6
J. Walker
2
-28
-9.3
0
0
RECEIVING
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LONG
C. Phillips
12
116
9.6
3
22
B. Daniels
8
111
13.8
0
19
J. Butler
5
84
16.8
0
42
K. Douglas
4
47
11.7
0
17
D. Spence
4
36
9.0
0
13
W. Cutler
4
67
16.7
1
29
DEFENSE
TACK
SACK
INT
PDEF
TD
J. Robinson
10
0
0
0
0
M. Hunter
9
0
0
0
0
B. Riley
8
0
0
0
0
D. Estes
7
0
0
1
0
M. Henley
5
0
0
0
0
R. Stewart
5
0
0
0
0
KICKING
FGM/A
PCT
LONG
XPM/A
PTS
Q. Martin
2/2
100
39
5/5
PUNTING
PUNTS
YDS
AVG
IN20
TB
S. Brown
1
51
51.0
0
0
Join us in supporting the Rattlers. They travel again next week before returning home. The face the #2-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes in The Horseshoe next week followed by #8-ranked TCU at home.
Re: Climbing the Ranks to FBS: A multi-team dynasty
College Football Overdrive
Opening Slate of Games Finished, Dramatic Wins and Crushing Losses
ESPN - The early games have finished and there are a few surprises this week already. Many teams are on "Upset Alert" in their opening week matchups.
As you already know, Indiana and Arizona provided some early excitement on Thursday and Friday nights with some dominant wins. IU crushed a mistake-prone #16-ranked Pitt team 77-20 while Arizona's front four controlled the game against #22-ranked North Carolina in their 51-9 win.
First, the biggest upset on this Saturday so far has been FBS-newcomer Milford. The Patriots traveled to Baton Rouge to face #17-ranked LSU. Milford, a 35-point-plus underdog, fought LSU every step of the way. They recovered from a 42-17 hole to come back and win 66-63 in regulation. This win marks the biggest win in Milford history. They have top-ranked Alabama, who survived their upset scare in double overtime, next week in Alabama. Can their magic continue next week?
After the game ended, Coach Bowden remarked, "This was a huge for Milford. Our players fought for everything and they earned this win. We're going to enjoy this win for the weekend and then we'll get back to business preparing for next week.
There have been a couple more upsets this week as well. Western Michigan took advantage of a few Michigan State turnovers to pull off the upset, 20-7. Michigan State coughed up fumbles six times, losing two. They were also intercepted as well.
The Michigan State coach had this to say about the loss, "You can't expect to win when you turn the ball over. That was a pathetic game for us. That wasn't Spartan football. We can't continue to have these types of games if we want to do well."
South Carolina entered their first game with hopes of a run at the SEC East title. They faced off with Southern Mississippi earlier today and the Golden Eagles showed SC where they need to work. Southern Miss edged South Carolina 22-17, scoring all 22 points off of six South Carolina turnovers.
"We were very sloppy today," the South Carolina coach admonished. "We can afford to turn the ball over six times in one game. SIX! That's unacceptable!"
Minnesota fell victim to the upset bug as well. They traveled to Middle Tennessee State where they hung with the Blue Raiders for the first half before collapsing in the second, losing 34-17.
Our last upset today was Troy at Syracuse. Troy managed to pull ahead midway through the third quarter and held off a late Syracuse rally attempt in an otherwise slow game. Troy came out on top 14-13.
Here are some scores from the early action today:
Aug 28, 2010 - Port at CSU
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Portland State (0-1)
0
0
0
7
7
Colorado State (1-0)
17
21
14
0
52
Aug 28, 2010 - USM at SCar
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Southern Mississippi (1-0)
3
10
0
9
22
South Carolina (0-1)
0
3
7
7
17
Aug 28, 2010 - EWU at RU
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Eastern Washington (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
Rutgers (1-0)
10
10
28
0
48
Aug 28, 2010 - SIU at Mar
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Southern Illinois (0-1)
0
7
3
7
17
Marshall (1-0)
17
14
3
3
37
Aug 28, 2010 - Minn at MTSU
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Minnesota (0-1)
7
0
3
7
17
Marshall (1-0)
0
10
7
17
34
Aug 28, 2010 - AAM at Mia
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Alabama A&M (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
#14 Miami (1-0)
14
21
3
14
52
Aug 28, 2010 - Rich at Terp
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Richmond (0-1)
3
3
7
0
13
Maryland (1-0)
7
14
14
14
49
Aug 28, 2010 - ISU at CU
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Iowa State (1-0)
3
0
7
3
13
Colorado (0-1)
0
3
3
0
6
Aug 28, 2010 - ISU at Ball
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Illinois State (0-1)
6
0
0
7
13
Ball State (1-0)
14
14
0
7
35
Aug 28, 2010 - EKU at CMU
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Eastern Kentucky (0-1)
0
7
0
3
10
Central Michigan (1-0)
7
10
13
0
30
Aug 28, 2010 - UND at UVA
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
North Dakota (0-1)
14
7
0
7
28
Virginia (1-0)
7
10
7
11
35
Aug 28, 2010 - GSU at Bay
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Grambling State (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
Baylor (1-0)
14
10
0
14
38
Aug 28, 2010 - PVAM at TAMU
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Prairie View A&M (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
Texas A&M (1-0)
21
14
7
7
49
Aug 28, 2010 - Chat at Tenn
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Chattanooga (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
Tennessee (1-0)
3
24
14
0
41
Aug 28, 2010 - SU at Tem
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Southern (0-1)
3
3
0
3
9
Temple (1-0)
10
0
7
14
31
Aug 28, 2010 - UCD at Stan
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
UC Davis (0-1)
3
7
6
0
16
Stanford (1-0)
3
14
14
21
52
Aug 28, 2010 - UT at Rice
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
#3 Texas (1-0)
14
10
3
21
48
Rice (0-1)
0
0
10
0
10
Aug 28, 2010 - Woff at PSU
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Wofford (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
#18 Penn State (1-0)
28
14
14
0
56
Aug 28, 2010 - MVSU at Miss
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Mississippi Calley State (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
Mississippi (1-0)
14
21
6
0
41
Aug 28, 2010 - YSU at Ohio
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Youngstown State (0-1)
0
6
0
7
13
Ohio (1-0)
0
17
3
8
28
Aug 28, 2010 - NCAT at NCSt
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
North Carolina A&T (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
North Carolina State (1-0)
10
7
6
21
44
Aug 28, 2010 - WKU at Neb
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Western Kentucky (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
#9 Nebraska (1-0)
0
7
17
7
31
Aug 28, 2010 - Ill at Mizz
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Illinois (0-1)
0
0
0
0
0
Missouri (1-0)
13
10
3
3
29
Aug 28, 2010 - WMU at MSU
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Western Michigan (1-0)
7
0
3
10
20
Michigan State (0-1)
0
0
0
7
7
Aug 28, 2010 - Cuse at Troy
TEAM
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
SCORE
Syracuse (0-1)
7
3
0
3
13
Troy (1-0)
7
0
7
0
14
We have some good games ready in our late-afternoon lineup. We have UCLA traveling to Kansas State. Fresno State will host Mississippi State. Purdue and Notre Dame go after the Shillelagh Trophy to open their season. Washington travels down to BYU for a tough opening matchup. From our feature on the new FBS head coaches, Horizon State travels to #20-ranked Arkansas. Prescott Valley heads into The Horseshoe to face #2-ranked Ohio State. Caddo is also in Ohio as they face #24-ranked Cincinnati. In another rivalry to start the season, Wileyville plays host to Michigan in the Battle for the Chippewa Canoe.
As the next round of games is set to start, check your local listings to see which games are being broadcast in your area. You can also stay here where we will drop in on coverage around the nation in this kickoff Saturday.
12-02-2010, 12:25 AM
