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[WWF80sKid]

Dude, I just put the Defense's Rush Defense to an 80 for them, and then broke to 20+ yard runs!

[RussellBird]

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt_GoBlue

Dude, I just put the Defense's Rush Defense to an 80 for them, and then broke to 20+ yard runs!

I messed with the rush defense and tackling a bit. I'll test it out when I play Boston College.

[RussellBird]

HEADLINES OF THE WEEK:
Sunken Feeling - The #1 Sooners fall for the first time in 2012 against Iowa State 27-13.
Big SEC Win - Spirits ar high in Tuscaloosa as their #14 Crimson Tide beat #18 LSU 24-21.
Stunned! - The ACC takes an unexpected turn as #10 Clemson stumbles to Duke. [46-20]
The Class of the Big Ten - Burkhead's play leads #15 Nebraska to a 37-32 win over #6 Michigan State.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
Offensive - Defensive
Stanford HB Stepfan Taylor: 26 CAR, 221 YDS, 2 TDs, 7 REC, 98 YDS, TD - San Diego State FS Nat Berhe: 3 TKLES, INT

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 29, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	2	South Carolina Gamecocks (35)	9	0	1499
2	3	Araknsas Razorbacks (25)	9	0	1415
3	4	Mississippi State Bulldogs (1)	9	0	1374
4	5	USC Trojans	9	0	1243
5	7	Wisconsin Badgers	8	1	1033
6	8	Kansas State Wildcats	8	1	1004
7	9	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	8	1	959
8	15	Nebraska Cornhuskers	7	2	841
9	14	Alabama Crimson Tide	6	3	810
10	1	Oklahoma Sooners	7	1	784
11	6	Michigan State Spartans	7	3	738
12	16	Florida State Seminoles	7	2	706
13	17	TCU Horned Frogs	7	2	687
14	19	Georgia Bulldogs	7	3	607
15	20	Michigan Wolverines	6	3	577
16	12	Texas Longhorns	6	3	509
17	23	Arkansas State Red Wolves	8	1	497
18	--	Texas Tech Red Raiders	6	3	494
19	24	Iowa Hawkeyes	8	1	466
20	10	Clemson Tigers	7	2	460
21	13	Army Black Knights	8	1	451
22	--	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	7	2	399
23	11	Boise State Broncos	7	2	368
24	--	Fresno State Bulldogs	9	1	339
25	21	Oklahoma State Cowboys	5	3	336

Dropped Out - #18 LSU, #22 Auburn, #25 Miami
Others Receiving Votes - LSU (270), Utah (248), Louisville (183), UCLA (159), Washington (143), Connecticut (75), Virginia Tech (70), Virginia (58), North Carolina (4)

Heisman Watch - Updated: Nov 5, 2012
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Matt Barkley	QB	USC		190-290, 2937 yards, 33 TDs, 60 att, 179 yards, 3 TDs
Marcus Lattimore	HB	South Carolina		148 att, 906 yards, 13 TDs, 18 rec, 275 yards, 3 TDs
Knile Davis	HB	Arkansas		169 att, 947 yards, 12 TDs, 26 rec, 413 yards, 2 TDs
Montee Ball	HB	Wisconsin		173 att, 1099 yards, 12 TDs, 12 rec, 151 yards, 2 TDs
Waymon James	HB	TCU		195 att, 950 yards, 13 TDs, 19 rec, 262 yards, 1 TD

Matchup Preview *|* November 10, 2012
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#7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-1, 2-1 Away)		Boston College Eagles (4-5 (3-3), 2-1 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 33.6 (#18) Points Per Game 30.4 (#35) 408.3 (#30) Total Offensive Yards 394.7 (#45) 94.5 (#119) Rushing Yards 153.6 (#70) 313.7 (#4) Passing Yards 241.1 (#29) Defensive Stats Comparison 329.7 (#45) Total Yards Allowed 385.3 (#105) 94.7 (#1) Rushing Yards Allowed 190.2 (#122) 235.0 (#104) Passing Yards Allowed 195.1 (#56) Injury Report CB [78] Al Louis Jean Dislocated Elbow (7 weeks) FS [82] Sean Sylvia Broken Tailbone (1 week) Game Notes Contrary to popular belief, this will likely not be an easy one for the Irish. Dismiss the records and solely look at last year's game, you'll find that the Irish struggled despite having a better team. They were in South Bend during that game. Now, they find themselves on hostile ground looking to win their ninth. Boston College has lost to such teams as Northwestern, Clemson, Army, Florida State, and Georgia Tech. Not exactly weak opponents. Their biggest win has been against Miami. Notre Dame is looking to make it four straight against the rival Eagles.

[jayenomics]

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt_GoBlue

Thanks man. I think you and I are one in the same that we like to have people respond to our posts! I'm working with my sliders, trying to make the games better!

Same here man. This is something that sometimes makes you want to leave OS or try harder depending on the situation, haha. I love/need/want people to respond to my threads.

[jayenomics]

Tough loss to Oklahoma, but you've got a hell of a season going now.

[RussellBird]

Quote: Originally Posted by jayenomics

Tough loss to Oklahoma, but you've got a hell of a season going now.

Thanks for viewing! Yeah, that Oklahoma game really stung. Felt cheated due to the holding calls erasing a touchdown that would have won the game. What can you do, though? I'm just fortunate I wasn't completely knocked out of a chance at playing in the NC game. Finished the BC game late last night. The recap should be up shortly.

[RussellBird]

27 Point Second Half Gives Irish 41-20 win over Eagles


After breaking one tackle, Golson would break another and find a receiver wide open in the endzone.

CHESTNUT HILL, Massachusetts - Once again, Notre Dame took some time getting into the game. They didn't attempt too many passes in that first half and left most of the offensive plays to Cierre Wood. This did not phase the young runningback as he rushed for nearly 200 yards in this game. It would appear that Notre Dame is finally getting their running game established, even if they don't score too many touchdowns on the ground. Cierre Wood doesn't seem to care about scoring touchdowns, so why should any of the coaching staff?

Everett Golson continued his semi-impressive of having an interception in a game by another week. This time, though, he managed to counteract his interceptions by throwing for five touchdowns. Most of them were fairly short thanks to Wood's running on the ground, but it's still an impressive feat. When Golson plays like this, it makes people forget that he's tied for first in interceptions. Those 29 touchdowns do get rid of that horrid smell of 17 interceptions. As long as he keeps throwing touchdowns, he'll keep his starting spot throughout the season.

Once again, the Irish passing defense look very weak against another team. Chase Rettig, Boston College's QB, isn't exactly a good person to look weak against. He has only managed 2368 yards and 18 touchdowns while throwing 14 interceptions. Fortunately, he is completing over 50% of his passes. That accuracy was enough to get him over 300 yards through the air today. He just didn't have that accuracy down past the 50, which is where most teams fail completely. Kelly has stated before that he's fine with his team giving up field goals, as long as the offense keeps on scoring.

That Irish rush defense has looked unstoppable. So far, they currently lead in the NCAA in rushing yards allowed. The main mind behind stopping the run would have to be Te'o. A running back can break through the line easily, but the senior linebacker will always be there to stop them. But, in Boston College's defense, they did manage to score a rushing touchdown on the Irish. There's one more person that deserved to be acknowledged on the defense. Defensive end Stephon Tuitt is one and a half sacks away from tying Justin Tuck's single season sack record. It has been a surprise season for the defensive end, but he is seemingly well on his way to breaking the Super Bowl champion's record and, perhaps, becoming a future top draft pick.

The next Wake Forest and Notre Dame match-up will be the first game this season that doesn't really have much history. They've only had one meeting, and that was last year. Again, this is another game that the Irish will have to focus on despite them playing a weak opponent. In last year's game, Notre Dame only beat the Demon Deacons by a single touchdown. While the Irish are huge favorites in this game, Wake Forest will give it their all to try to become bowl eligible.

We've seen this very often, as T.J. Jones speeds around defenders to get wide open for the pass.


Tyler Eifert barely manages to stay in bounds, as he snags a pass from Golson in back of the endzone.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Boston College Eagles
Nov 10, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-1)	7	7	17	10	41
Boston College Eagles (4-5)	10	3	0	7	20

Team Stats Comparison
	ND	BC
Total Offense	364	383
Rushing Yards	184	15
Passing Yards	180	368
First Downs	17	14
Punt Return Yards	51	26
Kick Return Yards	103	43
Total Yards	518	452
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Converstion	4-11	4-15
4th Down Conversion	1-1	1-2
2-Point Conversion	1-2	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5/3-2	3/1-2
Penalties	3-30	12-115
Posession Time	18:17	17:43

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ND	BC
7:13	(BC) FG: N. Freese, 36 yard FG	0	3
5:29	(ND) TD: D. Daniels, 12 yard pass from E. Golson (N. Tausch kick)	7	3
1:59	(BC) TD: C. Lamond Jr., 74 yard pass from C. Rettig (N. Freese kick)	7	10
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ND	BC
8:53	(ND) TD: T. Jones, 40 yard pass from E. Golson (N. Tausch kick)	14	10
3:42	(BC) FG: N. Freese, 28 yard FG	14	13
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ND	BC
4:51	(ND) TD: T. Eifert, 2 yard pass from E. Golson (2-PT)	22	13
2:03	(ND) TD: K. Russell, 3 yard pass from E. Golson (2-PT Failed)	28	13
0:09	(ND) FG: N. Tausch, 34 yard FG	31	13
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		ND	BC
6:41	(ND) TD: R. Toma, 22 yard pass from E. Golson (N. Tausch kick)	38	13
3:37	(BC) TD: R. Finch, 4 yard run (N. Freese kick)	38	20
1:04	(ND) FG: N. Tausch, 28 yard FG	41	20

Notre Dame Fighting Irish PASSING C/A YDS TD INT E. Golson 15/25 180 5 1 T. Rees 0/1 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. Wood 25 191 7.6 0 E. Golson 9 -13 -1.4 0 T. Riddick 3 8 2.6 0 T. Rees 1 -2 -2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Eifert 5 28 5.6 1 C. Wood 2 22 11.0 0 R. Toma 2 45 22.5 1 T. Jones 1 51 25.5 1 K. Russell 1 3 3.0 1 D. Neal 1 1 1.0 0 D. Daniels 1 12 12.0 1 B. Koyack 1 18 18.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK C. Lombard 0 3 Z. Martin 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD M. Te'o 7 0.0 0 0 B. Jackson 7 0.0 0 0 D. Fox 7 0.0 0 0 J. Atkinson 6 0.0 0 0 J. Slaughter 5 0.0 0 0 L. Wood 3 0.0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG N. Tausch 2/2 3/3 9 34 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Turk 3 117 39.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Riddick 4 103 25.7 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Riddick 7 51 7.2 0

Boston College Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Rettig 29/48 368 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Finch 14 29 2.0 1 C. Retig 2 -12 -6.0 0 A. Williams 1 -2 -2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD S. Evans 8 70 8.7 0 A. Amidon 7 79 11.2 0 C. Pantale 6 44 7.3 0 C. Larmond Jr. 4 118 29.5 1 J. Coleman 1 24 24.0 0 B. Miller 1 15 15.0 0 M. Naples 1 7 7.0 0 J. Sinkovec 1 11 11.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Richardson 9 0.0 0 0 K. Pierre Louis 9 0.0 0 0 J. McCaffrey 8 0.0 0 0 J. Noel 7 0.0 0 0 S. Duggan 6 0.0 1 0

[jayenomics]

That's a hell of a second half, making a close game a laugher