Journey Into The FBS

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Alaska Recruiting - 2012
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Clifton Arnold	QB	HS	Heber, UT	5'11	202
William Gibbs	FS	HS	Unalaska, AK	5'10	180
Mark Davis	WR	HS	Ketchikan, AK	6'4	214
Damien Sherman	T	HS	Kenai, AK	6'5	304
Brad Morgan	DE	HS	Auburn, WA	6'6	244
Nick Austin	T	HS	Waianae, HI	6'6	269
Mike Guidry	TE	HS	Mililani Town, HI	6'6	249
Courtney Cooper	C	HS	Pasco, WA	6'3	318
Marshall Odom	CB	HS	Kitchener, CN	5'10	180
Greg Evans	FS	HS	North Olmsted, OH	5'11	190
Keith Roberts	WR	HS	Shaker Heights, OH	5'11	198
Michael McFarland	WR	HS	Kenai, AK	5'10	177
Nolan Lee	G	HS	Sahalee, WA	6'5	290
Pete Ball	T	HS	Norwalk, OH	6'5	264
Marcus Hughes	OLB	HS	Drexel Hill, PA	6'1	213
Anthony Burton	MLB	HS	Bremerton, WA	6'1	237
Brian Byrd	C	HS	Bexley, OH	6'1	290
Dennis Brown	DT	HS	Dayton, OH	6'4	287
Robbie Williams	DE	HS	Church Point, LA	6'2	271
Derek Rodgers	DT	HS	Everett, WA	6'6	264
Joseph Greco	T	HS	Riverton, WA	6'4	278

Conference Realignment:
ACC adds Syracuse and Pittsburgh
Big East adds Memphis, San Diego St, Houston, SMU, Boise St, and UCF
C-USA adds FIU, North Texas, Louisiana Tech, and UTSA

The Big East loses it's AQ status for the 2013 season. They can regain it for 2014 if the conference preforms well against AQ conference teams.

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Alaska 2013 Schedule:
Week 1 - Washington St
Week 2 - @ Washington
Week 3 - FCS West
Week 4 - Colorado St
Week 5 - @ Hawaii
Week 6 - @ Miami OH
Week 7 - Bye
Week 8 - @ Utah St
Week 9 - @ Boise St
Week 10 - Arkansas
Week 11 - Bye
Week 12 - @ Florida Atlantic
Week 13 - FCS Northwest
Week 14 - @ Western Kentucky

Your 2013 Alaska Seawolves:
QB - FR Clifton Arnold, SR Jarvis Duncan, SO Lawrence Chavez, SO Kenny Rhoden
HB - JR Kris Sarria, SR Caleb Pitts, SO Desmond Marcus, SO Wesley Ward
FB - SO Charles Pierce
WR - SR Benny Keenan, SO Ian Cook, SR Santonio Matthews, FR Mark Davis, SR Gerrod Horner, SR Terence Prater
TE - SR Everett Charles, FR Mike Guidry, JR Theo Bower
LT - SR Donta Barnett, FR Damien Sherman
LG - SR Jelani Steele, JR Slade Foreman, FR Nolan Lee
C - FR Courtney Cooper, JR Leroy Hankin
RG - JR Jelani House, SO Laron Griffin
RT - JR Booker Woods, JR Doug keller, FR Nick Austin, SO Antoine Garner
LE - SR Herbert Sowell
RE - SR Keon Steele, FR Brad Morgan, FR Myron Crawford
DT - JR Terrence Rucker, JR Rian Russell, SR Bryan Rich, JR Dusty Thorne, FR Dennis Brown, FR Derek Rodgers
LOLB - JR Wyatt Pratt, JR Geremy Slater
MLB - JR Laron Moses, SO Kendrick Elliott, SO Skip Gandy
ROLB - SR Roderick Hubbard, FR Marcus Hughes
CB - SR Jess Harrington, SR Doug Chapman, FR Marshall Odom, JR Bill Mills, SO Thurman Fields
FS - JR JB Meyers, FR William Gibbs, SO Gerald Kirby
SS - JR Kareem Outlaw, FR Lucas Gilbert
K - JR Casey Johnston
P - Johnny Tyson

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Jan 1, Pre
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	Alabama
2	Georgia
3	Ohio St
4	USC
5	Nebraska
6	Michigan
7	Mississippi St
8	West Virginia
9	Oklahoma St
10	Florida St
11	Kansas St
12	South Carolina
13	Michigan St
14	Florida
15	Virginia Tech
16	Clemson
17	Tennessee
18	Penn St
19	Utah
20	Oregon
21	Iowa
22	Wisconsin
23	Georgia Tech
24	Texas
25	North Carolina

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Good luck building your program, there will be bumps along the road but in the end it'll be worth it.

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Quote: Originally Posted by SENS_AK27

Good luck building your program, there will be bumps along the road but in the end it'll be worth it.

Thanks, the main reason I'm simming the games is so that I can't go from a 1 star school to a 6 star in just a few years.

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I'm through the first 8 weeks of the season and this season has been quite a bit more disappointing then last. The Seawolves sit at 2-5 going into week 9. On a brighter note, recruiting is going good once again this season. I've already locked up 6 5-star recruits, 3 of which I'm expecting to start next season. I'm having a good feeling that even after a disappointing year this season, the next 2 seasons could show a lot of promise and maybe a bowl game!

Clifton Arnold hasn't quite been what I hoped he would be thus far, but he is a freshman so I'm sticking with him. He has thrown 1137 yards, 6 TD's, and 10 INT's so far. I don't think the problem is him though, it's our lack of talent at WR and a couple holes on the O-Line. I have a decent WR prospect coming in though, so hopefully they can find some chemistry next year. I'm basically writing this season off and recruiting for next season.

Here's news outside of Alaska.

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Jan 1, Week 9
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Georgia (40)	7	0	1504
2	2	Oklahoma St (21)	6	0	1442
3	4	Texas	6	0	1378
4	3	Virginia Tech	7	0	1349
5	6	Mississippi St	5	1	1116
6	10	Nebraska	6	1	979
7	11	Ohio St	6	1	928
8	12	Notre Dame	6	1	888
9	16	West Virginia	4	2	840
10	14	Clemson	5	2	808
11	8	TCU	5	1	800
12	15	Oklahoma	5	1	777
13	5	Michigan	4	2	738
14	19	Alabama	5	3	715
15	17	Wisconsin	5	2	670
16	7	USC	5	2	666
17	18	Texas A&M	6	1	639
18	9	Florida	4	2	637
19	20	Louisville	7	1	567
20	NR	Missouri	5	2	429
21	24	Oregon	4	3	405
22	13	Tennessee	4	3	400
23	25	Utah	4	3	335
24	NR	Michigan St	3	3	196
25	22	Arizona	4	2	150

Others receiving votes:
Arizona St (143), Washington (111), Florida St (103), UCLA (53), Maryland (45)



If I had to make a decision right now on the BCS National Champion Game, I would have to put Georgia in against either Texas or Nebraska. Georgia has looked unstoppable in their games, plus they're averaging 45 points per game!

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Conference Championship Games:
10 Maryland - 28
Miami - 35

UCF - 20
11 Louisville - 13

8 Alabama - 41
7 Georgia - 42

25 Oregon - 24
21 USC - 28

Toledo - 33
24 Ohio - 28

9 Ohio St - 24
14 Michigan St - 31

Rice - 16
18 Marshall - 21


Well, we finished worse then last year but there's a bright future ahead for this program. Clifton Arnold picked up his game in the second half of the season and preformed MUCH better, showing some flashes of greatness. Kris Sarria also finished with another 1,000 yard rushing season providing a solid ground game.


Heisman Winner:
Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez - 166.1QBR, 3179 Passing Yds, 34 TD's, 6 INT's, 62.9 Completion %, 810 Rushing Yds, 4.9 Per Rush, 10 Rushing TD's, 6 Fumbles


Orange Bowl:
21 Miami - 21
6 Notre Dame - 31

Fiesta Bowl:
3 Virginia Tech - 28
12 Mississippi St - 42

Chick-Fil-A Bowl:
LSU - 24
16 Maryland - 14

Cotton Bowl:
17 Florida - 28
4 Oklahoma St - 42

Sugar Bowl:
5 Georgia - 28
7 Nebraska - 38

CapitalOne Bowl:
Missouri - 26
13 Ohio St - 35

Rose Bowl:
8 Michigan St - 21
20 USC - 28

BCS National Championship:
2 Oklahoma - 17
1 Texas - 34


For the 2nd time in 3 years the National Championship features teams from the same conference facing each other for the 2nd time, driving football fans mad.

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Jan 1, Final
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	Texas	13	0
2	Nebraska	11	2
3	Oklahoma St	11	2
4	Notre Dame	11	2
5	Oklahoma	10	3
6	Mississippi St	9	3
7	Georgia	12	2
8	Virginia Tech	10	3
9	Clemson	9	4
10	Ohio St	10	3
11	UL Monroe	12	1
12	USC	10	4
13	Utah	9	4
14	Marshall	10	3
15	Wisconsin	8	4
16	Alabama	8	5
17	Nevada	11	2
18	Cincinnati	9	4
19	Texas A&M	8	4
20	West Virginia	8	5
21	Michigan St	8	5
22	Northern Illinois	9	3
23	Hawaii	11	2
24	Florida St	8	5
25	Maryland	10	4

2013 NCAA 1st Team All-Americans
Pos	Player Name	Ht	Wt	Year
QB	JW Walsh, Oklahoma St			So.
HB	Silas Redd, USC			Sr.
HB	Jesse Callier, Washington			So.
WR	Noel Grigsby, San Jose St			Sr.
WR	Tommy Shuler, Marshall			Jr.
TE	Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame			Sr.
OL	Zack Martin, Notre Dame			Sr.
OL	Trey Hopkins, Texas			Sr.
OL	Andrew Miller, Virginia Tech			Sr.
OL	Mason Walters, Texas			Sr.
OL	Josh Cochran, Texas			Jr.
DL	Cedric Reed, Texas			Jr.
DL	Brock Hekking, Nevada			Jr.
DL	Ashton Dorsey, Texas			Sr.
DL	Joel Hale, Ohio St			Jr.
LB	VJ Fehoko, Utah			Jr.
LB	Hayes Pullard, USC			Jr.
LB	Jarvis Jones, Georgia			Sr.
DB	Andrew Tryon, Arkansas St			Jr.
DB	Nickell Robey, USC			Sr.
DB	Dexter Linton, Kansas			Sr.
DB	Matt Robinson, Maryland			Jr.
K	Niklas Sade, NC State			Jr.
P	Kyle Christy, Florida			Jr.
RS	Stefon Diggs, Maryland			So.

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Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves Graduates:
QB Jarvis Duncan
LT Donta Barnett
WR Benny Keenan
HB Caleb Pitts
CB Jess Harrington
RE Keon Steele
WR Santonio Matthews
LG Jelani Steele
WR Gerrod Horner
CB Doug Chapman
TE Everett Charles
ROLB Roderick Hubbard
DT Bryan Rich
LT James Ransom
LE Herbert Sowell


1st Round NFL Draft Selections:
Alabama CB Dee Milliner
Alabama RT DJ Fluker
Alabama MLB CJ Mosley
Auburn LE Corey Lemonier
Florida DT Sharrif Floyd
Florida SS Matt Elam
Florida St LE Bjoern Werner
Georgia ROLB Jarvis Jones
Georgia QB Aaron Murray
LSU RE Sam Montgomery
Louisiana Tech DT Justin Ellis
Michigan LT Taylor Lewan
Missouri DT Sheldon Richardson
NC State CB David Amerson
Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez
Notre Dame LT Zack Martin
Notre Dame TE Tyler Eifert
Oklahoma WR Kenny Stills
Oklahoma HB Damien Williams
Oklahoma FS Tony Jefferson
Oklahoma St HB Joseph Randle
South Carolina HB Marcus Lattimore
Texas RE Jackson Jeffcoat
Texas LOLB Jordan Hicks
Texas RG Mason Walters
Texas CB Carrington Byndom
USC WR Robert Woods
Washington St WR Marquess Wilson
West Virginia WR Stedman Bailey


Alaska 2013 Recruiting Class
3 Star DT Pat Smith - Lindenhurst, NY
3 Star DT Robert Davidson - Cleveland Heights, OH
3 Star CB Jay Ward - Bellefontaine, OH
3 Star DE Brant Nelson - Parkland, WA
3 Star TE Shaun Newton - Willoughby, OH
3 Star HB Carey Whitaker - Warrensville Hts, OH
3 Star HB Eric Crowder - Pottsville, PA
3 Star WR JB Thomas - Brentwood, PA
3 Star SS Joe Walker - Parkland, WA
1 Star WR Jim Young - Vandalia, OH
1 Star OLB Jarod Carter - Mayfield Heights, OH
1 Star CB Sheldon Davis - Gahanna, OH
1 Star CB Alex Samuel - Bethel, AK
1 Star OLB Alex Newby - Norwalk, OH


Top 25 Recruiting Classes
1. Georgia 24 Commits
2. Alabama 20 Commits
3. Florida 24 Commits
4. Tennessee 24 Commits
5. Nebraska 21 Commits
6. Oklahoma St 25 Commits
7. West Virginia 23 Commits
8. Michigan 23 Commits
9. Oklahoma 18 Commits
10. LSU 18 Commits
11. Wisconsin 21 Commits
12. Florida St 22 Commits
13. Kansas St 21 Commits
14. Arkansas 23 Commits
15. Texas 23 Commits
16. Penn St 21 Commits
17. Louisville 20 Commits
18. Air Force 24 Commits
19. Arizona St 23 Commits
20. Stanford 21 Commits
21. Notre Dame 20 Commits
22. BYU 24 Commits
23. Oregon 23 Commits
24. Michigan St 21 Commits
25. Iowa 22 Commits


Conference Alignment
Big East adds - Navy and Nevada
Big 12 adds - Boise St and BYU

Big 12 Divisions:
Heartland - Baylor, Kansas, Kansas St, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
Plains - BYU, Boise St, Iowa St, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, West Virginia


News
The Big 12 is able to get back to 12 teams and bring a Conference Championship game back to the conference. And I must say, it's a pretty tough looking conference. The Big East fails to reclaim it's AQ status, but adds Navy and Nevada. Also, the Conference presidents have voted to limit conferences to a maximum of 13 teams! This means a SEC team will be on the move for sure next year, and the Big East is set where they're at.

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Alaska Seawolves 2014 Schedule
Week 1 - @ Washington St
Week 2 - Washington
Week 3 - @ Penn St
Week 4 - @ Buffalo
Week 5 - @ Eastern Michigan
Week 6 - San Jose St
Week 7 - Bye
Week 8 - @ Army
Week 9 - FCS West
Week 10 - Bye
Week 11 - Western Kentucky
Week 12 - FCS Northwest
Week 13 - Bye
Week 14 - Boise St
Week 15 - @ Hawaii

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Jan 1, Week1
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	Texas
2	Oklahoma St
3	Georgia
4	Oklahoma
5	Notre Dame
6	Virginia Tech
7	Nebraska
8	Ohio St
9	Alabama
10	USC
11	Mississippi St
12	Clemson
13	Florida St
14	Michigan St
15	Wisconsin
16	Texas A&M
17	North Carolina
18	Florida
19	Auburn
20	LSU
21	Miami
22	TCU
23	Utah
24	Louisville
25	Cincinnati