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[Manning2Harrison]

Runners Gut One Out Over Owls, 27-24

In order to improve to 2-1 in Conference USA play with a 27-24 victory over the visiting Rice Owls, Larry Coker and his UTSA Roadrunners had to pass a few gut checks.

Taking a 7-0 lead in the opening series on Tucker Carter’s 7 yard toss to Marcellus Mack, the Runners never trailed, but Rice was never too far off. After falling behind 17-7 in the second quarter, the Owls ended the first half with a field goal to get back within a touchdown. UTSA got those three points back in the third quarter, but Rice responded with a touchdown drive, cutting the Runners’ advantage to 20-17. With less than 6 minutes left in the game, the Roadrunners were looking at a 4th and goal with the nose of the football inches away from the goal line. Coker wanted a 10 point lead, not a precarious 6 point one, and he got it when Carter burrowed in with his second touchdown sneak. The Owls fought back with a touchdown drive that took less than a minute, and kick away under the reasonable hope that the would get the ball back in time for another scoring drive. The next UTSA series reached a 4th and inches at the Roadrunner 39, and Coker made what could have been a controversial decision to go for it. Failure could have meant overtime, or worse. Explaining his decision after the game, Coker said, “If we were going to lose, I wanted it to be because we tried everything we could to keep the ball away from them, not because we punted and couldn’t get a stop. I was more afraid of giving them the ball back than I was of not making that first down.” Carter converted with a sneak, but not two plays later the Runners were in a 3rd and 13. There was still a chance UTSA would have to punt, but Carter hit Brandon Freeman for a gain of 23 to the Rice 40, and the Owls burned their second time out with 1:58 to go. David Glasco went for 8 yards, then fullback Nate Shaw converted the second and 2, leaving the Owls powerless to prevent the draining of the clock.

Injury note: No. 2 wideout Earon Holmes was carted off the field in the game-opening possession. It was later learned that Holmes had suffered a ruptured disk, ending his junior season.

Rice Owls at Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners
Oct 12, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Rice Owls (2-4)	7	3	7	7	24
Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners (3-4)	10	7	3	7	27

Team Stats Comparison
	RICE	UTSA
Total Offense	345	351
Rushing Yards	233	217
Passing Yards	112	134
First Downs	16	24
Punt Return Yards	10	11
Kick Return Yards	135	82
Total Yards	490	444
Turnovers	0	0
3rd Down Converstion	2-6	14-19
4th Down Conversion	0-1	2-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/2/1	5/3/1
Penalties	6-40	0-0
Posession Time

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		RICE	UTSA
	(UTSA) M. Mack 7 pass from T. Carter (S. Ianno kick)	0	7
	(RICE) D. Moore 4 pass from T. McHargue (C. Boswell kick)	7	7
	(UTSA) S. Ianno 32 FG	7	10
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		RICE	UTSA
	(UTSA) T. Carter 1 run (S. Ianno kick)	7	17
	(RICE) C. Boswell 29 FG	10	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		RICE	UTSA
	(UTSA) S. Ianno 42 FG	10	20
	(RICE) T. Pedersen 28 run (C. Boswell kick)	17	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		RICE	UTSA
	(UTSA) T. Carter 1 run (S. Ianno kick)	17	27
	(RICE) A. Gautreaux 7 pass from T. McHargue (C. Boswell kick)	24	27

Rice Owls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. McHargue 9/12 112 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. McHargue 13 86 6.6 0 C. Ross 13 81 6.2 0 T. Petersen 4 66 16.5 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Gautreaux 3 33 11.0 1 D. Moore 3 27 9.0 1 C. Cella 2 36 18.0 0 C. Hunt 1 16 16.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK N. Carlson 2 0 C. Williams 0 2 J. Hodde 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD G. Baker 10 0 0 0 N. Elder 10 0 0 0 C. Nwosu 10 1 0 0 J. White 7 0 0 0 C. Bauer 5 0 0 0 P. Gaines 5 0 0 0 T. Leland 5 1 0 0 P. Porras 5 0 0 0 B. Callahan 3 0 0 0 M. Kutzler 3 0 0 0 H. Shahin 3 0 0 0 R. Winship 3 0 0 0 J. Blasingame 2 0 0 0 G. Fuhrman 2 0 0 0 C. Covington, M. Hull 1 0 0 0

Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Carter 8/13 134 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Glasco 23 104 4.5 0 T. Carter 28 85 3.0 2 N. Shaw 4 16 4.0 0 B. Armstrong 3 9 3.0 0 E. Okotcha 5 3 0.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Freeman 3 56 18.6 0 K. Jones 2 38 19.0 0 E. Holmes 1 26 26.0 0 M. Mack 1 7 7.0 1 J. Moehler 1 7 7.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Z. Hester 0 1 N. Leonard 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Berry 6 0 0 0 T. Wade 5 0 0 0 S. Kurfehs 4 0 0 0 D. Starling 4 0 0 0 C. Adams 3 0 0 0 A. Brown 3 0 0 0 D. Douglas 3 0 0 0 W. Ritter 3 2 0 0 T. Broussard 2 0 0 0 R. Burge 2 0 0 0 A. Mabry 2 0 0 0 B. Okotcha 2 0 0 0 F. Blow 1 0 0 0 J. Neil 1 0 0 0 C. Rogers 1 1 0 0

Marcellus Mack capped the opening series with a 7 yard TD grab.


Double trouble.


Brandon Freeman’s 23 yard catch on 3rd and 13 helped UTSA run out the clock.

[LonghornFan78]

Some tough losses but nothing like playing Rice to get you back on track.

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by LonghornFan78

Some tough losses but nothing like playing Rice to get you back on track.

Haha yeah but we still might have lost if we hadn't been able to run out the lock.

So far I'd say we've lost the games we were really supposed to and nobe of the wins have been shockers.

[Manning2Harrison]

Top 25 Scores - Week 7

Results

#14 Louisville 37, Rutgers 17

#16 USC 45, Arizona 7

#20 Auburn 31, Western Carolina 17

#12 Oklahoma 38, #24 Texas 10

#4 Clemson 20, Boston Collge 14 (OT)

$5 Nebraska 37, Purdue 13

#3 Florida 31, #21 LSU 16

#6 Alabama 27, Kentucky 13

#15 South Carolina 34, #17 Arkansas 13

#9 Texas A&M 40, #23 Ole Miss 17

#11 Stanford 38, #19 Utah 24

#13 Kansas St. 35, Baylor 24

Missouri 38, #8 Georgia 24

#7 Washington 20, #10 Oregon 7

Conference USA Scores - Week 7

Results

UTSA 27, Rice 24

MTSU 28, North Texas 16

ECU 42, Tulane 7

FIU 27, UAB 24

Marshall 35, FAU 28

Tulsa 41, UTEP 24

Other Week 7 Scores Of Note
Results	Hi Passing	Hi Rushing	Hi Receiving
Kansas 31, TCU 24
Michigan St. 28, Indiana 14
Iowa St. 34, Texas Tech 17
Maryland 38, Virginia 32
NC St. 31, Syracuse 10
Michigan 38, Penn St. 3
Washington St. 21, Oregon St. 7
UCLA 42, Cal 13

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 13, 2013
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio St.		186.1 QBR, 1342 PY, 10 TD, 1 INT; 516 RY, 6.7 avg., 11 TD
Jeff Driskel	QB	Florida		122.5 QBR, 1180 PY, 12 TD, 6 INT; 336 RY, 5.3 avg., 6 TD
John Hubert	HB	Kansas St.		628 RY, 5.1 avg., 9 TD; 1 rec. TD
George Atkinson III	HB	Notre Dame		540 RY, 5.7 avg., 5 TD; 3 rec. TD
Taylor Martinez	QB	Nebraska		164.6 QBR, 1127 PY, 13 TD, 1 INT; 307 RY, 5.0 avg., 3 TD

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 13, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Ohio St. (34)	6	0	1498
2	2	Notre Dame (24)	6	0	1460
3	3	Florida (1)	6	0	1426
4	5	Nebraska (1)	6	0	1321
5	7	Washington (1)	6	0	1309
6	4	Clemson	6	0	1262
7	6	Alabama	5	1	1071
8	9	Texas A&M	5	1	958
9	11	Stanford	5	1	886
10	16	USC	5	0	881
11	12	Oklahoma	5	1	865
12	13	Kansas St.	5	1	781
13	14	Louisville	5	1	741
14	15	South Carolina	4	2	722
15	10	Oregon	4	2	660
16	22	UCF	5	0	588
17	18	Florida St.	4	1	575
18	8	Georgia	4	2	500
19	20	Auburn	5	1	496
20	19	Utah	5	1	340
21	25	Oklahoma St.	3	2	267
22	17	Arkansas	4	3	236
23	--	Tennessee	4	2	230
24	--	Michigan	4	2	200
25	--	Mississippi St.	5	1	159

Also receiving votes:
LSU (151), Michigan St. (116), UCLA (53), Ole Miss (32), Miami (27)
Dropped out: #21 LSU #23 Ole Miss, #24 Texas

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 13, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Ohio St. (42)	6	0	1602
2	3	Notre Dame (22)	6	0	1508
3	2	Washington (1)	6	0	1492
4	5	Florida	6	0	1380
5	6	Nebraska	6	0	1325
6	4	Clemson	6	0	1314
7	7	Alabama	5	1	1042
8	9	Texas A&M	5	1	968
9	10	Stanford	5	1	932
10	12	Oklahoma	5	1	837
11	19	USC	5	0	813
12	13	Louisville	5	1	793
13	15	Kansas St.	5	1	714
14	14	Auburn	5	1	675
15	11	Oregon	4	2	656
16	16	Florida St.	4	1	633
17	22	South Carolina	4	2	582
18	23	UCF	5	0	568
19	8	Georgia	4	2	512
20	17	Utah	5	1	409
21	25	UCLA	3	2	286
22	--	Michigan St.	5	1	267
23	--	Tennessee	4	2	256
24	--	Oklahoma St.	3	2	251
25	18	Arkansas	4	3	218

Also receiving votes:
LSU (203), Michigan (187), Ole Miss (172), Mississippi St. (164),
Miami (128), Missouri (74), NC St. (64), Texas (62), Boise St. (21)
Dropped out: #23 Ole Miss, #21 LSU, #24 Texas

[Manning2Harrison]

Week 8's Games of the Week

#16 UCF @ #13 Louisville

#14 South Carolina @ #23 Tennessee

Purdue @ Michigan St.

#3 Florida @ Missouri

Syacuse @ Georgia Tech

Indiana @ Michigan

LSU @ Ole Miss

#22 Arkansas @ #7 Alabama

#20 Utah @ Arizona

#10 USC @ #2 Notre Dame

UCLA @ #9 Stanford

#19 Auburn @ #8 Texas A&M

Iowa @ #1 Ohio St.

#17 Florida St. @ #6 Clemson

[Manning2Harrison]

Runners Land First 3-Star Recruit For Class Of '14

Palestine linebacker Michael Jones is a future Roadrunner.

The University of Texas at San Antonio has finally received its first three-star commitment for the 2104 recruiting class. Hailing from Adrian Peterson's hometown and alma mater (Palestine, TX), outside linebacker Michael Jones (6'-5", 228 lbs.) verbally committed to the Roadrunners Saturday night after UTSA's 27-24 victory over Rice. Johnson is ranked as the #31 OLB in the country by Rivals.com. With starting OLB Steven Kurfehs playing out his senior season this year, Johnson will get to compete for a starting job as a true freshman against Jens Jeters and Tank O'Neal in 2014. Jeters will be a Junior and O'Neal is a freshman who has yet to burn his red shirt.

"That was one of the main things," Johnson said in reference to the opportunity to start early. "I think I can make an impact right away."

UTSA's only other commit to date is 1-star DT Jesse Berry (6'-2'/302) of Monahans.

[Manning2Harrison]

Runners And I-35 Rival Are Battling For Lockhart QB

Lockhart QB Travis Robinson has cut his list to two teams, including UTSA.

Dual-threat QB Travis Robinson (6'-4", 217 lbs.) of the Lockhart Lions has eliminated SMU, Houston and Baylor from the competition for his services, leaving two final teams to battle it out. Those teams are UTSA and rival Texas St., and things are virtually neck and neck. Robinson leads the Lions in rushing as well as passing and has guided his team to an undfeated record so far. Rivals.com has him listed as the #36 QB in the country, and Larry Coker covets him as his starting QB for 2015. Junior Tucker Carter stands to remain the starter for the 2014 season, setting up the opportunity for a successor to start as a redshirt freshman the following year. Texas St. starter Tyler Arnt is a senior, as is one of his backups, leaving current redshirt freshman Jordan Moore as the current heir apparent. Robinson could get an opportunity to start for the Bobcats next season, but he'd have to win the job. At UTSA, he'd be virtually assured of starting after redshirting in 2014.

"I don't mind sitting out a year and getting accustomed to things. But I do plan on being a four-year starter," Robinson said with an air of confidence. San Marcos is a little closer to Lockhart than San Antonio is, but that's not a factor according to Robinson. "San Marcos got nothin' on San Antonio. And we're talking C-USA versus Sun Belt. Those things give UTSA a little bit of an edge."

Coker hopes that little edge will be enough to sway Robinson UTSA's way. "It would be huge for us to get a commit of his caliber at QB. We're one of 126 schools in the FBS, in just our third year of football, and we have a shot at one of the top 40 QB's in the country. That could open some doors for us."

[Manning2Harrison]

Top 25 Scores - Week 8

Results

# 13 Louisville 41, #16 UCF 17

#14 South Carolina 24, #23 Tennessee 17

Missouri 38, #3 Florida 17

#7 Alabama 30, #22 Arkansas 0

TCU 24, #21 Oklahoma St. 7

#24 Michigan 31, Indiana 7

Arizona 45, #20 Utah 21

#11 Oklahoma 31, Kansas 24 (OT)

#10 USC 34, #2 Notre Dame 14

#9 Stanford 30, UCLA 21

Vanderbilt 37, #18 Georgia 34 (OT)

#17 Florida St. 31, #6 Clemson 3

#8 Texas A&M 27, #19 Auburn 17

#1 Ohio St. 49, Iowa 20

#15 Oregon 31, Washington St. 13

#5 Washington 28, Arizona St. 20

C-USA Scores - Week 8

Results

ECU 44, Southern Miss. 21

La. Tech 16, North Texas 14

Rice 24, New Mexico St. 14

Other Week 8 Scores of Note

Results

Miami 35, North Carolina 21

Army 10, Temple 7

Baylor 41, Iowa St. 17

Purdue 24, Michigan St. 21

Georgia Tech 27, Syracuse 24

Texas Tech 19, West Virginia 14

Ole Miss 30, LSU 27 (OT)

Oregon St. 27, Cal 13

Boise St. 45, Nevada 7

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 20, 2013
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Braxton Miller	QB	Ohio St.		166.4 QBR, 1575 PY, 11 TD, 4 INT; 595 RY, 6.7 avg., 12 TD
Jeff Driskel	QB	Florida		125.9 QBR, 1398 PY, 14 TD, 6 INT; 381 RY, 4.9 avg., 6 TD
Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville		153.1 QBR, 1838 PY, 17 TD, 4 INT; 417 RY, 3.8 avg., 4 TD
Tre Mason	HB	Auburn		884 RY, 6.1 avg., 10 TD; 1 rec. TD
George Atkinson III	QB	Notre Dame		588 RY, 5.3 avg., 7 TD; 3 rec. TD

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 19, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Ohio St. (36)	7	0	1500
2	4	Nebraska (22)	6	0	1426
3	5	Washington (2)	7	0	1363
4	10	USC (1)	6	0	1258
5	7	Alabama	6	1	1073
6	8	Texas A&M	6	1	1040
7	2	Notre Dame	6	1	1005
8	9	Stanford	6	1	990
9	11	Oklahoma	6	1	924
10	3	Florida	6	1	874
11	12	Kansas St.	5	1	872
12	13	Louisville	6	1	852
13	6	Clemson	6	1	821
14	14	South Carolina	5	2	820
15	17	Florida St.	5	1	787
16	15	Oregon	5	2	745
17	16	UCF	5	1	494
18	--	Missouri	5	2	450
19	19	Auburn	5	2	388
20	24	Michigan	5	2	387
21	25	Mississippi St.	5	1	356
22	--	Vanderbilt	5	2	231
23	--	Mississippi	4	3	211
24	18	Georgia	4	3	210
25	20	Utah	5	2	179

Also receiving votes: Miami (164), Tennessee (125), Arizona (118), Purdue (90), NC St. (58)
Dropped out: #21 Oklahoma St., #22 Arkansas, #23 Tennessee

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 19, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Ohio St. (41)	7	0	1601
2	11	USC (22 )	6	0	1530
3	3	Washington (1)	7	0	1482
4	5	Nebraska (1)	6	0	1482
5	7	Alabama	6	1	1139
6	8	Texas A&M	6	1	1117
7	16	Florida St.	5	1	1074
8	9	Stanford	6	1	1063
9	2	Notre Dame	6	1	1049
10	10	Oklahoma	6	1	1012
11	12	Louisville	6	1	943
12	13	Kansas St.	5	1	884
13	4	Florida	6	1	879
14	6	Clemson	6	1	855
15	15	Oregon	5	2	789
16	17	South Carolina	5	2	751
17	--	Missouri	5	2	647
18	14	Auburn	5	2	543
19	18	UCF	5	1	421
20	--	Michigan	5	2	307
21	--	Mississippi	4	3	236
22	--	Mississippi St.	5	1	228
23	--	Vanderbilt	5	2	212
24	19	Georgia	4	3	150
25	20	Utah	5	2	139

Also receiving votes:
Miami (137), UCLA (113), Arizona (85), Michigan St. (83, Purdue (82), Tennessee (78)
Dropped out: #21 UCLA, #22 Michigan St., #23 Tennessee, #24 Oklahoma St., #25 Arkansas

BCS TOP 10

1. Ohio St. 1.000
2. Washington .989
2. USC .989
2. Nebraska .989
5. Alabama .979
6. Texas A&M .974
7. Stanford .963
8. Notre Dame .963
9. Oklahoma .955
10. Florida .944