From Zero to Hero or Some Where in Between: The Career of Tony McDaniel

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Quote: Originally Posted by jayenomics

I'm actually happy you lost, haha. Awesome win over LSU though

I knew the L's were coming. My O-line sucks and my D has over achieved the first 7 games. They are now playing like they should. I just hope I don't get fired because I can't score every drive.

That LSU game marks the 3rd time I have beat them during the regular season with lesser teams. They did get me in a bowl game in another dynasty I had.

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Losing Streak Ends on Senior Day!!!

Rice Owls at UAB Blazers
Nov 23, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Rice Owls (3-7 (1-5))	3	10	7	15	35
UAB Blazers (7-3 (3-3))	14	17	7	7	45

Rice Owls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB #16 T. McHargue 26-44 418 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD QB #16 T. McHargue 10 29 2.9 1 HB #28 C. Ross 4 14 3.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD WR #81 D. Moore 7 159 22.7 1 HB #28 C. Ross 6 25 4.1 1 WR #15 J. Taylor 5 119 23.8 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK RT #72 I Gray 3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD MLB #57 C. Nwosu 11 2 0 0 SS #2 M. Hill 10 0 0 0 DT #56 C. Covington 3 1 0 0

UAB Blazers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB #11 A. Brown 15-21 213 1 0 QB #14 J. Perry 4-6 70 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD RB #24 G. Franklin 14 65 4.6 2 RB #5 D. Reaves 17 96 5.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD TE #86 K. Bachman 8 84 10.5 1 WR #8 N. Height 2 27 13.5 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK C #54 B. Autrey 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD CB #19 D. Brown 7 0 0 0 ROLB #47 P. Bastien 4 1 0 0 RE #90 C. Walton 2 1 0 0

The UAB Blazers enter “Senior Day” on the heals of a 3 game losing streak that included a blowout to the ECU Pirates. The Rice Owls entered the game with a 3-7 record and a 1-5 C-USA record so this game is an opportunity to play the role of spoiler. Eleven seniors started the game including backup QB Jonathan Perry who led the Blazers on a opening game scoring drive. The Blazers were able to jump out to a 31-13 lead by halftime on the back of a running game that has been in hibernation all season. The second half was much of the same from the defense as we have seen during the recent 3 game slide. In the end the Blazers were able to just enough to ensure victory and end the streak. Luck thing because DC Reggie Johnson may not have gotten out of the stadium alive had the defense collapsed once again. After the game Tony McDaniel said that Junior(RS) RG Hix and Senior(RS) RT Ike would replace RG O’Leary and RT Carter for the remainder of the season.

Week 13
Pos	Player	Injury Note
WR	Jamarcus Nelson (JR)	Ab Strain; 3-5 weeks
DT	Connor Boyett (JR)	Broken Tibia; 6-8 weeks

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Ending On A High Note.

Southern Miss Golden Eagles at UAB Blazers
Nov 30, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-5 (4-3))	10	0	7	0	17
UAB Blazers (8-3 (4-3))	0	10	6	6	22

Southern Miss Golden Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB #17 A. Bridgford 21-41 246 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD QB #17 A. Bridgford 6 15 2.5 0 HB #29 K. Hardy 9 44 4.8 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD WR #87 F. Llanos 8 92 11.5 0 WR #25 J. Sims 3 38 12.6 0 WR #18 R. Bradley 3 52 17.3 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK RT #73 R. Hill 3 2 LG #77 E. Preston 4 1 RT #73 F. Moore 4 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD MLB #37 A. Howze 7 0 0 0 FS #28 J. Cotton 8 0 0 0 SS #12 E. Johnson 5 0 1 0 LE #99 O. Thomas 7 1 0 0 CB #31 A. Walters 6 0 0 0

UAB Blazers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB #11 A. Brown 21-38 270 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD RB #24 G. Franklin 10 55 5.5 0 RB #5 D. Reaves 17 71 4.1 1 QB #11 A. Brown 9 32 3.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD TE #86 K. Bachman 4 39 9.7 0 WR #44 A. White 4 76 19.0 0 CB #10 V. Landers 4 51 12.7 0 WR #12 N. Smith 5 59 11.8 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK LT #77 V. Salako 1 0 RT #60 K. Ike 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD RE #90 C. Walton 7 2 0 0 DT #95 D. Scott 7 2 0 0 SS #11 C. Jones 6 0 0 0

The last game of the regular season was a home game for the UAB Blazers and they needed the win in a bad way. Both teams entered today with winning on their minds as the Eagles of Southern Miss needed to earn a bowl spot while the Blazers wanted a chance at the C-USA title. Both teams were not very impressive in the first half in the pouring rain. The half time speeches must have been just enough to motivate the Blazers to walk away with a 5 point win. QB Austin Brown was just terrible in the first half but looked like his old self in the second giving his Blazers a chance at the C-USA title but they needed help which they did not receive as the ECU Pirates take the C-USA East division. It does look like a bowl game is in the cards for the Blazers who will have to wait until the Bowl Selection Show to see where they may spend their holidays.

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Conferance Championship Week

Results

C-USA #21 Tulsa 10-2(6-2) vs ECU 7-5(6-2)

SEC #15 Florida 9-3(6-2) vs #6 Alabama 10-2(7-1)

MWC #25 Boise St. 10-2(7-1) vs #12 Fresno St. 11-1(8-0)

PAC-12 USC 9-3(7-2) vs #9 Washington 11-1(8-1)

ACC #3 Clemson 11-1(7-1) vs #1Miami 12-0(8-0)

B1G #7 Wisconsin 11-1(7-1) vs #8 Nebraska 11-1(7-1)

MAC Ohio 9-3(6-2) vs N.Illinois 10-2(7-1)

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Conference Championship Results and Major Season Awards News.

Conferance Championship Week

Results

C-USA #21 Tulsa 35 vs ECU 33

SEC #15 Florida 14 vs #6 Alabama 45

MWC #25 Boise St. 42 vs #12 Fresno St. 49

PAC-12 USC 7 vs #9 Washington 23

ACC #3 Clemson 48 vs #1Miami 28

B1G #7 Wisconsin 21 vs #8 Nebraska 17

MAC Ohio 21 vs N.Illinois 24

Heisman Watch - Updated: Dec 7, 2013
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Derek Carr	QB	Fresno State	1759 votes
Taji Boyd	QB	Clemson	1700 votes
Imani Cross	RB	Nebraska	534 votes
De'Anthony Thomas	RB	Oregon	417 votes
Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville	238 votes

UAB Blazers Awards

All-American Freshman: CB#29 Zachery Warren

1^st team All C-USA: QB #11 Austin Brown; RE #90 Chris Walton; DT #95 Deric Scott; MLB #51 Jesse Parrish; CB #29 Zachery Warren; SS #11 Calvin Jones

2^nd Team All C-USA: TE #86 Kennard Backman; C #54 Billy Autrey; CB #21 Kelton Brackett; K #2 Ty Long

　

　

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Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!!

Bowl Results

Results

New Mexico Bowl San Diego St 19 vs Arizona 35

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Ohio 24 vs New Mexico 3

Poinsettia Bowl Northwestern 28 vs Boise St 49

Beef O'Brady's Bowl UAB 48 vs San Jose St 14

New Orleans Bowl Marshall 24 vs UL-Monroe 31

Las Vegas Bowl Oregon St 48 vs Fresno St 45

Hawai'i Bowl UTEP 6 vs Utah St 42

Little Ceasars Bowl Indiana 34 vs Ball St 32

Military Bowl Western Michigan 21 vs Navy 14

Holiday Bowl Texas 10 vs USC 31

Belk Bowl Florida St 42 vs Kent St 21

AdvoCare V100 Bowl UConn 29 vs Virginia 14

Russell Athletic Bowl USF 28 vs Syracuse 48

Meineke Car Care Bowl Ohio St 28 vs Kansas St 10

Armed Forces Bowl ECU 21 vs Nevada 42

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Rutgers 17 vs UCLA 31

Alamo Bowl West Virginia 31 vs Arizona St 21

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Texas Tech 10 vs Iowa 24

Music City Bowl LSU 27 vs NC St 17

Sun Bowl Stanford 17 vs North Carolina 10

Auto Zone Liberty Bowl Missouri 26 vs Tulsa 38

Chick-fil-a Bowl Auburn 24 vs Miami 38

Herat of Dallas Bowl Miss St 37 vs Illinois 31

Gator Bowl Tennessee 37 vs Michigan 23

Capital one Bowl Ole Miss 27 vs Nebraska 24

Bowl Results Cont..

Results

Outback Bowl Florida 31 vs Michigan St 7

AT&T Cotton Bowl South Carolina 49 vs Oklahoma St 23

BBVA Compass Bowl Cincinnati 23 vs Penn St 20

GoDaddy.com Bowl Northern Illinois 33 vs Western Kentucky 17

BCS Bowl Games

Results

Rose Bowl Wisconsin 30 vs Washington 20

Fiesta Bowl Oklahoma 28 vs Oregon 14

Allstate Sugar Bowl Alabama 17 vs Notre Dame 13

Orange Bowl Texas A&M 31 vs Virginia Tech 24

BCS National Championship Game Clemson 32 vs Louisville 22

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Clemson Finished Dream Season As #1 Team.

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 6, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	2	Clemson	13	1	1525
2	3	Texas A&M	12	1	1480
3	4	Wisconsin	13	1	1436
4	1	Louisville	12	1	1327
5	7	Alabama	12	2	1269
6	6	Miami	13	1	1231
7	5	Virginia Tech	11	2	1121
8	8	Washington	12	2	993
9	13	West Virginia	11	2	930
10	14	Syracuse	12	1	876
11	10	Notre Dame	10	3	806
12	16	South Carolina	9	4	780
13	11	Fresno State	12	2	773
14	9	Oregon	10	3	719
15	12	Nebraska	11	3	626
16	20	Tulsa	12	2	603
17	21	Florida State	9	4	544
18	--	Oregon State	9	4	470
19	--	Oklahoma	8	5	460
20	25	Florida	10	4	437
21	--	Ole Miss	10	3	394
22	17	Arizona State	9	4	281
23	15	Michigan	9	4	190
24	--	Boise State	11	3	152
25	19	Oklahoma State	9	4	132

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Make Room In The Trophy Case.

San Jose State Spartans at UAB Blazers
Dec 21, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
San Jose State Spartans (6-6(2-6 MWC))	0	7	0	7	14
UAB Blazers (9-3(5-3 C-USA East))	14	3	21	10	48

San Jose State Spartans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB #10 D. Fales 26-47 327 2 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD HB #20 E. Wilson 5 27 5.4 0 QB #10 D. Fales 5 17 3.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD WR #23 N. Grigsby 7 102 14.5 0 WR #89 C. Jones 7 112 16.0 1 WR #1 J. Carr 3 43 14.3 0 TE #88 T. Lorius 3 16 5.3 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK LT #75 N. Kaspar 2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD SS 324 R. Fiscalani 13 0 0 0 ROLB #31 K. Smith 10 0 0 0 DT #3 T. Raciti 4 1 0 0 FS #21 B. Benaikere 8 0 0 0 CB #8 J. Pruitt 6 0 0 0

UAB Blazers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB #11 A. Brown 8-11 110 2 0 QB #14 J. Perry 12-23 198 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD HB #24 G. Franklin 22 121 5.5 1 HB #5 D. Reaves 16 84 5.2 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD WR #1 J. Nelson 6 67 11.1 0 TE #86 K. Backman 4 47 11.7 0 WR #12 N. Smith 3 100 33.3 0 WR #20 D. Adams 2 23 11.5 1 WR #8 N. Height 1 7 7.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD CB #21 K. Brackett 7 0 1 0 RE #90 C. Walton 4 1 0 0 RE/DT #96 J. Christian 2 1 0 0 CB #19 D. Brown 1 0 2 0

The UAB Blazers cap off an amazing 2013-2014 season with an impressive victory in the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl over San Jose State. This game featured the number 3 (D. Fales) and 4 (A. Brown) ranked passes in the nation based on passing yards. Sophomore(RS) QB Austin Brown went down in the first half with a leg injury but not before he found the end zone twice. Blazer fans had to feel like at that point the game might be lost but Senior(RS) QB Jonathan Perry stepped right in, what a way to end his career as a Blazer. The same can be said about Senior(RS) tailback Greg Franklin who had a season high 121yds and ran one in. The Blazers young D played a perfect game recording 3 picks and 2 sacks but holding San Jose State to just 14 points. Great way to finish the season, a win in a bowl game that will set up the off season for the Blazers in which they hope to continue to improve.