The Coaching Career of Nick Lincoln (NCAA 14)

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MLive.com:
Reports are that Dan Enos, the Head Coach from Central Michigan University, has been fired. Coach Enos had a 13-24 record in three years of coaching in Mount Pleasant. It seems as though Athletic Director Dave Heeke wasn't happy with just 13 wins in 3 years. "We felt like we needed a change of culture here in Mount Pleasant from a football standpoint," AD Heeke said in a press conference.

Rumors are that the Offensive Coordinator from Grand Valley State University will assume the Head Coaching duties for the Chippewa's. Coach Nick Lincoln was not available for comments, but his high octane offense speaks for itself.
Last year the Lakers offense averaged 54.2 points per game and averaged a play every 24.5 seconds. This style of offense was perfected by Coach Lincoln's mentor Chip Kelly, but Coach Lincoln's offense has a few new wrinkles that Coach Kelly did not implement, such as a few Pistol packages that throw defenses off their guard.

Presumed starting Quarterback Cody Kater stated that, "It'll be fun playing in an offense like this! It will allow me to use my feet to keep defenses off guard like when I was playing High School football in Montague, and we won back to back state titles!"

Hopefully Coach Lincoln can continue this explosive offense at the Division 1 level and make this Central Michigan Chippewas team a must see for any college football fan!

Difficulty: Heisman
Quarters: 8 Minutes

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Central Michigan Chippewas Depth Chart - 2013
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Titus Davis-JR	Courtney Williams-JR	Andrew Flory-SO	Jesse Kroll-SO
TE	Mike Kinville-JR	Connor Odykirk-SR	Ben McCord-SO
LT	Ramadan Ahmeti-SO	JP Quinn-FR (Redshirted)
LG	Andy Phillips-JR	Derek Edwards-FR (Redshirted)	Kevin D'Arcy-FR
C	Dylan Smith-FR	Nick Beamish-SO
RG	Kenny Rogers-SO	Cody Pettit-SR	Shakir Carr-FR (Redshirted)
RT	Kevin Henry-JR	Jack Ford-FR (Redshirted)
WR	Courtney Williams-JR	Andrew Flory-SO	Jessee Kroll-SO	Deon Butler-JR
QB	Cody Kater-JR	AJ Westendorp-SR	Alex Niznak-SO
FB	Tyler Lombardo-SR
HB	Zurlon Tipton-SR	Saylor Lavallii-SO	Anthony Garland-JR	Tim Phillips-SR
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Louis Palmer-SO	Kenny McClendon-SR	Lance Sanders-FR
LDT	Leterrius Walton-JR	Matt Losiniecki-JR	Shafer Johnson-SO
RDT	Jabari Dean-SO	Matt Losiniecki-JR	Shafer Johnson-SO
RDE	Jeremy Gainer-SR	Blake Serpa-SO
WLB	Justin Cherocci-JR	Cody Lopez-JR	Poncho Dodat-SR
MLB	Shamari Benton-SR	Tim Hamilton-SO	Ryan Petro-JR
SLB	Denzel Wimberly-SO	Joe Bacci-FR
CB	Jason Wilson-JR	Dennis Nalor-JR	Ryan Oruche-SO
SS	Kavon Frazier-SO	Tony Annese-SO	Winslow Chapman-FR
FS	Avery Cunningham-SR	Kevin King-JR	Brandon Greer-SO
CB	Jerret Chapman-JR	Dennis Nalor-JR	Ryan Oruche-SO
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Ron Coluzzi-FR
P	Richie Hogan-SR

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Central Michigan Chippewas 2012 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Aug 31	at Michigan State
Sep 7	vs San Jose State
Sep 14	at UNLV
Sep 21	vs Toledo
Sep 28	at NC State
Oct 5	at Miami University (OH)
Oct 12	at Ohio
Oct 19	vs Northern Illinois
Nov 6	at Ball State
Nov 16	at Western Michigan
Nov 23	vs UMass
Nov 29	vs Eastern Michigan

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Matchup Preview *|* August 31, 2013
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Central Michigan Chippewas (0-0, Away)		Michigan State Spartans (0-0, Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 0 Total Offensive Yards 0 0 Rushing Yards 0 0 Passing Yards 0 0 Points Per Game 0 Defensive Stats Comparison 0 Total Yards Allowed 0 0 Rushing Yards Allowed 0 0 Passing Yards Allowed 0 Injury Report Game Notes Michigan State leads rivalry 6-3

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Central Michigan Chippewas at Michigan State Spartans
Aug 31, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
Central Michigan Chippewas (0-1)	14	3	7	10	20	54
Michigan State Spartans (1-0)	10	14	7	3	22	56

Team Stats Comparison
	CMU	MSU
Total Offense	615	461
Rushing Yards	229	159
Passing Yards	386	302
First Downs	38	18
Punt Return Yards	0	0
Kick Return Yards	0	146
Total Yards	615	607
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Converstion	10-17 (58%)	6-9 (66%)
4th Down Conversion	4-5 (80%)	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-1	1-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	10/7/2	5/5/0
Penalties	0-0	1-5
Posession Time	17:38	14:22

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CMU	MSU
5:13	(MSU) FG MSU: K. Muma, 45 Yd FG	0	3
3:58	(CMU) TD CMU: D. Butler, 5 Yd pass from C. Kater (R. Coluzzi kick)	7	3
2:15	(MSU) TD MSU: N. Hill, 14 Yd run (K. Muma kick)	7	10
0:09	(CMU) TD CMU: S. Lavallii, 1 Yd run (R. Coluzzi kick)	14	10
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CMU	MSU
6:01	(MSU) TD MSU, J. Langford, 2 Yd run (K. Muma kick)	14	17
4:18	(CMU) FG CMU: R. Coluzzi, 24 Yd FG	17	17
3:43	(MSU) TD MSU: T. Lippett, 73 Yd pass from A. Maxwell (K. Muma kick)	17	24
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CMU	MSU
4:37	(MSU) TD MSU: A. Maxwell, 4 Yd run (K. Muma kick))	17	31
1:32	(CMU) TD CMU: S. Lavallii, 3 Yd run (R. Coluzzi kick)	24	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CMU	MSU
4:27	(CMU) TD CMU: S. Lavallii, 2 Yd run (R. Coluzzi kick)	31	31
2:28	(MSU) FG MSU: K. Muma, 42 Yd FG	31	34
0:00	(CMU) FG CMU: R. Coluzzi, 20 Yd FG	34	34
OVERTIME SCORING		CMU	MSU
--	(CMU) TD CMU: M. Kinville, 10 Yd pass from C. Kater (R. Coluzzi kick)	41	34
--	(MSU) TD MSU: M. Hill, 14 Yd pass from A. Maxwell (K. Muma kick)	41	41
--	(MSU) TD MSU: K. Humphrey, 25 Yd pass from A. Maxwell (K. Muma kick)	41	48
--	(CMU) TD CMU: Z. Tipton, 1 Yd run (R. Coluzzi kick)	48	48
--	(CMU) TD CMU: A. Flory, 5 Yd pass from C. Kater (2-Pt failed)	54	48
--	(MSU) TD MSU, J. Langford, 2 Yd run (2-Pt Good)	54	56

Central Michigan Chippewas PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Cody Kater 37/49 386 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Cody Kater 23 104 4.5 0 Zurlon Tipton 22 97 4.4 1 Saylor Lavallii 6 16 2.6 3 Jesse Kroll 1 6 6.0 0 Andrew Flory 1 6 6.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Titus Davis 11 138 12.5 0 Andrew Flory 7 70 10.0 1 Courtney Williams 6 80 13.3 0 Zurlon Tipton 3 17 5.6 0 Jesse Kroll 3 20 6.6 0 Mike Kinville 2 15 7.5 1 Saylor Lavallii 2 10 5.0 0 Deon Butler 2 25 12.5 1 Connor Odykirk 1 11 11.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Dylan Anderson 1 0 Kevin D'Arcy 0 1 Ramadan Ahmeti 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Avery Cunningham 11 0.0 0 0 Shamari Benton 9 0.0 0 0 Denzel Wimberly 8 0.0 0 0 Kavon Frazier 7 0.0 0 0 Leterrius Walton 4 1.0 0 0 Jeremy Gainer 2 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Ron Coluzzi 2/2 6/6 24

Michigan State Spartans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Andrew Maxwell 20/23 302 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Nick Hill 26 125 4.8 1 Andrew Maxwell 6 29 4.8 1 Jeremy Langford 5 5 1.0 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Paul Lang 6 38 6.3 0 Nick Hill 4 20 5.0 1 Tony Lippett 3 119 29.7 1 Keith Mumphrey 3 94 31.3 1 Andrew Gleichert 1 21 21.0 0 Jeremy Langford 1 7 7.0 0 Andrew Sims 1 3 3.0 0

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MLive.com:
High Octane? Coach Lincoln's offense averaged a play once every 10.5 seconds, yes 10.5 seconds. The Chippewa's offense ran 101 plays in 17 minutes and 38 seconds. Averaging about 6.1 yards per play, the Chippewa's offense did not disappoint.

Quarterback Cody Kater had a very successful day, throwing for 386 yards and running for 104. The usually stout Spartan defense allowed the Junior to show off his skills. "Cody played very well, despite facing a very stingy defense," Coach Lincoln said during the post game press conference.

"Our offense performed well, but not well enough to win. On the opposite side, our defense played very poorly," Coach Lincoln answered, "The Spartans offense was very productive and opportunistic against our defense that was not communicating with each other."

When asked about how the 3 overtime periods helped boost his offense's numbers, Coach Lincoln answered, "It's part of the game, our offense seemed to thrive under the pressure of overtime. Yes it may have inflated our numbers but if our offense can produce for 4 quarters like it did in 3 overtime periods than our numbers will be much in the same."

Coach Lincoln and the Chippewa's need to focus on defense and try stop the opponent from moving the ball at will, but the offense looks to be able to keep the team in games and continue to excite the CMU campus and reporters around the Mid American Conference.

Next week the Chippewa's welcome San Jose State into Kelly/Shorts Stadium and hope to take advantage of the SJSU Spartans' porous defense.

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Around the FBS Week 1:

Top 25 action

#1 Alabama 52 v. Virginia Tech 24
#2 Ohio State 42 v. Buffalo 26
#3 Georgia 30 v. #15 Clemson 17
#5 Texas A&M 56 v. Rice 9
#6 Oregon v. Nicholls State 0
#7 Notre Dame 40 v. Temple 6
#8 South Carolina 31 v. North Carolina 9
#9 Florida 38 v. Toledo 20
#10 Louisville 34 v. Ohio 28
#11 LSU 27 v. #22 TCU 24
#12 Oklahoma 42 v. UL Monroe 10
#13 Florida St. 42 v. Pittsburgh 7
#14 Texas 35 v. New Mexico State 18
#16 Boise State 35 v. Washington 21
#17 Michigan 25 v. Western Michigan 24
#18 UCLA 38 v. Nevada 0
#19 Kansas St 42 v. North Dakota St. 7
#20 Nebraska 41 v. Wyoming 10
#21 Oregon St. 42 v. Eastern Washington 6
#23 Northern Illinois 41 v. Iowa 20
#24 Ole Miss 63 v. Vanderbilt 17

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Matchup Preview *|* September 7, 2013
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San Jose State Spartans (0-1, Away)		Central Michigan Chippewas (0-1, Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 21.0 (#74) Points Per Game 54.0 (#4) 408.0 (#49) Total Offensive Yards 615.0 (#2) 155.0 (#54) Rushing Yards 229.0 (#13) 253.0 (43) Passing Yards 386.0 (#2) Defensive Stats Comparison 507.0 (#113) Total Yards Allowed 461.0 (#102) 54.0 (#7) Rushing Yards Allowed 159.0 (83) 453.0 (#119) Passing Yards Allowed 302.0 (#100) Injury Report Game Notes Experts Pick: San Jose State