The Coaching Career of Rusty Reid

[LopaKa]

ahh that's right, dang that was such a long time ago I knew your name was familiar haha. Well good luck with Idaho, should be a fun run

[Hellisan]

Reid 0-1 after first foray in NCAA football action as North Texas prevails


James Baker hauls it in from 8 yards out; Davis is brought down for one of four sacks on the day

DENTON, Tx. – Lose the turnover battle, and you lose the game 70% of the time. The percentage is higher when the turnover battle is lost by more than one turnover, and Vandals QB Taylor Davis threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown, in a 13-24 loss.

The defense played better than expected, holding North Texas to just 238 yards of total offense and 103 yards on the ground.

“Any honest analysis indicates that giving up just over 100 yards on the ground was a coup in this game,” said head coach Rusty Reid afterward. “I’m proud of the way we hung in there. I’m not going to pretend there are no moral victories for this team. Sometimes we’ll have to be happy with a moral victory, for now. We know the situation we’re in. These kids fought hard today. But sometimes you have to become respectable as a football team before the wins start piling up. Hopefully today was a step in that direction.”

The teams traded punts in the early going before North Texas took the lead with a field goal midway through the first quarter. On the next possession, after a pair of first downs, a wide receiver screen was called. As the blocker engaged the corner, Davis threw the ball. Only one problem: the blocker pushed the cornerback right into the path of the ball. See ya, 10-0 North Texas.

Two drives later Idaho was forced to settle for a field goal after a nice drive. North Texas punted, but then forced another, more egregious interception and then trucked it down the field for a touchdown that almost put the game out of reach at 17-3. Idaho responded with a great drive, completing two long passes and scoring on an 8-yard run by James Baker to get themselves back in the hunt by halftime.

Kicking the ball off to start the second half, the defense held, as no points were scored by either team in the frame. Idaho was then forced to kick a field goal from the 1-yard line when North Texas made a nice goal-line stand. North Texas had one more drive in them and it finished off the game.

Idaho Vandals at North Texas Mean Green
Aug 31, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Idaho Vandals (0-0)	0	10	0	3	13
North Texas Mean Green (0-0)	10	7	0	7	24

Team Stats Comparison
	IDHO	UNT
Total Offense	318	238
Rushing Yards	75	103
Passing Yards	243	135
First Downs	15	12
Punt Return Yards	10	16
Kick Return Yards	106	93
Total Yards	434	347
Turnovers	2	0
3rd Down Converstion	6-13	6-12
4th Down Conversion	1-2	1-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-1-1	3-2-1
Penalties	0-0	1-5
Posession Time	18:40	17:20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	UNT
3:31	(UNT) Zack Olen K #37 36 yard FG	0	3
1:56	(UNT) DQ Johnson CB #2 55 yard TD (Zack Olen K #37 kick)	0	10
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	UNT
4:47	(IDHO) Trent Cowan K #49 39 yard FG	3	10
0:41	(UNT) Reggie Pegram HB #12 1 yard TD (Zack Olen K #37 kick)	3	17
0:12	(IDHO) James Baker HB #7 8 yard TD (Trent Cowan K #49 kick)	10	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	UNT
6:51	(IDHO) Trent Cowan K #49 18 yard FG	13	17
1:58	(UNT) Chris Loving TE #87 2 yard TD from Brock Berglund QB #16 (Zack Olen K #37 kick)	13	24

Idaho Vandals PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Davis 19/31 243 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Baker 21 72 3.4 1 T. Davis 6 1 0.1 0 K. Olugbode 1 2 2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Epps 6 81 13.5 0 R. Runner 4 90 22.5 0 K. Watts 4 49 12.2 0 M. LaGrone 2 14 7.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Johnson 0 2 A. Lazaro 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Martinez 10 0 0 0 M. Willis 6 0 0 0 T. Williams 6 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG T. Cowan 2-3 1-1 7 40 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 A. Rehkow 2 70 35.0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R. Runner 3 67 22.3 0 N. Lovett 1 21 21.0 0 J. Baker 1 18 18.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R. Runner 2 10 5.0 0

North Texas Mean Green PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Berglund 14-20 135 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Pegram 18 61 3.3 1 B. Berglund 12 34 2.8 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Pegram 4 31 7.7 0 C. Loving 3 43 14.3 1 B. Chancellor 3 36 12.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK M. Y'Barbo 4 0 C. Lemon 3 0 B. Chancellor 2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD R. Boutwell 6 0 0 0 Z. Orr 6 0 0 0 A. Bellazin 6 0 0 0 D. Johnson 4 0 2 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Z. Olen 1-2 3-3 6 37 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Macek 3 123 41.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD B. Chancellor 2 47 23.5 0 K. Buyers 2 46 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Terrell 1 16 16.0 0

Idaho Tackles for Loss: Martinez 3, Williams 1, Davis 1
North Texas Tackles for loss: Boutwell 3, Bellazin 2, Johnson 1, McCoy 1

Twister and Fosh Report

My friend Twister (Old Dominion) got slapped around by ECU 48-21, but made a few big plays and got some good coaching points going his way. Apparently ECU has a ridiculous fullback / halfback in our dynasty named Jimmy Booth, who incidentally is the wrong race, position, and has 92 speed. He kept running over the Old Dominion squad one by one in this one.

Jfosh (OOH LA LA) had a tight one against Arkansas that came right down to the final minute when Arkansas connected on a hail mary down to the 1-yard line, then punched it in from a yard out with :22 remaining to win 37-33. The teams racked up nearly 1,200 total yards in this game.

Passing
NAME	POS	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	TD	INT
T. Davis	QB	496	303	61.1	3913	19	17
A. Rehkow	P	2	1	50	19	0	0
0		0	0	0	0	0	0

[Hellisan]

Matchup Preview *|* September 7, 2013
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Idaho Vandals (0-1, 0-1 Away)		Wyoming Cowboys (0-1, 0-1 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 13.0 Points Per Game 17.0 318.0 Total Offensive Yards 325.0 75.0 Rushing Yards 118.0 243.0 Passing Yards 207.0 Defensive Stats Comparison 238.0 Total Yards Allowed 507.0 103.0 Rushing Yards Allowed 167.0 135.0 Passing Yards Allowed 340.0 Injury Report MLB S. Hala'Api'Api 7 Weeks Game Notes Both teams come into this game after taking a physical beating from better teams. Wyoming had to face Nebraska on the road, losing 17-41. Wyoming likes to run a spread offense and pass the ball at will, but Nebraska wasn't having it. They will try to establish the passing game early and often against Idaho. It will be key for us to try and keep turnovers to a minimum, since pass-happy offenses live and die by the turnover sword. We need to give them the opportunity to die.

[LopaKa]

tough start to the season, but it definitely could have been worse. Let's hope you bounce back against Wyoming!

[Hellisan]

Defense Trampled in 41-27 loss to Wyoming


It was a day of broken tackles and Wyoming running down the sideline for six

LARAMIE, Wy. – The most telling stat of the day in an embarrassing performance where the team was simply outmuscled: 42 to 1. That, friends, was the unofficial pancake count for the two teams. Idaho did its best to slow down an offense that surprised them with constant use of the read option. Wyoming had a spread passing reputation coming in, but ran the ball primarily in their first game to open the season, and did it again in this one.

Early in the game it was apparent that any linebacker who had hands put on him was going straight to the turf. Subs were made, the line was pinched, blitzers were sent, but in the end it just didn't matter as the Vandal butts kept hitting the turf over and over again.

Down 10-7 with 5 seconds left in the first quarter following an easy long touchdown run on an option keeper by HB Brandon Miller from a Wildcat set, Idaho fumbled the following kickoff and it was recovered by Wyoming before the quarter ended. The next play was an option keeper by quarterback Brett Smith who went unfettered amidst the strewn Idaho bodies for a 21-yard touchdown run.

On the occasions where the entire team wasn't falling on the ground, the defense was decent. The passing lanes seemed to be filled for the most part and the tackling wasn't horrible except when Wyoming was in beast mode. The bad sequences continued as Wyoming scored on a 58-yard pitch and catch and tackle break and tackle break and long run down the sideline to take a nice lead heading into the second half stretch run. Wyoming kept answering in their own little way, but were simply never able to stem the tide.

Idaho Vandals at Wyoming Cowboys
Sep 7, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Idaho Vandals (0-1)	7	3	3	14	27
Wyoming Cowboys (0-1)	17	0	10	14	41

Team Stats Comparison
	IDHO	WYO
Total Offense	476	463
Rushing Yards	79	240
Passing Yards	397	223
First Downs	23	18
Punt Return Yards	11	6
Kick Return Yards	118	88
Total Yards	605	557
Turnovers	3	1
3rd Down Converstion	7-15 (46%)	5-12 (41%)
4th Down Conversion	1-2	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5-3-2 (100%)	4-3-1 (100%)
Penalties	3-35	1-15
Posession Time	22:38	13:22

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	WYO
5:33	(WYO) Stuart Williams K #40 19 yard FG	0	3
1:06	(IDHO) James Baker HB #7 6 yard TD (Trent Cowan K #49 kick)	7	3
0:05	(WYO) Brandon Miller HB #8 19 yard TD (Stuart Williams K #40 kick)	7	10
0:00	(WYO) Brett Smith QB #16 21 yard TD (Stuart Williams K #40 kick)	7	17
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	WYO
0:00	(IDHO) Trent Cowan K #49 24 yard FG	10	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	WYO
8:26	(WYO) Robert Herron WR #6 58 yard TD from Brett Smith QB #16 (Stuart Williams K #40 kick)	10	24
5:15	(IDHO) Trent Cowan K #49 28 yard FG	13	24
1:32	(WYO) Stuart Williams K #40 41 yard FG	13	27
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		IDHO	WYO
1:39	(IDHO) James Baker HB #7 1 yard TD (Trent Cowan K #49 kick)	20	27
4:18	(WYO) Brandon Miller HB #8 14 yard TD (Stuart Williams K #40 kick)	20	34
0:56	(WYO) Brandon Miller HB #8 1 yard TD (Stuart Williams K #40 kick)	20	41
0:21	(IDHO) Najee Lovett WR #2 19 yard TD from Taylor Davis QB #12 (Trent Cowan K #49 kick)	27	41

Idaho Vandals PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Davis 29-45 397 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Baker 25 95 3.8 2 T. Davis 5 -23 -4.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD N. Lovett 12 188 15.6 1 M. LaGrone 7 96 13.7 0 J. Baker 4 32 8.0 0 K. Watts 3 37 12.3 0 R. Runner 1 19 19.0 0 D. Epps 1 26 26.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK A. Lazaro 1 0 M. Marboe 0 1 D. Sandberg 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD M. Stone 10 1 0 0 J. Jordan 7 0 0 0 M. Forde 6 0 0 0 D. Parham 5 0 0 0 R. Edwards 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG T. Cowan 2/2 3/3 9 29 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 A. Rehkow 4 152 38.0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Lovett 4 94 23.5 0 R. Runner 1 24 24.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R. Runner 2 11 5.5 0

Wyoming Cowboys PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Smith 16/26 223 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD B. Miller 26 198 7.6 3 B. Smith 13 35 2.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Norman 5 38 7.6 0 B. Miller 3 33 11.0 0 J. Claiborne 3 25 8.3 0 R. Herron 2 80 40.0 1 D. Rufran 2 43 21.5 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK W. Madden 8 0 R. Lange 6 0 T. Strong 6 0 R. Herron 5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Harris 8 0 0 0 B. Burns 7 0 1 0 E. Yarbrough 7 1 0 0 S. Puletasi 4 1 0 0 T. Boyland 4 1 0 0 P. Mertens 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Williams 2/3 5/5 11 41 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 S. Williams 3 117 39.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Claiborne 4 88 22.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD B. Burns 2 6 3.0 0

Idaho Tackles for Loss: Stone 2, Forde 2, (3 tied with) 1 apiece
Wyoming Tackles for loss: Yarbrough 2, Boyland 2, (3 tied with) 1 apiece

The Bro Report

Twister and Old Dominion shocked the football universe by prevailing in College Park, MD by the score of 37-31 against the Terps. Down 31-20 with three minutes to go in the third quarter, Old Dominion rolled off 17 consecutive points to end the game in a very clutch display.

jfosh and UL Lafayette gave it the old college try against Kansas State, but in a similar outcome as week 1 they were unable to pull off the upset as they fell by the wayside, 38-35. Kansas State led 21-0 after one quarter in a game that threatened to snowball on OooLala, but the Ragin' Cajuns responded with a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter and trailed 28-14 at halftime. Then they tallied three additional scores in the second half but it just wasn't enough, as a field goal with 7:58 remaining in the fourth quarter held up for KSU prior to a pair of 4th quarter scores by OooLALA.

[Deuce2223]

Well I would have to say your dynasty so far has started off as the most realistic to real life as I have seen. Idaho is just horrible.. I just started up a Coaching career dynasty as the OC at Eastern Washington moving them to the MCW with Idaho, and I think I had the ball pretty much the entire first half. Every Vandal series was a 3 and out punt.

[Icy4me]

Tough way to start the season, it will definitely be a tough couple of years.

[Hellisan]

Matchup Preview *|* September 14, 2013
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Northern Illinois Huskies (0-1, 0-1 Away)		Idaho Vandals (0-2, 0-2 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 13.0 Points Per Game 20.0 287.0 Total Yards 397.0 131.0 Rushing Yards 77.0 156.0 Passing Yards 320.0 Defensive Stats Comparison 366.0 Total Yards Allowed 250.5 196.0 Rushing Yards Allowed 171.5 170.0 Passing Yards Allowed 171.5 Injury Report Game Notes 79 OVR/83 OFF/78 DEF Northern Illinois at 63 OVR/67 OFF/61 DEF Idaho. Tale of two teams that have turned the ball over. Idaho has been disappointing even for Idaho, but NIU's start was just disastrous, losing 13-38 against Iowa in a game where people thought they would at least be competitive. They started the season ranked and fell out of the Top 25 afterwards. This is Coach Reid's first appearance at home. If the Vandals could somehow pull this one out it would be huge as they play rival WSU the next week, and Temple after that.