A Rising Storm in the North | Cheese's Eastern Michigan Dynasty

[Cheese2121]

Quote: Originally Posted by mattrd39

Just like real life... overlooking someone a little bit possibly knowing the result really didn't matter. Kind of like we predicted, unfortunately. Hopefully you can stick with the run game against Northern Illinois, that seems to have been your strength all season (or at least during that four-game winning streak). If you can get Sherrer and Welch 35+ carries, give your defense some rest, I think you can send EMU to their first MAC title game.

Unfortunately you are absolutely right. This game had "trap game" written all over it. We fell behind early in the bad weather and just couldn't get our feet back under us for the rest of the contest. Once we get pushed away from our running game, we typically do not do well at all. Iannotti will be great in the future but he is still very young right now. I do think next season we will go back to to starter Alex Gillett (currently out for the season with a broken collarbone) who will be a senior. I may choose to redshirt Iannotti and give him the season to grow. We will see.

For now, we turn our sights to NIU, who looks very very good on paper. Harnish is absolutely killing on both the ground and through the air out of their pistol offense. Sherrer and Welch will get a lot of work and I am hoping we can play some keep away offense and burn lots of clock with methodical run and grind drives. A trip to the MAC championship would be huge for us. Thanks for checking in!

[Cheese2121]

Eastern Michigan senior HB Dominique Sherrer took home player of the game honors running for 162 yds and two scores in the win.

MAC West Champs: Eastern Michigan Claims MAC West Title with 28-24 Win Over Huskies

Eagles claim MAC west title; head to conference championship game for first time in school history; EMU last won the MAC in 1987 | Eagles rally in fourth quarter; score go ahead touchdown in final 20 seconds of game | Sherrer and Welch combine for 234 yard and four scores.

AP DeKalb – For the first time in school history, the Eastern Michigan Eagles will be heading to the MAC championship game representing the western division of the conference. The Eagles were able to top the heavily favored Northern Illinois Huskies 28-24 in a battle for the western division title. The last time the Eagles won the Mid-American Conference was in 1987 before the conference was split into two divisions and the championship game formulated. As has been their formula all season, Eastern Michigan leaned heavily on the legs of seniors, HB Dominique Sherrer and HB Corey Welch. The dynamic duo combined for 234 yards and four scores on the evening.

Record Breaking Season: DE Brad Ohrman broke the single season school sack record (11.0) previously held by Avery Brown. Ohrman got sacks; number eleven and twelve in the win. With possibly two games left to play Ohrman can build on the record.

Eastern Michigan would score first as Sherrer lead the team to a score on the opening possession of the ball game. However, QB Chadler Harnish would quickly lead the Huskies back as they scored twice thanks to both the arm and the legs of the senior signal caller from Greencastle, Indiana. HB Jamal Womble would also add a rushing score as the Huskies took a 21-7 lead into halftime.

Eastern Michigan would score midway through the third quarter on a long run by Welch to pull within seven. The real turning point would come in the fourth quarter when Sherrer broke two tackles on an electrifying 67 yard run that cut the Husky lead to 24-21. Following another tough stand by the Eagles defense, Eastern Michigan would go a 15 play clock killing drive capped off by a Welch touchdown for the go ahead score with less than twenty seconds left in the game. Several desperation heaves by Harnish would come up empty as the Eagles claimed the 28-24 victory.

"This is what we have been working towards all season long. We knew we had the talent and the drive to be in a place to play for the conference championship all season. The work is not over and we will not be satisfied until we are hoisting that conference trophy." -- Eagles Head Coach Dan Clayton

The Eagles will have a bye week for the final week of the regular season. They will then head to Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan to face the MAC East champion Miami (OH) Redhawks (9-3). A full game preview and matchup is expected to be released in the coming days.

Classic Game Score: 919 (#1 Overall)



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Eastern Michigan Eagles at Northern Illinois Huskies
Nov 26, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Eastern Michigan Eagles (8-4)	7	0	7	14	28
Northern Illinois Huskies (7-5)	7	14	0	3	24

Team Stats Comparison
	EMU	NIU
Total Offense	322	273
Rushing Yards	228	88
Passing Yards	94	185
First Downs	13	14
Punt Return Yards	15	30
Kick Return Yards	119	112
Total Yards	456	415
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Converstion	4-11 (36%)	5-11 (45%)
4th Down Conversion	3-3 (100%)	--
2-Point Conversion	--	--
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/0 (100%)	3/1 (100%)
Penalties	6-55 yds	1-5 yds
Posession Time	17:15	14:45

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		EMU	NIU
4:42	(EMU) D. Sherrer 0 yd run (S. Graham kick)	7	0
2:55	(NIU) M. Moore 6 yd pass from C. Harnish (M. Sims kick)	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		EMU	NIU
5:19	(NIU) J. Womble 1 yd run (M. Sims kick)	7	14
1:33	(NIU) C. Harnish 10 yd run (M. Sims kick)	7	21
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		EMU	NIU
4:45	(EMU) C. Welch 42 yd run (S. Graham kick)	14	21
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		EMU	NIU
7:36	(NIU) M. Sims 20 yd FG	14	24
7:22	(EMU) D. Sherrer 67 yd run (S. Graham kick)	21	24
0:18	(EMU) C. Welch 4 yd run (S. Graham kick)	28	24

Eastern Michigan Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Iannotti 6/15 94 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Sherrer 27 162 6.0 2 C. Welch 7 72 10.2 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD G. Hoskins 3 43 14.3 0 N. Olds 2 33 16.5 0 T. Hunter 1 18 18.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK B. Buche 0 1 C. Watman 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD M. English 6 0 0 0 B. Ohrman 2 2 0 0 B. Slater 1 1 0 0 J. Westerman 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Graham -- 4/4 4 -- PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Kartuz 4 154 38.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Welch 5 119 23.8 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Welch 4 15 3.7 0

Northern Illinois Huskies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Harnish 16/21 185 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Hopkins 14 64 4.5 0 C. Harnish 12 15 1.2 1 J. Womble 3 0 0.0 1 P. Ashford 2 3 1.5 0 N. Palmer 1 6 6.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. Moore 7 71 10.1 1 W. Clark 4 61 15.2 0 A. Johnson 2 25 12.5 0 J. Schepler 2 21 10.5 0 N. Palmer 1 7 7.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK K. Otis 0 1 S. Wedige 0 3 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Lawson 4 1 0 0 S. Prgoar 3 1 0 0 T. Davis 3 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG M. Sims 1/1 3/3 6 20 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 R. Neir 4 159 39.7 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Moore 4 87 21.7 0 J. Hopkins 1 25 25.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Moore 4 30 7.5 0

2011 Eastern Michigan Schedule/Results

   
                                                                     
Opponent (record)            Result      Record
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vs Wyoming (0-1)             W 38-20       1-0
vs Navy (1-1)                W 42-20       2-0
at Michigan (3-0)            L 10-34       2-1
at Notre Dame (2-2)          L 10-26       2-2
vs Akron (1-4)               W 34-7        3-2
at Toledo (3-3)              L 42-46       3-3
at Central Michigan (3-4)    W 31-28       4-3
vs Western Michigan (2-6)    W 21-16       5-3
vs Ball State (0-10)         W 42-30       6-3
vs Buffalo (5-5)             W 52-13       7-3
at Kent State (5-6)          L 28-38       7-4
at Northern Illinois (7-5)   W 28-24       8-4

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Next Game:

TBD

(8-4) at (9-3)

All Time Series Record (17-4 Miami (OH))
Last Meeting Miami (OH) W 28-21 (2010)

[Cheese2121]

1. Florida (12-0)----2. Boise State (11-0)----3. Wisconsin (10-2)----4. Georgia Tech (11-1)----5. Miami (FL) (11-1)----6. Texas A&M (10-2)----7. South Carolina (10-2)----8. Virginia Tech (10-2)----9. Stanford (10-2)----10. Alabama (10-2)----11. Oklahoma (8-3)----12. TCU (9-2)----13. Texas (9-2)----14. Southern Miss (12-0)----15. Pittsburgh (9-2)----16. Iowa (10-2)----17. Kansas State (8-3)----18. Arkansas (8-4)----19. Oregon State (9-3)----20. West Virginia (8-3)----21. UCF (10-2)----22. LSU (8-4)----23. North Carolina (8-4)----24. San Diego State (9-2)----25. Oregon (8-4)
	MAC West
	Name	W	L	CW	CL
	Eastern Michigan	8	4	6	2
	Northern Illinois	7	5	6	2
	Toledo	7	5	5	3
	Western Michigan	4	8	3	5
	Central Michigan	6	6	3	5
	Ball State	0	12	0	8
	MAC East
	Miami (OH)	9	3	7	1
	Temple	9	3	6	2
	Ohio	8	4	5	3
	Kent State	6	6	4	4
	Bowling Green	4	8	3	5
	Buffalo	5	7	3	5
	Akron	2	10	1	7
NCAA News
Arkansas Hands #9 LSU their Fourth Loss in 37-16 Victory
Alabama Left Reeling after Falling to Auburn 29-26
#1 Florida Refuses to Lose Downing Florida State 23-13
TCU Jumps to #12 in the Polls; Rumors Swirl About Possible Move to the Big12
Houston’s Quarterback Case Keenum Tops Heisman Projections
Nebraska Defensive Tackle Named as Lombardi Finalist
#20 Pittsburgh 44 --- #15 West Virginia 34 Arkansas 37 --- #9 LSU 16 Duke 17 --- #25 North Carolina 24 #17 Ohio State 22 --- Michigan 40 #22 Iowa 44 --- Nebraska 10 Notre Dame 28 --- #12 Stanford 31 Wyoming 7 --- #2 Boise State 47 UTEP 9 --- #24 UCF 17 Penn State 21 --- #4 Wisconsin 32 Boston College 10 --- #6 Miami (FL) 38 Oregon State 30 --- #14 Oregon 21 #10 Texas 6 --- #8 Texas A&M 38 Iowa State 7 --- #13 Oklahoma 48 Clemson 9 --- #7 South Carolina 23 #23 Georgia 17 --- #5 Georgia Tech 27 #19 Florida State 13 --- #1 Florida 23 #3 Alabama 26 --- Auburn 29 Memphis 0 --- #18 Southern Miss 33 #11 Virginia Tech 31 --- Virginia 12

[Matt10]

Welch and SHerrer for the win! 4 Tds by the backs, fantastic. Is one of the more speed or power? Or both...deadly.

That MAC championship is going to be great. Congrats again on winning the MAC West!

[Cheese2121]

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt10

Welch and SHerrer for the win! 4 Tds by the backs, fantastic. Is one of the more speed or power? Or both...deadly. That MAC championship is going to be great. Congrats again on winning the MAC West!

I am really going to miss the dynamic duo of Sherrer and Welch. These two guys are single handedly the reason we are where we are this season. Sherrer is more of a power back and run through you kind of guy while Welch is my change of pace finesse back who is also a pretty good receiver. Interestingly enough both possess pretty comparable speed (~88). Due to the MAC competition being pretty slow though, they look a lot faster than they are. When we have played stiffer competition that speed is less deadly. Either way, we are going to have a huge hole on our offense to fill this coming offseason.

Thank you! Definitely a fantastic season and just a huge accomplishment for us to even be in the championship game. Miami (OH) looks very good and definitely heavily favored but hopefully we can hang with them. Thanks for checking in and following along Matt!

[Cheese2121]

1. Florida (12-0)----2. Boise State (12-0)----3. Wisconsin (10-2)----4. Georgia Tech (11-1)----5. Miami (FL) (11-1)----6. Texas A&M (10-2)----7. South Carolina (10-2)----8. Virginia Tech (10-2)----9. Stanford (10-2)----10. Alabama (10-2)----11. Southern Miss (12-0)----12. TCU (10-2)----13. Pittsburgh (10-2)----14. Iowa (10-2)----15. Arkansas (8-4)----16. Oregon State (9-3)----17. West Virginia (9-3)----18. UCF (10-2)----19. LSU (8-4)----20. North Carolina (8-4)----21. Texas (9-3)----22. Oregon (8-4)----23. Air Force (9-3)----24. Okahoma (8-4)----25. Michigan (8-4)
	MAC West
	Name	W	L	CW	CL
	Eastern Michigan	8	4	6	2
	Northern Illinois	7	5	6	2
	Toledo	7	5	5	3
	Western Michigan	4	8	3	5
	Central Michigan	6	6	3	5
	Ball State	0	12	0	8
	MAC East
	Miami (OH)	9	3	7	1
	Temple	9	3	6	2
	Ohio	8	4	5	3
	Kent State	6	6	4	4
	Bowling Green	4	8	3	5
	Buffalo	5	7	3	5
	Akron	2	10	1	7
NCAA News
TCU Easily Rolls UNLV 44-0; Jump to #12 in the Latest Polls
Boise State Gets Win Number 12 of the Season Against New Mexico
West Virginia Clobbers USF 68-20
Iowa State Shocks Kansas State 26-24
RGIII and Baylor Upset Texas 39-28
Halfback Matthew Tucker Takes Over Top Spot in Heisman Watch
#20 West Virginia 68 --- USF 20 UNLV 0 --- #12 TCU 44 New Mexico 20 --- #2 Boise State 66 Fresno State 38 --- #24 San Diego State 24 Syracuse 6 --- #15 Pittsburgh 37 #11 Oklahoma 52 --- Oklahoma State 59 2OT #13 Texas 28 --- Baylor 39 Iowa State 26 --- #17 Kansas State 24

[Cheese2121]

December 10, 2011

Conference Championship Week 2011
#11 Southern Miss tries to keep undefeated season alive and be BCS busters as they meet 11-1 Houston; Houston move to Big12 in 2012 rumored | Seminoles face off against #4 Yellow Jackets in ACC title game | SEC championship features an Alabama, Florida rematch as Gators try to reach National Title game.

SEC Championship
#10 Alabama (10-2, 6-2 SEC)
#1 Florida (12-0, 8-0 SEC)




PAC 12 Championship
Utah (9-3, 7-2 PAC 12)
#9 Stanford (10-2, 7-2 PAC 12)




Conference USA Championship
Houston (11-1, 8-0 C-USA)
#11 Southern Miss (12-0, 8-0 C-USA)




MAC Championship
Eastern Michigan (8-4, 6-2 MAC)
Miami (OH) (9-3, 7-1 MAC)




ACC Championship
Florida State (8-4, 5-3 ACC)
#4 Georgia Tech (11-1, 7-1 ACC)




Big Ten Championship
#14 Iowa (10-2, 6-2 Big Ten)
Ohio State (8-4, 6-2 Big Ten)

[Miles Perry]

Get that conference championship!