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Pacific Football Game Report

Saturday September 14th 2013 3:30PM EST Autzen Stadium - Eugene, Oregon
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Pacific Tigers 0-3		Oregon Ducks 3-0
7	FINAL	13

CB JAY'ONN MYLES PICKS OFF A JAKE RODRIGUES PASS

CLOSE DOESN'T COUNT
Pacific hangs in Eugene but can't close out the Ducks

Eugene, Oregon - "Close doesn't count!" Pacific defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan shouted as he slammed a fist on the table before exiting the post game press conference. The outburst was in response to what seemed like the 100th question regarding any sort of good feelings surrounding such a close loss. Bresnahan had answered several prior versions of the question by saying that even close loses are still losses.

With Marcus Mariota out due to an injury Bresnahan felt his team had a good chance at pressuring redshirt freshman QB Jake Rodrigues into mistakes. Rodrigues completed 50% of his 28 pass attempts for 204 yards and a touchdown and was intercepted twice in the game.

While Rodrigues' play left a lot to be desired he made plays when they were needed, including a 29 yard completion to Josh Huff on fourth and six with 1:12 left in the game. Oregon was able to run out the clock following that play and hold on for the narrow win. Oregon had lined up for a field goal but a false start backed them up out of field goal range and they elected to go for it.

The game with Pacific quarterback Andrew McDonald throwing an interception in the redzone to put a stop to their first possession. Jay'Onn Myles picked off Rodrigues inside the Pacific five yard line on the Ducks first possession and returned it to the Oregon 48. Nine plays later McDonald was intercepted in the Oregon endzone.

Following stalled possessions for each team Oregon put the first points of the game on the board when Rodrigues connected with Huff for a 13 yard score midway through the second quarter.

Kris Gudmundsson badly missed a 46 yard field goal attempt later in the quarter. Pacific linebacker Arvis Price III picked off Rodrigues on the eighth play of the Ducks ensuing drive and Oregon maintained their 7-0 lead at the break.

Oregon kicker Alejandro Maldonado connected from 35 yards out to make it 10-0 on Oregon's first second half possession.

Pacific cut into the lead with a 10 play drive that covered 83 yards and culminated in a 29 yard McDonald touchdown pass to Darrin Duncan who ran past his defender and caught a perfectly placed ball over his right shoulder on the left sideline.

Oregon punted. Pacific punted. Oregon turned the ball over on a fumble. Pacific punted.

With 4:21 left in the game Oregon made it 13-7 with an 18 yard field goal by Maldonado.

Pacific punted. Oregon punted.

With 1:56 left to play McDonald took a big hit on a sack. He badly missed open receivers on the next two plays and Pacific turned the ball over on downs.

Coach Fassel was asked about McDonald and if he should have come out of the game to which he simply replied "I don't know, I didn't think he was hurt. He didn't indicate he was hurt."

On fourth and just over one from the Pacific 33 yard line Oregon lined up for what would be a 50 yard pass. Following a false start that moved them back to the 38 yard line they decided to go for it. Rodrigues took the snap, moved to his right and stepped up in the pocket before hitting Josh Huff for a gain of 29 yards down inside the 12 yard line. Oregon then ran the clock out.

McDonald settled down somewhat after the pair of interceptions, finishing the game 19 of 38 for 198 yards and a touchdown. Nothing much happened in the running game with the team picking up just 72 yards on 34 rushes. Braden Bishop led the team with 51 yards on four receptions.

Oregon rolled up 407 yards of offense with near perfect balance, 203 on the ground and 204 through the air.


Media Gallery


OREGON SAFETY BRIAN JACKSON PICKS OFF A MCDONALD PASS EARLY ON


DITTO


BRADEN BISHOP GETS POPPED, FORCING AN INCOMPLETION


JOSH HUFF SCORES A TD WHILE PACIFIC DEFENDERS LOOK FOR A CONTACT LENS


ARVIS PRICE III PICKS OFF A PASS


DARRIN DUNCAN CATCHES A PERFECTLY PLACED PASS FROM MCDONALD


DUNCAN GETS TO THE ENDZONE


HUFF CONVERTS A FOURTH DOWN TO CLOSE OUT THE GAME

Scoring
P|00|00|07|00|07
O|00|07|03|03|13

2Q O Huff 13 Yd pass from Rodrigues (Maldonado kick)
3Q O Maldonado 35 Yd FG
3Q P Duncan 29 Yd pass from McDonald (Gudmundsson kick)
4Q O Maldonado 17 Yd FG


Key Stats

Passing: McDonald 19/38 198 1TD 2Int, Francis Jr 1/1 14, Carr 0/1
Rushing: Muhammad 13/38, Hall 9/29
Receiving: Bishop 4/51, Duncan 3/47 1TD, Muhammad 5/39, Tober 3/32, Freeman 2/28
Tackles: Myles 8, Fletcher 6
Sacks: Hunt 1
Takeaways: Myles 1Int, Price 1Int, Burrell 1FR
Special Teams: Gudmundsson 0/1FG 1/1XP, Mata 3P 101Yds, Fenton 3KR 53Yds 2PR 25Yds


Passing: Rodrigues 14/28 204 1TD 2Int
Rushing: Thomas 17/130, Marshall 9/24, Rodrigues 9/24
Receiving: Huff 6/110 1TD, Thomas 3/42, Hawkins 1/21
Tackles: Armstead 7, Jackson 7, Keliikipi 7, Malone 7
Sacks: Hart 1, Patterson 1
Takeaways: Jackson 2Int
Special Teams: Maldonado 2/2FG 1/1XP, Ausherman 3P 110Yds, Thomas 1KR 20Yds, Marshall 1KR 25Yds

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PACIFIC TO HOST SEVEN RECRUITS FOR TEXAS STATE GAME
Staff hoping to land first recruit following home opener
September 20th, 2013

For their home opener against Texas State (1-3) the Pacific coaching staff has announced they will be hosting seven recruits. Pacific has yet to land a commit for the 2014 class but they are hopeful that they will get one or more following the home opener. The players that will be on hand are as follows:

Bruce Tucker #53 DE *** Santa Cruz, CA
Royale Jamison III #135 RB ** Stanford, CA
Tavares Haynes #68 OT *** Inglewood, CA
Randell Johnson #64 C ** Vista, CA
Francis Summers Jr #71 C * Roseville, CA
Mathias Jones #136 RB ** Sunnyvale, CA
Benjamin Gibbs-Green #134 CB ** Pico Rivera, CA

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Quote: Originally Posted by djp73

I always thought the El Gato cleaned them up quite a bit but I have read a few comments about the superior graphics lately, who knew? As far as the Arizona game... not so much. Thanks for following along!

EA Sports developed everything from this generation on the 360 then ported to the PS3, because the PS3 was more difficult to work with. Pretty much across the board, not just sports games, if you wanted a game that was available on both platforms the 360 was typically the tighter version. About the only things that truly leveraged what the PS3 could do were the exclusive titles from Sony itself.

The main differences I see in the screenshots is the anti-aliasing, which looks very nice on the 360 but basically doesn't exist on the PS3 version and the player models on that version all have the jaggy edges.

Also, good game holding the Ducks to 13 points. I know there are no moral victories, but that was close.

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After getting beat up by Arizona it was great to see you come back and give the 3rd-ranked Ducks all they could handle. Hopefully that gives the boys a little confidence going into the Texas State game and you can impress those recruits!


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Pacific Football Game Report

Saturday September 28th 2013 1:00PM EST Stagg Coliseum - Stockton, California
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Texas State Bobcats 1-4		Pacific Tigers 1-3
27	FINAL	31

RB KHALFANI MUHAMMAD SCORES THE FIRST OF HIS TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN PACIFIC'S WIN OVER TEXAS STATE

PACIFIC TOPS TEXAS STATE FOR HISTORIC WIN
Pacific's first win since October of 1995

Stockton, California - The last time Pacific won a football game Khalfani Muhammad was 13 months old. Earlier today he helped the Tigers secure a big win over Texas State at Stagg Coliseum by running for 76 yards and a pair of scores.

Pacific gave up an 18 yard touchdown run by T Franks on the Bobcats first possession. They would tie the game late in the first quarter when Andrew McDonald connected with Darrin Duncan for a three yard touchdown pass.

Texas State took over in the second quarter with J Iwuji picking off McDonald and taking it 36 yards for a score to put the Bobcats up 14-7. The pick was McDonald's second of the game and it resulted in him being replaced by Myles Carr once again.

Texas State made it 17-7 before halftime with a 34 yard field goal by W Johnson.

The Tigers asserted themselves in the third quarter with Khalfani Muhammad scoring touchdowns on runs of six and two yards and Kris Gudmundsson connecting on a 36 yard field goal. Gudmunsson had missed a pair of field goals earlier in the game and the coaching staff almost went for it on fourth down but Gudmundsson was able to connect to make it 24-17 Pacific, a score that held until Texas State's Johnson connected on a 49 yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter. Texas State retook the lead a few minutes later on a 16 yard touchdown run by T Gay.

With 1:23 left in the game Ty Francis Jr was in. He took the shotgun snap and kept on a read option, running around the left side and into the endzone for a four yard touchdown that put the Tigers up 31-27 after the extra point by Gudmundsson.

The Pacific defense bent but didn't break and they held onto the win.

"Historic. It feels great." Head coach John Fassel said after the game. "This whole team has been working very hard to get to this point and it feels great to get it done here in our first home game.

Media Gallery


FRANKS SCORES ON TEXAS STATE'S FIRST POSSESSION


DARRIN DUNCAN TIES THE GAME WITH A TOUCHDOWN LATE IN THE FIRST QUARTER


MCDONALD THROWS A PICK


K KRIS GUDMUNDSSON EXPRESSES DISBELIEF AFTER A FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT BOUNCES OFF THE UPRIGHT


ANOTHER TEXAS STATE TAKEAWAY


AND ANOTHER ONE


MUHAMMAD FIGHTS IN FOR A SECOND TOUCHDOWN


GAY LEAPS A PACIFIC DEFENDER ON HIS WAY TO A FOURTH QUARTER SCORE


QB TY FRANCIS JR SCORES ON A FOUR YARD RUN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER

Scoring
TS|07|10|00|10|27
UP|07|00|17|07|31

1Q TS Franks 18 Yd run (Johnson kick)
1Q UP Duncan 3 Yd pass from McDonald (Gudmundsson kick)
2Q TS Iwuji 36 Yd pick six (Johnson kick)
2Q TS Johnson 34 Yd FG
3Q UP Muhammad 6 Yd run (Gudmundsson kick)
3Q UP Muhammad 2 Yd run (Gudmundsson kick)
4Q TS Johnson 49 Yd FG
4Q TS Gay 17 Yd run (Johnson kick)
4Q UP Francis Jr 4 Yd run (Gudmundsson kick)

Key Stats

Passing: Carr 10/19 117 1Int, McDonald 7/15 88 1TD 2Int, Francis Jr 2/3 35
Rushing: Muhammad 20/76 2TD, Hall 9/33, Carr 4/26, Francis Jr 3/13 1TD
Receiving: Freeman 5/81, Tober 4/71, Cotton 3/49, Bishop 2/20, Duncan 2/11 1TD
Tackles: Chin 9, Hunt 8
Sacks: Burrell 1, Chin 1, Temple 1
Takeaways: Frost 1FR
Special Teams: Gudmundsson 1/3FG 4/4XP, Mata 1P 36Yds, Fenton 6KR 173Yds 1PR 24Yds


Passing: Arndt 20/38 172
Rushing: Franks 19/120 1TD, Arndt 13/15, Gay 2/14 1TD
Receiving: Erickson 7/88, Smith 3/23, Battle 2/21, Franks 4/17
Tackles: Daniels 11, Clavell-Head 7
Sacks: Clavell-Head 1, Iwuji 1, Taulelei 1
Takeaways: Benning 1Int, Iwuji 1Int, Orakpo 1Int
Special Teams: Johnson 2/3FG 3/3XP, Robinson 2P 80Yds, Erickson 3KR 67Yds, D. Mims 1PR 15Yds

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