Coaching Diary of Tyler Franks (NCAA 14/CFB Revamped)

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The Coaching Diary of Tyler Franks
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The Story: Let me start this off by saying it's been awhile since I have tried doing a dynasty story on here. With the release of CFB Revamped and how it looks and feels made me wanna boot this up and give everything I have to a diary.

We will be following the career of Tyler Franks. He was a fantastic coach in High School from 2011-2020 before he took a step away from football due to COVID. After talking to his family, he decided he wanted to see if he would be able to find a job in the collegiate world. He put out so many feelers to different universities with no luck. Just as Franks was about to hang up the headset for good and not worry about football, he received a phone call.

Hey Coach Franks! This is Coach Curt Cignetti here at James Madison University. We received your resume and we would love if you could give us a try and be our offensive coordinator the upcoming season. We sent over paperwork for you to look at. They told me they would only offer you a 1 year contract for now to see how you perform and we can go from there. Who knows, this might get your foot in the door of collegiate coaching and get job offers later down the road!

Just like that Coach Franks was on his way to Harrisonburg, Virginia to be the OC for the Dukes of James Madison


Platform: PC

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COACHING INFORMATION

JOB HISTORY
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2022: James Madison (OC) | 9-3 Record w/ No Bowl Invite
2023: Akron (HC)

[jnmoore92]

2022 PRESEASON
JMU STAFF MEETING


Coach Cignetti and Jeff Bourne called a football staff meeting to discuss the upcoming season and some changes that will be happening to College Football this season. I can only assume we will finally get information on our football schedule so we can get to work on prepping our kids for the games to come.

It's been about a month since I was hired for the position of OC at JMU. I got to have a meeting with the offensive players and get to know them and get their feedback on what they feel their strengths are. After a long discussion, I decided we would be running a SPREAD system in order to disguise some cool stuff I had up my sleeve.


STAFF MEETING
Coach Cignetti and Jeff Bourne had us in the meeting room to layout our team schedule and some changes taking place within College Football:

2022 COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT
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All Conferences Have Been Realigned to have 12 TOTAL Teams.
There will be 6 Independent Teams.
8 Team Playoff for National Championship

ACC
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Miami
NC State
North Carolina
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
West Virginia


AMERICAN
Boston College
Cincinnati
Houston
Louisville
Memphis
Rutgers
SMU
Syracuse
Temple
Tulane
UCF
USF


BIG XII
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
TCU
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech


BIG 10
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Wisconsin


CONFERENCE USA
Arkansas State
Louisiana
Louisiana Tech
North Texas
Rice
South Alabama
Southern Miss
Texas State
Troy
Tulsa
UAB
UL Monroe


INDEPENDENTS
Air Force
Army
BYU
Hawai'i
Navy
Notre Dame


MAC
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami (OH)
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Toledo
Western Michigan


MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Nevada
New Mexico
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
UTEP
UTSA
Utah State
Wyoming


PAC-12
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Colorado
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
Washington State


SEC
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt


SUN BELT
Appalachian State
Charlotte
Coastal Carolina
East Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
James Madison
Marshall
Mid Tenn State
Old Dominion
Western Kentucky

2022 JAMES MADISON DUKES FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Week 1 vs. Colorado State (W 20-3)
Week 2 @ Boise State (W 35-31)
Week 3 vs. Virginia Tech (W 21-14)
Week 4 BYE
Week 5 vs. Coastal Carolina (L 21-28)
Week 6 BYE
Week 7 @ Old Dominion (W 38-37)
Week 8 @ Western Kentucky (W 53-50 OT)
Week 9 @ Georgia Southern (W 21-7)
Week 10 vs. Charlotte (L 24-35)
Week 11 @ Mid Tenn State (L 48-51 OT)
Week 12 vs. Georgia State (W 35-3)
Week 13 @ Marshall (W 45-28)
Week 14 vs. Florida Atlantic (W 49-42)
Week 15 BYE

Record: 9-3 (NO BOWL GAME INVITE)

[jnmoore92]

2022 PRESEASON
Offensive Depth Chart Reveal

It was time to finalize the offensive depth chart before the season started. After weeks of practice and hard work, we had finally gotten the results we were looking for and excited for the upcoming season.

2022 JMU OFFENSIVE DEPTH CHART

QB: Todd Centeio
HB: Percy Agyei-Obese
WR: Kris Thornton, Terrance Greene Jr., Devin Ravenel, Noah Turner
TE: Noah Turner
LT: Tyler Stephens
LG: Tyshawn Wyatt
C: Tanner Morris
RG: Cole Potts
RT: Nick Kidwell

ESPN 2022 SEASON PREVIEW

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25
RK	TEAM
1	Alabama
2	Ohio State
3	Georgia
4	Clemson
5	Notre Dame
6	Texas A&M
7	Utah
8	Michigan
9	Oklahoma
10	Baylor
11	Oregon
12	Oklahoma State
13	NC State
14	USC
15	Michigan State
16	Miami
17	Pittsburgh
18	Wisconsin
19	Arkansas
20	Kentucky
21	Ole Miss
22	Wake Forest
23	Cincinnati
24	Houston
25	BYU

WEEK 1 - Should be called Week 0 seeing how there are only 9 Games This Week!!!

2022 WEEK 1 PREVIEW

Results

Utah State @ #7 Utah

Vanderbilt @ #21 Ole Miss

Colorado State @ James Madison

East Carolina @ Old Dominion

Texas @ USF

New Mexico @ UTSA

Western Kentucky @ Akron

UAB @ Troy

Southern Miss @ Texas State

[jnmoore92]

2022 SEASON
WEEK 1 VS. COLORADO STATE

Colorado State Rams at James Madison Dukes
WEEK 1	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
Colorado State Rams (0-1)	0	0	3	0	-	3
James Madison Dukes (1-0)	0	14	0	6	-	20

Team Stats Comparison
	CSU	JMU
Total Offense	243	386
Rushing Yards	107	187
Passing Yards	136	199
First Downs	13	19
Punt Return Yards	19	53
Kick Return Yards	100	32
Total Yards	362	471
Turnovers	2	2
3rd Down Conversion	2-14	8-18
4th Down Conversion	0-2	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-0-1	8-2-1
Penalties	0-0	0-0
Possession Time	19:12	24:48

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CSU	JMU
9:27	(JMU) 6 Yard Rush by T. Centeio (PAT Good)	0	7
3:02	(JMU) T. Centeio pass to T. Greene Jr. for 19 Yards (PAT Good)	0	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CSU	JMU
0:47	(CSU) C. Camper, 28 Yd FG	3	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CSU	JMU
7:27	(JMU) C. Wise, 41 Yd FG	3	17
4:36	(JMU) C. Wise, 31 Yd FG	3	20

Colorado State Rams PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Clay Millen 17/27 136 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Clay Millen 17 14 0.8 0 A'Jon Vivens 17 87 5.1 0 Ty McCullouch 1 3 3.0 0 Avery Morrow 1 3 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Dante Wright 4 33 8.2 0 A'Jon Vivens 4 26 6.5 0 Melquan Stovall 3 28 9.3 0 EJ Scott 3 23 7.6 0 Tory Horton 1 17 17.0 0 Ty McCullouch 1 1 1.0 0 Avery Morrow 1 8 8.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Gray Davis 0 1 Jacob Gardner 0 1 Dante Bivens 0 1 Brian Crespo-Jaquez 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Cam'Ron Carter 11 0.0 0 0 Dequan Jackson 11 0.0 0 0 Devin Phillips 9 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Cayden Camper 1/1 - 3 28 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Paddy Turner 7 242 34.5 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Thomas Pannunzio 3 79 26.3 0 Dante Wright 1 21 21.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Thomas Pannunzio 2 19 9.5 0

James Madison Dukes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Todd Centeio 21/32 199 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Percy Agyei-Obese 22 75 3.4 0 Todd Centeio 16 83 5.1 1 Solomon Vanhorse 4 5 1.2 0 Devin Ravenel 2 21 10.5 0 Kris Thornton 1 4 4.0 0 Terrance Greene Jr. 1 -1 -1.0 0 Noah Turner 1 0 0.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Percy Agyei-Obese 7 45 6.4 0 Noah Turner 4 40 10.0 0 Terrance Greene Jr. 3 53 17.6 1 Devin Ravenel 3 32 10.6 0 Solomon Vanhorse 2 6 3.0 0 Kris Thornton 1 17 17.0 0 Drew Painter 1 6 6.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Cole Potts 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jarius Reimonenq 11 0.0 0 0 Mateo Jackson 8 1.0 1 0 Jailin Walker 6 2.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Camden Wise 2/3 2/2 8 42 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Sam Clark 4 154 38.5 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Solomon Vanhorse 1 32 32.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Solomon Vanhorse 7 53 7.5 0

My offensive squad had issues early on in the game. I tried to make sure they didn't seem down or upset about how the game was going. I told them it's the first game of the year and they need to shake the jitters out and go out and make plays. We had success with running the ball in the 2nd quarter with Agyei-Obese able to break tackles and burst through some open holes.

Noah Turner fumbled the ball on the goal line on a possession after we forced an interception. He came back to the sidelines upset and defeated. I slapped his helmet and told him to keep his head up because there was a lot of football left. He went back out there and made some big catches.

Todd Centeio is a huge threat for us in the passing game and the running game. He has a set of wheels like no other QB in the country. Our only problem we had that we can correct, he wasn't making correct reads on option plays which led to him taking unnecessary huge hits.

Overall we had a very decent game and we had our defensive side give us the comfort room we needed to play at our pace. We're going to hit the film room on Monday to start preparing for the blue turf!!!


COACHING RECORD
TYLER FRANKS
OC: 1-0
DC: 0-0
HC: 0-0

[jnmoore92]

2022 SEASON
WEEK 2 ESPN PREVIEW & WEEK 1 REVIEW


WEEK 1 SCORES

WEEK 1 SCORES

Results

James Madison 20, Colorado State 3

#7 Utah 41, Utah State 6

East Carolina 31, Old Dominion 20

Texas 30, USF 6

UTSA 45, New Mexico 13

Western Kentucky 58, Akron 17

UAB 34, Troy 17

Texas State 21, Southern Miss 14

#21 Ole Miss 56, Vanderbilt 30

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WEEK 2 PREVIEW

WEEK 2 PREVIEW

Results

#4 Clemson @ #1 Alabama

#6 Texas A&M @ #9 Oklahoma

Kansas @ #19 Arkansas

#20 Kentucky @ LSU

TCU @ #11 Oregon

South Carolina @ #3 Georgia

BOLD GAME = ESPN COLLEGE GAMEDAY LOCATION

[jnmoore92]

2022 SEASON
WEEK 2 @ BOISE STATE

James Madison Dukes at Boise State Broncos
WEEK 2	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
James Madison Dukes (2-0)	0	10	11	14	-	35
Boise State Broncos (0-1)	14	0	7	10	-	31

Team Stats Comparison
	JMU	BSU
Total Offense	557	512
Rushing Yards	261	224
Passing Yards	296	288
First Downs	21	27
Punt Return Yards	0	51
Kick Return Yards	74	70
Total Yards	631	633
Turnovers	0	1
3rd Down Conversion	3-12	2-9
4th Down Conversion	0-1	2-3
2-Point Conversion	1-3	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-2-1	8-4-1
Penalties	2-5	1-5
Possession Time	23:26	20:34

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		JMU	BSU
7:39	(BSU) 15 Yard Rush by G. Holani (PAT Good)	0	7
2:20	(BSU) 3 Yard Rush by H. Bachmeier (PAT Good)	0	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		JMU	BSU
7:18	(JMU) C. Wise, 37 Yd FG	3	14
0:21	(JMU) T. Centeio Pass to K. Thornton for 7 Yds (PAT Good)	10	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		JMU	BSU
6:08	(JMU) C. Wise, 35 Yd FG	13	14
4:14	(BSU) 3 Yard Rush by S. Cobbs (PAT Good)	13	21
3:15	(JMU) T. Centeio Pass to D. Painter for 85 Yds (2-Pt)	21	21
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		JMU	BSU
8:43	(BSU) H. Bachmeier pass to R. Smith for 1 Yd (PAT Good)	21	28
5:47	(JMU) Team Safety	23	28
5:26	(JMU) T. Centeio pass to K. Thornton for 52 Yds (2-Pt No Good)	29	28
3:23	(BSU) J. Dalmas, 27 Yd FG	29	31
1:20	(JMU) T. Centeio pass to R. Brown for 9 Yds (2 Pt No Good)	35	31

James Madison Dukes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Todd Centeio 17/29 296 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Percy Agyei-Obese 18 47 2.6 0 Todd Centeio 13 160 12.3 0 Kris Thornton 4 43 10.7 0 Terrance Greene Jr. 2 9 4.5 0 Solomon Vanhorse 1 0 0.0 0 Noah Turner 1 2 2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Percy Agyei-Obese 4 14 3.5 0 Noah Turner 4 49 12.2 0 Kris Thornton 3 76 25.3 2 Reggie Brown 2 24 12.0 1 Drew Painter 2 98 49.0 1 Devin Ravenel 2 35 17.5 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Nick Kidwell 2 0 Tyshawn Wyatt 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Isaac Ukwu 11 0.0 0 0 Mateo Jackson 11 0.0 0 0 Jordan Swann 6 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Camden Wise 2/2 1/1 7 37 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Sam Clark 5 188 37.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Solomon Vanhorse 3 74 24.6 0

Boise State Broncos PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Taylen Green 1/1 12 0 0 Hank Bachmeier 18/33 276 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD George Holani 31 151 4.8 1 Hank Bachmeier 9 57 6.3 1 Stefan Cobbs 2 -1 -0.5 1 Ashton Jeanty 1 2 2.0 0 Taylen Green 1 15 15.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Stefan Cobbs 6 98 16.3 0 Billy Bowens 3 39 13.0 0 Latrell Caples 3 72 24.0 0 Riley Smith 3 17 5.6 1 Austin Terry 2 18 9.0 0 Shea Whiting 1 36 36.0 0 George Holani 1 8 8.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Ben Dooley 6 0 John Ojukwu 5 0 Gerrett Curran 4 0 Cade Beresford 2 0 Kekaniokoa H.-Gonzalez 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Ezekiel Noa 8 0.0 0 0 Markel Reed 6 0.0 0 0 J.L. Skinner 5 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Jonah Dalmas 1/1 4/4 7 27 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 James Ferguson-Reynolds 3 138 46.0 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Stefan Cobbs 2 53 26.5 0 Tyric LeBeauf 1 17 17.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Davis Koetter 3 51 17.0 0

This job is starting to give me some lighter colored hair! We didn't have a great game overall on offense in my opinion. We couldn't get anything going with Percy, and he gave everything he had out there on the field. We were having success with everyone else running the ball than we were when we handed it to Percy. He's frustrated and it's understandable. Blocking assignments would break down every time he got the ball. We had to go with what worked and that was giving the ball to our receivers on end arounds and Centeio keeping it on option plays.

We had to play from behind for most of the game. We wasn't able to take a lead until the 4th Quarter and that was due to some luck on our side. It seemed like every time we got within striking distance, they would completely pick the defense apart and go up more. Our defense was able to grab a SAFETY on them when they went up from 21 all and we got within 5 points. I sent Todd out on a mission to throw up a deep bomb, which we haven't done up until this point this season. Any long passes was thrown short and got a huge gain. So Todd went out and said challenge accepted and threw it up and found Thornton for 52 yards to send us to a lead that would make us feel better about the game.

Our work wasn't over yet though, they would take the lead back after being able to kick a field goal to go up by 2 points. I told my squad that we wasn't going to settle for the game winning field goal. We wanted to send a message and wanted to show we can score touchdowns in crucial situations. We pulled everything out we could for this drive and ended up with the game winning touchdown and a 35-31 win!!!

I still feel bad for Percy not being able to get anything going on the ground, but I'm sure he will bounce back against Virginia Tech. I'm hoping EVERYONE will bounce back for Virginia Tech.



COACHING RECORD
TYLER FRANKS
OC: 2-0
DC: 0-0
HC: 0-0

[jnmoore92]

2022 SEASON
WEEK 3 ESPN PREVIEW & WEEK 2 REVIEW


WEEK 2 SCORES

WEEK 2 SCORES

Results

Temple 21, #24 Houston 16

#17 Pittsburgh 35, South Alabama 21

#16 Miami 55, Tulsa 14

Oregon State 48, #2 Ohio State 21

#19 Arkansas 31, Kansas 10

#8 Michigan 31, Northern Illinois 6

#9 Oklahoma 27, #6 Texas A&M 14

UCF 21, #12 Oklahoma State 9

#18 Wisconsin 35, Washington State 10

#13 NC State 34, Washington 18

#15 Michigan State 31, Texas Tech 26

#23 Cincinnati 28, Air Force 14

#3 Georgia 31, South Carolina 3

TCU 35, #11 Oregon 33

#22 Wake Forest 35, Kansas State 28

#1 Alabama 42, #4 Clemson 23

#5 Notre Dame 21, Ball State 10

#25 BYU 41, FCS West 10

#20 Kentucky 27, LSU 24

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WEEK 3 PREVIEW

WEEK 3 PREVIEW

Results

#2 Georgia @ Hawai'i

#21 Oklahoma State @ Charlotte

Tennessee @ #22 Wake Forest

Buffalo @ #8 Clemson

Louisville @ #18 Kentucky

#14 Miami @ Maryland

Texas @ #25 UCF

UNLV @ #6 Michigan

Kent State @ #12 Michigan State

Syracuse @ #7 Baylor

Wyoming @ #9 NC State

#13 Ohio State @ #24 Oregon

#1 Alabama @ Purdue

FCS West @ #3 Notre Dame

#11 USC @ Washington

#19 Arkansas @ #16 Wisconsin

Nebraska @ #10 Texas A&M

#15 Pittsburgh @ Boise State

#17 Oregon State @ #5 Utah

Florida State @ Virginia

BOLD GAME = ESPN COLLEGE GAMEDAY LOCATION

[jnmoore92]

2022 SEASON
WEEK 3 VS. VIRGINIA TECH

Virginia Tech Hokies at James Madison Dukes
WEEK 3	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
Virginia Tech Hokies (1-1)	0	7	7	0	-	14
James Madison Dukes (3-0)	7	0	7	7	-	21

Team Stats Comparison
	VT	JMU
Total Offense	294	402
Rushing Yards	134	227
Passing Yards	160	175
First Downs	13	16
Punt Return Yards	10	9
Kick Return Yards	60	21
Total Yards	364	432
Turnovers	3	1
3rd Down Conversion	8-18	4-15
4th Down Conversion	1-2	0-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-0-0	3-1-0
Penalties	3-15	6-50
Possession Time	15:57	28:03

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		VT	JMU
8:35	(JMU) 38 Yard Rush by P. Agyei-Obese (PAT Good)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		VT	JMU
1:38	(VT) G. Wells pass to D. Lofton for 34 Yds (PAT Good)	7	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		VT	JMU
2:19	(JMU) 1 Yard Rush by N. Turner (PAT Good)	7	14
0:10	(VT) 21 Yard Rush by M. Thomas (PAT Good)	14	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		VT	JMU
0:03	(JMU) T. Centeio pass to D. Ravenel for 44 Yds (PAT Good)	14	21

Virginia Tech Hokies PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Grant Wells 11/30 160 1 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Malachi Thomas 27 98 3.6 1 Grant Wells 11 26 2.3 0 Jalen Holston 2 9 4.5 0 Kaleb Smith 1 1 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jadan Blue 4 49 12.2 0 Da'Wain Lofton 2 47 23.5 1 Kaleb Smith 2 34 17.0 0 Stephen Gosnell 2 22 11.0 0 Connor Blumrick 1 8 8.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Johnny Jordan 6 1 Kaden Moore 5 0 Silas Dzansi 3 0 Drake Deiuliis 3 0 Parker Clements 2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Dorian Strong 9 0.0 0 0 Dax Hollifield 5 0.0 0 0 Keonta Jenkins 5 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Williams Ross 0/0 2/2 2 - PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Peter Moore 8 354 44.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Keshawn King 2 36 18.0 0 Chance Black 1 24 24.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D.J. Harvey 1 10 10.0 0

James Madison Dukes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Todd Centeio 19/33 175 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Percy Agyei-Obese 17 122 7.1 1 Todd Centeio 13 42 3.2 0 Solomon Vanhorse 4 25 6.2 0 Noah Turner 2 8 4.0 1 Kris Thornton 2 14 7.0 0 Devin Ravenel 1 9 9.0 0 Drew Painter 1 7 7.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Drew Painter 6 42 7.0 0 Percy Agyei-Obese 4 4 1.0 0 Kris Thornton 4 58 14.5 0 Devin Ravenel 3 57 19.0 1 Zach Horton 1 10 10.0 0 Noah Turner 1 4 4.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Tanner Morris 1 1 Tyshawn Wyatt 0 1 Nick Kidwell 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jailin Walker 8 0.0 0 0 Mateo Jackson 7 1.0 0 0 Jamare Edwards 7 0.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Camden Wise 0/0 3/3 3 - PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Sam Clark 9 436 48.4 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Kris Thornton 1 21 21.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Solomon Vanhorse 2 9 4.5 0

I knew this would be a challenge for my offense. It's our toughest test of the year against an ACC powerhouse in Virginia Tech. They ran a similar offense I did so I figured the defense would have trouble giving us backup. We had problems getting going early, but we were able to strike first early in the game which was nice. Being able to have a 7-0 lead for a while helped a lot on the sidelines with getting the players fired up.

Our defense played lights out and gave us plenty of opportunities to drive the ball to score, but we just couldn't take advantage of the gifts we were given. Last week Percy was getting shut down in the running game, this week Centeio couldn't get anything going. He made several bad reads on option plays and took unnecessary hits. We'll have to work on that, I'm going to need him to stay healthy for this season.

Went into halftime tied at 7-7 and we were fired up. I told my offense we need to hope that Tech didn't score so we could get up and play with a lead instead of playing from behind. Not all plans are good ones, as Tech scored and took at 14-7 lead on us but we were able to tie it back up going into the 4th Quarter.

At this point the whole sideline was fired up, this was a great game. They entire stadium was in it..we were about to witness a special finish. I had told Todd to take us to overtime but Coach came up to me and said "LETS TAKE A SHOT DOWN FIELD" so we drew up a play with about :10 left in the game and we allowed Todd to sling it downfield and to everyone's surprise had Ravenel wide open in the endzone to give us a 21-14 lead with just 3 seconds left in the game. The entire sideline was fired up, gatorade was going everywhere, the crowd was so loud that I couldn't hear anyone trying to speak to me. We just pulled out what I considered an upset over the Hokies of Virginia Tech....something to celebrate but we need to forget this fast because anything can happen in College Football.



COACHING RECORD
TYLER FRANKS
OC: 3-0
DC: 0-0
HC: 0-0