"We Are Marshall!" (NCAA 08)

**superjames1992** · 09-27-2007, 04:54 PM

Mark Snyder Hired, James Jones Hired!

Huntigton, WV- The Marshall Thundering Herd just fired head football coach Mark Snyder after coaching football there for just two seasons. Snyder said, "I thought I would get a little more time to turn things around. I really fell we were heading in the right direction." Snyder came in to replace the great Bob Pruett in 2005 and got Marshall to a disappointing 4-7 record. In 2006, he finished 5-7 giving him an overall record of 9-14 at Marshall.

James Jones, an unknown to most, has beem hired to replace Snyder. "I hope to get this program back to where we were ten years ago", Jones said. "This football program has achieved so much. After the plane crash in 1970, they rebuilt. They won two 1-AA National Championships and once they moved up to 1-A, they won numerous MAC titles. I think we can repeat these glory days because, We are Marshall!"

**superjames1992** · 09-27-2007, 06:15 PM

2007 Marshall Football Schedule

9/1/07- @ Miami
9/8/07- West Virginia
9/15/07- Florida Atlantic
9/22/07- @ Cincinnati
10/2/07- @ MEMPHIS
10/13/07- @ TULSA
10/21/07- SOUTHERN MISS
10/27/07- RICE
11/3/07- @ UCF
11/10/07- EAST CAROLINA
11/17/07- @ HOUSTON
11/24/07- UAB

*Conference USA games in CAPS.

*Note: I changed the New Hampshire game to Florida Atlantic because 1-AA teams are not fun to play, it's so easy.

Prediction: 5-7

**superjames1992** · 09-27-2007, 06:34 PM

2007 Preseason Top 25

Preseason Top 25
1. USC
2. Michigan
3. LSU
4. Florida
5. Texas
6. WVU
7. Wisconsin
8. Oklahoma
9. Virginia Tech
10. Arkansas
11. Louisville
12. Ohio State
13. Auburn
14. Nebraska
15. Tennessee
16. California
17. Penn State
18. Georgia
19. UCLA
20. Rutgers
21. Florida State
22. TCU
23. Boise State
24. Texas A&M
25. Boston College

**superjames1992** · 09-27-2007, 06:36 PM

Conference USA East Outlook

1. Southern Miss (52)
2. Marshall (69)
3. Memphis (85)
4. UCF (87)
5. ECU (92)
6. UAB (97)

**superjames1992** · 09-27-2007, 06:38 PM

Team Ratings

Overall: B-
Offense: B
Defense: C

**superjames1992** · 09-27-2007, 09:24 PM

Marshall Thundering Herd (0-0) @ Miami Hurricanes (0-0)

BY THE NUMBERS...

GAME BALL...

Marshall	7	7	0	14		28
Miami (FL)	14	7	13	3		37

Kyle Wright
21-38, 353 yds., 2 TDs

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Team Stats
                MARSHALL       MIAMI
Total Offense        392         553
1st Downs             22          25
Passing Yards        310         345
Comp.-Att.-TDs   29-49-3     21-38-2
Rushes-Yds.-TDs  18-82-0    31-200-2
Turnovers              5           3
3rd Downs Conv.     8-13        9-15

Herd Leaders
Bernie Morris- 29-49, 310 yds., 3 TDs, 3 INTs
Chubb Small- 13 Rushes, 72 yds.
Emmanuel Spann- 8 Rec., 119 yds.
Phillip Gamble- 12 TKLs, 1 TFL

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
6:09- TD MIA: James, 70 yd. Run (7-0 MIA)
3:50- TD MAR: Slate, 4 yd. Pass from Morris (7-7)
2:05- TD MIA: Farr, 40 yd. Pass from Wright (14-7 MIA)

2nd Quarter
5:16- TD MIA: Shields, 11 yd. Pass from Wright (21-7 MIA)
0:32- TD MAR: Albin, 1 yd. Pass from Morris (21-14 MIA)

3rd Quarter
5:14- FG MIA: Bosher, 29 yd. FG (24-14 MIA)
2:05- TD MIA: James, 4 yd. TD Run (31-14 MIA)
1:37- FG MIA: Bosher, 20 yd. FG (34-14 MIA)

4th Quarter
6:23- TD MAR: Lauzen, 5 yd. Pass from Morris (34-21 MIA)
6:05- TD MAR: Johnson, returned INT 26 yds. (34-28 MIA)
0:58- FG MIA: Bosher, 25 yd. FG (37-28 MIA)

**superjames1992** · 09-28-2007, 08:06 PM

Week 2- #6 West Virginia Mountaineers (1-0) @ Marshall Thundering Herd (0-1)

BY THE NUMBERS...

GAME BALL...

West Virginia	7	7	7	17		38
Marshall	10	7	14	3		34

Pat White
25-40, 261 yds., 2 TDs

We almost pulled off the upset, but WVU's powerful offense was just too mcuh for our subpar defense in the end. They outscored us 17-3 in the final quarter of play to lock up the victory.

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Team Stats
                 WEST VA    MARSHALL
Total Offense        513         335
1st Downs             19          15
Passing Yards        291         211
Comp.-Att.-TDs   27-42-2     17-30-2
Rushes-Yds.-TDs 30-222-3    24-124-1
Turnovers              3           1
3rd Downs Conv.     5-14        5-13

Herd Leaders
Bernie Morris- 17-30, 211 yds., 2 TDs, 137.7 QB Rating
Chubb Small- 20 Rushes, 144 yds. 1 TD
Cody Slate- 5 Receptions, 119 yds., 1 TD
Phillip Gamble- 8 TKLs, 1 INT, TD

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
2:34- FG MAR: Binswanger, 47 yd. FG (3-0 MAR)
1:54- TD MAR: Gamble, returned fumble 26 yds. (10-0 MAR)
0:15- TD WVU: Slaton, 13 yd. Run (10-7 MAR)

2nd Quarter
2:06- TD MAR: Bragg, 18 yd. Pass from Morris (17-7 MAR)
0:19- TD WVU: Jalloh, 12 yd. Pass from White (17-14 MAR)

3rd Quarter
3:50- TD WVU: Reynaud, 9 yd. Pass from White (21-17 WVU)
2:40- TD MAR: Slate, 43 yd. Pass from Morris (24-21 MAR)
0:10- TD MAR: Small, 64 yd. Run (31-21 MAR)

4th Quarter
4:36- FG MAR: Binswager, 24 yd. FG (34-21 MAR)
3:44- TD WVU: Devine, 47 yd. Run (34-28 WVU)
2:32- TD WVU: Slaton, 1 yd. Run (35-34 WVU)
0:15- FG WVU: McAfee, 36 yd. FG (38-34 WVU)

**superjames1992** · 09-28-2007, 11:53 PM

Florida Atlantic Owls (0-2) @ Marshall Thundering Herd (0-2)

BY THE NUMBERS...

GAME BALL...

----	0	3	10	0		13
Marshall	7	10	7	14		38

Chubb Small
12 att., 131 yds., 3 TDs

We dominated the Owls in every way in this game. Bernie Morris had another great day and Chubb Small continued to shine in the first win of James Jones' career.

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Team Stats
             FLORIDA ATL    MARSHALL
Total Offense        343         385
1st Downs             16          16
Passing Yards        251         261
Comp.-Att.-TDs   17-38-1     20-25-1
Rushes-Yds.-TDs  23-92-0    23-124-4
Turnovers              3           1
3rd Downs Conv.     4-14        5-10

Herd Leaders
Bernie Morris- 19-23, 220 yds., 1 TD, 1 INT, 168.6 QB Rating
Chubb Small- 12 Rushes, 131 yds., 4 TDs
Cody Slate- 4 Receptions, 44 yds.
Phillip Gamble- 8 TKLs

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
2:27- TD MAR: Albin, 2 yd. Pass from Morris (7-0 MAR)

2nd Quarter
6:37- FG FAU: Leroy, 41 yd. FG (7-3 MAR)
4:40- TD MAR: Small, 5 yd. Run (14-3 MAR)
1:42- FG MAR: Binswager, 36 yd. FG (17-3 MAR)

3rd Quarter
6:33- TD FAU: Holley, 51 yd. Pass from Clayton (17-10 MAR)
5:26- TD MAR: Small, 45 yd. Run (24-10 MAR)
2:07- FG FAU: Leroy, 23 yd. FG (24-13 MAR)

4th Quarter
6:53- TD MAR: Small, 34 yd. Run (31-13 MAR)
0:41- TD MAR: Small, 15 yd. Run (38-13 MAR)

**stewaat** · 09-29-2007, 12:05 AM

Re: Florida Atlantic Owls (0-2) @ Marshall Thundering Herd (0-2)

I think you need to make the sliders more difficult. You played WVU a little too close. Just saying

**superjames1992** · 09-29-2007, 01:00 AM

Re: Florida Atlantic Owls (0-2) @ Marshall Thundering Herd (0-2)

Originally posted by stewaat

I think you need to make the sliders more difficult. You played WVU a little too close. Just saying

Yeah, I think so too. I was in the Miami game right down untill the end and the WVU game as well. I just finished the Cincinnati game in which I won pretty handily, but it was one of those crazy EA Sports games where the computer throws like 6 interceptions.

I think I will make my sliders more difficult. Thanks for following!

**superjames1992** · 09-29-2007, 01:15 AM

Marshall Thundering Herd (1-2) @ Marshall Thundering Herd (1-2)

BY THE NUMBERS...

GAME BALL...

Marshall	0	10	7	28		45
Cincinnati	7	13	0	7		27

Bernie Morris
25-42, 315 yds., 4 TDs

We fell behind early on, but excelled in the 2nd half to grab the huge win over a BCS Conference school. I think for the next game, I will make sliders more difficult as I seem to be hanging around with teams I should have no business being in and seem to be blowing out teams I should not be blowing out.

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Team Stats
                MARSHALL  CINCINNATI
Total Offense        394         404
1st Downs             14          22
Passing Yards        315         326
Comp.-Att.-TDs   25-42-4     25-48-1
Rushes-Yds.-TDs  17-79-1     31-78-2
Turnovers              3           5
3rd Downs Conv.     5-13       10-18

Herd Leaders
Bernie Morris- 25-42, 315 yds., 4 TDs, 2 INTs, 144.4 QB Rating
Kelvin Turner- 4 Rushes, 53 yds., 1 TD
Shawn Lauzon- 3 Receptions, 103 yds., 1 TD
Marice Kitchens- 10 TKLs

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
4:25- TD CIN: Barwin, 12 yd. Pass from Groza (7-0 CIN)

2nd Quarter
6:15- FG MAR: Binswanger, 45 yd. FG (7-3 CIN)
5:45- TD MAR: Slate, 2 yd. Pass from Morris (10-7 MAR)
1:07- TD CIN: Moore, 7 yd. Run (14-10 CIN)
0:58- TD CIN: Webster, returned fumble 28 yds. (Missed Kick) (20-10 CIN)

3rd Quarter
3:10- TD MAR: Bragg, 3 yd. Pass from Morris (20-17 CIN)

4th Quarter
6:24- TD MAR: Lauzen, 74 yd. Pass from Morris (24-20 MAR)
4:06- TD MAR: Small, 32 yd. Pass from Morris (31-20 MAR)
3:17- TD MAR: Johnson, returned INT 38 yds. (38-20 MAR)
1:05- TD MAR: Turner, 57 yd. Run (45-20 MAR)
0:08- TD CIN: Moore, 3 yd. Run (45-27 MAR)

**superjames1992** · 09-29-2007, 01:26 AM

2007 Stats Leaders After 4 Games

Passing: Bernie Morris- 90-144 (62%), 1,056 yds., 10 TDs, 6 INTs, 138.7 QB Rating
Rushing: Chubb Small- 56 Rushes, 370 yds., 6.6 yd. avg., 5 TDs
Receiving: Cody Slate- 19 Receptions, 258 yds., 3 TDs
Tackles: Phillip Gamble- 32 TKLs
Sacks: Byron Tinker- 4 Sacks
Interceptions: JJ Johnson- 6 INTs, 2 TDs
Place Kicking: Anthony Binswager- 4-6 (66%) FG, 19-19 (100%) XP
Punting: Marty Biagi- 12 Punts, 486 yds., 40.5 yd. avg.
Kick Return: Marcus Fitzgerald- 12 KR, 252 yds., 21.0 yd. avg.
Punt Return: Marcus Fitzgerald- 5 PR, 76 yds., 15.2 yd. avg.

**superjames1992** · 09-29-2007, 01:30 AM

2007 Week 4 C-USA Standings (After 4 Marshall Games)

Conference USA East
1. Southern Miss (2-1) (1-0)
2. Memphis (2-1) (1-0)
3. Marshall (2-2) (0-0)
4. UAB (1-2) (0-0)
5. ECU (0-4) (0-1)
6. UCF (0-3) (0-1)

Conference USA West
1. Houston (2-1) (1-0)
2. UTEP (4-0) (0-0)
3. SMU (2-2) (0-0)
4. Tulsa (1-2) (0-0)
5. Tulane (1-2) (0-1)
6. Rice (1-3) (0-0)

**superjames1992** · 09-29-2007, 01:34 AM

2007 Week 4 Top 25 Coaches Poll (After 4 Marshall Games)

1. USC (32) (3-0)
2. LSU (21) (4-0)
3. Texas (3) (4-0)
4. West Virginia (2) (4-0)
5. Wisconsin (1) (4-0)
6. Oklahoma (1) (4-0)
7. Arkansas (1) (3-0)
8. Louisville (4-0)
9. Ohio State (4-0)
10. Florida (3-1)
11. Michigan (3-1)
12. California (4-0)
13. Virginia Tech (3-1)
14. UCLA (4-0)
15. Rutgers (3-0)
16. Tennessee (3-1)
17. Florida State (3-0)
18. Nebraska (3-1)
19. Boston College (4-0)
20. Oklahoma State (4-0)
21. TCU (3-1)
22. Auburn (3-1)
23. Notre Dame (3-1)
24. Hawaii (3-0)
25. Texas A&M (3-1)

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