Re: The Legacy of Tyler Kozlov
Teofilo Outlaw splits the defense for a touchdown
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Defense continues to step up as Aggies roll Huskies
Northern Illinois had an iffy season a year ago that was far from where their recent history suggested them to be, and the Huskies are still on the slow climb back up the American ladder and with teams improving in the American conference that could take longer for them, and by falling to 1-2 to start the season the hopes of a bowl bid slip further away.
Quarterback Landon Root may be the root of the problem (hah!). He hasn't been the playmaker that the coaching staff had hoped for, and the aerial offense sputtered behind his direction in this one, he completed just 11 of his 24 attempts and had 103 yards passing on the afternoon, it was far from ideal for the signal caller infront of a friendly crowd. Root did have a good showing on the ground with 62 yards on 5.1 yards per carry, but that isn't something that is easy to be excited for, he still has his struggles and while he didn't turn the ball over, he didn't give much hope for this season.
Tyler Kozlov picked up his first win in two tries against the Huskies, previously he was at Akron when his team lost to the Dekalb based program, now he fields the Aggies who now sit at an improbable 3-0 and are looking to the start of their Big 12 schedule with a whole lot of momentum behind themselves to boot.
Erich DiStefano had a good game, especially so for a freshman signal caller completing 15 of his 24 while tossing 179 yards and a pair of touchdowns, he didn't need to be tremendous for the Aggies to win, the defense saw to that, but he did enough to keep the offense on the field and the chains moving. Joining the freshman spree was Teofilo Outlaw who posted a career high 158 rushing yards and a lone touchdown which came on a huge 72 yard pitch in the second quarter.
This freshman revolution in Provo has been a tremendous turnaround as this team has already matched it's win total from a season ago and while their Big 12 schedule isn't exactly inviting, they did what they had to do, win out their easy part of the schedule and position themselves for a potential bowl birth this season, and it gives a lot of hope for the future.
"These boys are just freshman or sophomores, we have a few juniors and even fewer seniors on the field every Saturday, this team has a lot of youth and just imagine down the road the amount of development this team will receive. We've won our first three and while we can't pretend to believe that running the table is a possibility at this point, it's something we can look at in the future, especially with the players we have coming in."
Tyler Kozlov had a lot of reason to be optimistic that his players have a bright future ahead of themselves.
Yet looking at this one, it easily could've been much closer, the Huskies defense did a pretty solid job through the game of keeping the Aggies out of the end zone, but big plays including a good return gave the Aggies the opportunities for either short yardage or simply long touchdowns, looking alone at the Teofilo Outlaw touchdown run, it appeared they had the freshman stamped out in the backfield only to see him zip and weave through the defense for a tremendous score. That would be the second score of the day, the first a pass to Jonathon Saunders on a short route to put the first points on the board.
Spencer Brady was a brief highlight clip for the Huskes, the halfback only got a pair of carries on the afternoon but probably should've gotten more. His first going for a hard fought 10 yards, before he managed to break free for a 14 yard touchdown carry, the lone Huskie touchdown of the afternoon, and he looked extremely comfortable back there, but he wouldn't see the field again.
The Aggies got a big kick return following the touchdown and managed to push the ball downfield, getting into the red zone and on third and goal chose an option with quarterback Erich DiStefano keeping the ball and charging up field for the score. A 21-7 halftime lead would hold until late in the game where a busted up run turned into a play action that was zipped out to Marcus Mosely for the senior's first touchdown of the season.
"I want to get Mose more involved, he's a tremendous player and can be a difference maker, we may look to involve him as a receiver in some of our five or four wide sets that don't call for tight ends so we can feed him the ball some more, he is a big talent."
The Aggies improve to 3-0 on the season after their victory at Brigham Field in DeKalb, with their next matchup against an 0-3 Texas Longhorn squad that has some ugly losses to Maryland (35-45), USC (28-47) and UCF (26-56). The Longhorns look helpless and the Aggies, would love nothing more than to take a win over the storied program.
Teofilo Outlaw splits the defense for a touchdown
28 @ 7Defense continues to step up as Aggies roll Huskies
Northern Illinois had an iffy season a year ago that was far from where their recent history suggested them to be, and the Huskies are still on the slow climb back up the American ladder and with teams improving in the American conference that could take longer for them, and by falling to 1-2 to start the season the hopes of a bowl bid slip further away.
Quarterback Landon Root may be the root of the problem (hah!). He hasn't been the playmaker that the coaching staff had hoped for, and the aerial offense sputtered behind his direction in this one, he completed just 11 of his 24 attempts and had 103 yards passing on the afternoon, it was far from ideal for the signal caller infront of a friendly crowd. Root did have a good showing on the ground with 62 yards on 5.1 yards per carry, but that isn't something that is easy to be excited for, he still has his struggles and while he didn't turn the ball over, he didn't give much hope for this season.Tyler Kozlov picked up his first win in two tries against the Huskies, previously he was at Akron when his team lost to the Dekalb based program, now he fields the Aggies who now sit at an improbable 3-0 and are looking to the start of their Big 12 schedule with a whole lot of momentum behind themselves to boot.
Erich DiStefano had a good game, especially so for a freshman signal caller completing 15 of his 24 while tossing 179 yards and a pair of touchdowns, he didn't need to be tremendous for the Aggies to win, the defense saw to that, but he did enough to keep the offense on the field and the chains moving. Joining the freshman spree was Teofilo Outlaw who posted a career high 158 rushing yards and a lone touchdown which came on a huge 72 yard pitch in the second quarter.
This freshman revolution in Provo has been a tremendous turnaround as this team has already matched it's win total from a season ago and while their Big 12 schedule isn't exactly inviting, they did what they had to do, win out their easy part of the schedule and position themselves for a potential bowl birth this season, and it gives a lot of hope for the future."These boys are just freshman or sophomores, we have a few juniors and even fewer seniors on the field every Saturday, this team has a lot of youth and just imagine down the road the amount of development this team will receive. We've won our first three and while we can't pretend to believe that running the table is a possibility at this point, it's something we can look at in the future, especially with the players we have coming in."
Tyler Kozlov had a lot of reason to be optimistic that his players have a bright future ahead of themselves.
Yet looking at this one, it easily could've been much closer, the Huskies defense did a pretty solid job through the game of keeping the Aggies out of the end zone, but big plays including a good return gave the Aggies the opportunities for either short yardage or simply long touchdowns, looking alone at the Teofilo Outlaw touchdown run, it appeared they had the freshman stamped out in the backfield only to see him zip and weave through the defense for a tremendous score. That would be the second score of the day, the first a pass to Jonathon Saunders on a short route to put the first points on the board.
Spencer Brady was a brief highlight clip for the Huskes, the halfback only got a pair of carries on the afternoon but probably should've gotten more. His first going for a hard fought 10 yards, before he managed to break free for a 14 yard touchdown carry, the lone Huskie touchdown of the afternoon, and he looked extremely comfortable back there, but he wouldn't see the field again.
The Aggies got a big kick return following the touchdown and managed to push the ball downfield, getting into the red zone and on third and goal chose an option with quarterback Erich DiStefano keeping the ball and charging up field for the score. A 21-7 halftime lead would hold until late in the game where a busted up run turned into a play action that was zipped out to Marcus Mosely for the senior's first touchdown of the season.
"I want to get Mose more involved, he's a tremendous player and can be a difference maker, we may look to involve him as a receiver in some of our five or four wide sets that don't call for tight ends so we can feed him the ball some more, he is a big talent."
The Aggies improve to 3-0 on the season after their victory at Brigham Field in DeKalb, with their next matchup against an 0-3 Texas Longhorn squad that has some ugly losses to Maryland (35-45), USC (28-47) and UCF (26-56). The Longhorns look helpless and the Aggies, would love nothing more than to take a win over the storied program.
| Utah State Aggies at Northern Illinois Huskies | |||||
| Sep 9, 2017 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Utah State Aggies (3-0) | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Northern Illinois Huskies (1-2) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Team Stats Comparison | ||
| USU | NIU | |
| Total Offense | 389 | 253 |
| Rushing Yards | 210 | 150 |
| Passing Yards | 179 | 103 |
| First Downs | 18 | 13 |
| Punt Return Yards | 6 | 9 |
| Kick Return Yards | 62 | 23 |
| Total Yards | 457 | 285 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 7-11 | 5-13 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0 | 0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0 | 0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | (3-0)/6 | (1-0)/4 |
| Penalties | 0 | 0 |
| Posession Time | 15:23 | 12:37 |
| Scoring Summary | |||
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | USU | NIU | |
| 0:16 | (USU) J.Saunders, 5 yard pass from E.DiStefano | 7 | 0 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | USU | NIU | |
| 3:33 | (USU) T.Outlaw, 72 yard run | 14 | 0 |
| 1:43 | (NIU) S.Brady, 14 yard run | 14 | 7 |
| 0:28 | (USU) E.DiStefano, 3 yard run | 21 | 7 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | USU | NIU | |
| 1:27 | (USU) M.Mosely, 2 yard pass from E.DiStefano | 28 | 7 |
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Sean Lawson was quick and methodical, with two drives bringing his Longhorns downfield deep into Utah State territory. Both coming after the Aggies opening drive yielded 7 on a long drive ending in a twenty yard pass to Jesse Gipson from Erich DiStefano. The first Longhorn drive ended disappointingly with a missed field goal, the first of three missed attempts by the Longhorns on Saturday, the second was a much better one, as Sean Lawson found Armanti Foreman who was one of the lone bright spots on this Longhorns offense on Saturday, for a long 32 yard touchdow. Edwards was off to the races and the score was tied, but the Aggies would go on a 31-0 run through the next two and a half quarters that would keep the Longhorns from ever seriously competing.
The Longhorns were looking to mount some kind of rally, if not for the victory, just for their own confidences as they moved on with their Big 12 schedule, and while their drive would come slowly, as it was all Saturday, they would manage to move the ball downfield and carrying the ball into the red zone and scoring a touchdown when Armanti Foreman caught a slant for a six yard score.
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The Aggies hit the Sooners with everything that got, the holes in the oppositions lineups were taken advantage of and hit for every ounce of advantage that the Aggies could yield from them. A 21-7 run through the first quarter and a half put the Aggies in excellent position to capitalize for yet another victory and the Aggies faithful were loud expressing their support for the program which was seemingly turning a leaf from where they had been just a year ago.
The onside kick would get a lucky bounce and the Aggies would recover and with thirty seconds left they needed a touchdown, a field goal would yield a one point defeat due to the overly aggressive nature that Tyler Kozlov brought to the field. The Aggies looked poised to do just that when Erich DiStefano connected with Cedric Wright on a deep slant, the receiver couldn't shake his tackler and would be brought down at the two with five seconds to go, the hurry up offense came on and DiStefano who averaged 10 yards per carry decided to call his own number, the read option would be run but the Sooner's defense sniffed it out, catching DiStefano at the one and dragging him down shy of the endzone.
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Offense, defense and special teams all yielded high points for the Tigers who shut the Aggies out for all but three minutes of the final frame to earn a victory, one that is very much deserved for these Tigers. The Auburn Tigers showed off just what they could do when they fire on all cylinders, the question is if they can play at that level year round.
Erich DiStefano looked like a freshman, completing 15-30 passes for 169 yards with no scores, pulled from the game once it was out of reach, Theo Peterson connected with Rocquemore for the lone Aggie touchdown of the afternoon. Justen Hervey finished with just 40 yards on the ground as the offensive backfield took a committee approach of five different players gaining positive yardage to account for all 117 of the Aggies yards.
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