The Rise

[Iron Dragon]

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CFB Recap 2017, Week 12

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TOP 25 POLL
1. Louisville*
2. Ohio State*
3. Oklahoma*
4. Washington*
5. USC*
6. Clemson
7. Western Kentucky*
8. UCLA
9. Auburn
10. Kansas State
11. Florida International*
12. Notre Dame
**No changes to the top 12.
13. Houston
14. Texas Tech
15. USF
16. Wisconsin
17. Oklahoma State
18. LSU
19. Pittsburgh
20. Northwestern
21. Tennessee
22. Syracuse
23. North Carolina
24. Miami
25. Texas
*Undefeated

HEISMAN WATCH
Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville
Stats: 2180 pass yards, 24 TD, 4 INT, 692 rush yards, 9 TD

Sam Darnold, QB, USC
Stats: 2583 pass yards, 22 TD, 6 INT, 414 rush yards, 7 TD

Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson
Stats: 2142 pass yards, 28 TD, 0 INT, 357 rush yards, 3 TD

Mike Weber Jr., RB, Ohio State
Stats: 1144 rush yards, 14 TD, 21 rec, 309 yards, 2 TD

Mike White, QB, Western Kentucky
Stats: 2052 pass yards, 19 TD, 6 INT, 654 rush yards, 11 TD

WEEK 13 TOP MATCHUPS
#10 Kansas State [8-1] at #3 Oklahoma [9-0]
#24 Miami [7-3] at #23 North Carolina [7-3]
#5 USC [10-0] at #8 UCLA [8-1]
#7 Western Kentucky [10-0] at #11 Florida International [10-0]
#18 LSU [7-3] at #9 Auburn [9-1]

[Iron Dragon]

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Coaches Hot Seat 2017: 3 Weeks to Firing Day

Burning Up (Most Likely to be Fired)
Dave Clawson, 11-35 at Wake Forest - Multiple sources have come out that Clawson will be relieved of his duties in two weeks.
Lance Leipold, 9-25 at Buffalo - Just 1-9 this season - Leipold's Bulls have regressed in each season so far.
Doug Martin, 12-45 at New Mexico State - 4 wins managed to keep his job last season but 1-9 with a better roster will not.
Matt Rhule, 23-37 at Temple - 5-17 the last two seasons may have cut it for early 2000's Temple, but not now.
James Franklin, 24-25 at Penn State - A disastrous 2-8 campaign in 2017 with a loaded roster should mean Franklin gets axed.
Paul Haynes, 12-44 at Kent State - Kent State is winless in 2017. Good as gone.
Chris Ash, 5-17 at Rutgers - Might get a third season but team has seemed to regress in 2017.
Tim DeRutyer, 35-38 at Fresno State - 3 wins last year, and just 3 so far this year.
Darrell Hazell, 11-47 at Purdue - Many are shocked Purdue has kept him this long, and a 5-16 in the last two seasons has sadly been an improvement.

Could Be Fired
Paul Johnson, 71-58 at Georgia Tech - Johnson's triple option attack may need a new home - or just a down year for Tech - as GT is 3-7 after reaching a bowl game last year.
Bret Bielema, 27-34 at Arkansas - Arkansas sits at 4-7 and may be 5-7 for back to back seasons.
Mike MacIntyre, 19-40 at Colorado - 7-6 last year was a huge improvement -and the Buffs were expected to compete for a Pac-12 division title - instead they are 2-7 this year.
Tony Sanchez, 9-25 at UNLV - How many more years can a guy with 3 wins per season get?

Candidates to Watch for HC Jobs
Tom Herman, 32-6 at Houston - Herman stunned the world last year when he remained at Houston. He will be most team's #1 priority.
Willie Taggart, 31-29 at USF - Taggart went 8-5 with a bowl win last year and USF is 9-1 this year with a possible Heisman invitee.
Rhett Lashlee, 10-0 at Western Kentucky - Lashlee took over a solid WKU team and has signature wins in year 1 and a possible playoff birth at stake.
Willie Fritz, 11-10 at Tulane - Fritz has done a fantastic job at Tulane - who will be bowling in 2017 and has showed major improvement in year 2. Maybe he will move up to a new job?
Jeff Monken, 22-25 at Army West Point - Monken was considered for some jobs last season - but being 16-7 at Army in the last two years has opened some eyes for this offseason.
Ron Turner, 30-30 at FIU - Turner, who was 10-26 in his first three years, has went 20-4 in the last two at FIU.

[Iron Dragon]

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2017 SENIOR DAY

Army (7-3) will host Rice (6-5) for its 2017 edition of Senior Day. The 15 following cadets, including 11 starters take the field for the last time in front of the West Point crowd:

QB Ahmad Bradshaw, starter
RB John Trainor, reserve
WR Jeff Ejekam, reserve
WR Jermaine Adams, reserve
LG Bryce Holland, starter
C Joshua Boylan, starter
RG Mike Houghton, starter
RT Brett Toth, starter
DE John Voit, starter
DE Jordan Smith, starter
DT Andrew McLean, starter
OLB Bayle Wolf, starter
MLB Alex Aukerman, starter
OLB Scott Washle, starter
FS Rhyan England, reserve

[Iron Dragon]

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[Iron Dragon]

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CFB Recap 2017, Week 13

HEADLINES
Stunner! #1 Louisville drops to 4-win NC State 31-24 as Jackson picked off three times in loss.
Jesse Ertz's 5 total TDs puts #10 Kansas State over #3 Oklahoma
#7 Western Kentucky puts up another statement win, 45-0 over fellow unbeaten #11 FIU
#5 USC, Darnold nearly perfect and makes Heisman statement in win over #8 UCLA

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TOP 25 POLL
1. USC*
2. Ohio State*
3. Washington*
4. Western Kentucky*
5. Kansas State
6. Clemson
7. Oklahoma
8. Auburn
9. Louisville
10. Notre Dame
11. UCLA
12. Houston
13. Texas Tech
14. USF
15. FIU
16. Wisconsin
17. Oklahoma State
18. Pittsburgh
19. Northwestern
20. Tennessee
21. North Carolina
22. Texas
23. Alabama
24. Florida State
25. Washington State
*Undefeated

HEISMAN WATCH
Sam Darnold, QB, USC
Stats: 2885 pass yards, 25 TD, 6 INT, 454 rush yards, 7 TD

Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson
Stats: 2490 pass yards, 32 TD, 1 INT, 418 rush yards, 4 TD

Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville
Stats: 2482 pass yards, 27 TD, 7 INT, 774 rush yards, 9 TD

Mike Weber Jr., RB, Ohio State
Stats: 1224 rush yards, 15 TD, 23 rec, 334 yards, 2 TD

Mike White, QB, Western Kentucky
Stats: 2215 pass yards, 21 TD, 6 INT, 694 rush yards, 11 TD

WEEK 14 TOP MATCHUPS
Tulane [7-3] at #12 Houston [10-1]
#2 Washington [11-0] at #25 Washington State [8-3]
#17 Oklahoma State [8-2] at #5 Kansas State [9-1]
#8 Auburn [10-1] at #23 Alabama [8-3]
#7 Oklahoma [9-1] at #13 Texas Tech [8-2]
#10 Notre Dame [9-2] at #1 USC [11-0]

[gsutiger]

Re: The Rise

Tough one to drop to Rice. Letting them comeback like that in the 4th had to hurt.

[Iron Dragon]

Re: The Rise

CFB Recap 2017, Week 14

HEADLINES
#4 Western Kentucky drops a stunner to Old Dominion 31-28
#1 USC takes down #10 Notre Dame in OT
#23 Alabama knocks off #8 Auburn 24-20
#14 USF drops stunner to UCF, drops out of NY6 contention
#15 FIU's Group of Five dream also dies with loss to FAU
#5 Kansas State, #7 Oklahoma take care of business in ranked matchups

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TOP 25 POLL
1. USC*
2. Ohio State*
3. Washington*
4. Kansas State
5. Clemson
6. Oklahoma
7. Louisville
8. UCLA
9. Houston
10. Wisconsin
11. Alabama
12. Auburn
13. Notre Dame
14. Western Kentucky
15. Pittsburgh
16. Northwestern
17. Texas Tech
18. Tennessee
19. Texas
20. Florida State
21. LSU
22. Oklahoma State
23. Virginia Tech
24. USF
25. Florida Atlantic
*Undefeated

HEISMAN WATCH
Sam Darnold, QB, USC
Stats: 3244 pass yards, 29 TD, 8 INT, 467 rush yards, 8 TD

Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson
Stats: 2807 pass yards, 35 TD, 1 INT, 435 rush yards, 5 TD

Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville
Stats: 2652 pass yards, 28 TD, 7 INT, 798 rush yards, 10 TD

Mike Weber Jr., RB, Ohio State
Stats: 1372 rush yards, 17 TD, 25 rec, 362 yards, 2 TD

Mike White, QB, Western Kentucky
Stats: 2313 pass yards, 21 TD, 6 INT, 763 rush yards, 14 TD

WEEK 15 TOP MATCHUPS
Navy [6-5] at Army [7-4]
#22 Oklahoma State [8-3] at #6 Oklahoma [10-1]
#19 Texas [8-3] at #17 Texas Tech [8-3]

ACC Champ: #7 Louisville [11-1] vs #15 Pittsburgh [9-3]
American Champ: #24 USF [10-2] vs #9 Houston [11-1]
Big Ten Champ: #16 Northwestern [9-3] vs #2 Ohio State [12-0]
C-USA Champ: #25 Florida Atlantic [9-3] vs #14 Western Kentucky [11-1]
MAC Champ: Miami OH [8-4] vs NIU [7-5]
MWC Champ: Air Force [8-4] vs San Diego State [8-4]
Pac-12 Champ: #3 Washington [12-0] vs #1 USC [12-0]
SEC Champ: #18 Tennessee [8-4] vs #12 Auburn [10-2]

[Iron Dragon]

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[DHC]

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Against Navy in the snow, only thing that could have been better is the win! That's a tough one, always hated losing commander-in-chiefs games as a service acamedy!

[Iron Dragon]

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We're back! Unforunately things will be a little condensed to get us to our bowl game since I was into bowl season and I don't really remember where my notes are for what happened in the conference championships etc. But..here we go again!

[Iron Dragon]

Re: The Rise

CFB Recap 2017, End of Regular Season

FINAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TOP 25 POLL
1. Washington
2. Ohio State
3. Louisville
4. Kansas State
5. USC
6. Clemson
7. UCLA
8. Houston
9. Wisconsin
10. Oklahoma
11. Tennessee
12. Alabama
13. Notre Dame
14. Auburn
15. Western Kentucky
16. Texas
17. Alabama
18. Oklahoma State
19. Florida State
20. LSU
21. Virginia Tech
22. Florida International
23. Pittsburgh
24. Duke
25. North Carolina

PLAYOFF MATCHUPS
Rose Bowl Playoff Game: #1 Washington vs #4 Kansas State
Sugar Bowl Playoff Game: #2 Ohio State vs #3 Louisville
Winners play in National Championship (Atlanta, GA)

New Year's Six
Cotton Bowl: #5 USC vs #6 Clemson
Fiesta Bowl: #10 Oklahoma vs #11 Tennessee
Peach Bowl: #7 UCLA vs #8 Houston
Orange Bowl: #9 Wisconsin vs #12 Alabama

HEISMAN WINNER

Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville
2017 Stats: 230-372 pass (61.8%), 2889 pass yards, 32 TD, 6 INT, 173 rush att, 853 rush yards (4.9 avg), 11 TD

AWARD WINNERS
Maxwell: Sam D'Arnold, QB, USC
Walter Camp: Sam D'Arnold, QB, USC
Bednarik: Shaq Wiggins, CB, Louisville
Nagurski: Drew Bailey, DE, Louisville
O'Brien: Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson
Walker: Mike Weber Jr., RB, Ohio State
Biletnikoff: Taveres Martin Jr., WR, Washington State
Mackey: Nick True, TE, Western Kentucky
Outland: Billy Price, G, Ohio State
Rimington: Toa Lobendahn, C, USC
Lombardi: Drew Bailey, DE, Louisville
Best LB: Cameron Smith, LB, USC
Thorpe: Shaq Wiggins, CB, Louisville
Groza: Rodrigo Blankenskip, K, Georgia (Army K James Mason 4th)
Guy: Van Soderberg, P, Washington
Best RET: Isaiah Langley, CB, USC

Army AA's
1st Team All-American: None
2nd Team All-American: DE John Voit
Freshman All-American: SS Rob Roy, K James Mason
1st Team All-Indp.: RB Kell Walker, DE John Voit, MLB Alex Aukerman, CB Marcus Hyatt, K James Mason
2nd Team All-Indp: FB David Poreda III, CB Elijah Riley, FS Jalen Sharp, SS Rob Roy

[Iron Dragon]

Re: The Rise

Welcome Back! Army returns to Military Bowl, will play Toledo

Army West Point (7-5) will return to the Military Bowl for the second consecutive season, this time facing Toledo (6-6). Army defeated Tulsa 27-20 in the 2016 Military Bowl.

Much like last season's matchup of Army and Tulsa - both teams have played Navy. Toledo lost 30-20 on September 13th, and Army lost to Navy 34-14 on December 6th.

Army enters this game on a two-game losing streak, while Toledo started their season 0-4 before finishing 6-2 down the stretch to make their .500 record.

Toledo is led by senior QB Michael Julian who has thrown 18 TD passes this year and has 6 additional rushing TDs on the year. However, he has thrown 18 INTs as well.

[BookWork123]

Re: The Rise (NCAA 14)

Nice to see this back! Good luck vs Toledo!


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[Tearz49ers]

Re: The Rise

Glad to see your face back around bud

[Bigsheen]

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Yesss, there was something that made me think about this dynasty the other day when I browsing around here. Glad to see you back!