2021 Week 10

[kwilliam]

is up. We will advance again Tuesday night at 10 pm CST or sooner if everyone is ready.
Key game is #1 Middle Tenn St @ #4 South Carolina. Old Dominion cracks the top 10 this week coming in at #9.

[kwilliam]

North Texas gets its second shutdown of the season 28-0 over Iowa State. Iowa State came all the way to the 2 on their opening drive, but the defense came up huge. North Texas's running game played well with Bass getting over 100 yards on 10 carries and Prince getting 70. The bad news is star senior WR Pettit could be done for year/career as he is out 9 weeks. The team is short on star WRs, but the team went to more 2TE looks and got the running game going. Seemed like after the injury, qb Morton was more off than usual throwing 2 picks.

Coach called off the passing attack late in the 3rd, and let the subs in the 4th or this could have been worse. Iowa State could only get 77 yards passing for the entire game, with 50 yards coming on 2 plays. North Texas will still need to find ways to stop the opposing hbs from having great games on them.

[thesportsguru11]

That was ugly.

So to start, we get into a 14-7 hole after 1 quarter. First play of the second, we lose our star QB, Jim Gardner, for 4 weeks with some sort of sprain. Our backup by the name of Isaac Scott comes in, and nearly throws the game away with 4 interceptions. On top of that, our star tailback fumbled on the 1 at one point.

We get tied at 21, and Temple has the ball and is driving with 2 minutes left. Andrew Jude, our nickel corner, makes an incredible diving INT, allowing Scott to march us downfield and let Joe Cannon punch in the winning score. Trey Olson sealed it with a 4th down pick with no time left.

[MWit28725]

In a game that was MUCH closer than the final score indicated, Buffalo was able to unleash their passing game to secure the 41-21 win over their conference rival Western Michigan.

The battle between 6-1 MAC teams got off to a bad start for Buffalo as Western Michigan and HB James Beard had their way with the Bull defense en route to an easy TD. Beard had 50 yards on 5 carries on that drive. On the ensuing possession, freshman QB DJ Cook threw an interception on his very 1st pass of the game that was returned to the 1 yard line. 3 plays later, the Broncos were up 14-0. Buffalo was able to string together a long drive of their own; however, they were stalled inside the 5 and opted to kick the short FG.

After forcing a punt, Buffalo was able to cap off their ensuing drive with a 3 yard TD to freshman WR Adam Russell to cut the lead to 14-10. WMU answered back with a TD of their own to extend it back to 21-10 with 1:54 to go in the half.

Knowing they would get the ball back after halftime, the Bulls still needed to try and put some points on the board before the half to try and cut it to one score. Freshman HB Corey Neal was able to punch in a 1 yard score with only 17 seconds left to do just that and go into the locker rooms with the score 21-17 Western Michigan lead.

The Bulls offense has been paced primarily by the running game this season, but the Bronco defense completely took it away from them in this game and forced DJ Cook to put the ball in the air, which is something he has struggled with at times this season. He had the early gaffe in the game throwing the pick, but would he be able to effectively lead the Bulls to victory in the 2nd half?

Buffalo opened the quarter with a long, methodical drive that ate up over 5 minutes of clock, before Cook found Russell for a 4 yard score, their 2nd TD connection on the day, giving the Bulls their 1st lead of the day at 24-21.

Knowing the potency that the Bronco attack could have, it was important for the Buffalo D to answer with a stop. They were able to do just that and give their offense a chance to make it a two possession game. The Bulls moved the ball well yet again, but faltered in the red zone for the 2nd time on the day and were forced to kick a 27 yard FG, extending their lead to only 6.

Then, big play freshman CB Michael Armstrong answered the call.

On the Broncos first play from scrimmage following the FG, Armstrong stepped in front of a screen pass and took it 24 yards to the house for the momentum changing play of the game! That gave Buffalo a 34-21 lead with 6:50 remaining.

Armstrong wasn't done though. On the following Bronco drive, on 3rd and long, WMU tested armstrong again, but he swatted it to the ground to give the ball back to the Buffalo offense. The Bulls tacked on another TD to make it 41-21. Armstrong deflected 3 more passes over the last drive for WMU and the D forced a turnover on downs to effectively end the game.

Buffalo RTA.