Welcome to North City

[Kingpin32]

Game Summary

Well this was a game of firsts. First, this was the first game that was played in perfect weather. Nighttime in New York. This was the first time we wore grey jerseys. We got our first defensive touchdown in this game. See, a lot of firsts.

Well let’s get to the actual game. First quarter was pretty uneventful, each team drove down only to punt the ball away multiple times. We were able to squeeze out a field goal in the first quarter to lead it 3-0 going into the second. Our first time scoring first.

Second quarter came around and we weren’t through scoring. In the first minute, Leigh throws a 20 yard pass to Jeremy Marquardt for a TD. 10-0. Could this be our first shutout too? A few minutes later, FIU throws an INT and Swan takes it to the house. 17-0 and our first defensive touchdown. The home crowd liked how this was going. The shutout would end though, as FIU was able to march down and thanks to a 2 yard run by Medlock. But at halftime it is 17-7 so we’re still feeling good.





Third quarter was ruled by INTs and punts, but we were able to score on a screen pass for 25 yards to Rivas. We’re going into the 4^th quarter with a 24-7 lead. Feeling real good now. We would kick a field goal to take a 27-7 lead, but FIU would immediately answer with a 68 yard bomb touchdown pass. 27-14. Would we choke and give up the lead? Well after driving and using some clock, we score the dagger touchdown with an 11 yard run from Rivas which was also our first rushing touchdown. Game. Blouses. We get our first win in school history and our first home win 34-14.



Team Stats

FIU	Stat	NCU
14	Score	34
14	First Downs	19
358	Total Offense	406
20-92-1	Rushes-Yards-TD	21-24-1
25-52-1	Comp-Att-TD	32-54-2
266	Passing Yards	382
5-15 (33%)	3rd Down Conv	2-14 (14%)
0-2 (0%)	4th Down Conv	1-2 (14%)
0-0 (0%)	2 Point Conv	0-0 (0%)
2-1-0 (50%)	Red Zone-TD-FG	8-3-2 (62%)
5	Turnovers	3
1	Fumbles Lost	0
4	Intercepted	3
16	PR Yards	26
170	KR Yards	90
544	Total Yards	522
7-36.1	Punts-Average	7-39.9
5-45	Penalties-Yards	3-20
14:31	T.O.P.	21:29

Player Stats

Passing:
L. Gatewood: 32-54 382 yards 2 TD 3 INT 59%

Rushing:
T. Rivas: 14 att 50 yards 1 TD

Receiving
J. Marquardt: 7 rec 90 yds 1 TD
D. Barnes: 7 rec 85 yds
R. Felder 5 rec 63 yds
G. Larkin: 4 rec 43 yds
H. Blanco: 3 rec 33 yds
B. Ferwerda: 2 rec 17 yds
T. Rivas: 2 rec 40 yds 1 TD
A. Greene: 1 rec 6 yds
O. Rosario: 1 rec 5 yds

Defensive Standouts
C. Cook: 13 tackles
A. Kent: 11 tackles
D. Tatum: 9 tackles
D. Hudson: 5 tackles 2 INTs
M. Harvey: 5 tackles 1 INT
D. Swan: 2 tackles 1 INT 1 TD

[Kingpin32]

Sportscenter Update

The first major upset of season occurred this week, as #3 loses to 24-31 thanks to a last second touchdown.
beats a #13 ranked in a barn burner. 48-41


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Tracking the Alma Matter (2-0)

[dukebloo22]

Diggin' the blue field.

[SmoothPancakes]

Oh come on. I wanted you to get a win, and I was waiting for that first win, but did it HAVE to be against FIU? I just left FIU for Tulsa, they're still dear to my heart.

Great win though, finally in the win column! That was a huge and much needed win heading to Michigan next. Hopefully this starts a trend for you guys and the Stars can load up on wins as the season progresses.

[Kingpin32]

Oh come on. I wanted you to get a win, and I was waiting for that first win, but did it HAVE to be against FIU? I just left FIU for Tulsa, they're still dear to my heart.

Great win though, finally in the win column! That was a huge and much needed win heading to Michigan next. Hopefully this starts a trend for you guys and the Stars can load up on wins as the season progresses.

Haha I was thinking as the game was ending Smooth isn't gonna like this FIU played great though they just couldn't get any points. And had very untimely INTs.

[SmoothPancakes]

Haha I was thinking as the game was ending Smooth isn't gonna like this FIU played great though they just couldn't get any points. And had very untimely INTs.

That sounds very similar to my first season at FIU on NCAA '12.

[Kingpin32]

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Game Summary

Well here’s the game that was circled on Michigan’s cal… yeah let’s not lie and say Michigan has been looking forward to this match up. We just wanted to see if we could hang with the big boys and get a little money in our pockets. What actually ended up happening, well, we definitely weren’t expecting it.

First quarter. Michigan gets the ball first so we’re thinking let’s get a three and out. Well that didn’t happen. On the second play from scrimmage, Toussaint takes it to the house on a 69-yard run. Ok. It’s our turn. On our first play from scrimmage the ball bounces out the receiver’s hand and into the defense’s hands. Not a good start. Michigan would score with the great field position. Tell of what kind of day it was going to be. Michigan would close out the scoring in the first quarter with another touchdown. 21-0. Now we’re thinking, “let’s just survive”



Second quarter starts and Michigan hasn’t stepped off the gas yet. Dennard would run it in himself with a 15-yard TD run. He ended the game with 100 yards rushing. And Toussaint had over 200 yards. More interceptions are thrown. At this point it’s 28-0. Can we at least get a field goal? Well we do at the end of the quarter so we finally got points on the board. Halftime. 28-3.

Now, let me begin by saying that this was a record setting day for Gatewood. Onto the third quarter. We take the first drive of the half and we score a touchdown. Just trying to survive the game. We’re on national TV, we got to save some kind of face. We stop Michigan. We seemed to do that a lot this quarter. We score again, a 3 yard pass from Gatewood to Felder. Freshman connection. At this point it’s 28-17. Survival mode has now turned into upset mode. We had momentum. We get more stops from the defense, and we score again to end the third quarter. 24-28. We are in this game.



4^th quarter. Surely Michigan has woken up out of their half time slumber right? Well they sort of did. Goliath was doing everything to hold on to their small lead aside from scoring points. And David was doing everything to keep this game close. The ending minutes of the 4^th is what decided the game. Michigan marches down and score what was sure to be the dagger touchdown with only a little over 2 minutes left in the game. Well, the next drive due to a mistimed dive, we score on a big play that took very little off the clock. 35-31. Of course we go for the onside kick. AND WE GOT THE BALL BACK!! Ok relax we’re only in the most historic stadium going against the #5 ranked team in the nation. And we put our fate in the hands of the freshman Gatewood. Well in one minute, we score thanks to 2 big 4^th down conversions. WE ARE WINNING 38-35 with 1:00 left on the clock. Boot the kickoff. Dennard now is leading his team to beat a lowly school out of New York. Well he does everything and gets his team into field goal range. Fuck. 0:05 left. We had 1 TO left, so we use it to ice the kicker. He takes the kick. It’s up but it’s going to the left. Still going to the left. It hits the ground, just left of the crossbar. He missed it. A hush went over the stadium. #5 ranked Michigan just lost.



The game was clearly a tale of 2 halves. And we happened to click in the second half. What a game. Final score 38-35.



Team Stats

NCU		Michigan
38	Score	35
26	First Downs	21
614	Total Offense	455
15 - (-24) - 0	Rushes – Yards - TD	41 – 313 - 3
46 – 70 - 5	Comp – Att - TD	15 - 25 - 2
638	Passing Yards	142
9 - 17 (52%)	3rd Down Conv.	8 - 13 (61%)
3 - 3 (100%)	4th Down Conv.	0 - 0 (0%)
7 – 3 - 1 (57%)	Red Zone – TD - FG	4 – 4 - 0 (100%)
3	Turnovers	0
0	Fumbles Lost	0
3	Intercepted	0
8	PR Yards	0
102	KR Yards	142
2 - 40.5	Punts – Average	4 – 42.8
2 – 15	Penalties – Yards	2 – 10
18:23	T.O.P.	17:37

Player Stats

Passing
L. Gatewood: 46/70 638 65% YDs 5 TD 3 INT

Rushing:
Let’s not get into that

Receiving:
R. Felder: 13 REC 164 YDS 1 TD
G. Larkin: 9 REC 163 YDS 1 TD
A. Greene: 6 REC 102 YDS 1 TD
D. Barnes: 5 REC 48 YDS
J. Marquardt: 5 REC 64 YARDS 1 TD
T. Rivas: 3 REC 22 YDS 1 TD
M. Williams: 2 REC 30 YARDS
D. McRae: 2 REC 39
H. Blanco: 1 REC 6 yards

Defensive Standouts
C. Cook: 16 tackles 3 sacks
A. Kent: 12 tackles 1 sack
D. Hudson: 8 tackles

[JeffHCross]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!




(PS Michigan was #5 when they played some team from Boone, NC)

[Kingpin32]

Sportscenter Update

#2 struggles, but escapes with a win against 30-24
#1 goes down to unranked in the last seconds 29-31
#22 loses to #11 17-20
#8 stumbles against #6 27-38

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Tracking the Alma Mater (3-0)

[Kingpin32]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!


(PS Michigan was #5 when they played some team from Boone, NC)

When they missed the field goal at the end of the game, I played "Jump Around" . #5 is not a lucky number for them.

[lildude39]

WOOHOO!! Congrats on the win! A lot of rioting going on in downtown North City for sure!!

[SmoothPancakes]

Holy crap. Beautiful win man! What a hell of a way to set the tone for the rest of the season, knocking off the #5 team in the nation. Keep it going!

[lildude39]

Rushing:
Let’s not get into that

Lol

[Kingpin32]

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Team Stats

UCONN		NCU
28	Score	47
22	First Downs	20
398	Total Offense	464
37 – 161 – 3	Rushes – Yards – TD	17 – 7 – 2
16 – 37 – 1	Comp – Att – TD	39 – 61 – 2
237	Passing Yards	457
3 – 12 (25%)	3rd Down Conv.	6 – 15 (40%)
2 – 3 (66%)	4th Down Conv.	1 – 1 (100%)
0 – 0 (0%)	2-Point Conv.	0 – 0 (0%)
5 – 4 – 0 (80%)	Red Zone – TD – FG	7 – 2 – 4 (85%)
6	Turnovers	3
1	Fumbles Lost	0
5	Intercepted	3
8	PR Yards	26
269	KR Yards	128
675	Total Yards	618
4 – 41.3	Punts – Average	2 – 42.0
2 – 5	Penalties – Yards	1 -1
19:53	T.O.P.	19:09

Players of the Game

Uconn: D. Shoemate 24 Car, 159 Yds, 2 TDs
NCU: L. Gatewood: 39/61, 457 Yds 2 TDs

[Kingpin32]

• No #1 is safe. gets dropped by unranked 40-31.
  
• #2 loses a close one to #18 31-27.
  
• #6 can't escape upset bid. They lose 14-13.
  
• #5 beats #10 34-21.

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[lildude39]

Way to throttle unconn! Is it just me or are you getting a bunch of crazy upsets? Its kinda ridiculous.

[Kingpin32]

Way to throttle unconn! Is it just me or are you getting a bunch of crazy upsets? Its kinda ridiculous.

Crazy amount. There seems to be a big upset every week.

[lildude39]

Just reading my last post kinds made me sound kinda shrewd haha. Ive been getting crazy upsets weekly also. Didn't mean to make it sound like just your season was ridiculous haha.

[Kingpin32]

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Game Story:

Humbled. Disappointed. These are the type of words that went through coach Mason’s head after the loss to Vanderbilt University. “We got brought back to reality today. Nothing more” Coach Mason said. What is North City’s reality? An over-achieving set of kids for the time being. After riding high off a win against then #5 ranked Michigan, and beating rival UConn for the first time, the Stars got haded a devastating loss to Vandy, 33-9. 5 INTs told the story of the game, as the Stars just couldn’t find a rhythm.

Major Stats:


Total Rushing yards: 305
6-12 (50%) on 3rd Down
2 INTs


Passing Yards: 328
Touchdowns: 0
26% on 3rd Down
5 INTS

[Kingpin32]

#3 chokes against unranked ​21-38

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• #11 defeats #6 31-17
  
• #9 loses to unranked 38-17
  
• #18 falters to #16 25-41

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