2011 Team Pages

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2016


Season Overview:
Big East Champs
MNC appearance (28-0 SA simmed)
Final Rank: 1

Awards:

HB Eric Mason - 2nd team AA, 1st team Big East
HB Cory Sanders - 2nd team Big East
WR Rick Goodwin - 1st team Big East
TE Marcus Rankin - 1st team Big East

G Norris Simmons - 1st team Big East

DE John Charles - 2nd team Big East
DE Jacob Cronin - 1st team AA, 1st team Big East
DT Tim Taylor - 1st team AA, 1st team Big East

OLB Myron Denman - 1st team Big East

CB William West - 1st team AA, FR AA

SS Rasheed Beverly - 1st team AA, 1st team Big East
FS Andrew Fowler - 2nd team AA, 1st team Big East

K Rashad Felder - 1st team Big East


Recruiting Class
WR Eddie Morris 80
DE Cory Mason 81
C Bryan Wiley (77 T)
MLB Sean Charles 81
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CB Ben Meade (FS 76)
DE Willie Brewer (73)
G Chad Jackson 75
HB Maurice Alston (JC JR 78)
HB Jon Young (JC SO 67)
WR Curtis Montgomery (JC JR 80)
T Kevin Maddox 64
C Jared Wilson 63
DE Jason Martinez (JC JR 74)
OLB Edward Phillips 75
MLB Curtis Coleman 71
OLB Toby Beard 68
OLB Brandon Perry 64
CB Paul Reed (SS JC JR 71)

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Coach: Gameface
Pac 10 Champs: 2011, 2015, 2016

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Post Season Honors:

Calvin Ross (RS-Jr)
1st Team All-American
1st Team All-Pac-10
230 Rushes, 1848 Yards, 29 TD's
22 Rec, 247 Yards/ 18 KOR's, 436 Yartds, 1 TD
Doak Walker Award

Adrian Hudson (Fr)
Freshman All-American
1st Team All-Pac-10
22 Tackles, 9 Sacks

Derrick Rivera (RS-So)
2nd Team All-Pac-10
49 Rec, 1028 Yards 8 TD

Joel Roberts (Sr)
2nd Team All-Pac-10
18 Tackles, 5 Ints

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2016


Preseason Overview


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Quarterback--
The QB situation has finally settled down at SA. Brad Blanco, who threw for just under 3000 yards and 20+ TD's last season, was able to distinguish himself last season, despite being benched two times. Richard Daniels being lost for the season may have saved him as Daniels was 18/20 with 3 TD passes in his limited time as a true Freshman before a broken collarbone sidelined him for the year. But this off-season, Blanco emerged as a leader in the film room, weight room, and on the track and is clearly the top guy. Look for Kyle Hart to again give a change of pace with his running, while Daniels is the backup. 4-star recruit Deon Brown and prize recruit John Colbert from two seasons ago will both red shirt.

Running back--
At a school where Kevin Parrish and Ben Washington were All-Americans just seasons ago, Calvin Ross is clearly among the elite backs in the nation. After rushing for 1800+ yards and 29 TD's, he has favorably been compared to former Florida Gator Emmit Smith. The 2015 Doak Walker winner will be joined by freshly red-shirted Matt Hardy and Senior Dennis Stallings, both of whom have home-run hitter speed. 246 lb JR Brandon Ward and his 10 TD's a season ago will red-shirt.

Receivers--
Maurice Fox was the lone departing SA receiver from last years corp, and though his presence will be missed, his shoes are going to be easily filled. Returning are Quinten Pitts, the 6'5" Impact Receiver, and 1,000 play-maker Derick Rivera. They expected to be joined by Cory Bonds and Larry Crowder, but both will Red-Shirt after leaving the team for a season (Crowder to pursue pro baseball, Bonds due to academic issues). RS-Soph Paul Moore will handle the 3rd receiver duties, with Freshman Josh White likely to see lots of action this season. Coaches have promised that TE Keith Reese will be a much bigger part of the offense this year as well.

Offensive Line--
For the third straight year, SA will start a Freshman on the o-line. Brian Sampson, the 4* out of CA, will start at the all important LT spot. 2-year starters Luke McDonald and Matt Smith will be at the Guard spots. 0RS-Soph Lance Mason will play Center while true Soph Josh Seymour plays the RT. Four of the 5 starters hve played every snap since the first of their Freshman year.

Defensive Line--
Freshman All-American Adrian Hudson will return to the LE spot. With Senior Joe Peterson dropping down to the DT, former 5* Cedric Prince moved from the MLB to the end opposite Hudson where his size, speed, and footwork will make him a force. In the middle, true Soph Joey Pina will start again next to Peterson while star recruit Josh Johnson takes his red shirt.

Linebackers--
Leader of the defense Charlie Carter will be flanked by youth and speed. Outside backers Zach Wiley and Brendan Murphy will bring athleticism, even if not experience. Look for both of them to rack up sacks in Coach Gamefaces 4-3'Shogun' scheme.

Corners--
Nick McDowell and Johnny Whitworth are both a year older, and have gotten some help. Soph John Wynn moves over from the FS to be the third corner, moving one-time starter Sr Courtney Clark to the 4th corner.

Safeties--
The loss of ball-hawking Joel Roberts is a tough void to fill. But, the emergence of 3* FS Nathan Burke, the Freshman out of Canada, has been such a pleasant surprise in spring ball that coaches were willing to let John Wynn move to corner to shore up that position while Burke starts grooming to take over the FS position. Dan Ramsey, the RS Jr, will start this season while Burke red shirts, then will move to SS next year when hard-hitting Joey Whittaker graduates to make room for Burke. Coaches are already saying Burke could be the best at that position since current pros Chad Key and Pierre Hand.

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Hunter Hills, CO (AP)--

The Rochester Raiders arrived from Louisiana in three fully outfitted private jets. Spent the night at the Ritz-Carlton of Denver, and were shuttled to the game in a fleet of Italian sports cars. Each player had a personal assistant with them (and for the last time, THEY WEREN'T AGENTS!!) armed with Blackberry's, center-fold models, and suitcases full of hundred-dollar bills. But, as was Coach Gameface's plan, they spent Friday night enjoying the Denver night-life and were a little sluggish at kickoff. The result, a 28-14 SA upset, their third straight year knocking off the #2 ranked team in the nation.

The game started with defense. SA picked off Roc on their opening drive, Roc in turned forced a punt. When SA was finally able to score--an 8 yard run by Matt Hardy the key play--Roc answered quickly with a 80 yard bomb to Sr Eric Jackson. Jackson had 2 catches for 120 yards. The first quarter ended 7-7.

The second quarter saw SA controlling the tempo. Clint Ross was in his typical All-American form. After returning from an injury in the second quarter, he took a hand off to the right side and raced untouched 51 yards to put SA up 14-7. "Brad (Blanco) and I made a sight adjust at the line," said Ross at the press conference. He ended with 149 yards rushing on 21 carries. "...nobody knew but us--at the snap, the Roc defenders read their keys and flowed left while Brad and I went right. Then it was a sprint, and they aren't catching me from behind."

In the second half, the SA offense played keep-away. SA gave Roc only two possessions and no points, while riding Ross to the finish line. A key series was SA stopping Roc inside the ten, then Ross carrying on 10 of 12 plays to put SA up two scores. Soph John Wynn picked off a pass at the ned to clinch the victory.

"This is a great win for these Seniors," said Coach Gameface from the podium, "they were 0-3 against Rochester in the four year home-and-home series, and wanted this one badly. Coach DaKlown has a young and great team that is only going to get better and better. We are lucky to have defended home field. Next up, we have to get ready for a Reno team that stole something from us. This is a payback game. Our Seniors are going to have to step up and keep our guys focused because we've had this date circled for 51 weeks."

The SA-Reno game will be broadcast live next week at 7PM on the Ocho.

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Denver, Colorado (AP)--

The Stryder Academy defended homefield Saturday with a 40-18 victory over Pac-10 rival Oklahoma City at The Guild. SA, now 9-1, won the game without the services of Heisman hopeful Matt Hardy with aggressive and opportunistic pass defense, big plays from Derrick Rivera, and steady running by the "The 500lb Backfield" committee + Justin Richardson. The win puts SA i n the drivers seat for the Pac-10 title for the 3rd straight season, and a 4th consecutive BCS Bowl Game.

SA started the game the way it would finish--with defense. All-World DE Cedric Prince crashed through on OkC's first posession giving SA the ball at OkC's 12. After holding SA to 3, OkC responded with a 3 of their own evening things. On the ensuing drive, OkC, who had been holding SA's running game in check, gave up the first big play of the game--a 69 yard scamper by Brandon Jenkins--10-3 SA. On the next play from scrimmage, Prince struck again causing an erant pass that was picked off and taken to the house from 17 out by Dan Ramsey--17-3 SA.

OkC attacked, and was able to move into the red-zone, but settled for a 2nd field goal. On the next drive, SA struck through the air--Larry Crowder catching the pass from 31 yards out on the deep post putting SA up 24-3. Trying to get points before half, Cutler Stevenson (who threw 4 int's on the day) airmailed a pass that was picked off, setting SA up for the field goal and a 27-6 half-time lead.

In the second half, Sr QB Brad Blanco of SA fired a laser to Rivera who broke outside and used his 4.3 flat speed to outrun the OkC defenders from 70 yards away and put SA up 34-6. Stevenson, the Pac-10's most efficient passer coming into the day, settled in and threw for over 300 yards and ended the day with two Sunday afternoon caliber TD passes, but the SA pass rush early on was the insurmountable difference.

"That is rivalry football," said Coach Gameface from the post game podium, "Our Seniors did not want to lose to those guys on our field. They went out and played as well as we've played all year on D, and our backs stepped up and gave us 24 carries for 186 yards and 2 TD's without Matt--included in that a couple of explosive plays that we usually depend on him for. Brandon may run a 4.6 on the track, but on the field he looked pretty fast running that one in from 69 yards out. Total team effort--I'm proud of these guys."

SA has a week off before playing against North Carolina. They will need a Virginia State loss to SHSU to have any chance of seeing the MNC title game.

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2013


PAC 10 CHAMPIONS
2013 - 2014

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School Records

Rushing yards(Career) - Carter Stevenson 2010-2013 - 4331
Rushing TD(Career) - Carter Stevenson 2010-2013 - 60
Passing TD(Career) - Rod Simpson 2013-2016 - 117
Passing TD(Season) - Rod Simpson 2015- 37
Passing yards(Career) - Rod Simpson 2013-2016 - 13186
Passing yards(Season) - David Tucker 2013 - 4401
Receiving yards(Career) - Roderick Kitch 2011-2015 - 5039
Receiving yards(Season) - Roderick Kitch 2015 - 2581
Receiving TD(Career) - Roderick Kitch 2011-2015 - 38
Receiving TD(Season) - Roderick Kitch 2015 - 22
Sacks(Career) - Greg Powell 2011-2015 - 32

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Awards

Fred Biletnikoff Award
Roderick Kitch - WR - 2015

Ray Guy Award
Dave Fields - P - 2013

All-Americans
Rondell Rice - DE - 2010*
Greg Powell - DE/DT - 2013, 2014*, 2015
Mike Terrell - MLB - 2013
Dave Fields - P - 2013
Carter Stevenson - HB - 2013*
Jeremy Rollins - CB - 2013*
Colby Johnston - DT - 2014
Alvin Monk - MLB - 2014
Roderick Kitch - WR - 2015
Robbie Slaughter - CB - 2015
Ron Shaw - DE - 2015*
Jonathan Thomas - K - 2015*
Jeremy Moore - DT - 2016
Matt Petty - CB - 2016*

Freshman All-Americans
Carter Stevenson - HB - 2010
Roderick Kitch - WR - 2011
Johnnie Prince - FS - 2013
Nick Brooks - DE - 2015
Jonathan Thomas - K - 2015

All-Conference
Rondell Rice - DE - 2010
Carter Stevenon - HB - 2010, 2011, 2013
Andy Tillman - DT - 2010
Roderick Kitch - WR - 2011, 2015
Kevin Howard - DT - 2011
Dave Fields - P - 2012, 2013
David Tucker - QB - 2012*
Jason Perkins - DE - 2012*
John Tidwell - DT - 2012*
Jammal Blair - OLB - 2012*, 2013
Deangelo Savage - CB - 2012*
Greg Powell - DE - 2013, 2014, 2015
Colby Johnston - DT - 2013, 2014
Mike Terrell - MLB - 2013
Jeremy Rollins - CB - 2013, 2014, 2015*
Johnnie Prince - FS - 2013, 2015
Dan Miller - WR - 2013*
Brandon Conley - SS - 2013*, 2014, 2015*
Alvin Monk - MLB - 2014
Jonathan Horton - OLB - 2014, 2016
Rod Simpson - QB - 2014*, 2015
Graham Goins - HB - 2014*, 2016*
Chris Curtis - WR - 2014*
Adam Lowery - C - 2014*, 2015*
Randy Patton - DE - 2014*
Franklin Morris - CB - 2014*
Cliff Robinson - K - 2014*
Ron Shaw - DE - 2015
Robbie Slaughter - CB - 2015
Jonathan Thomas - K - 2015, 2016
Terrance Jackson - CB/RET - 2015
Curtis Dahl - OLB - 2015*
John Morrison - CB - 2015*
Jeremy Moore - DT - 2016
Matt Petty - CB - 2016
Jordan Tidwell - MLB - 2016
Kenny Hutchinson - WR - 2016
Matt Pierce - SS - 2016*
Thomas Murray - TE - 2016*
Nick Brooks - DE - 2016*

Coach of the Year
Coach Hoser - 2013

*2nd Team

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The Keg.com


Not much in the way of awards, conference championships or national titles...but the beer is always cold!!!!

Coach Qwigly took on the job of building a program from scratch in 2010 and is the only coach the program has ever known.

Career Stats (thru 2017):

Record: 65-38
Winning Seaons: 6
Longest Win Streak: 7 games
vs Top 25: 27-16
Bowl Record: 4-3
Conference Titles: 0
National Championships: 0

Players of Note:

2013 Season
Robert Goff (HB): Career leader in rushing TDs - 44

2016 Season
Michael Gray (QB): Career TDs-67, Season TDs-43, Season Pass Yards-4901(3rd in NCAA)
G. Pierre (WR): Season Rec Yards-1601
J. Powell (WR): Season Receptions-92

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2010 Brew U:

Post season honors:

HB Robert Goff - Freshman All-American team, 2nd team All Big 10, 2 time Big 10 Offensive Player of the Week, and voted team MVP
CB Geoff Nicholas - 1st Team All Big 10
DT Andre Townes - 2nd Tea All Big 10


Bowl Game:
Brew U over Texas (texas bowl)

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2011 Brew U:

Bowl Game:
Gator Bowl: Brew U 28, Florida 52

Brew U finishes 6-7

No Post season honors

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2012 Brew U:

Finished season ranked 19th

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2014 Brew U:

Finished 5-7, first non-bowl season

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2015 Season:

Record: 7-6
Bowl: Texas Bowl - 24-11 over Baylor (6-7)

PLAYER AWARDS:

Freshman AA:
>CB William Hines

All Big 10:
>CB William Hines, 2nd team
>MLB Kyle Johnson, 2nd team

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2016 Season:

Record: 10-3(7-1), Big 10 Runner up, Ranked #22

Bowl: Capitol One Bowl - 56-10 over Florida (9-4)

PLAYER AWARDS:

All Big 10:

QB M Gray, 1st Team
WR J Powell, 1st Team
LE A Carter, 1st Team
DT M Kirby, 1st Team
WR G Pierre, 2nd Team
RE J Bryant, 2nd Team
K R Samuel, 2nd Team

Other:

QB M Gray(SR) - Pass Yards (4901), TDs (43) Maxwell Award - 8th place, O'Brien Award - Runner up, B10 Off Player of the Week x 2
WR J Powell(SO) - Biletnikof 4th place
K R Samuel(JR) - Groza 6th place
FS J Washington - Big 10 Defensive Player of the Week x 1

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2017 Season:

Record: 10-3(6-2), Ranked #13

Bowl: Gator Bowl - 38-13 over Tennessee (6-7)

PLAYER AWARDS:

All American:
>DT Michael Kirby, 1st Team

All Big 10:
>DT Michael Kirby, 1st Team
>HB Andy Miller, 2nd Team
>P Travis Fuller, 2nd Team