12: Season 2 Week 5

[gschwendt]

No UvU games this week. Deadline is 10/5 at noon.


Welcome to Week 5!
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=============== Arkansas State Red Wolves (2-1) ===============
Last week, Arkansas State won 42-21 against Memphis (1-2).
This week, the Red Wolves travel to Ruston to face the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (1-2).

=============== Hawai'i Warriors (2-1) ===============
Last week, Hawai'i won 52-14 against Western Kentucky (0-3).
This week, the Warriors are idle.

=============== San Jose State Spartans (0-2) ===============
Last week, San Jose State lost 51-14 against Stanford (2-1).
This week, the Spartans will host San Diego State (3-0).

=============== North Texas Mean Green (0-2) ===============
Last week the Mean Green were idle.
This week, the Mean Green will host Rice (0-2).
In recruiting news, the following North Texas targets have announced their decisions:
- (**) P Jared Coleman has committed to Arkansas

=============== UL Monroe Warhawks (1-2) ===============
Last week, UL Monroe lost 45-8 against LSU (3-0).
This week, the Warhawks are idle.

=============== #19 Miami University RedHawks (2-0) ===============
Last week the RedHawks were idle.
This week, the RedHawks will host Missouri (2-0).

=============== UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (1-2) ===============
Last week, UL Lafayette lost 28-0 against Tulane (2-0).
This week, the Ragin' Cajuns are idle.

=============== Army Black Knights (0-2) ===============
Last week, Army lost 47-14 against Ball State (1-2).
This week, the Black Knights are idle.

=============== Temple Owls (2-1) ===============
Last week, Temple won 62-14 against Rice (0-2).
This week, the Owls will host Tulane (2-0).

=============== FIU Golden Panthers (1-1) ===============
Last week, FIU lost 47-38 against Georgia (3-0).
This week, the Golden Panthers will host Louisville (0-3).

[gschwendt]

Arkansas State wins in dramatic fashion against Louisiana Tech, narrowly winning 34-32. QB Ryan Aplin went down with a torn pectoral muscle just before halftime when the Red Wolves down 20-7. True Freshman QB Chad Jackson helped mount a comeback which eventually allowed Kicker Brian Davis to kick the game winning field goal as time ran out. Jackson had a admirable day completing 12/19 passes for 159 yards with 2 touchdowns in one half of play. HB Jacob Alexander relieved some of the burden from Jackson by carrying the ball 20 times for 112 yards; HB SirGregory Thornton added 47 yards on 10 carries and a touchdown. Jackson's favorite target on the day, WR Taylor Stockemer, hauled in 9 balls for 108 yards.

After the game, Head Coach Hugh Freeze had this to say:
"I think the second half taught us two things. 1) We've got guys up & down our depth chart that are looking to perform and prove themselves; I think they did that today and 2) we've been too one-dimensional on offense; as we saw today, Ryan [Aplin] doesn't have to throw the ball 60 times a game in order for us to win. We've got to ensure that whether first team or second team offense is out there, we've got to have a more a balanced gameplan. We've got two weeks to prepare for Monroe so that should give us enough time to find that balance and also give us some time to let some of our banged up players recover."

With the win, Arkansas State advanced to 3-1 in non-conference play and start their conference slate in two weeks against Louisiana Monroe. QB Ryan Aplin is currently listed as day-to-day so it will be interesting to see if he'll be ready to go in two weeks.

[DariusLock]

FIU ROLLS! It was a tight game early on the teams each scored a TD in the first two quarters of the game. The difference at halftime was a missed extra point by FIU, with the score 14-13 Louisville. Jake Medlock threw a pick and fumbled in the redzone in the first half, he settled down and came out on fire the second half only having two incompletions. FIU scored 28 points in the second half while holding Louisville to three in the 3rd quarter. FIU finally got the running game off the ground as Darrian Mallary gains 112 yards on 26 carries (4.8 ypc). James Harden came in once the DLine was worn down from Mallary and was gashing them he had 10 carries for 86 yards and 1 TD.

Jake Medlock the Sophomore QB earns Player of the Game honors for the 3rd straight game. He went 17/23 for 325 yards 5 TDS and 1 INT(Hakeem Smith), blocking still has to get better as he was sacked 3 times.


Total Yards: Louisville - 294 FIU - 515

Offensive play caller Lefty Hooks on his O:

"We came out today and put up a chunk of yards on a good team from a BCS conference. We felt like we gave the game away to Georgia and we wanted to come out this week and make a statement, I think we did that. Everyone had us notched as being Louisvilles first win of the season, they're good but we don't feel sorry for them. Going 0-4 is going to be a tough thing for that team going forward, on the other hand this is a temendous shot to our program here at FIU. We are building each week and now we are about to enter Sun Belt play and go after a conference championship."

[psusnoop]

I will be playing tonight I think and it is a huge matchup against San Diego State. Sitting at 0-2 right now you could almost say I'm sitting in a must win situation.

[JBHuskers]

QB Ryan Aplin went down with a torn pectoral muscle just before halftime when the Red Wolves down 20-7.

He shouldn't have been flexing so hard.

[BsktbllJk]

UL is done

[gigemaggs99]

Hawai'i finished our recruiting and practice, ready to advance.

http://www.sportsgooru.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/50189_Nevada_Hawaii_Football.jpg

[JBHuskers]

Hawai'i finished our recruiting and practice, ready to advance.

http://www.sportsgooru.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/50189_Nevada_Hawaii_Football.jpg

Is that all you finished? :D

[HairyDawg]

Miami wins & is ready to advance.

[gigemaggs99]

Is that all you finished? :D

Well I can't give away all our "secrets"

[psusnoop]

Will have my game done around 1030pm tonight.

[psusnoop]

Man what a terrible game, got down quick and never could make the game competitive.

38-14:smh:

[JBHuskers]

I'll get my recruiting done tonight before I hit the hay. Got a user game at 11:30 in the other PS3 OD.

[gschwendt]

I show Dawg & ryby remain. Dawg's game is played and messaged me to say he's ready, I just assume he just has recruiting time remaining. ryby has a game versus Tulane this week and it shows the game hasn't been played. Deadline is tomorrow at noon.

[DariusLock]

Hopefully he sticks with us, wasn't he the one saying he doesn't even feel like playing the game the way it is? Come on Ryby hang in there!

EDIT: That was more gigem :) my bad.

[gigemaggs99]

Hopefully he sticks with us, wasn't he the one saying he doesn't even feel like playing the game the way it is? Come on Ryby hang in there!

EDIT: That was more gigem :) my bad.

I'm hear, praying for the update/patch. I'd really like to play vs the CPU.

I have Madden but have no favorite team. I find myself just going onto the practice field and going through playbooks. In NCAA I have favorites teams and enjoy doing offline dynasties. Just annoys me with the CPU no-huddle issue. I REALLY hope it gets turned around if/when the update/patch comes out.

[DariusLock]

I haven't played many no huddle teams lately...also helps in my OD's I'm OC. My offline with Baylor hasn't been bad though.

[ryby6969]

Sorry, work, school, and coaching is killing my time still. I will try to keep up better. It also does not help that I really do not enjoy playing the game as much as I used to.

[gschwendt]

Sorry, work, school, and coaching is killing my time still. I will try to keep up better. It also does not help that I really do not enjoy playing the game as much as I used to.Not a problem. Is there a particular aspect that you enjoy more about Madden than NCAA? Obviously understand the frustration with this year's release but just wondering if it's something more than that or not.

[ryby6969]

It just plays smoother and more fluid to me. I also think DPP has added a much needed element to football games in general. It really is a shame considering I enjoy CFB much more than the NFL. It really does feel like I am actually playing with different players in Madden compared to NCAA.