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morsdraconis
06-29-2010, 12:22 PM
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The History



Unlike it's crosstown rival Holy Cross, which was founded in 1843 and has been playing football since 1891, Saint Augustus was founded in just 2006 and wouldn't begin football operations until 2010. The university was a competitive drive that mayor John Wilcox came up with in 2001 to place another high academic institution in the Worcester area to compete with the Boston mayor's constantly budding metropolis and to give already established Holy Cross another rivalry game since the termination of the Holy War rivalry with Boston College in 1986.

After 2 years of fund raising, culminating in John Wilcox's re-election in 2004 as the Worcester mayor, the groundbreaking ceremony marked the beginning of a new university in the Worcester area. Another 2 years saw the opening of the doors of the university on June 17, 2006.

On July 23rd 2008, 3 years after opening their doors, in a massive change to the FBS college landscape, The University of Saint Augustus and The College of Holy Cross announced that they, together, would be joining the FBS league as Independent members for the 2009-2010 season.

And so starts a legendary rivalry and a Massachusetts dynasty.



School Information
First Season: 2009
Athletic Director: Andrea Paulnescu
Current Head Coach: Maximus O'Connor
Home Stadium: The Hanging Gardens
Stadium Capacity: 27,000
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Conference: Independent (2009-2012, 2015)
Big East (2013)
All Time Record: 48-0-16 (0.746%) (47-0-16)*
Post Season Bowl Record: 3-1*
Conference Titles: 1 (2013)*
National Championships: 2 (2012; 2013)*
Consensus All-Americans: 5*
Consensus Freshman All-Americans: 10*
Colors:
Blue, Grey, Tan
Rivals:
Holy Cross Crusaders - The Holy War 2009-Present - 5-0 (1.000%)*
Connecticut Huskies - The Chowder Bowl 2013-Present - 2-0 (1.000%)*
Boston College Eagles - The Snow Bowl 2015-Present - 0-0 (1.000%)*













* - SAU was stripped of all awards and wins for the 2009 to 2013 seasons for severe violations of NCAA rules including loss of institutional control. Because of this, all records marked with an astrix shall be ignored for further record keeping.

School Records


Quarterback Records



Type
Name
Record


Career
Pass Comp
Daniel Kelly (2010-2013)
558


Season
Pass Comp
Chris Sanders (2015)
256


Game
Pass Comp
Chris Sanders (2015 vs Troy)
35


Career
Yards
Daniel Kelly (2010-2013)
8496


Season
Yards
Chris Sanders (2015)
3599


Game
Yards
Chris Sanders (2015 vs Troy)
610


Career
TDs
Daniel Kelly (2010-2013)
70


Season
TDs
Chris Sanders (2015)
38


Game
TDs
Chris Sanders (2015 vs FIU)
7


Career
Comp%
Daniel Kelly (2010-2013)
49.8


Season
Comp%
Pat Bass (2013)
63


Game
Comp%
Daniel Kelly (2011 vs Hawai'i)
76



Receiving Records



Type
Position
Name
Record


Career
Catches
WR
Thomas Moses (2010-2013)
347


Season
Catches
WR
Thomas Moses (2010)
102


Game
Catches
WR
J.J.Perry (2011 vs Idaho)
16


Career
Yards
WR
Thomas Moses (2010-2013)
6049


Season
Yards
WR
Thomas Moses (2012)
1781


Game
Yards
WR
Thomas Moses (2012 vs Vanderbilt)
303


Career
TDs
WR
Thomas Moses (2010-2013)
50


Season
TDs
WR
Thomas Moses (2012)
16


Game
TDs
WR
Thomas Moses (2012 vs Boise State)
4



Rushing Records



Type
Position
Name
Record


Career
Attempts
HB
Tommy Mitchell (2011-2013)
377


Season
Attempts
HB
Carlos Marquardt (2013)
255


Game
Attempts
HB
Tommy Mitchell (2012 vs Boise State)
38


Career
Yards
HB
Tommy Mitchell (2011-2013)
1407


Season
Yards
HB
Carlos Marquardt (2013)
1302


Game
Yards
HB
Brandon Anderson (2011 vs Hawai'i)
194


Career
TDs
HB
Tommy Mitchell (2011-2013)
16


Season
TDs
HB
Carlos Marquardt (2013)
14


Game
TDs
HB
Carlos Marquardt (2013 vs Boise State)
3



Defensive Records



Type
Position
Name
Record


Career
Tackles
LB
Tony Duncan (2010-2013)
337


Season
Tackles
LB
Tony Duncan (2011)
95


Game
Tackles
LB
Michael Morton (2012 vs Clemson)
16


Career
Sacks
DE
Jeremy Bailey (2011-2013)
35


Season
Sacks
DE
Jeremy Bailey (2013)
13


Game
Sacks
DE
Jeremy Bailey (2013 vs Vanderbilt
3


Career
INTs
LB
Tony Duncan (2010-2013)
15


Season
INTs
CB
Terrence Quail (2011)
5


Game
INTs
N/A
Several Tied
2



List of Consensus All-Americans

N/A


Yearly Recaps



Season
Year
Prestige
Record
Rank
Bowl Game
National Champion


1
2015
:1star:
0-0
N/A
N/A
N/A



Goals History

2014-2015 Contract Breakdown
Length: 1 Year
Starting Job Security: 94%
End of Contract Job Security: N/A



Fail Impact
Goal
Progress
Pass Impact



Win 8 games in one season
7
:3greenarrow:

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:3redarrow:
Win 100% of your rivalry games each season
100%
:2greenarrow:


:2redarrow:
Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season
46
:1greenarrow:


:2redarrow:
Win 6 games in one season
:check:
:1greenarrow:


:2redarrow:
Win 25% of your games in one season
87%
:1greenarrow:



Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season
:check:
:1greenarrow:

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:6redarrow:
Win 4 games in one season
:check:




Previous Contracts Goals

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morsdraconis
06-29-2010, 01:35 PM
A Football Legend


After the announcement in the summer of 2008 that Saint Augustus would be joining the FBS as an independent, there was much speculation as to whom they would bring on as their first coach.

There were some reports that College Hall of Fame member Gordon Lockbaum, who played HB for Holy Cross from 1984 to 1988, but Lockbaum quickly snuffed those rumors out saying that he "simply wouldn't coach a team not named Holy Cross".

Also among the names reported to be interested in the Saint Augustus job was legendary coach Johnathan Xavier. Xavier has coached at several different places in his career, including Akron (his last stop, where he was the head coach for 3 seasons), Air Force (RB coach for a season), Navy (where he was the offensive coordinator for 2 seasons), and Georgia Tech (where he was the offensive line coach at the very beginning of his coaching career). While the above may not look like that of a legend, every time he has went to a school, that school has produced quickly, making him a bit of a legendary good luck charm to have on the coaching staff.

It turned out that the rumors of Johnathan Xavier wanting the Saint Augustus job were true as at the beginning of the 2009 college football season, Saint Augustus announced that Xavier would be the new head coach.

Because of the unprecedented allowance of a school to start up and immediately be in the FBS, the NCAA allowed any player on another team, from any subdivision of the college football landscape to transfer to Saint Augustus without losing a year of eligibility and so, the Saint Augustus football program started to take shape.

morsdraconis
06-29-2010, 01:48 PM
Stadium Issues


Part of the fund raising done by Mayor Wilcox to establish the University was to have been for the creation of a new stadium along with half of the cost for the stadium to come from Holy Cross that both Saint Augustus and Holy Cross could use the stadium for their home football games, but issues arose.

Even though the new stadium was going to be massive, holding 50,000+ people, Holy Cross decided that they didn't want to lose their current stadium Fitton Field because of the historical ties they had to it, so Saint Augustus lost over half of the money for their new stadium construction and thus were stuck with a smaller stadium that only held about 20,000 people instead.

And so, The Hanging Gardens was founded in 2008 with the finishing touches on the stadium being completed on February 17th, 2009.

Some speculate that Holy Cross didn't have the money to pay their half of the 150 million dollar bill that the 50,000+ seat stadium would have required, but nothing from their end of the year financial reports on the school indicate that they are in any fiscal trouble.

morsdraconis
06-29-2010, 02:08 PM
2009-2010 Schedule Announced


On April 21st, 2009, Saint Augustus announced their schedule for the 2009-2010 season as an independent member of the FBS.


Date | Team
9/5/2009 | Utah State
9/12/2009 | @ Louisiana Tech
9/19/2009 | @ Wyoming
9/26/2009 | Western Kentucky
10/3/2009 | Air Force
10/10/2009 | @ Rice
10/17/2009 | @ SMU
10/31/2009 | Temple
11/8/2009 | FCS West
11/14/2009 | Troy
11/28/2009 | @ Hawai'i
12/5/2009 | Holy Cross

The administration took whatever schools were willing to schedule them, but especially wanted to extend toward the Western part of the country in hopes to extend their recruiting abilities.

morsdraconis
06-30-2010, 10:08 AM
2009-2010 Season Comes To A Close For Monarchs


As the final whistle blew on the 2009 season for the Monarchs and their new football program, excitement was pretty low. There were questions of whether or not they made the right hiring in getting Johnathan Xavier, who, supposedly, was a miracle worker. There were questions of if they should have even started playing football in the FBS. Some were proponents of them going to the FCS instead where they would have had a better chance of laying the foundation for future success in the FBS.

All of those questions arose because of the terrible start to this Massachusetts dynasty.

It would be week 4 before Saint Augustus would garner their first win in the history of their program after an embarrassing blow out at the hands of Utah State followed by a close battle against Louisiana Tech and a shootout against Wyoming. They would then falter four more times before securing their second win in school history against FCS West. That would be followed by two more close games, a 14-7 loss to Troy and a 49-42 loss at Hawai'i (this game was an embarrassment as Saint Augustus went from being up 35-14 toward the end of the 2nd quarter to losing the game in the 3rd quarter 42-35 and ultimately throwing 7 total interceptions). The season would end on a high note as Saint Augustus defeated rival Holy Cross 12-9 in the rivalry game that has been called The Holy War, giving Saint Augustus the first win in the series.


Season Record: 3-9
Coach's Poll: Unranked
USA Today Poll: Unranked
BCS Poll: Unranked
Awards Won: None

Wk 1 | Utah State | L 28-47
Wk 2 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 17-30
Wk 3 | @ Wyoming | L 35-42
Wk 4 | Western Kentucky | W 38-25
Wk 5 | Air Force | L 7-37
Wk 6 | @ Rice | L 17-54
Wk 7 | @ SMU | L 16-22
Wk 8 | Bye | Bye
Wk 9 | Temple | L 6-27
Wk 10 | FCS West | W 22-14
WK 11 | Troy | L 7-14
Wk 12 | Bye | Bye
Wk 13 | @ Hawai'i | L 42-49
Wk 14 | Holy Cross | W 12-9

morsdraconis
06-30-2010, 10:23 AM
2010-2011 Season Schedule Announced

8/26/2010 | Western Kentucky
9/4/2010 | @ Eastern Michigan
9/11/2010 | Hawai'i
9/18/2010 | UL Monroe
9/25/2010 | Air Force
10/16/2010 | FCS East
10/23/2010 | Troy
10/30/2010 | @ Syracuse
11/6/2010 | FCS Northwest
11/13/2010 | FCS West
11/20/2010 | @ San Diego State
11/27/2010 | @ Holy Cross


Once again, the administration had to scramble to be able to find teams that wanted to fill the Saint Augustus schedule, though this one definitely seems favorable to possibly give them their first winning season in their school's history, but only time and football can tell for sure.

morsdraconis
07-01-2010, 02:32 PM
The Road Ahead


The Monarchs' first season was considered somewhat of a letdown but a great start to their rivalry with Holy Cross.

Calvin Gregory, University of Saint Augustus' Athletic Director, stated that the administration would continue to fully support Coach Xavier in their pursuit of college football prominence.

"It was expected for us to have a troublesome first couple of seasons before we really made a splash," said Gregory. "and this past season was no different from those expectations. We all think John is doing a great job and think he will do wonderful things for the future of this program and the university."

During the recruiting portion of the offseason, on National Signing day, Saint Augustus did just that by pulling in a highly sought after 4 star recruit Thomas Moses from Lakeland, Florida at the WR position. Xavier used some of his contacts from previous coaching positions to entice him to come play for Saint Augustus. The reason for him being so highly sought after? Not only is he 6'6", but he has an amazing 4.32 40 and catches just about every pass thrown his way. Coming from Lakeland High, Moses broke every receiving record there was by his junior year in school and then broke some of them some more his senior year, which included catching 72 passes for 1,123 yards and an amazing 29 TDs for the year and leading his team to a State AAA Division Title. All of that and when Moses declared to Saint Augustus, he also said that he will be graduating early from Lakeland High, giving him the ability to come in for the end of Spring/beginning of Summer semester to get a headstart on classes.

"We're all extremely excited about Thomas getting into school early this summer and giving himself a head start on his college career," said coach Johnathan Xavier. "Being able to work with the team during the spring drills and summer practices means that he has a real good chance of starting immediately for us next season. All of that makes us very excited about him being here."

HawkFan
07-01-2010, 03:31 PM
Awesome read, I will be following this and look forward to another season of Monarch football.

morsdraconis
07-01-2010, 10:12 PM
Awesome read, I will be following this and look forward to another season of Monarch football.

Thanks man. I really appreciate it.

It's going to get MUCH more detailed with each game recapped and such once '11 hits and the Dynasty Wire is at my disposal. Right now, I'm just blazing through as much of it as possible on '10 to get a few seasons under my belt.

morsdraconis
07-02-2010, 12:33 AM
Figure I might as well throw up my uniforms and add the helmet and small field logos as well to the thread.

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And, yes those are the playbooks I'll be using in '11. In '10, I'm using Nevada's playbook on offense but still using the 3-4 defense.

And I'm not sure if I'm going to keep my pitches as they are right now or not. Depends on how far I get on '10 before I get my copy of '11. If I get 6 or 7 seasons in, I could definitely see the program progressing that far in the pitches.

I should have an update on the 2010-2011 season here tomorrow sometime. Got busy with some other stuff.

morsdraconis
07-02-2010, 06:16 PM
2010-2011 Season Closes


The second season in Saint Augustus's FBS history came to a close with their first winning record in school history as well as their first bowl game appearance in school history.

The season started off bright but quickly became dim as even though the Monarchs started off 2-0 with two wins over Western Kentucky and Eastern Michigan, Hawai'i would once again beat the Monarchs, this time in The Hanging Gardens with to a much more convincing score of 35-21. After the defeat at the hands of the Warriors, the Monarchs would lose again; this time getting blown out by UL Monroe 38-17.

But, it wasn't long afterward that Saint Augustus would rattle off three wins in a row (the current best in school history) with a convincing victory over Air Force 45-24, the first shutout in school history over FCS East 34-0, and a shootout victory over Troy 42-35.

Saint Augustus would go on to win 3 of it's last 5 games, with strong showings against Syracuse and San Diego State, a very close call against FCS Northwest, and an extension of their Holy War rivalry winning streak against Holy Cross to two games with a 16-3 victory.

Finishing the season 8-4, Saint Augustus's coach Johnathan Xavier was announced as the coach of the year for the incredible turn around by the team but it wasn't only him that would receive honors.

Saint Augustus also achieved a school first with their first bowl game appearance in school history, getting an invite to the St Petersburg Bowl to face UTEP. The Monarchs would ultimately lose the bowl game 33-12, but fans couldn't be more excited about where the football program is heading.

The Monarchs also achieved a school first with three freshman All-Americans in WRs Thomas Moses and J.J. Perry and QB Daniel Kelly. All three were part of the first recruiting class for Saint Augustus.

WR Thomas Moses also set the bar pretty high for receivers with his current school records of 102 receptions, 1615 yards receiving, and 11 touchdown receptions.



Season Record: 8-5
Coach's Poll: Unranked
USA Today Poll: Unranked
BCS Poll: Unranked
Awards Won: Coach of the Year
Bowl Record: 0-1
Conference: Independent
Conference Titles: 0
National Titles: 0

Wk 1 | Western Kentucky | W 56-7
Wk 2 | @ Eastern Michigan | W 42-12
Wk 3 | Hawai'i | L 21-35
Wk 4 | UL Monroe | L 17-38
Wk 5 | Air Force | W 45-24
Wk 6 | Bye | Bye
Wk 7 | Bye | Bye
Wk 8 | FCS East | W 34-0
Wk 9 | Troy | W 42-35
Wk 10 | @ Syracuse | L 9-20
WK 11 | FCS Northwest | W 31-27
Wk 12 | FCS West | W 24-14
Wk 13 | @ San Diego State | L 21-28
Wk 14 | @ Holy Cross | W 16-3
Bowl Week | UTEP | L 12-33

morsdraconis
07-02-2010, 08:59 PM
Updated the first post with School information and a running list of school records and All-Americans.

morsdraconis
07-04-2010, 06:22 PM
2011-2012 Season Schedule Announced

9/3/2011 | @ Western Kentucky
9/10/2011 | Buffalo
9/17/2011 | @ Troy
9/24/2011 | @ Ohio
10/8/2011 | Idaho
10/14/2011 | FCS East
10/22/2011 | @ Connecticut
10/29/2011 | FCS Southeast
11/5/2011 | Akron
11/12/2011 | @ Hawai'i
11/19/2011 | FCS Midwest
11/26/2011 | Holy Cross



It seems that Saint Augustus has finally made a mark in the college football landscape as not only did Connecticut agree to play them, but so did Ohio, Idaho, and Buffalo (three teams that they had been trying to get on their schedule since their first season as a way to extend their program exposure).

This season also marks the beginning of the road game portion of the Hawai'i, Troy, and Western Kentucky deals which will have Saint Augustus traveling to Hawai'i, Alabama, and Kentucky for 4 seasons.

morsdraconis
07-04-2010, 06:40 PM
Administration Pleased With Coach


As a sign of good faith, Calvin Gregory announced today that Saint Augustus will be extending coach Johnathan Xavier's contract as the head coach of their football team by 3 years, extending his contract until the end of the 2014-2015 season. The exact amount of the contract wasn't disclosed, but based on the previous amount offered (3 year deal worth $2.25 million) it is expected to be equal to that or upwards of $1 million per year.

It was to be expected that a new deal would be reached between the two sides after not only did Saint Augustus made an amazing turn around, going from 4-8 to 8-4 in just one season and taking them to their first ever bowl game, and not only did Xavier also bring in the schools first 4* recruit in Thomas Moses, who went on to set the school record marks in every receiving category his freshman year on his way to being named one of three Saint Augustus Freshman All-Americans, but Xavier also won the Coach of the Year award for his teams incredible turnaround season, a first for himself and, obviously, for the school.

"We were extremely proud of him and the team," said Gregory. "The quick turnaround achieved by the team was certainly unexpected and something that we felt made John worthy of us looking at his contract again to consider getting an extension in now to get it out of the way."

"It makes me extremely proud of this team," said Xavier. "These guys came in during the spring and summer and worked their asses off and it was great to see that all that work pay off for them. Would we have liked to have won the bowl game as well? You can bet your ass we would have, but just getting this program out of the dumpster of the FBS was one hell of an achievement and I told them that."

On his Coach of the Year award:
"I couldn't have done it without the other great coaches on this staff. Giving me the ability to bring in guys that I've worked with before really helped and getting this team ready for the transitions on offense and defense. Without those guys, this team wouldn't be looking back at an 8-5 season, that's for sure."

morsdraconis
07-05-2010, 04:45 PM
2011-2012 Season Closes


Season 3 in Saint Augustus's FBS history came to a close on a very high note.

The Monarchs finish with an amazing 11-2 record, losing close games at Troy and at home against Idaho on their way to having an 8 game winning streak to end the season.

QB Daniel Kelly had his best season, completing 51% of his passes for 2989 yards and 27 TDs to just 13 INTs. Sophomore RB Brandon Anderson added 932 yards on the ground on 215 attempts and 6 TDs to go along with, once again, both Sophomore receivers Thomas Moss and J.J. Perry having 1,000 yard seasons and Perry breaking the single season school record for receiving TDs with 12.

The season ended with a hard fought win over 6-6 Colorado State in the Armed Forces Bowl 24-21, giving Saint Augustus their first bowl win in school history and ending their season ranked for the first time ever at #22.

Coach Xavier, once again, was awarded the Coach of the Year award, making him the first consecutive winner in NCAA history of the award.

Saint Augustus once again defeated Holy Cross in the annual Holy War rivalry game 31-15, giving the Monarchs a 3-0 lead over the Crusaders in the series.

On the recruiting trail, the two winning seasons added up to the best recruiting class in Saint Augustus history with three 4* recruits and a 3* recruit being added to the normal eleven 2* recruits.



Season Record: 11-2
Coach's Poll: #22
USA Today Poll: #23
BCS Poll: NR
Awards Won: Coach of the Year
Bowl Record: 1-1
Conference: Independent
Conference Title: None
National Title: None

Wk 1 | Bye | Bye
Wk 2 | @ Western Kentucky | W 37-14
Wk 3 | Buffalo | W 37-35
Wk 4 | @ Troy | L 10-13
Wk 5 | @ Ohio | W 30-26
Wk 6 | Bye | Bye
Wk 7 | Idaho | L 24-26
Wk 8 | FCS East | W 40-6
Wk 9 | @ Connecticut | W 31-24
Wk 10 | FCS Southeast | W 48-6
Wk 11 | Akron | W 48-23
Wk 12 | @ Hawai'i | W 63-27
WK 13 | FCS Midwest | W 49-17
Wk 14 | Holy Cross | W 31-15
Bowl Week | Colorado State | W 24-21

morsdraconis
07-05-2010, 05:15 PM
Updated records with 2011 season.

morsdraconis
07-05-2010, 07:14 PM
2012-2013 Season Schedule Announced

8/25/2012 | @ #16 Oregon
8/30/2012 | @ #21 Boise State
9/8/2012 | #22 Houston
9/29/2012 | #18 Vanderbilt
10/6/2012 | @ Western Kentucky
10/13/2012 | @ Indiana
10/20/2012 | Pittsburgh
10/27/2012 | UCF
11/10/2012 | @ Hawai'i
11/17/2012 | Boston College
11/24/2012 | Utah
12/1/2012 | @ Holy Cross



A schedule worthy of a 3* prestige program, Saint Augustus was finally able to get some high profile games scheduled with some of the best teams in the country not only having Saint Augustus play at their places but come to Worcester as well.

Mayor Wilcox was quite happy to see Boston College accept the home/home agreement that Saint Augustus proposed to possibly get another rivalry started in Massachusetts.

The schedule is highlighted by four teams in the top 25, all within the first six weeks of the season. Traveling to Eugene and to Boise definitely has the fan base excited about football this season.

morsdraconis
07-05-2010, 07:35 PM
QB Controversy Was Hot Topic


With the season of waiting over for highly touted transfer James Collins, who transferred from Ohio State to Saint Augustus last season as a redshirt Sophomore, all eyes in Worcester were on the Monarch spring practices as Collins and Kelly battled it out.

Unfortunately for Kelly, a season ending ankle injury (and medical redshirt) put Collins into the forefront as the starting QB for the team now.

"It's unfortunate that Daniel [Kelly] is going to miss this coming season, a season where we may need him more than ever," said Coach Xavier. "But, we have all the confidence in the world in James [Collins] and we know the offense isn't going to miss a beat with him in there."

A smaller bit of interest was the battle at linebacker with highly touted recruit Mark Whitlock (one of the three 4* recruits that Saint Augustus recruited this past season) coming in and garnering immediate playing time over 2 year starter Michael Morton at the left outside linebacker (LOLB) position. Whitlock came into training camp early and immediately caught the eyes of the coaches as he flew around the practice field making plays.

Whitlock quickly worked his way up the depth chart and it was announced at the end of camp that he will indeed be the starter at the LOLB position.

"We felt that he came into camp and just immediately melded with the other guys and just played like he'd been playing in this defense for 3 years now," said Xavier. "Michael [Morton] will obviously see playing time on the field still as he wasn't simply the starter before because we didn't have anyone else. We just feel that Whitlock better fits some of the new schemes that we play on running this season."

morsdraconis
07-07-2010, 04:00 PM
2012-2013 Season Closes


The 2012 season was a season of champions; a season of close calls; a season of incredible plays; a season of a National Championship for SAU (Saint Augustus University).

With a schedule to be proud of for once, SAU started off with an impressive win at the Autzen Zoo in Eugene, as Oregon never has a prayer against the vaunted passing attack of SAU as they ran away with it 42-13.

SAU then followed that with a Boise State blowout upset that is the worst loss Boise State has EVER received at home (and the third worst loss of all-time for Boise State) to the tune of 59-10. James Collins would break the school passing TD record in the game by throwing 5 TD passes before being sat down at the end of the 3rd quarter. Also this game, Tony Mitchell would break the school single game carries record, touting the rock 38 times for 185 yards as well as Thomas Moses breaking the school single game TD record, catching 4 touchdown passes.

SAU would rattle off two more wins over preseason top 25 teams (Houston and Boise State would be the only teams on their schedule that would end the season ranked in the top 25) in Houston and Vanderbilt, both of which were close, hard fought games were receiver Thomas Moses continued to shine and cracked the Heisman Watch List after the Vanderbilt game. During this stretch, SAU would also reach the Top 25 in the middle of the season for the first time in school history. Also during this stretch, receiver Thomas Moses would break another school single game record, recording 303 yards receiving.

Next, SAU traveled to Western Kentucky, meeting the second of four required trips to their place as part of their 2009 agreement. The game would be fairly uneventful as SAU cruised to a 30-13 win, increasing their win streak to 13 games, including a 7 game home winning streak.

SAU then traveled to Indiana as they continued their trip across America in an attempt to increase their National Exposure. SAU would reach #16 in the polls this week with a hard fought, grind it out game against Indiana, traveling back to Worcester with a 26-19 victory.

SAU would have little time to rest as they had two talented opponents in Pittsburgh and UCF both traveling to Worcester. The Pittsburgh game would be huge as it was a chance to show off to highly sought after junior college 4* halfback recruit Charles Franklin. It indeed turned out to be quite a show as SAU would walk away with a 25-24 win over the Panthers as they stopped them on Pitt's final drive outside of FG range to preserve the win. UCF would prove to also be quite a game as SAU would squeeze out a win in the end 23-17, as, once again, Moses would prove to be the player of the game with his performance.

Next, SAU traveled to beautiful Hawai'i to play some football and came away with yet another hard fought defensive win, beating the Warriors 10-6, pushing their unbeaten record to 9-0 and their win streak to 17 games, 9 straight at home.

Both streaks would continue as SAU played host to cross state Boston College and cross country Utah. Boston College and Utah would both mark school single game records being broken; defensive end James Bailey as he recorded 3 sacks in the defeat of Boston College 27-3 and senior transfer and resident Mr Popular James Collins would break the previous mark of 5 TD passes set by himself against Oregon by throwing for 6 TD passes in an absolute thrashing of Utah 45-10.

With the defeat of Utah (who was ranked at #23 before their loss to SAU), SAU did the unimaginable.

Ranked #1 in all three polls for the first time in school history, SAU traveled to cross city rivals Holy Cross to play one of the most important Holy War games ever in SAU history as SAU tried to do the unthinkable and finish the season undefeated against the hardest schedule they've ever faced.

Yet, Holy Cross wasn't about to just roll over and let it happen. They came to play football this day, taking a 7-6 lead over SAU at the end of the 1st quarter. Quarter 2 marked a 21-3 explosion by SAU on the arm of freshman backup quarterback Patrick Baas (James Collins would miss most of the game because of flu-like symptoms that prevented him from ever being a real factor). The 3rd quarter looked to be more of the same as SAU intercepted a CHC (College of Holy Cross) pass on their opening drive and took it to the house, extending the lead to 34-3, but CHC wasn't done yet. The 3rd quarter would ultimately be a CHC quarter as they would explode for 17 points themselves, sparked by a 71 yard INT and score by CHC. The 3rd quarter ended with the momentum squarely in CHC's corner down by only 14 points 34-20. Unfortunately for CHC, SAU clamped down on defense and pulled away to ultimately win the game 40-20, completing the unlikely task of going 12-0 for the first time in school history and holding steadfast at a chance for the BCS National Championship game.

The Conference Championship Week would prove to be a showcase of two teams vying for a chance to play in the BCS National Championship game in Clemson and Georgia Tech. Both had spectacular seasons, with Georgia Tech winning the matchup between the two teams earlier in the year (and promptly losing to a Virginia Tech team that Clemson had beaten earlier in the season), but Clemson would have the upperhand this time around, as they squeaked past Georgia Tech 21-17 on their way for a date with SAU for the BCS National Championship.

After the Conference Championship Week, it was also announced that Thomas Moses would be awarded the Best WR of the year Award but it turned out that he would be passed up upon when it came to the Heisman Trophy (where he had lead most of the season by many annalists' projections), with the trophy being awarded to the talented Nebraska RB instead. Also, during that time, it was announced that Thomas Moses would be named a 1st team All-American choice with LB Mark Whitlock and CB Matt Britt adding onto the talented stock of Freshman All-Americans on the SAU roster.

Then came the BCS National Championship Game; the big one; the reason you play the games.

Everyone had Clemson as the clear favorite. Vegas had SAU as 9 point underdogs. Kurk Herbstreit and Lee Corso both picked Clemson to win it. It seemed like everyone outside of Massachusetts thought Clemson was going to win the game:


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/Map.png


SAU thought differently though and proved it on the field, turning what could be a once in a lifetime event into a reality as SAU walked away with a 34-17 victory and what's sure to be one of the greatest seasons ever in school history.

Thomas Moses ended the season with new school records for career and season WR stats.

Tommy Mitchell set school records in all rushing categories.

Tony Duncan continued his spectacular college career by extending his school record in tackles and interceptions as did Jeremy Bailey in sacks.

James Collins leaves school as the record holder in all season QB stats after just one season of play.






Season Record: 13-0
Coach's Poll: #1
USA Today Poll: #1
BCS Poll: #1
Awards Won: Coach of the Year; Best WR
Bowl Record: 2-1
Conference: Independent
Conference Title: None
National Title: 2012

Wk 1 @ #16 Oregon W 42-13
Wk 2 @ Boise State W 59-10
Wk 3 #22 Houston W 16-15
Wk 4 Bye Bye
Wk 5 Bye Bye
Wk 6 #18 Vanderbilt W 31-24
Wk 7 @ Western Kentucky W 30-13
Wk 8 @ Indiana W 26-19
Wk 9 Pittsburgh W 25-24
Wk 10 UCF W 23-17
Wk 11 Bye Bye
Wk 12 @ Hawai'i W 10-6
Wk 13 Boston College W 27-3
Wk 14 Utah W 45-10
Wk 15 @ Holy Cross W 40-20
BCS Championship Clemson W 34-17

morsdraconis
07-07-2010, 04:14 PM
updated all-time information and school record books.

morsdraconis
07-12-2010, 07:18 PM
Moved the team over to teambuilder for preparation of '11.

Once that hits (and I get my copy) we'll begin season 2013 as we attempt to ascend the ranks of College Football history.

morsdraconis
07-14-2010, 05:18 PM
tba

morsdraconis
07-14-2010, 05:19 PM
tba

morsdraconis
07-14-2010, 05:40 PM
tbd

morsdraconis
07-14-2010, 11:27 PM
tba

morsdraconis
07-15-2010, 12:02 AM
tba

morsdraconis
07-15-2010, 01:52 AM
tba

morsdraconis
07-15-2010, 02:04 AM
tba

Kingpin32
07-15-2010, 02:16 AM
For some reason, I think when others try to look at another dynasty, they get an error. When I clicked on a link in mine, it was fine but when I clicked on yours, I got an error. Weird.

morsdraconis
07-15-2010, 01:05 PM
For some reason, I think when others try to look at another dynasty, they get an error. When I clicked on a link in mine, it was fine but when I clicked on yours, I got an error. Weird.

Yeah, it's still doing it. Looks like the Dynasty Wire thing isn't what it's all cracked up to be. :/

Guess I'll have to go through and do real writeups for this stuff....

morsdraconis
07-15-2010, 02:00 PM
Well, I've given up on Dynasty Wire. Cool idea, but it just doesn't do everything that I'd want it to do, so, I'm going to do it the old fashioned way instead. (sigh)

souljahbill
07-16-2010, 07:55 PM
For some reason, I think when others try to look at another dynasty, they get an error. When I clicked on a link in mine, it was fine but when I clicked on yours, I got an error. Weird.

I was having the error problem originally but I think I fixed it. You have to make sure that you uncheck the member's only box on the website. That makes it viewable to the public.

morsdraconis
07-17-2010, 01:31 AM
2013 Season Marks Changes For FBS & SAU


At the end of the 2012 season, spirits were at an unimaginable high in Massachusetts as Saint Augustus did what many considered to be impossible as they went undefeated and won a National Championship.

Well, not only did SAU win their first National Championship, but they did the improbable by getting a formal invite to the Big East Conference, further expanding the Big East's market toward the New England area.

SAU replaces Rutgers who got an invite to the Big Ten Conference (replacing Indiana who got relegated to the MAC in place of Eastern Michigan who decided to descend back into the FCS ranks along with Western Kentucky, who was replaced in the Sun Belt by Army).

Holy Cross remains an Independent member of the FBS along with Navy and Notre Dame.

Part of the agreement to join the Big East Conference is a smaller take in the revenue sharing of the schools' NCAA grants until 2020, which would then mark the true incorporation of SAU into the Big East Conference.

With all the rumors of other changes around the country, it's only fitting that the move works in the best interest of SAU as they attempt to continue to make their accent into FBS juggernaut status.

morsdraconis
07-17-2010, 01:59 AM
2013-2014 Schedule Announced

Date Team
8/28/2013 #4 Oregon
9/4/2013 #5 Boise State
9/11/2013 @ #25 Houston
9/25/2013 @ Vanderbilt
10/1/2013 Connecticut
10/16/2013 @ #16 Pittsburgh
10/27/2013 @ USF
11/6/2013 Syracuse
11/13/2013 @ #24 Cincinnati
11/19/2013 Louisville
11/27/2013 @ West Virginia
12/5/2013 Holy Cross




With freshly joining the Big East Conference, SAU had to make special arrangements to keep it's end of the year Holy War game against Holy Cross, which included paying Western Kentucky and Hawai'i $500,000 apiece as a buyout to break the last scheduled game of their contract which would have had SAU playing at Western Kentucky and Hawai'i instead of Oregon and Boise State coming to Worcester.

Also, as noted in the schedule, Connecticut and Saint Augustus agreed upon a new rivalry game between the two schools that will officially start this season. The rivalry game will be called the Clam Chowder Bowl, denoting the New England significance of both schools and the fact that New England clam chowder is a regional delicacy.

SAU will finish their contractual home/home obligations with Oregon, Boise State, Houston, and Vanderbilt after this season.

morsdraconis
07-17-2010, 02:30 AM
SAU Upsets Oregon in Worcester!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/JJPerryReception-2013vsOregon.jpg


1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT
Oregon 0 0 7 0 - 7
SAU 3 10 3 7 - 23

[tr] [td] First Quarter
3:55 FG SAU: N. Britt, 24 Yd FG
Second Quarter
3:58 FG SAU: N. Britt, 30 Yd FG
0:46 TD SAU: J. Perry, 33 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
Third Quarter
5:24 FG SAU: N. Britt, 37 Yd FG
1:46 TD Oregon: K. Barner, 6 Yd run (R. Beard kick)
Fourth Quarter
5:18 TD SAU: D. Kelly, 2 Yd run (N. Britt kick)

[tr] [td] Oregon SAU
Score 7 23
First Downs 15 20
Total Offense 258 384
Rushes - Yards - TDs 23-70-1 36-143-1
Comp - Att - TDs 14-30-0 17-30-1
Passing Yards 188 241
3rd Down Conv 1-10 (10%) 5-13 (38%)
4th Down Conv 2-3 (66%) 3-3 (100%)
2-Point Conv 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)
Red Zone - TD - FG 2-1-0 (50%) 5-1-3 (80%)
Turnovers 1 1
Fumbles Lost 0 0
Intercepted 1 1
PR Yards 10 21
KR Yards 106 40
Total Yards 374 445
Punts - Average 4-37.3 2-38.0
Penalties - Yards 9-106 4-42
Time of Possession 13:00 24:29

[tr] Players Of The Game
[tr][td]T. Turner 5 tackles, 3 Tackles For A Loss
[tr][td]D. Kelly [td] 17/30, 241 yards passing, 1 passing TD, 1 rushing TD

Oregon came into Worcester ranked #4 in the nation coming off one of the best seasons in their recent history and with what most agreed was one of the most talented squads in the nation, but they left Worcester bitter and regretting having scheduled SAU.

Daniel Kelly was the star of the show for SAU, completing 17 of his 30 passes for 241 yards and a TD.

The real deterrent for Oregon's success was the inexplicable amount of penalties that they committed (10 in total), many of the holding variety at critical points in their drives. There were several times that their drives self-destructed because of mental mistakes.

Their running game was unfortunately relegated to nothingness as the Monarch defense stifled their running lanes and held them to just 70 yards on the ground.

Thomas Moses had a successful day, catching 6 passes for 102 yards as he moves closer and closer to breaking the NCAA Career Receiving yards record with his now 4,583 yards receiving (the NCAA record is 5,005 yards by Trevor Insley from 1996 to 1999 with Nevada).


SAU QB Daniel Kelly completes an 11 yard in route to star WR Thomas Moses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KDF6yC09NE


SAU QB Daniel Kelly completes a 43 yard pass to star WR Thomas Moses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgtzGunr3No


SAU QB Daniel Kelly throws a strike to WR J.J. Perry for 33 yards and a TD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZen4cwm3Ps


SAU QB Daniel Kelly runs a naked bootleg pass in from 2 yards out for the score.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6alPTW7848

HawkFan
07-17-2010, 08:41 AM
Great win man. Too bad dynasty wire was not all it was cracked up to be, but I am going to be foloowing this as I like the story and style you have presented.

morsdraconis
07-17-2010, 01:46 PM
Great win man. Too bad dynasty wire was not all it was cracked up to be, but I am going to be foloowing this as I like the story and style you have presented.

Thanks man.

Yeah, it's unfortunate, but, que cera cera. I'm still having fun with it, and that's really all that matters.

morsdraconis
07-18-2010, 06:31 AM
Week 1 In Review



Other notable games around the league:

#16 Pittsburgh 33 - #23 Utah 14
#2 Ohio State 28 - Marshall 0
#24 Cincinnati 24 - Fresno State 17
#19 Oregon 24 - #8 TCU 21




Game of the Week:


#22 North Carolina at #17 LSU
17 - 10

In a stunning upset, North Carolina went into Baton Rouge with one thing on their minds, upset, and that's just what they did. North Carolina forcing a turnover in the redzone in the 3rd quarter was the difference as they pull off the 17-10 upset.



Other Big East Scores

USF 31 | FCS West 0
West Virginia 48 | FCS West 14
Syracuse 31 | Akron 3
Michigan 20 | Connecticut 13
Kentucky 21 | Louisville 17


Top 25 Changes

TCU down to 15 after loss
Oregon down to 17 after upset by SAU
SAU up to 24th
Utah is out of the top 25 (ranked 30th now)


Recruiting and Injury Notes

Texas Tech QB Taylor Potts out for 11 weeks with broken collarbone
Oregon starting QB Nate Costa has torn shoulder muscle, out 10 weeks
Senior Impact DE Greg Romeus of Pitt out 9 weeks with broken collarbone
Backup LOLB Najee Goode out 8 weeks with foot stress fracture


The #1* ranked player, DE Adam Scott, commits to Texas
The #1 ranked OG (#7 overall), Blake Patterson, commits to Texas
The #2 ranked FS (#37 overall), Michael Ashley, commits to Texas
The #1 ranked DT (#45 overall), Stanford Watson, commits to Penn State
The #3 ranked WR (#46 overall), Alan Henderson, commits to USC
The #5 ranked OG (#47 overall), Dave Vickers, commits to USC
The #5 ranked QB (#51 overall), Chris Singleton, commits to USC
The #5 ranked CB (#55 overall), Brian Bishop, commits to Auburn
The #6 ranked OT (#63 overall), Nick Thibodeaux, commits to Georgia
The #5 ranked WR (#66 overall), Nick Thompson, commits to USC
The #7 ranked DT (#67 overall), Joe Johnson, commits to Georgia
The #6 ranked DE (#69 overall), Mike Baker, commits to Oregon
The #3 ranked HB (#70 overall), Timothy Conley, commits to Texas A&M
The #5 ranked HB (#77 overall), Justin Green, commits to Oregon
The #8 ranked OT (#89 overall), Dave Miranda, commits to Oklahoma State
The #8 ranked OLB (#107 overall), Ross Butler, commits to Georgia
The #5 ranked OC (#112 overall), Matthew Watson, commits to Oregon
The #13 ranked OG (#118 overall), Jerome Henderson, commits to Pittsburgh
The #12 ranked HB (#145 overall), David Stephens, commits to Georgia Tech

* - All rankings per ESPNU's Top 150 list

The #15 ranked DT (#177 overall), Stephen Davis, commits to SAU
The #45 ranked OG (#612 overall), Sam Moss, commits to SAU

morsdraconis
07-18-2010, 08:58 AM
SAU Pulls Off Another Upset In Worcester!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/BoiseState2013.jpg

| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
Boise State | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | 24
SAU | 0 | 14 | 10 | 14 | - | 38
| First Quarter
5:53 | TD Boise: T, Shoemaker, 3 Yd pass from K. Moore (K. Brotzman kick)
3:16 | TD Boise: T. Shoemaker, 9 Yd pass from K. Moore (K. Brotzman kick)
| Second Quarter
0:53 | TD SAU: C. Marquardt, 5 Yd run (N. Britt Kick)
0:20 | TD SAU: T. Moses, 21 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
| Third Quarter
4:45 | TD SAU: R. Patrick, 49 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
3:37 | FG SAU: N. Britt, 28 Yd FG
2:59 | TD Boise: J. Avery, 69 Yd run (K. Brotzman kick)
0:41 | FG Boise: K. Brotzman, 39 Yd FG
| Fourth Quarter
7:15 | TD SAU: C. Marquardt, 1 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
3:05 | TD SAU: C. Marquardt, 25 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
| Boise State | SAU
Score | 24 | 38
First Downs | 13 | 18
Total Offense | 380 | 451
Rushes - Yards - TDs | 17-115-1 | 33-97-3
Comp - Att - TDs | 20-32-2 | 18-34-2
Passing Yards | 265 | 354
3rd Down Conv | 2-9 (22%) | 4-11 (36%)
4th Down Conv | 0-2 (0%) | 2-4 (50%)
2-Point Conv | 0-0 (0%) | 0-0 (0%)
Red Zone - TD - FG | 3-2-1 (100%) | 5-3-1 (80%)
Turnovers | 3 | 3
Fumbles Lost | 2 | 0
Intercepted | 1 | 3
PR Yards | 0 | 38
KR Yards | 106 | 89
Total Yards | 486 | 578
Punts - Average | 4-45.3 | 2-41.5
Penalties - Yards | 8-80 | 3-35
Time of Possession | 16:14 | 21:24

| Players Of The Game
T. Shoemaker | 4 receptions, 58 yards, 2 TDs
C. Marquardt | 20 carries, 133 yards, 3 TDs


Saint Augustus pulls off yet another upset in Worcester at The Hanging Garden, this time against Non-BCS champion and #4 in the nation Boise State. While it wasn't the blowout of last season, it was still most definitely a wonderful win for the SAU program.

Thomas Moses put in another excellent performance, catching 7 passes for 172 yards and a TD.

The main story though is the incredible pass rush that Boise State brought forth, sacking QB Daniel Kelly 8 times. Boise State brought pressure from every direction and Kelly struggles handling that pressure, throwing 3 interceptions along with 8 sacks.


Talented Freshman RB Carlos Marquardt runs for 25 yards and a touchdown to seal the victory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfmds97Cq5w


QB Daniel Kelly passes to All-American WR Thomas Moses for a 53 yard touchdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YWlMwOF4kU


QB Daniel Kelly passes to WR Ryan Patrick for a 49 yard touchdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBG5e86wpJw


QB Daniel Kelly throws a strike to All-American WR Thomas Moses for a 21 yard TD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUsfkoUICuU

morsdraconis
07-18-2010, 03:45 PM
Week 2 In Review



Other notable games around the league:
#10 Georgia Tech 33 - Kansas 27
#1 Alabama 34 - #18 Penn State 17
#13 Oklahoma 20 - #21 Florida State 10


Game of the Week:

#12 Miami 24 @ #2 Ohio State 17

Miami went into the big house and did what few teams have been able to, beating Ohio State 24-17. The story of the game is the fact that Ohio State beat Miami in every aspect of the game except for the two that matter the most, the score, and the reason for them losing, turnovers. Miami forced 3 turnovers, forcing an otherwise unstoppable Terrell Pryor into throwing an interception to go along with his 28/39 passing for 306 yards and 2 TD passes. The Miami defense completely shutdown Ohio State's running game, holding Boom Herron to just 68 yards rushing on 39 attempts and forcing a fumble.

Other Big East Scores

#5Florida 22 | USF 10
Marshall 28 | West Virginia 19
Washington 32 | Syracuse 7
Connecticut 28 | FCS Southeast 0
Louisville 48 | FCS Midwest 14
#14 Pittsburgh 45 | FCS Midwest 14
#22 Cincinnati 56 | FCS East 0


Top 25 Changes

Miami from #12 to #8 after upset of Ohio State who dropped to #10 from #2
Boise State to #13 dropping from #4
SAU to #19
Georgia #23 and Auburn #25 new to rankings
Oregon and Houston dropped from rankings

Recruiting and Injury Notes

Oregon 2nd string QB Daron Thomas has completely torn his ACL and will miss the season
Alabama 2nd string HB Trent Richardson out for the season with broken vertebrae
Ohio State WR Dane Sanzenbacher out for 9 weeks with Dislocated Elbow

morsdraconis
07-19-2010, 07:53 PM
SAU Wins Again, Blows Out Houston

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/Houston2013.jpg



| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
SAU | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | - | 45
Hou | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | - | 27


| First Quarter
5:14 | TD SAU: C. Marquardt. 1 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
2:06 | FG SAU: N. Britt, 24 Yd FG
| Second Quarter
7:47 | TD Hou: K. Johnson, 42 Yd pass from C. Keenum (M. Hogan kick)
3:58 | TD SAU: M. Olsen, 6 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
0:13 | TD SAU: T. Moses, 19 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
| Third Quarter
6:25 | TD SAU: C. House, 38 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
1:54 | TD SAU: T. Mitchell, 2 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
| Fourth Quarter
5:50 | TD SAU: C. Marquardt, 5 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
2:57 | TD Hou: T. Carrier, 44 Yd pass from C. Keenum (M. Hogan kick)
1:38 | TD Hou: K. Johnson, 12 Yd pass from C. Keenum (M. Hogan kick)
0:59 | TD Hou: B. Beall, 52 Yd run (2-Pt failed)


| SAU | Hou
Score | 45 | 27
First Downs | 19 | 13
Total Offense | 533 | 466
Rushes - Yards - TDs | 36-138-3 | 24-97-1
Comp - Att - TDs | 19-30-3 | 21-30-3
Passing Yards | 395 | 369
3rd Down Conv | 10-14 (71%) | 3-11 (27%)
4th Down Conv | 1-1 (100%) | 2-3 (66%)
2-Point Conv | 0-0 (0%) | 0-1 (0%)
Red Zone - TD - FG | 6-5-1 (100%) | 2-1-0 (50%)
Turnovers | 0 | 1
Fumbles Lost | 0 | 1
Intercepted | 0 | 0
PR Yards | 41 | 18
KR Yards | 20 | 161
Total Yards | 594 | 645
Punts - Average | 2-43.0 | 4-44.8
Penalties - Yards | 4-51 | 3-40
Time of Possession | 23:39 | 13:55


| Players Of The Game
D. Kelly | 19/30, 395 passing yards, 3 TD passes
C. Keenum | 21/30, 369 yards passing, 3 TD passes



Houston was the third victim this season in the continuing streak of winning games, now up to 21 straight games, by SAU.

SAU came out determined not to let that streak end as they continually drove the football down the field, scoring on all but two drives throughout the course of the game.

The SAU defense once again played well, but once again allowed a significant amount of yards, though quite a bit of them was in the 4th quarter when the game was out of reach for Houston. Star MLB Allen Sands had another spectacular game, recording 4 solo tackles, 2 assisted tackles, 4 tackles for a loss, and a forced fumble.

Carlos Marquardt had another solid day on the ground carrying the ball 21 times for 96 yards and 2 TDs before being relieved of duty in the 4th quarter.




QB Daniel Kelly completes a 38 yard pass to redshirt Senior WR Clint House

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhLY76d4pBY


QB Daniel Kelly completes a 53 yard bomb to Junior impact WR Martin Olsen that goes for a TD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFhkwb4c9s


Daniel Kelly completes a strike of 19 yards to Senior All-American and impact WR Thomas Moses for a touchdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ztZorNGGVI


Senior All-American and impact WR Thomas Kelly catches one of his five receptions from QB Daniel; this one for 19 yards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQKNoAE4qqk


19 yard catch - One of five receptions by Junior impact WR Martin Olsen from QB Daniel Kelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4kdwqMWtDs

morsdraconis
07-19-2010, 08:31 PM
Week 3 In Review

Other notable games around the league:

Clemson 13 - #25 Auburn 9
#18 Arkansas 45 - #23 Georgia 17
#9 Georgia Tech 27 - #17 North Carolina 17


Game of the Week:

#2 Texas @ Texas Tech
45-42

In a game that would need a TD by Texas with 2:19 left in the game to win it, it was a game of offenses. Unfortunately, it was more a game of turnovers, as Texas Tech dug their own grave by turning the ball over 5 times to Texas's 2. What kept Texas Tech in the game though were the overly abundant amount of penalties committed by Texas (15 for 95 yards). In the end, Texas Tech just couldn't convert one last 3rd down to put them in FG range to win the game.

Upset Game of the Week:

# 5 Nebraska @ Washington
7-40

A game that surprised everyone outside of the state of Washington, Washington just absolutely manhandled the Cornhuskers, including star QB Jake Locker completing 26/33 passes for 439 yards and 5 TDs to go along with 42 yards rushing on 22 attempts. The Washington offense just couldn't be stopped as Nebraska couldn't muster more than 226 yards on the ground against the Huskies' defense.

Other Big East Scores

NC State 31 | #22 Cincinnati 3
Syracuse 40 | FCS West 3
Connecticut 28 | Temple 9
West Virginia 24 | Maryland 22
#16 Oregon State 20 | Louisville 16


Top 25 Changes

#5 Nebraska down to #16 after blowout loss to Washington
Washington new to the top 25 at #18
SAU still at #19
#17 North Carolina down to #22 after loss to #8 Georgia Tech
Oklahoma State new at #24
Clemson new at #25

Recruiting and Injury Notes

Texas starting QB Sophomore Garrett Gilbert out 9 weeks with partially torn ACL
Cincinnati WR RS Senior Vidal Hazelton out for the season with broken wrist


Senior CB George Butler of SAU out 3 weeks with knee bruise
Senior WR J.J. Perry of SAU still questionable



The #47 rated OLB (#451 overall), Johnnie Bowers, committed to SAU

Kingpin32
07-19-2010, 08:48 PM
That same result with Nebraska and Washington happened in my dynasty. Not the same score, but same result so I wonder if EA doesn't think Nebraska can beat Washington.

morsdraconis
07-19-2010, 09:06 PM
Week 4 In Review


Other notable games around the league:#7 Miami 40 - #13 Pittsburgh 30
#2 Texas 29 - UCLA 17
#12 Boise State 41 - #15 Oregon State 24

Game of the Week:

West Virginia 38 at #21 LSU 35

In what would have been the upset of the week had it not been for the Virginia Tech at Boston College game, Noel Devine showed once again that as he goes so does WVU's chances of winning the Big East as he ran for 185 yards and 2 TDs on 33 carries and also caught 3 passes for 36 yards and a TD. It would be Devine's touchdown run from 2 yards out with 3:22 left in the game that would be the final score of the game, giving WVU the lead. The defensive star would be Travis Garvin with 11 total tackles (6 solo and 5 assisted), 3 tackles for a loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception.

Upset of the Week:

#4 Virginia Tech at Boston College
10 - 24

Boston College came into Blacksburg with upset on their mind and they left to the whispers of a stunned Hokie crowd. Winning for just the 7th time in their 19 meetings, Boston College completely shutdown the vaunted Virginia Tech running game, holding star and Heisman hopeful RB Ryan Williams to just 76 yards and 1 TD on 28 carries.


Other Big East Scores

USF 28 | Army 0
Connecticut 37 | Buffalo 7
#11 Oklahoma 42 | Cincinnati 21


Top 25 Changes

#4 Virginia Tech down to #13 after upset by Boston College
Boston College new to rankings at #16
#13 Pittsburgh falls to #17 after loss to #7 Miami
#19 SAU up to #18 after bye week
#15 Oregon State down to #20 after loss to #12 Boise State
#17 Arkansas down to #21 after loss to #1 Alabama


Recruiting and Injury Notes

Georgia Tech DT T.J. Barnes out for season with an Upper Arm Fracture

CLW
07-20-2010, 10:28 AM
SAU looking good so far. Kelly really lit up that Houston secondary. I'm following.

morsdraconis
07-20-2010, 11:03 AM
SAU looking good so far. Kelly really lit up that Houston secondary. I'm following.

Yeah, I'm starting to have an issue with it being a bit too easy. Part of it is that my WRs are so freakin' tall, they bail me out a lot but man, wait until you see the Vandy game.

HuskerBlitz
07-20-2010, 01:18 PM
Yeah, looks good. I wish my tables would have transferred so they look halfway decent like yours.

morsdraconis
07-20-2010, 03:54 PM
SAU Breathes Sigh Of Relief; Survives Commodores


| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
SAU | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | - | 31
Vandy | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | - | 21


| First Quarter
0:37 | FG SAU: N. Britt, 44 Yd FG
| Second Quarter
5:42 | TD SAU: C. Marquardt, 4 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
0:46 | TD Vandy: Z. Stacy, 8 Yd run (R. Fowler kick)
0:33 | TD SAU: T. Moses, 57 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
| Fourth Quarter
6:56 | TD Vandy: J. Cole, 61 Yd pass from L. Smith (R. Fowler kick)
4:06 | TD Vandy: Z. Stacy, 5 Yd run (R. Fowler kick)
2:55 | TD SAU: T. Moses, 22 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
0:07 | TD SAU: C. Marquardt, 9 Yd run (N. Britt kick)


| SAU | Vandy
Score | 31 | 21
First Downs | 14 | 12
Total Offense | 337 | 278
Rushes - Yards - TDs | 35-85-2 | 34-89-2
Comp - Att - TDs | 15-33-2 | 12-23-1
Passing Yards | 252 | 189
3rd Down Conv | 7-16 (43%) | 2-10 (20%)
4th Down Conv | 0-3 (0%) | 0-2 (0%)
2-Point Conv | 0-0 (0%) | 0-0 (0%)
Red Zone - TD - FG | 2-2-0 (100%) | 3-2-0 (66%)
Turnovers | 0 | 2
Fumbles Lost | 0 | 1
Intercepted | 0 | 1
PR Yards | 51 | 24
KR Yards | 72 | 97
Total Yards | 460 | 399
Punts - Average | 3-48.7 | 6-45.7
Penalties - Yards | 4-45 | 6-54
Time of Possession | 21:00 | 16:12



In what many thought would be a blowout victory for SAU turned out to be the closest game played by SAU since their 10-6 win over Hawai'i last season. The SAU offense constantly struggled to convert 3rd downs, mainly because of poor passing from QB Daniel Kelly, who completed just 15 of 33 passing attempts, a paltry 45% completion percentage.

Defense was the star on both sides of the ball as the defenses combined for 11 sacks (6 by Vanderbilt and 5 by SAU). SAU's defense forced two turnovers, an interception and a fumble, but it would be the big plays allowed that would hurt both teams' efforts.

Vanderbilt allowed a 57 yard TD bomb at the end of the 1st half from SAU QB Daniel Kelly to WR Thomas Moses along with two other 25+ completions to WRs Martin Olsen and Ryan Patrick.

The SAU defense was a bit more stout but still allowed 61 yard and 41 yard TD passes not to mention failing to bottle up Vandy RB Zach Stacy who had 81 yards and 2 TDs on 19 carries.

In the end, sheer willpower from SAU's talented backfield pushed them over the hump and secured the victory for the Monarchs.

Pretty sure Coach Xavier won't allow the Monarchs to look past an opponent again.




QB Daniel Kelly completes a 22 yard strike to WR Thomas Moses for a touchdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS-4XB-gMcE


QB Daniel Kelly bombs it 57 yards to WR Thomas Moses for a touchdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85xITDCR_B0

morsdraconis
07-20-2010, 04:26 PM
Week 5 In Review


Other notable games around the league:

#24 Oklahoma State 9 - Texas A&M 29
#6 Miami 31 - #25 Clemson 14
#16 Boston College 31 - Notre Dame 10
#5 Wisconsin 26 - Michigan State 13
#9 USC 24 - #15 Washington 21


Game of the Week:

#3 Florida at #1 Alabama
17-31

In what many people thought would be a closer game, Alabama ran away with it as QB McElroy completed 32/46 passes for 280 yards and 4 TDs and the Alabama defense intercepted Florida QB Brantley was intercepted 4 times and Florida was held to just 29 yards rushing and 280 yards of total offense.

Upset of the Week:

#2 Texas at #10 Oklahoma
13-30

The Red River Shootout continued it's legacy of insane outcomes as Oklahoma dominated this game from start to finish. The Oklahoma offensive efficiency was on display as Oklahoma converted 13 of 25 3rd downs and scored 4 of their 5 times in the Texas red zone. Neither team had much luck passing the ball efficiently (Texas completing only 33% of their passes and Oklahoma completing just 48% of theirs), but the Oklahoma defense was able to return an interception for a touchdown and that combined with special teams play (Oklahoma kicker O'Hara converted 3 of 4 kicks and all 3 extra points) was what put them over the top.

Other Big East Scores

Syracuse 55 | FCS Midwest 14
#17 Pittsburgh 37 | FIU 0
FAU 28 | USF 16
Louisville 28 | Arkansas State 3



Top 25 Changes

#5 Wisconsin jumps to #2
#10 Oklahoma jumps to #5
#3 Florida falls to #8
#2 Texas falls to #9
#4 Iowa falls to #11
#18 SAU stays the same
Utah is new at #24
Stanford is new at #25
#24 Oklahoma State and #25 Clemson fall off Top 25

Recruiting and Injury Notes

#1 ranked FS (#25 overall), Cliff Stewart, commits to Oklahoma
#6 ranked HB (#83 overall), Josh Thompson, commits to Oklahoma
#7 ranked WR (#84 overall), Antonio Butler, commits to Oklahoma

* - All rankings per ESPNU's Top 150 list
#28 ranked OT (#411 overall), George Horton, commits to SAU

morsdraconis
07-21-2010, 12:27 PM
SAU Crushes Connecticut in 1st ever Chowder Bowl Game

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/Connecticut2013.jpg


| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
UConn | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | - | 21
SAU | 7 | 24 | 14 | 7 | - | 52


| First Quarter
6:47 | TD SAU: C. Marquardt, 92 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
| Second Quarter
5:16 | TD SAU: T. Moses, 59 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
5:07 | TD SAU: J. Daniels, returned fumble 7 Yds (N. Britt kick)
1:24 | TD SAU: T. Moses, 68 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
0:21 | TD UConn: J. Toddman, 3 Yd run (D. Teggart kick)
0:00 | FG SAU: N. Britt, 30 Yd FG
| Third Quarter
3:23 | TD SAU: T. Mitchell, 7 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
0:46 | TD SAU: T. Mitchell, 1 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
| Fourth Quarter
5:43 | TD UConn: J. Toddman, 94 Yd run (D. Teggart kick)
2:17 | TD SAU: T. Mitchell, 21 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
0:02 | TD UConn: I. Moore, 21 Yd pass from Z. Frazer (D. Teggart kick)


| UConn | SAU
Score | 21 | 52
First Downs | 12 | 9
Total Offense | 372 | 515
Rushes - Yards - TDs | 35-238-2 | 31-199-4
Comp - Att - TDs | 13-23-1 | 10-22-2
Passing Yards | 134 | 316
3rd Down Conv | 3-12 (25%) | 5-12 (41%)
4th Down Conv | 0-1 (0%) | 2-3 (66%)
2-Point Conv | 0-0 (0%) | 0-0 (0%)
Red Zone - TD - FG | 1-1-0 (100%) | 3-2-1 (100%)
Turnovers | 3 | 2
Fumbles Lost | 2 | 0
Intercepted | 1 | 2
PR Yards | 2 | 35
KR Yards | 125 | 41
Total Yards | 499 | 591
Punts - Average | 7-36.4 | 4-41.5
Penalties - Yards | 3-25 | 4-46
Time of Possession | 16:16 | 21:45


| Players Of The Game
J. Toddman | 27 carries for 249 yards and 2 TDs
T. Moses | 4 receptions for 209 yards and 2 TDs



In the first annual Chowder Bowl game between SAU and Connecticut, it was over by halftime as early in the 3rd quarter SAU cleared it's bench.

Carlos Marquardt broke the school's longest rush record with his 92 yard scamper for a touchdown on his way to 14 rushes for 160 yards and a TD.

Thomas Moses showed yet again why he's the biggest threat on the team with two long TD receptions (1 of 59 yards and 1 of 68 yards) on his way to 4 receptions for 209 yards and 2 TDs.



Senior SS Jamie Wallace forces fumble that's recovered by DE Jeremy Bailey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTgT-Gf_ym4


Junior MLB Josh Daniels recovers a failed pitch out from Connecticut and takes the ball 8 yards for the touchdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX8-Q4G9jYw


QB Daniel Kelly throws a bomb to star WR Thomas Moses for a 59 yard touchdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCsP3DjQyY0


Freshman sensation Carlos Marquardt takes a power-O play 92 yards for the touchdown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggvb9y84ntI

morsdraconis
07-21-2010, 01:26 PM
Week 6 In Review

Other notable games around the league:

#14 Nebraska 30 - Kansas State 23
#6 Ohio State 30 - Rutgers 10
#19 Washington 28 - Arizona State 12
#2 Wisconsin 40 - Minnesota 23
#20 Oregon State 24 - Arizona 10
Clemson 31 - #22 North Carolina 17
Texas A&M 28 - #21 Arkansas 13
#15 Boston College 27 - NC State 24 (in OT)

Games/Upsets of the Week:

LSU at #8 Florida
29 - 15

In just one of THREE upsets this week, LSU played hard nosed defense and power football to the win.

#25 Stanford at #7 USC
24 - 12

In game two of the three part upset special, Stanford converted just enough 3rd downs to seal the victory, including 2 converted 4th downs along with converting in the red zone to propel themselves to yet another win over USC.

#23 Florida State at #3 Miami

In game three of one of the more crazy weeks in the 2013 season, Florida State kept the strange numbers game going. In a game where FSU converted just 25% of their third downs, FSU scored 5 times in the red zone to Miami's 3 and, in the end, that plus an interception returned for a TD was the difference for FSU in this game.

Other Big East Scores

Memphis 13 | Louisville 10 (in OT)
Syracuse 21 | USF 17
#17 Pittsburgh 28 | Notre Dame 24
Cincinnati 31 | Miami (Ohio) 6


Top 25 Changes

#3 Miami drops to #9
#15 Boston College jumps to #10 (and receives a vote for being #1)
#7 USC drops to #14
#18 SAU jumps to #15
#25 Stanford jumps to #18
#8 Florida drops to #20
Texas A&M new at #23
Michigan new at #24
#21 Arkansas and #22 North Carolina drop from Top 25

Recruiting Notes

The #3 ranked CB (#33 overall), Ivan Parks, commits to LSU
The #4 ranked CB (#35 overall), Dane Jefferson, commits to Florida
The #2 ranked TE (#38 overall), Trevor Hill, commits to Texas
The #4 ranked OG (#43 overall), Mike Patton, commits to Ohio State
The #4 ranked OLB (#48 overall), Anthony Landrum, commits to Florida
The #5 ranked OLB (#58 overall), Kenneth Tyler, commits to LSU
The #7 ranked OG (#61 overall), Will Gibbons, commits to LSU
The #5 ranked DE (#64 overall), Cory Brown, commits to Oklahoma
The #7 ranked OT (#72 overall), Bobby Clark, commits to Michigan
The #4 ranked FS (#86 overall), John Hayden, commits to Michigan
The #7 ranked CB (#91 overall), Shane Cain, commits to Oklahoma
The #10 ranked DE (#106 overall), Mike Evans, commits to Oregon
The #12 ranked OG (#114 overall), Ryan Jacobs, commits to Penn State
The #18 ranked DE (#137 overall), Shannon Madison, commits to Miami
The #12 ranked OT (#144 overall), Mark Merrill, commits to Michigan

* - All rankings per ESPNU's Top 150 list

#27 ranked WR (#302 overall), Jon Smith, commits to SAU

morsdraconis
07-21-2010, 02:42 PM
Week 7 In Review

Other notable games around the league:

#23 Texas A&M 23 - Missouri 15
#11 TCU 41 - BYU 26
#19 Washington 23 - #21 Oregon State 15

Games/Upsets of the Week:

Good god, an even more crazy week of football!

#3 Georgia Tech - Middle Tennessee State
24 - 21

Boy, what a game! Georgia Tech was taken to the ropes by MTSU but Georgia Tech was able to get the win in the end with a rushing TD with just 1:11 left.

#22 Florida State - #10 Boston College
33 - 10

Boston College came into Tallahassee and was just absolutely manhandled by Florida State. Christian Ponder exploded once again going 28/38 for 325 yards and 2 TDs.

Iowa State - #4 Oklahoma
19 - 16

In what was going to be THE game of the week (but just wait, there is MUCH more) Iowa State defeated Oklahoma for the first time since 1990 (and only the 9th time in 75 meetings). The game came down to a final drive in which Iowa State drove down to the 36 yard line where they hit a 53 yard FG to win the game as time expired.

#5 Ohio State - #2 Wisconsin
21 - 9

Ohio State shut Wisconsin down in all forms (including holding them to 3 FGs in the red zone and no TDs) of the game which resulted in Ohio State running away with this game and ending Wisconsin's best start to their season since 2006 where they went 12-1 for the season.

#6 Texas 38 - #13 Nebraska (in 3OTs)
38 - 30

A game where third down was the bane of both offenses (Texas was 5-18 on third down and Nebraska was 1-17 on third down), Texas pulled off the win in the third overtime with a TD and 2-point conversion and then held Nebraska out of the endzone.


Other Big East Scores

West Virginia 48 | USF 17
Louisville 19 | Cincinnati 14
#17 Pittsburgh | Syracuse 9


Top 25 Changes

Wisconsin drops to #7
#15 SAU jumps to #9
#18 Stanford jumps to #11
#4 Oklahoma drops to #14
#10 Boston College drops to #17
#13 Nebraska drops to #19
#22 Florida State moves to #20
Clemson returns to top 25 at #23
#20 Florida drops out of the Top 25

Recruiting Notes

#2 ranked player, DT Josh Perry, commits to LSU
The #2 ranked ATH (#26 overall), Steven Jordan, commits to Oklahoma
The #4 ranked DE (#30 ranked overall), Michael Hughes, commits to Oklahoma
The #3 ATH (#31 overall), Tommy Guidry, commits to Florida
The #3 MLB (#32 overall), Rory Hodges, commits to Virginia Tech
The #2 ranked OC (#34 overall), Fred Murphy, commits to Alabama
The #3 ranked OLB (#36 overall), Joe Washington, commits to Oregon
The #2 ranked HB (#39 overall), Curtis Smith, commits to Texas
The #4 ranked QB (#41 overall), Maurice Davis, commits to Oklahoma
The #2 ranked WR (#42 overall), David Grimes, commits to Penn State
The #2 ranked SS (#44 overall), Earl Smith, commits to USC
The #6 ranked OG (#50 overall), Jason Gray, commits to USC
The #3 ranked SS (#52 overall), Steve Davis, commits to Virginia Tech
The #4 ranked WR (#53 overall), Adam Bullock, commits to Alabama
The #3 ranked OC (#54 overall), Chad Rhodes, commits to Penn State
The #4 ranked MLB (#60 overall), Jonathan Jacobs, commits to Georgia
The #4 ranked ATH (#62 overall), Clint Wilson, commits to Texas A&M
The #6 ranked DT (#65 overall), Bryan Parks, commits to Tennessee
The #8 ranked DT (#71 overall), Joe Carlson, commits to North Carolina
The #6 ranked WR (#76 overall), Tony Bryant, commits to Penn State
The #1 ranked FB (#78 overall), Tommy Banks, commits to Georgia
The #6 ranked OLB (#79 overall), Tony Benson, commits to Miami
The #9 ranked OG (#80 overall), Brandon Griffin, commits to TCU
The #4 ranked SS (#81 overall), Sean Freeman, commits to LSU
The #10 ranked OG (#92 overall), Joe McRae, commits to Tennessee
The #6 ranked SS (#93 overall), Collin Smith, commits to Florida
The #7 ranked OLB (#95 overall), Nathan Lindsey, commits to Oregon
The #5 ranked FS (#101 overall), Marcus McGee, commits to Nebraska
The #9 ranked QB (#108 overall), Jason Rivera, commits to TCU
The #7 ranked SS (#109 overall), T.J. Campbell, commits to Miami
The #11 ranked HB (#133 overall), Matt Watkins, commits to North Carolina
The #10 ranked QB (#136 overall), Joe McDonald, commits to Georgia Tech

* - All rankings per ESPNU's Top 150 list

The #14 ranked CB (#200 overall), Emmanuel Parks, commits to SAU
The #18 ranked DT (#249 overall), Keith Baker, commits to SAU
The #30 ranked QB (#557 overall), Brian Marcus, commits to SAU
The #25 ranked ATH (#562 overall), Joey Wright, commits to SAU
The #17 ranked FB (#782 overall), Adam Raymond, commits to SAU
The #58 ranked ATH (#1313 overall), Tony Wilkerson, commits to SAU

CLW
07-21-2010, 06:25 PM
Moses torched the UConn secondary. Moving up the Top 25 Poll as well. Looking really good for SAU early. Hopefully, if the Ws keep piling up some blue chip recruits will take notice.

SmoothPancakes
07-22-2010, 03:45 AM
Great win man! Definitely nice to have those easy victories after having a near blowup against someone like Vandy. Hopefully the Monarchs can keep it on a roll!

morsdraconis
07-22-2010, 09:41 AM
Great win man! Definitely nice to have those easy victories after having a near blowup against someone like Vandy. Hopefully the Monarchs can keep it on a roll!

Thanks.

My next one was my toughest challenge yet! Pittsburgh gave me all KINDS of trouble and the Monarchs had to respond from adversity for the first time this season (the worst kind of adversity too).

SmoothPancakes
07-22-2010, 09:47 AM
Ooh, sounds like this next game recap is gonna be a doozy to see. I'm looking forward to it!

morsdraconis
07-22-2010, 04:48 PM
SAU Survives Trip To Pittsburgh; Loses QB Kelly

| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
SAU | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | - | 42
Pitt | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | - | 34

| First Quarter
5:50 | TD Pitt: R. Graham, 2 Yd run (K. Harper kick)
2:33 | TD SAU: T. Moses, 21 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
| Second Quarter
7:57 | TD Pitt: D. Lewis, 2 Yd run (K. Harper kick)
7:07 | TD SAU: J. Perry, 31 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
3:39 | TD Pitt: M. Shanahan, 13 Yd pass from P. Bostick (K. Harper kick)
2:24 | TD Pitt: H. Hynoski, 0 Yd run (K. Harper kick)
1:27 | TD SAU: R. Patrick, 3 Yd pass from D. Kelly (N. Britt kick)
0:15 | TD Pitt: J. Baldwin, 45 Yd pass from P. Bostick (K. Harper kick)
| Third Quarter
3:39 | TD SAU: C. Marquardt, 4 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
| Fourth Quarter
6:57 | TD SAU: T. Mitchell, 19 Yd run (N. Britt kick)
3:04 | TD SAU: M. Olsen, 53 Yd pass from P. Bass (N. Britt kick)

| SAU | Pitt
Score | 42 | 34
First Downs | 23 | 15
Total Offense | 565 | 406
Rushes - Yards - TDs | 33-164-2 | 34-129-3
Comp - Att - TDs | 17-39-4 | 16-24-2
Passing Yards | 401 | 277
3rd Down Conv | 8-13 (61%) | 2-9 (22%)
4th Down Conv | 1-5 (20%) | 1-1 (100%)
2-Point Conv | 0-0 (0%) | 0-0 (0%)
Red Zone - TD - FG | 5-3-0 (60%) | 4-4-0 (100%)
Turnovers | 1 | 2
Fumbles Lost | 1 | 1
Intercepted | 0 | 1
PR Yards | 23 | 0
KR Yards | 132 | 132
Total Yards | 720 | 538
Punts - Average | 0-0.0 | 5-39.8
Penalties - Yards | 3-38 | 1-10
Time of Possession | 16:58 | 20:50

| Players Of The Game
D. Kelly | 10/26 for 253 yards and 3 TD passes
P. Bostick | 16/24 for 277 yards and 2 TD passes


In a game that wouldn't be decided until the 4th quarter, the Monarchs fought there way out of their toughest game of the season.

The game started with Pittsburgh methodically marching down the field and scoring on their opening drive. The Monarchs wouldn't be able to respond and failed a 4th down conversation in an attempt to keep their drive alive. The Monarch defense would step up and get the stop and give the ball back to the offense which would finally find the endzone on a 21 yard strike from Kelly to Moses.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpWqMmUncHQ


The second quarter would see a flurry of points scored by both teams with Pittsburgh pouring on the most (27 points) with the first being a score by Dion Lewis from 2 yards out to go back up 14-7. SAU would respond with it's own drive and a 31 yard strike from Kelly to WR J.J. Perry to tie it up 14-14.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYETbdGILV4


Pittsburgh would respond three more times, scoring on a 13 yard pass, a 45 yard pass, and a FB blast up the middle but would miss an extra point. SAU would respond just once more with a 3 yard TD pass from Kelly to WR Ryan Patrick.

The score was 34-21 at halftime with the SAU defense looking for answers on how to stop the vaunted Panther offense.


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/Pittsburgh22013.jpg


The third quarter would be the quarter that would change everything for SAU. The worst thing that any team could have happen to them happened, QB Daniel Kelly, 3 year starter and school leading passer in nearly every category went down with broken ribs that are guaranteed to have him out until at least the bowl game (which SAU clinches with just 1 more win in conference).

"When I went down," said Kelly. "I just felt something snap on my side and then it really hurt to breathe. I won't lie, I was a bit scared at first."

"It really hurt to lose [Daniel Kelly]," said Coach Xavier. "He's been a big part of our offense the past four years," (he redshirted his Junior year because of a lingering foot injury suffered during spring camp last year) "and being in the Big East now, we need him more than ever but we're confident Pat [Bass, redshirt Sophomore and #2 QB on the depth chart] can keep us going in the direction we are going now. He really showed some moxy against Pittsburgh."


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/Pittsburgh12013.jpg


The middle of the third quarter, when Bass took over as the signal caller really seemed to be the true turning point of the game for SAU. The offense started to convert 3rd downs and run the ball more which lead to the only third quarter score, a 4 yard scamper by RB Marquardt.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQEhYQFZ20


The fourth quarter was when the offense with Bass at the helm really started to shine, as they methodically marched down the field to score the go ahead TD on a 19 yard power-O run by backup RB Tommy Mitchell



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wovy3nClLUY




Then Bass put a stamp on his ability to throw the ball with a 53 yard bomb to WR Marcus Olsen that put SAU up 42-34 and put the game out of reach.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIhCkfwKjJ8



"It felt good to have a chance to play when the game really mattered," said Bass. "Everyone goes to college on a football scholarship to play, no matter how important it is for them to play early, they still want a chance to play in the big games, when it's do or die time and this was that time and it felt great to have that chance."

SAU has already announced that redshirt Sophomore Pat Bass will be the starting QB for the squad.

SmoothPancakes
07-22-2010, 05:19 PM
Damn man, that sucks about Kelly. Glad to see the Monarchs pull out the win, but hopefully they can keep it rolling with Bass under center.

morsdraconis
07-23-2010, 02:58 PM
Week 8 In Review

Other notable games around the league:

#21 Texas A&M 43 - Kansas 21
#15 Penn State 33 - Minnesota 20
#8 Miami 28 - North Carolina 13
#19 Nebraska 27 - Oklahoma State 10
#2 Georgia Tech 54 - #24 Clemson 28


Game/Upset of the Week:

#7 Wisconsin at #6 Iowa
34 - 40 (in triple OT)

In game that would have nearly identical stats for both teams, it was 4th down conversions that would be the deciding factor as it was a 4th down stop in the 3rd OT that would ultimately decide the game.

Maryland at #17 Boston College
23 - 20

Boston College dropped another ACC game, this time to the Terps as Maryland just out defensed them in the end. Terps defense collected 3 turnovers to just 1 by the Terps offense which would ultimately decide the game.

Other Big East Scores

USF 17 | Cincinnati 6
Connecticut 33 | Louisville 30
West Virginia 34 | Syracuse 20


BCS Rankings (Top 10)

Rk | Team | W/L | Points
1 | Alabama | 8-0 | 1.000
2 | Georgia Tech | 8-0 | 0.994
3 | Ohio State | 7-1 | 0.989
4 | SAU | 6-0 | 0.978
5 | Iowa | 6-1 | 0.975
6 | Texas | 6-1 | 0.975
7 | Stanford | 7-0 | 0.969
8 | Boise State | 6-1 | 0.964
9 | Miami | 6-1 | 0.956
10 | TCU | 7-1 | 0.942


Top 25 Changes (Coaches' Poll)

#6 Iowa to #4
#9 SAU to #6 (and 6 first place votes)
#11 Stanford to #8 (and 1 first place vote)
#7 Wisconsin to #13
#16 Pittsburgh to #20
7-0 Nevada new at #24
#17 Boston College down to #25
#23 Clemson drops from Top 25

Recruiting Notes

The #3 overall ranked player, OT Dustin Miller, commits to USC
The #4 overall ranked player, OT Will Forte, commits to Oklahoma
The #5 overall ranked player, ATH Joe Higdon, commits to Penn State
The #3 ranked OT (#10 overall), Joel Nobles, commits to Oklahoma
The #2 ranked OG (#11 overall), Reggie Gray, commits to Texas
The #4 ranked OT (#12 overall), Greg Weaver, commits to Texas
The #2 ranked QB (#13 overall), Willis Patrick, commits to LSU
The #1 ranked TE (#14 overall), Brandon Ware, commits to USC
The #1 ranked WR (#15 ranked), Walter Babcock, commits to Alabama
The #1 ranked MLB (#16 ranked), Cameron Rushing, commits to Tennessee
The #1 ranked CB (#17 overall), Jason Kelly, commits to LSU
The #2 ranked OLB (#19 overall), Kyle Johnson, commits to Miami
The #3 ranked DE (#22 overall), Nick McClellan, commits to Michigan
The #1 ranked C (#24 overall), Anthony Cowan, commits to USC
The #1 ranked HB (#27 overall), E.J. McNeal, commits to Texas
The #2 ranked MLB (#29 overall), Drew Brown, commits to Auburn
The #3 ranked TE (#40 overall), Matt Williams, commits to Wisconsin
The #3 ranked DT (#49 overall), Steve Jackson, commits to Oregon
The #3 ranked FS (#56 overall), Jeff White, commits to Boise State
The #4 ranked DT (#57 overall), Brian Meeks, commits to Michigan
The #5 ranked DT (#59 overall), David Faulk, commits to Miami
The #6 ranked CB (#73 overall), Elton Prater, commits to WVU
The #4 ranked HB (#74 overall), Harrison Douglas, commits to Auburn
The #8 ranked OG (#75 overall), Matt Hill, commits to Boise State
The #7 ranked HB (#85 overall), Kris Cronin, commits to UCLA
The #8 ranked WR (#88 overall), Cedric Golden, commits to Notre Dame
The #9 ranked OT (#90 overall), Andre McFarland, commits to Alabama
The #11 ranked OG (#100 overall), Seth Moore, commits to Clemson
The #10 ranked OT (#111 overall), Mike O'Donnell, commits to TCU
The #9 ranked HB (#113 overall), Anthony Hammond, commits to Illinois
The #10 ranked HB (#115 overall), Adam Parham, commits to Illinois
The #9 ranked WR (#116 overall, Aaron Sanders, commits to North Carolina
The #6 ranked MLB (#117 overall), Cory Nelson, commits to NC State
The #9 ranked DT (#119 overall), Brad Carroll, commits to Auburn
The #14 ranked OG (#120 overall), Kelly Levine, commits to Miami
The #10 ranked OLB (#121 overall), Kendall Jones, commits to Pittsburgh
The #12 ranked DE (#124 overall), John Arnold, commits to Cal
The #15 ranked DE (#128 overall), Justin Gold, commits to Arizona State
The #10 ranked DT (#131 overall), Howard Griffin, commits to Clemson
The #7 ranked TE (#134 overall), Brandon Carpenter, commits to BYU
The #17 ranked DE (#135 overall), Edwin Hart, commits to Wisconsin
The #8 ranked CB (#138 overall), Jim Adkins, commits to Texas Tech
The #19 ranked DE (#140 overall), Daniel Maxwell, commits to Texas A&M
The #11 ranked OT (#142 overall), Rashad Mitchell, commits to Arizona State
The #6 ranked OC (#143 overall), Desi Scott, commits to Pittsburgh
The #8 ranked TE (#146 overall), Matt Williams, commits to Cincinnati

* - All rankings per ESPNU's Top 150 list

The #7 ranked OC (#158 overall), Brandon Neal, commits to SAU
The #16 ranked HB (#218 overall), Freddie kent, commits to SAU
The #32 ranked SS (#614 overall), Brian Harley, commits to SAU

morsdraconis
07-23-2010, 03:29 PM
Week 9 In Review

Other notable games around the league:

Clemson 32 - #25 Boston College 0
#16 Texas A&M 49 - Texas Tech 27
#12 USC 28 - Oregon 14
#24 Nevada 38 - Utah State 3

Game/Upset of the Week:

Michigan State at #4 Iowa
27 - 13

Michigan State came out firing on all cylinders scoring 17 unanswered points in the 1st quarter and then held on for the huge upset.

#8 Stanford at #17 Washington
19 - 26

Jake Locker and Washington showed once again why they are considered by some the front runners to win the Pac 10 (of which they are currently winning) with a spectacular performance by Locker to the tune of 27/37 for 383 yards and 2 TDs.

Other Big East Scores

West Virginia 17 | Connecticut 13
#20 Pittsburgh 33 | Louisville 7
Syracuse 34 | Cincinnati 17


BCS Rankings (Top 10)

Rk | Team | W/L | Points
1 | Alabama | 8-0 | 1.000
2 | Georgia Tech | 8-0 | 0.994
3 | SAU | 6-0 | 0.989
4 | Ohio State | 8-1 | 0.9835 | Texas | 7-1 | 0.978
6 | Boise State | 7-1 | 0.972
7 | Miami | 7-1 | 0.967
8 | TCU | 8-1 | 0.954
9 | Washington | 7-1 | 0.939
10 | Oklahoma | 7-1 | 0.933


Top 25 Changes (Coaches' Poll)

#6 SAU to #3
#16 Texas A&M to #11
#8 Stanford down to #14
#4 Iowa down to #16
Michigan State new at #21
#15 Penn State down to #22
Clemson new at #25
#18 Nebraska and #25 Boston College out of Top 25

Recruiting Notes

The #1 ranked SS (#8 overall), Cedrick Patterson, commits to LSU
The #2 ranked DE (#9 overall), Chris Abrams, commits to Boise State
The #1 ranked OLB (#18 overall), Chris Morris, commits to Texas
The #2 ranked CB (#20 overall), Richard Harris, commits to Georgia
The #3 ranked QB (#23 overall), Mario Love, commits to Georgia
The #5 ranked SS (#82 overall), Malcolm Ostrander, commits to Oklahoma State
The #4 ranked OC (#97 overall), J.R. Berry, commits to Nebraska
The #8 ranked HB (#99 overall), Kelvin Shaw, commits to Tennessee
The #8 ranked QB (#102 overall), Justin Kennedy, commits to Michigan
The #11 ranked DE (#122 overall), Dan Brown, commits to Virginia Tech
The #13 ranked DE (#125 overall), Cody Davis, commits to UCLA
The #6 ranked FS (#130 overall), Demetrius Nichols, commits to North Carolina
The #10 ranked SS (#139 overall), Chris Hunter, commits to Texas A&M
The #11 ranked DT (#141 overall), Brett Stephens, commits to Ole Miss
The #10 ranked WR (#149 overall), Kyle Wade, commits to Alabama

* - All rankings per ESPNU's Top 150 list

JBHuskers
07-23-2010, 03:30 PM
That same result with Nebraska and Washington happened in my dynasty. Not the same score, but same result so I wonder if EA doesn't think Nebraska can beat Washington.

Funny thing in my offline dyansty on the 360 with Nebraska, I had a tough time with Idaho at home, but smoked Washington on the road.

morsdraconis
07-26-2010, 01:36 PM
2013-2014 Season Comes To A Close For Monarchs


Another season, another national championship, has SAU finished a second straight perfect season by blowing out Miami 47-14 on the arm of player of the game Daniel Kelly who threw for 376 yards and 5 TDs against the vaunted Miami defense.

The future is slightly darker as this is the final hurrah for not only the most talented WR to play at SAU, but in all of college football in Thomas Moses. Moses graduates from SAU as not only the record holder in nearly every category for receiving but also as the NCAA record holder for receptions and yards for a career with his 347 catches (breaking the previous record of 316) for 6049 yards (breaking the previous record of 5005). Few teams can reload after having such a talented 2009 recruiting class, but SAU will try by bringing in their best recruiting class ever at #17 with five 4* recruits (including highly touted corner Emmanuel Parks from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and halfback Freddie Kent from Leesburg, Virginia).


Season Record: 13-0 (7-0)
Coach's Poll: 1
USA Today Poll: 1
BCS Poll: 1
Awards Won: Big East Conference Championship; BCS National Championship

Wk 1 | Oregon | W 23-7
Wk 2 | #4 Boise State | W 38-24
Wk 3 | @ Houston | W 45-27
Wk 4 | Bye | -
Wk 5 | @ Vanderbilt | W 31-21
Wk 6 | Connecticut | W 52-21
Wk 7 | Bye | -
Wk 8 | @ Pittsburgh | W 42-34
Wk 9 | Bye | -
Wk 10 | @ USF | W 34-14
WK 11 | Syracuse | W 56-3
Wk 12 | @ Cincinnati | W 21-7
Wk 13 | Louisville | W 24-22
Wk 14 | @ West Virginia | W 52-31
Wk 15 | Holy Cross | W 30-10

morsdraconis
07-26-2010, 01:38 PM
Updated the first post with records and such (can't believe I broke those two receiving records with Thomas Moses, that's nuts).

Got tired of doing the game by game stuff (it was really burning me out and plus it wasn't letting me sim games that were sure blowouts) so I just got through the rest of the season and I think I'm just going to do that from now on. While it's definitely more interesting going game by game, it's a whole lot more work than I really feel like doing, so I'm not going to anymore.

SmoothPancakes
07-26-2010, 02:42 PM
Great job on the title man. Great way for Moses to end his career. And do whatever you have to do man. If you find it's easier and you get less burned out doing a season recap or a recap of how things are going every couples weeks, that's perfectly fine. I'll still be a loyal reader.

I'm gonna be slowing down my Navy dynasty for the same reasons (to avoid getting burned out). Excluding Friday and Saturday, as those are my busy days from hell at work, I have been averaging a game per day with my dynasty. Now I'm planning on backing my Navy dynasty down to a game/week update/recruiting update every 2-3 days or so. It'll allow me to continue playing every game and writing up stories for every game, but not get burned out easily from it. Plus, as I am also trying to fit in playing time for MW2, Tiger Woods 11, and about 10 other games that have received extremely little play time in the past couple weeks, it'll allow me time to mix in those games alongside NCAA and my Navy dynasty.

morsdraconis
07-26-2010, 06:15 PM
2014-2015 Schedule Announced




Date | Team

8/27/2014 | @ #6 Miami
9/3/2014 | UCLA
9/10/2014 | Notre Dame
9/23/2014 | West Virginia
10/1/2014 | #17 Pittsburgh
10/8/2014 | @ Connecticut
10/13/2014 | @ Syracuse
10/29/2014 | USF
11/5/2014 | Cincinnati
11/17/2014 | @ Louisville
11/26/2014 | @ #23 Boston College
12/3/2014 | Holy Cross


Having completed their requirements with Oregon, Vanderbilt, Houston, and Boise State and no longer owing any other team visits, SAU was free to schedule anyone that was willing to schedule a game. Boston College once again, agreed to continue the crosstown rivalry and give it an official name, The Snow Bowl, giving SAU it's 3rd rivalry game.

The Miami Hurricanes also came knocking, wanting a chance to prove themselves again after the manhandling that SAU brought down on them in the BCS Championship Game last season. SAU agreed to play them opening week at Miami.

SAU was able to add storied programs like UCLA and Notre Dame to their schedule this year as well.

morsdraconis
08-11-2010, 06:10 PM
Just an update on this, I haven't stopped doing this. I've progressed to the next season already and I'm going to come back and post about season 2014 once I get a chance as well as update everything else.

There will be more Massachusetts domination on the horizon.

morsdraconis
05-31-2011, 10:08 AM
Just an update on this, I haven't stopped doing this. I've progressed to the next season already and I'm going to come back and post about season 2014 once I get a chance as well as update everything else.

There will be more Massachusetts domination on the horizon.

So, yeah, I lied about everything but this. I will be definitely bringing this back once '12 hits and it won't be dying like it did before. As soon as we know more about the TB stuff for '12 (if there is anything more to know), I'll be recreating this team as an absolutely terrible team in a heavily modified College Football Landscape.

There will absolutely be more Massachusetts domination on the horizon with plenty of seasons to come.

morsdraconis
06-16-2011, 01:16 PM
SAU First School Since SMU To Receive Death Penalty Fines


It looks like the end my be near for SAU's football program as word has gotten out of the enormous amount of illegal activity that has happened during SAU's brief tenor in the Division I ranks of college football.

Numerous reports indicate that Athletic Director Calvin Gregory and Head Coach Jonathan Xavier were allocating improper benefits to numerous players on the football and basketball teams to the sum of $150,000 from various boosters with full knowledge by the Athletic Department of it happening from the beginning of the program until the end of the 2013 season.

In doing so, SAU has become only the second school in Division I history to receive the "death penalty" from the NCAA Executive Committee.

"It's unfortunate that it's come to this, " said NCAA President Mark Emmert, "but what the Athletic Department has done at Saint Augustus University is reprehensible and they must be punished for their obvious flaunting of breaking the NCAA rules for their student athletes."

The penalties handed down on SAU:



Loss of any awards or games won during their time in the FBS divisions (forfeiting 2 National Championships, 1 Big East Title, 1 Armed Forces Bowl win, and several All-American awards).
Loss of football for the 2014-2015 season.
Loss of all scholarship players on the squad with all players known to have received benefits to have their remaining eligibility removed and all other players given the ability to transfer without losing a year of eligibility.
Greatly reduced scholarship numbers for the first 5 years of football operations (only 10 scholarships available for years 1 and 2, 15 for years 3 and 4, and 20 for year 5)


After the news was released about what happened, both AD Calvin Gregory and Head Coach Jonathan Xavier stepped down from their positions on the team and the boosters involved in the scandal have been banned from the school.

morsdraconis
06-16-2011, 02:13 PM
No longer doing the conference realignment.

Instead, SAU will be moved back to being an Independent member of the FBS where they will work out their out of the hole that they have created for themselves.

morsdraconis
06-30-2011, 04:08 PM
SAU Introduces New Head Coach and Athletic Director


With the penalties inflicted on the team, SAU has cleaned house of all coaching staff and athletic department members to make way for a much cleaner and more focused group to make their way into the department. Part of that change was to hire a new Athletic Director in Andre Paulnescu and a new Head football coach in Maximus O'Connor.

SAU will be O'Connor's first head coaching job as his previous coaching stops included Offensive Coordinator jobs at Akron, and Memphis and was a HB positional coach at Navy.

morsdraconis
08-02-2011, 09:47 PM
Ok, this is seriously coming back now that I'm actually half way interested in NCAA again.

morsdraconis
08-03-2011, 03:05 PM
SAU Announces 2015 Schedule and O'Connor Contract Information

2015-2016 Season Schedule



Wk
Date
Opponent


1
Sat 8/27
:Troy:


2
Sat 9/3
:@: :BC: **


3
Sat 9/10
:Buffalo:


4
Sat 9/17
:Maryland:


5
Bye
Bye


6
Sat 10/1
:@: :North_Texas:


7
Sun 10/9
:@: :UTEP:


8
Sun 10/16
:FIU:


9
Sat 10/22
:@: :Connecticut: **


10
Sun 10/30
:Western_Michigan:


11
Sat 11/5
:Navy:


12
Bye
Bye


13
Sun 11/20
:@: :San_Jose_State:


14
Bye
Bye


15
Sat 12/3
:@: :Holy_Cross: *


* - In Game Rivalry Game
** - Dynasty Rivalry Game (aka game doesn't count it as a rivalry game)

Contract Breakdown
Length: 1 Year
Starting Job Security: 78%
End of Contract Job Security: N/A



Fail Impact
Goal
Pass Impact



Win 8 games in one season
:3greenarrow:


:3redarrow:
Win 100% of your rivalry games each season
:2greenarrow:


:2redarrow:
Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season
:1greenarrow:


:2redarrow:
Win 6 games in one season
:1greenarrow:


:2redarrow:
Win 25% of your games in one season
:1greenarrow:



Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season
:1greenarrow:


:6redarrow:
Win 4 games in one season

morsdraconis
08-03-2011, 04:02 PM
Week 1 Preview

:Troy:0-0 (0-0) :@: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png0-0 (0-0)



Saturday, August, 27th at 1:00pm

The Hanging Gardens (27,000)
Worcester, Massachusetts

Nationally Televised Game


RANKINGS:Troy:http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
Overall Rating:B-C
Offense Rating:B-C
Defense Rating:C+C-
Points Per Game:N/AN/A
Total Offense:N/AN/A
Rush Offense:N/AN/A
Pass Offense:N/AN/A
Total Defense:N/AN/A
Rush Defense:N/AN/A
Pass Defense:N/AN/A
Turnover Diff:N/AN/A

SAU opens their gates after a full year of no football because of the sanctions levied against them by the NCAA. Their first game of the season pits them against the Troy Trojans.


Featured Players


TeamPlayer NamePos/#OvrSeason Stats
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.pngChris SandersQB #1580N/A
:Troy:Jonathan MassaquoiLE #9491N/A

morsdraconis
08-03-2011, 05:12 PM
Week 1



Final Score
:Troy: 28 - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 48


Scoring Summary


1st2nd3rd4thOT
:Troy:00217-28
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png14101014-48



FIRST QUARTER SCORE
2:37TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: P.Stone, 1 Yd run (J.Fountain kick)0 - 7 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
1:14TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: S.McCullough, 71 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)0 - 14 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
SECOND QUARTER
6:31FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 20 Yd FG0 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
1:38TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 1 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)0 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
THIRD QUARTER
8:08FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 33 Yd FG0 - 27 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
5:58FG :Troy:: M.Taylor, 33 Yd FG3 - 27 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
5:27TD :Troy:: J.Johnson, 42 Yd pass from C.Robinson (2-Pt)11 - 27 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:26FG :Troy:: M.Taylor, 38 Yd FG14 - 27 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:11TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 77 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)14 - 34 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:00TD :Troy:: B.Moncrief, 71 Yd Pass from C.Robinson (M.Taylor kick)21 - 34 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
FOURTH QUARTER
5:43TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: M.Fellows, 30 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)21 - 41 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
4:18TD :Troy:: C.Reeves, 15 Yd pass from C.Robinson (M.Taylor kick)28 - 41 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
4:05TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, returned kickoff 93 Yds (J.Fountain kick)28 - 48 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png


Game Stats


:Troy:Stathttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
28Score48
16First Downs27
498Total Offense717
24-(-6)-0Rushes - Yards - TD29-107-1
25-47-3Comp - Att - TD35-59-4
504Passing Yards610
4Times Sacked6
7-18 (38%)3rd Down Conv10-18 (55%)
1-3 (33%)4th Down Conv1-1 (100%)
1-1 (100%)2-Point Conv0-0 (0%)
5-1-2 (60%)Red Zone - TD - FG5-2-2 (80%)
0Turnovers0
0Fumbles Lost0
0Intercepted0
12Punt Return Yards7
199 Kick Return Yards150
709Total Yards874
5 - 44.0Punts - Average4 - 28.5
6 - 54Penalties8 - 82
14:35Time of Possession23:05


Contract Update
Current Job Security: 78%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail ImpactGoalProgressPass Impact
Win 8 games in one season1:3greenarrow:
:3redarrow:Win 100% of your rivalry games each season:2greenarrow:
:2redarrow:Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season:1greenarrow:
:2redarrow:Win 6 games in one season1:1greenarrow:
:2redarrow:Win 25% of your games in one season1:1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season:1greenarrow:
:6redarrow:Win 4 games in one season1


Coach O'Connor's Quotes


--On breaking the team's single game passing yards record

"It was pretty much a guarantee that, sometime during my tenure here at SAU, this record was going to fall. As much as I want our team to throw the ball, it was only a matter of time. I'm definitely more happy about us not turning the ball over during that period than the amount of yards we gained while doing so."

--On the defense's performance today

"We were up against a very talented team and to hold them to only 28 points, only 7 3rd down conversions, and just 16 first downs is definitely a very big accomplishment for us. While, giving up 504 yards through the air was definitely not what we wanted to see. Even more so because of the big plays that we gave up. That was what wasn't a good thing to see from this defense. We've got to keep the offensive players in front of us better than we did today.

--On the run/pass play call distribution

"As was common knowledge when I was hired, my offense is a pass first, ask questions later kind of offense. A 70/30 split is to be expected for the play calling and, most likely, will remain to be the split as the season progresses. Yes, there will be times like today when Chris [Sanders] will scramble out of the pocket and make something happen with his legs or when he makes changes at the line from what he sees in the defensive formation that may skew the ratio more towards the run, but both of those things we love seeing him do with confidence and authority and we encourage him to do it. It's rare to see that kind of mastery of the offense so early from a young player, especially considering the limited amount of playing time that he has had."

morsdraconis
08-03-2011, 05:37 PM
On The Recruiting Trail


After a great win at home in week 1, SAU received a letter of commitment from :3star: QB Dennis Phillips. The 6'3" 236 Seaford, New York native was just the 70th ranked QB out of the prospects available, but he shows a real talent for possible dual threat abilities.

--When asked why he picked SAU

"I really believe in what Coach O'Connor is trying to do at SAU and I want to be a part of it. The campus felt like home the minute I stepped on it and I was really surprised by how beautiful it was. Fall in Worcester is going to be great!"

SmoothPancakes
08-03-2011, 05:43 PM
Nice win man. Great way to start off the season. And looking forward to that week 8 game. :)

morsdraconis
08-03-2011, 07:22 PM
Week 2 Preview

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SnowBowl1.png

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png1-0 (0-0) :@: :BC:0-0 (0-0)


Saturday, September, 3rd at 7:45pm
Alumni Stadium (44,500)
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Regional Broadcast Game


RANKINGS http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png :BC:
Overall Rating: C B+
Offense Rating: C B
Defense Rating: C- B+
Points Per Game: N/A N/A
Total Offense: N/A N/A
Rush Offense: N/A N/A
Pass Offense: N/A N/A
Total Defense: N/A N/A
Rush Defense: N/A N/A
Pass Defense: N/A N/A
Turnover Diff: N/A N/A


And the Snow Bowl has begun.


Featured Players


Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
:BC: Luke Kuechly MLB #40 97 N/A
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 35/59 610 yards 4 TDs 59.3% 168.5 QB Rating

morsdraconis
08-03-2011, 07:26 PM
Nice win man. Great way to start off the season. And looking forward to that week 8 game. :)

:)

I scheduled them specifically for that purpose. :D

Thanks man. I'm already a bit worried about the game being too easy...

morsdraconis
08-04-2011, 05:23 PM
Week 2

Snow Bowl I

Final Score
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 17 - :BC: 21

Excellent diving grab by Junior (RS) WR Joe Pollard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENVLG9LhyF0


Scoring Summary


1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 0 3 14 0 - 17
:BC: 7 7 0 7 - 21



FIRST QUARTER SCORE
7:04 TD :BC:: M.Harris, 34 Yd run (N.Freese Kick) 0 - 7 :BC:
SECOND QUARTER
6:16 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 34 Yd FG 3 - 7 :BC:
3:20 TD :BC:: M.Harris, 1 Yd run (N.Freese kick) 3 - 14 :BC:
THIRD QUARTER
6:08 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: C.Sanders, 2 Yd run (J.Fountain kick) 10 - 14 :BC:
2:57 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 5 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 17 - 14 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
FOURTH QUARTER
7:12 TD :BC:: M.Harris, 80 Yd run (N.Freese kick) 17 - 21 :BC:


Game Stats


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Stat :BC:
17 Score 21
15 First Downs 13
323 Total Offense 337
21-44-1 Rushes - Yards - TD 39-197-3
30-52-1 Comp - Att - TD 12-22-0
279 Passing Yards 140
5 Times Sacked 5
1-14 (7%) 3rd Down Conv 2-11 (18%)
1-3 (33%) 4th Down Conv 0-0 (0%)
0-0 (0%) 2-Point Conv 0-0 (0%)
4-2-1 (75%) Red Zone - TD - FG 2-1-0 (50%)
2 Turnovers 4
0 Fumbles Lost 3
2 Intercepted 1
30 Punt Return Yards -1
64 Kick Return Yards 86
417 Total Yards 422
8 - 40.9 Punts - Average 9 - 41.7
2 - 10 Penalties 4 - 20
23:18 Time of Possession 17:24


Contract Update
Current Job Security: 78%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season 1 :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 120 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season 1 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 50% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season 1

Coach O'Connor's Quotes


--On his feelings about how the game played out today
"I proud of how we performed out there. Playing against BC in the first annual Snow Bowl, I was really happy with what I saw. We had some missed opportunities to go ahead and stay ahead, but, in the end, it just wasn't meant to be."

--On the defense's performance against the run
"Not happy one bit. Anytime you allow 224 yards and a pretty ridiculous average on 31 carries, you can't be happy about it. Montel [Harris] is a talented back, there's no doubt about that; but the missed tackles killed us. Letting him break that 80 yarder after breaking three tacklers just wasn't good football by us. We've got to do better in that department if we want to have a chance to be a good football team."

--On Sophomore (RS) Paris Stone's injury
"Paris is having some issues with his back from a hit he took in the 2nd quarter that caused him to have to be out of the game. Currently, it's looking like at least another game before he'll be back, but we'll know more once we have some more extensive x-rays done."

--On the ineffectiveness of the running game
"When Paris went down, we sorta abandoned the run too soon, though partly because BC was looking for it more. That was a mistake on my part as it put too much pressure on Chris's shoulders and on our offensive line to hold back BC's incredibly talented front seven. With the likelihood of Paris being out for another game, we'll be working more of a rotation in at the RB spot in hopes to ignite something there to help alleviate some of the pressure of carrying the team off of Chris's shoulders.

morsdraconis
08-04-2011, 05:49 PM
Week 3 Preview

:Buffalo: 0-1 (0-0) http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/At%20Symbol1.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png1-1 (0-0)


Saturday, September, 10th at 1:00pm
The Hanging Gardens (27,000)
Worcester, Massachusetts



RANKINGS :Buffalo: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
Overall Rating: D C
Offense Rating: D C
Defense Rating: D C-
Points Per Game: 10.0 (#102 32.5 (#56)
Total Offense: 258 (#88) 1040 (#1)
Rush Offense: 88 (#99) 151 (#71)
Pass Offense: 170 (#81) 889 (#1)
Total Defense: 356 (#72) 835 (#112)
Rush Defense: 147 (#65) 191 (#92)
Pass Defense: 209 (#74) 644 (#112)
Turnover Diff: -5 (#112) 2 (#13)




Featured Players


Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
:Buffalo: Marcus Rivers WR #2 76 5 catches 81 yards 1 TD
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 65/111 889 yards 5 TDs 2 INTs 58.6% 137.1 QB Rating

morsdraconis
08-04-2011, 09:40 PM
Week 3

Final Score
:Buffalo: 20 - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 55

Interception returned for a TD by Senior (RS) Aaron O'Neill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of5jn57l5ao

TD pass from Sophomore (RS) Chris Sanders to Junior (RS) Joe Pollard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsx2kXTpV0


Scoring Summary


1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT
:Buffalo: 6 0 7 7 - 20
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 17 21 10 7 - 55




FIRST QUARTER SCORE

7:11 FG :Buffalo:: J.Schum, 29 Yd FG 3 - 0 :Buffalo:

4:46 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 29 Yd FG 3 - 3

4:10 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: A. O'Neill, returned interception 46 Yds (J.Fountain kick) 3 - 10 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

1:49 FG :Buffalo:: J.Schum, 32 Yd FG 6 - 10 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

0:35 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 7 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 6 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

SECOND QUARTER

4:23 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, 6 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 6 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

3:56 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, 3 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 6 - 31 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

0:25 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Pollard, 14 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 6 - 38 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

THIRD QUARTER

6:20 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 39 Yd FG 6 - 41 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

5:11 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Pollard, 63 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 6 - 48 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

0:20 TD :Buffalo:: A.Neutz, 65 Yd pass from A.Zordich (J.Schum kick) 13 - 48 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

FOURTH QUARTER

6:37 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, 7 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 13 - 55 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

4:47 TD :Buffalo:: M.Rivers, 2 Yd pass from A.Zordich (J.Schum kick) 20 - 55 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png


Game Stats


PLAYERS OF THE GAME

:Buffalo: A.Neutz 4 Rec, 106 Yds, TD
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png C.Sanders 34-46, 387 Yds, 6 TD, 3 rushes, 16 Yds






:Buffalo: Stat http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
20 Score 55
15 First Downs 24
352 Total Offense 537
28-0-0 Rushes - Yards - TD 23-150-0
20-41-2 Comp - Att - TD 34-46-6
352 Passing Yards 387
6 Times Sacked 1
4-15 (26%) 3rd Down Conv 6-12 (50%)
2-3 (66%) 4th Down Conv 2-2 (100%)
0-0 (0%) 2-Point Conv 0-0 (0%)
5-1-2 (60%) Red Zone - TD - FG 6-5-1 (50%)
3 Turnovers 1
0 Fumbles Lost 1
3 Intercepted 0
1 Punt Return Yards 36
254 Kick Return Yards 87
607 Total Yards 660
5 - 42.4 Punts - Average 2 - 39.5
4 - 45 Penalties 6 - 37
14:14 Time of Possession 21:46


Contract Update
Current Job Security: 78%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact

Win 8 games in one season 2 :3greenarrow:

:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:

:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 120 :1greenarrow:

:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season 2 :1greenarrow:

:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 66% :1greenarrow:

Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season :1greenarrow:

:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season 2


Coach O'Connor's Quotes


--On how serious the injury to star MLB Stephon Hooper is
"Stephon suffered a pretty serious back injury during the middle of the third quarter. At the moment, he'll be lucky to see the field the rest of this season. We're hoping for a quicker recovery, but, at the same time, we're counting our blessings that the injury isn't more serious as where he got hit has caused some serious life threatening injuries before."

--On the performance by the offense
"Boy did we really respond after our pitiful performance against BC or what? Chris [Sanders] had an incredible game and, in turn, we played very well against a good Buffalo team. If we can continue to produce on the offensive side of the ball like this, we have such promise."

--On the starting RB position
"I've just been told by our trainers that Paris has been cleared to return to the lineup next week against Maryland. At the moment, he is the starter and will retain that upon coming back into the lineup. Marcus [Fellows - Freshman (RS) HB] really responded well filling in for Paris [Stone] but, unless there are lingering issues for Paris, he will be our starter against Maryland."

morsdraconis
08-04-2011, 11:18 PM
Week 4 Preview

:Maryland: 0-1 (0-1)http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/At%20Symbol1.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png2-1 (0-0)


Saturday, September, 17th at 12:30pm
The Hanging Gardens (27,000)
Worcester, Massachusetts
REGIONAL BROADCAST GAME


RANKINGS :Maryland: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
Overall Rating: B+ C
Offense Rating: B+ C
Defense Rating: B C-
Points Per Game: 21.0 (#91 40.0 (#29)
Total Offense: 326 (#116) 1577 (#1)
Rush Offense: 120 (#114) 301 (#66)
Pass Offense: 206 (#110) 1276 (#1)
Total Defense: 501 (#40) 1187 (#120)
Rush Defense: 174 (#25) 191 (#34)
Pass Defense: 327 (#52) 996 (#120)
Turnover Diff: -1 (#72) 4 (#9)




Featured Players


Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
:Maryland: Danny O'Brien QB #5 89 3/8 57 yards 1 TD 37.5% 138.6 QB Rating
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 99/157 1276 yards 11 TDs 2 INTs 63.1% 151.9 QB Rating



Other Featured Match-ups



:ACC: Two large match-ups this week between two :ACC: schools and two other power conference foes. The first pits #5 :Ohio_State::@::Miami:. The second match-up is the GAME OF THE WEEK and the location of this week's http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/ESPN_College_Football_Gameday_Logo2.png as it pits #1:Oklahoma::@:#8:Florida_State:. Both games feature possible smashed BCS Title hopes for the losers.
:Big_Ten: Besides the :Ohio_State::@::Miami: match-up, the :Big_Ten: also has a classic rivalry game match-up in #11:Michigan_State::@:#19:Notre_Dame:. Once again, possible BCS Title hopes is on the line for both teams.
:CUSA: #16:Oklahoma_State::@::Tulsa: is :Tulsa:'s second of three games against ranked opponents out of conference this season (the first was a 29-10 loss to #1:Oklahoma: in Norman and the final one is a match-up next week against #6:Boise_State: on the blue turf)
:Pac_12: Having three big games this week, the :Pac_12: takes the cake for conferences to watch this week. The first of three big games features an inter-conference battle with #4:Stanford::@:#25:Arizona:. The second features :Washington::@:#12:Nebraska:. The third, and final, features :Big_12:#20:Texas::@::UCLA:
:SEC: The only huge match-up this week features a pivotal match-up in #3:LSU::@:#13:Mississippi_State: where the winner keeps their title hopes alive.




Last Week's Upsets

:Arizona::@:#6:Oklahoma_State:
24 - 20
Arizona scores a TD with 2:00 remaining and hangs on for one of the biggest upsets in the history of their program.

#13:South_Carolina::@::Georgia:
24 - 31
Georgia outscores South Carolina 10-3 in the 4th quarter to pull off the upset.

#18:Mississippi_State::@:#12:Auburn:
31 - 21
Mississippi State puts up 182 yards on the ground and dominates the 2nd quarter to propel them into victory.

morsdraconis
08-09-2011, 11:27 PM
Week 4

Final Score
:Maryland: 37 - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 55

Junior CB Matt Stallings Returns INT for TD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyQgEEwT3tg

Scoring Summary


1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT
:Maryland: 14 3 7 13 - 37
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 14 20 21 0 - 55



FIRST QUARTER SCORE
8:30 TD :Maryland:: K.Dorsey, 53 Yd pass from D.OBrien (N.Ferrara kick) 7 - 0 :Maryland:
5:03 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Newberry, 10 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 7 - 7
4:50 TD :Maryland:: D.Meggett, 67 Yd run (N.Ferrara kick) 14 - 7 :Maryland:
2:48 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: P.Stone, 6 Yd run (J.Fountain kick) 14 - 14
SECOND QUARTER
7:40 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 32 Yd FG 14 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
5:04 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 31 Yd FG 14 - 20 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
2:22 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: M.Stallings, returned interception 87 Yds (J.Fountain kick) 14 - 27 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:18 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: S.McCullough, 27 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 14 - 34 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:00 FG :Maryland:: N.Ferrara, 51 Yd FG 17 - 34 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
THIRD QUARTER
6:15 TD :Maryland:: Q.McCree, 3 Yd pass from D.OBrien (N.Ferrara kick) 24 - 34 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
5:38 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: S.McCullough, 61 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 24 - 41 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
2:44 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 20 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 24 - 48 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:51 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: P.Stone, 43 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 24 - 55 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
FOURTH QUARTER
6:18 TD :Maryland:: T.Logan, 45 Yd pass from D.OBrien (N.Ferrara kick) 31 - 55 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
2:23 TD :Maryland:: K.Dorsey, 73 Yd pass from D.OBrien (2-Pt failed) 37 - 55 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png


Game Stats


PLAYERS OF THE GAME

:Maryland: D.OBrien 15-30, 350 Yds, 4 TD
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png C.Sanders 32-51, 428 Yds, 5 TD











:Maryland: Stat http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
37 Score 55
8 First Downs 22
466 Total Offense 533
22-116-1 Rushes - Yards - TD 35-105-1
15-30-4 Comp - Att - TD 32-51-5
350 Passing Yards 428
4 Times Sacked 0
5-11 (45%) 3rd Down Conv 8-17 (47%)
0-1 (0%) 4th Down Conv 2-2 (100%)
0-1 (0%) 2-Point Conv 0-0 (0%)
1-1-0 (100%) Red Zone - TD - FG 6-3-2 (83%)
4 Turnovers 1
3 Fumbles Lost 0
1 Intercepted 1
1 Punt Return Yards 9
208 Kick Return Yards 102
675 Total Yards 644
4 - 49.8 Punts - Average 4 - 31.0
6 - 55 Penalties 3 - 30
11:47 Time of Possession 24:13


Contract Update
Current Job Security: 83%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season 3 :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 55 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season 3 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 75% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season 1 :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season 3


Coach O'Connor's Quotes


--On his feelings about how the defense played
"Our showing was very impressive considering the talent that Maryland has on their team as a whole. I felt our scheme was enough to give our offense the edge in a shootout, but the defense's performance was definitely a welcomed sight. Now we just gotta cut down on the big plays. While, yes, the 4th quarter was the 2nd stringers against their number 1's still, it was very disappointing to see the lack of cohesiveness out there."

--On QB Chris Sanders starting 15/15 before throwing an incomplete pass
"Chris probably had his best week of practice since the beginning of the year this past week so we were expecting big things from him. It certainly looked like he was beginning to really see the field and wasn't forcing things during practice this week and when it translated to the field against a quality opponent like Maryland, that's encouraging to see. Hopefully we can continue to build on this early success."

morsdraconis
08-09-2011, 11:50 PM
Week 5 Preview

Bye Week




Week 5 Featured Match-ups



Conference Kirk's Pick
:Big_12: #25:Oklahoma_State::@:#6:Texas_A&M: - The Aggies of Texas A&M try to keep their BCS Title hopes alive as they play host to a floundering Oklahoma State team who hope to bounce back after losing to unranked Arizona and unranked Tulsa in consecutive weekends. :Texas_A&M:
:Big_East: #2:LSU::@::West_Virginia: - WVU plays host to the Tigers of LSU who hope to keep their BCS Title hopes alive as WVU hopes to keep their own BCS Title hopes alive. :LSU:
:CUSA: :Tulsa::@:#5:Boise_State: - Having just beaten a ranked Oklahoma State team, Tulsa hopes to be the upset special of the week once again as they travel to the smurf turf of Boise State, while Boise State hopes to keep the impossible (a non-BCS school playing for a BCS Title) alive. :Boise_State:
:SEC: #14:Arkansas::@:#1:Alabama: - Bama plays host to their first SEC opponent in Arkansas as both attempt to keep BCS Title hopes alive. :Arkansas:



Last Week's Upsets

#5:Ohio_State::@::Miami:
21 - 24
Miami scores two TDs in the 4th quarter and shuts out the Buckeyes for the upset bid.

#15:Oklahoma_State::@::Tulsa:
28 - 29
Tulsa scores a game defining TD with 1:09 left in the 4th quarter to upset the nationally ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys.

#1:Oklahoma::@:#8:Florida_State:
17 - 24
Florida State scores a TD with 10:35 remaining in the 4th quarter and then holds on for the win.

morsdraconis
08-10-2011, 10:19 PM
Week 6 Preview

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png3-1 (0-0) http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/At%20Symbol1.jpg :North_Texas: 0-4 (0-1)


Saturday, October, 1st at 12:30pm
Mean Green Stadium (30,000)
Denton, Texas



RANKINGS http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png :North_Texas:
Overall Rating: C C-
Offense Rating: C C
Defense Rating: C- D+
Points Per Game: 43.7 (#9) 17.7 (#104)
Total Offense: 2110 (#2) 1342 (#54)
Rush Offense: 406 (#97) 656 (#42)
Pass Offense: 1704 (#1) 686 (#79)
Total Defense: 1653 (#110) 2089 (#120)
Rush Defense: 307 (#9) 799 (#115)
Pass Defense: 1346 (#120) 1290 (#118)
Turnover Diff: 7 (#4) 0 (#61)




Featured Players


Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 131/208 1704 yards 16 TDs 3 INTs 63.0% 154.3 QB Rating
:North_Texas: Lance Dunbar RB #5 88 59 carries 416 yards 7.1 ypc 3 TDs



Other Featured Match-ups




Conference Kirk's Pick
:Big_Ten: #9:Nebraska::@:#7:Wisconsin - two of the top 15 face off in this conference opening game for both teams. Nebraska trying to show that it has the football prowess to compete with the best the expanded :Big_Ten: has to offer. :Nebraska:
:Big_Ten: #8:Michigan_State::@:#11:Ohio_State: - Ohio State, trying to continue to get back on track after losing to Miami in week Week 4, as they play host to Michigan State to open their new 12 team conference schedules. :Ohio_State:
:Big_12: #17:Arkansas::@:#12:Texas_A&M: - Both teams trying to rebound from defeats last week as Texas A&M plays host to the 68th Southwest Classic rivalry game. :Texas_A&M:
:SEC: #14:Auburn::@:#19:South_Carolina: - Normal conference match-up for the SEC as a ranked South Carolina team plays host to a ranked Auburn team with both teams trying to keep pace in the race for the conference championship. :Auburn:
:SEC: #1:Alabama::@:#13:Florida: - Conference leaders play what could end up being a prequel to the conference championship game as Florida plays host to top ranked Alabama. :Alabama:

Last Week's Upsets
#10:Oregon::@::Arizona:
37 - 42
Arizona holds Oregon to 6 second half points after giving up 31 in the first half to hold on for the win.

#25:Oklahoma_State::@:#12:Texas_A&M:
17 - 20
Oklahoma State holds Texas A&M to 3 second half points to hold on for a defensive win.

dubvcrazy05
08-10-2011, 10:22 PM
Nice dynasty man. Looks like you should get the win at North Texas. Good luck though!

morsdraconis
08-10-2011, 10:29 PM
Nice dynasty man. Looks like you should get the win at North Texas. Good luck though!

Thanks man. I hope so! I'm in the process of playing them and they're playing me tougher than I thought they would.

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy. It's minimal, but I try to keep it interesting still.

dubvcrazy05
08-10-2011, 10:32 PM
Thanks man. I hope so! I'm in the process of playing them and they're playing me tougher than I thought they would.

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy. It's minimal, but I try to keep it interesting still.

Well I hope you get the win.

And no problem

morsdraconis
08-12-2011, 10:37 AM
Week 6

Final Score
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 61 - :North_Texas: 31

Scoring Summary


1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 24 20 0 17 - 61
:North_Texas: 7 10 0 14 - 31



FIRST QUARTER SCORE
7:29 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: S.McCullough, 5 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 7 - 0 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
6:13 TD :North_Texas:: D.Carey, 34 Yd pass from R.Dodge (Z.Olen kick) 7 - 7
5:27 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Pollard, 59 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 14 - 7 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
2:40 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 28 Yd FG 17 - 7 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
1:40 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: P.Stone, 15 Yd run (J.Fountain kick) 24 - 7 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
SECOND QUARTER
8:56 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 24 Yd FG 27 - 7 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
4:39 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 37 Yd FG 30 - 7 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
3:39 FG :North_Texas:: Z.Olen, 24 Yd FG 30 - 10 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
3:24 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Pollard, 82 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 37 - 10 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
2:22 TD :North_Texas:: T.Stradford, 40 Yd pass from R.Dodge (Z.Olen kick) 37 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:35 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, 5 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 44 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
FOURTH QUARTER
7:57 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 27 Yd FG 47 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
2:37 TD :North_Texas:: B.Lewis, 75 Yd pass from R.Dodge (Z.Olen kick) 47 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
1:51 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 2 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 54 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
1:23 TD :North_Texas:: D.Prior, 31 Yd pass from R.Dodge (Z.Olen kick) 54 - 31 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:45 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png, J.Pollard, 11 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 61 - 31 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png


Game Stats


PLAYERS OF THE GAME

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png C.Sanders 38-71, 569 Yds, 6 TD
:North_Texas: R.Dodge 23-38, 478 Yds, 4 TD








http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Stat :North_Texas:
61 Score 31
24 First Downs 17
668 Total Offense 538
24-99-1 Rushes - Yards - TD 27-34-0
38-71-6 Comp - Att - TD 25-40-4
569 Passing Yards 504
7 Times Sacked 2
9-19 (47%) 3rd Down Conv 3-11 (27%)
2-4 (50%) 4th Down Conv 0-2 (0%)
0-0 (0%) 2-Point Conv 0-0 (0%)
11-5-4 (81%) Red Zone - TD - FG 3-0-1 (33%)
1 Turnovers 4
0 Fumbles Lost 3
1 Intercepted 1
29 Punt Return Yards 8
81 Kick Return Yards 249
778 Total Yards 795
2 - 42.5 Punts - Average 4 - 42.5
5 - 65 Penalties 10 - 95
29:07 Time of Possession 14:34


Contract Update
Current Job Security: 83%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season 4 :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 62 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season 4 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 80% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season 1 :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season PASSED


Coach O'Connor's Quotes

--On the defensive performance this week
"Quite frankly, we played like crap. Those three big passing plays for TDs were unacceptable. I know we're better than this on defense and we've got to do a better job if we have a prayer of truly making this year special. The coaches are definitely not happy with this performance."

--On yet another incredible performance by Chris Sanders
"He, once again, played like we know he can play. He made some incredible reads out there and played lights out. If we can get that from him every game, we have a chance to beat anyone in the country."

--On Junor (RS) WR Joe Pollard's 10 reception 231 yard 3 TD game
"Anytime you have a receiver play as well as he played, it's wonderful, but when that receiver isn't even the guy that you count on to make those type of plays every day, it's that much better. That's the great thing about this offense, when the defense concentrates on one player or one area of the field, we are able to exploit that by going to other players or areas of the field to continue to move our offense down the field."

morsdraconis
08-12-2011, 11:32 AM
Week 7 Preview

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png4-1 (0-0) http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/At%20Symbol1.jpg :UTEP: 1-4 (0-2)


Sunday, October, 9th at 12:00pm
Sun Bowl Stadium (51,500)
El Paso, Texas



RANKINGS http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png :UTEP:
Overall Rating: C C
Offense Rating: C C
Defense Rating: C- C+
Points Per Game: 47.2 (#3) 22.2 (#89)
Total Offense: 2778 (#1) 1824 (#33)
Rush Offense: 505 (#97) 670 (#69)
Pass Offense: 2273 (#1) 1154 (#34)
Total Defense: 2191 (#115) 2144 (#112)
Rush Defense: 341 (#1) 827 (#101)
Pass Defense: 1850 (#119) 1317 (#113)
Turnover Diff: 10 (#2) -4 (#100)




Featured Players

Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 169/279 2273 yards 22 TDs 4 INTs 60.6% 152.2 QB Rating
:UTEP: Travaun Nixon CB #5 85 10 Tackles 2 INTs 4 Pass Deflections 1 Fumble Recovery



Other Featured Match-ups




Conference Kirk's Pick
:ACC: #17:Miami::@:#7:Virginia_Tech: - #7 Virginia Tech tests their mettle as they play host to upset bidding Miami as both teams via to keep their BCS Title hopes alive. :Virginia_Tech:
:Big_Ten: #8:Ohio_State::@:#4:Nebraska: - #8 Ohio State tries to once again upset a high ranked :Big_Ten: team as they head to Lincoln to take on the #4 ranked Cornhuskers. :Nebraska:
:Big_12: #6:Oklahoma::@:#9:Texas: - The Red River Shootout and the site of this week's :College_Gameday:in Dallas, Texas. The 106th meeting between the two teams, this will be the 17th time that both team have been ranked in the top 10. :Texas:
:Pac_12: #14:Arizona_State::@:#25:Utah: - Utah continues their attempted trek through the newly created :Pac_12: on their way to the first ever :Pac_12: Championship Game. :Arizona_State:
:SEC: #21:Auburn::@:#12:Arkansas: - Both teams try to rebound from losses in :SEC: play in their bid for a BCS National Title. :Arkansas:
:SEC: #16:Florida::@:#11:LSU: - Both teams attempt to rebound from losses in :SEC: play in their bid for a BCS National Title. :LSU:

Last Week's Upsets

#9:Nebraska::@:#7:Wisconsin:
31 - 13
Nebraska absolutely dominates on the ground to the tune of 259 yards to just 91 to come away with a blowout win.

:Kentucky::@:#2:LSU:
35 - 21
Kentucky does the improbable once again, beating the #2 LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium behind the arm of Junior QB Morgan Newton with a 12-22 188 yard 4 TD game.

#8:Michigan_State::@:#11:Ohio_State:
17 - 34
Ohio State crushes them through the air in a blowout win at The Shoe.

#17:Arkansas::@:#12:Texas_A&M:
35 - 9
Texas A&M is held to just 89 yards passing as Arkansas absolutely annihilates them.

#14:Auburn::@:#19:South_Carolina:
55 - 58
South Carolina holds Auburn to a field goal in the second overtime period of this double OT thriller and then proceeds to score the winning TD behind the arm of Garcia, who had a 384 yard 5 TD day to lead them to victory.

#15:Mississippi_State::@::Georgia:
21 - 28
Georgia out gains them 326 to 246 and converts 55% of their 3rd conversion attempts to hold on for a 28-21 victory at the Georgia Dome.

#24:Arizona::@::USC:
31 - 38
USC holds Arizona scoreless in the 4th scoring the go ahead TD with 6:51 left in the game.

morsdraconis
08-12-2011, 01:35 PM
Week 7

Final Score
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 49 - :UTEP: 24


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqRp5NL_By4
Sophomore (RS) William Stewart returns opening kickoff 97 yards for the TD


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQlOhtOGwzM
Sophomore (RS) Chris Sanders throws a 54 yard TD pass to Junior WR Joe Hamby

Scoring Summary


1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 7 14 21 7 - 49
:UTEP: 21 0 3 0 - 24



FIRST QUARTER SCORE
8:47 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, returned kickoff 97 Yds (J.Fountain kick) 7 - 0 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
7:54 TD :UTEP:: J.Banyard, 16 Yd run (D.Warren kick) 7 - 7
3:05 TD :UTEP:: C.Trisby, 16 Yd pass from C.Meger (D.Warren kick) 7 - 14 :UTEP:
0:42 TD :UTEP:: C.Meger, 16 Yd run (D.Warren kick) 7 - 21 :UTEP:
SECOND QUARTER
2:04 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Newberry, 57 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 14 - 21 :UTEP:
0:12 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Newberry, 22 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 21 - 21
THIRD QUARTER
7:12 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 45 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 28 - 21 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
5:36 FG :UTEP:: D.Warren, 48 Yd FG 28 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
5:19 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Newberry, 89 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 35 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
2:55 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 47 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 42 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
FOURTH QUARTER
8:06 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 6 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 49 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png


Game Stats


PLAYERS OF THE GAME

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png C.Sanders 35-52, 605 Yds, 6 TD
:UTEP: C.Meger 16-26, 225 Yds, 1 TD, 16 atts 40 Yds, 1 TD









http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Stat :UTEP:
49 Score 24
174 First Downs 12
591 Total Offense 352
15-(-14)-0 Rushes - Yards - TD 42-127-2
35-52-6 Comp - Att - TD 16-26-1
605 Passing Yards 225
6 Times Sacked 6
5-13 (38%) 3rd Down Conv 5-17 (29%)
1-2 (50%) 4th Down Conv 1-2 (50%)
0-0 (0%) 2-Point Conv 0-0 (0%)
2-1-0 (50%) Red Zone - TD - FG 3-3-0 (100%)
2 Turnovers 2
0 Fumbles Lost 1
2 Intercepted 1
41 Punt Return Yards 8
114 Kick Return Yards 167
746 Total Yards 527
3 - 42.0 Punts - Average 7 - 42.6
3 - 30 Penalties 1 - 10
15:23 Time of Possession 24:27


Contract Update
Current Job Security: 83%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season 5 :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 62 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season 5 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 83% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season 1 :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season PASSED


Coach O'Connor's Quotes

--On the injuries to Sophomore (RS) starters Williams Stewart and Paris Stone
"Both are fine. They were nicked up enough where we felt that should remain out of the game but further examinations revealed nothing serious so they'll be practicing and everything this week. Nothing to worry about at all."

--Injury updates for the linebacking core
"MLB Stephon Hooper is coming along nicely, according to our medical staff. We are expecting him back by bowl season, at the latest. OLB Josh Brady, unfortunately, is a whole other story, his broken collarbone is very serious and will require extensive rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it looks like he's definitely out for the rest of this season."

--On the progression of the offensive and defensive systems
"We're always looking to add new wrinkles to gameplans on both sides of the ball and we have done just that for both sides. We've been practicing a few new things during the week, but wanted to wait until our break in our schedule to start implementing them so, look for a few different things in the next few weeks as we start to make some adjustments to our schemes."

morsdraconis
08-16-2011, 06:17 PM
Week 8 Preview

:FIU:2-3 (2-0) http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/At%20Symbol1.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png5-1 (0-0)


Sunday, October, 16th at 12:00pm
The Hanging Gardens (27,000)
Worcester, Massachusetts



RANKINGS :FIU: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
Overall Rating: C- C
Offense Rating: C C
Defense Rating: D+ C-
Points Per Game: 15.4 (#113) 47.5 (#1)
Total Offense: 1551 (#111) 3369 (#1)
Rush Offense: 692 (#87) 491 (#113)
Pass Offense: 859 (#98) 2878 (#1)
Total Defense: 1800 (#63) 2543 (#114)
Rush Defense: 982 (#104) 468 (#2)
Pass Defense: 818 (#25) 2075 (#119)
Turnover Diff: -5 (#106) 10 (#2)



Featured Players


Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
:FIU: Wesley Carroll QB #13 78 73/160 842 yards 1 TD 7 INTs 45.6 % 83.1 QB Rating
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 204/331 2878 yards 28 TDs 6 INTs 61.6% 159.0 QB Rating


Other Featured Match-ups



Conference Kirk's Pick
:Big_12: #25:Oklahoma_State::@:#5:Texas: - Both teams continue to via for a chance at the Big 12 Conference Championship :Texas:
:Pac_12: #19 :Arizona_State::@:#16:Oregon: - Arizona State attempts to bounce back from the Utah loss last week as both teams try to keep pace for a birth into the Pac 12 Championship Game :Oregon:
:SEC: #21:Florida::@:#15:Auburn: - Florida looks to bounce back from the loss to LSU as both teams try to keep pace in the SEC Championship race :Florida:

Last Week's Upsets

#9:Texas::@:#6:Oklahoma:
42 - 31
Yet another Red River Rivalry isn't decided until the final minutes of the game as Texas scores two TDs within one minute and 13 seconds of each other to take how the win.

#15:Auburn::@:#12:Arkansas:
39 - 28
Auburn outscores Arkansas 32-14 in the second half as they run away with the game in the end behind the arm of Junior (RS) Barrett Trotter.

#14:Arizona_State::@:#25:Utah:
7 - 31
Utah completely dominates Arizona State on both sides of the ball (455 to 151 total offense) and blows out another Pac-12 team as they push their Pac-12 conference win total to 3 games.

:Kentucky::@:#15:South_Carolina:
27 - 20
South Carolina loses on a returned INT for a TD as unranked Kentucky upends them, proving once again, turnovers decide games more often than anything else.

#24:Georgia::@::Tennessee:
7 - 21
Tennessee completely shuts down Georgia's offense (217 total yards allowed and only 21% of 3rd downs converted) on their way to the first win in SEC play.

#22:TCU::@::San_Diego_State:
20 - 39
San Diego State absolutely tears them a new asshole through the air as they outgain TCU 552 to 304 in total offense for the game.

SmoothPancakes
08-16-2011, 06:27 PM
Oh, I don't think I want to see the score/results from this game. :(

morsdraconis
08-16-2011, 06:47 PM
Visit From Lots of Big Names This Weekend In Worcester


With SAU playing a home game against Florida International in week 8 of the 2015 season, Coach O'Connor and company have apparently made it the weekend for recruiting efforts, scheduling eight recruits to make their visit to the campus this weekend.

When asked why bring them all in at once, O'Connor replied, "We try to present an atmosphere of excellence with our campus visits, and, in doing so, we bring them all here at once to show that they are all already part of our football family if they choose to be. Of course, it certainly helps when you have a program winning football games like we do."

The breakdown of the recruits coming to visit Worcester this weekend:

:3star: DE #117 - Marcus Pollard - Old Bridge, NJ
6'3" - 219 lbs - :sparq: 63.00

Marcus brings excellent run stopping skills with his ability to shed blocks and bone crunching tackles.


:3star: C #44 - Ken Downing - West Milford, NJ
6'0", 327 lbs - :sparq: 57.00

Ken is a talented pass blocker and will be a great addition to an offense is on pace to throw the ball 660 times this season.


:3star: G #89 - Robert Flores - Beverly, MA
6'2", 301 lbs - :sparq: 57.00

Robert's pass blocking skills are very much coveted as he would be a most welcomed addition to the offensive line.


:2star: OLB #116 - Derek Atkins - South Hooksett, NH
6'7", 229 lbs - :sparq: 56.00

Derek's height was definitely the thing that really made us pay attention to him. While he's not blazing fast, he's certainly fast enough. While he is raw, he'll be great depth while he continues to grow in the system.


:2star: T #97 - Thomas Thomas - Westfield, MA
6'6", 270 lbs - :sparq: 50.00

A locale prospect, Thomas displays good run blocking skills and will be great depth.


:2star: ATH #84 - John Daniels - Sebring, FL
6'4", 270 lbs - :sparq: 50.00

John brings talented pass blocking skills to the table along with possible defensive lineman abilities. A real mauler inside, we expect him to be a talented player.


:2star: FS #82 - Paul Palmer - Springfield, MA
6'0", 187 lbs - :sparq: 59.00

Paul displays wonderful range and knowledge of the game. He would be a welcomed addition to our secondary.


:2star: WR #240 - Michael Dobzinski - Rahway, NJ
6'0", 238 lbs - :sparq: 59.00

Michael has excellent ability for his low stock and his TE size will be a great addition to our WR corp.



Needlessly to say, this weekend's game against FIU is the biggest of the season, with the outcome possibly deciding the future of this year's draft class.

morsdraconis
08-16-2011, 06:48 PM
Oh, I don't think I want to see the score/results from this game. :(

;)

Haven't started it yet, but I'm about to. I just hope I don't have a HUGE letdown.

SmoothPancakes
08-16-2011, 06:50 PM
;)

Haven't started it yet, but I'm about to. I just hope I don't have a HUGE letdown.

I just hope you'll take it easy on my boys and go into clock killing mode after a 20-25 point lead. ;)

morsdraconis
08-16-2011, 06:52 PM
The title for this week's game in the dynasty report? "To the Lion's Den"

Appropriate or not? We shall see. :)

morsdraconis
08-16-2011, 08:55 PM
Week 8

Into The Lion's Den, indeed.

Final Score
:FIU:24 - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png66


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FicnN2UBcdI
Junior (RS) Darren Hicks returns a fumble by :FIU: QB Wesley Carroll 37 yards for the TD.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTtGy-mUUDQ
Sophomore (RS) Paris Stone takes a screen pass from QB Chris Sanders to the house (68 yards).

Scoring Summary


1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT
:FIU: 0 17 0 7 - 24
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 14 28 21 3 - 66



FIRST QUARTER SCORE
6:26 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, 3 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 7 - 0 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
4:10 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: S,McCullough, 3 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 14 - 0 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
SECOND QUARTER
7:23 FG :FIU:: J.Griffin, 27 Yd FG 14 - 3 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
2:27 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 16 Yd Pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 21 - 3 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
1:57 TD :FIU:: T.Hilton, 74 Yd pass from W.Carroll (J.Griffin kick) 21 - 10 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
1:41 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: P.Stone, 68 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 28 - 10 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:36 TD :FIU:: C.Anderson, 5 Yd pass from D.Perry (J.Griffin kick) 28 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:22 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Pollard, 71 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 35 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:07 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Pollard, 15 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 42 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
THIRD QUARTER
5:55 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 69 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick) 49 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
5:32 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: D.Hicks, returned fumble 37 Yds (J.Fountain kick) 56 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
0:21 TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Newberry, 15 Yd pass from S.Carpenter (J.Fountain kick) 63 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
FOURTH QUARTER
7:39 FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 40 Yd FG 66 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
5:57 TD :FIU:: J.Mertile, 24 Yd pass from W.Carroll (J.Griffin kick) 66 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png


Game Stats

PLAYERS OF THE GAME

:FIU: T.Hilton 6 Rec, 174 Yds, TD
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png C.Sanders 24-36, 448 Yds, 7 TD




:FIU: Stat http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
24 Score 66
17 First Downs 21
496 Total Offense 597
31-103-0 Rushes - Yards - TD 33-134-0
19-32-3 Comp - Att - TD 25-38-8
393 Passing Yards 463
5 Times Sacked 3
4-13 (30%) 3rd Down Conv 7-13 (53%)
1-2 (50%) 4th Down Conv 2-3 (66%)
0-0 (0%) 2-Point Conv 0-0 (0%)
3-1-1 (66%) Red Zone - TD - FG 6-5-0 (83%)
3 Turnovers 2
1 Fumbles Lost 0
2 Intercepted 2
0 Punt Return Yards 12
171 Kick Return Yards 93
667 Total Yards 702
5 - 41.6 Punts - Average 1 - 39.0
8 - 65 Penalties 2 - 20
13:35 Time of Possession 22:25


Contract Update
Current Job Security: 89%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season 6 :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 39 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season :check: :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 85% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season 4 :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season :check:


Coach O'Connor's Quotes

--On QB Chris Sanders breaking the school record for passing TDs in a game
"What can I say? The kid has been very well the past few weeks. I think something as finally clicked for him and we're seeing what he's truly able to do in this offense. Just gotta progress it further as those interceptions were definitely not what we want to see more often."

--On being bowl eligible now
"It's great to see. Many people thought we didn't have a chance of producing a winning season after getting hit so hard by the NCAA over what the previous regime did here at SAU. To produce what we've done after that is really something."

morsdraconis
08-16-2011, 09:00 PM
On The Recruiting Trail, Part Deux


After a wonderful performance by SAU against FIU, 5 prospects expressed their interest in joining the SAU football roster next season with letters of intent.

:3star: C Ken Downing
:2star: OLB Derek Atkins
:2star: ATH John Daniels
:2star: FS Paul Palmer
:2star: WR Michael Dobzinski

That pushes their roster of added recruits up to 7, adding the above 5 to:

:3star: QB Dennis Phillips
:2star: TE Tom Burley (who, for some odd reason, isn't being counted as a :2star: recruit for my contract purposes...)

morsdraconis
08-17-2011, 06:10 PM
Mid-Season Review

Coach Job Security Update

Team Coach Job Security Record
:Hawaii: Greg McMakin 46% 3-2 (2-0)
:Northern_Illinois: Dave Doeren 48% 3-4 (2-2)
:Texas_Tech: Tommy Tuberville 48% 3-3 (0-3)
:Memphis: Larry Porter 50% 0-7 (0-3)
:Wyoming: Dave Christensen 51% 2-4 (0-1)
:New_Mexico_State: DeWayne Walker 52% 3-2 (1-1)
:TCU: Gary Patterson 52% 4-2 (1-1)
:Louisiana: Mark Hudspeth 52% 3-4 (1-3)
:Connecticut: Paul Pasqualoni 53% 4-2 (1-1)
:Ohio: Frank Solich 53% 4-2 (2-1)

BCS Top 25 Poll


Rank Team Record Points
1 :Alabama: 6-0 1.000
2 :Nebraska: 6-0 0.994
3 :Stanford: 6-0 0.989
4 :Florida_State: 6-0 0.983
5 :Virginia_Tech: 7-0 0.978
6 :LSU: 6-1 0.969
7 :Wisconsin: 5-1 0.963
8 :Michigan_State: 5-1 0.961
9 :Ohio_State: 5-2 0.947
10 :Oklahoma: 4-2 0.947
11 :NC_State: 6-0 0.943
12 :Texas: 5-1 0.928
13 :Auburn: 5-2 0.922
14 :Oregon: 4-2 0.914
15 :Boise_State: 5-1 0.903
16 :Oklahoma_State: 4-2 0.901
17 :Arkansas: 4-2 0.896
18 :Miami: 5-1 0.887
19 :Texas_A&M: 4-2 0.879
20 :Kentucky: 5-1 0.874
21 :South_Carolina: 5-2 0.870
22 :Utah: 5-1 0.848
23 :Notre_Dame: 5-1 0.840
24 :Arizona_State: 5-2 0.828
25 :Penn_State: 5-1 0.821

Heisman Watch


Player Pos Team Move Season Stats
Andrew Luck QB :Stanford: :1greenarrow: 112/162 1612 yards 22 TDs 4 INTs 69.1%
E.J. Manuel QB :Florida_State: :1greenarrow: 89/163 1392 yards 12 TDs 2 INTs 54.6%
Zach Mettenberger QB :LSU: :1greenarrow: 84/154 1345 yards 11 TDs 4 INTs 54.5%
Chris Sanders QB http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png :1greenarrow: 228/367 3326 yards 35 TDs 8 INTs 62.1%
Case Keenum QB :Houston: :1redarrow: 158/232 2147 26 TDs 1 INT 68.1%

morsdraconis
08-17-2011, 06:48 PM
Week 9 Preview

Chowder Bowl!
http://i.treehugger.com/files/th_images/seafood_chowder_250.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png6-1 (0-0) http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/At%20Symbol1.jpg:Connecticut: 4-2 (1-1)

REGIONAL BROADCAST GAME

Saturday, October, 22nd at 10:00pm
Rentschler Field (40,000)
East Hartford, Connecticut



RANKINGS http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png :Connecticut:
Overall Rating: C B+
Offense Rating: C B
Defense Rating: C- B+
Points Per Game: 50.1 (#1) 23.5 (#93)
Total Offense: 3966 (#1) 1837 (#106)
Rush Offense: 625 (#111) 939 (#63)
Pass Offense: 3341 (#1) 898 (#110)
Total Defense: 3039 (#115) 1980 (#47)
Rush Defense: 571 (#2) 930 (#79)
Pass Defense: 2468 (#120) 1050 (#33)
Turnover Diff: 11 (#3) 7 (#12)




Featured Players


Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 228/367 3326 yards 35 TDs 8 INTs 62.1% 165.4 QB Rating
:Connecticut: Sio Moore ROLB #46 89 13 solo tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 23 assisted tackles, 7 pass deflections

Other Featured Match-ups


Conference Kirk's Pick
:Big_Ten: #6:Wisconsin::@:#9:Michigan_State: - Both teams continue to try to keep pace with Nebraska and Ohio State for a chance at the Big 10 championship as well as try to keep their BCS Championship Hopes alive :Michigan_State:
[/SIZE]:SEC: #13:Auburn::@:#7:LSU: - Auburn continues to try to rebound from suffering miserable losses to South Carolina and Miss St while LSU tries to keep pace with Alabama in the heated race for the SEC Title and a BCS Championship game birth :LSU:


Last Week's Upsets

#5:Texas::@:#25:Oklahoma_State:
23 - 41
Oklahoma State just absolutely crushed Texas through the air. Oklahoma State is now tied with Kansas State for the lead in the Big 12 conference race.



#7:Boise_State::@::Colorado_State:
21 - 28
This overtime thriller resulted in Boise State's first loss of the season and first loss in :MWC: play ever.

#14:Utah::@::Pitt:
24 - 31
Utah blows their final OOC game against a 0.500 Pitt team as Pitt scores 21 unanswered points to take home the upset win.

morsdraconis
08-18-2011, 05:50 PM
And now I finally get to use the fancy new tables without having to edit all the damn code. :))

JBHuskers
08-18-2011, 06:15 PM
And now I finally get to use the fancy new tables without having to edit all the damn code. :))

:fp: it's going to be a long haul for me figuring out all the posts between two dynasties and TGA.

morsdraconis
08-18-2011, 06:18 PM
Week 9

Final Score

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png31 - :Connecticut: 24

Scoring Summary




1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT




http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

7

17

7

0

-
31



:Connecticut:

7

3

7

7

-
24






FIRST QUARTER


SCORE



7:24

TD :Connecticut:: K.Moore, 25 Yd pass from M.Box (D.Teggart kick)

7 - 0 :Connecticut:



0:00

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, 50 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

7 - 7



SECOND QUARTER





8:47

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 6 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

7 - 14 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



7:41

FG :Connecticut:: D.Teggart, 33 Yd FG

10 - 14 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



3:56

FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 36 Yd FG

10 - 17 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



0:10

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, 14 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

10 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



THIRD QUARTER





4:40

TD :Connecticut:: M.Smith, 5 Yd pass from M.Box (D.Teggart kick)

17 - 24 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



1:30

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: P.Stone, 3 Yd run (J.Fountain kick)

17 - 31 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



FOURTH QUARTER





6:25

TD :Connecticut:: M.Smith, 26 Yd pass from M.Box (D.Teggart kick)

24 - 31 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png





Game Stats

PLAYERS OF THE GAME


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

C.Sanders

28/53, 273 Yds, 3 TD



:Connecticut:

M.Smith

5 Rec, 154 Yds, 2 TD






http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

Stat

:Connecticut:



31

Score

24



13

First Downs

18



327

Total Offense

464



23-54-1

Rushes - Yards - TD

48-176-0



28-53-3

Comp - Att - TD

18-30-3



273

Passing Yards

288



5

Times Sacked

8



8-20 (40%)


3rd Down Conv

7-18 (38%)



1-2 (50%)

4th Down Conv

1-2 (50%)



0-0 (0%)

2-Point Conv

0-0 (0%)



4-3-1 (100%)

Red Zone - TD - FG

3-2-1 (100%)



0

Turnovers

3



0

Fumbles Lost

3



0

Intercepted

0



15

PR Yards

6



116

KR Yards

129



458

Total Yards

599



6 - 35.7

Punts - Average

5 - 45.6



4 - 35

Penalties - Yards

13 - 105



18:39

Time Of Possession

17:21





Contract Update
Current Job Security: 94%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season 7 :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 46 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season :check: :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 87% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season :check: :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season :check:


Coach O'Connor's Quotes

--On the offense's performance
"We played like shit. It was terrible. We did an awful job on getting anything out of our running game and we did a piss poor job of completing a decent amount of passes. We are definitely not happy after this performance. No matter how good the other team is, we can't play like this and expect to win every time."

--On the defense's performance
"Besides the pretty big day on the ground and a few big plays given up to their offense, our defense was spectacular. The played some of the best football that they've played all year. The amount of sacks we had and the amount of fumbles we recreated were excellent. We still just really need to work on getting the amount of yards allowed down."

morsdraconis
08-18-2011, 06:21 PM
:fp: it's going to be a long haul for me figuring out all the posts between two dynasties and TGA.

Yeah man, I don't envy you on that. Mine was fairly easy because I knew what all needed to be changed and it was all pretty much the same.

morsdraconis
08-18-2011, 06:28 PM
Recruiting Update Part Trois

After a hard fought win over Connecticut in the Chowder Bowl, SAU was issued two more letters of intent from prospects, to bring SAU's recruit total up to 9.

:3star: DE #117 - Marcus Pollard - Old Bridge, NJ
6'3" - 219 lbs - :sparq: 63.00

Marcus brings excellent run stopping skills with his ability to shed blocks and bone crunching tackles.

:3star: G #89 - Robert Flores - Beverly, MA
6'2", 301 lbs - :sparq: 57.00

Robert's pass blocking skills are very much coveted as he would be a most welcomed addition to the offensive line.

morsdraconis
08-18-2011, 07:11 PM
Week 10 Preview

:Western_Michigan:4-3 (3-2) http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/At%20Symbol1.jpghttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png6-1 (0-0)


Sunday, October, 30th at 12:00pm
The Hanging Gardens (27,000)
Worcester, Massachusetts



RANKINGS :Western_Michigan: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
Overall Rating: C+ C
Offense Rating: C+ C
Defense Rating: C+ C-
Points Per Game: 26.5 (#66) 47.7 (#2)
Total Offense: 2307 (#104) 4293 (#1)
Rush Offense: 1119 (#57) 679 (#111)
Pass Offense: 1188 (#100) 3614 (#1)
Total Defense: 2458 (#68) 3503 (#116)
Rush Defense: 1103 (#84) 747 (#8)
Pass Defense: 1355 (#54) 2756 (#120)
Turnover Diff: 1 (#51) 14 (#1)




Featured Players


Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
:Western_Michigan: Alex Carder QB #14 86 83/180 968 yards 7 TDs 6 INTs 46.1% 97.5 QB Rating
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 256/420 3599 yards 38 TDs 8 INTs 61.0% 159.0 QB Rating

Other Featured Match-ups


Conference Kirk's Pick
:Big_Ten:#5:Michigan_State::@:#2:Nebraska: - Michigan State attempts to close the gap between them and Nebraska for the Big Ten Championship as both teams try to keep their BCS Title Game hopes alive:Michigan_State:
[/SIZE]:Big_Ten:#10:Wisconsin::@:#8:Ohio_State: - Wisconsin attempts to rebound from two conferences losses as Ohio State attempts to keep pace with Michigan State and Nebraska with both teams putting their BCS Title hopes on the line:Ohio_State:
:ACC:#4:NC_State::@:#13:Florida_State: - NC State tries to continue their undefeated streak as they put their BCS Championship hopes on the line at Florida State who is attempting to rebound from a horrible loss to Maryland last week:NC_State:


Last Week's Upsets

:Maryland::@:#4:Florida_State:
40 - 24
Florida State comes out strong in the first quarter, making the score 21-3 at the start of the 2nd quarter, but it was Maryland from there on, outscoring the Seminoles 37-3 and holding them to just 253 total yards while punishing them on the ground with 158 yards and 2 TDs.


#6:Wisconsin::@:#9:Michigan_State:
10 - 21
Michigan State punishes another team on the ground as they rack up 234 yards and 2 TDs for the day on Wisconsin. Michigan State's defense being the difference in the game, holding Wisconsin to just 299 total yards and 104 on the ground in 33 attempts.

:BC::@:#5:Virginia_Tech:
14 - 9
Boston College wins one that they probably shouldn't have with 3 turnovers to just 1 by Virginia Tech, but the Boston College defense holds Virginia Tech to just one TD and one FG in four attempts inside the red zone, making it the difference in a hard fought, defensive battle.

#15:Arkansas::@::Ole_Miss:
20 - 25
Ole Miss holds Arkansas to just 6 points in the second half and registers 16 to pull out the victory and put Arkansas to 0-3 in SEC play.

:Georgia_Tech::@:#18:Miami:
24 - 10
Georgia Tech's triple option running game was unstoppable (52 attempts for 277 yards and 2 TDs) as they ground them down with first down after first down.

:USC::@:#24:Notre_Dame:
24 - 17
USC jumped out to a 17-0 lead in the first half and held on for the win as Notre Dame outscored them 17-7 in the second half. Unfortunately for Notre Dame, USC was able to run out the final minute of the game and take home just their 4th win of the season with the rivalry game win.

:West_Virginia::@:#25:Syracuse:
38 - 35
This OT thriller came down to a defensive battle at the end with WVU having to kick a 47 Yd FG to win the game during their possession in the first OT.

morsdraconis
08-19-2011, 10:17 AM
Week 10

Final Score

:Western_Michigan: 35 - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 59

Scoring Summary




1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT




:Western_Michigan:

14

7

14

0

-
35



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

21

17

14

7

-
59






FIRST QUARTER


SCORE



7:48

TD :Western_Michigan:: A.Winchester, 50 Yd pass from A.Carder (J.Fountain kick)

7 - 0 :Western_Michigan:



5:48

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: S.McCullough, 3 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

7 - 7



4:48

TD :Western_Michigan:: K.Roberts, 27 Yd pass from A.Carder (J.Potter kick)

14 - 7 :Western_Michigan:



3:49

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Pollard, 11 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

14 - 14



0:40

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: P.Stone, 62 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

14 - 21 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



SECOND QUARTER





7:19

TD :Western_Michigan:: A.Ponder, 4 Yd pass from A.Carder (J.Potter kick)

21 - 21



3:35

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: P.Stone, 51 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

21 - 28 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



2:11

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Pollard, 59 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

21 - 35 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



0:00

FG http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Fountain, 27 Yd FG

21 - 38 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



THIRD QUARTER





5:48

TD :Western_Michigan:: A.Ponder, 18 Yd pass from A.Carder (J.Potter kick)

28 - 38 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



3:21

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Pollard, 80 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

28 - 45 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



1:47

TD :Western_Michigan:: T.Drake, 13 Yd run (J.Potter kick)

35 - 45 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



0:07

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: J.Hamby, 8 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

35 - 52 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



FOURTH QUARTER





4:45

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: W.Stewart, 15 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

35 - 59 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png





Game Stats

PLAYERS OF THE GAME


:Western_Michigan:

A.Ponder

4 Rec, 90 Yds, 2 TDs



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

C.Sanders

34-48, 633 Yds, 8 TDs







:Western_Michigan:Stathttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
35Score59
16First Downs20
405Total Offense738
43-159-1Rushes - Yards - TD19-105-0
12-20-4Comp - Att - TD34-48-8
236Passing Yards633
5Times Sacked3
6-12 (50%)3rd Down Conv4-8 (50%)
0-2 (0%)4th Down Conv0-1 (0%)
0-0 (0%)2-Point Conv0-0 (0%)
6-3-0 (50%)Red Zone - TD - FG6-4-1 (83%)
2Turnovers1
0Fumbles Lost0
2Intercepted1
27PR Yards12
226KR Yards87
658Total Yards837
3 - 40.7Punts - Average2 - 41.0
4 - 35Penalties - Yards8 - 85
17:30Time Of Possession18:29



Contract Update
Current Job Security: 100%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season :check: :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 50 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season :check: :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 89% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season :check: :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season :check:


Coach O'Connor's Quotes

--On the performance of QB Chris Sanders
"He really bounced back after having a terrible game the previous week and we're really glad that he did because we needed every bit of it from him to pull this win out. Breaking both of his previous records for the season in yards in a game and TDs in a game is just icing on the cake for us. Wins are what it's all about."

--On the defense's performance
"We were pretty awful again on this side of the ball. We made some adjustments in the 2nd half and it really seemed to work for us, but, for the most part, it looked like Western Michigan could do anything they wanted against us and the stats show that. Props to them for taking it to our defense, but we have got to play better. Sooner or later, we're going to end up getting bite in the ass because of our inconstistency on both sides of the ball."

--On the status of star LB Stephon Hooper's recovery
"Right now, it looks like he's recoverying quite nicely. We expect him to be back for the Holy Cross game, at the latest. He's been doing a great job of rehabbing his back injury and has been really big in film study with staying up to date on everything with the new additions we've made to the defensive side of the ball. Not to mention that he's been doing walkthroughs on the field, in preperation for his return with the coaching staff so that he can get his reads down and the simple motions for his position."

morsdraconis
08-19-2011, 10:59 AM
Week 11 Preview

:Navy:2-6 (0-0) http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/At%20Symbol1.jpghttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png8-1 (0-0)


Saturday, November, 5th at 12:00pm
The Hanging Gardens (27,000)
Worcester, Massachusetts




Featured Players



Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
:Navy: Aaron McCauley OLB #29 84 18 Tackles, 6 TFL, 34 ATs, 1 Sack, 3 INTs, 11 PD, 1 FF
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 290/468 4232 yards 46 TDs 9 INTs 62.0% 159.0 QB Rating

Other Featured Match-ups


Conference Kirk's Pick
:SEC:#17:South_Carolina::@:#22:Arkansas: - Arkansas is only looking for their 2nd win in SEC play while South Carolina attempts to keep pace with Georgia in the SEC East division:South_Carolina:
[/SIZE]:SEC:#4:LSU::@:#2:Alabama: - The biggest game of the year pits two top 5 teams both playing for a spot in the BCS Title Game as well as a spot in the SEC Title game. LSU wins this, there's a very good chance they'll be playing for the BCS Title as well as have a real chance to leap Alabama for the SEC Title spot for the West:Alabama:
:Big_12:#12:Texas_A&M::@:#5:Oklahoma: - both teams try to keep pace with Oklahoma State for the Big 12 Conference title as both teams also try to keep their BCS Title bids alive. The loser is guaranteed to be out of both:Oklahoma:


Last Week's Upsets

#4:NC_State::@:#13:Florida_State:
14 - 37
NC State most likely blows their chances at a BCS Title birth with an embarrassing showing against the Seminoles as the Noles defense destroys them (1-11 on 3rd downs).


#10:Wisconsin::@:#8:Ohio_State:
35 - 24
Wisconsin forces 3 turnovers and holds Ohio State scoreless in the 2nd half as they roll on in their bid for the Leaders division lead though they are still two games behind Penn State (5-0) but have a match up between with them on Nov 26th that will probably decide the division.

:Mississippi_State::@:#16:Kentucky:
18 - 17
4 FGs by Mississippi State kicker DePasquale gives them the 18-17 win as they hold Kentucky scoreless in the 2nd half.

:Georgia::@:#24:Florida:
20 - 17
A last second 47 yard FG puts Georgia firmly in the lead in the SEC East with a tiebreaker win over South Carolina and only Kentucky and Auburn left to play.

:Colorado::@:#21:Arizona_State:
36 - 29
Turnovers were the deciding factor as Colorado forced two fumbles without turning the ball over once on their way to the upset win.


Game Of Week 9





#5 :Michigan_State::@:#2:Nebraska:
38 - 45
A game that would start fast for Michigan State with an 80 yard TD pass on the first play from scrimmage and see them score 31 points in the 1st half, turned out to be all Nebraska in the 2nd half. Nebraska outscored Michigan State 32-7 in the second half, and scored the game winning TD with just 3:25 left in the 4th as their defense held on for the win, and made Nebraska the new #1 team in the country.

morsdraconis
08-19-2011, 11:19 AM
Week 11

Final Score

:Navy: 17 - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png 7

Scoring Summary




1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT




:Navy:

6

0

3

8

-
17



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png

0

7

0

0

-
7







FIRST QUARTER


SCORE



7:19

FG :Navy:: J.Teague, 50 Yd FG

3 - 0 :Navy:



3:29

FG :Navy:: J.Teague, 38 Yd FG

6 - 0 :Navy:



SECOND QUARTER





8:35

TD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png: S.McCullough, 60 Yd pass from C.Sanders (J.Fountain kick)

6 - 7 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png



THIRD QUARTER





7:57

FG :Navy:: J.Teague, 42 Yd FG

9 - 7 :Navy:



FOURTH QUARTER





8:09

TD :Navy:: A.Santiago, 5 Yd run (2-Pt)

17 - 7 :Navy:






:Navy:Stathttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png
17Score7
21First Downs16
339Total Offense293
57-284-1Rushes - Yards - TD25-84-0
5-19-0Comp - Att - TD14-34-1
55Passing Yards209
0Times Sacked3
7-17 (41%)3rd Down Conv4-13 (30%)
1-1 (100%)4th Down Conv0-0 (0%)
1-1 (100%)2-Point Conv0-0 (0%)
1-1-0 (100%)Red Zone - TD - FG2-0-0 (0%)
1Turnovers1
0Fumbles Lost0
1Intercepted1
12PR Yards30
37KR Yards83
388Total Yards406
5 - 38.6Punts - Average8 - 39.3
10 - 84Penalties - Yards8 - 88
22:46Time Of Possession13:14



Contract Update
Current Job Security: 94%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season :check: :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 72 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season :check: :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 80% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season :check: :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season :check:


Coach O'Connor's Quotes

--On the performance of his team
"We played our worst game of the season today. Props to Navy for grounding out defense into a bloody pulp. They did exactly what I was afraid was going to happen, sooner or later, to us. They held the ball, and crushed us on the ground with methodical drives. We should couldn't stop them, which forced us to try and make the most of the drives we got, which resulted in terrible mistakes that amplified the importance of every drive for both sides of the ball that much more. We've got to bounce back from this loss, in a hurry."

morsdraconis
08-19-2011, 11:20 AM
Boy, did I get my ass handed to me by Navy. :( I just couldn't stop their running game at all. It was nuts, and extremely frustrating. God, do I miss my good LBs...

morsdraconis
08-19-2011, 11:47 AM
Week 12 Preview

Bye Week



Other Featured Match-ups


Conference Kirk's Pick
:Big_Ten:#2:Nebraska::@:#16:Penn_State: - Penn State gets their first real test in conference play as they begin their gauntlet of a finish to the season with 3 straight ranked teams as Nebraska attempts to keep their BCS Title game bid alive with the first of three teams that are 7-2 or better:Nebraska:
:SEC:#1:Alabama::@:#24:Mississippi_State: - Alabama attempts to fend off yet another ranked SEC team as they make their way through their annual gauntlet of a schedule:Alabama:
:SEC:#15:Auburn::@:#20:Georgia: - Georgia tries to keep their SEC Title bid hopes alive as Auburn tries to make a play to sneak into the BCS and SEC Title games:Georgia:
:ACC:#22:Miami::@:#14:Florida_State: - Florida State attempts to once again rebound from a terrible loss to an unranked team as they host the Hurricanes. Miami continues to try to make a slim chance play for the ACC Championship game bid:Florida_State:


Last Week's Upsets

#8:Florida_State::@::BC:
21 - 28
A returned interception (of 3 INTs on the day) by BC's defense is the difference in a game that could have went to either team as neither team played spectacularly well on either side of the ball.


:North_Carolina::@:#9:NC_State:
38 - 20
North Carolina explodes for 28 points in the 1st half, taking a 28-6 lead in at the half and holds on for the 38-20 win, giving NC State their second loss in a row and destroying any chance they had for a BCS Title bid.

#17:South_Carolina::@:#22:Arkansas:
14 - 19
Arkansas gets only their second win in SEC play, as their defense holds South Carolina to only one TD in three trips to the red zone.


Game Of Week 10


#11:Oregon::@::Washington:
28 - 40
Washington shocks the Ducks with an offensive output unlike anything Washington has done in 15 years as they absolutely pound Oregon on the ground for 225 yards and 3 TDs. Washington scores 24 unanswered points in the 2nd half to take home the 40-28 win and completely ruin any chance Oregon had of a repeat trip to the BCS Title game.

morsdraconis
08-19-2011, 12:39 PM
Week 13 Preview

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png8-2 (0-0) http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/At%20Symbol1.jpg::San_Jose_State:0-10 (0-6)


Sunday, November, 20th at 12:00pm
Spartan Stadium (30,456)
San Jose, California



RANKINGS http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png :San_Jose_State:
Overall Rating: C D
Offense Rating: C D
Defense Rating: C- D
Points Per Game: 44.8 (#2) 10.8 (#119)
Total Offense: 5324 (#2) 2566 (#114)
Rush Offense: 868 (#111) 806 (#115)
Pass Offense: 4456 (#1) 1760 (#97)
Total Defense: 4247 (#111) 4209 (#109)
Rush Defense: 1200 (#23) 1624 (#93)
Pass Defense: 3047 (#120) 2585 (#110)
Turnover Diff: 15 (#1) -8 (#109)




Featured Players


Team Player Name Pos/# Ovr Season Stats
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png Chris Sanders QB #15 80 304/502 4441 yards 41 TDs 10 INTs 60.6% 161.8 QB Rating
:San_Jose_State:Keith SmithOLB #317531 tackles, 17 TFL, 42 ATs, 4.5 Sacks, 5 PDs, 1 FF

Other Featured Match-ups


Conference Kirk's Pick
:Big_Ten:#13:Penn_State::@:#10:Ohio_State: - Penn State continues to try to run the table in the Big ten, this week, heading to The Shoe:Ohio_State:
:Big_Ten:#7:Nebraska::@:#25:Michigan: - Nebraska tries to rebound from the disappointing loss to Penn State as Michigan tries to keep their Big Ten Championship Game bid alive:Nebraska:



Last Week's Upsets

:Tennessee::@:#18:Arkansas:
28 - 18
Arkansas, once again, has a miserable outing that results in their fourth loss in SEC play as their offense has yet another pitiful performance on 3rd down (3-12). Tennessee's offense proves to be effecient enough to get the job done (4 TDs in 5 trips to the red zone).

#2:Nebraska::@:#16:Penn_State:
24 - 38
Penn State absolutely crushes Nebraska in Happy Valley, showing, once again, Joe Pa knows what he's doing with this team.

#19:Kentucky::@::Vanderbilt:
21 - 27
Vanderbilt stuns Kentucky by opening a 20-7 lead at halftime and then hangs on to win 27-21 thanks to a stout performance by their defense on third down (2-14 on 3rd down for Kentucky).
#6:Texas::@::Missouri:
14 - 20
Missouri outscores Texas 13-0 in the second half as they take home a huge upset win for a miserable season and completely dash any hope Texas had at the Big 12 title or a bid to the BCS Title game.
#22:Miami::@:#14:Florida_State:
30 - 20
Miami absolutely torches the Florida State defense (526 total yards) as they nearly double Florida State's offensive output (only 275 total yards for FSU), resulting in a solid win, and totally dashing Florida State's BCS Title hopes.


Game of Week 12

#1:Alabama::@:#24:Mississippi_State:
17 - 24
Miss State holds Alabama to 0-12 on 3rd downs and absolutely destroys them through the air for the major upset win over the #1 ranked team in the nation not to mention completely shaking up the race for the SEC Championship Game spot for the West.

morsdraconis
08-19-2011, 12:49 PM
Week 13

Final Score

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/SAUThumbnail.png24 - :San_Jose_State: 6

Scoring Summary




1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT




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7

3

7

7

-
24



:San_Jose_State:

0

3

3

0

-
6




Contract Update
Current Job Security: 94%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season :check: :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 69 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season :check: :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 81% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season :check: :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season :check:

morsdraconis
08-19-2011, 01:11 PM
Week 15

Final Score

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Scoring Summary




1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT




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17

7

10

7

-
41



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/mortisdraconis/970759copy.png

6

0

0

10

-
16




Contract Update
Current Job Security: 94%
Current Coach Prestige Ranking: D+


Fail Impact Goal Progress Pass Impact
Win 8 games in one season :check: :3greenarrow:
:3redarrow: Win 100% of your rivalry games each season 100% :2greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Sign a top 100 recruiting class in one regular season 60 :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 6 games in one season :check: :1greenarrow:
:2redarrow: Win 25% of your games in one season 83% :1greenarrow:
Sign 5 :2star: prospects in 1 regular season :check: :1greenarrow:
:6redarrow: Win 4 games in one season :check:

morsdraconis
08-23-2011, 06:46 PM
Bowl Season







Bowl

Team

Team

Score



:New_Mexico_Bowl:

:Northern_Illinois:

:Florida:

21 - 55



:Beef_O_Bradys_Bowl:

:SMU:

:Cincinnati:

32 - 21



:New_Orleans_Bowl:

:East_Carolina:

:Troy:
24 - 35



:Las_Vegas_Bowl:

:Arizona:

:Air_Force:

23 - 12



:Poinsettia_Bowl:

:Maryland:

:San_Diego_State:

17 - 10



:Hawaii_Bowl:

:Hawaii:

:Southern_Miss:

49 - 42



:LittleCaesars_Bowl:

:West_Virginia:

:Toledo:

31 - 24



:Belk_Bowl:

#25:Miami:

:Pitt:

46 - 14



:Alamo_Bowl:

#24:Texas_A&M:

#17:Utah:

34 - 31



:Fight_Hunger_Bowl:

:Ohio:

:Cal:

7 - 35



:Music_City_Bowl:

:Mississippi_State:

#15:Florida_State:

42 - 17



:Independence_Bowl:

#23:TCU:

:North_Carolina:

20 - 10



:Military_Bowl:

:Army:

:Clemson:

16 - 35



:Champs_Sports_Bowl:

#20:Notre_Dame:

:Georgia_Tech:

17 - 13



:Humanitarian_Bowl:

:Temple:

:Nevada:

7 - 34



:Holiday_Bowl:

:Baylor:

:Oregon:

45 - 52



::GoDaddycom_Bowl:

:Miami_OH:

:Arkansas_State:

30 - 24



:Cotton_Bowl:

:Georgia:

#11:Texas:

23 - 17



:Sun_Bowl:

:USC:

:BC:

29 - 9



:Armed_Forces_Bowl:

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:Colorado_State:

6 - 30



:Texas_Bowl:

:Iowa:

:Arizona_State:

9 - 21



:Liberty_Bowl:

:USF:

#16:UCF:

20 - 24



:Insight_Bowl:

:Kansas_State:

:Michigan:

17 - 24



:Chick_fil_A_Bowl:

:Tennessee:

#22:NC_State:

14 - 35



:Outback_Bowl:

#13:LSU:

#8:Ohio_State:

27 - 52



:Gator_Bowl:

#18:Arkansas:

#21:Penn_State:

21 - 3



:Capital_One_Bowl:

#19:Alabama:

#7:Nebraska:

38 - 12



:BBVA_Compass_Bowl:

:Rutgers:

:Kentucky:

14 - 35



:TicketCity_Bowl:

#14:Houston:

:Northwestern:

35 - 30



:Rose_Bowl:

#5:Boise_State:

#4:Stanford:

55 - 17



:Fiesta_Bowl:

#6:Oklahoma_State:

#9:Auburn:

20 - 17



:Orange_Bowl:

#3:Virginia_Tech:

#10:Oklahoma:

16 - 45



:Sugar_Bowl:

#12:South_Carolina:

:Syracuse:

38 - 27



:BCS:

#2:Michigan_State:

#1:Wisconsin:

28 - 21

JerzeyReign
08-26-2011, 04:09 PM
How in the hell did MSU and Wisconsin play for it all? smh

morsdraconis
08-26-2011, 04:43 PM
How in the hell did MSU and Wisconsin play for it all? smh

I know right? I was pissed about that one. What was even more funny was, they played earlier in the year and it was almost the exact same score with MSU beating them again. Seemed like a total waste.