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We'll be here on week two.
2012 SCHEDULE
Tulane's ratings: B- across the board
Does that conference schedule look similar to anyone? Well, it should, because it's the exact same week-to-week, just with the locations flipped. And well, some of the dates. We don't play on a Saturday for almost a month for some reason, too.. weird. And look we play the top two teams in the preseason rankings. Awesome. Navy looks to be our easiest game, and it's our first. So I guess we have a "tune-up" but it's on the road.
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Can Russell Shepard (10) replace 2011 Heisman winner and lead LSU to back-to-back national titles?
PRESEASON TOP 25 & OTHERS
1. LSU(39)
2. Ohio State(21)
3. USC(1)
4. Alabama
5. Virginia Tech
6. Florida
7. Notre Dame
8. Georgia Tech
9. Georgia
10. Arkansas
11. California
12. Texas
13. Wisconsin
14. Florida State
15. Maryland
16. Oklahoma
17. Penn State
18. Clemson
19. Miami (FL)
20. Washington
21. North Carolina
22. West Virginia
23. Nebraska
24. Tulane
25. TCU
35. UCF
47. Southern Miss
68. Houston
73. BYU
76. Tulsa
84. Memphis
86. ECU
90. SMU
93. UTEP
99. Navy
104. Marshall
109. UAB
110. Rice
112. Wyoming
120. Louisiana Tech
HEISMAN WATCH
r-SR QB Star Jackson, Alabama [29 pass TD, 13 INT last year]
SR WR Rueben Randle, LSU [10 rec TD last year]
rSR WR Thearon Collier, UCF [1470 rec yards, 10 TD last year]
rSR WR Tavarres King, UGA [1072 rec yards, 13 TD last year]
rJR QB Casey Pachall, TCU [24 pass TD, 9 INT last year]
C-USA PREDICTION
1. Tulane (West)
2. UCF (East)
3. Southern Miss
4. Houston
5. Tulsa
6. Memphis
7. ECU
8. SMU
9. UTEP
10. Marshall
11. UAB
12. Rice
>> Analysis: The C-USA is down this year besides Tulane, UCF and maybe Southern Miss. Houston's offense lost alot of weapons and will have to rely on their defense if they want to finish fourth. You should expect another UCF/Southern Miss vs Tulane conference title unless something happens..
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2012 Roster/Depth Chart
A little different feel to the roster this year, in the way I'm reporting it and who's on it. The way I'm doing it this year loses some of the detail, but you'll still get the feel of who's on it etc, if that's a good way to explain it.
THE REDSHIRTS
FR QB Jamal Burns - 73 OVR
FR RB Mike Marquardt - 78 OVR
FR FB Blake Walters - 71 OVR
JR WR Brandon Palmer - 79 OVR
FR WR J.D. Williams - 74 OVR
FR RG Scott Rogers - 72 OVR
FR DT Jared McCoy - 70 OVR
JR OLB Kyle Dickson - 85 OVR (85 SPD, 93 AGI, 86 ACC, 43 AWR, 87 TKL, 82 PRC, 94 HPW, 76 CTH)
FR OLB Charles Banks - 72 OVR
SO DB Erik Madison - 81 OVR [wanted to redshirt him last year, if someone goes down in the secondary, his redshirt will be dropped again]
FR DB Wade Brooks - 78 OVR
FR DB Corey Bratton - 77 OVR
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2012 ACTIVE ROSTER/DEPTH CHART
Returning Starter
QB #14 r-SR D.J. Ponder - 84 OVR, 87 SPD, 88 ACC, 86 THP, 79 THA
QB #11 r-SR Ryan Griffin - 82 OVR, 65 SPD, 86 THP, 86 THA
QB #8 r-FR Marcus Minor - 78 OVR, 84 SPD, 86 THP, 75 THA
RB #47 JR Donny Richardson - 81 OVR, 87 SPD, 89 ACC, 84 BTK, 83 CAR
RB #25 FR O.J. Clarke - 82 OVR, 91 SPD, 91 ACC, 82 BTK, 73 CAR
RB #10 r-SO Dan Thomas - 76 OVR, 86 SPD, 87 ACC, 74 BTK, 81 CAR
RB #29 r-SR Nathan Austin - 77 OVR, 86 SPD, 86 ACC, 87 BTK, 65 CAR
RB #31 r-JR Payten Jason - 76 OVR, 86 SPD, 90 ACC, 81 BTK, 67 CAR
FB #41 r-JR Eric Jones - 75 OVR, 79 SPD, 71 BTK, 77 CAR
WR #17 r-SR Jarmon Fortson - 95 OVR, 90 SPD, 91 ACC, 88 CTH, 91 RR, 94 CIT, 89 SPC, 92 JMP
WR #5 SR D.J. Banks - 89 OVR, 92 SPD, 98 ACC, 85 CTH
WR #89 SR Devin Figaro - 85 OVR, 92 SPD, 93 ACC, 82 CTH
WR #9 r-JR Wilson Van Hooser - 80 OVR, 90 SPD, 91 ACC, 76 CTH
WR #1 r-JR Jordan Sullen - 80 OVR, 91 SPD, 91 ACC, 75 CTH
TE #80 JR George Harrison - 77 OVR, 67 SPD, 86 CTH
TE #81 SR Brock Sanders - 73 OVR, 80 SPD, 75 CTH
TE #83 r-FR Chad Flowers - 74 OVR, 75 SPD, 81 CTH
LT #77 r-JR Lawrence Abrams - 90 OVR, 88 PBK, 85 RBK
LT #72 r-JR Rio Mares - 86 OVR, 86 PBK, 84 RBK
LG #63 SO Michael Landry - 81 OVR, 82 PBK, 81 RBK
LG #60 r-SO Jeff Keyes - 76 OVR, 78 PBK, 82 RBK
LG #75 r-FR Reggie Ross - 75 OVR, 77 PBK, 77 RBK
C r-SO #70 Anthony Patterson - 90 OVR, 95 PBK, 87 RBK
C r-FR #65 Ron Daniels - 77 OVR, 80 PBK, 75 RBK
RG r-SR #67 Eric Hall - 82 OVR, 81 PBK, 88 RBK
RT r-SR #79 Eric Jones - 87 OVR, 88 PBK, 87 RBK
RT r-FR #62 John Williams - 77 OVR, 80 PBK, 79 RBK
RT r-SO #64 Chris White - 76 OVR, 85 PBK, 83 RBK
LE JR #53 Harry CiGar - 79 OVR, 80 SPD, 72 AWR, 82 TKL
LE JR #93 Christian Martindale - 75 OVR, 80 SPD, 61 AWR, 78 TKL
LE r-FR #49 Dustin Peterson - 72 OVR, 71 SPD, 63 AWR, 83 TKL
RE FR #66 Stephen Harris - 78 OVR, 72 SPD, 68 AWR, 82 TKL
RE FR #95 Dwayne Horne - 75 OVR, 83 SPD, 65 AWR, 76 TKL
DT r-FR #58 Derek Larson - 77 OVR, 74 SPD, 52 AWR, 78 TKL
DT r-SR #99 Chris Asomnu - 76 OVR, 67 SPD, 69 AWR, 78 TKL
DT r-FR #90 Melvin Dickson - 75 OVR, 66 SPD, 60 AWR, 75 TKL
DT r-FR #92 Joe Childs - 73 OVR, 50 SPD, 62 AWR, 75 TKL
LOLB r-SR #42 Kristifer Rhymes - 81 OVR, 89 SPD, 74 AWR, 84 TKL
LOLB SO #55 Jason Nolen* - 78 OVR, 83 SPD, 56 AWR, 82 TKL
LOLB r-SO #57 Jason Thornton - 75 OVR, 82 SPD, 58 AWR, 78 TKL
*Nolen finished season starting at MLB in place of injured Darryl Farley
MLB r-SR #34 Darryl Farley - 90 OVR, 86 SPD, 75 AWR, 88 TKL, 98 BS, 90 PUR, 86 JMP
MLB FR #50 Terrance Carr - 87 OVR, 87 SPD, 79 ACC, 86 TKL, 87 HPW, 93 PMV, 89 JMP
MLB SO #59 Ralph Hall - 77 OVR, 72 SPD, 61 AWR, 79 TKL
ROLB SR #37 Cody Leford - 82 OVR, 86 SPD, 90 ACC, 79 AWR, 85 TKL
ROLB FR #51 Jay Kerr - 76 OVR, 86 SPD, 84 TKL, 68 AWR
ROLB r-FR #56 Lamont Coleman - 74 OVR, 84 SPD, 57 AWR, 74 TKL
CB JR #26 JJ Black - 83 OVR, 90 SPD, 73 AWR, 90 MCV, 81 ZCV
CB JR #21 Sammy Boudreaux - 81 OVR, 87 SPD, 68 AWR, 87 MCV, 87 ZCV
CB SR #4 Jordan Garrett - 81 OVR, 88 SPD, 71 AWR, 84 MCV, 81 ZCV
CB r-JR #13 Shakiel Smith - 79 OVR, 90 SPD, 67 AWR, 78 MCV, 82 ZCV
CB r-FR #35 Keenan Tate - 77 OVR, 83 SPD, 62 AWR, 86 MCV, 85 ZCV
FS JR #23 Samuel Brooks - 76 OVR, 81 SPD, 64 AWR, 95 MCV
FS r-SR #27 Brad Allen - 70 OVR, 83 SPD, 51 AWR, 83 MCV
SS JR #33 Gregory Hallinsworth - 79 OVR, 87 SPD, 75 AWR, 85 MCV
SS FR #30 Scott Barrett - 76 OVR, 87 SPD, 75 AWR, 80 TKL
K/P/KOS JR #12 Tinzen Ubekista - 85 OVR, 88 KPW, 88 KAC
K/P FR #43 Jason Fountain - 71 OVR, 75 KPW, 68 KAC
RETURNERS: O.J. Clarke, Devin Figaro, D.J. Banks
LONG SNAPPER: Anthony Patterson
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And that's the roster, may be a bit messier than normal, but it still does everything it used to do, just quicker for my purposes. And with all the preseason stuff done.. you know what that means..
UP NEXT: Navy game preview
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2012: Game 1
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Navy Midshipmen (0-0, Independent)
Date: Saturday, August 25th
Time: 3:30pm
Stadium: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
Coverage: CBS College
Series History: 1-0 Tulane
Analysis: Navy has not played yet. Their new starting QB is not really that quick. They are just decent overall. They don't have any gaping holes, but their top players is only 82 OVR, and that's their kicker Paul Asack.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
rSO QB Sam Carpenter: 76 OVR, only 69 SPD but a good thrower.
rSR HB Aaron Santiago: 82 OVR, 88 SPD, 94 ACC
rJR HB Cyril Ontai: 77 OVR, 86 SPD, 77 BTK
FR FB Ricky Bellamy: 65 OVR, 80 SPD
SR WR Jonathan Howell: 77 OVR
JR TE David Henderson: 78 OVR
JR LB David Moss: 77 OVR
SR CB Will Neal: 80 OVR
SR K Paul Asack: 82 OVR, 88 KAC
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Tulane upends Navy
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND -- The #24 team in the land headed up north to Maryland to face the Navy Midshipmen, and the Naval Academy did not seem to be too much of a test for the second year, as Tulane rolled the Midshipmen 44-19 on Saturday afternoon on opening weekend.
Tulane's true freshman runningback O.J. Clarke showed that he is better than a true freshman as Tulane's double-back system worked well as Clarke scored on his first ever carry - a 14 yard TD run. New offensive coordinator Aaron Shubar wanted to use Clarke, Richardson and Ponder alot, and D.J. Ponder seemed to be more mobile on the day, as in the 1st quarter, Ponder took off for a 51 yard gain - where he ran up the middle, cut it inside, popped back outside and took down the sidelines setting up a Jarmon Fortson 7 yard TD catch from Ponder. Shubar's offense looked to be rollin' good after one quarter.
In the second, Tulane extended their 14-3 lead with a 2 yard TD pass to George Harrison. Then, Ubekista hit his first field goal of the season from 39 yards away for a 24-3 advantage. Kriss Proctor was in for the injured Sam Carpenter for Navy (he did not return, out with a broken hand, but Proctor's faster..), Proctor passed, yes, passed for a 12 yard TD to runningback Aaron Santiago, who was originally faked a pitch too. It was 24-10 at the half.
In the second half, Tulane went to work, as Donny Richardson found the endzone on a 1 yard run, his first TD run of the year, and hopefully the first of many as Tulane's starting "powerback". Ubekista's 24 yard field goal made it 34-10, and Navy cut it to 34-13 with a 43 yard FG with :13 left in the half.
Coach Draggo's team then went on a long drive, chewing up over four minutes, and late in the drive, he pulled his starters and in came freshman Marcus Minor. Minor led the end of the drive to Ubekista's 23 yard field goal. Navy then passed and ran it's way down the field, and Terrance Carr showed his muscle with 3 tackles and 2 TFL on the drive after entering the field as the leading linebacker. We expect good things from the #1 player in the future. Navy then found some luck as Proctor passed down the left side inside the ten, but the ball popped out, luckily WR Jonathan Howell was there to clean up the mess and took the fumble 7 yards for the score. 37-19 with :43 to go. Navy kicked an onside and still had all three timeouts. Tulane got the onside kick.. well, let's just burn out the clock. Don't tell that to a freshman. Minor ran the option, cut up the left side of the field and went 34 yards untouched for the score. The first of many scores. The big and fast dude showed some speed right there, and that would do it.
FINAL SCORE: 44-19 TULANE
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Marcus Minor's 34 yard TD run
PLAYER STATS
D.J. Ponder: 9/16 passing, 99 yards, 2 TD, 74 rush yards
rFR Marcus Minor: 1/2 passing, 14 yards, INT, 37 rush yards, TD [first career]
Donny Richardson: 16 carries, 76 yards, TD
FR O.J. Clarke: 5 carries, 57 yards, TD
Eric Jones: 4 yards rush, 20 rec yards
George Harrison: 3 rec, 22 yards, TD
Jarmon Fortson: 3 rec, 24 yards, TD
Samuel Brooks: 8 tackles | Darryl Farley: 6 tackles
FR Terrance Carr: 4 tackles, 2 TFL (could technically say two sacks)
Gregory Hallinsworth: 4 tackles | Cody Leford, FR Derek Lawson: both with 4 tackles (TFL)
FR Stephen Harris: 3 tackles (TFL) | FR Jay Kerr: 3 tackles
Kristifer Rhymes: 2 tackles, Sack
Chris Asomnu: 2 tackles, Sack
Tinzen Ubekista: 3/3 FG, 5/5 XP
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C-USA SCORES
South Carolina 24, ECU 17 [South Carolina: 14 points in 4th qtr.]
UCLA 43, Rice 20 [Kevin Prince throws 54 passes for 424 yards and runs for 85 more]
SMU 35, Baylor 14
Iowa St. 26, Tulsa 15 [Game featured 4 failed 2-point conversions]
#23 Nebraska 29, Southern Miss 17
TOP 25/NCAA SCORES
#12 Texas 34, Wyoming 14 [J.T. Wallenstein's Cowboys travel to Austin and keep it fairly close before Texas pulls away late]
Kansas State 38, Oregon 28 [Year-opening game]
Eastern Michigan 38, Michigan State 31
Colorado 27, Colorado State 21
TOP 25: Unchanged
Heisman Watch: Unchanged
UP NEXT: BYU game preview
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2012: Game 2
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BYU Cougars (0-0, Mountain West)
Date: Saturday, September 1st
Time: 3:30pm
Stadium: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, Utah
Coverage: Versus
Series History: 1-0 BYU
Analysis: Nebraska transfer Kody Spano leads the BYU Cougars against the Tulane Green Wave. Spano will make his first career start as a Cougar on Saturday. Daniel Hansen starts at RB for BYU, and he was a backup last year. At FB, the Cougars have dangerously quick Peni Makaafi. Out wide will be Brett Thompson, who has had 23 TD catches in his three seasons at BYU, and Matt Taylor. BYU has a good-hands TE in Muehlmann. However, BYU's offensive line is down right terrible. This could be easily one of the strangest O-lines in the country. They have a great center, and then a bunch of average, and below-average lineman. Their D-line is lead by JR Micah Banks. The linebacking crew is led by speedy Kyle Van Noy, who is a senior, Van Noy has had 192 tackles, 29 TFLs, 10 sacks, 3 picks and 6 FFs in his two years at starter. BYU's secondary is very good. Casey Diggs and Garrett Nicholson are both "pass hogs" and their safeties aren't too bad either. BYU's kicker career long is 47 yards and their punter will make his first start (rSO).
PLAYERS TO WATCH
(Former Nebraska transfer) QB Kody Spano - 87 OVR - 88 THP, 88 THA
RB Daniel Hansen - 88 OVR
2nd RB/FB Peni Makaafi - 81/83 OVR - 90 SPD, 92 ACC, 82 RBK, 78 CTH
WR Brett Thompson - 92 OVR - also KR, PR - 91 CTH, 91 CIT
C Terry Alletto - 98 OVR - expect everything to be led by him
LE Micah Banks - 85 OVR
SO RE Brandon Parrish - 75 OVR - FR AA last year - 18 TFL, 6 sacks last year
OLB Kyle Van Noy - 83 OVR - 86 SPD, 90 ACC
CB Casey Diggs - 87 OVR
CB Garrett Nicholson - 87 OVR
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WIDE RIGHT II
PROVO, UTAH -- Wide Right. Better known for Florida State/Miami football games, but Tulane's last loss came on that very thing. A wide right kick. Tulane brought it's long winning streak into LaVell Edwards Stadium, and a field goal would once again decide a win or a loss.
BYU started off the game hot as Kody Spano hit Brett Thompson for a 17 yard TD on BYU's opening possession, taking not even a minute off the clock. BYU's drives would be short - in yards or time all-day today. Tulane's drive was long and hard-fought, converting 2 3rd downs on the drive and their longest gain on the drive was 10 yards, but it ended in a 4 yard TD run by Donny Richardson, taking over half the 1st quarter with it.
BYU got another first down, but then punted. The 1st quarter ended. 7-7.
Tulane went on another hard-fought drive, this time with two plays spanning for 50 yards to blow up the drive, a 31 yard pass to D.J. Banks and a 19 yarder to Jarmon Fortson, as Ponder was perfect on the day. He then found Brock Sanders who tip-toed his way for the 1-yard score. BYU seemed to be stopped on their next drive on a third and one, but a yellow flag flew as Derek Lawson was nailed for a facemask on what seemed to be a 4 yard loss. Spano then hit Muehlmann for 34 and Thompson for 17, setting up Daniel Hansen's 12 yard TD run, tying the game at 14.
With 2:50 left in the 2nd quarter, Tulane pounded the ball inside the one, and then on fourth and goal, Donny Richardson went 1 yard for the score. D.J. Ponder's perfect day and Richardson's pair of TDs had Tulane up by 7 at the break.
The third quarter was a snooze. Eric Jones' fumbled at the BYU 5-yard line on Ponder's 17th pass, all completed and BYU got it. BYU did nothing with it and punted. Ponder's 46 yard pass to Fortson made the drive look good but it only set up a missed 53 yard field goal that hit the bottom crossbar. Three plays later, Spano hit a wide open Mathews for a 48 yard TD on a blown coverage play by Tulane's secondary. Can't do that.
Tulane started the 4th quarter after a drive that ate up the rest of the 3rd, and D.J. Ponder's 19th pass was his first in completion. Ubekista lined up for a 48 yard field goal.. wide left. Provo had about a 5-10mph wind blowing today, so it was hard to kick with. BYU then took the lead on a 25 yard field goal with 5:34 to play.
Once more, Tulane pounded it, and then they went for it on a fourth and three inside BYU territory, Richardson ran, he stretched and was a half a yard short. However, Tulane preserved it's timeouts except for one and got the ball back with two and a half minutes to play. Ponder scrambled for 12, then Richardson ran for 19, Ponder found Harrison for 29, Richardson got for, Clarke lost two, and then on third and 12, Ponder looked to throw, but it was knocked down. So here came Tinzen Ubekista on to try a 34 yard field goal to tie the game.. the snap was good, the hold was good..
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... and the kick was WIDE RIGHT. Ubekista hits this too far to the right and misses his third FG on the day and BYU players celebrate.
One hope to get back in this game. Gotta stop them. And we did, just needed another play. Tulane got them into a 3rd & 3. Handoff to Hansen...
... and he got four yards. Ballgame.
BYU upsets #24 Tulane 24-21. Tulane's first loss since Wide Right I in the Liberty Bowl in 2010.
Tulane miscues on the day
- Fumble at BYU's five yard line
- Three missed field goals
- Failed fourth and three run in BYU territory
>> Basically five scoring drives we coulda had, and we got zero points out of. How does a team get almost 500 offensive yards, dominate T.O.P., and only 21 points? That's how.
STATS
D.J. Ponder: 22-for-26 passing (started 18-for-18, finished 4-for-8), 278 yards, TD, 37 rush yards
Donny Richardson: 31 carries, 131 yards, 2 TD, 60 yards after contact
Dan Thomas: 3 carries, 30 yards
O.J. Clarke: 13 rush yards, 100 return yards
Jarmon Fortson: 7 rec, 116 yards | D.J. Banks: 4 rec, 59 yards
George Harrison: 3 rec, 47 yards | Eric Jones: 3 rec, 37 yards, fumble
Brock Sanders: TD catch
Gregory Hallinsworth: 4 tackles | Brooks: 3 tackles | CiGar: 2 tackles | Boudreaux: 1 tackle
Stephen Harris: 2 tackles, TFL, Sack
Tinzen Ubekista: 0-3 FG, 3-3 XP
BYU: Spano 13-20, 268 yards, 2 TD | Hansen 16 car, 73 yards, TD | BYU YAC: 163 yards | Michael Alisa: 15 tackles, 3 TFL (I swear this guy was everywhere.)
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C-USA SCORES
Memphis 28, Ark. State 9
UCF 34, Northwestern State 0
Kent State 24, UTEP 19
Friends of Coal Bowl: #22 West Virginia 34, Marshall 9
Kansas 17, Rice 12
#5 VT 31, ECU 14
Iron Skillet: #25 TCU 33, SMU 10
Southern Miss 41, Stephen F. Austin 6
Mississippi 27, UAB 13
Oklahoma State 41, Tulsa 24
TOP 25/NCAA SCORES
Temple 17, #15 Maryland 10
#8 Georgia Tech 23, #21 North Carolina 16
UCLA 21, #23 Nebraska 20
Michigan 29, #7 Notre Dame 26
Well damn, already?: #20 Washington 23, #1 LSU 20 OT [Washington rallies from 17-0 early hole, gets game into OT with 33 yard field goal with :12 left, wins game in OT]
USF 34, #19 Miami 14
TOP 25 UPDATE
Ohio State takes the top spot, USC 2nd, Bama 3rd, VT 4th, Florida 5th (no games played), GT 6th, Georgia 7th and LSU falls to 8th. Washington only somehow jumps four spots to #17 in the Coaches, the AP jumps them fourteen spots to #7. Michigan joins the polls at #20/#15, USF #21/#20, and NC State is in at #25.
- UCF is now getting votes in the Coaches, Tulane got no votes
HEISMAN UPDATE: Jake Stoneburner (TE), Ohio State joins at #4, yes a TE, he had 3 TDs last week and has 4 on the year.
UP NEXT: #1 Ohio State game preview
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2012: Game 3
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#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten)
Date: Saturday, September 8th
Time: 6:00pm
Stadium: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Coverage: ESPN
Series History: 1-0 Tulane
Analysis: No Terrelle Pryor, no Berry, no Posey. Instead, we'll be faced rJR Kenny Guiton, JR Carlos Hyde (and rJR Jordan Hall), quick FB Jermin Martin, 97 SPD + 96 OVR James Jackson and Duron Carter. And that Stoneburner guy who is 4th in the Heisman race, and he's a TE. Guiton has been good so far on the year passing, while Hyde and Hall have almost 400 yards rushing combined, including them both having 100-yard games last week. Jermil Martin is easily the best FB in the NCAA and he's got 178 yards on the year and 2 TDs. He's quick and he can catch. And hey, he can block. Our secondary is going to be challenged by speedster James Jackson along with Duron Carter, and possession but still speedy Jack Robinson. Stoneburner and Fragel at TE are pretty good too. On the o-line, Ohio State's good. Very good. On the D-line is 99 OVR Melvin Fellows, along with a pair of 93+ DTs. On the linebacking crew is 99 OVR Dorian Bell, and he's got some good guys next too him. In the secondary, it's 99 OVR Travis Howard and the Buckeyes secondary is bad, bad fast. And good. Ohio State's JR kicker Clarence Williams is still shaky though. And so is their punter as he hits about 40 yards flat a punt. If we're going to win, we're going to need a miracle. This may be the next "Team of the Century".
PLAYERS TO WATCH
HB Carlos Hyde - 93 OVR
HB Jordan Hall - 90 OVR
FB Jermil Martin - 97 OVR
WR James Jackson - 96 OVR, 98 SPD
WR Duron Carter - 95 OVR
TE Jake Stoneburner - 95 OVR, 88 SPD
LE Melvin Fellows - 99 OVR, 98 block shredding
OLB Dorian Bell - 99 OVR, 97 ACC (for a 232lb LINEBACKER)
DB Travis Howard - 99 OVR, 96 MCV, 96 ZCV
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"FOURTH AND EIGHT" II
NEW ORLEANS -- #1 Ohio State's in town and the last time they were in the Superdome, they were beat 38-24 by LSU in the 2008 BCS National title game. Anyways, last year, Coach Draggo's daring fourth and eight pass late in the game sealed Tulane's stunning 38-35 as that win put Tulane into the top 25, and eventually put them in the national spotlight as a BCS buster. This year, the Green Wave had their bubble bursted with a loss to BYU, but a win over the #1 team in the nation would make us all forget about last week.
THE FIRST HALF, basically.. was pretty snoozing. Donny Richardson's 13 yard TD run with :24 left in the 1st qtr. gave Tulane a 7-0 lead, but Carlos Hyde scored on a 1 yard run, after a punt and a Kristifer Rhymes INT, the Green Wave rolled out some Wildcat late in the 2nd half at Ohio State's 33, Fortson lined up at QB, Richardson sweeped to the right of him, it looked like an option play, but Fortson then stepped back and planted to throw to w wide open Eric Jones.. and here's an anatomy of another bizarre and great Tulane catch..
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.. Jones originally misses the pass..
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.. BUT HAULS IT IN from his own helmet!
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.. and then does some sort of dance as he completes the 33-yard TD play. I think someone lost a bet. 14-7 Tulane. That was the score at the half.
2ND HALF
In the 3rd quarter, the score-fest was on. By the end of the quarter, there was 5 TDs scored in just under four minutes. It started with a Tulane punt, but then Kenny Guiton's 4 yard TD pass to James Jackson looked to tie the game, but Ohio State missed the XP. Tulane then missed a 49 yard field goal off the right crossbar (from the right hashmark), but on the very next play, Guiton looked to throw and..
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.. found Kristifer Rhymes for the 2nd time today! Rhymes breaks a tackle and cuts it up field..
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.. and leaps into the endzone. His second INT return for a TD against Ohio State. One in each game. Not too shabby.
Ohio State came right back by hitting speedy James Jackson on a screen and he went 49 yards down the field, and twelve yards later, it was Guiton to Robinson for six. Down 21-19, the Bucks went for two and Hall ran it in. Tulane then went quick firing, as Donny Richardson's 35 yards rushing on two plays set up D.J. Ponder's 31 yard TD pass to Jordan Sullen. Tulane went up 28-21 headed for the final quarter.
Ohio State's drive would tie the game as Guiton would find Duron Carter for a 9 yard score. 28-28 Tulane's drive ended due to two straight sacks and they punted. Guiton went on quick-fire, hitting Martin for 22 and Carter for 12, then Hall would get 12 on the ground and then would waltz in for a 20 yard TD. 35-28, Ohio State, 3:07 to play.
Tulane started out the drive slow until Jordan Sullen's 24 yard catch, then on 1st down, he got it again.. 7 more. But then Ponder was sacked for a loss of 8. 3rd and 11 in Ohio State territory. One minute to play.. short throw to Harrison, he gets only three. Fourth and eight. Yes, that's right.. fourth and eight. We have to go for it. Ponder had time, rolled right and threw to D.J. Banks who appeared to be open..
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.. but the hit knocked the ball away from his hands. Ohio State gets the turnover on downs.
And Tulane, with two timeouts, had to stop the Buckeyes. Hall took a carry and went for 19 yards and the dagger was placed in Tulane's hopes.
FINAL SCORE: #1 OHIO STATE 35, TULANE 28
No upset this year. Also, this is Tulane's first losing record since their 1-2 start in 2009.
STATS
D.J. Ponder: 22-for-26, 240 yards, TD
Jarmon Fortson: 1-1, 33 yards, TD, 3 rec, 35 yards
Donny Richardson: 16 carries, 64 yards, TD, 2 rec, 28 yards
Jordan Sullen: 5 rec, 68 yards, TD
Eric Jones: 2 rec, 38 yards, TD
Darryl Farley: 8 tackles (TFL)
Sam Brooks: 7 tackles
Hallinsworth: 6 tackles
Boudreaux: 5 tackles
Stephen Harris: 3 tackles, TFL, Sack
Harry CiGar: 3 tackles, 2 TFL, Sack
Kristifer Rhymes: 2 tackles, 2 INT, Def TD
BUCKS: Guiton 20/29 289 yards 3 TD 2 INT | Hall 10 carries, 101 yards, TD, 2pt run | Keith Wells 9 tkls 6 TFL 3 sacks
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C-USA SCORES
Army 51, SMU 24 - In a strange day, Army threw the ball just 18 times, but for 353 yards.
Ohio 21, Marshall 10
Troy 20, UAB 17
PITT 27, UCF 17 - PITT outscored UCF 21-7 in the final 17 minutes.
Memphis 39, Duke 37 - Memphis' 19 yard FG with :44 left ends Duke's hopes of their first 3-0 start in well, probably, maybe.. ever.
The 'Ville 17, So. Miss 10
UCLA 24, Houston 10
WMU 35, UTEP 6
East Carolina 48, Furman 21 - This was just a 28-21 game entering the 4th quarter
Oklahoma State 31, Rice 13
TOP 25/NCAA SCORES
#23 UNC 17, #15 Oklahoma 14
#6 Georgia Tech 30, #4 Virginia Tech 16
Air Force 21, #19 West Virginia 17
#17 Washington 38, BYU 35 - U-Dub's 43 yard FG with :09 left won it.
TOP 25 UPDATE
Ohio State remains #1, Georgia Tech up to #4 (#2 AP), Oregon State joins at #24, WVU fell out from #19 to #30.
UP NEXT: SMU preview
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SMU QUICKIE GAME NOTES
-- Tommy Bowden is in his second year at SMU.
Braden Smith (QB) is starting for the third straight year.. he's improved every year.
SMU splits time between two runningbacks.. a RS-jr and a true freshman. Their offensive line is the strength of their offense.
SMU's defense is bad besides FS Darrick Moyer (80) and DT Brandon Henderson (84).
SMU's kicker is one of the most accurate in the nation right now.
For some reason, this is a night game. SMU has beat Baylor and lost to #20 TCU and Army. Both teams are 1-2.
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JUST RUN IT
Tulane runs the ball for 369 yards in big victory to move back to .500
NEW ORLEANS -- Coach Draggo said Saturday night, that he wanted to re-establish the run game. And run it they did. Donny Richardson gave us flashes of Andre Anderson on that night, running for 208 of Tulane's 369 rushing yards on the night, along with 3 TD's, showing the willingness to not go down without a fight, picking up 90 yards after contact, and breaking five tackles.
In fact, the entire rush game did great. O.J. Clarke scored a TD, as well. To recap the game "shorterly".. Tulane dominated this one. They started out with D.J. Ponder's 52 yard TD pass to D.J. Banks, then Ubekista hit a 24 yard field goal as we slowly rebuild his confidence and Tulane led 10-0 after one.
Donny Richardson's 3 yard TD was the lone TD in the second quarter so Tulane had a 17-0 advantage at the break. Richardson's 19 yard TD run made it 24-0 in the mid-3rd but SMU responded with a 10 yard TD pass from Smith to Stevenson, and then out of all things to call, Coach Bowden calls a fake XP try.. and heck, they get it! 24-8 Tulane. But, Donny Richardson scored his 3rd TD to end SMU's fun and make it 31-8. On the ensuing kickoff, SMU gets called for clipping inside the ten, and it eventually led to them facing a 3rd & long from their own one.. and they wouldn't make it past their own goal line as our defense held for the 2 points. 33-8 after 3.
In the 4th, O.J. Clarke's 15 yard TD run made it 40-8, and then after a long Tulane drive is stopped at the one yard line, SMU is seemed to be tackled for a safety by the scrubs. Not so fast, as they challenge it and somehow overturn it even though the runner was down in the endzone. Way to go, EA. Our scrubs blow it and SMU scores, but hey, we still won it 40-15.
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D.J. Ponder: 138.2 QB Rating, 12-for-18 pass, 138 yards, TD, INT, 13 car, 45 yards
Donny Richardson: 28 carries, 208 yards, 3 TD
O.J. Clarke: 8 carries, 50 yards, TD
Dan Thomas: 7 carries, 33 yards
Marcus Minor: 4 carries, 30 yards
Jarmon Fortson: 4 catches, 45 yards | Banks: 52 yard TD rec
Samuel Brooks: 4 tackles
Derek Larson: 2 TFL, safety
Harry CiGar: 2 tackles
Melvin Dickson: Sack
Cody Leford: INT
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J.T. Wallenstein's Wyoming Cowboys update
After losing their opener at Texas by 20, they beat New Mexico 24-18, blew 21-20 lead in the 4th vs Missouri, and lost 32-21 in the 4th qtr., and then upset Mountain West favorite Utah on the road 22-21 in week 4 as the Cowboys rallied back from a 21-3 deficit. This puts them at 2-2 (2-0 Mtn. West)
C-USA SCORES
Navy 21, ECU 14 - Navy's Santiago ran the ball 40 times for 210 yards.
Southern Miss 40, Rice 20
UAB 31, Tulsa 21
Houston 48, Sam Houston State 3
UCF 24, Marshall 0
Oregon 30, UTEP 0 - Oregon gets their first win on the year.
TOP 25 & NCAA SCORES
#25 USF 24, #17 Clemson 20
#3 Alabama 31, #7 Arkansas 7
#2 USC 28, Washington State 21 - USC scored 22 points in the final quarter including a 44 yard heave with :04 left to go as the Trojans survived a huge scare.
Arizona State 27, #16 Washington 24
Tennessee 49, #5 Florida 10 - So maybe this Dooley guy isn't so bad after all.
UCLA 39, #24 Oregon State 25
TOP 25 UPDATE
Alabama jumps Ohio State and USC to #1, Florida falls 13 spots to #18, Oklahoma State and Arizona State join the polls,
Next week.. vs 1-win UAB
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UAB PRE-GAME NOTES
- The Blazers sit at 1-2 on the season, losses to Mississippi and Troy, beat 0-3 Tulsa by 10.
- UAB has a first-year rSR starting QB in David Isabelle.. who has 1 TD and 4 picks on the year. If they run the ball, it'll be with rSR Dexter Barnett who is averaging 4.6 yards a carry. None of their recievers are speedsters.
- UAB's offensive line is just like their offense.. not too good.
- UAB's strong point on their defense is definitely SR MLB Danny White (89).. who leads their defense. UAB's defense would be helped out by SS RaShaun Barbour, but he is a transfer sitting out from Florida.
- UAB's punter wears #65. Why? I have no clue. But he's attempted at least 90 punts the other three years he's started as a Blazer.
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I'll raise you a run, with another run
Green Wave continue to pound the rock, run for 227 and throw for 210 in win over UAB
NEW ORLEANS -- Quickie recap.. I guess, for this one. Tulane pounded the rock once more against UAB, while Tulane's starting defense held UAB to just 97 yards in the opening three quarters, until the scrubs came in (they allowed 127 and 10 points). Tulane still continues to struggle with pass rush, as they obviously miss Devin Williams, who now sits on the bench in the NFL. The shoes of Stephen Barnett have been filled by Donny Richardson as he continued a great season with 138 yards and a TD in the victory. Ponder had 46 yards and a TD and O.J. Clarke had 96 all-purpose yards and a TD.
The game started off well for Tulane as Ponder hooked up with Jarmon Fortson for a 8 yard score. On this drive, RG Eric Hall went down with injury and was replaced by Rio Mares. He will be out 4-6 weeks. UAB matched Tulane's TD with their only successful drive in the first three quarters set up by a 47 yard kick return with a 2 yard TD pass. UAB missed the XP. UAB went to sleep for the next two quarters, despite intercepting Ponder twice (one in the 1st qtr.).
In the 2nd, Ponder hit Banks for a 37 yard TD pass, and scored on an 8-yard walk-in scramble to make it 21-6 at the half. In the third, Donny Richardson's 1 yard TD run made it 28-6 and O.J. Clarke's 10 yard TD reception from Ponder made it 35-6. The scrubs came in and true freshman Dwayne Horne made the most of it as he got Tulane's lone sack on the day and recored 4 TFLs.. all in the game's final quarter. UAB had a FG and a 4 yard TD pass to make the final score 35-16.
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D.J. Ponder: 136.3 QBR, 16-for-28 passing, 210 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT, 46 yards rush, TD
Donny Richardson: 31 carries, 138 yards, TD, 15 yards rec
O.J. Clarke: 96 A-P yards, rec TD
Devin Figaro: 4 rec, 62 yards
Jarmon Fortson, 4 rec, 33 yards
D.J. Banks: 2 rec, 63 yards, TD
Dwayne Horne: 5 tackles, 4 TFL, Sack
Cody Leford: 5 tackles, TFL
Brooks: 4 tackles
Darryl Farley: 3 tackles, 2 TFL
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C-USA SCORES
Marshall 21, South Carolina State 3
Southern Miss 17, ECU 7
Memphis 28, SMU 23 ... Memphis still undefeated
UCF 31, UTEP 21
Tulsa 17, Houston 14 OT
NCAA SCORES
Boise State 31, BYU 24 ... Boise is 2-3 and BYU is 1-3. Le sigh.
#18 Florida 22, Kentucky 16 OT ... Florida needed a TD pass with :22 left to get to OT against 2-2 Kentucky.
#7 Cal 27, UCLA 24 .. This is Cal's second game of the year and UCLA's fifth. UCLA falls to 4-1.
Indiana 36, #15 Michigan 34 .. Denard Robinson's 3 yard TD pass with :36 seemed to have won it, but Skyes' 55 yard boot with :01 stunned the Big House.
Wake Forest 25, #22 Clemson 0
Northwestern 27, #2 Ohio State 16 .. the Buckeyes went a terrible 9-24 on 3rd downs and went 15-40 passing.
Colorado State 37, #17 TCU 34 OT .. No one wants to take our spot as BCS busters this year.
#4 Georgia Tech 52, #21 USF 41 .. GT and USF lit up the scoreboard.
> Idaho 28, Wyoming 16 .. Wyoming may have got the score run up on them as Idaho threw a 78 yard TD pass with :38 left. Idaho's good though.
NEWS UPDATE
Ohio State plummets to #13, Northwestern leaps to #17 from no votes (and they lost to 1-4 Syracuse), Indiana's getting votes. If you don't count Notre Dame, there are non-BCS teams in the top 25. Wake Forest jobbed out of the top 25 by one vote.
WR D.J. Coles goes to #1 in the Heisman Watch as he caught 4 TD passes and had over 250 receiving yards against Duke in VT's 49-10 win.
This week.. we travel to Houston (1-2).
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HOUSTON GAME NOTES
-- Houston is down at 1-2 record. They are missing a key point in a high-flying offense like we saw back in '09 and '10. A good set of wide receivers. But when looking over this team their record is deceiving for how the team looks, but games aren't played on paper.
- Drew Hollingshead starts his second year at QB for the Cougs. He's got only 3 TDs on the year and 3 picks.
- Houston's runningback duo is pretty darn good. Justin Johnson (90) and Chris Wilson (88) could be hard to stop.
- Houston's main receiving threat is rSO Travis Thompson .. he's not fast but he's got great hands.
- The offensive line is led by 3 85+ OVR players.
- Houston's defensive line is solid.
- Tulane's offense needs to watch for #4 Steve Robertson.. a 89 OVR LB with 87 SPD and can defend the run or pick off a pass.
- Houston's secondary's strength is their safeties.
- On special teams, they have a true freshman kicker.. he's got the leg to hit about 45-48 yarders at max and he's more accurate than powerful. They have a rSO punter who hits 41.4 yards a punt.
>> OUT: Tulane Eric Hall starting RG - 4 weeks | Houston Dorian Gullory starting RE - 8 weeks
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Tulane's 28 points in 1st quarter sets tone in shocking blowout of Houston
First quarter capped off by back-to-back pick 6s.
HOUSTON -- Well dang. Houston's team looked deceiving on paper and they were down right bad on the field today as the Green Wave slapped them straight across the face with a run of 38 points in just seven minutes after Houston's early 3-0 lead.
After Houston's Berry hit a 25 yard field goal in the opening two minutes, it took Tulane only 45 seconds for them to score as D.J. Ponder found Jarmon Fortson for a 42 yard score, despite the fact that Fortson was tripped up at the three and managed to get the ball across the line for the score. Two minutes later, Ponder hooked up with Fortson for the second time in the back corner of the end zone for a 29 yard score. That put Tulane up 14-3. After trading punts, Houston made it into Tulane territory where they attempted a WR screen. Hollingshead foolishly did not scamper into open field, but instead threw to a double covered WR and he was picked off by Jordan Garrett and Garrett had plenty of space and waltzed 68 yards for a TD. That was with 11 seconds to go,
After the kickoff, there was 6 seconds left in the 1st quarter. Hollingshead went back to his old tricks of passing, well Houston did, and they tried a slant pattern to the left and in the middle of it all was safety Gregory Hallinsworth who intercepted Hollingshead and he went down the sidelines untouched for a 27 yard TD and that put up Tulane 28-3 after one quarter.
In the second, D.J. Ponder found George Harrison for a 6 yard score, and Ubekista's 33 yard FG made it 35-6. Houston scored a TD on a 1 yard TD run by Luis Turner (his first ever TD). And it was 38-13 at the half.
Now Marcus Minor took over the reigns of the offense. Marcus Minor threw his first TD to D.J. Banks for a 19 yard score. 45-13. Also in the third, Jordan Garrett intercepted Hollingshead for the second time. In the fourth, Dan Thomas scored on a 10 yard run and finished the scoring at 52-13. To finish out the pickfest, JJ Black picked off Hollingshead. Hollingshead was promptly benched and his backup went 3-for-3 but Houston went more towards the run down 39. Either way, it was a blowout.
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D.J. Ponder: 242.3 QBR, 7/11 pass, 140 yards, 3 TD, INT
Marcus Minor: 223.2 QBR, 4/5 pass, 46 yards, TD, 17 rush yards
Donny Richardson: 15 carries, 104 yards, 11 rec yards
Clarke: 8-42 | Thomas 4-25 TD | Jason 3-18
Jarmon Fortson: 3 rec, 93 yards, 2 TD
D.J. Banks: 2 rec, 35 yards, TD
George Harrison: 2 rec, 25 yards, TD
Sammy Boudreaux: 6 tackles
Terrance Carr: 6 tackles
Samuel Brooks: 5 tackles
Darryl Farley: 5 tackles
Jordan Garrett: 3 tackles, 2 INT, Def TD
JJ Black: 3 tackles, INT
Derek Lawson: 2 tkls, Sack
Dwayne Horne: Sack
Gregory Hallinsworth: Tackle, INT, Def TD
